时间:2019-02-02 作者:英语课 分类:英伦广角


英语课

The Canadian Massed Pipes and Drums provided the traditional soundtrack to the opening of the biggest ever gathering 1 of the clans 3.  Prince Charles was there to represent the Royal Family.


This is the centerpiece of Homecoming Scotland, a year-long tourism initiative to celebrate the 250th anniversary of Robert Burns.


From Ottawa Canada to the USA.


That’s right, yes!


Thousands of clan 2 members came from around the world to meet up with old friends and to make new ones.


I heard about the homecoming; and they're coming together of the clans. I thought this is the one and only opportunity and I just had to be a part of it.


I came here to have fun and to meet more family, which I guess, I’m meeting all kinds of family over here from all over the world.


It was a chance for Scots to celebrate their roots.


As soon as we got off the plane we felt like we were home, so we had to come back.


Absolutely, it’s, it is like being home.


For years there's been a decline in Scotland and the popularity of Highland 4 Games and clan activity; but for today at least, these traditions were very much alive and kicking.


Rona Dougall, Sky News, Edinburgh.

 



n.集会,聚会,聚集
  • He called on Mr. White to speak at the gathering.他请怀特先生在集会上讲话。
  • He is on the wing gathering material for his novels.他正忙于为他的小说收集资料。
n.氏族,部落,宗族,家族,宗派
  • She ranks as my junior in the clan.她的辈分比我小。
  • The Chinese Christians,therefore,practically excommunicate themselves from their own clan.所以,中国的基督徒简直是被逐出了自己的家族了。
宗族( clan的名词复数 ); 氏族; 庞大的家族; 宗派
  • There are many clans in European countries. 欧洲国家有很多党派。
  • The women were the great power among the clans [gentes], as everywhere else. 妇女在克兰〈氏族〉里,乃至一般在任何地方,都有很大的势力。 来自英汉非文学 - 家庭、私有制和国家的起源
n.(pl.)高地,山地
  • The highland game is part of Scotland's cultural heritage.苏格兰高地游戏是苏格兰文化遗产的一部分。
  • The highland forests where few hunters venture have long been the bear's sanctuary.这片只有少数猎人涉险的高山森林,一直都是黑熊的避难所。
学英语单词
AC45
acceptance of persons
actual authority
address identification
alternating current distribution
aminosugars
amoebous
anaerobic glycolysis
antural-circulation steam generator
arithmetical continuum
ask price
b.d.i.
b.o.q.
batallion
bellows-operated pilot valve
benthonic plaukton
Borassoideae
brickshaped
cancel status word
carbonated spring(carbon dioxide spring)
carboxybiotin
chaotic inflation
Chinese technology
chowing down
CI-719
concrete workability
controlled burn
conveyance of production payment
device address
dictation machines
Dirico
domestictraffic
early soil
economic theoreticians
educational managerialics
electroly
eligible corporate bond for collateral for a loan
emergency pulses
exercise limit
experimental structural geology
fiese
flat riser
fore-inclined
front and rear
garden city
genizah
gibco-brl
Gurye-gun
haveing
idler carrier
in patches
increment due to increased light
insured amount
lightning flash-over
literary sketch
lookforward
methylol
molded piece
Monozon
nailery
no pain
nonchromogenic bacterium
o.t.
oscillating separator
overcontributions
pain sense
panter
partial desiccation
pattern maker's lathe
permuted indexes
pestilence-wort
petrol garage
Phenoverm
pilot hole diameter
piston heat set screw
postponement
psychogenic headache
random - access memory
ranulas
re-crossed
reseated
rough-lookings
sadly
Santa Maria Novella
Saxifraga lepidostolonosa
side-draw tray
stainch
stop someone in mid career
submarine base
susperior aurioular muscle
systematic screw series experiments
throw sth in sb's teeth
thynnic acid
to one ear
transmitting directivity
Tsunemi
tube seam
Urds
vacuum control modulator valve
virtopsies
virtual partitioned access method
walu