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VOA慢速英语:英语教师应该在课堂上探讨文化话题吗?
n. 冰山; (事物全貌的) 一小部分; 冷若冰霜的人;
[例句]The above complaints are, I suspect, just the tip of the iceberg
我想,以上的抱怨只是冰山一角。
2.lesson
n. 功课; 教训,训诫; 课程,一堂课; [宗] 日课;
vt. 教训,训斥; 教课; 向…授课;
[例句]It would be his last French lesson for months
这将是他以后几个月里的最后一堂法语课。
3.intercultural communication
[词典] 跨文化交流; 跨文化沟通;
[例句]This paper discusses the relationships between Cultural Note and Social Linguistics, Intercultural
Communication and Pragmatics.
本文主要探讨文化注释与社会语言学、跨文化交际学和语用学的关系。
4.tolerance
n. 公差; 宽容,容忍; 限度; 耐药量,耐药性;
[例句]the acceptance and tolerance of other ways.
对其他方法的接受与宽容
5.comfort zone
[词典] 适宜室温(范围);
[例句]MDD might also disturb the comfort zone for technical staff responsible for systems analysis and design.
MDD可能还扰乱了负责系统分析和设计的技术人员的舒适区。
6.stereotype
n. 陈规旧习,旧规矩; 固定的形式; 铅版; 铅版制版法,铅板印刷;
vt. 使成陈规; 把…浇铸成铅版; 使用铅版; 使固定;
[例句]There's always been a stereotype about successful businessmen
人们对于成功商人一直都有一种固定印象。
7.grab
vt. 抢先,抢占;
vt. 夺取或抓住; 抢夺,霸占; 匆匆拿走; 〈俚〉吸引注意力;
vi. 夺取; 抓住,攫取;
[例句]I managed to grab her hand
我抓到了她的手。
8.bewildered
adj. 困惑的; 不知所措的; 晕眩的; 混乱的;
v. 使困惑;
[例句]Some shoppers looked bewildered by the sheer variety of goods on offer.
光是摆在那里的各式商品就让一些购物者晕头转向了。
9.myth
n. 神话; 神怪故事; 奇人,奇事; 虚构的人,虚构的事;
v. 使神话化;
[例句]There is a famous Greek myth in which Icarus flew too near to the Sun.
有一个著名的希腊神话,讲的是伊卡洛斯飞得离太阳过近的故事。
10.greet
vt. 打招呼; 欢迎,迎接; 致敬,致意; (景象,声音等) 映入眼帘;
[例句]She liked to be home to greet Steve when he came in from school.
她喜欢呆在家里迎接放学回家的史蒂夫。
11.bias
n. 偏见; 倾向; 偏爱,爱好; 斜纹;
vt. 使倾向于; 使有偏见; 影响; 加偏压于;
adj. 斜纹的; 斜的,倾斜的; 斜裁的;
[例句]Bias against women permeates every level of the judicial system
各级司法机构普遍存在对女性的偏见。