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The Senate is taking a key vote on legislation extending jobless benefits to Americans. It's a procedural vote. The legislation includes dozens of tax breaks for individuals and businesses that expired in 2009. Congress has previously passed several

有一种节日叫我们回家过年

YU Jie is one of the lucky ones. The 21-year-old Shanghai hotel waitress boarded a train early yesterday on her way home hoping to arrive before Sunday, the Spring Festival, for a family reunion. 余杰是幸运者之一。这位21岁的上海酒店服

双语散文:Happiness Equates with Fun?

Happiness Equates with Fun? I live in Hollywood. You may think people in such a glamorous, fun-filled place are happier than others. If so, you have some mistaken ideas about the nature of happiness. Many intelligent people still equate happiness wit

TED演讲:见证现代奴役的照片(2)

We started talking about slavery, and really, I started learning about slavery, 我们聊起了奴隶制度,而此时我才开始真正了解奴役的现实, for I had certainly known it existed in the world, but not to such a degree. 虽然我一直都

经济学人34:非理性信仰 Irrational belief

Books and Arts; Book Review;The power of faith；Irrational belief； 文艺；书评；信仰的力量；非理性信仰； The Believing Brain: From Ghosts and Gods to Politics and ConspiraciesHow We Construct Beliefs and Reinforce Them as Truths.

不知不觉变胖子: 你一天吃了多少糖？

Do you have any idea how much sugar you're eating? It's probably a lot more than you think. 你知道你一天吃了多少糖吗？结果可能远远超过你的想象。 As this shocking graphic reveals, millions of us are unwittingly eating everyda

Why Changing Your Language Can Change Your Life

Why Changing Your Language Can Change Your Life Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind. ~ Rudyard Kipling I was talking with a client recently (lets call him Dan) when after I asked what stopped him making headway with a certain

吃的少能让人更聪明？

吃的少能让人更聪明？ Eating less could help you remember more, researchers have found. 有研究者发现，吃得少能提高记忆力。 Skipping dessert and having an after-dinner coffee instead could also be good for your brain, as well

你们的恋爱关系健康吗？

1. You don't have to see each other every day. 你们不必每天都见面。 If you can, then why not? But you don't have to nag each other about you or your partner coming over just because you haven't seen a glimpse of each other for the day (yet)

为什么要娶一个情感丰富的女人

Trust us, her complexity is always worth it. Captivating, passionate, opinionated and unapologetically layered, the emotionally complex woman is a mixture of emotions she's able to express deeply, sincerely and often. This doesn't mean she's high dra

Happiness Equates with Fun?

I live in Hollywood. You may think people in such a glamorous, fun-filled place are happier than others. If so, you have some mistaken ideas about the nature of happiness. Many intelligent people still equate happiness with fun. The truth is that fun

48小时，让你们的感情走出阴霾

One of my friends keeps talking about leaving his wife. The two of them are great together when they're good. But they stink when they're bad. 我有一个朋友一直在说要离开他的妻子。这对夫妻好的时候如胶似漆，不好的时候相

川普成女性公敌 “穿衣令”再次激怒女同胞

Donald Trump has angered feminists all over again, after a new report suggests that he has told the female staff of his administration that they need to always dress like women when at work. 特朗普再一次激怒了女性主义者，一则最新报道

中国将再向委内瑞拉提供50亿美元贷款

China will loan Venezuela $5bn to boost oil output, the Venezuelan president said in a televised broadcast from Beijing, in a show of continued support for the troubled Latin American economy from one of its main creditors. 委内瑞拉总统尼古拉斯

GRE写作高分句式

GRE高分作文句式整理，主要包括：逻辑问题分析论证句式以及是非问题分析论证句式两大类。 逻辑问题分析论证句式： 1. The mere fact that ticket sales in recent years for screenplay-based movies have exceeded

TED演讲:我无家可归的一年(1)

I'm a writer and a journalist, and I'm also an insanely curious person, 我是一个作家，一个新闻记者，我也是一位具有强烈求知欲的人， so in 22 years as a journalist, I've learned how to do a lot of new things. 所以在做新闻

“唐顿效应”刺激房价飙升

Properties near stately homes cost ?41,000 more than the average house in the same county, research reveals. 调查显示，庄园宅邸周边的房屋价格比同一郡县平均房价高出4.1万英镑。 A study claims the Downton Abbey effect mean

英语美文：幸福的本质是什么?

问问你自己：我幸福吗?我认为幸福的本质是什么?它跟痛苦，付出有关系吗?如果娱乐和快乐等同于幸福的话，那么痛苦必然等同于不幸福。可事实正相反：导致幸福的一切常常蕴含着些许痛苦

调查显示：每人每天平均看手机110次

据英国《每日邮报》报道，屏幕解锁应用程序（Locket）通过对15万手机用户监测统计后发现，用户平均每天查看手机大约110次，有些用户一天使用手机18个小时，解锁手机次数高达900次，频率最

幸福的本质是什么？

I live in Hollywood. You may think people in such a glamorous, fun-filled place are happier than others. If so, you have some mistaken ideas about the nature of happiness. 我住在好莱坞。你可能认为住在这样一个魅力四射、充满欢笑