【英语时差8,16】如何招待英国客人-上

Helen: Well,last Sunday, I invited two English friends Basil and Judy for lunch at home and I asked them for their hosting tips. Let's start with conversation topics. Often，of course, being in England we talk about the weather, because usually ther

【英语时差8,16】在本国度假

Diarmuid:This year I decided to go on holiday here in the UK instead of going to a foreign country. Feifei: So you had a staycation? Diarmuid: Exactly. This year I had a staycation. S.T.A.Y.C.A.T.I.O.N. Feifei: Staycation. it sounds like the word vac

【英语时差8,16】食肉鲸和食草鲸-上

Everyone is familiar with the riddle: Which came first, the chicken or the egg? This sometimes leads to discussions about bird evolution. But most people dont realize this type of question is common in paleontology. For example: Which came first, the

【英语时差8,16】结婚一周年-上

John:Zara and Barnaby told us what it was like to be married for one year. Zara: After getting married I felt so happy, such a special happiness almost an unnatural happiness its kind of a buzz, an adrenalin kind of thing, you know. Barnaby: Its real

【英语时差8,16】骨质疏松-下

Which is just what happens. This is a great short-term fix, but what about the poor skeleton? Eventually it will suffer from the loss of its own calciumbones will become brittle. What can we do? Two things. Help your body get more calcium by eating f

【英语时差8,16】骨质疏松-上

Todays word is: osteoporosis! Yep, osteoporosis. Now, youve heard this word before, and you know it has something to do with bones. But can you actually explain what it is? The answer is straight-forward. It comes down to the fact that we human being

【英语时差8,16】崇拜名人

Psychologists have found that people who believe in a just world are more likely to worship celebrities, whereas people more critical of society are less likely to obsess over a celebrity. People who strongly believe in a just world believe that life

【英语时差8,16】网上约会-上

Are you lucky in love? Yes, this is our series all about dating in Britain today. This time were looking at online dating. It used to be taboo, but now millions of people are looking for love on the internet. I think one of the reasons weve seen that

【英语时差8,16】秋季落叶的奥秘-下

Because chlorophyll is the chemical responsible for making leaves green, its absence allows chemicals such as carotinoids, xanthophylls, and others to give leaves their orange, yellow, and various other colors. As trees stop producing chlorophyll, th

【英语时差8,16】不易消化的食物-下

Diarmuid: I suppose thats true Feifei. Lots of foreign people would describe British food as stodgy. When you think about it lots of British dishes are stodgy. Things like pies,puddings,roast dinners. Example A: Would you like some Christmas pudding?

【英语时差8,16】皇室疾病-下

So how did scientists confirm that it was hemophilia that plagued the royals? By analyzing the DNA of Victorias great grandson, Prince Alexei Romanov. He was murdered along with his entire family during the onset of the Russian Revolution in 1918. Us

【英语时差8,16】世上最贵的火腿-上

We all like to eat well, and sometimes its worth spending that little bit extra in order to get the best food available, but how many of us would consider spending nearly ￡2,000 (22,000 yuan) for a pigs leg? British gourmets with money to burn are

【英语时差8,16】隐形眼镜的工作原理

Like glasses, contact lenses work by bending light rays just the right amount to make the object come into focus on the retina at the back of the eye. Sometimes the eyes natural lens has an imperfection or may not be shaped properly, which can make y

【英语时差8,16】健康饮食计划-下

However, a study of 500,000 Europeans from 10 different countries refutes the commonly-believed suggestion that up to 50% of cancers could be prevented by increasing the public's consumption of fruit and vegetables. Instead the study, which is led by

【英语时差8,16】曼谷机场的恶魔

You would have thought it hard to miss one six-metre-high scowling demon let alone twelve. But the authorities at Bangkok's main airport say they are relocating their spirit statues to the check-in area, where they are thought more likely to be notic

【英语时差8,16】偏头痛-下

By hitting the nerves with a mild electrical jolt, you can distract the signal-carriersthat is, the pain signals stop crossing the nerves for as long as the electrical charge is on. So how to do that? Levy and others have inserted a little battery un

【英语时差8,16】红头发人的抗痛力-上

We redheads are well known for our fiery tempers. Now it seems there's scientific backing for our ginger whingeing as well. Scientists in the United States studied a group of 144 dental patients almost half of whom had red hair. They found that the r

【英语时差8,16】洒出的咖啡

Next time you spill a little, let the coffee dry before wiping it up. Youll notice that after it dries there is a darkish ring around the very edge of the spill, whereas the middle disappears almost entirely. Whats going on here? Robert Deegan and Sy

【英语时差8,16】利用太阳能-下

PV solar technology is more complex. When sunlight hits a PV cell, electrons in the cell are knocked out of their orbits. Electric fields channel the electrons in a current used to generate electricity。 Unlike thermal solar panels, PV technology is

【英语时差8,16】红头发人的抗痛力-下

Professor Daniel Sessler from the Cleveland Clinic in the United States is one of the authors of the study. He says the research is a considerable scientific breakthrough. Red hair is the first phenotype of anaesthetic requirement in humans. And what