Sparking Sparkles (4) 妙语连珠 CNN 电视台的高级政治分析员 Jeff Greenfield 分析商业在美国的重要性。 In large measure, I think the dreams that 1) animate Americans and the ten

发表于:2018-11-28 / 阅读(130) / 评论(0) 分类 疯狂英语2003年

Li: How old are you? Li: 你多大了? Paul: 26. You? Paul: 26. 你呢? Li: Im 32. What about your wife? Li: 我32了. 你妻子多大了? Paul: Shes 25, and our baby daughter is just 6 months old. Paul: 她25。我们的宝贝女儿只有6 个月。 Li: Ah, how sweet, my sons

发表于:2018-12-19 / 阅读(105) / 评论(0) 分类 奥运英语

Topic1-Middle age unemployment and greasy middle aged men The anxiety of being middle-aged has become a recurring topic on social media since the beginning of this year. We heard discussion over middle-aged woman born in 1988, woman giving birth at a

发表于:2018-12-25 / 阅读(66) / 评论(0) 分类 英语角-圆桌会议

美国全国公共广播电台:一直以来男人选择自杀的几率都大于女人.如今,一群新的自杀高危人群出现了-那就是中年男人. 中年男性成为自杀高危人群 NPR News: Men have historically been more likely to commi

发表于:2019-01-01 / 阅读(47) / 评论(0) 分类 双语趣听精彩世界

Want to ward off memory issues and other cognitive problems as you age? Looks like low blood glucose levels are an important factor. New research finds that individuals diagnosed with type 2 diabetes in middle age had greater cognitive impairment in

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SCENE⑥ A 同一时间 在钢琴学校 【你试过网络聊天室了吗?】 Sue: Did you 1) try out the chat rooms yet? 苏: 你试过网络聊天室了吗? Rose: Yeah, but there're so many pe

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A middle-aged couple went to the gallery. 一对中年夫妻来到画廊。 The wife who was nearsighted, stood in front of a mirror at the entrance, which she thought that it was a picture, and she saw a womans image and cried out, Dear me, how coul

发表于:2019-01-08 / 阅读(59) / 评论(0) 分类 英语小短文

America is in the throes of a grey divorce revolution as marriedcouples over the age of 50 split up in unprecedented numbers. 随着50岁以上夫妻分道扬镳的数量空前增多,美国正处于灰发离婚变革的阵痛中。 Although the ove

发表于:2019-01-08 / 阅读(41) / 评论(0) 分类 英美文化

无论是相信进化论还是相信神的人,所有人都希望过一个无悔的人生,只是限于人生的各种资源,他们来的时候总是不整齐,年轻的时候缺钱,成熟以后缺时间,老了以后缺活力,其实重点不

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1. Yech...it's a beautiful day out. And here I am stuck inside the office with all this paper work. 哎,外面天气那么好,我却得守在办公室处理这些文件。 2. How am I to know what I'm supposed to do if there's no organization aro

发表于:2019-01-21 / 阅读(54) / 评论(0) 分类 实用英语

A middle-aged couple, with two beautiful daughters, decided to try one last time for the son they always wanted. Soon, the wife became pregnant, and, nine months later, delivered a baby boy. The joyfu

发表于:2019-02-01 / 阅读(115) / 评论(0) 分类 趣味英语

Landing a well-paid job in a foreign company is something millions of China's jobseekers dream of, but the findings of a recent survey may change their minds. Nearly 90 percent of Chinese staff in foreign companies suffer from work-related illnesses,

发表于:2019-02-02 / 阅读(54) / 评论(0) 分类 实用英语

People happiest at start and end of lives, but slump in middle Happiness is U-shaped, for we are happier at the start and end of our lives but hit a slump when we are middle-aged, British and US researchers say. Economists from the University of Warw

发表于:2019-02-06 / 阅读(64) / 评论(0) 分类 阅读空间

1. Take accountability for your mistakes. If you find yourself blaming others, look for your part and take ownership. 1. 自己犯的错要承担责任。在责怪别人之前先找找自己的过错,承担责任。 2. Sometimes life puts you throu

发表于:2019-02-07 / 阅读(72) / 评论(0) 分类 英语美文

Choosing an active way to get to work could make a big difference in how much weight creeps on in middle age, a large U.K. study suggests. 英国一家大型调查机构近日表示,选择一种积极的方式上班,也许对中年时期悄悄出现

发表于:2019-02-07 / 阅读(70) / 评论(0) 分类 阅读空间

抽烟伤身又伤脑 Middle-aged adults who smoke tended to perform poorly on tests of memory and reasoning compared to nonsmokers, adding to the list of reasons not to smoke, French researchers said on Monday. Analyzing previously collected data on

发表于:2019-02-08 / 阅读(57) / 评论(0) 分类 实用英语

How about the next question? This is asking about what the average age is, 那么下一个问题呢?这是问关于年龄的中位数, so the age at which half the population are younger and half the population are older. 也就是该地区大于和

发表于:2019-02-14 / 阅读(61) / 评论(0) 分类 TED演讲科学篇

最近在社交媒体上兴起了晒18岁的活动,大家纷纷晒出18岁的自己,同时又不可避免地怀念青春。今天Jenny和Adam要和大家聊一聊如何避免中年油腻。 国外也流行晒18岁 我们在朋友圈晒,外国朋友

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Back in the Eighties, women who wanted to succeed in business were expected to power dress and act like a devil dog. Thirty years on it seems the reverse might be true. 在上世纪八十年代,想在商业上取得成功的女性给人们留下的印

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Male suicide 男性自杀 A worrying trend 趋势令人堪忧 Official suicide statistics released on February 19th contain disturbing news: suicide rates rose by 4% between 2012 and 2013, and the rise was due mainly to one group: men over 30. Rates

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