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A Brief History of the English Language | 点击:34 | |
| Old English, until 1066 Immigrants from Denmark and NW Germany arrived in Britain in the 5 th and 6 th Centuries A.D., speaking in related dialects belonging to the Germanic and Teutonic branches of the Indo-European language family. Today, English(2007-08-03) | |||
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美国文化生活十日谈（二） | 点击:24 | |
| (二) 美国人的用餐习惯 美国人吃饭用刀叉，而且他们的用餐方式是很有讲究的。因此，在应邀与美国朋友一起吃饭时，应特别注意他们的用餐习惯。一般情况下，餐桌上摆放有一幅餐刀和两幅餐叉，外边的餐叉供你吃色拉，里边的餐叉用于吃主食和其它点心食品，餐刀用来切肉食。(2007-08-03) | |||
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英汉文化的十大常见差异 | 点击:23 | |
| 在开放的现代社会，跨文化的言语交际显得愈发重要，已经成为现代交际中引人注目的一个特点。交际中的文化差异随处可见，言语环境中的文化因素受到普遍重视。下面是英汉文化中十大常见差异。 1．回答提问 中国人对别人的问话，总是以肯定或否定对方的话来确定用“对”或(2007-08-03) | |||
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Do's and Don'ts of Chinese New Year | 点击:31 | |
| Do's: Wish everyone you meet a happy New Year by saying "gong xi fa cai", which translates to: "Have a happy and prosperous New Year!" Wear articles of red clothing because red symbolizes luck. Eat vegetarian food because it's not good to see blood.(2007-08-03) | |||
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外国人笔下的中国谚语 | 点击:26 | |
| 1. Add legs to the snake after you have finished drawing it. 2. A book holds a house of gold. 3. Crows everywhere are equally black. 4. Dream different dreams while on the same bed. 5. Even a hare will bite when it is cornered. 6. Have a mouth as sh(2007-08-03) | |||
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美国文化生活十日谈（一） | 点击:21 | |
| 生活在美国(一) 无所不在的快餐点 随着美国人生活节奏的加快，快餐食品便应运而生．其快餐连锁店遍及世界各地，其中影响最大的当属麦当劳快餐连锁店．供应的快餐食品有：汉堡包、烤牛肉、牛排、火腿、三明治、肯德鸡、油炸土豆片、烘馅饼、冰淇淋以及各种碳酸饮料等． F(2007-08-03) | |||
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古希腊罗马神话: The Different Ages of Man | 点击:47 | |
| In the Age of Gold, the world was first furnished with inhabitants. This was an age of innocence and happiness. Truth and right prevailed, thought not enforced by law, no was there any in authority to threaten or to punish. The earth brought forth al(2007-08-03) | |||
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Thanksgiving Day感恩节的由来 | 点击:25 | |
| Now I would like to give you some details about Thanksgiving Day in the United States. Thanksgiving Day is the most truly American of the national Holidays in the United States and is most closely connected with the earliest history of the country. I(2007-08-03) | |||
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The Story Of Silent Night (Stille Nacht) | 点击:28 | |
| On 23 December 1818 Father Josef Mohr, the young priest of St. Nicholas' Church in Oberndorf, Austria was worried - in 24 hours he was supposed to lead a Christmas Eve service, but he had no music as the organ had rusted and wouldn't work. That even(2007-08-03) | |||
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美国文化生活十日谈（三） | 点击:24 | |
| (三) 美国人的主食 美国人吃午餐和吃晚餐之前通常要喝点鸡尾酒，但在加利福尼亚州，人们大都喝葡萄酒。吃主食之前，一般都要吃一盘色拉。炸磨茹和炸洋葱圈可作为开胃食品，牛排、猪排和鸡（腿）为主食，龙虾、贝壳类动物以及各种鱼类甚至包括淡水鱼被统称为海鲜。炸土豆(2007-08-03) | |||
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古希腊罗马神话: Io, a Mistress of Jupiter`s | 点击:40 | |
| Io was of divine ancestry. Her father was the river-god Inachus, son of Oceanus. It is said that Juno one day, perceiving the skies suddenly overcast, surmised that her husband had raised a cloud to hide some escapade. She brushed away the darkness a(2007-08-03) | |||
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古希腊罗马神话: The First Woman | 点击:28 | |
| The story (absurd enough!) is that Jupiter made the first woman and sent her to Prometheus and his brother, to punish them for their presumption in stealing fire from heaven; and man, for accepting the gift. This first human of the fair sex was named(2007-08-03) | |||
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古希腊罗马神话: Zeus(Jupiter)and His Wife | 点击:37 | |
| Hera(Juno),Known to us chiefly as the wife of Zeus, was a daughter of Cronus and Rhea. Born on the islands of Samos or, Some say, at Argos, she was brought up in Arcadia by Temenus, son of Pelasgus. The Seasons were her nurses. After banishing their(2007-08-03) | |||
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古希腊罗马神话: Prometheus and Man | 点击:27 | |
| In the conflict between Cronus and Jupiter, Prometheus had adopted the cause of the Olympian deities. To him and his brother Epimetheus was now committed the office of making man and providing him and all other animals with the faculties necessary fo(2007-08-03) | |||
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[推荐语音版]Turkeys and Thanksgiving | 点击:18 | |
| I'm Gwen Outen with the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Americans will celebrate Thanksgiving Day this Thursday. The holiday tradition includes eating turkey. Some of the birds will be fried in oil or barbecued over hot coals. Most will be c(2007-08-03) | |||
