Take Away English-A British Icon 英国偶像级演播员

Looking an icon in the eye The broadcaster Sir David Attenborough has won the title of Top British Icon by the audience of The Culture Show, a British TV programme which bills itself as a fast-paced weekly arts programme. But how exactly do you deci

Take Away English-New Year Celebrations 新年庆典

It's midnight - let's start kissing! The New Year is a time for celebrations for almost everyone around the world. In Britain, people go to pubs and nightclubs to dance the old year away , and to welcome in the new one at midnight. Everyone wants to

Take Away English-Hepburn Dress Auction 赫本晚装拍卖

A classic LBD - little black dress An anonymous telephone bidder has paid 467,200 (or about 7,008,000 Yuan) for the black dress made for Audrey Hepburn for her role in the film Breakfast at Tiffany's. The dress was sold at a London auction and the p

Take Away English-Comeback Bands 东山再起的乐队

The sound of sucessful old bands Boy band Take That have made their comeback complete with their first UK number one single in more than a decade. 'Patience' climbed to the top spot after landing at number four a week ago based on download sales alo

Take Away English-Father's Day 父亲节

Happy Father's Day! Father's Day is a fairly new celebration in the British calendar compared with Mother's Day, which has been a very popular and well celebrated festival in the UK for a very long time. The origins of the celebration are American a

Take Away English-Mid-Autumn Festival 中秋节

How many mooncakes will you eat this year? On 25th September this year, people all over China will be getting together to eat with their families, look at the moon and celebrate one of the biggest festivals in the Chinese lunar calendar . However, t

Take Away English-London Film Festival 伦敦电影节

The opening of the Film Festival Film lovers are looking to London for the next two weeks, to discover the best in UK cinema at the 51st British Film Institute London Film Festival. The festival will include exclusive showings of 184 feature films a

Take Away English-Ballroom Dancing 交际舞

Famous former British athlete Colin Jackson learns to dance Ballroom dancing in the UK used to be seen as something rather unfashionable that old people might do. For the past five years though, the popularity of ballroom dancing has soared thanks t

Take Away English-The Great Storm 20 years on 大风暴20周年

A fallen tree crushes a car in London On 16th October 1987, southern Britain was hit by hurricane force winds , the worst storm to occur in Britain since 1703. Twenty years on, Britain is remembering the devastation caused by what came to be known a

Take Away English-Pantomimes 圣诞节上演的话剧

A special performance for the festive season In winter in Britain, many children and adults enjoy going to the theatre to watch a pantomime . Pantomimes are a very old form of entertainment, but the modern version is as popular as ever. Pantomimes t

Take Away English-Happy New Year 新年快乐

Chinese New Year is celebrated in London with a grand parade Kung Hei Fat Choi ! Thats a phrase that has been heard many times in Londons Chinatown over the last few days. Why? Because its Chinese New Year, and the UKs Chinese community are celebrat

Take Away English-Online Gaming 在线游戏

Online gamers control characters in a virtual world UK online gamers are on red alert as they prepare for the arrival of the Cyberathlete Professional League World Tour. The tour, which takes in nine countries on four continents, is the first of its

Take Away English-New Music Stars 歌坛新星

Pop stars have traditionally not come from the upper classes of society. Eminem grew up on a trailer park . 50 Cent is from the dangerous ghettoes of New York. The Beatles grew up in the poor, industrial city of Liverpool. However, some musicians ha

Take Away English-Weddings In Britain 英国式婚礼

What is the most important day of your life? For many people the answer is your Wedding Day the day when you marry another person and promise to live together as husband and wife for the rest of your lives. Wedding celebrations differ from country to

Take Away English-Supermodels - 超级模特儿

Do you recognise any of these names - Claudia Schiffer, Naomi Cambell, Kate Moss? In the UK they are household names . Why? Because they are supermodels . Over the last two decades models have gone from the catwalk to the front pages of glossy magaz

Take Away English-Sports English - 体育运动英语

Football in the UK - 英国足球 Football is the most popular sport in the world. It is estimated that around 250 million people regularly play whilst many millions more watch the game on television. In the UK teams such as Manchester United and Chelse

Take Away English-Summer Festivals 夏季的节日

UK Music Festivals 英国的音乐节 What's your idea of a good time? What about dancing in a rainy field with one hundred and fifty thousand other people while a famous rock band plays on a stage so far away that the performers look like ants? It may so

Take Away English-Summer Sport 夏季运动

Wimbledon 温布尔敦网球公开赛 Wimbledon is the most important sporting event of the British summer. Since the first tournament was played in 1877 in front of a few hundred spectators , the competition has become a global sporting event attended by ov

Take Away English-The English Premier League 英超联赛

Pre-season Transfers 賽季前的轉隊球員 Although the 2005/2006 football season doesn't start until mid-August, Premiership clubs are in a state of frantic negotiation as they try to sign new players for the forthcoming season. The transfer market has

Take Away English-Harry Potter 哈利.波特

Harry Potter has been a global publishing phenomenon All around the world millions of people are eagerly waiting for the 16th of July. Thats because it is the day when the sixth Harry Potter novel will be published worldwide . If you are one of the