The United States recently surpassed Spain to become the second-largest Spanish speaking country in the world, behind only Mexico. Yet in 2015, Vanessa Ruiz, a bilingual news anchor in Arizona, was loudly criticized for pronouncing Spanish wo...
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...
双语:英语中的9个冷知识 你知道么? 1、It is the only major language without an academy to guide it. 英语是唯一没有学术机构加以规正的大语种。 LAcadmie franaise, based in Paris, is in charge of overseeing the French lan...
双语:说说世界上最小的国家 Just south of Sardinias world-famous Costa Smeralda, the lonely island of Tavolara rises wildly from the cerulean sea like a jagged mountain. There are no roads or hotels, and the only inhabitable stretch is a wh...
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...
6个BBC最爱用的英语典故 【编者按】我们经常会在BBC中听到的一些类似中国成语典故的习语,这些习语通常能够一语中的地传情达意,比如达摩克利斯之剑,阿克琉斯之踵,等等。这些看起来艰...
The international community is now embarking on the challenge of realizing the ambitious and universal 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The equal participation and active involvement of persons with autism will be essential for achieving the...
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...
双语:为何外国人喜欢饭后吃甜点? If you ask for cheesecake after dinner at a Chinese restaurant, you dont really know about the Asian diet. 如果你在一个中餐厅就餐后点奶酪蛋糕,那么你就是对亚洲饮食一点儿也不了...
译界漫谈:大数据时代,不要沦为机器的奴隶 【编者按】日前,中外语言服务人才培养模式国际研讨会暨北京语言大学高翻学院开放周活动在北京语言大学举行。大咖云集,精彩纷呈。 北京外...
佳作翻译:兰德诗歌《生与死》杨绛等英译版欣赏 【编者按】对于学者杨绛的逝世,我们最好的缅怀方式就是重温她的佳作,体会她的情思与眼中的世界。小编就带大家一起欣赏她广为流传的诗...
双语:11种自虐方法让书虫爱上锻炼 1. The Wall Sit-N-Read 贴墙N字坐姿阅读法 How it works: Assume the sitting position on a wall of your choice. Continue to do this until you finish one chapter. Sitting on the couch and reading IS c...
温总理曾经在一次记者招待会上,引用了《战国策》中的一句行百里者半九十。那么,《战国策》的英文名称是什么呢?Stratagems of the Warring States这就是《战国策》名称的英译。有不少我们常用...
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moons Message for World No Tobacco Day 世界无烟日致辞 31 May, 2011 2011年5月31日 This years observance of World No Tobacco Day falls in the midst of preparations for Septembers United Nations high-level meeting o...
Chinese scientists discover gut bacteria linked with obesity Obesity could be caused by bacterial infection rather than eating too much, exercising too little or genetics, according to a study that could have profound implications for public health s...