听播客学英语 206 美人蕉

Caroline is eight. And like other eight year olds, she goes to school. But there are no other children at her school. Caroline is the only pupil. Caroline and her parents live on an island called Canna, which lies off the west coast of Scotland, sout

听播客学英语 207 切记切记十一月五日

I said that I would tell you about Guy Fawkes and why 5 November is the traditional day for fireworks in England. The year was 1605. Two years earlier, the old Queen, Elizabeth I, had died. She had ruled England for 45 years. She died unmarried and w

听播客学英语 208 陨石降落

It happened sixty-eight years ago. On 30 October 1938, strange explosions were observed on the surface of the planet Mars. There were also reports of a meteorite landing in New Jersey in the United States. But then it became clear that it was not a m

听播客学英语 209 烟花

This year, the end of October has been really noisy. The reason? Fireworks! Now, the traditional time for fireworks in England is on November 5th Guy Fawkes night. I shall tell you more about Guy Fawkes in another podcast. But in recent years, many E

听播客学英语 272 废话

We have had some quite serious podcasts recently, so here for a change is some complete nonsense. Early in the morning in the middle of the night, Two dead boys got up to fight. Back to back they faced each other Drew their swords and shot each other

听播客学英语 273 水仙

Soon it will be spring, and the spring flowers will appear in our gardens and in the countryside. Among these will be the daffodils, which are yellow, trumpet shaped flowers, which many people grow in their gardens, but which also grow in the wild. W

听播客学英语 274 金钱

This Podcast uses words which are about getting money and paying for things. Some of the words may not be in your dictionary. If you do not understand something, send me an e-mail (peter@listen-to-english.com) and I will try to explain. Kevin is goin

听播客学英语 275 沙发

A couch is a sofa, such as people have in their sitting-rooms, often in front of the television. Some people spend a lot of time sitting on the couch watching television, and probably getting fat for want of exercise. We have a name for such people i

听播客学英语 276 恶作剧

A boy and his friends find a coin. They make a small hole in it. They then tie a piece of cotton thread through the hole, and take the coin and the thread to the park near their home. They put the coin down on a path where someone walking by will see

听播客学英语 277 在超市

I am in my local supermarket. I am here to do some shopping. You are here to practice the English names of fruit and vegetables. During the winter, there are only a few English grown vegetables in the shops. The main ones are potatoes, carrots, leeks

听播客学英语 278 Robbery

Colin Dixon is the manager of a secure depot where bank notes are stored for the Bank of England. On 21 February he was kidnapped by two men posing as police officers. His wife and eight year old son were also abducted. The kidnappers then forced Mr

听播客学英语 279 今天的英国

This podcast is about listening to numbers. I have left the numbers out of the written text, so you will have to listen carefully to understand. Send me an e-mail if need help. What is Britain really like? How do British people really live when we ar

听播客学英语 280 下雪

Today it is snowing. This is unusual. In England nowadays, it does not snow as often as it used to. Where I live, we get only one or two light falls of snow every winter. And when there is even a moderate fall of snow, there is chaos on the roads and

听播客学英语 281 一天没有你

Here is another one of Margarets poems. It is called A Day Without You. A day without you is like a garden with no rain, having no air to breathe, no nourishment. A day without you is like having no friends, being imprisoned, and trapped inside mysel

听播客学英语 282 南瓜

I have found a short video for you to watch. But first, I will explain what the video is about, and some of the words that are used in it. The video is about John. His hobby is growing pumpkins (in a secret location in the South of England!). He is t

听播客学英语 283 干旱

Have you visited England? What do you remember about your visit? How about our English weather? It always rains in England, doesnt it? Well, actually, no often it does not rain. In fact, for the past 14 months rainfall in many parts of England has be

听播客学英语 284 贝基和克雷格

Last week in Birmingham Becky and Craig met each other for the first time; a few minutes later they got married. Along with about 250 other people, they had entered a competition organised by the Birmingham radio station BRMB. The prize was a wedding

听播客学英语 270 棺材

I have another video for you today. It has been made by Carol. She paints coffins. She tells us that she started about ten years ago. People ask her how she GOT INTO painting coffins. She woke up one morning and knew that she wanted to paint coffins

听播客学英语 271 橡树和槐树

In the last podcast I talked about daffodils and the arrival of Spring. Soon the leaves will start to open on the trees. There is an old proverb in English about how the opening of the leaves in Spring can tell us how much rain we will have in the Su

听播客学英语 210 牙齿

How are your teeth? How often do you go to the dentist? Here is part of a poem by Pam Ayres. Oh, I wish Id looked after my teeth, And spotted the perils beneath, All the toffees I chewed, And the sweet sticky food, Oh, I wish Id looked after my teeth