又称“渡鸦悖论”。乌鸦悖论

[00:02.89]The Paradox of Happiness [00:05.37]Do you recall a timelet's say [00:09.33]when you were about 5 years old [00:10.81]what defined happiness back then? [00:13.29]Was it getting a puppy for Christmas? Or maybe, [00:17.29]you were a child of d

发表于:2018-11-30 / 阅读(288) / 评论(0) 分类 英语专业晨读美文

The Paradox of Happiness What is the definition of happiness?Is it material wealth filled with fancy cars, a dream house,exteravagant furs and jewelry? Or is happiness simply having a roof over your head? Food in the fridge?Having a child? A pet?A s

发表于:2018-12-07 / 阅读(318) / 评论(0) 分类 每天一点英文

We have bigger houses and smaller families; more conveniences, but less time; we have more degrees, but less common sense; more knowledge, but less judgement; more experts, but more problems; more medicine, but less wellness. We have multiplied our

发表于:2018-12-18 / 阅读(107) / 评论(0) 分类 白领英语晨读

Pre-Listening Vocabulary paradox: a statement that seems senseless, even though its possible or true probable: likely random: not planned The Birthday Paradox In a classroom of 23 people, there is a 50-50 chance that two of them have the same birthda

发表于:2018-12-28 / 阅读(147) / 评论(0) 分类 趣谈英语

1.This is a purely _______ problem, not a political one. A. additional B.advantage C.announce D.academic 2.The _______ TOEFL score for entering this program is 600. A. less B.sandy C.stain D.minimum 3.The best example of a paradox is the proverb More

发表于:2019-01-08 / 阅读(131) / 评论(0) 分类 大学四六级阅读

We have multiplied our possessions, but reduced our values. We talk too much, love too little and lie too often. We've learned how to make a living, but not a life; we've added years to life, not life to years. We have taller buildings, but shorter t

发表于:2019-01-11 / 阅读(153) / 评论(0) 分类 阅读空间

Linda Blake | New Delhi 30 April 2010 A new study released by the Registrar General of India indicates that obesity-related diseases have joined malnutrition as leading causes of death. As India's economy grows, so does the temptation for many people

发表于:2019-01-11 / 阅读(191) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2010年(五)月

BBC Learning English People and Places Unusual jobs the Ravenmaster Andrea:Welcome to People and Places where we meet interesting people and find out about more about them right here on bbclearningenglish.com. Hello, I'm Andrea Rose. Derrick Coyle r

发表于:2019-01-11 / 阅读(211) / 评论(0) 分类 人与地方

'The Ravenmaster' Is Definitely (There) For The Birds LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: Christopher Skaife has one of the coolest jobs in the world. He takes care of the famous ravens that haunt the Tower of London. He's got a new memoir out about his lifew

发表于:2019-01-17 / 阅读(229) / 评论(0) 分类 2018年NPR美国国家公共电台10月

14You are the children of the Lord your God. Do not cut yourselves or shave the front of your heads for the dead, 2for you are a people holy to the Lord your God. Out of all the peoples on the face of the earth, the Lord has chosen you to be his trea

发表于:2019-01-26 / 阅读(198) / 评论(0) 分类 申命记

JUDY WOODRUFF: Finally tonight, the first in a new series we will be bring you over the coming months. We're calling this project Where Poetry Lives. Jeffrey Brown tells us about it. JEFFREY BROWN: We have a special guide traveling with us, poet laur

发表于:2019-01-27 / 阅读(158) / 评论(0) 分类 PBS访谈教育系列

生活大爆炸第一季第七集_2: The Dumpling Paradox -Sheldon:Okay, well, since I'm obviously being ignored here, 好吧,既然我明显被无视, let's go over the morning schedule. 咱们来回顾一下早晨的时间安排。 I use the

发表于:2019-01-28 / 阅读(239) / 评论(0) 分类 生活大爆炸第一季

An eagle was trying to break up a nut in his beak when a raven landed on a branch beside him.The raven eyed the nut hopefully.You'll never break it like that,he said.If I were you I would fly up in the sky as high as I could,then drop the n

发表于:2019-02-01 / 阅读(165) / 评论(0) 分类 趣味英语

The RiddleOnce upon a time... A King's son once had a great desire to travel through the world, so he started off, taking no one with him but one trusty servant. One day he came to a great forest, and as evening drew on he could find no shelter, and

发表于:2019-02-01 / 阅读(190) / 评论(0) 分类 英美文化

Come back to me Artist:宇多田光 The rain falls on my windows(雨滴掉落敲打我窗) and a coldness runs through my soul( 寒意袭来深入灵魂) and the rain falls (大雨在下) and the rain falls (雨不停在下) I don't want to be al

发表于:2019-02-02 / 阅读(122) / 评论(0) 分类 好听的英文歌曲

A raven envied a swan the whiteness of her plumage;and,thinking that her beauty was owing to the water in which she lived,deserted the altars where he used to find his livelihood,and betook him-self to the pools and streams.There he plumed

发表于:2019-02-07 / 阅读(139) / 评论(0) 分类 趣味英语

One day a big,black raven found some cheese Then she flew upinto a tree with the cheese in her mouth.A fox came by and saw the bird He saw the cheese as well.He,too,wanted to eat the cheese.He said to the raven,You look very nice.If y

发表于:2019-02-07 / 阅读(146) / 评论(0) 分类 趣味英语

A raven observed that an eagle brooded thirty days over her eggs.Doubtless,said she,that is the reason why the eaglets are so sharp-sighted and strong.Good!I'll try the same method. Since that period she has always brooded thirty days ove

发表于:2019-02-07 / 阅读(160) / 评论(0) 分类 趣味英语

Australian Spider May be Worlds Fastest 澳大利亚蜘蛛或是全球最快捕食者 Australia is home to many unknown species. Researchers now say that it may be home to the worlds fastest lunging predator. The karaops spider is a small and flat sp

发表于:2019-02-12 / 阅读(352) / 评论(0) 分类 2016年VOA慢速英语(七)月

In the old age black was not counted fair, 从前,黑色绝不能与美并摆, Or if it were, it bore not beauty's name; 即使黑真正美也不能挂美的招牌。 But now is black beauty's successive heir, 而今黑色成了美的合法继承者

发表于:2019-02-24 / 阅读(252) / 评论(0) 分类 莎士比亚十四行诗全集
学英语单词
acetylsalicylamide
adroop
aethylis hydnocarpas
alternating curren
ambrosdens
antecubital fossae
antioxygenic
athlestatin
beef middle casing
bejuggled
bering seas
blacker than black region
brookable
camel curve
capped call warrant
chairoplanes
Cho-do
coeder
coil positioner
colonial protozoa
congenital spina bifida
contour of equal travel time
control investment
cotton-spinner
criterion for water conservancy planning
crosstalk meter
defect experiment
door-band
elementary instruction
employed at/in
exhaust silencer
Fabry's disease
fair sth out
flocketh
Frasera walteri
Gech'a
gehyra variegaia orasawarasimae
h-p
high dump box
ho bagel
hypotricha
iata member
independent feeder
inhumates
integral circuit package
internal auditing manual
interval theoretical duration
Irish joke
jadranka
Jevons
kindiful
kizomba
Larix potaninii
low-angle scattering
meatus acusticus externus primarius
metro-central
mine sudden flooding
mischief
mucosis otitis
mutton dressed as lamb
nested class
niazy
normal merge program key ranking procedure
normal respiration level
occipito-axial
oceanographic publication
order hardening
patronites
phosphonium flame retardant
plutology
preliminary vacuum
PRISM (Power Reactor Inherently Safe Module)
quasi-stable state
residual acceleration
retarded combustion
rustles up
sealed fuel element
selfcomplementary
sensori
show concern for
something to eat
source surveillance
spring cloth wind-up motion
systematized coal unloading
t.p.
tape position error
teresa teng
Tetraxonida
thonzylamine hydrochloride
transparency ratio
trip balance
turbine bucket entrance
unfunniness
unrenovated
Vairowal
value surcharge
very important person (vip)
viverridaes
whackadoodle
widesky
ZoomIt