Yet hijras, and their counterparts in other Asian societies, remain on societys margins. 然而,海吉拉斯和其他亚洲国家类似人群都仍处在社会边缘。 As Anjaann Joshii of SPACE puts it: You can sing, dance, bless, cursebut thats

发表于:2018-12-05 / 阅读(103) / 评论(0) 分类 经济学人人物系列

And the implications of this -- there are many, 这其中蕴含的--有很多意义 but one I just want to point out, is that there must be amazing feedback loops. 但是我想指出的其中的一个,就是这个过程中必定包涵了一个惊人的

发表于:2018-12-19 / 阅读(66) / 评论(0) 分类 TED演讲教育篇

International Mother Language Day (IMLD) is observed every year by member states of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). It started in 1999 with the purpose of promoting linguistic and cultural diversity and

发表于:2018-12-29 / 阅读(120) / 评论(0) 分类 世界节假日博览

September the 26th is the European Day of Languages. The Council of Europe and the European Union (EU) created the day on the 6th of December 2001. Its main aim is to encourage language learning across Europe. Other objectives are to alert the public

发表于:2018-12-29 / 阅读(103) / 评论(0) 分类 英语课程学习计划和讲义

Good communication is the cornerstone of any relationship. But is texting the best way to communicate? 良好的沟通是任何一种关系的基石。但是,发信息是最好的沟通方式吗? Texting is a good way to start a friendship. But i

发表于:2019-01-03 / 阅读(104) / 评论(0) 分类 阅读空间

Callum: Hello today we have the third programme in our series on culture and inter- cultural communication: Who on Earth are we? In this programme Marc Beeby looks at language and culture. Heres Marc Marc: Hello. Today we begin our look at the build

发表于:2019-01-07 / 阅读(86) / 评论(0) 分类 英语讨论

It's a common question we come across everyday: why is business getting more difficult now? Well, it all starts with your company's sales competencies. The strange thing is that many companies spend lots of money and time training its people how to s

发表于:2019-01-08 / 阅读(132) / 评论(0) 分类 英语小短文

Speech patterns that deviated from the written rules were considered corruptions, or signs of low social status, 而那些偏离了书面语语法的口语则被认为是错误的,或者是社会地位低下的表现, and many people who had grow

发表于:2019-01-17 / 阅读(75) / 评论(0) 分类 TED演讲教育篇

You're telling a friend an amazing story, and you just get to the best part when suddenly he interrupts, 你正给朋友讲一个精彩的故事,刚讲到最精彩的部分时,他突然打断了你说: The alien and I, not Me and the alien. 应该

发表于:2019-01-17 / 阅读(78) / 评论(0) 分类 TED演讲教育篇

The last time I wrote about the widespread use of English, a reader commented that those who didnt speak it as a first language often struggled at work. 我上次就英语的普遍使用撰写专栏后,一位读者说,那些母语不是英语的人

发表于:2019-01-17 / 阅读(59) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

1917. This is the time when we all assume 1917年,这是我们都认为的 that everything somehow in terms of writing was perfect because the people on Downton Abbey are articulate,or something like that. 写文章没的说的时代,因为唐顿庄

发表于:2019-01-18 / 阅读(76) / 评论(0) 分类 TED演讲商业篇

AA: Im Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on WORDMASTER -- we talk about Junk English.RS: Thats the title of a new book. Author Ken Smith spent six months immersing himself in the language of popular culture. He found a lot of it junk, i

发表于:2019-01-18 / 阅读(87) / 评论(0) 分类 英语单词大师-Word Master

这几个短语对于聪明的你来说肯定是小菜一碟,但他们是怎么来的呢? 有点懵了吧!来普特英语小编告诉你。 1. Pass the buck 推卸责任 We all know that buck is informal American English for a dollar. Indeed, i

发表于:2019-02-01 / 阅读(147) / 评论(0) 分类 英文语法词汇

Message from Ms Irina Bokova, Director-General of UNESCO, on the Occasion of International Mother Language Day 联合国教科文组织总干事伊琳娜博科娃女士国际母语日致辞 Local languages for global citizenship: spotlight on science

发表于:2019-02-04 / 阅读(71) / 评论(0) 分类 英语笔译

The hardest word in the English language for foreigners to the pronounce is 'Worcestershire', according to a recent poll. 根据最新调查,对于以非英语为母语的人来说,英语里最难发音的单词是Worcestershire( 伍斯特郡)。

发表于:2019-02-04 / 阅读(95) / 评论(0) 分类 阅读空间

Take a chance on me 交个朋友吧,或许我就是你的真命天子哦! PLATO described love as a serious mental disease. Aristotle saw it as a single soul inhabiting two bodies. Tina Turner dismissed the feeling as a second-hand emotion. The n

发表于:2019-02-05 / 阅读(63) / 评论(0) 分类 阅读空间

People who struggle to learn foreign languages may simply have brains that are not wired to retain linguistic skills, a new study suggests. 最新研究表明,学外语比较吃力的人,可能仅仅是因为大脑机制之间缺乏连贯,难以保

发表于:2019-02-06 / 阅读(103) / 评论(0) 分类 阅读空间

Nobody likes exams, let alone studying for them, but with these tips you'll conquer those tricky language exams with no trouble at all. 没有人喜欢考试,更别说为了考试而学习了,不过通过下面的小窍门,你就可以毫不费劲

发表于:2019-02-08 / 阅读(202) / 评论(0) 分类 阅读空间

It was once the world's largest-known diamond, is worth a reported ?100m and is currently part of Britain's crown jewels. 它曾是世界上已知的最大钻石,现在是英国镶嵌在王冠上的御宝之一,据称价值1亿英镑。 But India

发表于:2019-02-17 / 阅读(99) / 评论(0) 分类 阅读空间

正如大家所知,托福写作的评分是由机器评分与人工评分共同完成的。对此,ETS官网是这样描述的: The TOEFL test uses automated scoring to complement human scoring for the two tasks in the Writing section. Combining

发表于:2019-02-20 / 阅读(74) / 评论(0) 分类 托福英语