2) Yes, the traditional way Chinese people respond to a compliment is different from the American way. Rather than saying "thank you", we Chinese tend to say something to show that we or the object we own is not that good. F...
So I sort of pressed him, and he quickly explained to me that the room was just not big enough to be elite.So in that moment, I realized that my son had already learned two really important lessons about everyday language. First, that words are very influential, but their meaning can ...
I argue that, not only is it unjust, it is also both a cause and a consequence of harmful stereotypes and prejudices about male and female sexuality: (1) men are ‘always up for sex’; (2) women’s sexual purity is more important than men’s; (3) sex is something men do to ...
But dada [elder brother] laughed at me and said, “Baby, you are the silliest child I have ever known. The moon is ever so far from us, how could anybody catch it? ” I said, “Dada how foolish you are! When mother looks out of her window and smiles down at us playing, would...
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Roman Mars is obsessed with flags -- and after you watch this talk, you might be, too. These ubiquitous symbols of civic pride are often designed, well, pretty terribly. But they don't have to be. In this surprising and hilarious talk about vexillology -
Judas (not Iscariot) asked Him, “Lord, why are You going to reveal Yourself to us and not to the world?”Berean Literal BibleJudas (not Iscariot) says to Him, "Lord, then what has occurred, that You are about to manifest Yourself to us, and not to the world?"King James Bible...
Over the holidays, Ned (Bryan Cranston), an overprotective but loving dad and his family visit his daughter at Stanford, where he meets his biggest nightmare: her well-meaning but socially awkward Silicon Valley billionaire boyfriend, Laird (James Franco
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