实用商旅英语

I cant miss the ten oclock train. Im going to Beijing on business. Im sure its with the boss again this time. Nothing is more stressful than going on a business trip with our boss. They scheduled the negotiation at nine tomorrow morning. Therere stil

中国人容易“误解”的英语词句：成语类

3.成语类 pull one's leg 开玩笑(不是拉后腿) in one's birthday suit 赤身裸体(不是穿着生日礼服) eat one's words 收回前言(不是吃话) an apple of love 西红柿(不是爱情之果) handwriting on the wall 不祥之兆(不是大

托福口语：缺少语言氛围不是借口，大胆说

无论你是在中国，还是在美国或英国，如果你有托福口语的心理障碍，就会出现以下的现象： 1.没说话之前就在嘀咕，如果我说错了怎么办? 2.我是用什么时态呢? 3.我是说慢点呢，还是快点?

谈判中最常用的30个句子

在商务谈判时，中国人想如何造句，用什么时态，而外国人在挖空心思压低价格。用英语进行谈判要求绝对的语言和场面控制能力、敏锐的思维、对西方文化和经济的深刻认识和强烈的民族认

Choice of Counsellors

Bianque，a famous physician，came to see King Wu of the state of Qin．The King told the doctor about his disease and Bianque was ready to give him a treatment．The ministers at the king's side said to him，Sire，your malady is in front of your

未解之谜 英国小村为何引来中国游客

KIDLINGTON, England The Chinese visitors fanned out of a tour bus, and suddenly stopped, transfixed, as if marveling at the Venus de Milo or the Eiffel Tower. Then they began photographing an unremarkable 1970s suburban home, an oak tree, a rosebush

Man travels across 37 countries on $2

A TOURIST has spent eight years travelling across 37 countries with the equivalent of $2, relying on his bicycle for transport. Keiichi Iwasaki, 36, left his Japanese home in 2001 with just 160 Yen ($2) in his pocket after becoming bored with his air

英语口语妙句

当别人在你旁边罗嗦个没完，你烦透了，说you are so boring .(你真烦！)。shut up !（闭嘴！）自然没错，可人家受得了吗？不如来一句oh, come on .give me a break ! (帮帮忙，让我歇歇吧！)这多地道、多幽默。 要想说人气色好。you look fine !当然不错，可如果你说you

美国俚语:Get away with murder什么意思?

表妹请了两天假，第三天回到公司上班，没有看到同办公室的Bob，就问同事Bob怎么没来上班。一位同事说：He got away with murder。 表妹惊呆了，她说，两天没上班，公司里竟然出了这么大的事情

老外不懂的“中式英语”如何翻译

1. 有他这颗扫帚星，什么事情都办不成。 [误] With a comet like him, nothing can be accomplished. [正] With a jinx like him, nothing can be accomplished. 注：扫帚星是中国人对慧星（comet）的俗称，因其后面拖着一条

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

少说还是多说？

春节的一天，我和爱人一早带孩子去厂甸庙会逛了逛。进去之后，发现人很多，行走速度很慢。在我们身后，有一男一女两个大学生，陪着一个外国朋友(估计是他们的外教)，一边走，一边翻译

AP 2011-03-09

1. President Barack Obama's chief of staff says the administration is looking at the nation's oil reserves as it considers options for dealing with the spike in gas prices. William Daley says officials are concerned about the impact of oil prices on

AP美联社一分钟新闻(2010-01-11)

NBC confirms it the Jay Leno prime-time experiment is over. NBC Universal TV Entertainment Chief Jeff Gaspin says Leno's 10 p.m. show will end February 12th. at the start of the Winter Olympics. Gaspin says he wants Leno to return to his old 11:35 p.

俗语：到时看着办

俗语：到时看着办 先露出谜底，汉语中最常见的见机行事、看情况、或者到时看着办，在英语中也有相应的表达play（it）by ear（字面意：凭记忆把听过的音乐弹奏出来）。 Play（it）by ear原是音

中国游客撑起安倍经济学

For those who spend a lot of their timebetween the jewellery boutiques and the haute couture stores of Tokyos Ginzadistrict, a new joke suggests an easy way to tell local Japanese from theChinese tourists. 一个新的笑话表明，有一个简便方法

老外眼中的 “裸婚”

What in China is considered a naked marriage is simply a normal marriage inAustralia. 实际上，中国人眼中的裸婚在澳大利亚是一种十分平常的结婚方式。 The expectation that a man should provide material goods before a woman w

老外对＂名牌＂的定位是什么?

I never pay attention to fashion and brands. I wear what I feel is comfortable and convenient. Decades ago, my 10-year-old Italian nephew asked me for jeans from Canada when I visited. 我从不关心时尚与名牌。我只穿感觉舒适的衣服。几

学个词 7:think twice

今天要学的一个词组是：think twice。 美国大影星Mel Gibson因酗酒驾车而被捕。当地司法长官说，他希望以后Mel Gibson would think twice before he gets behind the wheel of a car..., - 希望这位明星在开车前要三思

经济学人:冢本幼稚园 种族歧视的低龄化(2)

Mr Abe denies any involvement in the land sale, and says he will step down if anyone can prove otherwise. 安倍先生提出并没有参与土地出售环节，并且说除非有人能够提供他参与的证据，不然他可以辞职来证明清白。