在美国上班:讲讲真正美国生活成本吧!
首先要承认的是,美国的确比中国好,从经济,法律,社会治安,...[
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TheTwoSidney’sofChina
HowmanywesternershaveChinesecitizenship?HowdifficultisittoobtainaChinesegreencard?
Thereareonlyaround12,000westernersholdingChinesecitizenship.
SidneyShapiro,oneofthem,diedovertheweekendathishutonghomeinBeijing.Hewas98.
AnAmerican-bornauthorandtranslatorSidneyShapirowasoneofthefirstnaturalizedChinesecitizensinvitedand...[
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几千年以前,由于生产力的发展人类从原始社会逐渐进入了精神与物质生活更高一级的奴隶社会。
也就是在那个时代,随着不同的人类群体(族群)对生产资料的不断追求以及剩余产品的出现促生的私有制而引起的群体之间的矛盾、冲突乃至上升为战争而最终出现了各种生活和社会地位上的差别,进一步催化了奴隶制的产生。各种族间持续的战争悄然的让种族歧视有了乃[
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FiveProsofLivingintheUS
I’vewrittenaboutthelessthanstellarpartsaboutuprootingmyselfandZJfromXi’antoNewJersey.It’snotasgrimasI’vementioned,howeverI’mnotyetsojadedthatIcan’tfindanylightattheendofthisparticularmetaphoricaltunnel.MystudentsinXi’anlovedtotellmethateverycoinhastwosides,asmanyprosexistforalltheconssohere&...[
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Doyouhaveadecisivemarriage?
Newresearchshowsthathowthoughtfullycouplesmakedecisionscanhavealastingeffectonthequalityoftheirromanticrelationships.Coupleswhoaredecisivebeforemarriage—intentionallydefiningtheirrelationships,livingtogetherandplanningawedding—appeartohavebettermarriagesthancoupleswhosimplyletinertiacarrythemthroughmajortransitions.
“Makingdecisionsandtalkingth...[
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四年前的某一天,我们在西安的某个地方邂逅……
二年后她和我手牵手进行了一场旅行。我们一起坐过国内16个小时的硬座,睡过19小时的硬卧,也坐过长达26小时的过境长途大巴,乘过破烂的渔船,徒步过崎岖的山路,搭过陌生人的车,发生过被边防为难的险情;尝试过国外的长途火车,也坐过国外爆过2次胎的长途巴士,经历过被黑车带到不是常人走过的山路,历时1[
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http://xiananigans.wordpress.com/2014/08/20/moving-back-from-abroad/MovingBackfromAbroadAUGUST20,2014/MARISSAKLUGERIfyou’veeverstudied,lived,orworkedabroad,movingback,whetherthatbetoyourschool,homeoranewlocationinthecountryyoulivedinpriortoyouroverseasadventure,youlikelyexperiencedwhatI’mabouttodiscuss.Reversecultureshockisaptlyputasfeelingsofreadjustment,reentry,andfiguringou...[
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BiopicDisplaysChinaataCrossroads,ThenandNow
Inanattempttowriteentries(andwithalittlepushfromZJ)coveringtopicstrendinginChina,thisentrywilldiscussarecently-launchedTVseriescoveredintheChineseandWesternpress.
历史转折中的邓小平,roughlytranslatedasDengXiaopingatHistory’sCrossroads,airedonAug...[
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