新途径大学实用英语基础教程-2-(第2版)

作者：于秀娟

页数：178

出版社：北京交通大学出版社

出版日期：2016

ISBN：9787512126732

电子书格式：pdf/epub/txt

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　　《新途径大学实用英语基础教程2（第2版）/“十二五”高职高专规划教材》设置了生动活泼的实用语句、简洁明快的地道篇章、丰富多彩的学习活动。希望学生能够通过这些轻松有趣的学习内容，把英语学习作为培养自身综合素质的平台，同时找到英语学习的乐趣，享受英语学习的过程。

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　　《新途径大学实用英语基础教程2（第2版）/“十二五”高职高专规划教材》：　　Humor 　　Generally Americans have a good sense ofhumor.Humor can be seen everywhere from daily conversations to formal speeches.People make witty or humorous remarks even in formal occasions such as press conferences.Most people inject some subtle humor into their speech， because in this way the audience or listeners could feel more relaxed and easy to relate to the speaker.Just bear in mind that when dealing with Americans you don’t have to be that serious all the time.Relax and make fun of yourself. 　　Compliment 　　Americans like to praise or compliment others.You will often hear them say， “You are so nice.” “You are awesome.” At first， foreigners who have just arrived in America are very happy and sometimes confused to be praised so many times for so many things.However， they will find later this is part of American culture.Americans consider it a virtue to compliment others.Americans believe that praise is more effective than criticism on encouraging people to better. 　　Future Orientation 　　Americans are generally less concerned about history and traditions than people from other societies are.”History doesn’t matter，” many of them will say， “It’s future that counts.” They look ahead.They move on.They are always looking forward to the improvement the future will bring.In many cultures， the future is considered to be in the hands of “fate” “God”， or at least the few powerful people or families dominating the society.However， Americans believe that humans， not fate， can and should control the environment.They work hard and achieve goals.Success in turn makes them more confident and optimistic about the future and about the change.Americans are good at planning short—term projects.With confidence and good plans， it is not surprising that they often make miracles.　　……