016C 社会文化: 高级课程 Professor: Today we're learning some words for talking about affirmative action programs in the US. Winnie, if a college or business has an affirmative action program, that means it gives preference to minority student

发表于:2018-11-30 / 阅读(157) / 评论(0) 分类 美语三级跳

Im really interested in the culture of other countries. I dont know why, but I always think other cultures are more interesting than my own culture. Every time I travel, I learn wonderful, strange, amazing and interesting things about other cultures.

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哈莱姆画室博物馆馆长塞尔玛金通过最近的三个展览,揭示了艺术是如何审核并重新定义文化。和她一起工作的后黑派艺术家们正在用他们的艺术引发一轮新的关于种族和文化之间的对话以及

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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.

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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

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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

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Americans, as you may know, have a reputation for being talkative (a nicer word for loud). We tend to have a lot to say, and we tend to feel pretty comfortable saying it. Still, there are some taboo topics that even Americans don't like to discuss. S

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President and Mrs. Bush Attend Presentation of the 2008 National Medals of Arts and National Humanities Medals MRS. BUSH: Good afternoon, everyone. Welcome to this White House for this special occasion -- the presentation of the National Medals of t

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The Russian Republic of Tuva, surrounded by mountains, has always been isolated from the outside world. From the 14th century, Buddhism has coexisted with shamanism as the countrys official religions. But a generation of shamans was lost after the S

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A great poem is a fountain forever overflowing with the waters of wisdom and delight (P.B.Shelley, British poet) 伟大的诗篇即是永远喷出智慧和欢欣之水的喷泉。(英国诗人 雪莱

发表于:2019-01-03 / 阅读(77) / 评论(0) 分类 英文名句短语

1、动脑筋(use your brain) 机敏一点(being clever):用手指点点自己的太阳穴。 2、付帐(cash):右手拇指、食指和中指在空中捏在一起或在另一只手上作出写字的样子,这是表示在饭馆要付帐的手势。

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每逢佳节聚会,英美人常欢聚一堂,频频举杯,开怀畅饮,“干杯!”、“为……干杯!”之声不绝于耳。那么英美人是如何表示的呢? 一、用(Here's)to...表示

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Easter is the Christian commemoration of the resurrection of Jesus as a religious holiday. Over the past year the spring equinox, the first full moon of the first Sunday after Easter. Church of Christ in the early years of the date of Easter, there h

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1.Wedding announcements: The Catholic tradition of posting the banns required a couple to announce their wedding in print; this helped ensure they were not related. 宣布婚礼:根据规定的天主教传统要求夫妇宣布他们的婚姻并打印

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Culture 文化 Culture is a certain group's unique way of thinking and behaving. 文化是指某一群体特有的思考和行为的方式。 Therefore, there are a lot of different cultures in the world. 因此,世界上的文化多种多样。 Gr

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The Russian Republic of Tuva, surrounded by mountains, has always been isolated from the outside world. From the 14th century, Buddhism has coexisted with shamanism as the countrys official religions. But a generation of shamans was lost after the So

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When one family fights with another, it's a feud. 当一个家族与另一个家族展开斗争时,就成了一个世代的恩怨。 When lots of families fight with one another in identical little towns up and down in the same mountain range, it's

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If you're trying to land at JFK at rush hour, there is no nonverbal communication, Greenberg says. 如果你想在一小时内在肯尼迪国际机场紧急降落,就必须用语言交流。格瑞博说, It's people talking to people, so you need

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They can be seen more frequently than ever before on college campuses, wearing flannel and thick-rimmed glasses while listening to indie music. One might find them playing unusual musical instruments, shopping at second-hand stores or expressing them

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Language and Culture 语言与文化 Languages are marvelously complex 语言是极其复杂 and wonderfully complicated organs of culture: 难解的文化工具: they embody the quickest and the most efficient means of communicating 它们是最快捷

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