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德国《世界旅游》杂志1月9日文章，原题：十件在中国最不该做的事　　两个概念主导中国的社会生活；面子和关系。良好的行为将对访问中国的客人有所帮助。 　　当事情不顺时，不要公开批评，甚至大声斥责一个中国人。对他们来说，没有什么比公开曝光更糟糕。 　　当问题无法解决时，你也不要说“不”，这关系到中国人的面子。 ...

1.No man or woman is worth your tears, and the one who is, won't make you cry.没有人值得你流泪，值得让你这么做的人不会让你哭泣。2.If you fail, don't forget to learn your lesson.如果你失败了，千万别忘了汲取教训。3.Don't waste your time on a man/woman, who isn't willing to waste their time on you.不要 ...

1. Do one thing at a time, and do well.一次只做一件事，做到最好！ 2. Keep on going never give up.勇往直前， 决不放弃！ 3. Believe in yourself.相信你自己！ 4. I can because i think i can.我行，因为我相信我行！ 5. Action speak louder than words.行动胜于言语！ 6. Never say die.永不气馁! 7.Knowleg ...

The story goes that two friends were walking through the desert. During some point of the journey they had an argument, and one friend slapped the other one in the face. The one who got slapped was hurt, but without saying anything, he wrote in the sand: "Today my best friend slapped me in t ...

Born in 1758, Horatio nelson, the son of a pastor, was a small, frail1 child who loved sailing. As a young teenager he joined the British Navy and, while journeying to the East Indies, caught a fever that seriously damaged his health. But he never allowed this to hold him back. At age 18, he was app ...

　　An old man in a high－speed trains， accidentally bought the new shoes out from a window， surrounded by people who feel sorry But the elderly immediately second shoe from the window go away． This move is even more surprised． Explained that the elderly： "This shoe， no matter how expensive， ...

Most financial-planning advice, like most New Year's resolutions, is too complex or too banal. 大多数财务规划建议就像大多数新年许愿一样，不是太复杂就是太平庸。 Half of it is designed for Type-A drill sergeants who already alphabetize their refrigerators. The other half you've heard before. ...

1. I am deeply grateful for all of my problems. After each one was overcome, I became stronger and more able to meet those that were still to come. I grew in all my difficulties. 我深深感谢我的问题！每战胜一个问题，我就变得更强大，更有能力迎接下一个挑战。我在问题中成长。2. We all earn our livings by ...

《三国演义》里有这样一个故事：名时马超有一趟跟曹操阵营的许褚大战，打了足足一百回合，「许褚性起，飞回阵中，卸了盔甲，浑身筋突」，和马超再打，最后打到武器都丢了断了。英国人会说：Hsu Chu really got shirty with Ma Chao（许褚对马超动真怒）。 　　Shirty为什么解作「动怒」呢？原来这是指今天人们动怒准备跟人 ...

　　End是个大家都熟悉的词。它通常解释为末端，但是在习惯用语里可以有很多不同的意思。例如在下面的习惯用语中，ends指对立的两方。Play both ends against the middle。要是某人play both ends against the middle，这人就是在对立双方间玩弄手腕，造成双方相争，使自己得利。 　　据说这个习惯用语来自一种一百多年前几 ...

This is Phil Murray with WORDS AND THEIR STORIES, a program in Special English on the Voice of America. We tell about some common expressions in American English. A leatherneck or a grunt do not sound like nice names to call someone. Yet men and women who serve in the United States armed forces are ...

Now, the Special English program WORDS AND THEIR STORIES. Santa Claus is someone who will remain in the hearts of children forever. He is the make-believe person who brings toys and other gifts to children at Christmas. To grown-ups, he is a special symbol of goodwill and selfless giving. Santa Clau ...

秦朝末年，楚霸王项羽率兵入咸阳，一面屠杀百姓，一面火烧秦宫室，火三月不灭，人们都说他残暴。 不过，古罗马皇帝尼罗（Nero）似乎比项羽更狠：项羽烧的只是狂秦宫室，尼罗则暗中派人放火烧罗马平民区，把罗马三分之二地方烧成焦土。据说，这场火是尼罗市区重建计划的第一步；又据说罗马焚烧的时候，尼罗望着火焰 ...

极限运动（Extreme Sports）是指人类在与自然的融合过程中，借助于现代高科技手段，最大限度地发挥自我身心潜能，向自身挑战的娱乐体育运动。它除了追求竞技体育超越自我身理极限“更高、更快、更强”的精神外，更强调参与和勇敢精神，追求在跨越心理障碍时所获得的愉悦感和成就感，同时，它还体现了人类返璞归真、回归自然 ...

FICTION 小说类 BRING UP THE BODIES By Hilary Mantel. 《提堂》 作者：希拉里·曼特尔 Taking up where her previous novel, “Wolf Hall,” left off, Mantel makes the seemingly worn-out story of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn newly fascinating and suspenseful. Seen from the perspective of Henry’s chief min ...

Li Changchun urged for a better "soft environment" for China's development including a clean and efficient government, a democratic and just judicial system, fair play in market competition, a safe and stable society, a comfortable and convenient life, a healthy and upright morality, a sustainable e ...

大家对＂done＂一定都不陌生吧．没错，＂done＂是动词"do"的完成时，但是你是否知道 "done" 还可以用做副词，还有一个非常好用的表达法 "be done for"?首先来介绍"be done for"这个片语。“Be done for" 的意思是“完蛋了，不行了，累死了”。例如：1. If Jim fails this test, he is done for.要是吉姆这次考试不及格，他 ...

广东省纪委书记黄先耀近日表示，广东正在粤北和珠三角地区各选择一个县和一个区，开展领导干部家庭财产申报并在一定范围公示的试点工作。请看《中国日报》的报道：Guangdong province is to launch a pilot project requiring all Party and government officials to report their assets, in the latest move to curb corr ...

Victory belongs to the most persevering. 坚持必将成功。 Adversity is the midwife of genius. 逆境造就天才。 Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains. 所谓的天才是不断地承受痛楚。 Circumstances? I make circumstances! 英雄造时势。 Men take only their needs into consideration, never their abiliti ...

受全球信贷紧缩问题困扰，香港多家银行已先后调高按揭利率50个基点。有个别银行更准备大幅增加服务收费。而受按揭息率上升，最优惠利率调升也迫在眉睫。 请看《中国日报》的报道：在全球信贷紧缩的影响下，香港银行同业拆息高企，基准利率下调，而各银行的最优惠贷款利率却似乎一直保持不变。 上面的报道中，credit crunch ...

马修·阿诺德（Matthew Arnold, 1822-1888）的名诗《多佛海滩》（Dover Beach）以这不同凡响的气度开局，三言两语就定下了诗歌的时空与情感基调。“千古悲鸣”表明了诗人的情绪也有了巨大的翻转，这与这一节中时间的流逝、注意力由视觉向听觉的转移有极大的关联。诗歌开头的一般现在时所允诺永恒良辰美景顿成乌有。 ...

高中水平：I will never marry you. 高考水平：Never will I marry you. 四级水平：You are the last man I am willing to marry. 六级水平：Under no circumstances will I marry you. GRE水平：If you were the last man in the world, I would definitely remain single. 大神水平：If you were to marry me, I would go ...

Children are educated by what the grown-up is and not by his talk. 儿童的教养源于成人的修为而非说教。 The important thing is what he [a man] talks about, not whether he agrees with it or not. 一个人重要的是他谈论什么、而不是他赞同或不赞同什么。 The wine of youth does not always clear with advancin ...

“Thank you for your application. We would like to congratulate you,” the letter read. Those words can make your heart skip a beat and bring tears to your eyes. The feeling of following your dreams is inexplicable and proof that all your hard work was worth it. It is a signpost in life, a trail mar ...

A man is known by the company he keeps they say. If it is so,then everyone is bound to have their baggage of loneliness with them as companions.loneliness is not something that doesn't exist at all with any human being on earth.Every human being feels lonely in his life at some point or other. It's ...