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Last Sunday, all my family were at home. My father was washing his car outside our house. My mother was doing the housework. She was trying to clean the whole house at the weekend. My grandmother was watching TV in the sofa. I was playing computer games in the morning. I received a phone call and went shopping with my friends. In the evening, our family were eating dinner together.
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“AA制”来源于英文:godutch。荷兰俗称“郁金香王国”和“风车王国”,美丽的郁金香和充满“激情”的唐吉诃德打下了荷兰的烙印。但不知你是否知道,英文中有这样一句俗语“Let'sgoDutch!”翻成中文意即为“AA制”,好像是说荷兰人天性“抠门儿”,无论做什么都会同对方算得清清楚楚,且十分推崇“AA制”。于是,有幽默细胞的美国人就把“让我们去做荷兰人”引申成为“AA制”。还有个说法:以前跟随老师到北京开会,吃饭时遇见北京外国语学院的院长,闲聊的时候问过这个问题。他的回答是这样的。"AA"是"AlgebraicAverage"的缩写。意思是“代数平均”。意思可以从字面看出,就是按人头平均分担帐单的意思。这个意思首先来自英国人对荷兰人的偏见,因为古荷兰人就是评分帐单的,英国人认为荷兰人没有绅士风度。^_^PS:在古英语中与荷兰有关的东西大部分都是贬义的。^_^
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