中西方请客吃饭方式大PK

Friend asks me Why Chinese dont go Dutch? So I want to regard this question as the topic and write an article. As everyone knows, Occidental will go Dutch while having a meal in the restaurant. But Chinese dont go Dutch. Chinese will pay the bill and

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揭秘爱尔兰的"爱情合约"

爱尔兰是信奉天主教的国家，禁止离婚。所以，两人结婚时必须选择婚姻关系的期限1年至100年。这种婚姻法的高明之处在于，婚姻的期限恰好与结婚的费用成反比。如果你选择了1年期限，将支

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感恩母亲节

Gift ideas for Mother's Day to cross off your list 每年五月的第二个星期天就是母亲节，你们想好送什么礼物给自己的母亲了吗？ Mother's Day is May 13 and we're already overwhelmed with commercials suggesting that we aren

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潘基文2012年奥林匹克休战致辞

The tradition of an Olympic Trucebegan in ancient times to allow safe passage for athletes travelling to the Games. This resulted in an environment where the true spirit of the Olympic Games was on display: peaceful competition among nations, feats o

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再见夏日：庆祝夏天终于要过去的8个理由

Summer is a great season. Patio weather, vacation time, BBQ, more BBQ. But sometimes, summer can kinda be a hot, sweaty drag. Luckily, many places have seasons that give us the ability to say hello hoodie weather. Here's some reasons you should be ha

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超浪漫15国名英文神解

1、c.h.i.n.a. 中国 come here. i need affection。来这我需要爱 2、k.o.r.e.a. 韩国 keep optimistic regardless of every adversity。虽然事与愿违保持乐观 3、h.o.l.l.a.n.d 荷兰 Hope our love lasts and never dies。希望我们的爱

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拿错滑板的冠军 Winning With Mismatched Skis

A rarity among biathletes, Myriam Bdard competed as a figure skater until she was twelve years old. When women's biathlon was introduced to the Olympics at the 1992 Winter Games, Bdard earned a bronze medal at 15km. In Lillehammer, she took a gold me

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How the First Head Was Taken

How the First Head Was TakenOne day the Moon, who was a woman named Kabigat, sat out in the yard making a large copper pot. The copper was still soft and pliable like clay, and the woman squatted on the ground with the heavy pot against her knees whi

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Rabbit the hunter

Rabbit the hunterOne day Rabbit took his bow and arrow and went hunting. He left the house where he lived with his grandmother and hopped through the forest, happyto be out and about. Suddenly he saw huge footprintsin the track. Wow! Check out the si

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双手击出的冠军 Hitting With Both Hands

Shelda turned from indoor volleyball to beach volleyball when she was 18 years old. That same year, 1991, she was a passenger in a car that was hit by a drunk driver. She endured muscle damage and the nerve in her right hand was severed. A doctor tol

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Eating in America --美国主食吃什么

美国人吃午餐和吃晚餐之前通常要喝点鸡尾酒，但在加利福尼亚州，人们大都喝葡萄酒。吃主食之前，一般都要吃一盘色拉。炸磨茹和炸洋葱圈可作为开胃食品，牛排、猪排和鸡（腿）为主食

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Friendship 美式友谊

Steve and Yaser first met in their chemistry class at an American university. Yaser was an inter-national student from Jordan. He was excited to get to know an American. He wanted to learn more about American culture. Yaser hoped that he and Steve wo

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美国人的酒文化

美国的酒大致可分为啤酒、的鸡尾酒、的威士忌和葡萄酒。啤酒有淡啤酒和浓啤酒之别；包装采用瓶装、的听装和壶装。鸡尾酒和混合饮料含有很浓的酒精成分，饮用方式一般有加冰和不加冰

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蒙娜丽莎是何许人也

The enigmatic smile of the Mona Lisa in Leonardo da Vinci's masterpiece has intrigued experts for centuries, but an Italian art historian now claims to have found out the real identity of Mona Lisa after studying numbers and letters in her eyes and o

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The Enchanted Snake

The Little Pear GirlOnce upon a time, a peasant worked hard to make a living from his land. Every year his pear tree produced four basketfuls of fruit which had to be given to the king, a greedy ruler who grew rich at the expense of the poor. One yea

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教你取个好听的英文名字

大部分的人在第一次上英文课的时候，就会开始考虑取一个英文名字，以便外国人能够准确无误的称呼自己，同时感受文明地球上不同地域的文化魅力。很多人在不同阶段都取过几个英文名字

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美国旅游风尚

Travel美国旅游风尚It's summertime, and the livin' is easy. For many Americans, this is the season to travel. Why? Because school is out. Because the weather is great. And most of all, because we all deserve a break. When Americans take a break,

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英语中有趣的人名俗语

1.a cup of Joe一杯咖啡。A cup of Joe也就是a cup of coffee。 这个说法是从纽约一家公司Martinson's Coffee的Joe Martinson的名字得来的，据说当时临近街区都弥漫着咖啡的芳香，所以人们都称咖啡为 a cup of

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愚人节的来由和历史英语介绍文章

April Fools' Day is celebrated in the Western world on April 1st of every year. Sometimes referred to as All Fools' Day, April 1st is not a legal holiday, but is widely recognized and celebrated as a day which tolerates practical jokes and general fo

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英国愚人节的两种起源传说(双语)

April 1st is the day people try to tricktheir friends, to make them behavelike fools. Ranging from the elaboratepractical joke to the obvious Your zip's undone the joker gloatsApril Fool when the unsuspecting victim falls for it. No one is exemptunti

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