英语周刊第78期
（单词翻译:单击）
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| 双语新闻－网恋盲目而不长久 | |||
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Matches made over the Internet often do not last because people end up choosing unsuitable partners and forming emotional bonds before meeting face-to-face, an Australian university researcher has found.
Matches made over the Internet often do not last because people end up choosing unsuitable partners and forming emotional bonds before meeting face-to-face, an Australian university researcher has found.
Women were especially susceptible to finding Mr. Wrong, as they tend to be attracted by witty comments or clever emails, said psychologist Matthew Bambling from the Queensland University of Technology.
"You can never assume things are the way they seem online," Bambling said.
"Just because they can write a clever comment or a witty email, doesn't mean they will be Mr. Right, that's for sure," he said, adding some men use the concept of "netting," sending emails to dozens of women and hoping one might respond.
Bambling said you can find a partner online, but warned those using the Web to find love to be aware of the pitfalls.
"There's definitely a disinhibition affect online," he said, with people more likely to exaggerate their good points while hiding anything negative.
"Few guys for example would say 'look, I'm a middle aged alcoholic who's been married five times, pick me'. They're going to present themselves as a good catch."
He said it was easy for people to quickly invest too much emotionally in an online relationship because they don't see the full picture of the person they are emailing.
Bambling said people can avoid many of the problems by meeting early in the virtual relationship, rather than by getting to know each other only by email.
He suggests couples arrange to meet over coffee after a few emails, which will help people from building up a fantasy image of their match.
"The main thing to remember is to make real life contact as soon as possible if you are interested in someone, because then you will know if a relationship is a possibility," he said.
澳大利亚一所大学的研究人员发现，"网恋"往往不长久。因为网恋的人最终发现自己原来选错了对象，或是还没见面就产生了感情。
昆士兰科技大学的心理学家马修?班布林说，女性尤其容易找错对象，因为她们更容易被对方几句好听的话或几封文字优美的电子邮件所打动。
班布林说："你永远不能把网络等同于现实。"
"你不能仅凭一两句好听的话或一封幽默风趣的电子邮件断定他就是你理想中的男人，这是一定的"。他还说，一些男士采用"广撒网"的方法，给很多女士发邮件，希望至少能"逮着"一个。
班布林说，你可以在网上找伴，但他警告说，想在网上寻找爱情的人要小心上当受骗。
他说："网络具有'去抑制效应'"，人们在网上倾向于夸大自己的优点，掩饰自己的缺点。
"没有人会说，'我是个结过五次婚的中年酒鬼，考虑考虑我吧。'他们往往会表现得很好。"
班布林说，人们容易很快陷入这种网络情感，因为他们并不完全了解与自己仅有邮件来往的那个人。
班布林说，对于这种虚拟的网络关系，人们可以通过早见面来避免很多问题，而不仅仅是通过发几封邮件来了解对方。
他建议，双方可以在互通几封邮件后一起喝杯咖啡、见见面，这样大家就不会对彼此的关系存有太多幻想。
他说："一定要记住，如果你对对方有意思，就应该尽早见面接触，这样你才能知道你们有没有继续发展的可能。"
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| 美文欣赏－生死不离（英文版） | |||
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Inseparable, in Life or Death
Translator: Ruth Hung; Ted Barham; Guang-Yu Li From Oxford University
Inseparable, in life or death. Wherever your dreams have rested, Believe that life can last. The sky has lost its beauty, But you expect to stand tomorrow. Wherever you are, I'll find you. Our blood ties can achieve the impossible, Your shouts are pulsing through my veins.
Inseparable, in life or death. I am waiting for you, counting the seconds. Believing life can last. I cannot see you, But you are lying here in my heart. Wherever you are, I will find you. Our blood ties can achieve the impossible, Hand in hand we are laying the road For your journey back home.
Inseparable, in life or death. The whole world is reduced to silence, Suffering, shedding no tears. Love will make your life legendary, After the rain there will be a rainbow. Wherever you are, I will find you. Our blood ties can achieve the impossible, Your thread of hope is my whole source of power .
（注：以上英文译文仅供参考）
生死不离
生死不离，你的梦落在哪里 想着生活继续 天空失去美丽 你却等待明天站起 无论你在哪里 我都要找到你
血脉能创造奇迹 你的呼唤却刻在我的血液里
生死不离 我数着分秒等你信息 相信生命不息
我看不到你 你却牵挂在我心里 无论你在哪里 我都要找到你 血脉能创造奇迹 搭起双手筑成你回家的路基
生死不离，全世界都被沉寂 痛苦也不哭泣
爱是你的传奇 彩虹在风雨后升起
无论你在哪里 我都要找到你 血脉能创造奇迹 你一丝希望是我全部的动力
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| 想笑就笑－20 Years | |||
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A woman awoke during the night to find that her husband was not in bed.
She put on her robe and went downstairs. He was sitting at the kitchen table with a cup of coffee in front of him. He appeared to be deep in thought, just staring at the wall. She saw him wipe a tear from his eye and take a sip of his coffee.
"What's the matter dear? Why are you down here at this time of night?" she asked.
"Do you remember 20 years ago when we were dating and you were only 16?" he asked.
"Yes I do." she replied.
"Do you remember when your father caught us in the back seat of my car?"
"Yes I remember."
"Do you remember your father when he shoved that shotgun in my face and said.'Either you marry my daughter or spend twenty years in jail'?"
"Yes I do", she replied.
He wiped another tear from his cheek and said, " You know I would have gotten out today." |
| 双语故事-谁动了我的奶酪 （1） | |||
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全球第一畅销书《谁动了我的奶酪》虚构了四个角色：嗅嗅、匆匆、哼哼和唧唧。嗅嗅能够及时嗅出变化；匆匆行动迅速；哼哼害怕变化，拒绝变化；唧唧能够及时调整自己去适应变化。聪明的读者，你更像谁？
ONCE, long ago in a land far away, there lived four little characters who ran through a maze1 looking for cheese to nourish2 them and make them happy. Two were mice, named "Sniff 3" and "Scurry4" and two were littlepeople-beings5 who were as small as mice but who looked and acted a lot like people today. their names were "Hem6" and "Haw7."
Due to their small size, it would be easy not to notice what the four of them were doing. But if you looked closely enough, you could discover the most amazing things!
Every day the mice and the little people spent time in the maze looking for their own special cheese. The mice, Sniff and Scurry, possessing8 only simple rodent9 brains, but good instincts10, searched for the hard nibbling11 cheese they liked, as mice often do.
the two littlepeople, Hem and Haw, used their brains, filled with many beliefs and emotions12, to search for a very different kind of Cheese-with a capital 13 C-which they believed would make them feel happy and successful.
As different as the mice and littlepeople were, they shared something in common: every morning, they each put on their jogging14 suits and running shoes, left their little homes, and raced out into the maze looking for their favorite cheese.
the maze was a labyrinth15 of corridors16 and chambers17, some containing delicious cheese. But there were also dark corners and blind alleys18 leading nowhere. It was an easy place for anyone to get lost.
However, for those who found their way, the maze held secrets that let them enjoy a better life.
the mice, Sniff and Scurry, used the simple, but inefficient19, trial-and-error20 method of finding cheese. They ran down one corridor and if it proved empty, they turned and ran down another.
Sniff would smell out the general direction of the cheese, using his GREat nose, and Scurry would race ahead. They got lost, as you might expect, went off 21 in the wrong direction and often bumped 22 into walls.
However, the two littlepeople, Hem and Haw, used a different method that relied on23 their ability to think and learn from their past experiences, although, they would sometimes get confused24 by their beliefs and emotions.
Eventually25 in their own way, they all discovered what they were looking for -they each found their own kind of cheese one day at the end of one of the corridors in Cheese Station C.
Every morning after that, the mice and the littlepeople dressed in their running gear26 and headed27 over to Cheese Station C. It wasn't long before they each established their own routine.
Sniff and Scurry continued to wake early every day and race through the maze, always following the same route.
When they arrived at their destination, the mice took off their running shoes, tied them together and hung them around their necks-so they could get to them quickly whenever they needed them again. Then they enjoyed the cheese.
In the beginning Hem and Haw also raced toward Cheese Station C every morning to enjoy the tasty new morsels28 that awaited them.
But after a while, a different routine set in29 for the littlepeople.
Hem and Haw awoke each day a little later, dressed a little slower, and walked to Cheese Station C. After all, they knew where the Cheese was now and how to get there.
they had no idea where the Cheese came from, or who put it there. They just assumed 30 it would be there.
As soon as Hem and Haw arrived at Cheese Station C each morning, they settled in31 and made themselves at home. They hung up32 their jogging suits, put away33 their running shoes and put on their slippers34. They were becoming very comfortable now that they had found the Cheese.
"This is GREat," Hem said. "there's enough Cheese here to last us forever." The littlepeople felt happy and successful, and thought they were now secure.
It wasn't long before Hem and Haw regarded the Cheese they found at Cheese Station C as their cheese. It was such a large store of Cheese that they eventually moved their homes to be closer to it, and built a social life around it.
To make themselves feel more at home, Hem and Haw decorated35 the walls with sayings and even drew pictures of Cheese around them which made them smile. One read:
Having Cheese Makes You Happy.
Sometimes Hem and Haw would take their friends by to see their pile of Cheese at Cheese Station C, and point to it with pride, saying, "Pretty nice Cheese, huh?" Sometimes they shared it with their friends and sometimes they didn't.
"We deserve this Cheese," Hem said. "We certainly had to work long and hard enough to find it." He picked up a nice fresh piece and ate it.
Afterwards, Hem fell asleep, as he often did.
Every night the littlepeople would waddle36 home, full of Cheese, and every morning they would confidently return for more.
This went on for quite some time.
After a while Hem's and Haw's confidence GREw into arrogance37. Soon they became so comfortable they didn't even notice what was happening.
As time went on, Sniff and Scurry continued their routine. They arrived early each morning and sniffed and scratched 38 and scurried 39 around Cheese Station C, inspecting40 the area to see if there had been any changes from the day before. Then they would sit down to nibble on the cheese.
从前，在一个遥远的地方，住着四个小家伙。为了填饱肚子和享受生活，他们终日穿行在一座迷宫里，寻找"奶酪"。
其中有两只小老鼠，一个叫"嗅嗅"，另一个叫"匆匆"。还有两个和老鼠一般大小的小矮人，模样和行为看上去像今天的人类。他俩一个叫"哼哼"，另一个叫"唧唧"。
由于他们个头太小，他们干什么自然不容易引起旁人注意。但如果凑近仔细看，你会发现非常令人称奇的事情！
每天两只小老鼠和两个小矮人在迷宫里打发时间，寻找适合自己的特别奶酪。嗅嗅、匆匆和其他啮齿类动物一样头脑简单，但直觉良好。和别的老鼠一样，他们寻找的是那种适合啃咬的硬奶酪。
两个小矮人，哼哼和唧唧，则靠脑袋行事，拥有各种信念和情感。他们要找的是一种不同寻常的奶酪--带有大写字母"C"的奶酪。他们相信，这样的奶酪会给他们带来快乐和成功。
尽管小老鼠和小矮人目标不同，但他们有一个共同点: 每天早上，他们各自穿上运动服和跑鞋，离开他们的小房子，跑进迷宫寻找他们各自钟爱的奶酪。
迷宫中有许多走廊和房间，其中一些藏有美味奶酪，但也有一些黑暗的角落和死胡同，任何人走进去都容易迷路。
然而，对找到出路的人来说，迷宫还有一些秘密，能使他们享受更美好的生活。
小老鼠嗅嗅和匆匆，总是运用简单低效的办法反复尝试寻找奶酪。他们跑进一条走廊，如果发现空空如也，就掉头拐进另一条走廊搜寻。
嗅嗅可以用他了不起的鼻子嗅出奶酪的大致方向，匆匆则跑在前面开路。不出所料，他们经常迷路走错方向，常常撞到墙上。
而两个小矮人，哼哼和唧唧，则依靠他们的思维能力，用不同的方法， 从过去的经验中学习。但有时也会被信念和感情弄糊涂。
最后，终于有一天，在某条走廊尽头的奶酪C站，他们凭借自己的方式找到了他们想要的东西。
从那以后，这四个家伙每天早上穿上跑步的行头，直奔奶酪C站。不久，他们建立了一条各自的常规线路。
嗅嗅和匆匆仍旧每天起得很早，总是沿着相同的路线跑进迷宫。
老鼠们到达目的地后，脱下跑鞋，将两只鞋系在一起，挂在脖子上--以便需要时随时取下。然后，他们开始尽情享用奶酪。
起初，哼哼和唧唧也是每天一大早赶到奶酪C站，享用等在那里的美味佳肴。
然而不久，小矮人们改变了他们的常规。
哼哼和唧唧每天起得晚了，穿戴也慢了，然后漫步走到奶酪C站。毕竟，他们知道了奶酪站的位置，也知道通向奶酪站的线路。
他们不知道奶酪从何而来，又是谁把它们放在了那里。他们想当然地认为，奶酪始终会放在那里。
每天早晨，哼哼和唧唧一到奶酪C站，就像回到了自己家，舒适地安顿下来。他们脱下运动衣把它们挂起来，放好鞋子，换上拖鞋。既然找到了奶酪，他们感觉惬意极了。
"太好了！"哼哼说："这里有这么多奶酪，足够我们享用一辈子。"小矮人充满了幸福感和成功感，觉得从此可以无忧无虑了。
不久，哼哼和唧唧认定奶酪C站发现的奶酪就是属于他们的。这里的奶酪库存非常丰富，以致他们决定把家搬到更靠近奶酪C站的地方，并在周围一带展开社交活动。
为了让自己感觉更舒适，哼哼和唧唧把墙壁装饰了一通，在墙上写了一些格言，并画满了奶酪图案。这些图画和格言令他们喜形于色。有一句话是这样的：
拥有奶酪就拥有幸福。
有时，他们会带朋友来参观奶酪C站成堆的奶酪，自豪地指着这些奶酪说："多么美妙可口的奶酪呀，不是吗？"有时，他们与朋友们一起分享这些奶酪，有时则单独享用。
"我们有资格拥有这些奶酪。"哼哼说，"为了找到它们，我们当然得付出长期的努力。"他拿起一块鲜美的奶酪放进嘴里。
然后，像平常一样，哼哼用完奶酪便睡着了。
每天晚上，饱餐一顿后，小矮人们就摇摇摆摆走回家，第二天早上又信心十足走进奶酪站，享用更多的奶酪。
这种情况持续了相当长一段时间。
后来，哼哼和唧唧的自信开始变成狂妄。不久，生活的安逸使他们丝毫没有察觉到正在发生的变化。
随着时间的推移，嗅嗅和匆匆继续着他们一成不变的生活。每天一早他们赶到奶酪C站，四处闻一闻、抓一抓，查看和前一天有什么不一样。然后他们才会坐下来咀嚼奶酪。
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| 英文漫画－机遇 | |||
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参考答案:
机遇曾招呼我，它嘟嘟的叫我，联系我，给我发邮件和发传真，还有些垃圾信息。而我却一直在期待它来敲门! |
| 医务英语－儿童肥胖 父母怎么办？ | |||
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Childhood obesity：What parents can do
儿童肥胖父母怎么办？
Over the past 30 years，the rate of obesity in the United States has more than doubled for preschoolers and adolescents，and it has more than tripled for children ages 6 to 11.
在过去的30年中，美国学前儿童和青少年患肥胖症的比例翻了不只一番，6到11岁的儿童超过了3倍。
Obese children get a hard start on health problems such as diabetes and heart disease，often carrying these problems into an obese adulthood. If this trend continues，obesity may soon top smoking as the nation's most preventable cause of death.
患肥胖症的儿童已开始健康状况就不容乐观，容易患糖尿病或心脏疾病。通常这些问题可以一直延续到他们肥胖的成人时期。如果这一趋势持续下去，肥胖症可能将会超过吸烟而成为美国最可预防的导致死亡的因素。
The reasons for a child's obesity are complex. But the most common factors combine too much screen time - including television，computers and video games - with too much junk food. And the best solution is to reduce your entire family's intake of both.
儿童罹患肥胖症的原因比较复杂。但是最普通的因素是太长时间面对显示屏，像电视、电脑、电视游戏等，和过多摄入垃圾食品。最好的解决办法是减少你整个家庭在这两方面的投入。
Good for everyone
对每个人都有好处
Don't single out the overweight members of your family for lifestyle changes. Eating healthier foods and getting more exercise is good for everybody. Children tend to mimic their parents，so it pays to be a good role model. If you don't want your children eating french fries，don't eat them yourself. Play basketball with the kids after dinner，or take a family walk. Organize family outings that involve physical activity - such as bike riding，skating or hiking.
不要仅仅让你家庭成员中超重的成员改变生活方式。吃健康的食物和多做运动对谁都有好处。孩子易于效仿他们的父母，所以你得做好榜样。如果你不想你的孩子吃炸薯条，那你自己也不要吃。饭后和孩子们一起玩篮球，或者一家人出去走走。组织一些有体育项目的家庭旅游，比如骑自行车，滑冰或者徒步旅行。
Parents have control
父母主导
Parents are the ones who buy the food，cook the food and decide where food is eaten. Even small changes can make a big difference in your family's overall health.
买食物的是父母，做饭的是父母，决定在哪吃饭的还是父母。即使是最小的孩子，他们也能从你全家的健康状况得益。
"When buying groceries，choose fruits and vegetables over convenience foods high in sugar and fat. Always have healthy snacks available. And never use food as a reward or punishment.
在买食品的时候，挑一些水果和蔬菜，而不是那些高糖分、高脂肪的方便食品。一定要准备一些健康的零食，据不用食物作为奖励或惩罚的手段。
"Limit sweetened beverages，including those containing fruit juice. These drinks provide little nutrition in exchange for their high calories. They also can make your child feel too full to eat healthier foods.
限制加糖饮料，包括那些含有果汁的饮料。那些饮料除了提供高热量外没有太多的营养价值，并让你的孩子感到很饱而不愿意吃健康的食物。
"Select recipes and methods of cooking that are lower in fat. For example，bake chicken instead of frying it.
选用低脂肪的烹饪方法和菜系。比如说，我们用烤鸡儿不用炸鸡。
"Put colorful food on the table：green and yellow vegetables，fruits of various colors，and brown（whole-grain）breads. Limit white carbohydrates：rice，pasta，bleached bread and sugar（desserts）。
选用色彩丰富的食物：绿的或者黄的蔬菜，不同颜色的水果，褐色的面包（全麦的）。减少含碳水化合物的白色食物，如米饭、意大利面、白面包或者是食糖（还有点心）。
"Sit down together for family meals. Make it an event - a time to share news and tell stories. Eating in front of the television fosters mindless munching.
全家坐在一起吃饭。可以将聚餐弄成一种分享新鲜事和讲故事活动。在电视前面吃饭让人漫不经心的咀嚼食物。
"Limit your children's recreational screen time to fewer than two hours a day.
把孩子面对显示屏娱乐的时间限制在一天2小时以内。
"During your child's physical exams，ask the doctor to show you the growth curves giving percentiles for height，weight，and body mass index（BMI）。These allow you to compare your child with the norms for age and sex.
在孩子体检时，向医生索要显示孩子体重和升高增长的百分比的成长曲线和体质指标（BMI）。通过这些数据你可以把你的孩子与同性别同年龄的孩子正常的身体情况进行对比。
Don't make it a battle
不要做过了
Parents often must balance on a tightrope between giving too much and too little attention to their child's obesity. Because many overweight children already feel bad about themselves，you should make sure they know you love them unconditionally.
父母通常必须在过于关注孩子的肥胖问题和关注不足之间找一个平衡点。因为往往很多超重的孩子自己应经对自己的体型感到不满了，所以你应该让他们知道无论怎么样你都爱他们。
Offer healthy food to your children，but don't force it on them. Avoid fad diets. In many cases，simply maintaining a child's present weight is good enough - providing the opportunity for the child to grow into his or her pounds.
给他们提供健康的饮食，但不要强迫他们接受。避免流行的时尚食物。在很多的情况下，保持现在孩子的体质就足够了，应该给他们机会让他们长到他们适当的体重。
Minorities at higher risk、
少数民族的压力更大
Although the obesity rate has increased dramatically for all U.S. children，certain ethnic minorities - blacks，Hispanics and American Indians - have been experiencing the highest rates of increase. Nearly 25 percent of children in these ethnic groups are obese by medical standards.
尽管所有的美国孩子肥胖症发病率急剧增长，但某些特定的少数民族像黑人、西班牙人、印第安人等，他们的增长率一直是最高的。根据医学标准，这些种族中大约有25%的儿童有肥胖症。
Poverty is another risk factor. Between 1986 and 1998，the cost of fresh fruits and vegetables increased substantially more than did the cost of carbonated drinks，meat，sweets and snacks. So it's literally cheaper to eat unhealthy foods.
贫穷是导致肥胖症的另一个原因。在1986年到1998年间，新鲜水果和蔬菜的价格增长明显超过了碳酸饮料、肉、糖和零食的价格。所以吃不健康的食物显然比较便宜。
Improve school food
提高学校的餐饮质量
To help make ends meet，some schools have installed vending machines selling soft drinks and snacks. The schools typically receive a percentage of the sales from these machines. Parents can request that their local school boards require all food and beverages served or sold at school to meet accepted nutritional standards.
为了平衡收支，一些学校在学校里安装了出售软饮料和零食的自动售货机。学校一般都会从这些售货机收出的食物中提成。家长可题要求当地的学校委员会命令所有的学校内售出的食品和饮料达到公认的营养标准。
Parents also can advocate for daily physical education（PE）classes for all students. PE classes have been reduced or even eliminated in many schools because of budget constraints. Latchkey children often aren't allowed to play outside their homes until their parents get home，so exercise time at school is even more important.
家长也可以要求开设所有的学生参加的每天的体育课程。由于经费紧张，很多学校已经压缩甚至取消了体育课。孩子们经常都被锁在家里，不能外出活动，一直到他们的父母回家。所以学校的体育锻炼就尤为重要。
Worth the time
花时间是值得的
Many families feel they don't have the time it takes to prepare healthier meals and exercise more. Shopping，cooking，sharing a meal and cleaning up do take longer than zipping into the drive-through lane at a fast-food restaurant.
很多家庭都觉得他们没有给孩子提供更加健康的食物和陪孩子锻炼的时间。去商场买菜、做饭、一起吃饭和饭后洗涮肯定要比去一家快餐店的取食物的穿梭通道更花时间。
But the dangers of childhood obesity are real，and they are starting to take a toll. Helping set your kids on the path to a healthy future is one of the most important things you can do for them. Your investment in time will pay big dividends throughout their entire lives.
但是，孩子们面临的肥胖症的危机就在眼前，这些危机已经开始给他们造成了不良的影响。引领你的孩子走上一条通向未来的健康之路是你能为他们作的最重要的事情之一。你在这方面的时间投资会使他们获益终生。
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Hearing Silence by Trisha Taylor
As the interphased day and night Leaves the sky aglow with residual light, My hungry eyes take in the feast That tells me most, by saying least.
A silent scene can stir the heart With more power than mere words impart, And leave you breathless, standing still - Held captive by your own free will.
中文：
淡红的余晖 将日夜相连 无声的美景 胜过言语万千
倾听宁静 更能激荡心灵 屏住呼吸，停下脚步 任自由女神将你我俘虏 |
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THE PRESIDENT: Thank you all for having us. We're here at the Family Service Agency here in Little Rock to discuss ways to help people either buy a home for the first time or stay in a home.
Before I say a few words about how the government can help people stay in their home, I do want to thank Charles and your team of counselors who are here. Thank you for your briefing; I thought it was very thorough and understandable. I do want to thank the Secretary of HUD for joining us, as well as Congressman Boozman. I really appreciate your time.
And I want to thank Caroline, first time homebuyer -- or, she went to the first time home-buyers program in Jacksonville, Arkansas -- and Patty, from Conway, Arkansas.
One of the problems we have when it comes to buying a home is that there's a lot of fine print and people get worried about it. So these counselors have helped simplify the process. And one of the great challenges now is how to help creditworthy people stay in their homes. Because we got some people who are -- just with some little help, some advice and some counseling will be able to figure out a way to stay in the home. It's in our national interest we do so. That's what Patty bought -- she had a home and was very worried about being able to stay in it; got some good advice from Sue and [is] now in the home. And this has happened all across America, by the way. There's some good programs coming out of Washington, all aimed at saying to the American citizen, if you are worried about staying in your home, contact a counseling service, we'll help you -- "we" being the collective group of people there in this business, after all, this is a HUD-funded counseling program; you receive some money from HUD for your counseling.
Congress can help, when they come back, to pass a good piece of housing legislation that modernizes the FHA and reforms these GSEs. And I think we can get us a bill. But it's going to require less politics and more focus on keeping our minds on who we need to help -- and that's the homeowner.
And so I do want to thank you very much for having us. This is an issue on people's minds. It's an issue where there is good help to be had. And so if people are looking for help here in Arkansas, it's a good place to turn to -- Family Services. And there are other places around the country where people can get help, where there's experts that are helping refinance their mortgages or work with their mortgage companies to help you stay in their homes. It's in our interest that more people stay in their homes during this period of uncertainty.
I'm confident in the long run America is going to be just fine. We're a country that has overcome challenges before -- and we've got some challenges: high gasoline prices, we've got some challenges in the housing industry. We know the way forward in housing -- good legislation and helping people stay in their homes. And the truth of the matter is we know the way forward when it comes to energy. We depending too much on energy from overseas; we ought to be finding more energy here at home. If people want their gasoline prices down, let's find energy here in America. And there's plenty of energy to be had.
At any rate, thank you all for your time. I enjoyed it.
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1. Evidence came up__1__specific sounds are recognized by babies as young as six months old.? A. what B. that C. which D. whose
2. I understand__2__preparation that staff must put in under pressure to meet the deadline.? A. more than the enormous amount of? B. better than most the enormous number of? C. better than most the enormous amount of ? D. fewer than the number of? 3. I'm sure your suggestion will__3__the problem. A. contribute to solving ? B. be contributed to solve ? C. contribute to solve ? D. be contributed to solving?
4. In 1840, both Lucretian Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton resented__4__proper seating at the World's Anti?slavery convention in London because of their sex A. refusing B. to be refused ? C. being refused D. having refused? 5. America will never again have as a nation the spirit of adventure as it__5__before the West was settled. A. could B. did C. would D. was
6. The message is clear: Just as tea and banana cant't go together,__6__should the son of a low?class family expect to marry the daughter of a nobleman. A. either B. not C. neither D. nor
7.Though__7__rich, she was better off than at any other period in her life. A. by means of B. within her means ? C. by all means D. by no means??
8. It is a(n)__8__attitude to take towards life. A. absurd B. silly C. stupid D. authentic? ?
9. Every year, one student in our high school wins a scholarship that__9__one year of college. A. improves B. subsidizes C. obliges D. inflicts
10. He wrote the book in__10__with his wife. A. proportion B. installment ? C. correspondence D. collaboration
答案：
1. B) 【句意】 有证据表明，小至六个月的婴儿就能识别具体的声音。? 【难点】 evidence后面的同位语从句被全句的谓语动词came up隔开，同位语从句须由that引导，所以B)项正确。
2. C) 【句意】 我比多数人更能理解员工们在最后期限的压力下所做的大量准备工作。? 【难点】 understand better than...意为"对…非常理解"。preparation是不可数名词，须用amount修饰，故选C)。 ? 3. A) 【句意】 我相信你的建议将有助于问题的解决。? 【难点】 contribute to意为"有助于，促成"，to是介词，所以后面应接名词或动名词，故选A)。?
4. C) 【句意】 1840年，露克里蒂安?莫特和伊丽莎白?凯蒂?斯坦顿因为他们的性别而没有得到伦敦世界废奴大会的席位，他们对此表示愤慨。? 【难点】 resent后接名词或动名词作宾语，根据句意的要求，应使用动名词的被动语态形式，故选C)?
5. B) 【句意】 作为一个国家来说，美国将不再具有开拓西部前所具有的那种冒险精神。? 【难点】 从意义来看，空格应填had,但主句中have是实义动词，为避免重复，可用助动词do替代，即用did替代had,故B)为答案。?
6. C) 【句意】 这是明摆着的事：就像茶叶和香蕉不相搭配一样，下层阶级家庭的儿子也不可能指望娶一个贵族的女儿。 【难点】 neither用于否定句之后，意为"…亦不…"；either用于否定句，意为"(二者之中的)任何一方?都(不)…"?；nor意为"…也不…(置于否定句之后)"；not在本句中说不通。?
7. D) 【句意】 虽谈不上有钱，但她目前的境况比以往任何时候都要好。? 【难点】 by no means意为"一点也不…"；by means of意为"用，依靠"；within one's means不是固定短语；by all means意为"无论如何，务必"。?
8. A) 【句意】 这是一种荒唐的生活态度。? 【难点】 absurd意为"荒唐的；滑稽可笑的"；silly意为"傻的；愚蠢的"；stupid意为"笨的，麻木的"；authentic意为"可靠的；真诚的；真的"?
9. B) 【句意】 每年，我们学校会有一名同学获得一笔奖学金作为一年的大学生活补贴。? 【难点】 subsidize意为"给…津贴；资助"；improve意为"改进，改善"；oblige意为"施恩惠于，帮…忙"；inflict意为"予以(打击)；使遭受(损伤，苦痛等)"。?
10. D) 【句意】 他和妻子合作写了一本书。? 【难点】 collaboration意为"合作；协作"，in collaboration with为固定搭配；proportion意为"比例"；installment意为"分期付款"；correspondence意为"符合；一致"
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