篇一：双语阅读：名字会悄悄影响你的行为
Our given names influence our lives in all sorts of strange ways, affecting everything from where we choose to live to what we do for a living. That's the takeaway of a fascinating new video from PBS Digital Studios' BrainCraft series.
我们的名字会以千奇百怪的方式影响我们的生活，从我们的住址选择到我们的工作选择等各个方面。这是PBS数码工作室的BrainCraft系列新出的一个视频里的观点。
"We write our names thousands of times throughout our lives," science reporter Vanessa Hill explains in the video. "The more we are merely exposed to something, like those letters, the more we like them."
“我们一生中会数千次写下我们的名字，”科学记者瓦内莎·希尔在视频中解释道，“我们越接触到一些东西，比如名字中的字母，我们就会越喜欢它们。”
It seems we tend to pick cities whose names sound like our own. Phils, for example, often gravitate to Philadelphia. Virginias are overrepresented in Virginia Beach. 我们似乎倾向于选择一些听起来像自己名字的城市。譬如，叫菲尔斯这个名字的人常常会被吸引到费城去。而在弗吉尼亚海滩（Virginia Beach）上到处都有叫弗吉尼亚这个名字的人。
The same works for our occupations, according to the video. The ranks of dentists, for example, include more Dennises and Denises than you might expect.
视频指出，这一现象同样适用于我们的职业。举例说，牙医行业中就有很多叫丹尼斯和丹妮丝的人，多得远超你的想象。
Lauries, Lawrences and Laurens? Those names are especially common among -- you guessed it -- lawyers.
那劳里、劳伦斯和劳伦呢? 这些名字在律师行业中尤其常见，你猜到了吧。
Scientists call this strange phenomenon "implicit egotism." But what explains it? Most people have positive self-associations, and by extension anything associated with the self -- even phonetically -- is seen as positive too.
科学家称这一奇怪的现象为“隐性的自我主义”（implicit egotism）。但是怎么解释呢？大多数人都有积极的自我联想。进一步延伸开来便是，任何与自己相联系的事物，甚至是发音上的联系，也会被看做积极的。
Now you know!
现在你知道了吧！
Vocabulary
gravitate：被吸引
overrepresent：使有过多的代表
egotism：自我中心
更多英语学习方法：企业英语培训
篇二：做个快乐的单身贵族：一个人生活的五大好处(中英文双语版)
做个快乐的单身贵族：
一个人生活的五大好处
How To Be Single And Happy : Learn to appreciate your single status. Here are five things that singles sometimes take for granted。
如何做个快乐的单身贵族：学会如何看到单身的好处。以下是单身之人必做的五件事。
Step 1:Sleep
When you're single, no one's nagging at you to get up or counting the hours that you've spent in bed. You are left in peace with your box fan and body pillow. Sleep all day guilt-free!
1.睡觉没人烦
当你是单身时，不会有人唠叨着让你起床，也不会有人替你计算你已经躺在床上多少小时了。只有你，电风扇和一个抱枕，没人来打搅你。不要有愧疚感，睡上一整天吧！
Step 2:Money
When you're single, there's no joint account. You can do whatever you want with your money. There's none of that "what's yours is mine, what's mine is yours" foolishness. No household budget. Go ahead and buy that hideous, life-size statue of Wayne Newton. Put it in the middle of the living room. No one is the boss of you!
2.花钱真方便
当你是单身时，就不存在什么夫妻共同账户了。你的钱你可以随便花。不存在那句傻傻的“你的就是我的，我的就是你的”。也不用搞什么家庭预算。想买那个看上去丑丑的，真人大小的牛顿塑像吗？买就是了。把它摆在卧室中间。没人能管的了你！
Step 3: Career
Work all night, all weekend if you want to. Then socialize with the boss until 2:00AM or later. Your married co-workers can't compete. They've got "commitments". You win by default! And when that headhunter calls, there's no one holding you back. Pack up and move wherever the fattest paycheck is waiting。
3.工作上优势多
如果愿意的话，你可以工作开夜车，周末加班。那样，你就可以和老
板出去一直到凌晨2点。你的已婚同事都做不到这一点。他们都肩负着家庭责任。而你恰恰是赢在了“不用履行责任”上。某日，猎头公司打来电话，你也没有什么挂念的，卷起铺盖卷儿，哪里有钱赚就奔向哪儿！
Step 4: Rejection
When you're single, rejection is your friend. If you're on a bad date, make up some excuse and get the heck out of there. You don't have to ever see her again。
4.可以毫不犹豫地拒绝别人
当你是单身时，向他人说不是你常爱干的事儿。如果约会时感觉不太好，那就编点借口让对方一边儿去。以后你也没必要再见到她。 Step 5: Amuse Yourself
See how much laundry you can fit into the washer. Create a new dish out of the few things you have left in the cupboard and eat it in the middle of the night. Become a pro at belching the alphabet. The possibilities are endless。
5.自娱自乐
试试看，看你能往洗衣机里塞多少衣服。用橱柜里剩下的不多的材料做一道新菜，并在午夜的时候吃。嗝打的长点儿的，并试着成为这方面的专家。一切皆有可能。
篇三：双语：上大学的四点好处
双语：上大学的四点好处
We all know about the obvious benefits to having a college degree—namely, a steady job and financial security. But we often overlook other benefits to higher education: quality of life improvements that deserve to be brought into focus, whether you're on the fence about going back to school or are just having a hard time appreciating the degree you already have.
我们都知道，有份大学文凭显然有好处，它意味着一份稳定的工作以及收入保障。但是，在你犹豫是否继续读书或者纠结是否满足现有学历的时候，要考虑一下经常被我们忽视的高等教育的其他益处：生活质量的提升。
1.Improved Self-Esteem.提升自尊
There's just something about a college grad that makes her stand a little bit straighter and a little bit taller. It likely has to do with the boost to one's self-esteem and confidence that comes with making it through a higher education program. 大学文凭有种微妙的影响力，可以让人挺直腰板，抬头挺胸。这可能是因为接受高等教育的经历提升了一个人的自尊和自信。
Studies conducted by the College Board and others like it have found that those who have completed additional schooling are not only more well-equipped to handle mental challenges, but also report a higher level of satisfaction when doing so.
大学理事会等相关机构组织的调查研究发现，一个完成了高等教育的人不仅有能力处理好精神挑战，而且在应对挑战时也能感到高度的自我满足。
2.Healthy Choices
2.选择健康
In addition to the mental boost that comes with higher education, college grads are healthier overall. Higher socioeconomic status （measured by total family income, level of education attained and professional career status） is directly correlated with better physical health and life expectancy.
高等教育除了能带来精神上的激励，身体上也是如此，大学毕业生整体上来说更加健康。社会经济地位由家庭总收入、教育水平以及职业地位来衡量，而社会经济地位又与身体健康程度和寿命长短有直接关系。
This correlation seems obvious when you consider that those who earn more money have greater access to health care and healthier food options. But what you may not have considered is that higher education means the ability and desire to make better choices when it comes to habits—eating and otherwise.
这种关联性似乎显而易见，因为赚钱多的人可以得到更好的健康护理，选择更健康的食品。但是你想不到的是，高等教育意味着有能力和意愿在饮食或者其他方面养成好习惯。
For example, those with extended educations are less likely to smoke and more likely to exercise. When you put greater emphasis on taking care of your mind with additional schooling, you naturally put greater emphasis on taking care of your body, too. It's truly as simple as: when you know better, you do better.
举例来说，接受更多教育的人吸烟的概率更小，健身的概率更大。当你十分重视以高等教育充实思想时，你也会很自然地重视关爱自己的身体。你知道什么是好的，你就会这么去做，就是这么简单。
3.Higher Job Satisfaction
3.更高的工作满意度
While we're on the subject of bettering ourselves, one common reason people seek higher education is to get out of a dead-end job. Having a degree often means having an actual career rather than punching the clock to pay the bills.
在我们谈论关于完善自身的话题时，常提到的追求更高教育的理由是为了摆脱无前途的工作。有学历通常意味着有真正的职业生涯，而不是打卡领工资。 That's all fine and good, you may say, but having a career means nothing if you can't keep it—a task many are finding difficult as of late. Fortunately, a diploma gives you the upper hand when it comes to economy-driven layoffs.
也许你会说，有工作就行。但是有工作而不能保住工作等于白搭，这是最近多数人面临的难题。庆幸的是，一份文凭能在经济萧条裁员时期帮你一把。 Graduates not only have higher job retention rates during a recession, but also an easier time finding re-employment due to higher marketability than their non-graduate colleagues. That means less stress overall during tough economic times.
经济不景气时，大学毕业生不仅比那些没有大学文凭的同事享有更高的留任几率，而且在重新找工作时更有竞争力。也就是说，他们在经济状况不好时压力不会那么大。
4.Passing on the Legacy
4.教育传承
Finally, one of the greatest benefits to having a college education is passing on the legacy to your children. Children of a college grad are more likely to have a better quality of life and pursue extended education themselves. Those children also have a much easier time getting into good schools because their parents have emphasized the importance of an education to them. They also tend to have better grades and test scores.
最后一点，受过大学教育最大的好处之一是可以将教育传统传递给你的子女。大学生的孩子生活质量可能更好，并且会继续追求更高层次的教育。由于父母重视教育，这些孩子进入好学校也更轻松，并且一般都能取得好成绩。
As experts often state, children of college grads—even those who don't attend college themselves—are more motivated to reach for their dreams. They know that their parents pushed through adversity to earn their degrees, and they apply that same philosophy to going after what they want in life—a bar that is placed that much higher by having college-educated parents.
专家们经常说，大学生的孩子即使自己不上大学，也会更有动力追求梦想。他们懂得父母获得学历的艰辛，他们带着相同的信念去追寻自己的人生目标——为超越父母受过的大学教育而设置的更高目标。
《双语阅读:保持微笑的五大好处》出自：百味书屋
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