Speaking English is not only about using proper grammar. To use English effectively, you need to understand the culture in which it is spoken. Here are a number of important tips to remember when speaking English in the United States.
Talk about location. Americans love to talk about location. When speaking to strangers, ask them where they are from and then make a connection with that place. For example, "Oh, I have a friend who studied in Los Angeles. He says it's a beautiful place to live in. "
Talk about work. Americans commonly ask "What do you do?" It's not considered impolite and is a popular topic of discussion between strangers.
Talk about sports. Americans love sports! However, they love American sports.
Address people. Many Americans prefer using first names, even when dealing with people in very different positions. Americans will generally say, "Call me Tom."
Always shake hands. Americans shake hands when greeting each other. This is true for both men and women. Other forms of greeting such as kissing on the cheeks are generally not appreciated.
Smoking is out! Smoking, even in public places, is strongly disapproved of by most Americans in the modern United States.
A. Most Americans will then willingly talk about their experiences living or visiting that particular city or area.
B. Conversation Tips.
C. When speaking about football, most Americans understand "American Football", not soccer.
D. Talking with people.
E. Americans prefer to make friends with foreigners.
F. Public Behavior.
G. Then they expect you to remain on a first name basis.
As Internet users become more dependent on the Internet to store information, are people remember less? If you know your computer will save information, why store it in your own personal memory, your brain? Experts are wondering if the Internet is changing what we remember and how.
In a recent study, Professor Betsy Sparrow conducted some experiments. She and her research team wanted to know how the Internet is changing memory. In the first experiment, they gave people 40 unimportant facts to type into a computer. The first group of people understood that the computer would save the information. The second group understood that the computer would not save it. Later, the second group remembered the information better. People in the first group knew they could find the information again, so they did not try to remember it.
In another experiment, the researchers gave people facts to remember, and told them where to find the information on the Internet. The information was in a specific computer folder(文件夹). Surprisingly, people later remember the folder location(位置) better than the facts. When people use the Internet, they do not remember the information. Rather, they remember how to find it. This is called "transactive memory(交互记忆)".
According to Sparrow, we are not becoming people with poor memories as a result of the Internet. Instead, computer users are developing stronger transactive memories; that is, people are learning how to organize huge quantities of information so that they are able to access it at a later date. This doesn't mean we are becoming either more or less intelligent, but there is no doubt that the way we use memory is changing.
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧)，并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线(\)划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1．每处错误及其修改均仅限一词;
2．只允许修改10处,多者(从第11处起)不计分。
Keeping a diary in English is the effective way to improve our English writing ability.
First, it takes little time to finish a diary than other writing. By keeping English diaries, we can easy form the habit of thinking about in English.
Second, we can practice use English idioms and useful structures in our diary-writing. If we have difficulty finding suitable words or phrases to express our opinion, we can turn in English dictionaries or teacher for help. This is also a kind of learning. If we can keep on doing this, we would gradually learn how express ourselves in English freely.
In a word, it was of great benefit to keep diaries in English.
