Everyone has at some point had the same problem: no matter how much you try to be consistent with your camera face, some pictures look great and others look awful.
Photographer Stephen Eastwood has finally solved the mystery - showing that the difference between a good photo and instantly deleted disaster can be down to the camera lens.
To prove his point, he took a series of portraits, using the same model's facial expression and the same lighting - but each time changing the lens.
Depending on the lens' focal length, the image will deform and affect how the image looks in photos.
The shorter the focal length, the more field of view you can capture.
But Mr Eastwood's experiment showed that the distortion continued up the focal range, albeit more subtly.
And the killer is that some of these subtle distortions can make the face prettier, while others make the face - to put it bluntly - uglier.
A larger lens (say 350mm) will flatten and widen the face of the subject.
Mr Eastwood said this could sometimes make the ears look further back - or make the nose look bigger.
Experts say a 135mm lens would produce the best, most consistently accurate results. But even then there's an element of risk.
Love is a thing of your own selves. We love and we influence each other,change each other. One day, even if we separate, those changes and influences will remain forever, and they will last longer than the love itself. Finally, you are not learned how to be in love, but learned how to love yourself.
1. The worst feeling in the world is when you can’t love anyone else, because your heart still belongs to the one who broke it. 世界上最糟糕的一种感觉是，你无法爱上别人，只因你依然留恋那个伤害你的人。
2. Life is too short to leave us any room for regrets. Love those who are kind to you while forget those who do not cherish you. 生命太短，没留时间给我们每日带着遗憾醒来。所以去爱那些对你好的人，忘掉那些不知珍惜你的人。
3. Happiness will never come to those who fail to appreciate what they already have. 幸福不会降临那些不懂欣赏自己拥有的人。
4. Being happy is really easy-Loved by someone,having things to do and expectation. 幸福其实真的很简单：有人爱；有事做；有所期待。
5. I wish I could find someone who would feel my pain even though I’m saying OK with a smile. 我希望找到这样一个人，即使我微笑着说“我还好”的时候，他也能察觉得到我的痛苦。
6. A woman who truly loves you will be angry at you for many things, but will stick around. 如果一个女人真的爱你，她会因为很多事情对你发脾气，却始终坚守在你身边。
7. Everyone of the people who says she or he does’n want to be in love .There must be someone without possibility in their hearts. 每个嘴里说不想恋爱的人，心里都装着一个无法拥有的人。
8. Do you believe in love? Yes, I do. Have you been in love? No, I haven’t. Then why do you believe it? ‘cause it makes me happier to believe it. 你相信有永远的爱吗？”“我相信的。”“你拥有过吗？”“还没有。”“那你为甚么相信？”“相信的话，比较幸福。
9. The one you love also loves you. This is a miracle. And the god names this as falling in love with each other.自己爱的人同时也爱着自己，这简直是一种奇迹，神明为这种奇迹取了一个名字，叫做恋爱。
10. When someone abandons you, it is him that gets loss because he lost someone who truly loves him but you just lost one who doesn’t love you. 当你认为被抛弃的时候，受损失的其实是对 方：因为他失去了一个真正喜欢他的人，而你只不过少了一个不喜欢你的人罢了。
[2011-11-2] 有声美文 | Try to Remember the Good Things 回忆美好 发表于 2011/11/10 由 cheer 8
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When times become difficult (and you know they sometimes will), remember a moment in your life that was filled with joy and happiness. Remember how it made you feel, and you will have the strength you need to get through any trial.
When life throws you one more obstacle than you think you can handle, remember something you achieved through perseverance and by struggling to the end. In doing so, you’ll find you have the ability to overcome each obstacle brought your way.
When you find yourself drained and depleted of energy, remember to find a place of sanctuary and rest.
Take the necessary time in your own life to dream your dreams and renew your energy, so you’ll be ready to face each new day.
When you feel tension building, find something fun to do. You’ll find that the stress you feel will dissipate and your thoughts will become clearer.
You’re listening to Faith Radio Online-Simply to Relax, I’m Faith. When you’re faced with so many negative and draining situations, realize how minuscule problems will seem when you view your life as a whole–and remember the positive things.
【编辑语】：Hello everyone!!! Fodder again! 2011年11月11日世纪光棍节就要来~~这一期讲的就是两个情人怎么相遇的噢~ A Romantic Accident!! 祝大家在光棍节那天也会发生一个浪漫的“事故”!
一、Dialogue——I’m sorry, I love you
A: Whoa, whoa, what’s going on? Watch out! 哎，哎，发生什么事！小心！ B: Hey, watch where you’re going! 嘿，看你往哪儿走的！ A: Oh, no! I’m so sorry! Are you all right? 哦，不！对不起！你没事吧？ B: Oh…I don’t know. 噢，我不清楚。 A: I feel terrible, I really didn’t mean to knock you over. My tire, just exploded, and I lost control of my bike. Really, it was an accident. Please accept my apologies. 真的非常抱歉，我不是故意撞到你的。我的车胎爆了，接着我的单车就失去控制。真的，这是一次意外。请接收我的道歉吧。 B: Just let me try to stand up. 先让我试下站起来。
SONG: Why do birds suddenly appear, every time you are near?
A: Are you okay? 你没事吧？ B: Oh, wait a second, you seem really familiar, I think I know you from somewhere. 哦，等一下，你看起来很熟悉，我觉得我曾经在哪儿见过你。 A: Yeah, I think we have met somewhere before. That’s right! We met at Aaron’s place last weekend! What a coincidence! But anyway, I’m glad to see that you’re not too badly hurt, and I should probably get going. I have a nine o’clock meeting. 是啊，我觉得我们以前见过大家。对了！我们上个星期在亚伦的家里见过面！真巧啊！不过无论如何，很庆幸你没有伤的很重。我想我该走了，我九点钟还有个约会。 B: Ouch! My ankle! I think it’s broken! You can’t just leave me like this! Are you calling an ambulance? 哎呦！我的脚踝！我想我扭伤脚踝了。你不能就这样离开我！你是在叫救护车吗？ A: Nope, I’m canceling my appointment so that I can stay here with you. 不，我打电话取消约会，这样我就能留下来陪你了。
SONG: Do you remember when we met? That’s the day I knew you were my pet. I wanna tell you how much I love you
二、Language Points 1. knock over 打翻 I knocked over my tea cup all over my desk. 我在书桌上打翻了茶杯。
2. explode 爆炸 My tire just explodes! 我的车胎刚爆了！
3. familiar 熟悉 That name sounds familiar. 这个名字听起来很熟耳。
4. place (谁的)家 We are having a party tonight at my place. 今天我们在我家搞派对。
5. coincidence 巧合 ——I’m going to NY today. 我今天要去纽约. ——What a coincidence! Me too! 真巧啊，我也是！
6. I’m so sorry. I feel terrible. Please accept my apologies.
7. I didn’t mean to knock you over. It was an accident.
8. in love at first sight 一见钟情
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1.We do admire people fluent（adj.流利的） in two languages. As I was told，you were brought up bilingually, right? 我们很羡慕那些能流利讲两门语言的人。据我所知,你在成长过程中是双语方式培养的，是吗?
2. There is a lot of competition out there. People with strong experiences and bilingual skills are in high demand. 职场竞争非常激烈,那些有很丰富履历和双语能力的求职者很受欢迎。
3.Welcome to the Cambridge Bilingual Kindergarten. 欢迎来到剑桥双语幼儿园!
---C: Terrible! I’ve just come from my Chinese lesson. 最近感觉很不好，我刚刚上好中文课回来。
---J: Oh? What happened? 哦？怎么了？
---C: My teacher asked me to make a speech in Chinese in front of the whole school! 我的老师让我在全校面前用中文演讲！
---J: That’s great! You must really be getting to grips with Chinese. 挺好呀，那你要好好学中文了！
---C:I wish that were the case, but to tell the truth, I break out in a cold sweat just thinking about speaking in front of all those people. I’m afraid I’ll be so tongue tied I won’t be able to say anything! 要是那么简单就好了。说实话，我一想到要在那么多人面前讲话就直冒冷汗。我怕那个时候我舌头一打结，就什么都说不出来了！
---J: I’m sure you’re making a mountain out of a molehill. Just because you have a few butterflies, don’t let that stop you from doing your best! 你一定是小题大做了。你只是有点紧张罢了，不要让这点小问题影响你的发挥。
A cognitive（adj.认识的，认知能力的） neuroscientist, Ellen Bialystok has spent almost 40 years learning about how bilingualism（n.双语能力） sharpens the mind. 认知神经学家爱伦•比亚韦斯托克，在双语如何提高思维能力的领域做了将近40年的研究。以下是记者对话认知神经学家爱伦•比亚韦斯托克，探究双语使用人群的优势到底是什么？
Q. How did you begin studying bilingualism? Q:您是如何开始进行双语研究的？
A. You know, I didn’t start trying to find out whether bilingualism was bad or good. I did my doctorate in psychology: on how children acquire（v.习得，学习到）language. When I finished graduate school, in 1976, there was a job shortage in Canada for Ph.D.’s. The only position I found was with a research project studying second language acquisition in school children. It wasn’t my area. But it was close enough. A: 恩，我研究的初衷并不是要知道双语是好还是坏。我的博士学位是心理学的，主要关于孩子们如何习得语言。当我1976年从学校毕业时，加拿大博士的工作非常紧缺。我唯一能找到的工作就是一个进行在校儿童第二语言习得研究的项目。这不是我原来的领域，但已经非常接近了。
As a psychologist, I brought neuroscience（n.神经系统科学） questions to the study, like “How does the acquisition of a second language change thought?” It was these types of questions that naturally led to the bilingualism research. The way research works is, it takes you down a road. You then follow that road. 作为一名心理学家，我把神经科学的问题带到了这项研究中，比如“第二语言的习得是如何改变思维习惯的？”这种类型的问题自然而然的就引出了对双语的研究。研究进行的途径就是它会把为你指出一条路，你只要沿着这条路走下去就行了。
Q. So what exactly did you find on this unexpected road? Q:那么您在这条出乎意料的道路上，具体有哪些发现呢？
A. As we did our research, you could see there was a big difference in the way monolingual and bilingual children processed language. We found that if you gave 5- and 6-year-olds language problems to solve, monolingual（adj.单一一种语言的） and bilingual children knew, pretty much, the same amount of language. A:当我们在做研究的时候，发现单语言使用者和双语言使用者接受语言的方式有很大的差异。我们发现如果你让五六岁的小孩解决一些语言问题，不管是只会说一种语言还是两种语言的小孩，他们所掌握的语言知识相差无几。
But on one question, there was a difference. We asked all the children if a certain illogical sentence was grammatically correct: “Apples grow on noses.” The monolingual children couldn’t answer. They’d say, “That’s silly” and they’d stall. But the bilingual children would say, in their own words, “It’s silly, but it’s grammatically correct.” The bilinguals, we found, manifested a cognitive system with the ability to attend to important information and ignore the less important. 但在另外一个问题上就看出区别了。我们把“苹果在鼻子上生长”这种逻辑错误但语法正确的句子询问所有的孩子。单语言的孩子不知道回答什么。他们会说：“这句子太蠢了。”然后就没话了。但是双语的孩子们会用自己的话语说：“虽然这句子有点蠢，但是语法上却是正确的。”我们发现双语使用者培养出一个能够关注重要信息，同时避免次要信息的认知系统。
Q. How does this work — do you understand it? Q:那您弄懂这种系统是如何工作的吗？
A. Yes. There’s a system in your brain, the executive control system. It’s a general manager. Its job is to keep you focused on what is relevant, while ignoring distractions. It’s what makes it possible for you to hold two different things in your mind at one time and switch between them. A:是的。在你的大脑中，有一个高级控制系统。它的职责就像是个总经理，让你集中精力关注在有关的事务上，同时排除其他干扰。这可以使您一心二用，并能在两种事务之间进行转换。
If you have two languages and you use them regularly, the way the brain’s networks work is that every time you speak, both languages pop up and the executive control system has to sort through everything and attend to what’s relevant in the moment. Therefore the bilinguals use that system more, and it’s that regular use that makes that system more efficient. 如果您通晓并且经常使用两种语言，那么大脑网络工作的方式就会变成每当你开始说话，两种语言都会被激活，（大脑的）高级控制系统不得不搜索所有内容，再找出与当时情境相关的信息。因此双语使用者会更多的使用这种系统，多次使用后熟能生巧，系统也会变得更有效率。
Q. One would think bilingualism might help with multitasking — does it? Q:有些人认为双语也许可以帮助提升多任务处理的能力，这是真的吗？
A. Yes, multitasking is one of the things the executive control system handles. We wondered, “Are bilinguals better at multitasking?” So we put monolinguals and bilinguals into a driving simulator. Through headphones, we gave them extra tasks to do — as if they were driving and talking on cellphones. We then measured how much worse their driving got. Now, everybody’s driving got worse. But the bilinguals, their driving didn’t drop as much. Because adding on another task while trying to concentrate on a driving problem, that’s what bilingualism gives you — though I wouldn’t advise doing this. A:是的，多任务处理是高级控制系统处理的事情之一。我们以前思考过“双语使用者会更擅长多任务处理吗”的问题，于是我们把单语使用者和双语使用者同时放入一个驾驶模拟器中。然后我们通过耳机命令他们做其他任务，他们的状态就像是一边开车一边讲电话一样。最后我们计算他们驾驶模拟的得分。每个人的分数都下降了。但是双语使用者的驾驶得分下降并不明显。因为在尽量集中精神开车的时候被告知进行其他任务，这就和使用双语是相同的原理，尽管我不建议大家这么做。
Q. Has the development of new neuroimaging technologies changed your work? Q:新的神经成像技术的发展有没有让你的工作发生一些变化？
A. Tremendously. It used to be that we could only see what parts of the brain lit up when our subjects performed different tasks. Now, with the new technologies, we can see how all the brain structures work in accord with each other. A:改变非常大。过去我们只能看到测试人员在执行不同任务时不同大脑活动区域的图像。而使用现在的新技术，我们可以观察大脑各个部分互相配合运作的情况。
In terms of monolinguals and bilinguals, the big thing that we have found is that the connections are different. So we have monolinguals solving a problem, and they use X systems, but when bilinguals solve the same problem, they use others. One of the things we’ve seen is that on certain kinds of even nonverbal tests, bilingual people are faster. Why? Well, when we look in their brains through neuroimaging, it appears like they’re using a different kind of a network that might include language centers to solve a completely nonverbal problem. Their whole brain appears to rewire because of bilingualism. 就单语言使用者和双语使用者来说，我们发现的重要问题是（他们各自的）连接是不同的。我们发现单语言使用者在解决问题的时候，他们使用的是X系统的方法，但同样的问题摆在双语使用者面前，他们会使用其他系统的方法。其中一项我们考察过的是针对特定类别的非言语测试，双语使用者完成的速度更快。为什么呢？当我们透过神经成像观察他们的大脑时，发现他们似乎使用的是一种不同的网络，其中也许就包含多个语言中心来应对完全非言语的问题。他们整个大脑的结构似乎因为双语的学习而重组了一样。
Q. Are you bilingual? 你会双语吗？
A. Well, I have fully bilingual grandchildren because my daughter married a Frenchman. When my daughter announced her engagement to her French boyfriend, we were a little surprised. It’s always astonishing when your child announces she’s getting married. She said, “But Mom, it’ll be fine, our children will be bilingual!” A:呵呵，我的孙女是个双语小孩，因为我的女儿嫁给了一个法国男人。当我的女儿宣布她要和她的法国男友订婚时，我们都有点小惊讶。当你的孩子告诉你她马上要结婚的时候，多少总是会让人感到意外。她对我说：“但是老妈你不用担心，我们的孩子将是个双语小孩。”
今天我们来学一个词“记忆”——【memory】 1.John hates to take notes. He always keeps everything in his head and thank God, he has a good memory. 约翰讨厌用笔记东西。他总是把什么都记在脑子里,谢天谢地,他有个好记性。
2.All water has a perfect memory and is forever trying to get back to where it was. 所有的水都拥有惊人的“记忆力”,它们总是在努力流回到自己的归宿之地。
Memory还有一个意思就是“电脑的内存”,可以这么去使用它：
3.How much memory does the application require? 这个应用程序需要多少内存?
PRESENTER: Hello and welcome to another informative edition of Teach us in Shanghai. Today’s question is “How do you like to plan your lessons?” 发言人：大家好，欢迎来到新一期《在上海教我们》。今天的问题是：你喜欢如何备课?”
ET1: I like to plan my lessons waiting in my local back. Gives me plenty of time! 英语老师1：我喜欢在背后准备我的课。给我足够多的时间吧。
ET2: I like to plan my lessons, while watching a very violent movie. Jet li or Mr. Van Damme, I don’t care! (sound of a punching fist) 英语老师2：我喜欢在备课时候，边看一部功夫暴力片。李连杰或者范达梅。我不在乎！（用拳头击掌的声音）
ET3: I like to plan my lessons listening to the latest sounds or doing my nails. 英语老师3：我喜欢在备课时候边听最新的音乐，或者做指甲。
ET4: I like to plan lessons riding my faithful Steed bicycle across the great, buffalo strewn plains of Century Park. Yeehaw! 英语老师4：我喜欢在备课时候，骑上我心爱的Steed自行车在世纪公园水牛零星的平原上驰骋。
ET5: I … like to … plan my … lessons …very slow-ly … and …de-liberately. Only fools … rush … things. 英语老师5：我喜欢非常慢地备课。只有傻瓜才风风火火地做事。
ET6: I like to plan to plan my lessons, while looking at my beautiful face in the mirror. My sensuous green eyes, my noble nose, my steely chin, not forgetting my pouty, full blooded … 英语老师6：我喜欢在备课时候，看着镜子中自己漂亮的脸庞。我漂亮的绿眼睛，高贵的鼻子，钢铁般的下巴，也不会忘了我噘起的，血色红润的……
PRESENTER: Ahem! I’m afraid we’ll have to forget them, we’ve ran out of time. Join us again next week, when we’ll be asking our experts, “Tomato or Tomato. How do you like it?” Until then ... tata! 发言人：阿哈！我恐怕我们必须要忘记它们了，我们没有时间了。下周请再次收看，那时候我们会问我们的专家:“番茄的2种发音，你们如何认为?”到这里，再见。
New memory study records the activation（n.激活） of human brain cells（n.细胞） deep inside the living brain.
The mystery of what happens in our brains when we remember something is fascinating not only from a scientific perspective（n.观点，角度） but also because the experience of recall（v.回忆） can be so, well, memorable（adj.值得纪念，值得回忆的）. Thinking backwards we become sensory（adj.感官的）time travelers; recalling sights, sounds, events, emotions - all in the blink of an eye（在眨眼之间）. But what happens in our brains when we travel backwards?
For years scientists have told a story that goes roughly (adv.粗略地) like this: when we experience something - say riding a bicycle for the first time - a network of neurons（n.神经元，神经细胞） in the brain are activated. Then, later on, when we recall that first experience, that same network, or something like it, is activated（被激活的，有活性的） again.
There is some roundabout（adj.迂回的，间接的） evidence that this is exactly what is going on, but nothing direct. That is, until now. A US and Israeli research group have provided the strongest evidence so far that this story is accurate（adj.精确的，准确的） by recording individual neurons inside the living human brain. One of the authors of the study, Dr. Itzhak Fried, describes it like this: "In a way then, reliving past experience in our memory is the resurrection（n.复苏）of neuronal activity from the past".
Topic: English Humor 英语幽默 New vocabulary：ticket罚单 Host: Jeremiah(Nanfang Center)
(A man was pulled over for driving too fast, even though he thought he was driving just fine.) 有个人因为驾驶超速被警察拦住了，不过他觉得他开的速度并不太过分。
---Officer: You were speeding（v.超速）. 你超速了。
---Man: No, I wasn't. 不，我没有。
---Officer: Yes, you were. I'm giving you a ticket（n.罚单）. 是的，你是超速了，给你一张罚单。
---Man: But I wasn't speeding. 但是我没有超速啊。
---Officer: Tell that to the judge! (The officer gives man the ticket.) 跟法官说去。（警官给了他一张罚单）
---Man: Would I get another ticket if I called you a jerk? 如果我骂你是混蛋的话，我会拿到第二张罚单吗？
---Officer: Yes, you would. 是的，你会的。
---Man: What if I just thought that you were a jerk? 那如果仅仅是我在脑袋里面想想呢？
---Officer: I can't give you a ticket for what you think. 我不会因为你想的东西给你罚单。
---Man: Fine, I think you're a jerk! 好吧，我想你是个混蛋！
Let go through some words and phrases: Ticket = a monetary fine you must pay for breaking a traffic law 因为破坏交通秩序必须付的罚款。 Jerk = an insult, usually refers to someone who is mean for no reason at all 形容一些本性卑鄙的人
Gretchen Rubin: Back to the Basics of Happiness: Smile!
I'm not a very smiley person, and lately I've noticed that when I do smile, my face sometimes feels like I haven't smiled in a long time. I've been trying to remember to smile more, even just walking down the street. At first I felt a bit silly, but I quickly realized that no one minds if you're looking happy. I also try to give a real smile whenever I interact with （v.互动）someone -- buying a cup of coffee, checking in at the gym, going through security before going up to an office.
Facial expressions（n.面部表情） don't merely reflect（v.反映，表现）emotions; they also influence emotions. In facial feedback, studies show, the mere act of smiling makes people happier -- even when they smile mechanically（adv.机械地）, as I'm doing, or when they're asked not to smile but rather to contract specific facial muscles.
Random（adj.随意的，无目的性的） smiling is an example of my resolution（n.决心） to act the way I want to feel: while people suppose that feelings inspire actions, in fact, actions also inspire feelings. So by acting happier, I should feel happier. And you know, I think I do. "Sometimes your joy is the source（n. 源泉）of your smile," Thich Nhat Hanh wrote, "but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy."
Also, because of emotional contagion（n.传染）, people often mimic（v.模仿） the faces of people they see. One reason that people are attracted to happy people is that they catch that happiness themselves.
今天是感恩节，想想自己最想对谁致谢··？ 生活中，我们需要感谢的人、感谢的事有很多，如果仅仅只会说平时经常说的“Thanks a lot” ，”Thank you very much.” 是不是有点单调？ 今天Hi-English就与大家分享一下更给力的致谢方式。
1. I really appreciate it. 我真的很感谢。 2. You are one in a million. 你真是百里挑一的大好人！ 3. I couldn’t have done it without you. 没有你的帮忙，我哪里办得成这事儿？ 4. Your help is greatly appreciated. 你真是帮了大忙！ 5. I’d like to express my gratitude. 我无法不去表达我诚挚的谢意。
Topic: Thanksgiving day 感恩节 New vocabulary: merry 快乐 Host: Mika and Chris (Shanghai Wujiaochang Center)
---A:Laura, how are you? 嗨，劳拉，最近还好吗？
---B: Fine, Chris, I’m getting ready for my first Thanksgiving in China. By eating a big family meal together, we express what we are thanking for. After eating, We play some games usually. 还不错，克里斯，我在准备我在中国的第一个感恩节。我们通常会吃一次大餐，以此来表达我们的感谢。吃好饭，我们通常会在一起娱乐娱乐。
---A: That sounds great. 听起来真棒。
---B: Would you like to come over? The more the merrier(v.开心，快乐) 你愿意来吗？人越多越开心。
---A: Definitely（adv.千真万确，当然）! 当然了！
Some useful phrases and expressions: Thanksgiving Day 感恩节 Express 表达 The more the merrier. 人越多越开心。 Definitely! 当然了！千真万确。
That’s what James Cameron said at the end of his TED talk and I love it. It’s simple but powerful. Failure is an option（n.选择）, but fear is not.
Unfortunately, people often do the exact opposite: failure is not an option, but fear is. They don’t tolerate（v.忍受） failure but they tolerate fear. They despise（v.轻视） people who fail but they let fear get in the way of reaching their dreams.
We shouldn’t join them, of course. Let’s be on the right side of the fence（n.篱笆，隔栏）.
Topic: Moving to a New Office 搬到新办公室 New vocabulary：projector 放映机 Host: Adey (People Square center)
---Adey: (speaking to BJ who is outside the office) Hi BJ, come in. This is my new office! 嗨，BJ，这是我的新办公室！
---BJ: Wow, it's great. There's so much furniture. Filing cabinets（n.档案柜）, armchair , desks, computers, and a great meeting room with a projector(n.放映机). 哇，真棒！家具真多，有档案柜，扶手椅，桌子，电脑，还有一个带放映机的会议室！
---Adey: Thanks, the company moved here last week as they wanted a more downtown（adj.市区的） location. 谢谢！公司是上周搬过来的，因为他们希望能更靠近中心城区一些。
---BJ: I think it was a good decision. This office is very modern and the location is ideal（adj.理想的） for an English school. 我觉得这是一个很棒的决定，这里的办公室很现代化，选址也很适合英语学校。
---Adey: Yes, we have a subway station next door, and plenty of buses stop right outside the front door. 是的，这附近就有地铁，出门就有很多的公交车。
---BJ: that’s really convenient for both students and staff. 恩，对于学生和教职员工都很方便的。
---Adey: Thanks BJ. How about my desk. Isn't it beautiful? 谢谢BJ，你觉得我的办公桌怎么样？漂亮吧？
---BJ: Yes, look at that. Is that a new computer? 是的，看，那是台新的电脑吧？
---Adey: Yes, it is. The latest model! 是的，还是最新的型号呢！
---BJ: ... but there aren't any windows in here. 可是这里怎么没窗户啊？
---Adey: No, no, there are some windows. They're over there. 不，有窗户的，在那边。
---BJ: Ah, I see…Is that Better English, Better Life magazine on your desk? 噢，我看到了。你桌上还有“更好的英语，更好的生活”杂志呢！
---Adey: Yes, it is. There are some more copies in the cupboard. 没错，柜子里面还有几份呢！
---BJ: It's a great magazine. I love it. 这是份很好的杂志，我个人很喜欢。
---Adey: Yes, lots of good information about studying and teaching english as a foreign language. Would you like a cup of coffee? 杂志里面有很多有关英语的教学信息。对了，你想喝杯咖啡吗？
---BJ: Sure, is there a coffee maker here, too? 好的，这里还有咖啡机啊？
---Adey: Yes, there is. There's everything in THIS new office. 是的，就在那，新办公室里面什么都有的。
---Bob: You're lucky! 你真幸运！
---Adey: Yes, I am. You're welcome anytime, now let's make that coffee... 没错，随时欢迎你来！我们这就来弄点咖啡喝吧！
Let go through some words and phrases: great meeting room with a projector 带放映机的会议室 That’s really convenient for both students and staff. 对于学生和教职员工都很方便。 coffee maker 咖啡机
Most of us have no idea the impact（n.影响） color has on our lives. This impact of the many colors in our environment is usually not conscious（adj.有意识的）. Sometimes we get an uneasy feeling（n.不舒服的感觉） in certain rooms or very relaxed in another, but we call this a mood. The "color of mood" can be what is surrounding us.
Today paint companies may hire a paint psychologist（n.心理学家） to advise what shades of colors will sell best. Color psychologists also work in the decorating field. Orange is used in restaurants, because orange increases the appetite（n.食欲）. A good combination（n.结合） for restaurants is pale blue or turquoise（n.绿松石色） and orange. A relaxed atmosphere and a big appetite are the perfect environment for a restaurant.
Blue light is used for a calming effect in some mental hospitals（n.精神病医院）. Other hospitals are now using soft green, blue, peach and sunny yellow on walls and even sheets and gowns. These colors seem to help the patients to get well quicker.
There is thermal imaging（n.热成象） that lets us see heat in color. Edgar Cayce said the human body and almost everything in nature radiates（v.放射） energy and/or heat. Many people claim to see the colors or aura（n.光环，氛围） surrounding the human body. It is said a person's health and mood can be determined by an analysis of the aura. The health of the 7 chakras will influence the colors of the aura.
There is breathing color. That is imaging a color and breathing it deep in the lungs. Such as imaging pink and breathing it to feel universal love. Or one could meditate (v.沉思) on pink to feel the universal love.
In other words, color is in every part of life. Take a moment every day to look around you and feel the colors, enjoy the colors. Live your life in full color.
Does money buy happiness? No! Ah, but would a little more money make us a little happier? Many of us smirk and nod. There is, we believe, some connection between fiscal fitness and feeling fantastic. Most of us would say that, yes, we would like to be rich. Three in four American collegians now consider it “very important” or “essential” that they become “very well off financially”. Money matters.
Well, are rich people happier? Researchers have found that in poor countries, being relatively well off does make for greater well-being. We need food, rest, shelter and social contact. But a surprising fact of life is that in countries where nearly everyone can afford life’s necessities, increasing affluence matters surprisingly little. The correlation between income and happiness is “surprisingly weak”. Once comfortable, more money provides diminishing returns. The second piece of pie, or the second $100,000, never tastes as good as the first. Even lottery winners and the Forbes’ 100 wealthiest Americans have expressed only slightly greater happiness than the average American. Making it big brings temporary joy. But in the long run, wealth is like health: its utter absence can breed misery, but having it doesn’t guarantee happiness.
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1.You know, the movie Astro Boy is running, and someone impersonated Astro Boy and got on the train. 你知道吗,电影版《阿童木》正在上映,有人就装扮成阿童木的样子来坐地铁。 关键词：【be running 电影上映】
2.How much do the movie tickets cost? 电影票多少钱？ 关键词： 【movie tickets 电影票】
3.Within minutes, it was clear to me that this was a must-watch movie. 几分钟之后,我就知道这是一部必看的电影。 关键词：【a must-watch movie 必看电影】
4. When the movie star shook hands with him, he felt as if he were walking on air. 当那个电影明星和他握手时,他高兴得有些飘飘然了。 关键词：【movie star 电影明星】
A: There’s an action film from Hong Kong, a romantic comedy, a scary movie, a thriller set in Argentina, and an animation. I’d like to see the animation. 现在上映的有一部港片，一部爱情片，一部恐怖片，一部阿根廷惊悚片，一部动画片，我想看动画片。
B: A cartoon, aren’t those for children? 卡通片不是给孩子们看的吗？
A: Actually, animations are designed to appeal to both kids and adults. 动画的观众不仅有小孩，还有成年人。
B: Sure, that sound’s fun, when and where? 听起来有点意思，什么时间？还有地点呢？
A: Tuesday is half price at Super brand Mall, 8.30. I’ll buy you a ticket. 周二半价，在盛大广场，八点半，我来买票。
B: I’ll buy you popcorn! 那我来买爆米花好咯！
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B: What did you think of the movie? 你觉得电影怎样？
A: It was funny, the characters were really cute. 很有趣，角色都很可爱。
B: Although the story was good, the ending was a bit predictable. 角色是不错，就是结局有点意料之中。
A: Hero saves the day, sure, but who doesn’t like a Hollywood ending? 没错，又是英雄拯救世界。不过谁又不喜欢好莱坞式的大结局呢？
B: I prefer thrillers, with lots of suspense and a twist in the plot. 我更喜欢看惊悚片，整个过程中悬念迭起。
A: Gripping, but also serious. I like light-hearted comedies. 能够抓住人心，但是太紧张了。我喜欢轻松一点的喜剧。
B: They’re entertaining but commercial. 喜剧很娱乐，也很商业。
A: That’s true, the sequel’s coming out next summer. 是的，明年夏天还有续集。
我们来看两个翻译的实例： 1.Pindus Road was a long, wide, straight street that ran parallel with Bread Road. 一般翻译：平得斯路是一条与布莱德路平行的、长长的、宽宽的、笔直的大街。（翻译得较为死板） 推荐译文：平得斯路与布莱德路平行，是一条又长又宽又直的大街。（在忠实于原意的同时，重新组合了句子的语序）
2.She not only laughs a lot but has a heart of gold. 一般翻译：她不仅仅常常大笑，而且还有一颗黄金之心。（完全按照字面意思翻译） 推荐译文：她不仅笑口常开，而且还有一颗金子般的心。（成功与中文的使用惯例衔接）
Tom- Hey Bob, Last night I was watching TV and a movie about a time machine and time travel came on. 嗨，鲍勃，我昨天晚上看电视的时候，看到一部讲时光机和时间旅行的电影。
Bob- Oh yeah, what was the name of it? 噢，不错嘛，电影叫啥来着？
Tom- “Back to the Future”. How cool would that be if you could travel through time? 叫“回到未来”，要是真能时间旅行那该有多爽啊！
Bob- Yeah, I would want to go back and see what my grandfather was like as a teenager. 是的，我真想回到过去，去看看我的祖父年轻时的样子。
Tom- Going back in time would be cool but I would want to travel into the future. 回到过去也不错，可是，我更想“回到”未来。
Bob- Really, why would you want to travel into the future? 真的吗？为什么呢？
Tom- I would want to go into the future and buy a newspaper and watch the news. 我想到未来看看，买份报纸，看看新闻。
Bob- What? You would waste your time watching the news. 啥？你竟然把时间浪费在看新闻上？！
Tom- Waste my time? I would research what stocks were doing good so that I could come back and buy a lot of stocks（n.股票） and make a lot of money. 浪费时间？！我要看看什么股票表现不错，这样我就可以回到现在买一大把股票，挣一大把钱！
Bob- You’re always thinking about making money. My wife would want to go into the future and see all of next year’s fashion trends（n.趋势）. 你老想着赚钱。我老婆想“回到”未来，看看明年的服装潮流趋势。
Tom- Yeah, and your wife is always thinking about shopping. 是的，你老婆总想着shopping.
Bob- I would also want to go back in time and see the Beatles live in concert. I would be able to get their autographed photos. 我倒是想回到过去，看看披头士的演唱会现场。我还能拿到他们的签名照片。
Tom- That’s sounds good but what if you got stuck back in time? What would you do? 听起来不错，但是，如果你要是回不来了怎么办？
Bob- I would have the technology to build a new one. 我就自己重新造一台时光机。
Tom- Yeah you would have the technology but you wouldn’t have any of the materials（n.材料） to build it. 是哦，但是，你有技术，却没有材料来建这台机器啊！
Bob- I didn’t think about that. But I guess I could follow your lead and invest money since I already know what stocks and companies have done well in the 20th century. I would team up with Bill Gates and help him to build Microsoft. That way I could be a multi-millionaire（n.百万富翁）. 这个问题我倒还没有考虑过！但是我可以跟随你的脚步，投资。既然我已经知道20世纪有哪些伟大的公司了，我就可以回到过去，成为他们的股东，这样，我就是百万富翁咯！
翻译原文—— “So why do I talk about the benefits of failure? Simply because failure meant a stripping away of the inessential. I stopped pretending to myself that I was anything other than what I was, and began to direct all my energy into finishing the only work that mattered to me. Had I really succeeded at anything else, I might never have found the determination to succeed in the one arena I believed I truly belonged. I was set free, because my greatest fear had already been realised, and I was still alive, and I still had a daughter whom I adored, and I had an old typewriter and a big idea. And so rock bottom became the solid foundation on which I rebuilt my life.”
1. Dream 梦 Let me tell you about this dream I had, Charlie. 查理,让我告诉你我做的梦.
2. Daydream 白日梦 She daydreamed about a carefree holiday abroad.
她幻想到国外过一个无忧无虑的假期。
3. nightmare噩梦 I thought I married the man of my dreams, but he turned out to be a real nightmare! Now I dream of getting divorced as quickly as possible.
Today Topic：What a nightmare! 噩梦一场！ Today Vocabulary：be up a tree 进退两难 Host: Cindy（韦博上海普陀中心外教）
L: Hi, how are you doing? 嗨，最近还好吗？
C: Terrible! I’ve just come from the train station. 糟透了，我刚刚从火车站回来。
L: Oh? What happened? 噢？怎么了？
C: All the tickets are sold out! All the trains are standing room only! 所有的票都卖完了，只剩下站票了。
L: That’s too bad! You must really be up a tree. 太倒霉了。你一定觉得进退两难吧。
C:I wish that weren’t true, but I’ve got to get home and I don’t know what to do. What a nightmare! 我真希望这不是真的。但是我一定得回去啊！却又不知道该怎么办。真是噩梦！
L: I’m sure you’re making a mountain out of a molehill. Try again tomorrow, and I’m sure the tides will have turned! 你又在小题大做了。明天再试试，情况会不一样的！
C: Thanks, I feel a little better! 谢谢，我心情好点了。
Let’s go over some phrases now. 让我们一起来回顾一下有用的短语吧！ Sold out 卖完，卖光。 Standing room only 只有站票了。 Up a tree 进退两难。 What a nightmare 真是噩梦啊！ Make a mountain out of a molehill 小题大做。 The tides will have turned 原意指潮汐会改向，这里指明天情况会不一样
1. Dream 梦 Let me tell you about this dream I had, Charlie. 查理,让我告诉你我做的梦.
2. Daydream 白日梦 She daydreamed about a carefree holiday abroad.
她幻想到国外过一个无忧无虑的假期。
3. nightmare噩梦 I thought I married the man of my dreams, but he turned out to be a real nightmare! Now I dream of getting divorced as quickly as possible.
Today Topic：What a nightmare! 噩梦一场！ Today Vocabulary：be up a tree 进退两难 Host: Cindy（韦博上海普陀中心外教）
L: Hi, how are you doing? 嗨，最近还好吗？
C: Terrible! I’ve just come from the train station. 糟透了，我刚刚从火车站回来。
L: Oh? What happened? 噢？怎么了？
C: All the tickets are sold out! All the trains are standing room only! 所有的票都卖完了，只剩下站票了。
L: That’s too bad! You must really be up a tree. 太倒霉了。你一定觉得进退两难吧。
C:I wish that weren’t true, but I’ve got to get home and I don’t know what to do. What a nightmare! 我真希望这不是真的。但是我一定得回去啊！却又不知道该怎么办。真是噩梦！
L: I’m sure you’re making a mountain out of a molehill. Try again tomorrow, and I’m sure the tides will have turned! 你又在小题大做了。明天再试试，情况会不一样的！
C: Thanks, I feel a little better! 谢谢，我心情好点了。
Let’s go over some phrases now. 让我们一起来回顾一下有用的短语吧！ Sold out 卖完，卖光。 Standing room only 只有站票了。 Up a tree 进退两难。 What a nightmare 真是噩梦啊！ Make a mountain out of a molehill 小题大做。 The tides will have turned 原意指潮汐会改向，这里指明天情况会不一样。
Humans can actually solve problems while asleep, researchers say. Not only that, but one purpose for dreaming itself may be to help us find solutions to puzzles that plague us during waking hours. 人类在睡着的时候，确实可以解决一些问题，研究人员说。不仅如此，做梦本身的目的之一，可能就在于它可以帮助人们去发现在醒着的时候使他们感到困扰的难题解决办法。
Dreams are highly visual and often illogical in nature, which makes them ripe for the type of "out-of-the-box" thinking that some problem-solving requires, said Deirdre Barrett, a psychologist at Harvard University. 梦的高度可视化和通常在本质上的不合逻辑，它可以满足让我们“跳出盒子”来思考。哈佛大学心理学家迪尔德丽·巴雷特（Deirdre Barrett）说。
Barrett's theory on dreaming, which she discussed at the Association for Psychological Science meeting here last month, boils down to this: Dreaming is really just thinking, but in a slightly different state from when our eyes are open. 巴雷特，在上个月于这里召开的心理科学协会的会议上讨论时，她把做梦的理论，归结为做梦真的就是在继续思索。
Whatever the state we're put in, we're still working on the same problems," Barrett said. Although dreams might have initially evolved for a different purpose, they likely have been refined over time so they can serve double-duty: help the brain reboot itself and problem-solve. “不管怎样，我们已经进入了睡着的状态，可是我们还在同一些问题上思考着”，巴雷特说, 虽然梦可能在一开始就演变为其他的目的，它们很可能已经随着时间而精炼起来，所以做梦能够起着两种不同的用途：在帮助脑子重新启动的同时，用来解决问题。
Barrett has studied problem-solving in dreams for more than 10 years, and documented many examples of the phenomenon.
巴雷特来研究解决梦的问题已经有10年多了，她记录了有关现象的很多例子。
In one experiment, Barrett had college students pick a homework problem to try to solve in a dream. The problems weren't rocket science; they were fairly easy questions that the student simply hadn't gotten around to solving yet. Students focused on the problem each night before they went to bed. At the end of a week, about half the students had dreamed about the problem and about a quarter had a dream that contained the answer, Barrett said.
So at least in the cases where problems are relatively easy, some people can solve them in their sleep. 因此，至少在问题比较容易的情况下，一些人可以在睡梦中解决这些问题。
Barrett has also extensively reviewed scientific and historical literature, looking for examples of problems solved in dreams. 巴雷特还广泛地查阅科学和历史文献，寻找在梦中解决问题的例子。
"I think that dreams and REM sleep have probably further evolved to be useful for really as many of the things that our thinking is useful for," Barrett said. "It's just extra thinking time, so potentially any problem can get solved during it, but it's thinking time in the state that's very visual and looser in associations, so we've evolved to use it especially to work on those kinds of problems."
A: Look, Jim. That man just fell down over there. 瞧，吉姆，那边有人倒下来。
B: We better see if he's o.k. 我们最好去看看他是否没事。
A: Sir…sir? Are you all right? Sir? 先生，先生，你还好吗？先生？
B: He’s not answering. You’d better check his pulse (n.脉搏)and breathing. 没有回应。检查一下他的脉搏和呼吸。
A: Oh, no. He’s not breathing, and there’s no pulse. Call 911. 喔，天，呼吸没有了，脉搏也停了。拨911。
B: Hello? Yes. Someone has passed out（晕倒） at Connecticut Ave. and 1st St. He isn’t breathing and does not have a pulse. Yes. My friend is performing CPR. OK. Thank you. They’re sending an ambulance. Here, let me help. 喂？是的，有人在康涅狄格大道和第一大街之间昏倒了，没有呼吸和脉搏。是的，我的朋友在给他做心肺复苏术。好的，谢谢你，他们正派了一辆急救车，来，我来帮手。
Everybody needs somebody to love, and animals are no exception to this rule. It’s not just human characteristic to love, care and be gentle to someone. Animals are very good at this, maybe even better than humans and this short photo gallery from National Geographic will prove this. Just have a look at these adorable images and you’ll see what I’m talking about. adorable images and you’ll see what I’m talking about. I hope you’ll enjoy
"I feel that I am handling my current responsibilities very well and I would like to discuss what else I can take on." 我对自己目前的工作表现很满意，我想跟你谈谈关于自己未来的工作任务。
"I would like the opportunity to discuss a possible pay raise along with more work responsibilities." 我希望能藉由担负更多的工作责任而加薪。
不该说什么：
"I have been working very hard lately and I feel I deserve a salary increase." 我最近都在加班，所以我希望薪水能加一些。
"I am working much harder than my colleagues but I'm getting paid the same as them. I should be getting paid more." 跟其它同事比起来，我工作更努力，薪资还拿的一样，我认为我的薪水应该比其它人领得多。
"I've been working here so many years and I'm still earning the same salary." 我在这家公司工作很多年，薪水还是一样。
2. If there’s any kind of magic in the world, it must be the attempt of understanding someone or share something.
如果世上真的有什么奇迹，那么一定是去理解他人和与人分享。——《日出之前》
3. I promise you, if God had gifted me with wealth and beauty, I would make it as hard for you to leave me now as it is for me to leave you.
告诉你吧，如果上帝赐予我财富和美貌，我会让您难以离开我，就像我现在难以离开您。——《简·爱》
4. Time erodes all such beauty, but what it cannot diminish… is the wonderful workings of your mind. Your humor, your kindness… and your moral courage.
2011-12-1] 主题阅读 | Every Kid on the Street Has a Story 每个街头的孩子都有一个故事 发表于 2011/12/01 由 Vivienne 3
【Editor】Domestic violence can happen to anyone, regardless of age, gender, race, sexuality, wealth or geography, yet the problem is often overlooked, excused, or denied. Female is the worst victim in the disaster. Studies show that between one quarter and one half of all women in the world have been abused by intimate partners. Worldwide, 40-70% of all female murder victims are killed by an intimate partner.
Over the years, several actions have been taken to prevent the weak away from domestic violence. Some commonweal organizations even advertise to warn the public. Here are some advertising examples, have a view and pay more attention to those who are suffering domestic violence.
Yesterday I was cooking dinner but I forgot that I had also left the washer and dryer on, so we got a power shortage. In the dark I went looking for a flashlight and I accidentally bumped into the cupboard. Unfortuantely I’d left an old iron on top and it felt off and hit me in the face. Hence the black eye. 昨天我正做晚饭，可是我忘了洗衣机和烘干机还开着，结果我们断电了。黑暗中我去寻找手电筒，不小心就撞到了橱柜。我把一个旧熨斗放在了那上面，结果熨斗掉了下来砸在我脸上。所以我眼周有了一块淤青。 他的拳头毫不犹豫地落在你的身上，你却还在如此费力地为他编造故事掩饰真相。
Family Violence is All Around Us 家庭暴力就在我们身边
家暴就在身边，请阻止它。
Citizens Against Spouse Abuse 民众拒绝配偶虐待
When he controls your life, it’s no longer your life. 当他控制了你的人生，那就不再是你的人生了。 家庭暴力所毁掉的不仅仅是尊严，还有你的希望和整个人生。伤害不该只用淤青和鞭痕来衡量。
His Presents 他给的礼物
He gave me this when he proposed. He gave me this for my birthday. He gave me this on our anniversary. He gave me this for nothing at all. 他在他求婚时给了我这个（戒指）。 他在我生日时给了我这个（脚链）。 他在我们周年时给了我这个（手镯）。 他无缘无故给了我这个（多处骨折）。 家庭暴力即是家庭暴力，不允许有任何借口，亦无需委曲求全。
You Can Lose More Than Your Patience 当你失去耐心的时候，你会失去更多
The Only Witness Won’t Talk 不会说话的唯一目击者
No suitable for any Children to be seeing 儿童不宜观看
Contains scenes of mum being held to the floor and punched repeatedly Contains scenes of mum being dragged across the room by her hair screaming Contains scenes of dad slamming mum’s head against the wall when dinner was late 镜头里妈妈被按在地板上反复捶打 镜头里妈妈被拽着头发尖叫着拖过房间 镜头里爸爸将妈妈的头撞到墙上只因晚餐做迟了 孩子们目击了家庭中百分之九十的暴力。
For Many Women, The Threat isn’t on the Outside 对于许多女性而言，真正的危险并不在门外
A: Well, right, let’s move to our next order of business,as many of you are aware, in recent weeks there has been a lot of media coverage surrounding this bird flu issue. And it’s come to my attention that our company lacks any sort of bird flu contingency plan. 好的，现在我们进入下一个议题。正如你们知道，最近几个星期有很多关于禽流感的媒体报道。这个问题引起了我的注意。我们公司目前缺少应对禽流感的紧急措施。
B: Basically, we need to come up with a clear plan; we need to outline specific actions that our company can take to maintain critical business functions in case a pandemic strikes. 基本上，我们需要想出一个清洁计划；我们要规划一下具体的措施，以防流感来袭时公司能够维持正常业务运作。
A: So, what I’d like to do is: first appoint someone to look after drafting our plan; Ralph, I’d like you to head up this project. 所以呢，我打算这么做：首先任命一位同事负责起草计划；Ralph，我想你来负责这个计划。
C: Sure, no problem. What issues do you want me to consider? 好的，没问题。您需要我考虑哪些问题？
B: Well, let’s see, there are a few points we need to be thinking about. . . first, I’ll need you to analyze our numbers and figure out what kind of financial impact an outbreak might have. 嗯，我看看，有几个方面我们需要考虑的…… 首先，我需要你统计一下我们的人数，然后算一下禽流感爆发将会带来多大的财务影响。
A: You’ll also need to think about how we can avoid any of our employees getting infected; think of ways to reduce employee-customer contact, perhaps some IT solutions that will allow our people to work from home. 你还要想想我们的员工怎样才能避免受到感染；想想有什么方法能够减少员工和顾客的接触，或者协助信息技术，可以让我们的员工在家工作。
C: I guess you’ll need me to forecast employee absences as well, right? And I’ll think about the impact this will have on our clients. Hey, what about vaccines? Should we be thinking about getting vaccines for our employees? 我猜您也需要我预测员工的缺勤率对吧？我也会想一下这件事对我们客户的影响。嘿，我们是不是要考虑给我们的员工打疫苗呢？
A: Exactly right. So, I’ll leave this to you, and we’ll review the draft plan in two weeks. Okay, so, anyone want to order some KFC for lunch? 是的！那么，我就把这件事交给你了，我们会在两个想起内对你的草案进行评估。行了，那么，谁想订肯德基做午餐？
【地道用语讲解】
1. contingency plan 应急措施
2. pandemic 大流行病
3. critical 关键的 His wife’s support is critical to his career. 他妻子的支持对他的事业有决定性的重要性。
4. outbreak 爆发 There’s an outbreak of flu in the office. 办公室里爆发了流感。
5. forecast 预测 weather forecast 天气预报
6. vaccine 疫苗 A vaccine can prevent plague. 疫苗也能够制止鼠疫。
7. let’s move to our next order of business 我们进入下一个议题
8. we need to come up with a clear plan 我们需要一个清楚的计划
9. I’d like you to head up this project 我把这个项目交给你负责
1.He has his own advertising agency, and is doing very good business. 他有自己的广告公司,而且生意红火。 关键词：广告公司——advertising agency
2.Mobile advertising raced ahead too, with finance（n.金融）, telecoms（n.电信） and consumer brands trying to reach audiences（n.观众） on the move. 移动广告也齐头并进,其中金融、电信和消费品牌在旅途中也不放过他们的广告对象。 关键词：移动广告——Mobile advertising
3.How will the publicity（n.公众的注意，知名度） be generated? With the latest weapon（n.武器） in the ad man's arsenal： microblog advertising. 这项活动的知名度怎样打响呢?用的是广告人的最新武器:微博。 关键词：广告人——Ad man
John: Chris, let me see the TV guide. Thanks…Oh, you can forget The King and I. Kindergarten Cop is on. I’ve already seen it but it’s fantastic. Really funny and exciting. Schwarzenegger’s in it- and I know you like him. Come on, let’s watch that… 克里斯，让我们看看电视节目导航。谢谢。别看《国王和我》了，看《幼儿园特警》！我看过，很好看！有趣又带劲。施瓦辛格在里面——我知道你喜欢他。快，我们一起来看啊！
Chris: I’d rather watch something a bit more gentle and sentimental（adj.伤感的，多愁善感的） like The King and I. 我宁愿看一些更温和煽情的东西，像《国王和我》。
John: Oh please, let’s watch Kindergarten Cop. I am sure you will enjoy it. 求你了，让我们看《幼儿园特警》吧。我肯定你会喜欢的。
Chris: But The King and I will be fun too. What time are they on? Maybe we can watch them both. 可《国王和我》也很有意思啊。这两个片子什么时候放？我们两个片子都看。
John: No, I’m afraid they clash. But, look, Kindergarten Cop starts before The King and I. So, why don’t we start off watching Kindergarten Pop and see how we go? You will probably get totally absorbed in it. 不可能，它们时间上有冲突。《幼儿园特警》在《国王和我》之前开始。所以，我们先看《幼儿园特警》吧，之后再说接下来看什么好了。很可能你看着看着，就无法自拔了。
Chris: I’m not so sure I like that idea. Yes, I may find I like it- but what if I don’t? I know I’ll have a dreadful (adj.可怕的) battle with you if I want to switch over to… 我看不行。是的，我可能会喜欢看你说的那部，可如果不喜欢那怎么办？只怕我一会换起台来，跟你有的吵了。
John: You might be right about that. But I’ll lay money on it, you’ll love Kindergarten Cop… 你说的有点理。但我敢打赌，你一定会喜欢《幼儿园特警》的。
Chris: You win, for the moment…but I’m warning you, if I don’t like Kindergarten Cop, I’m definitely going to switch over to The King and I. 好吧，你赢了……但是我跟你提前说好了，如果我不喜欢《幼儿园特警》，我一定会换回去的。
Adverts will not be allowed in the middle of programmes lasting for 45 minutes from 1 January next year.
从2012年一月起,广告将在持续45分钟的节目时间里不被允许播放.
TV stations are clear about what this latest move means for them though - they say it will result in a loss of revenue（n.收益）. 电视台清楚地知道最近的要求对他们来说意味着什么,尽管他们说这将导致收入上的损失.
An organization spokesman told Xinhua, the state-run news agency, that the aim was to make TV shows conform to "public interests and aspirations（n.愿望）".
一个机构的发言人告诉新华社，这一举动目的是使电视节目符合公众的兴趣和愿望.
"In the long-run, the move will help TV dramas develop in a scientific and healthy manner." "长远来看,这一转变将帮助电视剧在一个科学和健康的方式上发展。"
A spokeswoman for a Satellite TV said this new regulation came after most advertising deals for next year had already been signed（v.签订）. 某卫视的一个发言人说这一新的规定发布时明年绝大多数广告已经被签订了.
"TV stations bosses around the country will be having many sleepless nights," she said. "全国电视台的老板们都将会有很多不眠之夜,"她说.
China's TV advertising industry (n.行业) was worth nearly 500bn ($78bn, ￡50bn) yuan last year. 去年,中国的电视广告业大约有5000亿人民币.
The ban（n.禁令） has sparked hundreds of thousands of comments on China's microblogging sites. Many netizens （n.网民）are keen to（adj.乐于见到） see the back of adverts, which are seen as increasingly intrusive. Several joke that dramas are being fitted into adverts, rather than the other way around.
A Cool Way to Keep Food From Spoiling “罐中罐”食物保鲜系统 发表于 【编辑语】食物保鲜对于有冰箱的社会来说根本就不是事情，但是对于很多发展中国家的贫困地区，食物是他们最重要的“财产”，在高温天气下如何保鲜是个难题。最近尼日利亚北部一位名为默罕默德·巴·阿巴的教师研究了一种“罐中罐”食物保鲜方法，有冰箱的没冰箱的都一起来了解一下吧~现在倡导低碳生活，或许这个方法还能帮你省下不少电费呢！O(∩_∩)O
This is the VOA Special English Technology Report.
A few degrees can make a big difference when it comes to food storage. Foods can go bad if they get too warm. But for many of the world’s poor, finding a good way to keep food cool is difficult. Refrigerators are costly and they need electricity.
Yet spoiled food not only creates health risks but also economic losses. Farmers lose money when they have to throw away products that they cannot sell quickly.
But in nineteen ninety-five a teacher in northern Nigeria named Mohammed Bah Abba found a solution. He developed the “Pot-in-Pot Preservation/Cooling System.” It uses two round containers made of clay. A smaller pot is placed inside a larger one.
The space between the two pots is filled with wet sand. The inner pot can be filled with fruit, vegetables or drinks. A wet cloth covers the whole cooling system.
Food stored in the smaller pot is kept from spoiling through a simple evaporation process. Water in the sand between the two pots evaporates through the surface of the larger pot, where drier outside air is moving.
The evaporation process creates a drop in temperature of several degrees. This cools the inner pot and helps keep food safe from harmful bacteria. Some foods can be kept fresh this way for several weeks.
People throughout Nigeria began using the invention. And it became popular with farmers in other African countries. Mohammed Bah Abba personally financed the first five thousand pot-in-pot systems for his own community and five villages nearby.
In two thousand, the Rolex Watch Company of Switzerland honored him with the Rolex Award for Enterprise. This award recognizes people trying to develop projects aimed at improving human knowledge and well-being.
A committee considers projects in science and medicine, technology, exploration and discovery, the environment and cultural history. Winners receive financial assistance to help develop and extend their projects.
The awards are given every two years. The next awards will be presented in late two thousand twelve. Last year, Rolex launched the Young Laureates Program for the younger generation. 这里是美国之音慢速英语科技报道。
Part1: A young singer arrived for a gig（n.演出） in a small town. His teacher said, "Do your very best. The audience may not look like much, but people around here have suddenly become rich growing tomatoes." 一个年轻的歌手抵达一个小镇演出，他的老师对他说：“发挥你的最佳水平！这里的观众虽然不是太多，但是这里的人因为种番茄成为了爆发户。”
"Tomatoes?" shouted the singer. "Forget it. I'm going back to London. Tomatoes cost an arm and a leg（昂贵） there - no one can afford to sling them around." “番茄？”这个歌手喊道，“算了吧，我要回伦敦了， 伦敦的番茄很贵的，那儿没人敢扔番茄。”
Part 2: ---"You can't trust anyone these days." complained a rich lady in the cocktail（n.鸡尾酒） bar to her friend “这年头你不能相信任何人。” 鸡尾酒吧里面，一个富有的女士向她的朋友抱怨道。
---"What do you mean?" her friend asked. “什么意思？”他的朋友问。
---"Well, only today, my husband had to sack his cashier(n.收银员)." The rich lady answered. “今天，我的丈夫把他的收银员开除了。”这位富有的女士回答。
---"What did he do?" “那人做了什么？”
---"He took a hundred dollars from the till（n.现金出纳机）." “他从现金出纳机里拿了一百元。”
---"How did your husband find out?" “你丈夫是怎么发现的？”
---"Thanks to me. He was two hundred dollars short and I told him I'd only taken a hundred." “多亏了我啊，他发现少了200元，而我告诉他我只拿了100。”
Let’s go through some words and phrases: gig = performance 演出 an arm and a leg = very expensive 十分昂贵 to sling = to throw 扔，投掷 Cashier = man or woman who works at the cash register 收银员 Till = cash register 现金出纳机
2.What we have lost will never be returned to us. The land will not heal - too much blood. All we can do is learn from the past and make peace with it. 我们丢失的东西永不会再回到我们身边。这块土地永远无法痊愈——因为太多的血债。我们所能做的就是向从前吸取教训并带着它创造和平。
3.But how did I keep you? We barely knew each other. A few moments. 我是怎么帮到你的？我们几乎对彼此不了解。我们拥有的，不过是一些短暂的瞬间。
4.Longing to see your face 盼望着看到你的面庞。
5.We shall always save a place for ourselves, only for ourselves. And then begin to love. Have no idea of what it is, who he is, how to love or how long it will be. Just wait for one love. Maybe no one will come out, but this kind of waiting is the love itself. 我们应该为自己留出一个地方，一片只属于自己的地方。然后从那里开始，学会去爱。不知道爱是什么，不知道去爱谁，不知道如何去爱，也不知道可以爱多久。只是在那里等待爱情，也可能永远都没有人来敲门。可是，这种等待，就是爱情本身。
Did you happen to catch any of the Royal Wedding the other day? 皇室婚礼那天你有关注吗？
Yeah, it was lovely. I thought it was a sweet ceremony and the abbey looked really nice all decked out in flowers and all. 是的，真是一场温馨的婚礼，威斯敏斯特大教堂被鲜花点缀得美极了。
Yeah… I thought so, too. They looked like they were in love. I wish them all the best. 是的，我也这么觉得。新人们看起来很相爱，祝愿他们能够白头偕老。
Me too, my favorite bit was the singing of the choir. It was heavenly. I wish I had that at my wedding. 我也是。我最喜欢的部分是唱诗班的歌唱，听起来真像是天籁之音。我希望我结婚的时候也有这个部分。
You know what my favorite bit was… … the Aston Martin driving up the Mall. That made me most proud to British. A classy little car. Lovely body and that. The flyover by the RAF was good, too. 你知道我最喜欢的部分是???新人们阿斯顿?马丁车缓缓开向教堂。看到了让我充满了对国家的自豪感。一辆十分经典的轿车，英国皇家空军编队低空飞行的表演也十分精彩。
Is that all you can think about? Didn’t you like her dress? 还有其他的吗？你不觉得王妃的婚纱很美吗？
Yes, very nice… designed by Sarah Burton, wasn’t it? From Alexander McQueen’s fashion house, isn’t she? 是的，很美，是由Sarah Burton设计的，不是吗？她是来自Alexander McQueen’s fashion house，不是吗？
It was a superb dress. Nothing frilly. Simple and elegant and an exquisite fabric, too. 这的确是一件特别棒的婚纱，没有镶边折边。简约，优雅，材质精美。
Best not to mention that to my wife or I’ll have to fork out an arm and a leg for one and have a second marriage. 我最好别跟我太太提起这件事。否则我又要花费一大笔，重新举行一次婚礼了。
You’re a skin flint, you are. 你真是小气得一毛不拔。
Nope, just believe in everlasting love. There’s no need for all that extravagance on one day. If you are so in love, you don’t even need to get married. Having each other, that’s enough. 才不是。我只是相信永恒的爱。没有必要那么奢侈挥霍。只要你人处于爱河，结不结婚都不是最重要的。拥有彼此，就足够了。
Glad I’m not married to you. 真高兴我没跟你这样的人结婚。
Glad I’m not married to you either. I’d be skint before the first day of our wedded bliss. 恩，我也真高兴没跟你这样的人结婚。否则在婚礼的第一天我就成穷光蛋了。
Let’s go over some phrases now. 让我们一起来回顾一下有用的短语吧！
Ceremony仪式,典礼 Abbey 修道院 Choir(教堂的)唱诗班;圣乐团 It was heavenly 像天堂般的，这里指犹如天籁之音 The Aston Martin driving up the Mall他们乘坐的阿斯顿?马丁车缓缓开向教堂 A classy little car. Lovely body and that 此处指车地造型很吸引人（经典的小车型，迷人的线条感。） Flyover 飞行编队低空飞行 RAF=Royal Air Force 英国皇家空军 Superb 华丽的，奢华的 Fork out （被强迫）支付或付出 A skin flint 原意指僵硬，硬化。英语中指某人一毛不拔，等同于中文的铁公鸡 Wedded Bliss 指结婚（后） Extravagance奢侈
2.Schedule it in. I’m very busy, and so is m family. My parents and I want to make time for each other however, so I literally schedule dinner in on my Google Calendar. I treat that appointment with the same seriousness as anything else in my life. It’s a commitment to my future and what truly matters. 制定计划。我很忙，我的家人也是。但我和父母都想花时间互相陪伴，所以我写下家庭晚餐计划，并放入日历备忘录。像对待生活中任何其他事一样，我认真看待这个约定。它是我自己对未来的一个承诺，它的确很重要。
3.Treat it as an emergency（n.紧急情况）. My life is booked back to back with work, appointments and various commitments – but when I had to go into surgery for appendicitis, none of the little boxes in my task list got checked off that day. Instead, my routine came to a halt as I dealt with my medical emergency. If you’re having trouble letting things slide, or aren’t sure where you can make time, then consider treating your life mission as an emergency. Clear important, but unnecessary items off your schedule for a day – and let them go. Every day that you spend on tasks that don’t matter is a day you can never recover – and that, to me, isan emergency. 当做紧急情况处理。我的生活被一个接一个的工作、约会和各种承诺所填满，无法喘息。当我不得不因为胰腺炎要动手术时，查看当天的工作列表却一个任务都去不掉。然而因为需要紧急治疗，我的日程安排还是为此停滞了下来。如果你正苦于无法摆脱琐事，或不确定如何挤出时间，那么就把你的人生使命看成紧急手术。从你的工作日程中去掉那些重要但非必要的事，尝试一天，不要再想它们。你荒废于不重要的事情上的每一天，是你永远也无法补救的，对我来说，这才是是紧急的事。
What Truly Matters, Matters We all know deep down there are different things that drive us – hobbies that excite us, passions that we wish we had more time to explore, people we wish could spend more time with. I believe that identifying, focusing on, and spending time on what matters to us, is not simply a thought exercise. 真正有意义的，才是重要的 我们深知自己被不同的事物所驱使——让人兴奋的爱好，想花更多时间去探索的激情，还有希望可以与之长久相处的那些人。我相信发现、专注于有意义的事，并对此倾注时间，并不仅仅是项思考练习，它会改变你的生活。
Focusing on what truly matters, truly matters. 专注于真正重要的事就是最重要的事。
In my life I’ve gone through periods of intense（adj.强烈的）, driven productivity – months where everything fell into place, and my goals almost seemed to accomplish(v.实现) themselves. At the other extreme, there have been times in my life where I was completely overwhelmed, burdened by my different projects and responsibilities – and frustrated because so many of them not only challenged me, but didn’t matter to me. There were days when I asked myself how did I end up here? How did I end up working on all these things that aren’t who I am, and that don’t represent where I am going? 生活中，我有时过得紧张充实、一切都有条不紊、目标胜利在望。而有时则完全相反，被各种项目、无数的工作职责压得透不过气来，无法翻身，直到精疲力竭。许多工作挑战着我的极限，但对我来说却并不重要。我曾自问何以至此，要怎样才能停止所有这些跟我无关，而又让我迷茫的事情？
Some of our projects are extremely important to us, some matter a little – and some simply don’t matter to us at all. In this guide I’d like to discuss how to define(v.界定) and focus on what truly matters – and then discuss some strategies for making time for them. 我们的工作中，有一些事极其重要，有一些不那么重要，而另一些则完全不重要。在这篇指南中，我想谈一谈如何定义什么是真正重要的事，怎样集中精力处理它们，以及一些时间的管理策略。
Breaking It Down Here are a few question to help you focus on what truly matters – and cut from your life items that don’t. 透彻分析 下面的几个问题可以帮助你找出并关注那些真正重要的事，而剔除无关紧要的生活琐事。
1.What does my life look like ten years from now? I love projecting into the future and imagining my life: mentally time traveling to picture where I want to be. The power of this exercise is even more apparent when you consider that you are the product of where you came from. Think of your favorite memories, people and events from your past and you’ll see things that have shaped you into the person you are today. Similarly, looking ten years down the road and imagining what I want helps me focus my energies today to make it happen tomorrow. If my future daydream is filled with thoughts of spending time with my family and celebrating with friends – then that tells me I need to focus on maintaining those relationships today. 十年后你会过什么样的生活？我喜欢规划未来，憧憬生活：将自己置身于脑海中的联翩浮想。如果你认定自己就是过去的产物，那么收效会更大。回想一下那些最美好的记忆、人物和重要时刻，你就会发现一些东西，是它们影响并塑造了今天的你。同样的，顺着这条路展望未来十年，设想自己的追求，这会帮助我们把握当下，实现明朝。假使我幻想自己的未来是与家人其乐融融，和朋友把酒欢庆，那么这就意味着我现在开始就要好好维护和亲朋的关系。
2. What is my purpose? Leo has previously discussed his life’s purpose and tips for finding your own life’s mission. If you have determined your life’s mission（n.任务）, that provides a foundation for where you should be spending your time – along with the activities, and ends, you should be focusing on. This is sometimes difficult because we may believe our life’s purpose is not in line with a “practical career” – but I disagree. There is no contradiction in using a “practical career” to pull yourself out of debt so you can be free for adventure, or perhaps to send your children to college. The disconnect occurs however, when your “practical career” is padding your bank account with money which means little to you – and you wish you were out living your true purpose instead. 你追求什么？一旦你确定了自己的生命使命，你的时间分配就有了依据。所以你应当重视这个问题。这有时很难，因为我们会认为自己的使命与现实中的工作毫无关系。我不同意这种看法。当我们通过工作还清债务，进而大胆投资，或是把孩子送入大学进修时，工作和使命是没有矛盾的。但当现实中打入你银行账户的工资对你来说已经并无多大意义的时候，你便会不满，并开始希望能够活出真正的追求。
3. What excites me? Sometimes we are scared to admit to ourselves what we really want to do, and who we really want to be because it’s not popular, or because it’s not as secure as the job we have. Deep down however, we know what excites us. We know what gets our heart pumping, and what gets us excited to jump out of bed in the morning. 什么让你兴奋？有时我们不敢承认自己真正想要去做的事和真正想成为的人，因为这些想法不被大众接受，或是没有现在的工作来的安稳。但在内心深处，我们很清楚什么能让我们激动，什么能让自己心跳加速，什么能让我们兴奋得早晨从被窝里一跃而起。
