Several states now require women who seek medication abortions to be provided with dubious information that the procedure could be stopped, allowing a pregnancy to continue. 美国数个州目前要求为打算进行药物流产的女性提供不可靠的信息：堕胎过程可以终止，怀孕能够继续。 But when researchers attempted to carry out a legitimate study of whether these “abortion reversal” treatments were effective and safe, they had to stop almost immediately – because…
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Eyes closed, 闭着眼睛 she felt the cool breeze on her face 她感到清风拂面 as the car swept past the green pastures. 车从绿色的草坪上疾驰而过 The breeze felt refreshingly new 微风清爽而 and gave her 让她感觉到 a sense of newly defined freedom and happiness. 一种全新的自由和幸福感 The breeze suddenly came to a halt 车周遭的风忽然熄了 with the car stopping 车停了 due to…
DetailsThe best way to deal with rude strangers at the airport is to set an example for others. This includes educating yourself on the do’s and don’ts. But quite frankly, the problem is that you just don’t know what to do until you see the don’ts. 坐飞机时有时会遇到一些很没有礼貌的乘客，而应对他们最好的方法就是以身作则、树立榜样。可这个前提是我们自己得知道哪些可以做、那些不可以做。可有时候我们对此并不十分了解。 The airport is a terrible place to be…
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小狗居然被绑架，绑匪还要求主人支付1000英镑 如今很多家庭都会养宠物，比如狗狗，并把他们视为家庭的一员。 最近，就有一个狗主人在facebook上表示自己的宠物狗被盗，而且盗窃者居然以狗狗的性命作威胁勒索狗主人。 The owner of a dog stolen at knifepoint has received a prank message saying her dog would be beheaded unless she paid £1,000. 有个狗主人收到一条恶作剧信息，说她如果不付1000英镑，她的狗就会被杀死。 Cathryn Hussain said her Christmas had been “a wash out” of “sick” prank calls about her dog. 凯瑟琳 · 侯赛因说她的圣诞节已经被那些关于她的狗的恶作剧电话毁掉了。 Five days before Christmas, Waffle, a six-month-old labradoodle,…
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Cycling can be a fantastic way to exercise, sight-see, or burn calories. But for many food delivery drivers and other gig workers, biking is also a practical requirement for their job—one they’d like some help with. That remains a problem in New York City, however, where people who use electric scooters and some electric bikes…
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How many wallets do you have? 你有几个钱包？ Technically speaking, everyone of us has 3 wallets. 其实我们每个人都有3个钱包。 And they are the consumer’s wallet, the speculator’s wallet and the investor’s wallet. 它们分别是：“消费钱包”、“投机钱包”和“投资钱包”。 The consumer’s wallet is the wallet from which you spend to pay for all your desires, be it food, clothes or flowers. 消费钱包，指的是你为了满足个人欲望而花的那些钱，各种美食、衣服、鲜花都包含在其内。 You can’t…
DetailsLarge corporations could not have grown to their present size without being able to find innovative ways to raise capital to finance expansion. 大公司如果没能想方设法筹集到扩展用的资金，是不可能成长到现在的体量的。 Corporations have five primary methods for obtaining that money. 公司筹集这些资金的方式主要有5种。 Issuing Bonds 发行债券 A bond is a written promise to pay back a specific amount of money at a certain date…
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你是对的英语是”You are right.”，或者另一种表达是”You are correct.”。也可以从第一人称的角度出发，说”I think you are right.”或”I agree with you.”。 You are right 例句示范： believe you are right and he is wrong. 我相信你是对的，他错了。 We think you are right. 我们认为你是对的。 Yes, you are right, they are corns. 是的，你对了，这是玉米。 Yes, I must admit you are right. 是的，我得承认你是对的。 Lauren: Yes, yes, you are right again. I…
Details“For what it’s worth… 无论好坏成败 it’s never too late 永远不要觉得太晚 or, in my case, 或者，在我的亲身经历中 too early 太早 to be whoever you want to be. 去成为你想要成为的那个人 There’s no time limit , 并不存在时间上的限制 stop whenever you want. 只要你想，随时都可以停下 You can change 你可以改变 or stay the same, 也可以保持不变 there are no rules to this thing. 在这件事上没有规则可遵循 We…
DetailsPay Attention to Taxes and Inflation 关注税收和通货膨胀 To paraphrase famed investor Warren Buffett, when it comes to measuring your investment results over time, the primary thing that matters is how many more hamburgers you can buy at the end of the day. In other words, focus on purchasing power. 根据著名投资人沃伦·巴菲特所言，衡量长期投资收入时最基本要考虑的是最终你能多买几个汉堡，也就是说要关注购买力。 It is amazing how few…
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