To set the wheels in motion 开始行动 图片1 Britain's cycling team pursuit squad at the UCI Track Cycling World Championship. Photo: Tim Ireland/ PA 今日小常识 At the UCI Track Cycling World Championships, competitors take part in all the v...
Blue in the face 徒劳无功 Southern cassowaries mainly feed on fruit, but also eat fungi, insects, frogs, snakes and fish. Photo: Christian Ziegler/Reuters 今日小常识 This photo of a Southern cassowary won the first prize in the Nature Single...
A heart of gold 一颗金子般的心 Does this Alaskan sea otter have a heart of gold? Photo: Toru Yamanakatoru/ AFP/ Getty 今日小常识 The sea otter is a marine mammal that lives on the coasts of the northern and eastern North Pacific Ocean (al...
As flat as a pancake 平如煎饼 Trainee choristers from Salisbury Cathedral Choir tossing pancakes. Photo: Matt Cardy/ Getty Images. 今日小常识 A pancake is a thin, flat, round cake prepared from a batter and cooked on a hot griddle or frying...
Dead as a dodo 彻底过时了 图片1 Dodos became extinct in the 1600s. Photo: Peter Macdiarmid/ Getty Images 今日小常识 The flightless dodo was first discovered on the Indian Ocean island of Mauritius in the late 16th Century. Within a few de...
Odd man out 格格不入 Which swimmer is the odd one out? Photo: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images 今日小常识 This year's UK Cold Water Swimming Championships saw 600 swimmers brave the near-freezing waters at a lido in South London. There are a nu...
Old head on young shoulders 少年老成 Indian children dress like Mahatma Gandhi to mark the anniversary of his death in 1948. Photo: Arun Sankar K / AP Photo 今日小常识 Sixty-five years ago on January 30, 1948, India's 'Father of the Nation',...
Checkmate 将(军)! Heavily tattooed American Matt Gone poses at the opening of a five-day tattoo exhibition in Venezuela. Photo: Juan Barreto / AFP / Getty Images 今日小常识 The pattern of black and white squares on a chessboard is descri...
Like watching paint dry 无聊地等待 Graffiti artist Eduardo Kobra puts the finishing touches on an art tribute to architect Oscar Niemeyer in S?o Paolo. Photo: Nacho Doce/ Reuters 今日小常识 Brazilian graffiti artist Eduardo Kobra created a...
Full steam ahead 全速前进/全力以赴 A steam train arrives at Moorgate underground station in London to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the network. Photo: John Stillwell/PA Wire. 今日小常识 The London Underground network, often referre...