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魚魚 发表于 2010-11-26 13:41

Something for our Christmas Day~

{:5_132:}   [font=微软雅黑][size=6][b][color=darkred]Because I am so busy with the college life~[/color][color=darkorange]so, I haven't share you the story for a long time~[/color][color=seagreen]So today,just enjoy yourself~[/color][color=darkorchid]Both of the story and the music~[/color][/b][/size][/font]:qq72] [font=微软雅黑][size=6][color=red][b]Do you know the sentences in red?Try your best!And also your methods~[/b][/color][/size][/font]
[audio]http://asthmatickitty.com/mp3/sufjan_stevens_-_DingDong_-_That_Was_The_Worst_Christmas_Ever.mp3[/audio]

[font=Impact][size=4][color=darkorchid]Every Christmas men struggle with the last-minute rush to find the perfect present for their partner.[/color][/size][/font]
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[font=Impact][size=4][color=red]    Yet had they listened a little more closely to their wife or girlfriend in the run-upto the big day, they could have saved themselves a lot of stress.[/color][/size][/font]
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[font=Impact][size=4][color=darkorchid]    Experts have identified four hinting styles that women use to try to ensure their favoured choice is placed under the Christmas tree.[/color][/size][/font]
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[font=Impact][size=4][color=darkorchid]    The problem is, they found, men are obliviousto the signals – four out of five miss the hints.
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[font=Impact][size=4][color=darkorchid]    [color=red]The study broke downwhat it dubbed‘adventising’. Most women (56 per cent) were found to be ‘pepper-hinters’ or ‘present pointers’. Next came ‘Chinese whisperers’ followed by ‘careless listers’.[/color][/color][/size][/font]
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[font=Impact][size=4][color=darkorchid]    But despite all these tactics, less than a third of men picked up any of the subliminalmessages – compared with more than half of women.[/color][/size][/font]
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[font=Impact][size=4][color=darkorchid]    The report comes as it was revealed that more than a third of us have been disappointed by our partner’s choice of presents and one in six is left upset or angry.[/color][/size][/font]
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  [font=Impact][size=4]  [/size][/font][font=Impact][size=4][color=darkorange]Body language expert Professor Geoff Beattie advises women to use heavy verbal tips to their partners to get what they want. He added: ‘Hinting is an important part of everyday social interaction but to do this successfully it is vital that gender differences are taken into account.
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[font=Impact][size=4][color=darkorange]    ‘Women know what they want and are increasingly turning to “adventising” in order to get it – using clues to advertise to men what they want for Christmas.[/color][/size][/font]
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[font=Impact][size=4][color=darkorange]    [color=red]‘However, their covert suggestions can at times fall on deaf earsand men are missing out on a massive two thirds of crucial hints dropped by the ladies in their life.’[/color][/color][/size][/font]
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[font=Impact][size=4][color=darkorange]    For the study, which was commissioned by Boots, male volunteers watched a video that depicted a couple chatting in the run-up to Christmas. The film showed the various hinting styles, with most men unable to identify them.
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[font=Impact][size=4][color=darkorange]    Recent research by the National Autonomous University of Mexico found that women are more adept at shopping than men because they are better at recalling landmarks – helpful when trying to get back to a dress they may have seen two hours earlier.[/color][/size][/font]
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pacific10 发表于 2010-12-3 15:32

christmas day is coming

canxingliu 发表于 2010-12-7 23:12

christmas day , oh no

Ossal 发表于 2011-1-3 11:40

christmas day, oh no!

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