How can I have a candid conversation with my girlfriend about being more dependable?

我怎样才能和我的女朋友坦诚地交谈，让她变得更可靠呢？

I found, as Hacker observed years before, that most wives want their husbands to be, first and foremost, conversational partners, but few husbands share this expectation of their wives.

我发现大多数妻子想让丈夫首先成为自己的交谈伙伴，但几乎没有几位丈夫有同样的期望，这点也是海克多年前就已经观察到的事实。

Just talking I can tell that it's a little bit difficult for him.

通过交谈，我发现这对他来说都有一点困难。

They are content to be where they are, talking or not-talking.

他们心满意足于情，论交谈或者沉默。

Language which is too polite puts distance between you and the person you're talking to.

过于礼貌的语言会让你和你交谈的人之间产生距离。

In short, it means that rather than passively sitting back and simply letting someone else talk while waiting for your chance to speak, you engage in the conversation without words.

简言之，这意味着你不是被动地在后面，或单纯在等待你发言的机会时听别人说话，而是你在言的交谈中。

But that doesn't mean that the researcher never talks to the participants.

但这并不是说研究人员从不跟这者交谈。

She’s my wife! Oh, here’s my floor! Nice talking to you. Goodbye.

她是我老婆。噢。我到了！很高兴很你交谈。再见。

What he tried to do was to teach a male dolphin called Bass and a female called Doris to communicate with each other across a solid barrier.

他试图教公海豚巴斯和母海豚桃瑞丝透过坚固的屏障交谈。

I'm talking to you, legislators, and the voters who elect them.

我是在和你们、立法者和选举他们的选民交谈。

We offered them food and spoke to them kindly, but they remained motionless.

我们给他们东西吃，客客气气地同他们交谈，但他们却一动也不动。

Apparently, they had a good discussion today.

显然，两国元首今天进行了良好的交谈。

Talk to graduate students, talk to people who are working on real problems.

和研究生交谈，和那致力于解决实际问题的人交谈。

Then, by Wednesday, it had gotten worse when they were clearly stopping people from using their escape to America and accosting CNN.

到了周三，情况变得更加糟糕，他们阻止人们逃往美国，也不许他们CNN交谈。

Everyone seemed to be talking, and I, sitting in silence, felt awkward; but I was too shy to break into any of the groups that seemed absorbed in their own affairs.

每个人好象都在和别人交谈，只有我一个人静静地在那里，感到很窘；既然客人们都在三三两两地谈他们自己的事，我就很不好意思挤进哪个人堆里去了。

For this assignment, we were the Mr. Clean. The plan: look around, talk to the locals, try to winkle out some actionable intelligence, and then start kicking the hornets' nest.

执行这个任务时，我们就是清廉先生。计划是：环顾四周，当地人交谈，设法找出一可以采取行动的情报，然后开始捅马蜂窝。

The more parents engaged in one-on-one baby talk, the more the baby babbled—which is a precursor to word production—and the more words they produced at age two.

父母用一对一的方式和婴儿交谈越多，后者咿呀学语就会更多—这都是词语构建的前体音节—并且这孩子们在2岁左右就能说更多的单词。

Nothing matters more to Dubliners than having a good time or, as locals call it, the craic.

对都柏林人而言什么都比不上享受美好时光，当地人又称之为craic(愉快的交谈)。

Since the Council and throughout the Christmas and New Year period, I have spoken to a number of European leaders and there have been further discussions with the EU to seek further assurances alongside the Council conclusions.

自理事会成立以来，以及在圣诞节和新年期间，我多次一欧洲领导人进行了交谈，并欧盟进行了进一步讨论，以寻求除理事会得出的结论以外的进一步保证。

In the coming days, you will see some of our most treasured historical buildings, speak to the business leaders whose expertise and innovation drive our economies, and meet members of our Armed Services, past and present.

接下来的几天里，您将观走访我国最珍贵的历史建筑，商界领袖亲切交谈，他们的专业知识和创新能力推动着我们经济的发展，并会见英国退役军人现役军人的代表。