Jackie: Hello, welcome to Entertainment! I'm Jackie Dalton. Many countries have a particular type of food or drink which they become associated with. Swiss chocolate, Cuban rum, American burgers. What are the English most associated with? Well, for m

发表于:2018-12-03 / 阅读(64) / 评论(0) 分类 英语听和读

British Annual Holidays Once a year most English families take an extended holiday. Until air travel became more common these family holidays were almost always spent in one of the coastal seaside res

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The English Like Tea Foreigners may scoff 1 , marketing men may try to seduce with alternatives, but the English still carry on doggedly 2 in their devotion to what they consider to be one of the few

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太极九式 不确定,我不确定 第一式: I don't know. 我不知道。 第二式: I'm not sure. 我不确定。 第三式: Who knows? 谁知道啊? 第四式: Don't ask me! 别问我!

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She paused, as though she did not quite know how to begin. Then she seemed to give herself, mentally, a little shake.

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社交从酒吧开始 大多数中国人都会觉得,英国人虽然有礼貌,却很冷淡。的确,英国人不喜欢过于亲热,觉得这样肤浅而且不真诚。太多的热情和关注,会让英国人感到奇怪和不自在,所以和

发表于:2019-01-08 / 阅读(57) / 评论(0) 分类 英美文化

A nation of foodies? The UK has become a nation of foodies, with increasingly sophisticated tastes and an appetite for world cuisines. Witness all the TV food programmes and cookery books, the celebrity status of many chefs, the popularity of farmers

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Britons have been watching almost 2-1/2 hours more television a week this year as cash-strapped people stay at home more -- and because there's more to watch, figures showed on Tuesday. Official statistics from The Broadcasters' Audience Research Boa

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Some Britons love ringing church bells so much that they think it ought to be an Olympic sport. 一些英国人如此喜爱在教堂敲钟,以致觉得它该被列为奥运会项目。 There are magazines devoted to bell ringing, there are bell-rin

发表于:2019-02-01 / 阅读(50) / 评论(0) 分类 趣味英语

English English 和American English已被英国人承认是存在的,而且英国人也在学习使用比较简单化的American English。 其实,不单是语法结构方面如此,甚至单词的使用也有这样的倾向。这是说,在英式英语和美式英语中,假若是用不同的词汇表达同一个意思的,那么,使用

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足球上有句话叫做:永远不要高估英格兰,也永远不要低估意大利,而从脱欧投票来说,人们高估了英国民众的智商。 例如:公投结束后的数小时,英国人民开始思考一个问题:什么是欧盟?

发表于:2019-02-03 / 阅读(62) / 评论(0) 分类 英语口语

谚语在字典中的定义是短小精练的民间智慧警句,一般形式严谨,经常包括鲜明的形象和使人难忘的韵律。谚语必须非常睿智,而且经得起时间的考验,才能广为流传。英汉两种语言历史悠久

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献给太阳、月亮的日子英文各个月份的名字都是沿袭古罗马的拉丁文叫法,不过Monday(星期一)到Sunday(星期天)这七天的名字,反映的却是英国盎格鲁撒克逊民族(the Anglo-Saxons)自己的文化了。现在

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谚语在字典中的定义是短小精练的民间智慧警句,一般形式严谨,经常包括鲜明的形象和使人难忘的韵律。谚语必须非常睿智,而且经得起时间的考验,才能广为流传。英汉两种语言历史悠久

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Spilling food all over yourself, your date leaving halfway through dinner or being stood up are the UK's most feared dating mishaps. 将食物撒了一身,饭吃到一半对象却中途离席,约会被人放鸽子,这些都是英国人约会时最

发表于:2019-02-13 / 阅读(110) / 评论(0) 分类 阅读空间

Ask Your Own It was a cold,raw day at Washington.Champ Clark was discussing the gamins of the cities with an English visitor.The latter expatiated on the wit of the London type of the genius.Clark declared that if the Englishman were to ask a

发表于:2019-02-17 / 阅读(55) / 评论(0) 分类 趣味英语

1.other: other可用作定语(这样用时有些字典标作形容词,有些标作限定词):表示另外那个(a)或其他的,别的(b): a.He walked across the road to the other side. 他过马路到街的那一边。 I sleep in this

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1. At the end of the day 最终;总的来说 Sure we missed our best player but at the end of the day, John, we just didn't play well enough to win the game. 我们最好的选手不能上场,但是最终来说,还是因为我们发挥得不好,

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Leaders 社论 Britain's planning laws 英国规划法 An Englishman's home 英国人之家 The shortage of housing is a gathering national crisis. Rev up the bulldozers 英国住房匮乏,危机重重,应大兴土木! NOW that the economy is a

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英国人讨厌的美式英语(1) 英式英语和美式英语本就是萝卜白菜各有所爱,英式英语注重语法严谨,而美国人就很随意,还会不断创造出流行词。这正是两国文化的不同,英国人喜欢遵守传统

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