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作者: 魚魚 时间: 2010-11-26 13:41 标题: Something for our Christmas Day~

Because I am so busy with the college life~so, I haven't share you the story for a long time~So today,just enjoy yourself~Both of the story and the music~

Do you know the sentences in red?Try your best!And also your methods~
[audio]http://asthmatickitty.com/mp3/sufjan_stevens_-_DingDong_-_That_Was_The_Worst_Christmas_Ever.mp3[/audio]

Every Christmas men struggle with the last-minute rush to find the perfect present for their partner.

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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.

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Experts have identified four hinting styles that women use to try to ensure their favoured choice is placed under the Christmas tree.

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The problem is, they found, men are obliviousto the signals – four out of five miss the hints.

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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’.

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But despite all these tactics, less than a third of men picked up any of the subliminalmessages – compared with more than half of women.

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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.

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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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‘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.

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‘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.’

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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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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.

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作者: pacific10 时间: 2010-12-3 15:32

christmas day is coming

作者: canxingliu 时间: 2010-12-7 23:12

christmas day , oh no

作者: Ossal 时间: 2011-1-3 11:40

christmas day, oh no!

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