Taboo topics in American(part one) One of the recurring questions that my students in China often ask is:What are the things they shouldn't talk about with Americans?Taboo topics tend to make people feel uneasy.Every culture has these off-lim

发表于:2018-11-30 / 阅读(115) / 评论(0) 分类 英语标准美文100篇

Seeing Taiwan for the first time can be a great experience for travelers. But it can sometimes also cause trouble for visitors who are only used to the customs and manners of their home country. Taiwan has some taboos1, which are things that should n

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People say that death is the only thing in life that is certain. Thats true. Im not afraid of dying, but I do think its a sad thing. Id like to live forever. I like life. I want to see my childrens childrens children grow up. People have different vi

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On Nagasaki Anniversary, North Korea Threat Tests Japans Nuclear Taboo As North Korea and the United States increase rhetoric on Pyongyangs nuclear weapons program, long-held taboos are being broken in neighboring Japan the only country to have suffe

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这篇演讲以一个亲历的性侵犯事件开始,或许耳不堪闻,但是这就是演讲的主题。公民记者米拉∙微哈杨说 「对难以启齿和禁忌的话题的讨论是燎原之火」,微哈杨利用数字媒体,真实地讲述

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People say that death is the only thing in life that is certain. Thats true. Im not afraid of dying, but I do think its a sad thing. Id like to live forever. I like life. I want to see my childrens childrens children grow up. People have different vi

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In the simple act of saying his partner, Mark, not his friend, or not his roommate. 她的话非常简单:他的爱人马克,她没有说他的朋友或者他的室友。 I mean you could hear the quote marks around the words. This is John's room

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核心句型 He gets off on the wrong foot by being late on the intervies. 他面试时迟到了,一开始就给人留下了不好的印象。 get off on the wrong foot 直译过来就是动身的时候迈错了脚,这个短语的真正意思是:

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Ms Kon has broken many taboos herself. Kon女士自己也打破了很多禁忌。 She made sculptures of torn vaginas to illustrate the harm of genital cutting, 她制作撕裂的阴道雕塑,以说明切割生殖器的危害, statues depicting d

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There's no question that technology is changing the way we court: 可以肯定的一点是,科技正在改变人类的求爱方式: emailing, texting, emojis to express your emotions, sexting, liking a photograph, selfies. 电子邮件、短信、表

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AS IT IS 2015-11-19 Slurp Your Soup, Yes! Share Your Sticks, No! Japanese Dining Rules Almost anywhere in the world, people can find a Japanese restaurant. Many walk by because they do not know the customs or the kinds of food. VOA Learning English w

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There are other reasons why it's perhaps harder now to feel calm than ever before. 还有一些其他理由让我们比过去更难获得平静。 One of these, and it's paradoxical, because it's linked to something that's rather nice, is the hope we

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好莱坞史上最严重艳照门爆发,有外国黑客疑利用苹果公司的iCloud漏洞,非法盗取了众多全球当红女星的裸照。今天节目我们来看看美国人对这次事件是什么态度吧! 劳伦斯深陷艳照门本节课

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Travel Etiquette出行礼仪 Norway 挪威 Don't stare at naked people: People are pretty relaxed about nudity, and both men and women will for example change on public beaches without any attempt at covering themselves up. You are however expected t

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英语基本功 托福写作是一个逐步积累的过程,包括词汇和语法,有时候是欲速而不达的,机械地记忆往往适得其反。词汇运用不当,句中动词使用混乱,句与句之间散乱不堪,逻辑性不好。

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But my story goes beyond this moment of truth of mine. 但我的故事并没有就此结束 Allow me to give you a briefing 让我来简洁地 about my story. 介绍一下我整个的故事吧 It was May, 2011, 那是在2011年5月 and I was complain

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The annoying habit 讨人厌的习惯 We live in a world governed by laws, but also common manners that make everybodys experience a little bit nicer. Unfortunately, some people skirt these common niceties with annoying habits that can just be jaw-dr

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口语学习五大禁忌 第一,过分将就方法和技巧,而不愿意下真功夫。语言的运用是一种技能,而这种技能不是靠技巧能获得的。太讲究方法和技巧会被其占用很多的时间和精力,而对学习的内

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Travel Etiquette出行礼仪 Russia 俄国 Don't give an even number of flowers as a gift: That's for dead folks. Proper bouquet will have 1/3/5/7 flowers. Don't rely on a credit card: There are lots of places which only accept cash. Don't assume the

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Jhogo edged back, his hand on his arakh. 乔戈霍地退后,伸手按住亚拉克弯刀。 He was a youth of sixteen years, whip-thin, fearless, quick to laugh, with the faint shadow of his first mustachio on his upper lip. 他是个年方十六的青

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