Necessities? Well, at the centre, a hearth, around which they warmed themselves and cooked their food. A stone tank in which to keep live fish bait. And since we know that some of these houses had drains underneath them, they must also, believe it or

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As royal residences go, Buckingham Palace is something of a newcomer. The staterooms are less than 200 years old. Yet its history is much older and more dramatic than you might think. Its rooms are filled with objects that are clues to the character

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Moray: What is it, Denise? Denise: I'm sorry, sir, I wasn't dawdling. Moray: You were watching those ladies. What were you thinking? Denise: Nothing, sir, I...Only, it came into my mind that...No. Moray: Yes, yes, yes. Go on. Denise: Miss Paradise Pi

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文本: But for those chieftains, sensible enough to reach for the olive branch rather than the battle javelin, Claudius had another plan. Give them, or rather their sons, a trip to Rome, and a taste of the dolce vita, and just watch their resistan

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C- Christopher Tietjens Mac- MacMaster Mac: A weekend on the golf links might do me some good, hobnobbing with our masters. I will change into my golfing togs when we get to our digs. One never knows who might be on the train. Mr Sandbach MP, going d

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Buckingham Palace is a building with a deep hold on the public imagination. Not only is it the seat of the British monarchy and headquarters of royal affairs of state. But also, thanks to its famous balcony, it's become the national focus for great m

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Katherine:Moray! Let me introduceyou to my dearest friend, Jocelin. Moray: I've heard a great deal about you, MrsBrookmire. Katherine's compliments were fulsome, but not fulsome enough.Welcome to my store. Jocelin: I am utterlyenchanted. I suspect I

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文本: It's home to a living fossil, a relict, barely changed for over 100 million years. The tuatara. And half the world's population survive on this one island refuge. During the reign of the dinosaurs, the ancestors of the tuatara were everywhe

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The kind of army which could barely be conceived of, much less encountered in Iron Age Britain. Claudius did succeed where Julius Caesar had failed, through a brilliant strategy of carrot and stick. Yes, he would seize the largely undefended oppidan

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文本: S- Sylvia Satterthwaite P- Potty S: Er... I overlooked you. Your dullness, and not knowing French and drinking too much or too little and oh, I don't know, everything really, from being all over me the moment we were on the train to sulking

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Merlin: How is he? Gaius: It's most odd. Look at this. See these two small wounds? Looks like a snake bite. Merlin: How could he be bitten by a snake? He was injured in a sword-fight. Gaius: His symptoms are consistent with poisoning. Slow pulse, fev

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Jocelin:Oh, Katherine, you told me this was a shop. This isn't a shop. This is akind of heaven. Katherine: Well, you mustspoil yourself a little, Jocelin...andif you won't, then I will. Jocelin: I don'tknow where to start. Sam: Perhaps I could sugges

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文本: The spider-silk lure hangs below the kite, flitting across the water like an insect. Now he must steer the kite to where he thinks the fish are gathered. Somewhere, just beneath the surface, shoals of needlefish lie in wait.

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文本: A century later, Claudius, the club-foot stammerer, on the face of it, the most unlikely conqueror of all, was determined to get it right. If it was going to be done at all, Claudius reckoned, it had to be done in such massive force that th

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文本: Dudley: Why can you not see how wild the risk is? Moray: I see it. And Ichoose to go on. That is for me alone to decide. I need aloan. A substantial loan to expand. Dudley: Why is what we have not enough? Moray: This city is littered with m

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文本: Moray: I heard you sold a dress to a ratherdifficult customer. You made a good impression. It seems you are quite the salesgirl. Denise: Thank you, sir. Moray: So wecan say your probation is over, and you'reone of us now! Denise: Thank you,

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文本: C- Christopher Tietjens S- Sylvia Satterthwaite Mac- MacMaster R- Sir Reginald S: Do you happen to have a cigarette? C: Yes, of course. S: Thank you. R: Now look here. Don't be obtuse, Tietjens. Dammit man, its the departments duty to suppo

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文本: Will probably not. Sooner or later they would have noticed that the top of the head is sliced off, scooped out, like a boiled egg of breakfast, to hold sacrificial offerings. And then they would have remembered stories of Rome told about th

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M: Shes been at the centre of two political scandals in the last year, and recently ended the marriage of a prominent novelist by having an affair with both participants separately. S: You know I dont concern myself with trivia. Who is she? M: Irene

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To film this behaviour, the team sailed 800 miles to one of the remotest islands in the Hawaiian chain - French Frigate Shoals. The timing was critical. For just two weeks a year, a dozen tiger sharks gather round this tiny island ready for the albat

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