When students go to college to learn, of course they feel honored and excited to be part of the wisdom. They expect the wonderful life…
China SARS Fighter Returns to Battle Coronavirus 中国非典战士终南山重返战场对付冠状病毒 The public face of China’s effort to control a new kind of coronavirus is an 83-year-old doctor. China…
Warren: So, thanks for telling me about the ballet and all that kind of stuff, but I’m really more into sports and things like that.…
New Year’s started this, people are up early, put on the most beautiful clothes, neatly dressed, go out to attempt to visit each other New…
Spring Festival is almost upon us, so it’s the perfect time to learn how to say some Chinese New Year greetings! How do I say…
Why are so many people so afraid of failure? Quite simply because no one tells us how to fail so that failure becomes an experience…
Abidemi: So Rory, do you think holidays these days … do you think they’re too commercial? What do you think? 阿比德米:罗瑞,你有没有觉得现在的假日太商业化了?你是怎么想的? Rory: I mean, they…
Todd: So, Abidemi, we’ve been talking about your country, Nigeria. Now, you’ve mentioned that there’s different languages in different regions. Abidemi: That’s correct. Todd: Now,…
对老外说“ Can you speak Chinese ”居然不礼貌?为什么? 出国的机会越来越多虽然大家多多少少都会一些英文可总归没有中文这般得心应手在海外遇见会讲中文的人真是一件好开心的事儿但询问人家是否会讲中文时可不能说“Can you speak Chinese?”这样讲其实是不礼貌的 为什么“Can you speak Chinese”不礼貌? 虽然我们以前学的“能不能”,就是用can但是这样说带有质疑别人具不具备讲中文能力的意味,老外多少会觉得不舒服。“Can you speak Chinese?”能说中文不你?(行不行啊你?) 英文里询问他人是否会讲一门语言,更多使用的是“do”这个词,少了质疑的态度,语气上缓和许多。所以,比较好的表达可以是: Do you speak Chinese?你说中文吗?另外,如果你确定对方是会讲中文的,而你用英文和他交流不是很方便,礼貌些建议对方讲中文可以这么说: Would you speak…
Kara: So, Lupe, in your family setting, when you guys are having family get-togethers, you have a large family, do you normally speak English or…