TED演讲:为什么你应该热爱统计学(4)

And I was so thrilled with this study, I started to take questions out in presentations. I was referring to it. 我对这个研究感到很兴奋,并开始在各种演讲中提出这个问题。 Now, I did a presentation at St. Paul’s School for Girls in Hammersmith, 我曾经在哈默史密斯的圣保罗女子中学做过一个演讲, and I had an audience rather like this, except it was comprised ent...

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TED演讲:科技并没有改变爱 为什么?(3)

There’s no question that technology is changing the way we court: 可以肯定的一点是,科技正在改变人类的求爱方式: emailing, texting, emojis to express your emotions, sexting, “liking” a photograph, selfies. 电子邮件、短信、表达情感的符号、色情短信、给照片或自拍点赞。 We’re seeing new rules and taboos for how to court. 关于如何求爱有了新...

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TED演讲:为什么你应该热爱统计学(7)

How about the next question? This is asking about what the average age is, 那么下一个问题呢?这是问关于年龄的中位数, so the age at which half the population are younger and half the population are older. 也就是该地区大于和小于这个年龄的人口数相等。 And I thought 35 — that sounds middle-aged to me. 我以为是35–那对我来说是中年。 Actually, in Exe...

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TED演讲:科技并没有改变爱 为什么?(6)

And I stumbled, then, on a statistic that really came home to me. 结果我发现了一个震惊的数据。 It was a very interesting academic article in which I found that 67 percent of singles in America today who are living long-term with somebody, 一篇极其有趣的学术文章,发现67%的处于长期同居的美国未婚人士, have not yet married because they are terrified of divorce. ...

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美文阅读 (70)爱 永不太迟(2)

He said he just wanted someone to go out to dinner with and spend time with. 伯父说,他只是想有个人一起出去吃饭,一起消磨时光。 We were happy for them but had no idea how it would turn out. 我们很为他们俩高兴,却不知道结果会如何。 They were both almost eighty-seven years old. 他们俩都将近87岁高龄。 They were like love-birds and spent as much time together ...

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智慧人生篇章 (68)关于爱的隐喻

“What is a Caucus-race?” asked Alice during her adventure in Wonderland. The Dodo explained. “什么是会议式赛跑?”爱丽丝在梦游仙境中问到。渡渡鸟解释道。 First you mark out a racecourse, though the shape of it doesn’t really matter. 首先你拟定出一条跑道,形状是什么样的并不重要。 Then you shout out, one, two three, go, and you run around in any di...

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美文阅读 (69)爱 永不太迟(1)

My aunt died back in about 2003. She was eighty-four and so was my uncle. 我伯母大约在2003年去世。她已是84岁高龄,我伯父与她同龄。 When she passed he was devastated. 伯母的去世对伯父来说是个沉重的打击。 They had been married for over 60 years. 他们结婚超过60年了。 We expected him to pass on quickly after she died. 伯母去世后,我们以为伯父很快也会跟着离...

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美文阅读 (71)爱 永不太迟(3)

They prepared for their wedding. They moved the wedding date up because neither wanted to wait any longer to “be together,”and it was not proper to “be together” without being married. 他们为婚礼做着准备。由于他们俩都迫不及待地想要“在一起”,而不结婚就不是严格意义上的“在一起”,所以他们把婚期提前了。 They got married in her house, where they deci...

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朗读英语美文(8)2016这样去爱

英文文本: This is how I want to fall in love in 2016… I want to fall in love with the way the sun rises teeming with hope… I want to fall in love with the warm scent of coffee in a new, quiet morning… I want to fall in love with all of my grateful regrets that guided me to this place… I want to fall in love with the sky no matter what...

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朗读英语美文(30)爱要说出口

There was once a guy who suffered from cancer, a cancer that can’t be cured. He was 18 years old and he could die anytime. All his life, he was stuck in his house being taken cared by his mother. He never went outside but he was sick of staying home and wanted to go out for once. So he asked his mother and she gave him permission. 曾有一男孩,患了不治之癌。他才18岁,但...

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美文阅读 (239)爱是永不止息

Love is patient; love is kind. 爱是恒久忍耐,又有恩慈。 It does not envy; it does not boast; it is not proud. 爱是不嫉妒,爱是不自夸,不张狂。 It is not rude; it is not self-seeking; 不作害羞的事,不求自己的益处, it is not easily angered; it keeps no record of wrongs. 不轻易发怒,不计算的恶。 Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. 不喜欢不义,只喜欢真理...

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朗读英语美文(168)有趣的人总是视生活如初恋

If you suddenly get old tomorrow, would you feel regret when you look back at your life? 假如明天,你会突然变老,在回顾你这一生时,你是否会感到遗憾? Or would you feel that your life is worth it? 或许,你也会觉得此生已无憾? Or you have never thought about this kind of things? 当然,也可能你其实从未想过这些事? If you ask somebody what the meaning of life ...

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朗读英语美文(44)爱的风险

There is a risk involved in everything: Every time you share a smile, Every time you shed a tear, You are opening yourself up to hurt. 每件事都存在风险: 每次对他人微笑 每回落泪 你都让伤害有机可乘。 Some people tread slowly through life, Avoiding the closeness risk bring Sidestepping the things they can not understand, Turning away from thos...

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朗读英语美文(93)天长地久的含义

A man married a beautiful girl. He loved her very much. 一个男人娶了一个漂亮女孩, 他非常爱她。 One day she developed a skin disease. Slowly she started to lose her beauty. 突然她得了一种皮肤病, 慢慢地开始失去美貌。 It so happened that one day her husband left for a tour. While returning he met with an accident and lost his eyesight. 碰...

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朗读英语美文(101)从前我爱着她,她也爱着我

Tonight I can write the saddest lines. 今夜, 我写下最悲伤的诗篇。 Write, for example, The night is shattered and the blue stars shiver in the distance. 写出,比如说, 在这破碎的夜晚, 碧蓝的繁星在远处打着寒颤。 The night wind revolves in the sky and sings. Tonight I can write the saddest lines. 夜风在天空回旋、歌唱, 今夜我写下最悲...

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朗读英语美文(169)我和我的祖国

我和我的祖国 一刻也不能分割 无论我走到哪里 都流出一首赞歌 My motherland and I Are never apart Wherever I may be I will sing a song of praise 我歌唱每一座高山 我歌唱每一条河 袅袅炊烟小小村落 路上一道辙 I sing of every high mountain I sing of every river Curling smoke, little villages And ruts in the road 我最亲爱的祖国 我永...

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朗读英语美文(92)我是多么爱你

How do I love thee? Let me count the ways. I love thee to the depth and breadth and height My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight For the ends of Being and ideal Grace. I love thee to the level of everyday’s Most quiet need, by sun and candlelight. I love thee freely, as men strive for Right; I love thee purely, as they turn from Praise. I love thee with the pass...

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朗读英语美文(85)有了你我的生活就有了光

Someone once said: “Don’t be afraid if you find a crack on your soul, because that’ll be where the sunshine comes in.” 有人说过 “不要害怕心有裂缝, 那是阳光照进来的地方。” Before I met you, I thought this was nothing but another bunch of useless beautiful words. 在遇到你以前, 我觉得这不过又是一句没用的华丽辞藻。 But after I met you, I realized that t...

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朗读英语美文(125)心向何处

Where is your heart? 心向何处 hiding something you never mention. 未及心语深藏 How to say love will be forever? 怎诉永恒之爱 I just feel so much happiness and sadness. 我如此快乐和悲伤 When you think of me naturally 忆我之时 and never doubt me 从不将我疑 You will know the depth of love. 你知爱之深 You will feel the sweet of lo...

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朗读英语美文(60)爱如丝线

Sometimes I really doubt whether there is love between my parents. Every day they are very busy trying to earn money in order to pay the high tuition for my brother and me. 有时候,我真的怀疑父母之间是否有真爱。他们天天忙于赚钱,为我和弟弟支付学费。 They don’t act in the romantic ways that I read in books or I see on TV. In their opinion, ‘I love you’...

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