英美文化：说说英国皇室的备胎继承人

In royal families, the crown goes to the oldest child. That's theheir. The spare heir is the next child who would ascend thethrone should something happen to the heir. In the UK, whenWilliam becomes King, Prince George is the heir. His brother orsist

英美文化：英美人这样说只是客气而已！

In sociolinguistics and conversation analysis (CA), politeness strategies are speech acts that express concern for others and minimize threats to self-esteem (face) in particular social contexts. 在社会语言学角度与会话分析角度下，礼貌

英语里的11为什么不叫Oneteen？

English number words are pretty logical after a point. From twenty-one to ninety-nine, the same principle applies: the tens place followed by the units place. But the teens are different. 英文数字从某个数开始就相当符合逻辑。从21到

英美文化：圣诞饼干和姜饼小人儿究竟是怎么来的？

Like many Christmas traditions, the origin of this delicious custom lies ages ago, in solstice ritualsconducted long before Christmas became the huge commercial holiday it is today. Winter solstice festivals have been held for eons, across the world.

双语：总有那么些英文词 连母语者都觉得懵！

如今在说英语的人群中，非母语者的数目已经渐渐要超过母语者了，为此那些母语为英语的人们亚历山大如何能够在不说俗语和俚语的情况下顺畅沟通，这是个问题 BBC总结了在交流中最令人困

双语：揭秘迪士尼公主为什么总穿蓝色

Disney may be adapting its heroines to reflect the fact its 2017 and women arent completely helpless, but there are some things which we can still expect from its princesses. Theyre always pretty. Name one plain Disney princess? Exactly. They all hav

双语：感恩节来历 你真的知道吗？

Most stories of Thanksgiving history start with the harvest celebration of the pilgrims and the Native Americans that took place in the autumn of 1621. There is little evidence that this feast of thanks led directly to our modern Thanksgiving Day hol

双语：哪些方面英国人比美国人做得好呢？

加利福尼亚州桑尼维尔市有名的李艾维`李在论坛上发布了一个问题：哪些方面英国人比美国人做得好呢?她总共列举了23个例子来赞扬英国，这些例子涵盖食物，音乐，10英镑纸币和插头插座各

知道么?这12句话不是莎士比亚说的（双语）

学英语的人多少都知道一些莎士比亚的名句，各类媒介也会传播不少据说出自莎翁的名言。可是，有些所谓的莎翁名言根本不是他说的。以下这12句就是代表。 1. When I saw you I fell in love and you

双语：为啥美国犹太人会在圣诞节吃中餐

This time of year, lets be honest: The most Jewish-American tradition isnt even celebrating those eight crazy candle-and latke-filled nights. Its hitting the local Chinese restaurant on Christmas, of course. 讲真，每年一到圣诞节大多数美国

英美文化差异一

tend to, Oliver: 当英国人用 tend to 的时候，表示通常是什么样子或者通常做什么事情。 British people tend to be 他们本来的样子。 Jo: To blow your own trumpet. Oliver: 这可是一个非常有用的成语。字面上讲是

原来这些奥运项目都起源于英国！你造吗？

Did you know that many of the world's most popular sports originated in the United Kingdom? Since the middle of the 19th century, more than 10 official sports have been created in the UK! 你知道吗?很多世界最受欢迎的体育项目都起源于

美国高校排名新榜单　哈佛位列第一

After four tries, Harvard returned to the top ranking of American universities by Internet Media Buzz, edging out a strong challenge by Northwestern. The University of California, Berkeley, Columbia, Caltech, and MIT all finishing within 1% of each o

英美文化差异二

tend to, Oliver: 当英国人用 tend to 的时候，表示通常是什么样子或者通常做什么事情。 British people tend to be 他们本来的样子。 Jo: To blow your own trumpet. Oliver: 这可是一个非常有用的成语。字面上讲是

通过电影鉴赏浅析英美文化

作为当代大学生，尤其是外语系的学生，了解其他国家的文化是非常必要的。电影鉴赏能够帮助我们在短时间内了解到更多、更有价值、更实用的英美文化和风俗。 与其他传播形式相比，电影

圣经典故：约伯的慰问者&旷野里的呼声（双语）

1. Jobs comforter 约伯的慰问者 含义 增加对方痛苦的安慰者。 原文：So they sat down with him upon the ground seven days and seven nights, and none spoke a word unto him; for they saw that his grief was very great. Thus, one who fa

英国人为什么这么喜欢茶？

Why Do British Love Tea So Much? 英国人为什么这么喜欢茶? 获得101好评的回答@Stefan Trifonov Well, to put it simply- they started to drink tea because they didn't have much coffee. 简单来说，欧洲人开始喝茶是因为他们并没

双语阅读:西方给小费各种讲究

An Important tip! ''Tipping', gratuity or 'service' is handled very differently in the UK and America. It's important to get this right when you visit each place as it can affect whether the staff in bars, cafe, restaurant, hotels, hairdressers, and