报刊文摘

• Y2K-A Simple Explanation Fora Complex Problem

  张嶙;

  <正> The sudden emergence of"Y2K"in headlines around the world isno secret algebraic code,or mysterioussymbol of doom.It is,very simply,shorthand for the coming transition tothe Year 2000 in the western calendar

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• The Groovy Lifestyles of New Millennium

  Erin Kelly;绿野;

  <正> Bill Lord isn't waiting for the new millennium tostart doing his part to protect the environment.The61-year-old college professor and retired TV journalistis using today's technology to make a difference rightnow.After Lord retired from his job at ABC News,he and

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• Australian Joke

  <正> An Australian tour guide was showing agroup of American tourists the Top End,On theirway to Kakadu he was describing the abilities ofthe Australian Aborigine to track man or beastover land,through the air,under the sea,TheAmericans were incredulous.

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社会与文化

• THE LAND AUSTRALIA IN BRIEF

  李又文;

  <正> 今年秋季,奥运之火将在澳大利亚的悉尼燃起,且1月26日为澳国庆日,为使读者朋友对澳大利亚有所了解,我们选编了一组有关澳洲的文章,以飨读者。

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• THE AUSTRALIA IN BRIEF COUNTRY

  <正> Australia is one of the world's most urbanised countries,withabout 70 per cent of the population living in the 10 largestcities.Most of the population is concentrated along the easternseaboard and the south-eastern corner of the continent.Australia's lifestyle reflects

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• Australian Jokes

  <正> The Australian hayseed,Dad'n Dave,first appeared ascharacters in On Our Selection by Steele Rudd.TheRud stories were turned into films by the veteran Australiandirector,Ken Hall.They have a staple of Australian humourever since,with most jokes focusing on the two innocentsdealing with the wickedness of the big city.A familiar theme

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• Reminascences of Patrick White,the Novelist

  胡文仲;

  <正> Patrick White(1912-1990)was an Australian novelist andplaywright,who won the NobelPrize for Literature in 1973.Hewas born in England while his parentswere travelling in Europe.At the age ofthirteen he was sent to Cheltenham

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• Muriel's Wedding You just have to be there!

  李又文;

  <正> Muriel Heslop is a large,big-bonedyoung woman from a dysfunctionalfamily in Porpoise Spit,a provincialcenter.Her father,Bill Heslop is a failedpolitician who always blames hisfamily for his failure,and who often

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• THE FIRST MAN

  翱岩;

  <正> Now the labours of Yhi,the sun goddess,were over.Her warmth and tenderness had brought livingcreatures to the earth and they basked in her love.Now thatshe had left them,they were under the care of the GreatSpirit.In the spirit of Baiame was thought,intelligence,life;but it had no body."I cannot appear to my children and yours,"Baiame

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悠闲读物

• Money to Burn

  刘丽萍;

  <正> Lillian Beard whistled and smiled while she worked."Why are you so happy?"her co-workers asked her."Last week I got my income tax refund,"Lillian answered."This morning I went to thebank and cashed the check.I have $462 in my pocket.I'm thinking about the money.Howwill I spend it?"After work,Lillian came home and decided to wash some clothes.She looked at the jeans

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• Tell Me My Fortune

  楼侃;

  <正> Jane Edwards wanted to know herfortune.She went to see an oldwoman who told people their fortune.Jane wanted to know her fortune becauseshe was not happy.She had a boyfriend,

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• No Parking

  沈晨;

  <正> Oliver Langley,the manager of an office in Humbervale,lived in a house in Wilton Street,less than two milesfrom the office.He was therefore able to drive home every dayfor lunch.Driving his car slowly round the corner into Wilton Streetone day,he looked sharply at the road outside his house.As he

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新书博览

• Friendship in Different Cultures

  Linell Davis;废石;

  <正> Linell Davis 是南京大学的外国专家,在中国执教已多年。Linell Davis 在这多年旅居中国的生涯里,凭着一腔对东方文化的兴趣,著书立说比较中国与美国这两个民族在宏观文化统照之下,其微观文化的巨大差异。他通过大量详实的材料佐证了其多年来对中国微观文化的感悟与思索,包括观念、思维、习俗、人际交往等方面。以下这篇文章选自外研社即将出版的Doing Culture,谈美国人与中国人对友谊的不同看法。

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短篇小说

• Pie Dance

  Molly Giles;君泽;

  <正> Idon't know what to do aboutmy husband's new wife.Shewon't come in.She sits on thefront porch and smokes.Shewon't knock or ring the bell,and the only way I know she'sthere at all is because the dogpoints in the living room.The

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名曲选萃

• 梦之河

  Billy Joel;弓枚;

  <正> 比利·乔尔是美国摇滚乐坛上最杰出的主流歌手及作曲家之一。敏锐广泛的歌词题材,丰富多变的音乐风格,加之热情典雅的钢琴伴奏和诙谐健谈的个性,乔尔也因此成为广受美国人喜爱的歌星。1946年出生于长岛,因为父亲是位

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照老师专栏

• Vanity and"Face"

  <正> Vanity is so universal a humantrait which no one can boast tobe completely free from.It exists inevery one of us in varying degrees.Ican laugh at many of my peers fordyeing their hair or wearing wigs,but I find I often stand on tiptoe

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海外传真

• Becoming CSSA President

  雪丹;

  <正> After I came to the US,I learnedthat there was a local chapter ofChinese Scholars & StudentsAssociation(CSSA)in most universitieswhere there is a Chinese studentpopulation.The CSSA can get funding

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• Letters from America

  <正> Dear Wang Mei:Trying to remember various sets of numbers makes life frustrating,doesn't it?You go to a bank to withdrawmoney from ATM(Automated Teller Machine)in New York.First you insert your ATM card into the slot and then youpunch your PIN(Personal Identification Number)number.Without it you wouldn't be able to get what you want.Youunfortunately forget your PIN number and you want to call home and ask your wife to remind you.Of course you

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对照阅读

• When Love's Not Enough

  闫海英;Don Edgar;

  <正> Ihad given a talk on family change one night.At dinner afterwards,I wassubjected to a hostile quizzing by a group of thirtysomething women whoclaimed that my whole analysis ignored the most basic change of all.The family does not consist of spouses and children,they said.They,as

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新词快揽

• KEEP-UP ENGLISH

  <正> 本文作者冯翠华是洛阳解放军外语学院的英语教授。她出生在马来西亚的华侨家庭,于1960年回国,一直在该院从事外语教学工作。1987年,她在洛阳军外的校刊上创办了 Keep-UpEnglish 专栏,介绍外报外刊中出现的最新英语词语。应本刊邀请,冯教授今年将在《英语学习》杂志上继续撰写这一专栏。

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• A BAD FOOT

  列幸;

  <正> In some countries now,a man whois ill can ask for a doctor's help andpay nothing.But in the old dayseveryone had to pay a doctor for hiswork.There was a bookseller who didnot like paying for anything.One day

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语言与文化

• 谈英语词汇中的同义词渊源

  邱立珍;

  <正> 英语词汇中的同义词、近义词很多,对于非母语的学习者来说很难区分,在阅读中容易引起误解,在使用中无法准确表情达意,甚至产生歧义。无论哪一种语言都会有同义词现象,英语的同义词渊源须得从英语漫长的发展史说起。一、英语在外来侵略时期的发展英语的历史起始于公元五世纪上半叶盎格鲁人

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• 从raise Cain谈起

  曹君鸿;

  <正> 有这样一句话:If I am late againthe boss will raise Cain.从字面上理解,就是"如果我再迟到,老板就要把该隐叫起来了"。不知道"迟到"和"叫起该隐"有什么联系。实际上,该隐是《圣经》中人类始祖亚当和夏娃的长子,亚伯的哥哥,由于耶和华看中了亚伯的供物,而没有看中他的,该隐为此嫉妒,杀害了弟弟亚伯。该

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• 从汉英语言的差异看中西文化的不同

  刘永红;

  <正> 文化是一个社会全部物质文明和精神文明的总和,语言是文化的组成部分,是文化的载体和折射镜。从一种语言我们可以看出使用该语言的社会的文化,看到该社会的自然环境、生产劳动、风俗习惯、宗教信仰、历史典故、思维方式等。汉英语言丰富多彩,中西文化更是博大精深,通过两种语言的对比,

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语法词汇

• 英语倍数增减表达法的误解和错译

  张驰;

  <正> 关于英语倍数增减的问题,属科技英语的范畴。有些省编中专教材中讲英语倍数增减的表达方式时条理不清、举例不当,存在着严重的错误。有时教材一错就是十年,不知造成了多少有害的影响。同样的错误在其他一些书籍中也有所见,可见对英语倍数问题不清楚的人不在个别,笔者认为有必要澄清是非。

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• You Be the Judge

  Nilliam donaldon;

  <正> While his wife,Joy,was visiting relatives for the summer,Henrywent out with the boys so often that he found himself badly in needof cash.So he stooped to selling his wife's $179 electric sewingmachine to a dealer for a paltry $60.As soon as oy got home,Shechased hapless Henry into the doghouse and tried to get back her

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学习园地

• 如何利用电脑网络学习英语

  赵宝斌;

  <正> 随着电脑网络的发展,电脑辅助语言学习(CALL—Computer—AidedLanguage Learning)得到了进一步的应用。通常我们通过各种手段辅助英语学习,但利用因特网学习英语同其他的手段相比,有许多优点,如:信息量大,因特网上的信息可以说是一个取之不尽的"信息海洋";交互性强,使用电脑可以让你在一个比较实际的语言环境中进行

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• THE TONGUE-CUT SPARROW

  朱小乐;

  <正> Once upon a time there lived akind-hearted old man and hisbad-tempered wife.The man kept asparrow,but the woman hated it,soone day,when the sparrow pecked atsome paste she was going to starchher linen with,she flew into a greatrage,cut the sparrow's tongue and

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有问必答

• 英语用法问答A-Z

  刘承沛;

  <正> initials问:What's your initials?中的 initials 是什么意思?答:指英语姓和名中的第一个字母。例如 John Fairbank 的initials 是 J.F.。insertion问:在电子计算机程序设计刊物中有一句话:Nothing—and certainly not extensive testing—can ever correct the faults ofpoor design.这里插入语应如何理解?

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翻译园地

• Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech

  王琼琼;William Faulkner;

  <正> 去年,承蒙读者朋友们的支持,这个栏目进行了整整一年。今年,应读者朋友们的要求,我们准备把这个栏目继续办下去。不过,固有读者朋友反映,每期一个练习密度太大,不大容易吸收消化,因此,我们准备将形式稍作变功,这样进行:单月刊登翻译练习的原文,双月刊登讲解;英译汉与汉译英轮换刊登。这样,读、练即可从容一些。选材依然如前,将照顾题材和体裁的多样性,并使讲解更加细致,有益于自学者学习。另外,由于曾诚副教授到新加坡讲学,因此,栏目内,英汉部分改由北外英语系

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二十世纪名人走廊

• 君特·格拉斯——1999年诺贝尔文学奖获得者

  <正> Guenter Grass(1927-),German poet,novelist,playwright,sculptor and printmaker was born in Gdansk,Poland(formerly Danzig,Germany),the scene of his several novels.With his extraordinary first novel DIE BLECHTROMMEL(1959,The Tin Drum)hebecame the literary spokesman

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有奖提问

• CUP有奖提问

  刘承沛;

  本刊在英国剑桥大学出版社(CUP)的支持下,从新千禧(?)第一期开始举行"看奖提问"活动,奖品由剑桥大学出版社提供,包括英语工具书、参考书和读物。活动开始以来,承蒙各界读者的热心参与,我们收到了近百名读者来信,他们提出许多有价值的问题,谨在此表示诚挚的谢意。我们挑选出一部分具有普遍意义的问题请刘老师解答,照登如下。奖品随后寄出。另外,我们刊登一些较为简单的问题和提问者的通信地址,供读者相互交流、磋商。

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• 一月的风

  吴文安;Hal Brland;

  <正> 一月的风总是千变万化,或厉声尖叫,或雷霆万钧,或浅唱低吟,甚至轻柔委婉地来一首摇篮曲。它呼啸着穿过光秃秃的橡树林,然后冲下山坡。地衣班驳的岩壁上也有它.它在银妆素裹的松树间呢喃。它吹着口哨爬下烟囱.让炉膛的火苗翩然起舞。阳光灿烂的日子.它会在僻静的地方驻足.预言春天将至.紫罗兰会一吐芬芳。凄冷的夜里.它摇得门窗格格作响.说是冰雪会来.池塘要冰冻三尺。有时一月的风仿佛来自宇宙空间最遥远的星球.声音是那么飘渺、淡漠。一月的黎明.晨曦初露,夜昼交接时刻.它轻轻掠过。它微微摇晃着树干.温柔的力量几乎难以察觉.然而如果必

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• 英语专家如是说

  胡壮麟;

  <正> 我认为学好英语在一般情况下可用如下规则描述:"动因+兴趣"→决心→持之以恒→见效。既要珍惜课堂教学和老师指导的学习机会,也要抓住"习得"英语的机会,后者指学会自己主动听广播听录音,看电视看录像,读书报读小说,与操英语者用口

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• Is'Giobalization Helping or Hurting

  StephenR.Shalom;侯毅凌;

  在新的一年,本刊推出新专栏 OutlookExpress,为读者朋友介绍国际经济政治的新动向、新潮流、新思想。栏目由本刊副主编侯毅凌副教授主持。他目前正以富布赖特访问学者身份,在美国进行学术研究。

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• CNN Anchor Critiques Modern Media

  Sarabeth Rees;侯毅凌;

  <正> What do JonBenet Ramsey,Monica Lewinsky and O.J.Simpson allhave in common?They are all excellentexamples of a rapidly changing mediaenvironment in the United States,saidJudy Woodruff,senior correspondent

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• Lost Innicence:The Murder of JonBenet Ramsey

  Deboroh McGilt Webster;

  <正> "There is a mountain top waitingfor you,"screamed the billboardsof yesteryear.A place where long ago mendug for gold along forest trails of pineneedles and blue skies.Snow sleddingand skiing brought daredevils andcampers from far away.This was paradise

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• Welcome to the Web!

  宋德富;

  <正> The Internet and the World Wide Web are great places to beright now.We use the term"place"because so many of thethings you can do online are similar to the things you can dowherever people gather together-in homes,schools,libraries,shopping malls,or at family reunions or town meetings.TheNet allows people to learn,shop,find crucial information,andto participate in communities,whether they're local,global,

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