《英语沙龙》杂志创刊于1994年1月，是一本充满时代气息、内容极为丰富的英语学习刊物。她集知识性、实用性、趣味性于一体，用英汉两种语言对照表达，巧妙地将英语语言知识与当今青年渴望了解的外部世界的种种信息融合在一起，具有增强英语学习兴趣、掌握学习技巧、提高英语水平和扩大知识视野的多重效应。
《英语沙龙》充分考虑到中国人学英语的特殊需要，着意将英语的语言知识与文化内涵有机地结合在一起，在传授语言知识的同时，从多角度向中国读者介绍当今文化、艺术、科技、教育、军事、公关、人物等多方面的知识与信息。
Where the Declaration of Independence was signed? Teacher：Who knows where the Declaration of In dependence was signed？ Student：I know，I know．At the bottom of the page． 《独立宣言》是在哪儿签字的？ 老师：谁知道《独立宣...
A new Version1) of Washington and Cherry Tree Mr．Washington looked at the cherry tree and scratched his chin．Now George，he said to his son，Are you sure you had nothing to do with chopping2) this tree down？I dont clearly recall chopping this...
Fresh Richer A fresh richer is purchasing coffin in the store for the death．A person asks him：Which one is better？He says：Of course the zinc1)－filled is more durable2)，but the wooden is helpful to the health． 新 贵 一个新贵在墓葬...
The reds or the greens？ Two apples up in a tree were looking down on the world．The first apple said，Look at all those people fighting，robbing，rioting －－no one seems willing to get along with his fellow man．Some day we apples will be t...
Thanksgiving Thanksgiving was first celebrated in 1621,when Plymouth governor William Bradford invited neighboring Native Americans1) to join the Pilgrims2) for a three－day festival in gratitude for the successful harvest that followed a hard winte...
June 26 Pied Piper1) Day One summer day in the Middle Ages，a strange man in multicolored2)（that is，pied）clothing strode into the German town of Hamelin．Learning that the town was infested3) with rats，the stranger offered to dispose of the...
Greek New Year's Day The people of Greece hail1) September １as their New Year's Day because it marks the start of the Greek sowing2) season，a time of hope and promise． To start things off right，farmers' families take plates of seeds to church...
Weekend in America In the United States Monday is the beginning of the workweek；it is the day most Americans like least．It is not surprising then that the day they like most is Saturday．Saturday is the end of the workweek；it is the beginning...
Miranda Rights1) When you watch an American film or TV play，you notice that while a policeman or a lieutenant2) is cuffing a suspect he is saying something or reading something from a piece of paper to him．What he is saying or reading is called M...
Jan.15 Martin Luther King,Jr.'s Birthday Born on this day in 1929,the African－American clergyman Dr.Martin Luther King,Jr.worked hard for civil rights in his native South and elsewhere.Preaching1) peace and sensibility,he was in the vanguard2) of m...
October 20: Colchester Oyster1) Feast2) For nearly two thousand years,people have been cultivating the common British oyster in the lower reaches of England' s Colne River－－ever since the town now known as Colchester was a Roman fortress.The Roma...
How names are called in America People generally call each other by their first names much sooner in their acquaintance than people do in other walks of life.Taking that liberty too soon has closed many doors for the offender.Therefore,one must sense...
How the Americans View Friendship Steve and Yaser first met in their chemistry class at an American university．Yaser was an international student from Jordon．He wanted to learn more about American culture and hoped that he and Steve would become...
England in the 1500s Here are some facts about the 1500s： Most people got married in June because they took their yearly bath in May，and，still smelled pretty good by June．However，they were starting to smell，so brides carried a bouquet of...
May 31 Flowers of May In the Philippines，May is a time of in tense festivity．All month，school children assemble bouquets1) and floral2) offerings and take them to church．Meanwhile，girls elected to serve as festival queens parade through the...
