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| 题文&Long time no see& is a very interesting sentence．When I first read this sentence from an American friend&s email，I laughed．I thought it was a perfect example of Chinglish．Obviously，it is a word-by-word literal translation of the Chinese greetings with a ruled English grammar and structure! Later on，my friend told me that it is a standard American greeting．I was too thrilled to believe her．Her words could not convince me at all．So I did a research on Google．com．To my surprise，there are over 60 thousand web pages containing &Long time no see．& This sentence has been widely used in emails，letters，newspapers，movies，books，or any other possible places．Though it is sort of informal，it is part of the language that Americans use daily．Ironically，if you type this phrase in Microsoft Word，the software will tell you that the grammar needs to be corrected．Nobody knows the origin of this Chinglish sentence．Some people believe that it came from Charlie Chan&s movies．In the 1930s，Hollywood moviemakers successfully created a world wide famous Chinese detective named &Charlie Chan& on wide screens．Detective Chan likes to teach Americans some Chinese wisdom by quoting Confucius．&Long time no see& was his trademark．Soon after Charlie Chan，&Long time no see& became a popular phrase in the real world with thanks to the popularity of these movies．Some scholars refer to America as a huge pot of stew．All kinds of culture are mixed in the stew together，and they change the color1 and taste of each other．American Chinese，though a minority ethnic（少数民族的成员） group in the United States，is also contributing some changes to the stew! Language is usually the first thing to be influenced in the mixed stew．You can have some other examples than adoptions from Chinese，such as pizza from Italian，susi from Japanese，and d&j& vu from French etc．There is a long list! Americans do not just simply borrow something from others．They will modify it and make it their own，so you would not be surprised to find a tofu and peanut butter hamburger in a restaurant，or to buy a bottle of iced Chinese green tea with honey in a grocery store．Since Americans appreciate Chinese culture more and more nowadays，I believe more Chinese words will become American English in the future．In this way the American stew keeps adding richness and flavor．4．The writer himself felt surprised at ______．A．the Chinglish expression &Long time no see&&&&&B．&Long time no see& used as standard American EnglishC．so many literal translation of the expressions used in AmericaD．finding out Americans use the expression every day5．The word &stew& in the 4th paragraph probably means ______．A．mixture literature&&&&&&&&&&& &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& B．Confucius& wordsC．a kind of cooked dish&&&&&&&& &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& D．American changing cultures6．According to the passage，it can be inferred that ______．A．detectives translate the phrase &Long time no see&B．Hollywood made &Long time no see& popularC．the huge pot of stew greatly affects all kinds of languagesD．cultures can be changed in the huge pot of stew7．The main idea of the passage is that ______．A．some Chinese expressions are introduced into EnglishB．you&ll not be surprised at a tofu in a restaurant in AmericaC．some American expressions can be used in ChinaD．American English keep being enriched from different cultures微信扫描左侧二维码，可以将本题分享到朋友圈，或者发送给同学或老师寻求帮助。我的答案答案评定：参考答案BABD纠错难度评价：做题心得：我要解析巩固What is great art? On the one hand, we can all see that great art is old art which is called great. But how do we know which art of our own times is great, and which will be forgotten? And who decides? &&&& These are important questions, for the great art of the past often was not considered great during its own time. When Shakespeare and Charles Dickens were writing, for example, most critics considered them as hack (平庸的) writers with little or no literary ability. &&&& Similarly, Van Gogh and many of the other Impressionist painters of the late nineteenth century were not allowed to participate in events involving what were thought to be the "real" painters of the time, and often they were very poor. Yet today their paintings often sell for millions of dollars, while those so-called "real" painters are now barely remembered.&&&& So what makes great art? Can, for example, rock music be great art? Music videos? Cartoons and comics? Those who call themselves critics of the fine arts often have been the last to recognize great art in the past, and we can probably expect this to be the situation today. &&&& Critics often don&t recognize great art because they tend to be prejudiced against what is popular. Popular works, whether they are novels, movies, or comics, are usually considered to be produced for the sake of money only, and not for the sake of art. &&&& But popularity, it seems to me, is one of the three signs that a present-day work of art may come to be thought of as great. The other two are that it is groundbreaking, and that it is inherently (内在的) beautiful.&&&& Many works have one or even two of these qualities of being popular, unusual, and beautiful. But having all the three often will mean that a work of art will someday be seen to be great, though it may take a good spoonful of time, such as a century or two, to know for sure.64. The first paragraph is intended to__________.&&&&& A. lead to the following and arouse the reader&s curiosityB. introduce some real painters to the readersC. introduce the questions the writer wants to answer &&&&& D. explain what kind of art will become popular65. The author used the examples of Shakespeare, Charles Dickens and Van Gogh to prove _____.A. these masters& works have some shortcomingsB. these masters wouldn&t have been so successful without the criticsC. truly beautiful works of art are never understood when first createdD. great masters are often not acknowledged while they were alive66. According to the author, great works _______.&&&&& A. may be presented in different formsB. are generally valued by criticsC. are thought valuable because of their sale price&&&& &D. will lose their value if they&re not accepted67. What can be inferred from the passage? &&&&& A. Critics have changed their attitudes to great works.B. Most of the opinions of critics are valueless.C. The work of art itself, not the critics, determines its greatness.D. Works of Impressionist painters will be great one day.This year the selfie earned its place as the Oxford English Dictionary&s 2013 Word Of The Year．It has taken over our culture-and our smartphones．The rise of the selfie has become universal-between presidents，celebrities(名人)and citizens alike-and the trend is only continuing to grow.A recent survey conducted by the Pew Internet＆American Life Project found that 54 percent of Internet have posted original photos online．And of those hundreds of millions of photos， many are of selfie photos．For example，currently there are nearly 62 million posted selfiephotos on Instagram，the social media tool that has& significantly contributed to the personal photo&s popularity．That figure，which continues to rise every day, does not even begin to include the selfies shared& on Facebook and Twitter.What makes the selfie so attractive-and why do we feel it a must to take one? According to Dr．Pamela Rutledge，psychologist and director of the Media Psychology Research Center，the desire to take，post and get&likes& on selfies goes back to a biological behavior of all humans．& I think it influences our sense of social connection in the same way as it does when you go&to a party and people say&Oh I love your dress，&& Rutledge told The Huffington Post.&Biological，social recognition is a real need and there is even an area of the brain that contributes to social activity．&There is a way to adapt to the growing selfie culture．Whether you&re a selfie novice or an advanced poster，there are always things to be mindful of when you&re posting，Rutledge advises.She offered two main principles to follow when it comes to posting on social media:1．The Grandmother Rule&Don't post anything online，whether text or visual，that you don't want grandmother or futureemployer to see，& Rutledge said．&Selfies especially．&2．The Elevator Rule&You wouldn&t say something in an elevator that you or no one else wants to hear&the wholeworld of social media is an elevator，& Rutledge said．&Be aware of the breadth of platform．It's easy to think you&re sharing a photo with a few people，but Instagram is public and people can come across things．&&&&60．What's the main idea of the first paragraph?A．The selfie is taking the lead．&&&B．Many people are fond of smartphones．C．The selfie will take over everything．D．The selfie is an important new word．61．According to the passage，people like&selfie&so much，because they___________.A．need to be acknowledged in social lifeB．want to show off their new dressesC．desire to share good thingsD．mean to amuse the public62．The underlined word&novice&in Paragraph 6 probably means&___________&.A．publisher&&& B．greenhand&&& C．novelist&&&& D．celebrity63．When it comes to posting on social media，Rutledge advises people to___________.A．share photos only on InstagramB．talk about their photos in an elevatorC．be cautious in posting things onlineD．follow rules set by their grandmothersSome English words are made up of the same part and have different beginnings and different endings, such as import, export, report and transport. All these words, you can see, have the same &port&, which comes from the Latin word, meaning &to carry& or &to move& from one place to another. And according to the bit at the beginning, which we call the prefix, the meaning changes. &Import& means &to carry in& or &to bring into a country&; &export&, &ex& means &out of&, so this word means &to carry out of the country&; &re& means &back&, so the &report& means &to tell somebody, to bring back information to somebody&; &transport&, &trans& means &across& and it means &to carry across one place to another&.Let&s look at the following words: supporter, reporter, importer and exporter. You can see that in this case these words are nouns which are made up of the verbs plus a suffix, thus meaning a person who does this thing. So &supporter& means somebody who supports. A &reporter& is somebody who reports. &Importer& is somebody who imports and &exporter& is somebody who exports, and so on.1. In the first sentence the underlined word &part& means _______ .A. different beginnings and different endingsB. the same part that has several meaningsC. the root of the wordD. the same root that has different meanings2. By adding a prefix or a suffix to a root, we can get a word which has ______.A. the meaning of a Latin wordB. a different meaningC. the meaning of &in& or &out of&D. a lot of meanings3. According to the passage, if we talk about a man of refinement, you may guess that he must be ______ .A. a man having good manners and educationB. a person who should be educatedC. somebody having bad mannersD. a person punished by somebody else& When you are learning English, you find 1 wrong to translate a sentence word by word into your 2 language. Take the sentence “How do you do?” as a
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&&&&&&&&&Why do we use capital and lower case letters, and how did both types come to be?
rules tend to vary by language and can be quite complicated.
It is widely understood that the first word of a sentence and all proper nouns are always capitalized. However, what is not so clear is the origin of the upper case distinction that has become common practice, especially in regards to Modern English. To unmask the origin of the capital letter we need to refer to a script derived from the Old Roman
Uncial is a
script, a synonym meaning “large or capital letter,” commonly used by Latin and Greek scribes beginning around the 3rd century AD. The word is derived from the Latin uncialis meaning “of an inch, of an ounce.”
The first use of the word uncial, and thus the possible origin of its modern meaning, is from St. Jerome’s preface to the
and the following passage: “Let those who so desire have old books, or books written in gold and silver on purple parchment, or burdens (rather than books) written in uncial letters, as they are popularly called.” It is believed that St. Jerome is referring to the uppercase letters within the text. In addition, as St. Jerome makes reference to – the move from the rough writing surface of papyrus to the smoother parchment and vellum made possible a more rounded single stroke writing style instead of the former angular, multiple stroke style.
The original twenty-one letters in the Latin alphabet are derived from the uncial style of writing. As the Latin alphabet was adapted for other languages over time, more letters were added that also incorporated the majuscule lettering thus giving us the Modern Latin alphabet from which the English alphabet is derived.
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As the uncial script evolved, a smaller, more rounded and connected Greek-style lettering called
was introduced around the 9th century AD.
It soon became very common to mix miniscule and some uncial or capital letters within a word, the latter used to add emphasis. In contrast, many other writing systems such as the Georgian language and Arabic make no distinction between upper and lowercase lettering – a system called unicase.
Do you find capitalization to be helpful or annoying? Weigh in, below, but remember, ALL CAPS can be a bit overwhelming.
To cut shopping bills, there are lots of apps for that
Tribune-Review/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review June 9, 2011 | Gregory Karp Technology is a huge help for consumers looking to spend money smarter.
For example, you can search online for best prices, or if you’re in the store, you can use your smartphone to read a product’s bar code and get competitive prices.
Problem is new money-saving websites and apps are starting up almost daily. It’s nearly impossible to investigate them all. We’ve rounded up a few interesting and promising ones that have come out in recent months.
All are free. Keep in mind that these are not being listed as the best, just a sampling of some of the newest.
<: The website will keep track of your frequent flier miles, as well as hotel and credit card rewards points in one place.
< app: Prominent deal site DealNews is not new, but its iPhone/iPad app is. Users can browse more than 100 deals a day.
<: The world didn’t need another site with printable grocery coupons, but this is produced by a major player in the coupon industry, Catalina Marketing Corp., the company behind those coupons that print out at the end of your cash-register receipt. Notably and exclusively, the site includes YourBucks, which are not coupons but relatively high dollars off your purchases.
< app: Upromise
it’s a site where you can earn money for college expenses as you shop — ideally, making purchases you would buy anyway.
<: Having trouble keeping bills straight with roommates? PayDivvy offers online bill pay and group payment.
<: This site puts a different spin on paperless coupons, or e-coupons. That generally refers to choosing coupons online which electronically links them to your supermarket or drugstore loyalty card. That way, you automatically get the savings at the register.
< app: This gift-card management app for iPhone or Android devices allows you to store your gift cards on the phone, look up balances and spend gift cards by showing the bar code on the phone.
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<: Share stuff with neighbors. Think tools, camping gear.
<: Sell your old cell.
<: Hire lawyers by reverse auction, meaning they bid for your business.
< app: Manage
account for trading books, music, movies and games.
<: Financial planning site.
<: Deals near you.
<: Site’s not new, but its Virtual Repairman is.
<: Deal aggregator, including daily deals.
<: Wedding planning service with up to 10 percent cash back.
</local: The site for cheap-but-good stuff recommends cheap stuff near you, mostly restaurants. Recommendations also activated by FourSquare check-in if you’re following Cheapism.
Gregory Karp
Capitalization of words should not be abandoned.
When I see a title in a newspaper with only the first letter in capitals, it feels like the article is not important..it appears to be a stray sentence from the article that got lost.
I manage a website for a group and believe I follow capitalization rules in titles correctly.
My issue is with my Upcoming Events area and would like feedback.
I want to give importance to the announcements listed alongside each event so I capitalize the first letter of most words…not the usual small words such as ‘the, to’, etc.
If the text would be lengthy, I would not do this and do not in the rest of the website.
A much younger (and apparently smarter) person said this is interruptive reading…I think that is good because I want the person to slow down and read the announcement.
Am I wrong? or can I just do it because it reflects my style of writing?
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