听播客学英语 195 圣诞老人
Today I am going to talk to you about Santa Claus. Santa Claus, or Father Christmas, is a jolly man with a red suit and a white beard. He brings children presents in the night before Christmas Day. He arrives on a sleigh pulled by reindeer. Normally,
听播客学英语 196 哑剧
This podcast is about the expression to join in. If I join in some activity, I take part in it, or become involved in it with other people. Here are some examples: Kevin and George are discussing football. Matt is also interested in football, so he j
听播客学英语 197 给我一个简单的生活
It is a long time since we had any poetry on these podcasts. My friend Margaret has just written a light-hearted poem about, well, about how she wants a simple life without the things that make the modern world so stressful. Before I read the poem, I
听播客学英语 198 墙纸
This is just a postscript to the last podcast about Tomma Abts winning the Turner prize. You remember that the leader of the Stuckists said that Tommas paintings made 1950s wallpaper look profound. Well, I see that yesterday an art critic in a leadin
听播客学英语 199 Tomma 获得特纳奖
Every year, a prize is awarded to an artist who is British born or who works in Britain. It is called the Turner prize. It is named after the famous British artist J M W Turner. In previous years, some of the art and artists which have won the Turner
听播客学英语 200 拉丁文
If you click on the link at the bottom of this podcast episode, you will find the Amazon best-sellers list, i.e. the best-selling books from amazon.uk, the on-line bookstore. We English buy some strange books. Today (30 November) in the top 20, there
听播客学英语 201 邻居和足球
Sometimes things happen that make you think that the world has gone mad. Christopher works in a bank. In fact, he has a senior job in the bank and is very well paid. He lives in a posh part of London called Kensington. The people who live in his stre
听播客学英语 202 豪饮巡航
In Britain, there are heavy taxes on alcoholic drinks and on tobacco. But in France, the taxes on these things are lower. A European Union Regulation says that, when we travel to other EU countries, we may bring back with us anything that we have bou
听播客学英语 203 不穿衣服节
Most British children wear school uniform to go to school. They have to. The school rules say that the children have to wear school uniform at school. What sort of school uniform? Well, my younger children are both at secondary school. My daughter ha
听播客学英语 204 日产费加罗出售
In the early 1990s, the Nissan car company in Japan built a small sports car called the Nissan Figaro. There is a picture of one on the website. It has a retro look. That means that it was designed to look old-fashioned as if it had been built in the
听播客学英语 205 机器坏了
In our lives we have lots of machines and electrical equipment things like cars and washing machines, video recorders and mobile phones. Most of the time they work OK. But sometimes they do not. Todays podcast is about the words we use when something
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
