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.

发表于:2018-12-04 / 阅读(88) / 评论(0) 分类 听一分钟英文-C

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

发表于:2018-12-09 / 阅读(63) / 评论(0) 分类 TED公开课:莫名关系

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.

发表于:2018-12-12 / 阅读(55) / 评论(0) 分类 英美文化

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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你和老外沟通中闹过笑话或者误会吗?中西文化差异会造成两方人对某些事情的态度和做法的不同。加强沟通,彼此尊重,理解万岁。为了让你和老外轻松相处,这里总结出经常发生的10种误会

发表于:2018-12-12 / 阅读(53) / 评论(0) 分类 英美文化

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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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。

发表于:2019-01-08 / 阅读(42) / 评论(0) 分类 实用英语

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

发表于:2019-01-08 / 阅读(68) / 评论(0) 分类 英文语法词汇

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

发表于:2019-01-08 / 阅读(61) / 评论(0) 分类 英美文化

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

发表于:2019-01-10 / 阅读(69) / 评论(0) 分类 与美国小学生一起学英文第4册

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

发表于:2019-01-29 / 阅读(52) / 评论(0) 分类 异类:不一样的成功启示录

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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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

发表于:2019-02-05 / 阅读(43) / 评论(0) 分类 托福英语

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

发表于:2019-02-18 / 阅读(58) / 评论(0) 分类 阅读空间

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

发表于:2019-02-21 / 阅读(48) / 评论(0) 分类 中英双语新闻

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

发表于:2019-03-10 / 阅读(107) / 评论(0) 分类 双语有声阅读