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职考英语30天(16):新闻 news

(2006-08-30 20:15:17)
分类: 杂类贴士
【历史事件】
1963年8月30日华盛顿与莫斯科间的热线开始通话。
(评:敌对的大国修建专线供国家领导人通话,新闻。)
 
【职考活动】
学习词汇若干,通过阅读英文英语扩充英语的学习与使用途径。
(评:坚持过半月,不容易。)
 
【今日学习】
 
critic n.批评家
film critic 电影评论
 
perfume n.香水 v.洒香水
perfume one's hair 往头发上洒香水。
 
similar adj.相似的
all big cities are quite similar. 大城市之间非常相似。
 
scent v.嗅,察觉 n.气味,嗅觉
the dog has a keen scent, and it can scent danger.狗有很灵敏的嗅觉,它能察觉出危险的存在。
 
extraordinary adj.非常的,非凡的,特别的
nobody can has extraordinary authority, even the man of extraordinary strength. 没有人可以拥有特权,包括这个力气惊人的男子。
 
frequently adv.频频地,经常地
the column will appear frequently. 专栏将经常出现。
 
slate v.提名为 n.旧帐,板岩
wipe the slate clean of past mistake 勾销过去的错误
 
snuff v.熄灭,扼杀
lifes that were snuffed out by car accidents. 被车祸夺去的生命
 
intend to 打算,计划
he intended to take his new position very seriously. 他急切地想就任自己的新岗位。
 
statement n.陈述,声明
 
【新闻阅读】
 
DatingServices-Online.net issues guidelines for creating exciting online dating profile 
 
/24-7PressRelease/ - August 30, 2006 - Dating undoubtedly is becoming rising trend especially among youngsters. Most of them are using online dating service for finding a true love, companion, flirting or just to hang around Online dating sites like DatingServices-Online.net are keeping the huge database of members. Online daters need to create their own profile after initial set-up. In fact, profile creation is the integral part of registration process with almost all the leading online dating services including DatingServices-Online.net
 
Writing a profile is an art and it becomes too special for online dating purpose. No matter how it is looked upon, online dating has become as mainstream as email. Lines like: "What's your sign?" and "Come here often?" have been replaced by many equally banal statements in people's online profiles. Based on this scenario, DatingServices-Online.net, a leading online dating site, asked its members: What online profile clich drives you the craziest?
 
What women look in men's profile? Skepticism of their male counterparts seemed to be most popular as 25 percent members of DatingServices-Online.net said, "know how to treat a lady" was the biggest clich ' found in men's profiles. Another 22 percent women found "enjoy long moonlit walks on the beach" as unfaithful claim. Even 20 percent women found spelling errors in men's profiles, who claim themselves as flawless. Members also raised the eyebrows for insane exaggeration of oneself who write in the bottom of profile, "this does not end here to express myself", and then it goes beyond 20 paragraphs of useless details. Needles to say about "I think outside the box," which 5 percent female members believe as truly nonsense.
 
On the other hand, more than 40% male members irked by women who are either quite reserved by including "no liars or game players" in their profile or showing too much openness. However, 15% men have found accepting misspelled women's profiles
 
"Online daters who use needless clich in their profile, are in fact, jeopardizing their chances of finding true love and date. We encourage our members to make their profiles look outstanding by including facts rather than hypes. It is imperative to have unique online persona", said Michelle Wallace, relationship manager for DatingServices-Online.net
 
"Going through the recent survey on dating profiles of both men and women members, we issue guidelines to bring awareness. If members pay attention to this trivial tips, they will be sure benefited," she added.
 
Kindly do visit at http://www.datingservices-online.net to know more about online dating. 
 
Linda Crowford is an author for many successful articles and ebooks written on human relationship specially romance, dating, marriage and divorce. She is also associated with _a href="http://www.datingservices-online.net" target="_blank"_online dating service_/a_ and _a href="http://www.datingservices-online.net" target="_blank"_dating services online_/a_ She gives helpful advices to her clients.
 
profile n.简介
initial adj.最初的
integral part 主要部分,整体部分
registrable adj.可登记的,可注册的
mainstream n.主流
banal adj.陈腐的
cliche n.陈词滥调 adj.陈腐的
faithful adj.守信的,忠实的
flawless adj.无裂缝的,无瑕疵的
nonsense n.废话,胡说
irk v.使厌倦,使苦恼
liar n.说谎者
inperatival adj.祈使语气的
unique adj.唯一的,独特的
survey n.v.测量,测量土地
awareness n.晓得,知道
trivial adj.琐碎的,细小的

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