Five Did you tip the bellboy? 你付小费给那个服务生了吗? 1 Introduction A It is the custom to give tips to waiters in restaurants and taxi drivers. 在餐馆给服务员小费、给的士司机小费被认为是习俗。 B It is also American custom when visiting friends t

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Unit 1 Differences in Culture and Customs One You must have been here a long time already. 你肯定在这里等了很久了。 1 Introduction A Being on time is considered good manners. Its not polite to be late for classes, meetings, or appointments. When we

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Four How much did this painting cost? 这幅画多少钱? 1 Introduction A Many Americans love adventures. They are often interested in exploring other cultures when they have a chance to. When they return from their vacations, they usually bring back so

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Six A shouting match? 一场争吵比赛? 1 Introduction A American humor often confuses the Chinese. The American sense of the comedic is quite different from the Chinese. When Americans tell a joke to the Chinese, the looks of puzzlement are simply gol

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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

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Part 1 How to Tip at a Restaurant 在餐馆如何给小费 Dialogue Script1 对话原文1 Lilly: Thank you so much for taking me out to dinner. Martin: It's the least I could do. You've babysat so much for me recently. Lilly: It was my pleasure. Your baby's suc

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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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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

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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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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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