摘要: 在国内的时候,时常到各大网站的论坛逛逛,发现不少人有很深的“美国情结”。但我到了美国工作之后,再去浏览国内论坛对美国的种种说法,发现其中更有许多自以为是的误导。 四大主流误导思维 误导之一:美国[阅读全文:]
摘要: 地名志或地名研究(Toponymy)属于历史语言学范畴。历史语言学家对地名的来源作了相当的研究。美国内务部曾汇集了一批能干的语言学家,成立了专门机构,其任务是对美国的地名来源进行研究,给以准确的解释。[阅读全文:]
摘要: 浅谈英语文化知[阅读全文:]
摘要: 英语属于印欧语系(Indo-Europeanlanguages),包含着印度、西亚和欧洲的语言。目前使用的英语单词中,有不少是从非印欧语系“拿来”的,这在狭义上,就是英语中的外来语。这些白皮黄心的“鸡蛋词”,无须向“英语世界[阅读全文:]
摘要: 英语中对女性的称呼可谓丰富,且谐趣十足。这些称呼多用于口语,表现出称呼者对被称呼者的态度、情感以及彼此之间的微妙或显而易见的关系。 1、old hen老婆子 俗语,男性用语,专用于中年以上的女[阅读全文:]
摘要: 1. Jackson first won America’s heart as a member of the famed singing group The Jackson 5. A 13-year-old&n[阅读全文:]
摘要: While the earliest Mother's Day celebrations can be traced back to the spring celebration of ancient Greece in honor of Rhea, the Mother of the Gods.During the 1600's,Endland celebrated a da[阅读全文:]
摘要: Odyssey is one of the two epics written by a blind Greek poet named Homer. It describes how the hero Odyssey took his own companies towards his homeland by ship while Akaiya chieftains were returning[阅读全文:]
摘要: get hitched 幸福牵手 来历:hitch本意是指车辆后的拖钩, 用get hitched表示两个人从此牵在了一起。 例句:Sacha Baron Cohen and Isla&nb[阅读全文:]
摘要: Do you know 23rd April is the World Book and Copyright Day? Have read ever read on this day? 23&nbs[阅读全文:]