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About the authors
Deena Levine has been a consultant in cross-cultural communication for over ten years, having built her career on her earlier work in the TEFL/TESL field. She conducts workshops, seminars, and courses in cross-cultural awareness and skills for teachers, social service providers, and business people. Ms. Levine has also coauthored a second ESL/EFL text: The Culture Puzzle: Cross-Cultural Communication for English as a Second Language(1987). She is currently working on a book dealing with the challenges of managing multicultural law enforcement.
响, 疾病, 倾向
E.g. 1） Parents give their children much love and
affection.父母对孩子的爱. 习惯用语 fix one's affections upon sb.钟情于某人 gain sb.'s affection [affections] 得到某人的爱
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1）I've taken on too many commitments. 我承担的义务太多了。 2) He doesn't want to get married because
he is afraid of any commitments. "他不想结婚,因为他害怕承担任何责任。"
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Written to enhance communication between individuals learning to speak English and Englishspeaking natives, this handbook uses the subject areas of U.S. culture and cross- cultural communication as a vehicle for learning English. Intended to help readers understand and adapt to American culture and to cultural differences affecting their communication with American English speakers.
情 win sb.'s affection [affections] 得到某人的爱情 have an affection for深爱着
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2. commitment something that you must do or deal with that takes your time承诺；责任；
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Mara Adelman is an assistant professor in the Department of Communication Studies at Northwestern University in Chicago. Her primary research interests are in the use of social support systems in coping with stress and adapting to change. She is co-author of the book Communicating Social Support (1987). Her review on social support and adaptation was published in the International Journal for Intercultural Relations (1988). Ms. Adelman was awarded an Interculturalist Award by the Society for Intercultural Education, Training, and Research for her contribution to this field.
ENGLIiendship
Relationships: Friends and Acquaintances
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3. pursue to follow someone or something, usually to try to catch or kill them追随；跟随；
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1. affection 2. a feeling of liking for a person or place友爱, 爱情, 影