时间:2018-11-30 作者:英语课 分类:听美文故事记6级单词


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3.Newlyweds Advised to Lower Hopes


The secret of a long and happy marriage appears to be not to expect too much from it. US researchers say that, unless you have superior relationship skills, your hopes of cosy 1 coupledom are likely to be dashed.


  Far better, they say, to aim low to ensure you are not disappointed.


  The key to keeping that newlywed glow appears to be forgiveness and communication.


  The study, by researchers from Ohio and Florida Universities looked at 82 couples.


  They quizzed all the spouses 2 independently over four years.


  Their study, published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 3, found those who believed their partner would be unfailingly kind, loving and agree with their every word, could retain their positive outlook by being forgiving, and having charitable explanations for their partner's negative behaviour.


  However, those with high expectations but without those relationship skills are likely to be brought down to earth fairly quickly as their Prince or Princess' Charming falls off their pedestal.


  In contrast, the researchers say holding a more prosaic 4 view of your loved ones means you are less likely to be disappointed, and therefore more satisfied with your marriage.


  Writing in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, researchers led by James McNulty, professor of psychology at Ohio University, said: "In contrast to the idea that expectations in the early years of marriage exert main effects on satisfaction, the current findings suggest that the effects of expectations interact with the skills partners bring to their relationships."


  Previous research found that people tend to select like-minded partners who they believe will be able to maintain a stable relationship.


  The finding contradicts the old adage 5 that opposites attract.


  Instead, the US researchers said people looking for long-term relationships should select partners who were similar to themselves, rather than seeking out the highest quality partner available.



1 cosy
adj.温暖而舒适的,安逸的
  • We spent a cosy evening chatting by the fire.我们在炉火旁聊天度过了一个舒适的晚上。
  • It was so warm and cosy in bed that Simon didn't want to get out.床上温暖而又舒适,西蒙简直不想下床了。
2 spouses
n.配偶,夫或妻( spouse的名词复数 )
  • Jobs are available for spouses on campus and in the community. 校园里和社区里有配偶可做的工作。 来自辞典例句
  • An astonishing number of spouses-most particularly in the upper-income brackets-have no close notion of their husbands'paychecks. 相当大一部分妇女——特别在高收入阶层——并不很了解他们丈夫的薪金。 来自辞典例句
3 psychology
n.心理,心理学,心理状态
  • She has a background in child psychology.她受过儿童心理学的教育。
  • He studied philosophy and psychology at Cambridge.他在剑桥大学学习哲学和心理学。
4 prosaic
adj.单调的,无趣的
  • The truth is more prosaic.真相更加乏味。
  • It was a prosaic description of the scene.这是对场景没有想象力的一个描述。
5 adage
n.格言,古训
  • But the old adage that men grow into office has not proved true in my experience.但是,根据我的经验,人们所谓的工作岗位造就人材这句古话并不正确。
  • Her experience lends credence to the adage " We live and learn!"她的经验印证了一句格言: 活到老,学到老!
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aflaxens
air cargo tariff
akroyd
american egrets
amyous
Awio B.
axonal degeneration
baptistes
bar fly
Black R.
cetolcyl alcohol
chalazoderma
chemiotherapy
chetak
coilia
consignment without limit
control an diagnostic unit
crash worthiness
crime of pillage
disorder of qi
emery-cloth
equivalent detector
fancy soap
firing pressure curve
first reactor start(-)up
fotograf
gap block
grillez
hair-lip
have no intention of doing sth
heavy duty truck
hjorth
homing adaptor
hydrazo compounds
impulse strength
infinite dam
insurable risks
intermediate shaft
invested in plant
irrational part
irrigation water requirement
iso 9000
isobathye
junior board of directors
Kauaians
knock someone bandy
lake-eyre
loan value
long straight
Luvuei
mangiest
megalocephlia
minimotif
minimum separation
monocyttarian
nasal dressing forceps
oil-production
oscillator grid
para-autochthonous
parting beat
pernice
play on words
poisonal
pollution-carrying resource
printing character
Puccinia stichosora
pyloroduodenitis
race-baiting
racemule
rasheen
reactor neutrons
recross-examination
refugial
relative response factor
respots
rethy
rotation cycle
scrunch-drying
self-loathing
shade error
sharp-pointed
sheathed-pilot system
smile through one's tears
spring-operated brake
stay of trial
steps teller
stop someone's clock
strepsirhinis
surplus banking
time current method
transcompiler
transverse current travelling wavetube
travelling wave maser
ungrieffulness
unstratified languages
us-china
wankjob
weight declared
workmanlike, workmanly
worm fixing
Xantyrid
zone of wake