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Hello and welcome to Trend UK, your shortcut to popular culture from the British Council. In the next few minutes were going to be talking about new words and phrases. New words enter the English language all the time, in fact English has always been
在英国,如果你的邻居对你说:You must come for dinner. 你会花好几天的时间等待他的邀请吗?不要自作多情啦!这只不过是句客套话,才没有打算真的请你吃饭呢!讲究礼貌的英国人还有哪些话有可能
1. Letters It is very common for school age children to write letters to Santa Claus. But, the Brits take it a step further and burn the letters in the fireplace so the ashes fly up the chimney and Father Christmas can read the smoke. If, like many,
说到英国的教育,不由得想到的是贵族精神。诚然,贵族精神之于当今的欧洲,突出表现的还是行为气质和个人修养,最典型的是我们常常提及的英伦绅士风度。那么,今天就来学习真正的英
第一档:Companion of Honour (荣誉勋爵)。 全世界只有65人,授予对国家有重要意义并做出突出贡献的人,获得者可在名字后面加CH后缀。比如,霍金教授的名字加头衔是Stephen William Hawking, CH, CBE,
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
酒吧的英文是Pub,是Public House的简称,Pub的由来也是有一段历史的,一千年前的英国农家喜欢自己酿酒,后来觉得自己喝不过瘾,于是就搬出来卖,为了能招揽顾客,于是便在外面挂上招牌,
A survey reveals that the average British person will say 'sorry' more than 1.9 million times in their lifetime. 一项研究发现,英国人一生说对不起的平均次数有每人190多万次之多。 Of course, 'sorry' has a multitude of uses
英国BBC最新的阶级调查出炉,如图从左到右7大阶层依次为精英群体(Elite),传统中产阶级(Established Middle)、技术型中产阶级(Technical Middle)、新型有富余的工作者(New Affluent)、传统工人阶级(Tradit
The Herdwick Shepherd, James Rebanks, is the latest of several generations to have tended flocks in the Lake District, but he now has a book and 45,000 Twitter followers entranced by the starkly beautiful scenes he photographs every day. Here he expl
1) HOW THE BRITS GREET 1) 英伦任性日常之搂搂抱抱 Hugging is a societal norm in the UK as a way of greeting people: for family, friends and even acquaintances. It is a common sight to see people of all ages wrapping their arms around each o
Each country in Britain has its own floral emblem. 英国的每个地区都有其代表性的花。 England - rose 英格兰玫瑰 The national flower of England is the rose. The flower has been adopted as England's emblem since the time of the Wars
The British Council is suspending its cultural activities in two Russian cities, citing intimidation and harassment of its local employees by Russia's Federal Security Service. But a top Russian lawmaker is hinting at a possibility of resolving the d