美国人的家

Home.Few words in the English language have such aspecial meaning.Home is a place where you can re—lax,kick back and just be yourself.Just about everyonehas a strong opinion of what makes a house ahome.And for most people in America,home should be,above all,comfortable(舒适的). Americans like their homes to reflect(反映)their personaltastes.Many do-it-yourselfers enjoy fixing up their house andmaking it more“livable.”They often try to create a cozy(舒适的)atmosphere so that when they’re at home.they’ll reallyfeel“at home.”Softs and lounge chairs(安乐椅)may be heavily     

珍惜自己拥有的而不是渴求的

In over a dozen years as a stress consultant (普遍的), one of the most pervasive (顾问) and destructive mental tendencies (倾向,趋势) I' ve seen is that of focusing on what we want instead of     

By and large

By and large的意思是“总的来说”(on thewhole,in general),你可能想不到,它的来历跟航海有着不可分割的联系。这个短语最早出现在17世纪,当时帆船被普遍使用,水手们要想让船靠岸完全取决于海上的风向和风力。1669出版的《海员杂志))上by andlarge的用法:“Thus you see the ship handled infair weather and foul,by and large,”到了1833     

Columbia Accident

美国当地时间2月1日,载有七名宇航员的美国哥伦比亚号航天飞机在结束了为期16天的太空任务之后,返回地球,但在着陆前发生意外,航天飞机解体坠毁。     

国情咨文的由来

"The President shall from time to time give to Congress information of the State of the Union and recommend to their Consideration such measures as he shall judge necessary and expedient." Article 11, Sec. 3, U.S. Constitution 宪法笫二条第三款规定:“总统应随时向国会报告联邦情况,并将他认为必要和适宜的议案提交国会审议”。这“联邦情况”后来有了个专名,世人美其名日“国情咨文”,也就是对于一个国家政治、经济、文化等方面基本情况的报告。     

生活充满选择

迈克尔是那种你真想恨一恨的家伙,他总是乐呵呵的,总是说些积极上进的话。如果有人问他近况如何,他会这样回答:“如果我还能再好,我就成双胞胎了”     

Go for it!

“Gor for it!”是一句鼓励别人试一试的话，隐含的意思是你不必担心失败，不要谨小慎微，应该利用这个机会勇敢地、果断地行动。     

To Begin Laughing More

笑对生活，无论在身体上还是精神上，都使我们受益非浅。     

乞力马扎罗山冰雪消融(英文)

A newstudy saysancient snowon top ofmount Kili-Manjarc inTanzania(坦桑尼亚:东非国家) couldbe gone in about twenty years.Huge layers ofice formed on the African mountain during a wetperiod about eleven-thousand years ago.But sci-entists say the ice on top of the mountain ismelting(融化)because of rising temperatures inrecent years。     

科技使得沟通无限(英文)

Wouldn’t it be great if your TV set knew whenyou looked away and automatically paused so that youdidn’t miss a beat in your favorite show?Suchtechnology may not be far away. Ted Selker,director of the Massachusetts Instituteof Technology’S context-aware computing lab,is apioneer in technology that eases communicationbetween computers and people.