Experiencing Scotland Scotland is a unique and austere place, laden with history, where you can find aristocratic palaces and castles, as well as the traditional parades in national costumes. It has some of the most beautiful cities in Europe, a livi

发表于:2019-01-06 / 阅读(83) / 评论(0) 分类 英语美文

苏格兰犯罪记录下降到39年来的新低 EDINBURGH, June 18 (Xinhua) -- Recorded crime in Scotland has reached its lowest level since 1974 after a 13 percent year-on-year decrease in 2012 to 2013, official statistics showed on Tuesday. The num

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Rob: Welcome to 6 Minute English with me Rob Neil: and me Neil. Rob: Today we're talking about national independence - that's when one nation is free from control by another country. Neil, can you think of any countries that have become independent?

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David Cameron today issues a highly personal plea to the people of Scotland not to rip apart the United Kingdom. 英国首相大卫?卡梅隆今日发出了一项个人呼吁,请求苏格兰人民不要撕裂联合王国。 The Prime Minister tells

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The Queen has pleaded with voters in Scotland to think carefully before breaking apart the 300-year-old union with England. 日前,英国女王表示希望苏格兰独立公投的选民们一定要认真考虑之后,再决定是否愿意与在一起

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Britain Scotland's independence referendum 英国 苏格兰独立公投 Och aye the No 还是投反对票吧 Scotland ponders whether independence and separation are the same thing 苏格兰思考独立和分离是不是一回事 Should Scotland be a

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Of all the tales about the Loch Ness Monster, it must be one of the most unlikely an English plot to kidnap the beast and display its carcass in London. But back in the 1930s the Scots feared that such a thing was all too possible, according to newly

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The Canadian Massed Pipes and Drums provided the traditional soundtrack to the opening of the biggest ever gathering of the clans. Prince Charles was there to represent the Royal Family. This is the centerpiece of Homecoming Scotland, a year-long tou

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Any suggestion that the Queen would wish to influence the Scottish referendum campaign is categorically wrong, Buckingham Palace has said. 白金汉宫指出,认为女王想要影响苏格兰公投的想法是完全错误的。 The comments follow

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Scotland has voted to stay in the United Kingdom after rejecting independence. 苏格兰独立公投结果揭晓,苏格兰拒绝独立,将继续作为英国的一部分。 With 30 out of the country's 32 council areas having declared after Thursd

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A fresh push for independence has emerged in Scotland after a majority of voters across the United Kingdom approved a British exit, or Brexit, from the European Union, while Scottish voters opposed the departure. 当英国多数投票人赞成英国脱

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Scotland cannot manage without the UK, Theresa May said as she attempts to quash moves for a second independence vote. 特丽莎梅试图取消苏格兰的第二次独立公投,她表示,苏格兰离不开英国。 With 62 per cent of Scots votin

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Scottish independence 苏格兰独立 UK RIP? 大英联合帝国要完了? Ditching the union would be a mistake for Scotland and a tragedy for the country it leaves behind 苏格兰独立对苏格兰来说会是一个错误。对被其抛弃的英国

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Scotland's referendum endgame 苏格兰公投的收官之战 A war of attrition 消耗战 The peculiar smallness of Scotland's independence debate 关于苏格兰独立的辩论似乎太渺小了 RESEMBLING nothing so much as a pair of irritable golf

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Immigration in Scotland 移民到苏格兰 Wish you were here 希望你早先就到这了 Immigration worries Scots less than other Britons, but that could change 相比英国其他地区,移民较少担心苏格兰人(排外),但这种情况可

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Scottish finance 苏格兰财政 A case of the jitters 人心惶惶 As the Scottish referendum nears, capital takes fright 苏独公投逼进惊扰资金流动 BEFORE this week many investors and money managers had dismissed the possibility that Scot

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The SNP's new leader 苏格兰国民党的新领袖 Queen of Scots 苏格兰女王 Alex Salmond's unflashy successor could yet outshine him 亚历克斯萨蒙德的接班人朴实无华,却更胜一筹 ALEX SALMOND, Scotland's most famous secession

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Scottish engineering 苏格兰的工程 From ships to satellites 从轮船到卫星的发展 How high-end engineering escaped industrial meltdown 高端工程如何在崩溃的产业中逃过一劫 Box me up Scotty 把我组装成箱,苏格兰人 S

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Scottish nationalism 苏格兰的民族情怀 Thistles and thorns 烦心乱意 What the Scottish National Party will try to do in Westminster 苏格兰民族党在议会中的举动意欲何在 WITH hardly a glimpse of tartan, Nicola Sturgeon, leader

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Scottish independence 苏格兰独立 Sparks flying 火花四溅 Poverty and dependence on the state pull Scots in opposite directions 贫困和对英国的依赖将苏格兰拉离了原来的方向 BETTING shops in Rosyth are rowdier than usual. The

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