英语沙龙:跨文化交际一个人之旅

Intercultural Communications--A Personal Journey 跨文化交际-个人之旅 An Intercultural Profession 跨文化职业 To be better equipped to do that, we returned to the US in 1990. I worked on my MA in Chinese and Intercultural Communications,

英语沙龙:在美国学会入乡随俗Do As the Americans D

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英语沙龙:商务礼仪着装Business Dress

Being less than perfectly well--dressed in a business setting can result in a feeling of profound discomfort that may well require therapy to dispel1. And the sad truth is that clothing mismatches2 on the job can ruin the day of the person whos weari

英语沙龙:美国人面面观All about Americans

All about Americans 美国人面面观 How the Americans See Themselves 美国人怎样看自己 Americans are proud to be Americans but each individual will explain that he, personally, is not like the other Americans. He is better. Americans are pr

12-14 英格兰神奇小子——韦恩·鲁尼

English Wonder Boy -- Wayne Rooney Wonder boy Wayne Rooney is the name on everybody's lips. At the tender age of 16, Rooney announced himself to the Premiership as a top prospect -- scoring a splendid

9-13 重压之后记忆力会丧失

Memory Fails You after Severe Stress People are woefully 1 bad at recalling details of their own traumatic 2 experiences. When military personnel were subjected 3 to threatening behaviour during mock

11-5 11月4日恶作剧之夜

November 4: Mischief Night A time of misrule 1 , when every principle is turned on its head, is a tempting thing indeed. Some sociologists have theorized that such festivals of chaos are necessary for

6-13 肥胖症与驾车的危险性

Obesity and Risk in Driving Heavier people are more likely to be killed or seriously injured in car accidents than lighter people, according to new research. That could mean car designers will have to

4-3 护身符和象征：十字形

Charms and Symbols The Cross Although the cross has come to be a symbol of Christianity 1 , it was venerated 2 both as a religious and lucky sign for centuries before the Christian era. It has been fo

2-1 大山——语言学习有感

Dashan’s Feeling about Language Learning Zhao Wei: You have been in China for so many years, what’s your feeling about living in China? Do you enjoy it? Dashan: Well, actually, I lived in China fu

2-11 现代奥运回顾：1964年东京奥运会

Modern Olympic Games Review 1964 Olympics, Tokyo The 1964 Tokyo Games were the first to be held in Asia. Twenty six years after Japan's wartime government forced the Japanese Olympic Committee to resi

5-10 我母亲教我的

What My Mother Taught Me My mother taught me to appreciate a job well done:

5-11 慈母颂

Mother Machree There's a spot in my heart which no colleen may own; There's a depth in my soul never sounded or known; There's a place in my memory my life that you fill; No other can take it no one e

3-10 南非—观鸟胜地

South Africa -- The Birding Mecca 1 South Africa’s diverse habitat and vegetation provides a perfect breeding ground for a lively and varied selection of birdlife. It ranks as one of the top birding

3-11 泰姬·玛哈尔陵

Taj Mahal Few buildings on earth can compete with the legendary beauty of the Taj Mahal. Towering over 1 the ancient Indian city of Agra, the Taj Mahal is the grandest monument to love ever created. T

3-3 护身符和象征：奠基石

Charms and Symbols Cornerstone 1 Even buildings made of steel and glass usually have a cornerstone, often engraved with the date construction began. It is a talisman 2 intended to bring luck not only

英语沙龙:Room For The Future未来大有可为

Room For The Future At the age of forty－five，my usually well－ordered life became fraught with changes． After twenty－two years of working for a major financial institution，a downsizing initiative and a major bank merger resulted in the eli

英语沙龙:Greek New Year's Day希腊新年

Greek New Year's Day The people of Greece hail1) September １as their New Year's Day because it marks the start of the Greek sowing2) season，a time of hope and promise． To start things off right，farmers' families take plates of seeds to church

英语沙龙:Miranda Rights米兰达权利

Miranda Rights1) When you watch an American film or TV play，you notice that while a policeman or a lieutenant2) is cuffing a suspect he is saying something or reading something from a piece of paper to him．What he is saying or reading is called M

英语沙龙:身为父母不忘浪漫

How To Stay Lovers As Well As Parents Children can bring great joy to a marriage，and they deserve our love and attention．But t heir arrival can alter1) the couple' s usual way of doing things，and even the way they feel about each other．There