Minister: We are gathered here today in the sight of God, and in the face of this company, to join together (Grooms Name) and (Brides Name) in holy matrimony; which is an honorable estate, instituted of God, since the first man and the first woman wa...
Education in Britain and The USIn Britain all children have to go to school between the ages of 5 and 16. In the US children must go to school from the age of 6 to between the ages of 14 and 16, depending on the state they live in. SubjectIn England...
美国是两党制国家，所以也有专为这两个政党服务的报刊。与英国稍有不同的是，美国的报纸有些是属于所谓中立派的，而且这些报纸通常都具有颇大的影响力。 先谈支持政府的报纸。美国的...
美国的酒大致可分为啤酒、的鸡尾酒、的威士忌和葡萄酒。啤酒有淡啤酒和浓啤酒之别；包装采用瓶装、的听装和壶装。鸡尾酒和混合饮料含有很浓的酒精成分，饮用方式一般有加冰和不加冰...
美国人看什么电视节目节日期间，不少美国人呆在家里看电视。不同年龄的人看的节目也不同。青少年喜欢Sports（体育节目），著名的有College Football，College Bas-ketball（美式足球、篮球的大学校...
Once a man had a dream.He dreamed of a land of peace and harmony.He dreamed of a place where people were not judged by their skin color.He dreamed of a country where children of different races could play together.He dreamed of a nation where all peo...
所谓官话，就是在英语中，故意用复杂、夸张的词汇，来代替简单、平易的词汇，以便让人感觉到文章具有某种重要性，从而达到唬人的效果。在这篇文章中，作者列举了克林顿、布什两届政...
Do Americans have any morals?That's a good question.Many people insist that ideas about right and wrong are merely personal opinions.Some voices,though,are calling Americans back to traditional moral values.William J.Bennett,former U.S.Secretary of E...
Steve and Yaser first met in their chemistry class at an American university. Yaser was an inter-national student from Jordan. He was excited to get to know an American. He wanted to learn more about American culture. Yaser hoped that he and Steve wo...
美国《男人》、《传记》等媒体联合评选出了美国文化的十大偶像。据称，他们的评选标准是：只要提到他或她的名字，人们就会联想到美国；不管人们喜欢还是憎恨，在别国人的眼里，他们...
有句格言：We eat to live，not live to eat．意思是：我们为了生存而吃，不是为了吃而生存。同中国一样，英美国家也习惯一日三餐。早餐的时间因人而异，一般是在早上七点半至八点半，午餐时间...
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...
The enigmatic smile of the Mona Lisa in Leonardo da Vinci's masterpiece has intrigued experts for centuries, but an Italian art historian now claims to have found out the real identity of Mona Lisa after studying numbers and letters in her eyes and o...
As with almost all Christian holidays, Easter has been secularized and commercialized. The dichotomous nature of Easter and its symbols, however, is not necessarily a modern fabrication。 和其它基督教节日一样，复活节正慢慢被世俗和...
The Little Pear GirlOnce upon a time, a peasant worked hard to make a living from his land. Every year his pear tree produced four basketfuls of fruit which had to be given to the king, a greedy ruler who grew rich at the expense of the poor. One yea...
