Small talk is a pleasant conversation about anything. Making small talk is common in certain social and business situations. The topic of small talk is often related to the situation. Talking about the weather is an appropriate topic for small talk. People with different relationships. They use ...
No one knows how many people in the world speak Esperanto. But they say the number could be as many as fifteen million now. People hope that Esperanto someday will become the international language for business science, and diplomacy (外交).—节选自《美国风情录》1. Who invented Esperanto?
The BFG is the Big Friendly Giant and he brings sweet dreams to children while they are sleeping.One night he is seen by a girl called Sophie, and he carried her away to his homeland because he is scared she'll tell the world about his existence (存在).He is actually friendly,but ...
In the first year at high school or college students are called “freshmen”, in the second they’re called “sophomores”, in the third year we call them “juniors” and in the fourth year they’re called “seniors”. Now a lot of high school graduates then go to college or university...
日出之前(before sunrise)台词翻译男主角:Ethan Hawke女主角:Julie Delpy导演:Richard Linklater一、 在火车上相识(一对中年夫妻在用德语吵架,声音越来越响,坐在过道对面的女主角看不进书,皱眉,拿包离开,来到男主角过道的对面,瞥了男主角一眼后,坐下看书。男主角很想搭讪,但没有勇气,在那里犹豫。这时中年夫妻从...
Do we reallyneed that?Scientists have already tried to create an artificiallanguage that isn't too difficult and doesn't includeany one group's culture It is called Esperanto. 36Maybe the popularity of English won't last that longeither. Who knows? There are more people in theworld who ...
( ) 18.Linguistics is the course of language.( ) 19.The part of a sentence which compriese comprises an infinite verb or a verb phrase is grammatically called predicate.( ) 20.Historical linguistics equals to the study of synchronic study.( ) 21.The term dialect,as a technical term in ...
aA person who truly knows two languages uses both body languagestoo.Agood example of this is New york's famous mayor,Fiorello La Guardia, who communicated in English,Italian and Yiddish.When filmsof his speeches are run without sound,it's not too difficult to tell fromhis gestures the langua...
When she noticed he didn’t follow her, she quickly asked for an eraser, which, in England, is often called a rubber. In order to communicate well with British people, we Americans should learn some words that the British use differently. And I think people who learn English as a second...
Our audience is curious about how you got your name. M: My initials are JP. In Spanish, they’re pronounced “jota pe”. And my Mexican friends called me so when we were in Mexico. W: What inspired you to become an artist? M: My father was an oil painting artist. He used to ...