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摘要:每个人不会公开自己的成就和失败。别人在任何领域的成绩都只是自己的成绩。这和印度相比就不一样,在那里人们都会炫耀他们的财富,会告诉每个人自己的成就。
Q: What facts about the United States do foreigners not believe until they come to America?
问:有哪些事情是外国人没去美国之前不会相信的?
获得9.2k好评的答案@ Aniruddh Chaturvedi
Everyone is highly private about their accomplishments and failures. Someone's performance in any field is their performance alone. This is different compared to India where people flaunt their riches and share their accomplishments with everybody else.
每个人不会公开自己的成就和失败。别人在任何领域的成绩都只是自己的成绩。这和印度相比就不一样,在那里人们都会炫耀他们的财富,会告诉每个人自己的成就。
哪些事不去美国不知道
Rich people are thin/ well maintained, poor people are fat. This stems from the fact that cheap food is fatty, rich people don't eat cheap food — they tend to eat either home-cooked food which is expensive or eat at expensive / healthy places. Unfortunately, it is expensive to be healthy in America.
富人很瘦/保养很好,而穷人很胖。这个道理源于现实——因为廉价食品含油脂多,而富人不吃廉价食品——他们一般吃自己家里做的食品(这些食品很贵)或者在有高价健康食品的地方吃饭。不幸的是,在美国,健康是昂贵的。
Fat people are not respected much in society. Being fat often has the sameconnotations as being irresponsible towards your body. If you're thin (and tall, but not as much), people will respect you a lot more and treat you better. You will also receive better customer service if you're well maintained. This extends my previous point which mentioned that if you're thin, you're statistically likely to be rich. Reason why I know this is that I went down from being 210lbs to 148-150lbs. The way people started treating me when I was thin was generally way better than the way I was treated when I was fat. As a small example, the Starbucks baristas were much nicer to me and made me drinks with more care.
胖子在社会上不太受尊重,因为肥胖通常就暗示你对自己的身体不负责任。如果你很瘦(而且很高,但又不是特别瘦,特别高),人们就会更尊重你,对你更好。如果你保养得好,你就会受到更好地客户服务。这个道理就是我之前提到过的“如果你很瘦,那你一般来说就比较富裕”的延伸。我是在我从210磅减到148-150磅的时候明白这个道理的。我瘦的时候比我胖的时候受到的对待要好得多,举个简单的例子,星巴克里的咖啡员对我就比之前好得多,做饮料的时候也更用心。
Almost every single person in America has access to basic food, clothing, water and sanitation. I haven't been to states like Louisiana and cities like Detroit, but from what I can tell, nobody is scrambling for the basic necessities required for sustenance.
在美国,几乎每个人都能得到基本的食物、衣服、水和公共卫生。我还没去过路易斯安那之类的州以及底特律之类的城市,但是在我看来,没有人需要为了维持生计、为了基础的生活必需品拼死拼活。
Americans waste a lot of food. It is very easy to buy in bulk because it's so much cheaper and as a result a lot of wastage occurs.
美国人浪费了非常多的食物。因为太便宜所以大家都会大量购买,结果就是大量食物被浪费。
Obsession with coffee — Starbucks, Dunkin' etc is crowded with office-goers and students every morning. I don't understand why they can't drink or make coffee before leaving for work. Such a waste of money! ($5/day * 5days / week * 52weeks/year)!
对咖啡非常痴迷——每天早上星巴克和康恩都乐等店里都挤满了上班族和学生。我不明白他们为什么不在上班前去喝或者制作咖啡。太浪费钱了(5美元/天*5天/周*52周/年)!
Support towards the LGBT community — it's fairly normal to be part of the LGBT community; it's not considered a mortal sin if you like someone in your own gender or if you aren't comfortable being male/female/etc. Proof of this is the LGBT Pride Day held in every city.
对同性恋团体的支持——成为同性恋团体中的一员是很正常的事;如果你喜欢同性或者你觉得自己作为一个男人/女人哪里不对,都不会被认为是弥天大罪,证据就是每座城市都会举办LGBT骄傲日。
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英语里有很多有趣的俚语,它们往往通俗易懂、说起来顺口、且带有浓郁的地方色彩和生活气息。下面我们挑一些经典的看几句吧!
1.Peter's vacation plans went up in smoke when a crisis arose in the office.
办公室出了问题,彼得的假期泡汤了。
2.We should probably hit the road. It's going to take us two hours to get home.
我们可能该上路了吧?到家要两个小时呢!
3.You'd better shape up if you want to stay on.
如果你还想留下来的话最好乖一点儿。
4.Don't sneak up behind me like that. You scared the shit out of me.
不要那样从后面突然吓我。你吓死我了。
5.He pulled some strings and managed to get us front row seats for the concert.
他运用关系替我们拿到音乐会前排的位子。
6.This car is a real lemon. It has broken down four times.
这辆车真次,已经坏了四次了!
7.The movie was a flop. Nobody went to see it.
这部电影卖座率奇低,没有人去看。
8.Chris flipped out when I told him that we won the game.
我告诉克里斯我们赢了比赛时,他乐坏了。
9.Cathy is such a stick in the mud. She never wants to try anything new.
凯西真保守,她从不想尝试新事物。
10.Let me spring for dinner.
我来请客吧。
1. airhead(傻蛋): stupid person, idiot (Ex: "How could you forget the keys? You are such an airhead!")
2. chilling(放松): relaxing, not doing anything that takes up a lot of energy (Ex: "I'm just watching some TV. Since there's no homework today, I'm just going to chill.")
3. couch potato(电视迷): a person who watches too much television (Ex: "You've been watching TV all day. Don't be such a couch potato and get up!")
4. flick(电影): film; movie (chick flick: movies for girls. Ex: "Let's watch a chick flick at the sleepover. Which one should we see? Mean Girls or The Notebook?")
5. get it(明白): to understand something (Ex: "Your shirt looks really bad. I'm serious, it looks so ugly." "Okay, okay. I got it the first time.")
6. jock(体育高手): someone good at sports (Ex: "Tristan is the biggest jock in school. He's also the most popular guy among girls.")
7. loaded(富有): someone with a lot of money (Ex: "Did you see the car that drove her to school today? Her family must be loaded.")
8. party animal(派对狂): someone that loves parties or go out to clubs (Ex: "You've been partying every night this week. You are such a party animal!")
9. rip off(宰客): a fraud, something that isn’t actually worth the amount you paid for it (Ex: "I bought these jeans for $100." "Really? I got the same ones for only $50!" "Wow, I got ripped off!" "Yeah, what a rip off.")
10. sweet(很棒): excellent, cool (Ex: "Hey, can you help me decorate the school gym for the dance?" "Yeah sure!" "Sweet, thanks!")
11. turn-on(诱惑): something that attracts you to someone (Ex: "That guy can sing while playing theguitar. That is definitely a turn-on for me.")
12. up for it(愿意做某事): to be willing to do something, and have a good time (Ex: "I really want to go bungee jumping. Want to go with me? Would you be up for it?")
13. wicked(非常好): excellent, cool (more common among British speakers) (Ex: "That was so wicked! Can you do that again?")
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美国国家档案馆(National Archives of the United States)是美国保管联邦政府档案文件的机构 。1934 年建立 ,直属联邦政府,馆长由总统任命。1949年改属美国国家档案与文件局。馆址在华盛顿。
North side of the Mall at Seventh Street and Constitution Avenue NW; closest Metro Archives-Navy Memorial. April to Labor Day daily 10am9pm; rest of year daily 10am5.30pm. 202/501-5000. Admission free.
美国国家档案馆
As well as a copy of the Magna Carta, dating from 1297, the National Archives hold exhibitions and serve as the official repository of all US national records census data, treaties (including the surrender of Japan in World War II), passport applications, as well as genealogical records most of which are kept in storage. On display inside the impressive Neoclassical Greek temple designed by the National Gallery's John Russell Pope are the three short texts upon which the United States is founded: the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. These three original sheets of parchment (the three further pages of the Constitution are not on display), drafted respectively in 1776, 1787 and 1789, are now contained in helium-filled glass cases, which drop underground in case of fire or other threat. You can usually look at them as long as you like, but if there's a crowd you have to shuffle on past.
对美国历史不感兴趣的人想必不会参观华盛顿的美国国家档案馆。这里收藏的是美国各个历史时期的珍贵文件和照片、声音、影像资料。为什么说独立日时国家档案馆的活动才是最正宗的呢?因为这里收藏着美国1776年建国时起草在羊皮纸上的开国文件的原稿:Declaration of Independence, Constitution, Bill of Rights——是的,就是历史课上学过的《独立宣言》、《美国宪法》和《权利法案》。档案馆坐落在宪法大道北边,所以也是参观独立日游行的好地方。
档案有什么好看的!但还真有人拿着放大镜找“all men are created equal”(人人生而平等)的字样。展品按照时间排列下来,就像一小段美国历史,每个文件都有标注“why is it important”,简单介绍背景。
十点多,众人被召集到档案馆的入口,最著名的《独立宣言》朗诵随后开始。扮演乔治·华盛顿和阿比盖尔·亚当斯的演员登台朗读。接下来,扮演本杰明·富兰克林、托马斯·杰斐逊和约翰·亚当斯的演员也都上台朗读《美国宪法》。
阿比盖尔·亚当斯是谁?我一头雾水,于是问档案馆的工作人员,他说,阿比盖尔·亚当斯是第二任总统约翰·亚当斯的妻子。“为什么她那么重要?”大叔回答:“我想他们就是要安排一男一女来读。舞台效果嘛。”大叔接着说:“不过阿比盖尔·亚当斯也是重要的政治人物。她提倡已婚妇女应有财产权和受教育权。”
每个历史人物上台,主持人都会问他们一些观众在Twitter上提的问题,例如:“你们平时都在干吗?有什么兴趣爱好”之类的脑残问题。这些演员也风趣幽默,非常聪慧,根据自己对这些历史人物的理解来回答。我印象最深的就是主持人问:“你们最喜欢的地方是哪里?”
阿比盖尔·亚当斯说:“哦,就是我在乡下的小木屋,门口有苹果树……”她描述了一番,一幅美国殖民时期的田园风光立即展现在眼前。
轮到第二任总统约翰·亚当斯,也就是阿比盖尔·亚当斯的丈夫回答时,他说:“我最喜欢的地方啊,也就是亚当斯夫人喜欢的地方。”
现场所有观众都“噢”了一声,立即脑补总统和总统夫人恩爱的画面。然后最妙的来了,阿比盖尔·亚当斯立即接下话茬:“噢,约翰,你真是太贴心了,不过观众们你们也不要太惊讶,毕竟我们已经结婚有250年了。”观众大笑。
我回来一查,亚当斯夫妇结婚的时候是1764年,距今刚好250年。不得不佩服这个女演员实在是太厉害了!表演过程里,她也是唯一一个全程使用殖民时期的英式口音的。
演员朗读《独立宣言》的时候,铿锵有力,带有诗的韵律感。一个细节让我有些感动,舞台上除了五个演员,还有两位穿黑色西装的工作人员,他们一个面向南面,一个面向北面,全程随着演员用手语朗诵着。
每念完一条,现场所有人都会齐声大叫:“Boo!”Boo来自于法语词beau,意思是漂亮、完美。它在18世纪英语里通常指男性的崇拜者。
最后宣读每个签署在独立宣言上的人名的时候,大家又同时大声高呼:“Huzzah!”继续补课:Huzzah是Hooray的老式说法,表示相当激动。
朗诵结束后,游行就开始了。这个环节最没意思。如果月初参加的同志骄傲游行是8分的话,这个游行只有2分!
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下面是读文网小编整理的英语国家概况:美国政治, 希望对大家有帮助。
6)Powers of the Senate: the Senate has the power to①introduced legislation on any subject exceptrevenue bills (除了税收法案). It has the authority to②confirm or reject predidential appointments(总统任命) of high officials as well as the U.S. foreigntreaties. ③Its chairman is the Vice President.
参议院权利:1立法除税收。还有一些特殊权利:2批准或否决总统任命的高级官员及外交条约;领导人是副总统。
7)The judicial system has evolved into the presentstructure: According to the Constitution, the judicialpower of the U.S shall be vested in one SupremeCourt. The judicial system has evolved into the present structure: the Supreme Court, 11 courtof appeals, 91 district courts, and 3 courts of special jurisdiction. U.S.judges are appointed bythe President and confirmed by the Senate.
根据宪法规定,美国的司法权属于最高法院,司法体系结构为:最高法院,11个上诉法院,91个地方法院,3个有特殊司法权的法院,美国的法官是由总统任命并由参议院批准的。
8)The two-party system and the characteristics of the two major parties
①the two-party system:the two party system means that the two major political parties — nowthe Democrats and the Republicans — compete with each other to dominate politics at thefederal, state, and local levels.
两党制意味着两个主要的政党—目前为民主党和共和党—支配着联邦、州及地方的政治舞台。
②the characteristics of the two major parties:The two major parties are not very differenttoday. They are two coalitions of interests and interest groups(利益集团的联合). There is no strictparty discipline(党纪). One does not have to apply or go through necessary formalities tobecome a member of either party. But there are some differences between them. TheDemocrats traditionally favour government intervention (主张政府干涉经济)while theRepublicans stress the role of the market (市场作用)more. On social issue the Democratssupport a strong social security system (社会安全保障体制) while the Republicans oppose largegovernmental social security programs. In spite of these differenes, the two parties bothbelieve in individualism, defend capitalism and uphold private ownership of means ofproduction(坚持生产资料私有制) .
两个主要政党今天并没有实质区别。他们是利益集团的联合。没有严格的党纪。要想成为某党成员,不需要申请或办理必要的手续。但他们有所不同。民主党主张政府干涉,共和党则强调市场作用。在社会问题上,民主党支持建立强大的社会保障体系,而共和党反对大规模的政府社会保障计划。尽管存在这些区别,两党都信仰个人主义,保护资本主义制度,维护生产资料私有制。
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下面是读文网小编整理的英语国家概况:The U.S. Economy美国经济,欢迎大家阅读!
1)Factors that contribute to the fast growth ofthe economy:
①the geographical location of the United Statespovides very good conditions for the country to growand become strong.
②the United States has been blessed by being a landrich in mineral resources and fertile farm soil,together with a moderate climate.
③America has been fortunate in having enough people to provide the labour necessary for aconstantly expanding economy.
④the quality of available labour. The United States has a skilful and willing labour force.
经济快速增长的几个因素:
1.美国的地理位置为国家的发展壮大提供了良好的条件;
2.美国有幸是一块矿产资源丰富、土壤肥沃的陆地,气候温和;
3.拥有足够的劳动力以满足不断发展的经济增长;
4.这些劳动力的质量。美国拥有技术高和能动性好的劳动力大军。
2)Characteristics of the U.S. economy:
characterised by a high degree of monopoly.
经济特征:已高度垄断为特点。
3)the importance of foreign trade:
the United States supplies a larger share of the imports of all other countries than does anyother country in the world. But the U.S. share of the world trade has declined in recent years.
①Currently US exports are about 15% of the world's total;
②the US imports about 13% of all world imports;
③Canada is the largest single source of goods imported by the U.S., accounting for nearly 30%of the total. Asia provides about 18% of American imports. Thus the economy of these countriesis often affected when the U.S. economy is in trouble.
美国进口的商品比世界任何国家都多。但最近几年比例有所下降。1.美国出口量占全世界出口总数的15%;2.美国的进口占13%左右;3.加拿大是最大的供应国,占总数的近30%。亚洲占18%左右。因此,一旦美国经济陷入困境,这些国家也会受到影响。
4)problems facing the US economy:
unemployment, inflation, financial deficit, and trade deficit.
经济存在的问题:失业,通货膨胀,财政赤字和贸易赤字。
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下面是读文网小编整理的英语国家概况精讲:美国教育,欢迎大家阅读!
some colleges and universities offer "continuing education" program of associate degrees,graduate studies or professional development.under such system,a worker may continue hisstudy even on a part-time basis.一些学院和大学提供继续教育,授予准学士学位,研究生课程或专业培训。在这样的体制下,工人可以在业余时间继续其学业。
6)Education reform in the 1980s and early 1990s.教育改革
①"a Nation At Risk" report in 1983 put forward five proposals(P.328) to improve Americaneducation;the education reforms had two focuses: the raising of the standards of teaching andlearning; the restructuring of the schools.1983年,一篇名为〈处于危机中的国家〉的报道,提出了5条建议改善美国的教育;教育改革有两个重点:提高教学水平,调整学校结构。
②in 1991,President Bush issued his plan "America 2000: An Education Strategy". It set sixgoals(P.330) and put forward a series of proposals to help carry out some of the goals.
1991年,布什总统公布了他的〈2000年的美国:一项教育策略〉计划。确定了6个目标和有效达到这一目标的一系列建议。
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下面是读文网小编整理的闲话美国“主流社会” ,欢迎大家阅读!
常常听到有中国同胞议论美国的“主流社会”,还抱怨说进不去,我总是很困惑,不知道他们说的是什么。想象中,好象看到纽约第五大道上有一群人气宇轩昂地走来,街边的人都仰望着他们。不时也有人往这群人里挤。有的挤进去了,于是也立刻挺胸凸肚,高视阔步。也有人被挤了出来,登时就有些萎靡不振,讪讪地跟在后头。
今天是星期六。早上起来,沏上一杯茶。平日上班,早上是喝咖啡的。浓浓的咖啡,几口喝下去,开车走人。喝茶要时间,留给周末,慢慢品。看着这杯茶,又想起这个话茬。我想,既然被称为主流,有一个特点是肯定的:主流社会的人数一定比支流社会的人数要多。
领悟到这一点,我们来看看美国什么样的人多。白人,或者用“政治正确”的词,欧洲裔美国人。得了,没戏了,俺祖籍山东,在中国是主流,在美国不是。要想加入美国的主流,得去混血。不过,要混血得两厢情愿。有人做民意调查,把美国某个族裔的成员对另一个族裔的成员的接受程度分为同事、邻居、儿女亲家、配偶4个层次,问被调查者对不同族裔愿意接受到哪一个层次,每个层次给一分。结果是英国人可得4分,其它欧洲人3分到4分之间。中国人或亚裔被接受的程度在20世纪30年代可得1分,到70年代可得两分,进步不小。现在的情形不得而知,估计也就是2分多一点,也就是说第二代还行,第一代没戏,主不了流。
掉头看见电视机,一想,不对呀,那电视画面上正好是美国国务卿鲍威尔在讲有关印度尼西亚海啸的事。他是非洲裔,但要说他不是主流社会的人,岂不滑稽。这个月里他要下台了,来了个非洲裔女子莱斯接班。看来美国的主流社会成员也不完全是白人。
还有什么多呢?美国讲英语的人数最多。那么主流社会是按英语讲得好不好来划分?好象也不对。那个什么加利福尼亚州长的英语可不怎么地。他老兄从前当演员时在电影里二话不说,端起枪就杀人,卸了妆还就被选成了加州州长。让他考“托福”要能过了关才是怪事。州长还能不是主流社会的人?
还有,我刚来美国念书时,那些教授们的印度口音德国口音搅得我一堂课记不下几个字,他们不是照样当了教授?教授是主流吧?看来口音不是问题。那么是文法好坏?可是要是按文法好坏划分就更不对了。不信你随便找个小学语文老师听听,我们的连选连任的布什总统三句话里就有两句有语病,难道他不是主流里的人?
再想想还有什么多?美国老百姓有三分之二以上认为自己是_,那基督教肯定是主流了。可是也不对。要加入基督_主流一点也不费事,哪里有进不去的道理。拿我自己为例,从踏上美国土地的第一个月起就不断地有人来劝我皈依。他们代表的宗教有再生基督教、摩门教,还有什么耶和华证人教。来劝说的人里有神父、同事、朋友,还有街上走来敲门的不认识的人,个个苦口婆心。有个多年的同事曾经是个花花公子,女朋友换得比走马灯还勤。突然间他浪子回头,结了婚,成了虔诚的基督_个星期六带着孩子去敬老院做义工。他见我顽冥不化,不肯入他的教,但又见我在本镇志愿人员救护队报了名,还是个常规献血者,摇头不已,说我是他见到过的最搞不懂的人。既然入教不费事,那教会就肯定不是同胞们谈论的难以进入的“主流社会”。
剩下还有什么?大众文化?这就更难说了。美国的文化可能是全世界最多元化的了。北方的杨基,南方的土佬,领风气之先的洛杉矶好莱坞,食古不化的波士顿的学究们,谁是主流?就拿流行音乐来讲,乡村、摇滚、爵士、数来宝,你方唱罢我登台。昨天是“物欲女孩”麦当娜内衣外穿,今天是“毒女”小甜甜露出肚脐,还有女歌手杰克逊当着现场几万人以及电视机前上亿观众的面让同伴把胸前的衣物拉开,春光乍泄。转眼间,麦当娜自己做了母亲,言必称我主耶稣,潜心写作儿童读物,传道济世。
唯一多年不衰、举国一致、进军全世界的美国大众文化的代表恐怕要数麦当劳快餐,可它近来被大众媒介拼命攻击,说它是造成我们美国男男女女鸭梨般的身材的罪魁祸首。昨天还是主流,今天就已经落伍。不过,要吃快餐还是很容易,不会被排斥在外。
百思不解之余,联想到自己多年来很不以为然的一件事:从幼稚园开始,美国老师们就反反复复地告诉每一个孩子,“你是一个特殊的人”,还紧接着添一句,“别听人家说你不是”。看看自己的孩子,再看看孩子的朋友们,不都是些普通的孩子嘛,看不出他们每人特殊在哪儿。本想发发异议,知道自己拗不过老师,又不愿破坏孩子的良好感觉,也就作罢。终于有一天突然想到,这句让美国孩子从小听到大的话,恰恰就是美国文化的精髓。美国社会奠基在个人主义上。这个特点使得每个个体都是社会的主体。你按你的愿望选择你的生活方式,请你也让我按我的愿望选择我的生活方式,谢谢。记得有位早年到美国留学的华人学者半开玩笑地说过,在中国演讲时,问“大家好”;在美国演讲时,问“各位好”。前者强调一个“同”字,后者强调一个“异”字。一句问候语里的小小差别,包含了世界观的巨大差异。
有些同胞心目中的“主流社会”其实指的是美国的上层,所谓的精英。这是一个完全不同的概念,需要另外开题讨论。任何社会都有一个精英阶层。美国的精英阶层成员据说有这么一些特点:白人,高学历,职业人士,非宗教(secular),车内的收音机多定位在全国公共广播站(NPR)。除开白人这一条,跟你我恐怕没有太大的差别,共同语言是有的。但是,你能不能进入这个俱乐部,要看它的成员接不接受你。要人家哥们儿跟你打交道不光得有那个必要,还得感觉愉快。你老兄要老是抱怨人家把你排斥在外,我看你的幽默感很成问题,别说美国精英阶层的人士,怕是你自己的同胞们也未必愿意跟你往来。随缘造化,别把自己太当那么回事儿。
话说回来,要想让其它美国人把你当自己人,你就得有个主人的样子,而不能老把自己当客人。在这一点上我们常常犯糊涂。有人举例,我们到中国去是“回中国”,回美国来是“回美国”,回来回去,话语之间,说不清自己的家在哪里。外国人归化为美国公民,有个“第一忠诚”的问题:你首先是忠于美国还是从前的母国。经过第一、第二两次世界大战的考验,基本上没有人对欧洲移民的第一忠诚表示疑问。二战时,美国经历了珍珠港事件,亡羊补牢,据说政府担心业余间谍太多,不得不把全国的日裔美国人送进集中营。在“9.11”后,联邦调查局立刻把全国的中东裔穆斯林男子监视起来,也是对这批人的第一忠诚不放心。亚裔整体的表现还有待考察。欧洲人到美洲新大陆是来做主人的,而我们的华人前辈是来做劳工,做客人的。现在你我来了,拿出主人的模样来,“我来到这里,这里就是我的家”,在这块土地上占下一块属于自己的地方。
有人说,亚洲人很在意欧美人怎样看自己,欧洲人也很在意美国人怎样看自己,只有美国人根本不在意任何人怎样看自己。一个自在的人。这就是美国人。过你自己的日子,也别妨碍别人过日子。在美国能若此,你就是主流了。
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外国人最烦美国人哪一点?下面跟着小编一起来看一下吧。
What do foreigners find most annoying about Americans?
外国人最烦美国人哪一点?
获得281好评的答案@Erin Paige Law
As an Australian who has travelled quite a bit and been part of many different expatcommunities, I find that Americans more than people from other countries do this one particular thing that annoys me.
我是个澳大利亚人,旅行过很多地方,也去过很多各种各样的外籍人士社区,然后我发现跟其他国家的人比起来美国人有一点特别讨厌。
外国人最烦美国人哪一点
When I am speaking, really about anything, just in general conversation, I hate being interrupted so that someone can impersonate my accent to me.
当我在说话的时候,不管我再说什么,就算只是一场普通的谈话,我也很讨厌别人插嘴打断我然后去模仿我的发音。
This is how it goes:
事情是这样的:
Me: "...so then I'd probably add just a little butter..."
我:“接下来我想加一点黄油······”
American: "Buttah! Buttah...you say Buttah. Australian accents are so funny!"
美国人:“黄优!你居然说黄优!澳洲口音真是太搞笑了!”
Me: "Uh yeah, so as I was saying..."
我:“呃,我是说······”
So I have a different accent. I get that. But people not from Australia have a very different accent from me. I don't stop them midway through a conversation to repeat back to them what they said because, well, it's just rude.
我知道我口音跟美国人不一样,但是还有很多外国人口音也跟我不一样,我就不会中途打断他们说话然后去模仿他们说话,这样太无礼了。
获得168好评的答案@Makiko Itoh
Disclaimer: I love the U S of A. I spent some of the best years of my life there. I love most Americans that I have met (except for the jackasses).
我要先说清楚:我很喜欢美国,我在这里度过了我生命中最美好的时光,我喜欢我遇到的大部分美国人(除了某些蠢货)。
So...this is not exactly an annoyance. But one thing I notice about some (many?) Americans that I don't see that much elsewhere is, they are eating or drinking something all the time. Like, if they go to the movies they're munching on a huge bucket of popcorn or sipping on a bucket of soda through the entire movie. If they're walking down the street they have a Starbucks latte or a Snapple bottle or something in one hand and a phone in the other. Or they are chewing gum. They eat in the car all the time too. The excuse I've heard for this is it's because Americans are so busy all the time that they have to eat on the run anywhere they can. But still...aren't people in other countries busy too? It's a bit of a puzzle.
呃······其实也不是很讨厌,但是我注意到有一些(很多?)美国人无时不刻都在吃东西,我在其他地方都没见过这样的。比如说,如果他们去看电影的话,他们会津津有味地咀嚼一大桶爆米花或者狂喝一大桶苏打水;如果他们走在街边,必定会一只手端着星巴克拿铁或者斯奈普果汁或者其他什么东西,然后另一只手拿着手机。或是他们还会嚼口香糖。他们就连在车里也一直吃吃吃。他们告诉我这是因为美国人太忙了所以只能尽可能就地吃点东西。但还是······难道其他国家的人就不忙吗?我真搞不懂他们。
获得3.7k好评的答案@Didem Korkmaz
I get worried about Americans' response if I criticize something about the US. Europeans and Asians are used to criticism from outsiders more due to multicultural geography and not take that criticism as hate. Every now and then, when I criticize something about the US online, even when I'm very careful with my words to not offend anyone, I still receive some responses like, "First look at your own country!", "You're not from here, you have no right to say anything." "Foreigners hate America."
当我在评论美国某些方面的时候很担心美国人对此的反应。大概是因为地域多样性吧,欧洲人和亚洲人都很习惯接受来自外界的评论,起码他们不会认为这些评论带有恶意。我经常遇到这种情况,当我在网上评论美国某些方面时,就算我已经很控制自己的语言不带有冒犯意味,我还是会收到这样的评论:“先看看你自己的国家再来说我们!”、“你不是本地人,你没资格说任何话。”、“你们这些外国人就是讨厌美国。”
获得384好评的答案@Cristol Grosdemouge
Americans have a lot of behaviors that while not being actually bad things, seem rude to foreigners.
美国人的有些行为并非怀有恶意,但是对外国人来说好像很失礼。
Americans are loud.
美国人太吵了。
It seems to be the norm here in the US, so you don't notice it a lot, but in other countries where people speak "normally", it sounds very rude/uneducated.
在美国有些地方似乎没有明确规定要保持安静,所以你们就不太注意这点,但是在其他国家如果大家都以“正常音量”说话,美国人的大嗓门听起来就非常粗鲁,或者说没教养。
Especially in restaurants, where all the locals speak softly and politely to each other, and a group of people is like "OH MY GAWD, THIS FOOD IS SO GOOD, BWAHAHAHA, THAT'S THE SH*T DUDE!"
特别是在餐馆里面,所有本地人交谈的时候都很温柔礼貌,但是有一群人是这样讲话的:“哦!!我的天!!这太好吃了!!哇啊啊啊啊!!!!太特么美味了!!!”
Everyone else in the restaurant is immediately thinking "Rude Americans".
餐馆里的其他人就会立刻反应过来:“是野蛮的美国人。”
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下面是读文网小编整理的英语国家概况:美国人口与种族, 希望对大家有帮助。
Population, race and ethnic groups 人口和种族
1)introduction 概要
①the third most populous country in the world,with255.5 million people.
②a nation of immigrants.Immigration accounts for amajor source of population growth.There are manyracial and ethnic groups. Between 80% and 90% ofimmigration ot the United States now is from Asianand Hispanic counties.The first immigrants inAmerican history came from England andNetherlands. Population movements are common in America.
移民是人口增长的一个主要原因。到目前80%-90%的移民来自亚洲和西班牙语国家。美国历史上最早的移民来自于英格兰和荷兰。人口迁徙在美国很普遍。
2)Black people and the Civil Rights Movement 黑人和民权运动
①blacks and slavery
the largest of the racial and ethnic minorities in the U.S., which 12.1 per cent of thepopulation; the first blacks were brought to North America as slaves in 1619. 美国最大的少数人种是黑人,占人口的12。1%;1619年最早的人人作为奴隶被运至美国。
②The slave system was formally ended by Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation in 1863 and theThirteenth Amendment to the Consititution in 1865.the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960sdemanded desegregation and equal right.1863年林肯总统的《解放宣言》和1865年的《宪法第13修正案》使奴隶制度正式瓦解。废除种族隔离和人权平等导致了1960年的民权运动。
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摘要:这所位于伊州中部的大学的学生并不仅仅是埋头苦读,他们同样热衷于派对。《普林斯顿评论》(The Princeton Review)3日宣布,该校在这本大学指南的年度派对大学排行榜中高居榜首。
he University of Illinois stakes claim to 23 Nobel Prize winnersand tech prowess that contributed to the creation of YouTube,Netscape, Java and Yelp.
伊利诺伊大学(University of Illinois)共有23名校友获得诺贝尔奖,该校培养的科技精英们造就了YouTube、Netscape、Java和Yelp公司。
美国大学派对哪家强
But students at the central Illinois campus don’t just bury theirheads in books, they also party — so much so that they’ve earned the top spot on The PrincetonReview’s annual list of top party schools in the U.S., the college guide said Monday.
但这所位于伊州中部的大学的学生并不仅仅是埋头苦读,他们同样热衷于派对。《普林斯顿评论》(The Princeton Review)3日宣布,该校在这本大学指南的年度派对大学排行榜中高居榜首。
“Drinking culture is huge here,” according to an unnamed student in the Princeton Review’s 2016edition of the “The Best 380 Colleges.” The university has about 31,000 undergraduate students.
在《普林斯顿评论》2016年版“最好的380所大学(The Best 380 Colleges)”中,一名不愿提及姓名的学生说道,“这里饮酒文化氛围很浓厚”。该校现有大约31000名本科在校生。
University spokeswoman Robin Kaler was bothered by the No. 1 ranking — a first for the campus,which has been among the list’s top five for years — and said it painted students in a false light.
伊利诺伊大学女发言人罗宾•卡勒(Robin Kaler)很为这个第一名感到烦恼,该校近些年来一直跻身该榜单前五,这还是第一次高居榜首。她说这个排名扭曲了该校学生的形象。
“They are serious, they are hard-working, and to try to present them as being somehowirresponsible is insulting,” she said Monday.
她3日表示:“他们严肃认真、勤勉刻苦,试图将他们刻画为不负责任的人的行为是对他们的侮辱。”
The largest of the parties is an annual day of drinking called Unofficial, a St. Patrick’s Daycelebration that was started by a local bar. The event included fatal accidents in 2001 and 2006.The university tries every year to keep the event under control, often beefing up police presenceand, two years ago, even asking parents to help them tone down the partying.
伊利诺伊大学最大的派对要属每年的饮酒日,被称作Unofficial,这个派对由当地的一家酒吧为庆祝圣帕特里克节(St. Patrick’s Day)而发起。该活动在2001年和2006年都曾酿成致命事故。校方每年都试图控制活动的局面,经常增加现场的警力,两年前甚至呼吁学生家长帮助他们令派对收敛一些。
The Princeton Review’s publisher says the collection of lists is meant to paint a picture of life oncampus at the schools it reviews, using students’ answers to a long series of questions aboutstudent life to create profiles, as well as lists for things such as partying, dorm life, sports, politicalpersuasions and more.
《普林斯顿评论》出版商则说,这一系列排行榜意在通过学生的反馈来描绘上榜学校的校园生活。学生们回答了一长串有关学生生活的问题来创建资料以及包括派对、宿舍生活、运动、政治派别等方面的榜单。
“We have such a high regard for each of the 380 schools,” said publisher Robert Franek, whosereview is not affiliated with Princeton University. “The University of Illinois, it is an exceptionalschool.”
《普林斯顿评论》与普林斯顿大学(Princeton University)并无关联。其出版商罗伯特•弗兰尼克(Robert Franek)表示:“我们非常敬重这380所大学,伊利诺伊大学是极为优秀的学校。”
For those who don’t imbibe, the top stone-cold sober school is Brigham Young University(BYU), the private Utah school affiliated with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.Tops for most religious students? That’s BYU, too.
对于那些不饮酒的学生来说,最滴酒不沾的学校是杨百翰大学(Brigham YoungUniversity,BYU)。这所位于犹他州(Utah)的私立大学隶属于耶稣基督后期圣徒教会(Churchof Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)。对于最为虔诚的教徒来说首选的大学?还是杨百翰大学。
Looking for the best campus food? Try the small, exclusive Bowdoin College in Maine.
哪所大学食堂最好吃?你可以试试缅因州(Maine)规模精小、录取严格的鲍登学院(BowdoinCollege)。
Most satisfied students? Claremont McKenna University, under what one student told the reviewwas “the constantly beaming California sun.”
哪所学校学生满意度最高?克莱蒙麦肯纳学院(Claremont McKenna University)。有位在校生对《普林斯顿评论》提到自己最满意的是“时常沐浴在加利福尼亚灿烂的阳光里”。
Want a job? Go to Clemson University in South Carolina, where students say they’re instantly partof a worldwide network.
想要找工作?那就要去南卡罗来纳州(South Carolina)的克莱姆森大学(Clemson University)就读吧,那里的学生说他们一入校就已经融入全球网络。
The party rankings, like most parties themselves, change over time. The University of Iowa is aformer No. 1, but came in at No. 2 this year.
派对排行榜,正如大多派对本身,都会随着时间不停地变化。曾经问鼎榜首的爱荷华大学(University of Iowa)今年位居第二。
Freshmen due in Iowa City this month will find dozens of bars downtown and many house partiesawaiting them. But the city has also made it harder for those under 21 to get into bars, and policeofficers will be patrolling neighborhoods to break up rowdy parties.
即将在本月到爱荷华市(Iowa City)报到的新生会发现市中心有几十个酒吧,还有诸多室内派对等着他们的到来。但同时该城也做出更加严格的规定,严禁21岁以下青少年进入酒吧,警察也会去街区巡逻解散那些嘈杂的派对。
Rounding out the top five party schools are, in order: The University of Wisconsin-Madison,Bucknell University in Pennsylvania and last year’s No. 1, Syracuse University in New York.
其他排在前五名的派对学校依次是:威斯康星大学麦迪逊分校(University of Wisconsin-Madison),宾夕法尼亚州的巴克内尔大学(Bucknell University)以及去年的第一名纽约的雪城大学(Syracuse University)。
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下面是读文网小编整理英语国家概况:美国文学精讲,欢迎大家阅读!
Literature,Architecture and Music 文学,建筑和音乐
1)Major American Writers and their works
① Bejamin Franklin(1706-1790)本杰明.富兰克林: theonly writer in the colonial period. Works: PoorRichard'S Almanac, which is an annual collection ofproverbs.
殖民地时期的作家。作品:《穷理查年鉴》,一本年度谚语集。
② Washington Irving(1803-1882) 华盛顿 欧文: AHistory of New Youk纽约外史; The Sketch Book最著名的作品为《见闻札记》,his most famous book, contians “Rip Van Winkle”《瑞普.凡.温克尔》and“The Legend of Sleepy Hollow”《睡谷的传说》
③Ralph Waldo Emerson(1803-1882) 爱默生:the leader of the movement oftranscendentalism.超验 主义运动的领导者Works:Nature,(论自然) Self-reliance(论自助),Representative Men(代表人物), English Traits and Poems (英国人的性格和诗).
③ Nathaniel Hawthorne(1804-1864) 霍桑:The Scarlet Letter红字
⑤Mark Twain1835-1910)马克吐温: The Celebrated Jumping Frog(《著名的跳蛙》,成名之作) ;The Adventures of Tom Sawyer(a boy book)汤姆.索亚历险记; The Adventures of HuckleberryFinn(his master work)哈克贝利.芬历险记,则是他最杰出著作; Atramp Abroad浪迹海外, Life on theMississippi密西西比河上, The Golded Age 镀金时代and Innocents Abroad异乡奇遇。
⑥Walt Whitman(1819-1892) 沃尔特. 惠特曼: the first to explore fully the possibilities of freeverse(探索自由诗体可能性的第一人). Leaves of Grass(his masterpiece)草叶集, EmilyDickinson(1830-1886) 艾米丽. 狄更生:Death was one of the great themes of her work死亡是她作品的重要主题之一
⑦Theordor Dreiser(1871-1945)西奥多.德莱塞: the representative of naturalists in whose worksreported truthfully and objectively the life in the slums.自然主义代表,在他们的作品里对贫民窟的生活进行了真实而客观的报道。 Works:Trilogy of Desire(欲望三部曲); An American Tragedy(美国的悲剧—被公认为最佳作品,which is considered to be his best)
⑧T.S Eliot(1888-1965);won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1946
⑨Emest hemingway(1899-1967)海明威; was awarded the Nobel Prize 诺贝尔文学奖for literaturein 1954. A Farewell to Arms永别了,武器; For Whom the Bell Tolls(the two about the first andsecond world war); 丧钟为谁而鸣(关于一、二战的2篇小说)Old Man and the Sea(hisrepresentative book)老人与海(代表作).
2)Harlem Renaissance(哈莱姆复兴) and black writing in American literature:
In the 1920s, Black Litrature developed into an upsurge which has come to be known as theHarlem Renaissace.20世纪20年代, 黑人文学蓬勃发展,后来被称为‘哈莱姆复兴’。LangstonHughes(1899-1967) 休斯 (masterpiece: The Weary Blues困倦的BLUES) and RichardWright(1908-1960) 赖特(masterpiece: Native Son土生子) were the major figures of thoseBlack writers.
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文化是,或者说应该是,对完美的研究和追求;而文化所追求的完美以美与智为主要品质。今天读文网小编在这里为大家分享关于文化的英语句子,欢迎大家阅读!
从城市保护的角度看,文物与文化不是一个概念。
From the perspective of city protection, cultural relics and cultural is not a concept.
智慧是知识凝结的宝石,文化是智慧放出的异彩。
Wisdom is the gem of condensed knowledge, culture is the extraordinary splendour of wisdom.
文化不会因为一个国家的贫穷,而失掉它的价值。
Culture won't because of the poverty of a country, and lost its value.
舞蹈跳的就是文化,跳的就是一个人的文化底蕴。
Dance dance is culture, is a person's cultural background.
人生来本是一个蛮物,惟有文化才使他高出于禽兽。
To this is a pretty things in life, but the culture makes him above a beast.
我们一起创建的是团队的文化,而不是抱怨的文化。
We are creating a team culture together, instead of complaining about culture.
知识是珍贵宝石的结晶,文化是宝石放出来的光泽。
Knowledge is the crystallization of the precious gems, culture is the luster of the gem released.
只有整个社会具有文化良心,我们的文化才有希望。
Only the whole social cultural conscience, our culture is hope.
他是有理想,没道德,有文化,没纪律的复合型人才。
He didn't has the ideal, morality, culture, discipline is the inter-disciplinary talent.
既不是职业作家,也不是业余写手,见了文化绕着走。
Is not a professional writer, or is not amateur, see culture around the way.
只有读者有精神粮食可以消费,那文学才能一直活下去!
Only the reader can have spiritual food consumption, the literature can survive all the time!
文化不能从上向下压,因为它应该是从下面高涨起来的。
Culture cannot be from top to down, because it should be rising from the bottom up.
劳动永远是人类生活的基础,是创造人类文化幸福的基础。
Labor is the foundation of human life, forever is the basis of the creates happiness in the human culture.
书不仅是生活,而且是现在、过去和未来文化生活的源泉。
Book is not only the life, and it is now, in the past, and the source of cultural life in the future.
真正的文化以同情和赞美为生,而不是以憎厌和轻蔑为生。
The real cultural sympathy and praise for a living, instead of living with hate and contempt.
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传统文化就是文明演化而汇集成的一种反映民族特质和风貌的民族文化,是民族历史上各种思想文化、观念形态的总体表征。下面读文网小编为大家带来传统文化的英语说法,希望对大家的学习有所帮助!
中国传统文化 The Traditional Culture of China
传统文化资源 traditional cultural resources
新加坡传统文化协会 Singapore Heritage Society
地方传统文化产业 Local Traditional Vulture Industry
中华传统文化精髓 traditional Chinese cultural quintessence
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中国饮食文化可以从时代与技法、地域与经济、民族与宗教、食品与食具、消费与层次、民俗与功能等多种角度进行分类,展示出不同的文化品味。那么你知道饮食文化用英语怎么说吗?下面读文网小编为大家带来饮食文化的英语说法,供大家学习。
1. Peng lai xian Hotel Survey Fresh classical North - South . Whose food culture trend.
蓬莱仙大酒店汇集 南北 经典名食, 引领饮食文化潮流.
2. To banana leaves, eat, see, feel, is a natural food culture!
去蕉叶, 吃的, 看到的, 感受到的, 是一种自然流露的饮食文化!
3. Quite. China is a country with a splendid catering culture.
没错, 中国是个饮食文化非常丰富的国家.
4. Today, Romeo is going to find out the best of tasting crab.
今天, 罗密欧将带我们深入认识有关于蟹的饮食文化.
5. In cooking culture, the local snack has representativeness most.
在饮食文化中, 地方小吃最具有代表性.
6. Many changes are taking place in China's diet style.
中国的饮食文化具有悠久的历史.
7. As a form of material culture, catering culture is all - embracing field.
饮食文化属于物质文化, 是最为基础的文化类型,广泛地渗透于人类生活的方方面面.
8. A long history, deep inside the long unique food culture in Handan.
悠久的历史, 深厚的底蕴早就了邯郸独特的饮食文化.
9. Here are some differences between American and Chinese dining cultures.
以下是中美饮食文化之间的一些差异.
10. Chinese cooking culture aa remote source with its content accumulated in various ancient classics.
中国的饮食文化源远流长,其内容积淀在各类典籍之中.
11. The diet culture also praises of cultural relations Central Africa language culture important components.
饮食文化也是夸文化交际中非语言文化重要组成部分之一.
12. As a carrier of culture, jiao zi is typical of traditional Chinese cuisine culture.
作为一个文化的载体, 饺子是中国传统饮食文化的象征.
13. Cross - cultural communication under the globalized situation make various constant complementation and compatibility of cooking culture.
全球化态势下的 跨 文化交际使得多样的饮食文化不断的互补与兼容.
14. Chaoshan food culture develop own school, the name loud time nation - wide of tide vegetable.
汕头的饮食文化独树一帜, 潮菜的名字响遍全国.
15. This paper first gives an introduction about the Chinese and Western food culture.
本文首先给出了一个关于中国和西方饮食文化的介绍.
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西方国家,是指西方意识形态占主流的国家。在不同的场合和不同的时间有着不同的定义。但一般而言,它是指澳大利亚、加拿大、新西兰、美国和西欧,统治血统为白人。那么你知道西方国家用英语怎么说吗? 下面跟着读文网小编一起来学习一下吧。
1. The religious conservatives are not enamoured of the West and its values.
宗教保守派人士不喜欢西方国家及其价值观。
2. Western suppliers too are competing avidly for business abroad.
西方国家的供应商也在疯狂抢夺国外商机。
3. Both nations are seeking closer links with the West.
两国都在寻求与西方国家建立更为紧密的联系。
4. The West has an interest in promoting democratic forces in Eastern Europe.
东欧民主力量的发展与西方国家利害攸关。
5. The West must back up its verbal support with substantial economic aid.
西方国家必须以切实的经济援助来兑现他们的口头支持。
6. He also believed in coexistence with the West.
他还相信他们能与西方国家共存。
7. Many writers, threatened with imprisonment, have defected to the West.
由于有被监禁的威胁, 许多作家投向了西方国家.
8. The company's sales are now close to saturation in many western countries.
这家公司的产品销售量在许多西方国家已接近饱和.
9. Many Asians are migrating to the West.
许多亚洲人移民去了西方国家.
10. He had warned the West against trying to dictate to the Soviet Union.
他警告西方国家不要试图对苏联发号施令。
11. In his celebration speech, he issued a stark warning to Washington and other Western capitals.
在他的庆祝演说中,他向华盛顿和其他西方国家提出了严正警告。
12. They were cut off from the West in 1948 when their government closed that border crossing.
1948年政府关闭那个边境关口之后,他们便与西方国家隔绝开了。
13. Moral as well as financial support was what the West should provide.
西方国家应该提供道义支持和经济援助。
14. During the second world war,Japanese were interned in camps in the West.
第二次世界大战期间,日本士兵被扣留在西方国家的阵营里。
15. In Western countries girls are far less likely to offend than boys.
在西方国家,女孩的犯罪倾向远低于男孩。
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文明社会指的是社会进步的状态,是具有进步价值取向的人类求生存、求发展的创造活动过程和成果。那么你知道文明社会用英语怎么说吗?下面读文网小编为大家带来文明社会的英语说法,供大家学习。
Civilized society
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