适应美国文化

cultural shock对于每一位留学生都不陌生。当你远离故土,到陌生的异国求学,过去所有的经验顿时＂短路＂。困惑、焦虑,甚至沮丧,饱受冲击之苦。本刊专栏作者Liz结合自己的经历给读者提供了如何适应美国文化的密钥。     

美国流行金曲

喜欢音乐的朋友们,本期“欧美音乐”为大家介绍三首2012年风靡美国的流行金曲。听音乐学英语,一起来吧!     

美国琐事二三

有些事情在国内不会发生,但在美国就有,如琐事一、二;有些事情则在哪里都会发生,比如三、四。请看下面几则小故事。     

公交车上

Learn the kind of English you need for social occasions. This month： the bus. Part Ⅰ~ Listen and repeat these expressions. What you say Which is the bus for London？ Where is the bus stop？ What time is the next bus to Birmingham？ What＇ s the best way to get to Halifax by bus？ What time does the last bus for Liverpool leave？ Where can I get the number 34 bus？ Where do I get off for the Science museum？     

闲话酒吧间——美国篇

Authentic conversations by native American speakers Swiss Army Knives This month two young Americans are talking about Swiss Army Knives and gadgets. Listen to the conversation and answer these questions：1. What does one of the speakers say in favor of Swiss Army Knives？ 2. What does the other speaker say against Swiss Army Knives？     

闲话酒吧间——美国篇

Podcasts Listen to these two Americans chatting about podcasts. Mary： Hey, how＇s it going？ Greg： Hey, how are you？ Mary： I＇m well. Greg： OK. Mary： Er, have you heard about this latest podcast？ Greg： No, I haven＇t, how does it work？ Mary： Well, I just heard about it of different files, different chats, things like that. Greg： Right. so I＇ve been downloading lots political talks, the news, the BBC, Mary： It＇ s great. I was just listening to it on my way over to the bar. Greg： Well, I don＇t know, erm. I＇m not really the type of person who really, like, you know, with all these different things like Intemet and stuff like that. i don＇ t know how that stuff works. Mary： But it doesn＇t interest you at all？ Greg： Well, 1 hate reading and I never watch TV, so I really don＇ t even know what I would need it for.     

闲话酒吧间——美国篇

Authentic conversations by native American speakers Windows VistaThis month, two Americans are talking about the Microsoft windows program Vista. Listen to the conversation and answer these questions.     

在美国你不得不去的21个地方

我们都知道美国地域辽阔。那么。当你去美国游览时,你应该参观哪些地方？做哪些事呢？阿耶莱特·德罗里列出了一份去美国旅游必须参观或者做的2l件事。这是上半篇。纽约的百吉饼 没有吃过百吉饼就不能说自己去过纽约。百吉饼是和CD大小一样的圆形面包,中间有个洞,什么时候都可以吃,经常作为早餐食用。     

推特上的那些糟心事儿

More than 3 billion people live on less than $2.50 a day. About 1.3 billion live in extreme poverty. And over 850 million people worldwide don＇t eat enough food to live a healthy life. However, in many developed countries, even the most trivial incident can soon become a disaster.., as some of these Twitter messages clearly show.     

北极之行（上）

浩瀚冰封的海洋、白雪皑皑的岛屿、憨态可掬的北极熊,这一切是那么的令人着迷。北极,以它独特的魅力吸引着无数探险家争想前往。     

美国历史大事件

泰迪·罗斯福是美国历史上最年轻的总统。他阏精力充沛、才华横溢以及戴着一副有趣的眼镜而出名。美西战争期间,古巴为了从西班牙的统治中获得独立而一直战斗。那时候．罗斯福是狂野骑兵团的上校,