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.

发表于:2018-12-04 / 阅读(175) / 评论(0) 分类 听一分钟英文-C

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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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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Aging in European Countries We have to realise how old, how very old, we are. Nations are classified as

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Broadcast: May 29, 2003 By Jeri Watson This is the VOA Special English Education Report. Graduating seniors at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, May 25. May and June are the months when most g

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Broadcast: May 12, 2003 By Jill Moss This is the VOA Special English Development Report. Each year, millions of people in Bangladesh drink ground water that has been polluted by naturally high levels

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Broadcast: January 7, 2003 By Mario Ritter This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Rice is the world's most important crop. Much has been done to increase its productivity. Modern genetic

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Broadcast: Jan 13, 2003 By Jill Moss This is the VOA Special English Development Report. International experts are concerned about a growing humanitarian crisis - world hunger. Last year, the World Fo

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South Asian Pirates Back On the Rampage 南亚海盗狂暴而归 Piracy did not end with the demise of Blackbeard, the world’s most famous pirate, almost three hundred years ago. Despite the overall

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World Refugees Warehousing 世界难民所 Each year the United States resettles thousands of refugees approved by the State Department and Department of Homeland Security, and helps them become new A

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The annual Hurun University of Life Rich List 2017, released last Tuesday, shows that half of 2,000 Chinese entrepreneurs with assets of at least 2 billion yuan ($300 million) have no degree. 据上周二发布的胡润《2017社会大学英雄榜》显

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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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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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It's probably as unlikely that you would nowadays become as rich and famous as Bill Gates, 今日你变得像比尔盖茨一样,有钱又出名的机会, as it was unlikely in the 17th century that you would accede to the ranks of the French aris

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Broadcast: April 18, 2003 by Caty Weaver and George Grow. This is the VOA Special English Environment Report. On April twenty-second, millions of Americans and people around the world will observe the

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13 一个与众不同的社会企业家团体 DATE=3-28-01 TITLE=EXPLORATIONS #1945 - Ashoka BYLINE=Jill Moss VOICE ONE: (start at 0'14

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Broadcast: Feb 11, 2003 By Mario Ritter This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Recently, some concerns have been raised about the health of the world's banana plants. A number of media1 r

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想把新托福口语说好和学好,我们不妨从以下三方面着手:语音、表达和文化。虽然托福口语作为考试,但它的最终目标还是交流,所以,真正好的口语不是我们的发音非常的好,懂得很多中

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Confusing accents and odd public transport habits have been listed among the biggest culture shocks for people moving to the UK. 难懂的口音和奇怪的公共交通习惯双双跻身外国人到英国后感受到的最大文化冲击之列。 Use

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