Today’s Traditions of Halloween

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October 31 All Saints' Day(万圣节)On October 31st, dozens of children dressed incostumes(节日服装)knock on their neighbors' doors and yell Trick or Treat when the door opens. Pirates and princesses, ghosts and popular heroes of the day all hol

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打算出国的同学通常都有个举动提前发头发剪得短短的这样出国就不用着急剪发了。国外剪发相对于国内的价格确实是贵不少。但是头发长长后，还是会得去理发店修修才行。关于剪发的相关

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The August Moon Festival or Mid-Autumn Festival (Chinese characters above) is one of the traditional Chinese holidays. It is held on the 15th day of the 8th lunar month. Chinese legends say that the moon is at its brightest and roundest on this day.

中国的情人节

The seventh day of the seventh month of the lunar calendar is known as Qi Xi Jie or 七夕节, a traditional holiday that has been recently called China's Valentine's Day. The 2,000-plus-year-old holiday marks the star-crossed love between a cow herd

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World Environment Day

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The chaotic 2016 presidential election has highlighted the defects in the US election system and the dysfunction of democracy. The email-gate uncovered by the release of the Democratic National Committee emails stunned the world, and showed that the

美国监狱最珍贵的东西——方便面

Instant ramen has always been prized among college studentsbut a new study reveals that its also popular among U.S. inmates. 方便面在大学生中经常被当做珍贵的东西但是一项最新研究显示，在美国的犯人中它同样很受欢迎

圣经中最美的10句

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英美文化：老美五大禁忌话题 你中枪了吗？

Americans, as you may know, have a reputation for being talkative (a nicer word for loud). We tend to have a lot to say, and we tend to feel pretty comfortable saying it. Still, there are some taboo topics that even Americans don't like to discuss. S

英美文化：老外发生的十大误会

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In royal families, the crown goes to the oldest child. That's theheir. The spare heir is the next child who would ascend thethrone should something happen to the heir. In the UK, whenWilliam becomes King, Prince George is the heir. His brother orsist

英美文化：英美人这样说只是客气而已！

In sociolinguistics and conversation analysis (CA), politeness strategies are speech acts that express concern for others and minimize threats to self-esteem (face) in particular social contexts. 在社会语言学角度与会话分析角度下，礼貌

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English number words are pretty logical after a point. From twenty-one to ninety-nine, the same principle applies: the tens place followed by the units place. But the teens are different. 英文数字从某个数开始就相当符合逻辑。从21到

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Like many Christmas traditions, the origin of this delicious custom lies ages ago, in solstice ritualsconducted long before Christmas became the huge commercial holiday it is today. Winter solstice festivals have been held for eons, across the world.