While many Chinese rush into marriages, foreigners prefer to take their time. 很多国人闪婚,而老外却偏爱享受自己的时光。 The average marriageable age among Chinese was 27 years old in 2015. For those who stay single by 30, many a

发表于:2018-12-08 / 阅读(46) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2018年(五月)

On TV, in film, and in Save the Date cards tacked to fridges everywhere, we are steeped in the cultural white noise of wedding voyeurism and schadenfreude. A new study threatens to change the conversation: The number of married Americans is at a reco

发表于:2019-01-03 / 阅读(44) / 评论(0) 分类 阅读空间

And so I stumbled, then, on a statistic that really came home to me. 结果我发现了一个震惊的数据。 It was a very interesting academic article in which I found that 67 percent of singles in America today who are living long-term with some

发表于:2019-01-03 / 阅读(78) / 评论(0) 分类 TED演讲科技篇

A small town in North Yorkshire, England, has gained notoriety in Asia after Taiwanese pop star, Jay Chou, held his wedding at Selby's 1,000-year-old abbey. 台湾著名流行音乐歌手周杰伦在英国北约克郡的千年塞尔比教堂举行过婚

发表于:2019-01-09 / 阅读(115) / 评论(0) 分类 阅读空间

Men are 10 times more scared of marrying the wrong person than of never getting married at all. Bachelor Carl Weisman got fed up of being classified as a playboy, a loser or a commitment-phobe so he set out to find out exactly why he and a growing nu

发表于:2019-01-20 / 阅读(61) / 评论(0) 分类 阅读空间

Wow, I can't believe it! 哇,我简直不能相信! What can't you believe? 你不相信什么? My sister is getting married. 我的姐姐要结婚了。 Why is that hard to believe? 这有什么不能相信的? Oh, that isn't hard to believe

发表于:2019-01-23 / 阅读(63) / 评论(0) 分类 大家说英语

Detainees held at Scotland's sole immigration removal centre (IRC) were asked for their wifes national insurance number as well as bra size amid suspicions of sham marriages, according to evidence heard by an independent review commissioned by the UK

发表于:2019-02-01 / 阅读(46) / 评论(0) 分类 阅读空间

of marriage single life 论结婚与独身 he that hath wife and children, hath given hostages to fortune; for they are impediment to great enterprises, either of virtue, or mischief. certainly, the best works, and of greatest merit for the public, h

发表于:2019-02-01 / 阅读(46) / 评论(0) 分类 阅读空间

Not long before, my sister called me, she said she would be married during Spring Festival, I was so happy for her. In the wedding, I took the video, I recorded down the beautiful moment. In my heart, my sister was just like the small girl, we played

发表于:2019-02-04 / 阅读(66) / 评论(0) 分类 英语作文

A new study suggests the longer you wait to walk down the aisle, the MORE likely you are to end up divorced. 一项新的研究表明步入婚姻殿堂前等待时间越长,最终越有可能离婚。 Nicholas Wolfinger a sociologist at the Univers

发表于:2019-02-05 / 阅读(66) / 评论(0) 分类 阅读空间

Something as dramatic as our identity has now become a matter of choice, as this slide is meant to indicate. 如今像我们的性别身份这类的事都成了选择的话题了,就像这张幻灯片试图说明的那样。 We don't inherit an ide

发表于:2019-02-14 / 阅读(50) / 评论(0) 分类 TED演讲科学篇

Uncle Frank, at 79, was a healthy and wealthy man, a lifelong bachelor. He courted a lot, he said, but never boiled over-just simmered. On a whim, he decided to take a trip around the country to look up nearly a dozen old girlfriends. Upon his return

发表于:2019-02-17 / 阅读(54) / 评论(0) 分类 趣味英语

One day a girl brings home her boyfriend [00:25.52]and tells her father she wants to marry him. [00:28.60]After talking to him for a while, [00:31.22]he tells his daughter she can't do it [00:33.67]because he's her half brother. [00:36.69]The same pr

发表于:2019-02-22 / 阅读(124) / 评论(0) 分类 英语笑话(MP3+文本)

R: Im sure you must be thinking a hundred thoughts right now......but Lily, you cannot blame yourself. L: Why not? He was on his way to see me. I was... I was gonna end our marriage. R: Hey, it's okay.You hear me? L: He left me a voice mail. R: Oh. W

发表于:2019-02-23 / 阅读(53) / 评论(0) 分类 跟着美剧练发音

Marriage 结婚 Wedding wows 哇,婚礼! How the one-child policy changed Chinese nuptials 独生子女政策如何改变了中式婚礼 Falling in love 陷入爱河 OVERSIZE cupids in pink, furry outfits hand out heart-shaped balloons with I Do

发表于:2019-02-24 / 阅读(87) / 评论(0) 分类 经济学人文艺系列

对话: -I think my boyfriend's going to propose! 我想我的男朋友可能会向我求婚 -OMG!! How do you know? 哎哟!你是怎么知道的!? -I overheard him talking on the phone about getting down on one knee. 他打电话的时候我就听到

发表于:2019-02-26 / 阅读(77) / 评论(0) 分类 英语口语

Look:你听我说 Look, I have a lot of money. I don't need your help. 你听着,我有很多钱,我不需要你的帮助。 Like I said:就像我刚才说的 Like I said before, I don't love you anymore. 就像我之前说的,我已经不爱

发表于:2019-02-26 / 阅读(98) / 评论(0) 分类 英语口语

Lets Do Something Different 让我们换换口味 M: What shall we do this weekend? W: Did you have something special in mind? M: No, not really. I just thought it might be fun to do something new. W: Do something for a change, you mean? M: Yes, some

发表于:2019-02-27 / 阅读(139) / 评论(0) 分类 突破英文对话

释义: I've had ... 我做过 I have 是现在完成时态,如果说 have had 的话就表明从之前开始就一直 。相反,I've been 是 I'm ... 的现在完成时态,表示曾是 例句: I've had some personal problems. 我有一些个

发表于:2019-03-13 / 阅读(139) / 评论(0) 分类 老外最常用的英文短语

I want to pass. I want to pass CET 4. I want to pass CET 4 next June.

发表于:2019-03-16 / 阅读(246) / 评论(0) 分类 上楼梯英语学习法