圣诞：要么写点值得读的东西，要么做些值得写的事情。
以下文章选自《江南一烛》
接触到很多英语老师，他们常常都会问及这样一个问题：田老师，怎样提高自己的英语水平啊？其实，对于我来说，这，也是一个问题。
静下心来想想：在如今这样一个信息“全情”爆炸的时代，要想学一样东西，学习资源实在丰富得不要不要的，学习的方式也多得不要不要的。我想，只要我们方法得当，只要我们持之以恒，就一定会有收获。
记忆中上个世纪八九十年代，当我们想要提升英语水平，除了在学校认真上课之外，能做的恐怕就是去新华书店或者图书馆慢慢地翻阅、挑选着适合自己的学习材料。要想提升自己的英语听力水平，就需要去买大量的适合自己的英语磁带。要想提升自己的英语口语，就需要常常神经质一般地自言自语。运气好的话，遇上一帮志同道合的人士，组成一个英语角，选定一个主题，固定一个地方，一周一次地交流，也是一种不错的方式。
现如今，情况真的大不一样了。以手机微信为例，现在有各种各样的英语学习APP。不管是记单词还是电影配音，不管是听力活动还是阅读练习，真是应有尽有。甚至还有不少老师组建起英语学习群，例如英语口语群。每天，群主都会选定一段不长不短的经典与时尚并存的英语学习材料发帖出来。然后，群内的老师们便拿起手机有一句没一句地朗读交流起来。再之后，老师们还会在群内用英语嘘寒问暖、谈天说地，倒也是自得其乐。
此时的我，更喜欢去找寻一些适合自己的、自己感兴趣的材料去静静地读、慢慢地听。如果有时间，也可以尝试着把听到的、读到的内容大声地朗读出来，甚至录下音。就如现在这般，提升自我的同时，也分享给大家。江南一烛，希望烛光照亮自己的同时，也照亮身边更多志同道合的人们。
Find your own way. Come on!
要么写点值得读的东西，
要么做些值得写的事情。
----谨记----
Body language in the USA
来自江南一烛
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Body language in the U.S.A
Sometimes people add to what they say even when they don’t talk. Gestures are the “silent language” of every culture. We point a finger or move another part of the body to show what we want to say. It is important to know the body language of every country or we may be misunderstood.
In the United States, people greet each other with a handshake in a formal introduction. The handshake must be firm. If the handshake is weak, it is a sign of weakness or unfriendliness. Friends may place hands on the other’s arm or shoulder. Some people, usually women, greet a friend with a hug.
Space is important to Americans. When two people talk to each other, they usually stand about two and a half feet away and at an angle, so they are not facing each other directly. Americans get uncomfortable when a person stands too close. They will move back to have their space. If Americans touch another person by accident, they say, “Pardon me.” Or“Excuse me.”
Americans like to look at the other person in the eyes when they are talking. If you don’t do so, it means you are bored, hiding something, or not interested. But when you stare at someone, it is not polite.
For Americans, thumbs-up means “yes”, “very good” or “well done”. Thumbs-down means the opposite. To call a waiter, raise one hand to head level or above. To show you want the check, make a movement with your hands as if you are signing a piece of paper. It is all right to point at things but not at people with the hand and index finger. Americans shake their index finger at children when they scold them and pat them on the head when they admire them.
Learning a culture’s body language issometimes confusing. If you don’t know what to do, the safest thing to do is to smile.
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接触到很多英语老师，他们常常都会问及这样一个问题：田老师，怎样提高自己的英语水平啊？其实，对于我来说，这，也是一个问题。
静下心来想想：在如今这样一个信息“全情”爆炸的时代，要想学一样东西，学习资源实在丰富得不要不要的，学习的方式也多得不要不要的。我想，只要我们方法得当，只要我们持之以恒，就一定会有收获。
记忆中上个世纪八九十年代，当我们想要提升英语水平，除了在学校认真上课之外，能做的恐怕就是去新华书店或者图书馆慢慢地翻阅、挑选着适合自己的学习材料。要想提升自己的英语听力水平，就需要去买大量的适合自己的英语磁带。要想提升自己的英语口语，就需要常常神经质一般地自言自语。运气好的话，遇上一帮志同道合的人士，组成一个英语角，选定一个主题，固定一个地方，一周一次地交流，也是一种不错的方式。
现如今，情况真的大不一样了。以手机微信为例，现在有各种各样的英语学习APP。不管是记单词还是电影配音，不管是听力活动还是阅读练习，真是应有尽有。甚至还有不少老师组建起英语学习群，例如英语口语群。每天，群主都会选定一段不长不短的经典与时尚并存的英语学习材料发帖出来。然后，群内的老师们便拿起手机有一句没一句地朗读交流起来。再之后，老师们还会在群内用英语嘘寒问暖、谈天说地，倒也是自得其乐。
此时的我，更喜欢去找寻一些适合自己的、自己感兴趣的材料去静静地读、慢慢地听。如果有时间，也可以尝试着把听到的、读到的内容大声地朗读出来，甚至录下音。就如现在这般，提升自我的同时，也分享给大家。江南一烛，希望烛光照亮自己的同时，也照亮身边更多志同道合的人们。
Find your own way. Come on!
要么写点值得读的东西，
要么做些值得写的事情。
----谨记----
Body language in the USA
来自江南一烛
00:00
02:36
Body language in the U.S.A
Sometimes people add to what they say even when they don’t talk. Gestures are the “silent language” of every culture. We point a finger or move another part of the body to show what we want to say. It is important to know the body language of every country or we may be misunderstood.
In the United States, people greet each other with a handshake in a formal introduction. The handshake must be firm. If the handshake is weak, it is a sign of weakness or unfriendliness. Friends may place hands on the other’s arm or shoulder. Some people, usually women, greet a friend with a hug.
Space is important to Americans. When two people talk to each other, they usually stand about two and a half feet away and at an angle, so they are not facing each other directly. Americans get uncomfortable when a person stands too close. They will move back to have their space. If Americans touch another person by accident, they say, “Pardon me.” Or“Excuse me.”
Americans like to look at the other person in the eyes when they are talking. If you don’t do so, it means you are bored, hiding something, or not interested. But when you stare at someone, it is not polite.
For Americans, thumbs-up means “yes”, “very good” or “well done”. Thumbs-down means the opposite. To call a waiter, raise one hand to head level or above. To show you want the check, make a movement with your hands as if you are signing a piece of paper. It is all right to point at things but not at people with the hand and index finger. Americans shake their index finger at children when they scold them and pat them on the head when they admire them.
Learning a culture’s body language issometimes confusing. If you don’t know what to do, the safest thing to do is to smile.
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