街角的咖啡店生意惨淡,很少有人光顾,这样下去说不定就要关门了。这种情况用一个美国习惯用语来说就是,her business is on the line。To be on the line这个习惯用语的意思是处于危险状态,通常是

发表于:2018-12-12 / 阅读(54) / 评论(0) 分类 英语日常口语

Coming to Grips with Gay Marriage 同性恋行不行? Gay marriage has been hotly debated in the news lately. While several countries have some form of gay marriage on the books, the Netherlands rec

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Instead, I moved to Washington, D C., which was full of eligible men. 于是我转而去了华盛顿特区,那里尽是适合结婚的男人。 It worked. My first year out of college, I met a man who was not just eligible, but also wonderful, so I

发表于:2019-01-02 / 阅读(58) / 评论(0) 分类 向前一步

Media mogul Rupert Murdoch and actress-model Jerry Hall are to get married. 媒体大亨鲁珀特默多克将与演员兼模特杰莉霍尔结婚。 They announced their engagement in the births, marriages and deaths section of the Times newspaper, w

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Some Notes on Marriage 关于婚姻的一些随笔 For everyone that's still single, some notes on marriage... 仍是单身的朋友们,请看看下面这些关于婚姻的随笔 Marriage is a three ring circus: engagement ring, wedding ring and su

发表于:2019-01-28 / 阅读(77) / 评论(0) 分类 英语小达人

A Seattle startup is in the news for investing in divorce its business model is based on the fact that nearly 40 to 50 percent of married couples in the US end up parting ways. SwanLuv offers to pay couples for their dream wedding, but the money will

发表于:2019-02-01 / 阅读(57) / 评论(0) 分类 阅读空间

I believe that my first 365 days of matrimony have been significant. Id like to share what this first year has taught me about my relationship, myself and marriage in general. 我认为自己婚姻生活的第一年至关重要。我愿意和大家分享

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十二年之痒"比"七年之痒更难过 Seven-years has traditionally been the time when love and affection give way to disillusion and disappointment. But couples who manage to survive the seven-year itch would be wise not to get complacent. T

发表于:2019-02-03 / 阅读(55) / 评论(0) 分类 实用英语

When you're married or in a long-term relationship, some things are better left unsaid. 在婚姻或长期恋爱中,有些事最好不要说。 Below, marriage therapists and other experts share 10 phrases and statements to strike from your vocabul

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Beckett和Castle负责调查一起婚姻指导师被杀的案子。这时又有人报警说在公园发现了一具枪击尸体,于是Ryan 和 Esposito被委派去调查这一起抛尸案。Castle和他们打赌看谁能第一个破案。但是当他

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For many, a successful marriage can be put down to attraction, devotion, patience and true love. But one group of statisticians begs to differ. 对于很多人来说,成功的婚姻可以归因于吸引力、奉献、耐心以及真爱。而日前的

发表于:2019-02-06 / 阅读(52) / 评论(0) 分类 阅读空间

1. 跟别人要钱 :mooch off someone 我最讨厌跟别人要钱得人了。 I feel sick of those who mooch off others. 2. 钱挣海了 :coin money 这几年老张的钱挣海了。谁也没料到他会发这么大的财。 Lao Zhang is coining

发表于:2019-02-09 / 阅读(61) / 评论(0) 分类 英语笔译

FRAIDY REISS: Arranged marriage - where I grew up in the ultra-Orthodox Jewish community, this was just how marriage worked. And it was something I very much wanted to do. Most girls in my community were married at age 18 or 19, tops. And I had no qu

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对奥兹?奥斯伯恩和雪伦?奥斯伯恩这对夫妻来说,婚姻是一种坚持。对吉米?卡特和罗莎琳?卡特这对夫妻来说,美满婚姻意味着在工作上互不干涉。对多尔?布朗森和路易丝?布朗森这对夫妻来说

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Naked Wedding, a recent hit TV series, tells the story of a young couple, Liu Yiyang (L) and Tong Jiaqian (R), who got married with no house, no car and no thick wad of banknotes. Stressed by sky-high housing prices, young Chinese couples find ways t

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Letter to a Young Friend by Benjamin Franklin 给年轻朋友的一封信 本杰明富兰克林 My dear friend 我亲爱的朋友 I know of no medicine fit to diminish the violent natural inclination you mention; and if I did, I think I should not co

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He ended up making the right choice. 最终,他作了正确的选择。 As Redse told friends, she never would have survived if she had gone back to Jobs, nor would their marriage. 如莱德斯跟朋友们所说,如果她回到乔布斯身边,她

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Every year in the United States alone, 2,077,000 couples make a legal and spiritual decision to spend the rest of their lives together ... (Laughter) and not to have sex with anyone else, ever. He buys a ring, she buys a dress. They go shopping for a

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Britain 英国 Divorce Law: Blame Game 离婚法案:过错游戏 The absence of no-fault divorce in England and Wales looks updated. 英格兰及威尔士无过错离婚的缺失亟待解决。 People stay in loveless marriages for many reasons: an

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年轻人的婚姻有七年之痒,近年来,中国老年人的婚姻也遭遇退休之痒。 请看《中国日报》的报道: As younger couples experience the seven-year itch in China, a retirement itch is emerging among the country's elderl

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