Although I have not taken an official trip to China I got a transit visa there for one day when I had an unplanned long layover at the airport at Guangzhou on my way back to the US from India. I was surprised that the airline accommodated me at a hot...
文化:英式下午茶的前世今生 Afternoon tea, that most quintessential of English customs is, perhaps surprisingly, a relatively new tradition. 下午茶是英国传统的精华所在，但它并没有特别悠久的历史。 Whilst the custom...
文化:外国人的这些手势 你都了解么? 1、动脑筋(use your brain)机敏一点(being clever) 用手指点点自己的太阳穴。 2、付帐(cash) 右手拇指、食指和中指在空中捏在一起或在另一只手上作出写字的样子...
If you're trying to learn more about your family, there's probably no better place to start looking than your name! 如果你想多多了解自己的家族，或许最好的方法就是从你自己的姓名入手！ While there are plenty of exceptio...
In most countries, sleeping on the job isn't just frowned upon, it may get you fired. 在大多数国家，工作时间睡觉不仅会让人不满，而且有可能让你被炒鱿鱼。 But in Japan, napping in the office is common and culturally acc...
What is your most memorable cultural shock? 你印象最深且感到震惊的文化差异有哪些？ 获得568好评的回答@Dave Samwell： Some friends and I go to a bar to have a few beers before dinner. Beer is expensive in Japan and so we orde...
Music is the only language in which you cannot say a mean or sarcastic thing. (John Erskine, American educator) 音乐是唯一不能用及表达卑鄙的或讽刺的事物的语言。(美国教育家...
A great poem is a fountain forever overflowing with the waters of wisdom and delight (P.B.Shelley, British poet) 伟大的诗篇即是永远喷出智慧和欢欣之水的喷泉。(英国诗人 雪莱...
Man proposes, God disposes. 这个说法最早见于14世纪，起初以 “If man proposes evil, God disposes of it.” 的形式出现, 意思是上帝会阻止想要为恶的人。这里的God, 既可...
10 文化新闻摘要（一） DATE=3-6-01 TITLE=SCIENCE IN THE NEWS #2114 - Digest BYLINE=Staff VOICE ONE: This is Bob (1)Doughty. VOICE TWO: And this is Sarah Long with Science in the News, a VOA Sp...
