PASSAGE28Chinese Americans Text[1] For many years it was common in the United States to associate Chinese Americans with restaurants and laundries. People did not realize that the Chinese had been driven into these occupations by the prejudice and discrimination that faced them in this country.[2...
2005 Text 4 第一段 ①Americans no longer expect public figures, whether in speech or in writing, to command the English language with skill and gift.②Nor do they aspire to such command themselves.③In his latest book,Doing Our Own Thing: The Degradation of Language and Music and Why We ...
1. The first people to live in North America are called Native Americans. These indigenous peoples, who have lived on the continent for thousands of years, are believed to have migrated from Asia via a land bridge that once connected Siberia and Alaska. They spread across the continent, formi...
“Mass-produced clothing, like fast food, fills a hunger and need, yet is non-durable and wasteful,” Cline argues. Americans, she finds, buy roughly 20 billion garments a year – about 64 items per person – and no matter how much they give away, this excess leads to waste. 批量生产...
一、试题 When the explorers first set foot upon the continent of North America, the skies and lands were alive with an astonishing variety of wildlife. Native Americans had taken care of these precious natural resources wisely. Unfortunately, it took the explorers and the settlers who followed ...
Americanliteraturebeginswiththeorallytransmittedmyths,legends,tales,andlyrics(alwayssongs)ofIndiancultures.Therewasnowrittenliteratureamongthemorethan500differentIndianlanguagesandtribalculturesthatexistedinNorthAmericabeforethefirstEuropeansarrived.Asaresult,NativeAmericanoralliteratureisquitediverse.Narrativesfromquasi-nomadic...
26.According to the first two paragraphs, alloparenting refers to thepractice of ___A.sharing childcare among community membersB.assigning babies to specific adult categoriesC.teaching parenting skills to older childrenD.carrying infants around by their parents27.The scheme in Germany is mentioned...
The first reason why I love swimming is that it can be extremely relaxing. I love the feeling of floating on the water, feeling almost weightless. I find that whenever I leave the pool I feel totally relaxed. On the other hand, it can also be a competitive sport. It's amazing pushing...
③By the mid-1980s Americans had found themselves at a loss over their fading industrial competitiveness. ④Some huge American industries, such as consumer electronics, had shrunk or vanished in the face of foreign competition. ⑤By 1987 there was only ...
M: I think we’re all different. George is from Britain. Chris and Leo are from Australia. I’m from France. And the rest are Americans. But Iget along witheverybody. You know, we are really starting tobond. It’s great to see how we grow each day as a team. ...