We have discussed before how multitasking is an integral part of the juggle. But, as I learned just recently, true multitasking is a myth. Instead of doing multiple things simultaneously, we actually switch our attention from task to task extremely quickl...

健康 双语 智力 一心二用

One of my longest-running battles with my kids is about manners specifically, about whether it's necessary to send hand-written thank-you notes for gifts. I say yes, and my children have continued throughout their teens to write the notes. But they grumbl...

孩子 双语 日常英语 礼节

Smart or thin? Rich or ugly? 是要智慧还是身材？选择财富还是外表？ Women still have a complex and contradictory relationship with their own image according to a poll released on Tuesday that found 25 percent of those questioned would rather win the "America's Next Top Model...

女人 双语 智慧 外表

I think your real problem is stress,' the doctor said when I complained that the muscle injections he was giving me hadn't relieved my neck and shoulder pain. 'You can't blame me for everything that's hard in your life,' he said. My bursting into tears on...

健康 压力 双语 健康英语

白羊座 金牛座 双子座 巨蟹座 狮子座 处女座 天秤座 蝎子座 射手座 摩羯座 水瓶座 双鱼座 白羊座 3.21-4.19 This week, the only Full Moon opposite your sign all year takes place on Thursday. Earlier in the week, you'll have the feeling your problems are intensifying. In particular, the...

星座 双语 运气 运程

Religious people seem curiously reluctant to meet their maker 很奇怪，似乎有宗教信仰的临终病人不愿意见他们的造物主 HOW do a person’s religious beliefs influence his attitude to terminal illness? The answer is surprising. You might expect the religious to accept death as God’s...

病人 双语 宗教 求生

It's been a busy week for the superstitious. Today is Friday the 13th. There was also a full moon on Wednesday. I'm not a very superstitious person, but I've taken a few precautions to help prevent jinxing future events. For instance, many Jews, including...

双语 日常英语 迷信 黑色星期五

Where Is God? One of the popular criticisms of fMRI brain imaging is the tendency for studies to plant flags in the brain. For instance claiming that one area is responsible for religion, and that the so-called “God spot” exists. Critics say there is more...

双语 日常英语 上帝 大脑

Caffeine Cuts Workout Pain Coffee before biking? You may have to stop on the side of the road sooner, but new research suggests that caffeine can help you get more bang from your workout buck, because it keeps you from feeling the burn. Competitive cyclis...

锻炼 双语 咖啡 咖啡因 疼痛

Times like this—jobs lost, stock prices tanking and the value of your house somewhere south of your purchase price—lead to problems in relationships. Couples who once had the money to paper over the fissures in their personal lives suddenly feel poorer, a...

家庭 双语 日常英语 财务