事实：春天的狂热-Spring Fever is a Real Condition

Pre-Listening Vocabulary energized: feeling awake and ready to do something physical wardrobe: all of the clothing that you own serotonin: a chemical that affects ones moods melatonin: a hormone that helps you fall asleep endorphin: a hormone that ac

事实：俄罗斯驯鹿-Pollyanna the Russian Reindeer

Pre-Listening Vocabulary submarine: a tube-shaped underwater vessel; used mainly in warfare torpedo: an underwater missile scraps: unwanted bits and pieces, especially uneaten food galley: the place on a ship or vessel where the food is prepared and

事实：兰博基尼最开始创立的是拖拉机公司-Lamborghini Started as a Tractor Company

Pre-Listening Vocabulary army surplus: extra machinery from the army wealthy: rich factory: a building or group of buildings where parts are assembled clutch: the part of a car that connects and disconnects the engine from the transmission hire: to g

事实：在迪拜机场被遗弃的豪华轿车-Luxury Cars Abandoned at Dubai Airport

Pre-Listening Vocabulary luxury: expensive abandon: to leave without taking someone or something expat: short for expatriate; a person who lives in a country that he/she is not a citizen of auction: a public sale where the highest bidder gets to buy

事实：通布图是一座真正的城市-Timbuktu is a Real City

Pre-Listening Vocabulary remote: far away trading port: a central location where people go to buy and sell goods scholar: a well-educated person; usually one who shares his or her knowledge golden age: a time period when things went very well; a prof

事实：南瓜是一种爱称-Pumpkin is a Term of Endearment

Pre-Listening Vocabulary term of endearment / pet name: a cute name for a person that you adore customary: common adoration: heartfelt love (not necessarily romantic) address: to speak or write to someone specific alarmed: surprised and worried Pumpk

事实：美国宪法中的拼写错误-Spelling Errors in the US Constitution

Pre-Listening Vocabulary US Constitution: document of rules and principles for governing in the US glaring: very noticeable inconsistent: not the same throughout variation: a different version raise eyebrows: to cause people to feel surprised or conc

事实：盲人也可识得的货币-Accessible Currency for the Blind

Pre-Listening Vocabulary accessible: able to be used visually impaired: people who have low or no vision tactile: related to touch predominantly: mainly; most noticeably wallet: a folder for holding money and cards distinguish: to notice a difference

事实：代奥米德群岛-The Diomede Islands: Tomorrow Island & Yesterday Isle

Pre-Listening Vocabulary strait: a narrow waterway The International Date Line: an imaginary line in the middle of the Pacific Ocean where the time zones on either side are 24 hours apart border: a line that defines the ownership of a region time zon

儿童故事集：The Beauty’s Champion

In the eighteenth chapter of our series, Basil learns to fight with a two handed sword from one of historys masters of the martial art. He takes part in a jousting contest and is feeling rather battered, bruised, and fed up. Just in case you are wond

儿童故事集：The Easter Fair

The Wicked Uncle takes Jeremy and Jemima to an Easter Fair. What could possibly go wrong? Well almost anything. Of course Uncle Jeff is not really that wicked but he is both fun and irresponsible. Mum and Dad never feel comfortable when hes around, b

儿童故事集：The Luck of the Wicked Uncle

This is a story about luck, or chance or fate. Some people believe that everything that happens is set in the stars at the dawn of time and some people believe everything happens chaotically and at random, and other people believe that we are totally

儿童故事集：The Wicked Uncle By the Sea

The first time we met Jeremy and Jemimas wicked Uncle Jeff, we discovered that he was not so much wicked as irresponsible. Mum and Dad decided that it would be better if he did not look after the children again. But when Dad forgot to book a holiday,

儿童故事集：The Wicked Uncle

Mum and Dad are going away for a romantic weekend, and Wicked Uncle Jeff is left in charge of the children. The children have homework to do, but Uncle Jeff thinks that is far too boring. He has other ideas, and a misadventure follows. The idea for t

儿童故事集：The Beauty at the Last Ball

We have reached the final episode of our Waking Beauty series about the mysterious Princess Talia, and her friends Basil and Sally. They have travelled back and forth in time and confronted their arch enemy. Now the sleeping city of Oxford is waking

儿童故事集：The Beauty’s Challenge

We reach the climax of our Waking Beauty series in which Basil and Sally return to present day Oxford. Basil must face the champion of Morgan Le Fay in hand to hand combat, and then win a challenge of a very different sort. Story by Bertie. Read by E

儿童故事集：The Beauty’s Time

We are now in medieval times. In the seventeenth chapter of our Waking Beauty series, Sally meets some famous people and Basil is increasingly anxious that he might have to fight a duel with a knight. Story by Bertie. Read by Elizabeth. Proofread by

儿童故事集：The Beauty’s Homeland

Chapter sixteen of our Waking Beauty series takes us far away from our usual setting, as Basil and Sally awake in Talias homeland. A Miller takes them to a medieval tournament where he says they can meet the Wizard Merlin. Story by Bertie. Read by El

儿童故事集：The Beauty and Sir Basil

We reach the fifteenth chapter of our Waking Beauty series, and some of the mystery surrounding Princess Talia will be revealed. The city of Oxford has fallen asleep under a cloud of fog. Only Basil and one or two others are awake. He meets Princess

儿童故事集：The Beauty and the Big Sleep

Our Waking Beauty series is about to get even more mysterious. We reach the fourteenth chapter in our Princess Talia series, in which she is taken against her will to be interviewed by a psychiatrist. She answers all the questions honestly, and Basil