According to 2004 data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, almost 15 million Americans work full-time on evening shift, night shift, rotating shifts, or other employer-arranged irregular schedules. Shift work has been shown to have a number of negat

发表于:2019-02-06 / 阅读(60) / 评论(0) 分类 阅读空间

British revellers drink more alcohol than anyone else in Europe, a survey reveals。 The disturbing findings expose the massive failure of the introduction of 24-hour drinking five years ago。 Ministers predicted new relaxed licensing laws would cre

发表于:2019-02-06 / 阅读(132) / 评论(0) 分类 英语口语

A huge part of the world's population of the world snores during sleep, something that is usually made fun of by others. But in some cases, snoring is not a laughing matter. It can often be a sign of obstructive sleep apnea, a sleep disorder that can

发表于:2019-02-06 / 阅读(121) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

LONDON, Aug. 11 (Xinhua) -- For young people at high risk of developing schizophrenia, a 12-week intervention with omega-3 supplements might reduce the long-term risk of progression to the psychotic disorder, according to a paper published Tuesday in

发表于:2019-02-06 / 阅读(106) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

It's more than likely you know someone who's obsessed with their own image. 你的交际圈中定然有痴迷于自己形象的人吧。 A quick scroll through social media can reveal the narcissists in a constant stream of selfies; you might even be

发表于:2019-02-08 / 阅读(55) / 评论(0) 分类 阅读空间

Singapore has confirmed 41 cases of locally transmitted Zika virus in one neighbourhood of the city-state the largest local cluster to be identified so far as the mosquito-borne disease spreads in Asia. 新加坡已确认在这个城市国家的一个地

发表于:2019-02-08 / 阅读(58) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

Ever wondered if your personality was decided at birth? 有没有想过,你的个性其实在出生时就已经决定了? It turns out, the order in which you were born can not only have an effect on your personality, but also your chances of aca

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Chapter 28 第二十八章 The explanation came a week later. 一个星期以后我知道谜底了。 It was about ten o' clock at night; I had been dining by myself at a restaurant, 大约十点左右,这一天我一个人在外面吃了晚饭,

发表于:2019-02-13 / 阅读(64) / 评论(0) 分类 月亮和六便士

There have been further clashes in the French port of Calais as demolition teams destroyed hundreds of makeshift shelters for migrants trying to reach Britain in the capital known as the Jungle. French riot police fired tear gas at people who were hu

发表于:2019-02-14 / 阅读(51) / 评论(0) 分类 中英双语新闻

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Some people in life can see whole worlds in small things. Hugh Rienhoff can see it in a molecule called transforming growth factor-beta 3. In 2003, his daughter, Beatrice, was born with a few noticeable abnormalities. Her eyes were

发表于:2019-02-16 / 阅读(149) / 评论(0) 分类 英语语言学习

Every suicide is intensely sad a despairing act of self-harm that leaves a legacy of guilt and sorrow for the victims family, friends and colleagues. That of Martin Senn, chief executive of Zurich Insurance until last December, is doubly resonant bec

发表于:2019-02-17 / 阅读(115) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

在英语学习中,我们自然会遇到许多生词。这时,许多人立即翻阅字典,查找词义。其实,这种做法是不科学的。它不但费时费力,而且影响阅读速度。事实上,阅读材料中的每个词与它前后

发表于:2019-02-17 / 阅读(69) / 评论(0) 分类 实用英语

New Words obesity n. 肥大,肥胖 overwhelming adj. 压倒性的;势不可挡的 fatigue n. 疲劳,疲乏 infobesity 构词: information + obesity构成的。information解释为信息;数据, obesity解释为肥胖。 What is Infobesity? 什么

发表于:2019-02-21 / 阅读(69) / 评论(0) 分类 卡卡课堂早餐英语

So today I want to show you my interactive software model that I created. 所以今天我想向你们展示我创造的互动软件。 I'm going to show it to you on my laptop. And I have a volunteer subject in the audience today, Julie. 我将用我的

发表于:2019-02-21 / 阅读(84) / 评论(0) 分类 TED演讲教育篇

I could not have been a good wife to 'Steve Jobs,' the icon, she later explained. 对于史蒂夫乔布斯这样一个标志性人物,我不会是个好妻子,她后来解释说, I would have sucked at it on many levels. In our personal interac

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The police and austerity 警察与紧缩 Down beat 下降趋势 Budget cuts may not affect crimebut they will change politics 削减预算可能不会影响犯罪但能改变政治 Good old-fashioned policing 传统治安维持方式 POLICING in Engl

发表于:2019-02-24 / 阅读(104) / 评论(0) 分类 经济学人文艺系列

本文是对新GRE重点词汇考法的总结和相关近义反义词汇的整理,希望对广大考生有所帮助。新GRE词汇虽然取消了类比反义,但是其重要作用仍然不容忽视,因此要想顺利通过新G考试就要首先将

发表于:2019-02-25 / 阅读(91) / 评论(0) 分类 GRE英语

I think all of us, who have dogs, know that our dogs innately understand our feelings. 我认为我们所有人,有养狗的人,都知道我们的狗天生能了解我们的感受。 So if we come home, and we're feeling great, the dog instinctiv

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5月2日,哈尔滨铁警在黑龙江庆安火车站开枪击毙醉酒闹事人员徐纯合,该事件通过网络迅速发酵,关于当地官场的举报帖集中爆发。 请看相关报道: A man named Xu Chunhe was shot dead by a local poli

发表于:2019-02-26 / 阅读(88) / 评论(0) 分类 英文语法词汇

为了更好地表达文章的主旨,揭示所要诠释的思想,作者往往常常在文章中对一些比较重要的词汇、概念和难懂的术语等做出一些解释,这种解释称作针对性解释,它可以提供明确的信息,可

发表于:2019-03-02 / 阅读(96) / 评论(0) 分类 雅思英语