英语听力：探索发现 2014-02-07 America's Sex Pioneers 美国的性爱先锋-6

 -Over time, what he created, the idea of utopian experience, actually became as equal part of the funding of what we come to think as America as the Puritans' work. And much of the sexual revolution does, in fact, owe a great debt to that 1840 Maypole at Thomas Morton let him brought over and stuck in the ground as almost a flag or a dedication¹ to American sexuality.

-What's interesting about this sort of crash is you are setting up this idea between sexual restraint and a lack of sexual restraint. In American psyche², that's something that's kind of stuck with us to this day. Nowadays, there are far more Mortons around. There are Puritans. Whether or not that's a good thing, you know, is open to debate.

With our sex pioneers that act as a start, it's no wonder America developed a complicated relationship with sex. 

Water cooler lowdown.

For Puritans withholding³ sex was grounds for divorce.

Thomas Morton believed sex brought you closer to God.

Today, 15% of married couples haven't had sex in a year, which may make them further from God and closer to divorce.

Whether you are doing it or not, chances are your opinions on sex were founded in part by America's sex pioneers.

Coming up.

-Ben Franklin's sex dry actually helped save the American revolution.

And later.

-How even gets rid of the original director because she's not c*, she's not sexy enough? How do we make this sexier?

1 dedication   

n.奉献，献身，致力，题献，献辞

参考例句：

• We admire her courage,compassion and dedication.我们钦佩她的勇气、爱心和奉献精神。
• Her dedication to her work was admirable.她对工作的奉献精神可钦可佩。

2 psyche   

n.精神；灵魂

参考例句：

• His exploration of the myth brings insight into the American psyche.他对这个神话的探讨揭示了美国人的心理。
• She spent her life plumbing the mysteries of the human psyche.她毕生探索人类心灵的奥秘。

3 withholding   

扣缴税款

参考例句：

• She was accused of withholding information from the police. 她被指控对警方知情不报。
• The judge suspected the witness was withholding information. 法官怀疑见证人在隐瞒情况。