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英语学习与英语文化(国外英文资料) English learning and English culture Turn the tables (on) and also the phrase table has nothing to do, it means the to suddenly take a position of strength or advantage that was formerly by by someone else (defeat, weak to strong), for example: She played badly in the first Set, but then she turned the tables on her opponent and won the match. English learning and English culture: when learning English, should understand its cultural background and social customs, compare it with the native language at any time, consciously aware of the root causes of non-standard language and avoid method, study or read the article and correct understanding of the cultural connotation, enhance the consciousness of using standard language. There are 380 million people in the world who speak English as the first language, about 250 million people speak it as a second language, and one billion people are learning English. Roughly a third of the worlds population is exposed to English to a certain extent every day. Every year, publishers have dictionaries that record lots of new words, and English is ready to embrace them. Today, English is no longer a British language, but a world type The popular language. The benefit of English becoming a universal language is that people from different countries can talk and trade smoothly. But the language of globalization also has a global cultural concern. Because language is not just a medium for communication, but also a symbol of cultures carrier and identity. Culture, as a term, is elastic. Some people say that culture is a complex social phenomenon. 19 th-century British anthropologist Taylor (Edward Tyler) in the book primitive culture, and to culture a more classic definition: culture is a complex, which includes knowledge, belief, art, law, morality, customs and people as members of the society and any other capabilities and habits. Any language is rooted in a particular cultural context, reflecting specific cultural c