- 聚焦植物猎人丨Plant Hunting in the 21st Century 21世纪的植物狩猎
- According to Wikipedia, “plant collectinginvolves procuring live ordried plant specimens, for the purposesof research, c...
- 聚焦植物猎人丨Skills and Personal Attributes of Plant Hunters植物猎人的技能与素质
- For British plant hunter John Wood,few endeavors are quite as satisfyingas retracing the steps of an 18thcenturyexplorer...
- 聚焦植物猎人丨Victorian Plant Hunters Shaped British Gardens维多利亚时代的植物猎人缔造了英伦花园
- Many of our places were transformedby plant hunters. Thesemen and women travelled the worldbringing back the beautiful p...
- 聚焦植物猎人丨‘Chinese’ Wilson“中国”威尔荪
- One of the greatest plant-hunters ofthe early twentieth century, ErnestHenry ‘Chinese’ Wilson was born in1876 and began ...
- 聚焦植物猎人丨Plant Hunting in China在中国狩猎植物
- Jane Owen retraces the footsteps of intrepid botanists whohelped introduce the wild flora of Yunnan into our gardens. 一...
- 中国故事丨Shanghai’s White Rabbit Candy Became a Globally Beloved Brand上海“大白兔”热销全球
- When ice cream maker AdrienneBorlongan first experimentedwith a White Rabbit flavor, she thoughtit tasted like “cheap va...
- 文苑丨So Much to Burn烧不完的邮件
- My neighbor is burning his mailagain. My neighbor is a postmanso his mail is not the mail he receivesbut the mail he del...
- 文苑丨 Gathering Leaves 收集树叶
- Spades take up leaves 用铁铲盛装树叶, No better than spoons, 不比用勺子更好; And bags full of leaves 装满树叶的口袋, Are light as balloons. 像...
- 环球万象丨Smartphones Are a New Tax on the Poor智能手机是新型“穷人税”
- Damon, who works full-time at anupscale hotel and part-time at aburger joint in Washington, DC, getshis weekly schedules...
- 经济视野丨Washing Machines Reveal How Trade and Competition Are Linked洗衣机揭示贸易与竞争的关联
- American washing-machine makersreceived a parting gift fromPresident Donald Trump. Days beforeleaving office, he extende...
- 经济视野丨AI-Generated Faces Are More Trustworthy?人工智能生成的面孔更可信吗?
- When TikTok videos emerged in2021 that seemed to show “TomCruise” making a coin disappear andenjoying a lollipop, the ac...
- 艺坛丨 Frederic Leighton Bio 弗雷德里克·莱顿小传
- Trained in the Continental academictradition, befriended by the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood and electedPresident of the R...
- 艺坛丨Hollywood Gets to Grips with the Age Gap好莱坞开始反思“忘年恋”
- It’s a contentious issue. The Hollywoodage gap romance—the habitualcasting of an older male actor and amuch younger fema...
- 艺坛丨The Friends Characters, Ranked 《老友记》角色排名
- It’s been over 25 years since the firstepisode of Friends aired, but theshow remains more popular than ever.Over the cou...
- 教育丨Why College Degrees Are Losing Their Value
- The signaling function of college degrees may have beendistorted by the phenomenon known as credential inflation. 所谓的“证书...
- 教育丨大学学位为何贬值?
- A coming-of-age memoir that chroniclesa young woman’s efforts tostudy her way out of a tough childhoodin Idaho and find ...
- 读书丨Educated—Escape from Her Family of Origin教育助她飞离原生家庭
- “We have been very gay; dancedinto the New Year, and againlast night, and were very merry,” QueenVictoria wrote to her u...
- 史海钩沉丨Unusual Victorian New Year’s Traditions维多利亚时代的独特跨年传统
- “We have been very gay; dancedinto the New Year, and againlast night, and were very merry,” QueenVictoria wrote to her u...
- 行走天下丨The Most Beautiful Airport Terminals in the World全球最美的机场航站楼
- Commercial air travel can involvedreadful moments, from waiting inlong security lines to dealing with maddeningflight de...
- 健康丨Intermittent Fasting Boosts Brain Health and Healthy Aging间歇性禁食:健脑抗衰老
- The food we eat acts as the primarysource of energy that enables ourbody to perform its daily functions. Oureating habit...
- 心境丨Stop Waiting for Your Soul Mate 别再等你的灵魂伴侣了
- Do you believe in true love? Probablyso: 94 percent of Americanssay they do, according to one 2019survey by the data-col...
- 词林漫步丨美国人心里的dragon 和tofu
- 在我国的跨文化交际课堂上,师生经常念叨的话题是中国的“龙”和西方的dragon 之间存在的差异。中国的“龙”地位高,有“龙子”“龙孙”之类的表达,而且龙还是中国人的图腾,中国人还是“龙的传人”,而西方的dragon 却是“孽龙”,算是妖孽的...
- 词林漫步丨藏在英文里的希腊词根(十三)
- 到目前为止,自然世界类的希腊词根我们一共正式介绍了五个。词汇是个绵密交织的网络,不是一条直线通到底的单行道,因此若有恰当的机会,我就会走上岔路,出去看看不同道上的景致,甚至还会走些回头路,品味值得再次驻足的景象。岔路上的词汇属于非正式介绍的...
- 词林漫步丨打招呼
- “打招呼”的第一个意思是“问候”。英语名词可以译为greeting。英语动词可以译为to greet sb、to say hello to sb。例如: 1.“ 打招呼”是社交最重要的方面之一。每种文化都有其独特的打招呼方式。Greetin...
- 谭译录丨中译英策略与方法(九)
- 对中文的理解,就句子的表层结构及语法关系来说是容易做到的,但常常忽视的是句子内部的语义关系和词汇所处的语境。这种认知方法再一次反映了语言的形式给翻译造成的影响或者干扰。句子的表层结构和语法关系是看得见的,而句子内部的语义关系和语境是无形的。...
- 谭译录丨Neighbour Rosicky (Excerpt III) 《邻居罗西基》(节选三)
- He had driven in just when the boyshad come back from the barn andwere washing up for breakfast. Thelong table, covered ...
- 谭译录丨星夜Starry Night
- 在璀璨的明灯下, 华筵间,我只有悄悄地逃逝了,逃逝到无灯光,无月彩的天幕下。丛林危立如鬼影,星光闪烁如幽萤,不必伤繁华如梦,——只这一天寒星,这一地冷雾,已使我万念成灰,心事如冰1 ! A sumptuous banquet hall ba...
- 法律英语丨《统一商法典》对“格式之战”的规范
- “格式之战”(Battle of the Forms)是商事合同订立领域一项特殊的议题,很多人在学习美国合同法的过程中,对“格式之战”有很多疑惑。那什么是“格式之战”? 在商品买卖中,许多企业,尤其是小型企业,习惯使用形式固定的订货单或确认...
- 英伦学堂丨All About Nothing Andy Keedwell
- All About Nothing By Andy Keedwell An odd number? It’s a very odd number — although, infact, it’s not odd at all, it’s e...