文本: George IV also commissioned art. Antonio Canova was the mostprolific and famous sculptor of the day, especially good at heroic images ofpower and passion. This imposing statue by Canova is supposed to show George'sprowess in war and in love

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文本: Yet even when the young Queen Victoria moved in in 1837, much of thepalace was still unfurnished and uncomfortable. Victoriawas delighted to move into Buckingham Palace. She couldn't movein fast enough. In fact, she insisted on moving in be

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文本: And that's an accurate portrayal of their relationship,because when it came to affairs of state, she was the one in charge, which leftpoor old Albert here, certainly in the early years, rather bored andfrustrated. What was needed was someth

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文本: J:OK. I'm sensing a pattern here. M: In fact, four top international assassins relocate to within spitting distance of 221b. Anything you'd care to share with me? J: I'm moving? M: It's not hard to guess the common denominator, is it? J:

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C- Christopher Tietjens V- Valentine Wannop V: Where are you? C: ♪D'ye ken John Peel far, far away... With his hounds and his horn in the morning...♪ V: We're nearly home. I found a milestone, we're just above Mountby. You can go on now. C: Walk

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文本: A place where paranoia sweated from every stone. But it wasn't really like that at all. 译文: 战鼓与烽烟,所及之处,风声鹤唳,草木皆兵。但事实并非如此。

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文本: The last item on my breakfast menu is instant coffee. It says on the jar, 100 per cent coffee, but I have to admit I've always assumed that they've added extra ingredients, like flavouring or chemicals to the real coffee. The best way to fi

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When we think of Hadrian's Wall, we tend to think of the Romans rather like US cavalrymen deep in Indian country, defending the flag, peering through the cracks and waiting nervously for war drums and smoke signals. A place where paranoia sweated fro

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The methane gas is burnt to produce electricity, which is then used to heat all the glasshouses. By burning the methane, John is producing a lot of carbon dioxide, and here's one of Johns really clever ideas. Tomatoes ripen much more quickly when the

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You'll discover the palace that Nash created, in beautiful yellow Bath stone. This is the original open front of Nash's palace, designed in the classical style with columns and pediments. And above it, heroic friezes depicting Britain's victory over

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文本: Yet this burning sentiment would echo down the generations. Like Britannia itself, the idea of free Caledonia was from the first, a Roman invention. 译文: 但这燃烧着的激情,却不失为那个时代的缩影。如不列颠尼亚与

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文本: C- Christopher Tietjens V- Valentine Wannop V: An old gentleman used to sit there called Gran'fer Finn. EveryTenterden market day, he sold fleed cakes from a basket to the carts going by. Tenterden market was abolished in 1845, done in by t

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Once George had escaped the stifling restraints of family life in Buckingham House, he decided to create a rival palace of pleasure just half a mile away. There was nothing anywhere in the country to touch Carlton House for luxury and extravagance. M

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Buckingham Palace is a building with a deep hold on the public imagination. Not only is it the seat of the British monarchy and headquarters of royal affairs of state. But also, thanks to its famous balcony, it's become the national focus for great m

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文本: But for those chieftains, sensible enough to reach for the olive branch rather than the battle javelin, Claudius had another plan. Give them, or rather their sons, a trip to Rome, and a taste of the dolce vita, and just watch their resistan

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文本: -Mr Drake, your heart is not functioning properly and, as a result, your pericardial sac is full of fluid. I am proposing first to withdraw the fluid, and then to inject theadrenaline to stimulate the heart and restore normal activity . -Is

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英文文本 The frightened Roman colonists then had to fall back to theone place they were sure that they were going to be protected by their emperorand their gods, the great temple of Claudius. If the terrified Romans, thoughtthey were going to esc

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文本: In a show of brutal arrogance, the local governor, had EastAnglia declared a slave province. To make the point about exactly who ownedwhom, Boudicca was then treated to a public flogging while her two daughterswere raped in front of her. 译文

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文本: -You don't have to worry. She may be president, but I'mthe patron, so you're quite safe with me. Please. -My mother was right, then? The man's life was saved? -Well, I-- I like to think that we were both right, but I'm not sure LadyGrantham

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With thousands of them huddled terrified, in the templeabove these foundations, she began to set light to it. They must have been ableto smell the scorch and smoke and fire coming towards them, as the whole oftheir spanking new imperial city burned d

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