This time of year, lets be honest: The most Jewish-American tradition isnt even celebrating those eight crazy candle-and latke-filled nights. Its hitting the local Chinese restaurant on Christmas, of course. 讲真，每年一到圣诞节大多数美国...
为什么西方人会觉得13是个不吉利的数字，你造吗? 1. THERE WERE 13 PEOPLE AT THE LAST SUPPER. 最后的晚餐里有13个人。 And tradition has held that the 13th to take their seat was either Judas or Jesus himself. 传统的说法是...
如今在说英语的人群中，非母语者的数目已经渐渐要超过母语者了，为此那些母语为英语的人们亚历山大如何能够在不说俗语和俚语的情况下顺畅沟通，这是个问题 BBC总结了在交流中最令人困...
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...
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January 1 New Year's Day (新年） 15 Martin Luther King Jr.'s Birthday 19 Martin Luther King Jr.'s Birthday Observed February 12 Lincoln's Birthday 14 Valentine's Day （情人节） 16 President's Day 22 Washington's Birthday 25 Ash Wednesday Marc...
酒瓶上往往有一些英文标记，表明酒的品质，不同的国家有不同的表示方法。 法国酒法规定：只有在夏郎德省(Charentes)及滨海夏郎德地区的少数地点，栽培几个特定的葡萄品种，利用壶式蒸馏...
Puerto Rico's Stephanie Del Valle was crowned Miss World 2016 last Sunday beating 116 contestants from across the world. 上周日，来自波多黎各的Stephanie Del Valle战胜了来自世界各地116名参赛者，摘得2016年世界小姐桂冠。...
George Michael, the creamy-voiced English songwriter who sold tens of millions of albums as a member of the duo Wham! and on his own, was found dead on Sunday at his home in Goring in Oxfordshire, England. 英国歌手兼词曲作者、威猛乐队(W...
Benedict Cumberbatch says he tries to stay clear of fan theories and online conspiracies about Sherlock. 本尼迪克特.康伯巴奇表示他努力不让粉丝对《神探夏洛克》的揣测和网上的阴谋论影响自己。 Ahead of the fourth...
Bad news for America's schools: Student achievement in math and reading is on the decline, according to National Assessment of Education Progress scores released Wednesday. 美国学校的坏消息：据周三全美教育进展评估成绩的发布，美...
大家普遍认为10月31日是万圣节，实际上这并不是完全正确。更确切地说，10月31日的晚上称作万圣节前夜(The Eve of All Hallows)或是万圣节之夜(The eve of All Saints'Day)，因为11月1日是天下圣徒之日(A...
工作中最怕遇到什么样的队友？玩心眼？偷奸耍滑？No，No，No，这些都不够可怕，可怕的是那些做一件砸一件，而且还不自知的人。 Jackass of all trades describes someone who is exceptionally bad at everyth...
There are a lot of factors that go into choosing a baby name. It could be a fandom thing, such as with the babies named Anakin or the children named after Game of Thrones characters. 给小宝宝起名字有诸多影响因素。给孩子取名阿纳金...
If you're ever reading a book or watching a movie and get the distinct feeling you've come across the story before or even better, can predict exactly what's going to happen next there could be a good reason for that. 如果你在读书或者看电影时...
