Get a kick out of it 因做某事感到愉快 今日短语 今日小常识 Capoeira is a Brazilian martial art form which combines elements of dance, music, acrobatics and fighting. It often forms a part of the Carnival of Brazil, an annual festival...
像疯狗一样乱叫 Barking mad Being pulled by the lead is making this dog mad 今日小常识 In ancient Egypt, people thought dogs were like gods. Dogs were treated very well and even had their own servants. They wore expensive collars and were...
肚子里有蝴蝶？Butterflies in my stomach Blue fluorescent butterflies on display in a case at the Horniman Museum, London 今日小常识 Did you know butterflies are found almost everywhere in the world? They live on every continent except Ant...
In the pink 身着粉色还是身体健康？ Barbie dolls wear a lot of pink 今日小常识 The colour pink is increasingly associated with girls in the UK. Over the last 10 -15 years, more and more children's toys and clothes are segregated into t...
Big cheese 重要人物 Cheese wedding cakes are the latest trend for weddings in the UK 今日小常识 In Britain, around 600,000 tonnes of hard cheese are consumed every year - which is about 10kg per person per year or 27.4 grams per person per d...
Get a load of this! 快来看！ A lorry full of milk churns, ready for transportation. 今日小常识 According to the Food and Agricultural Organisation of the USA, 85% of milk produced for human consumption comes from cows. However, buffalo, goat...
Full of hot air 吹牛大王 Hot air balloons are the oldest successful human-carrying flight technology. Photo: Stephen Daniels/BBC 今日小常识 According to the Guinness World Records website, the first Pacific crossing by hot air balloon was ac...
To toy with somebody 玩弄感情 A collection of clockwork toys - including a vintage looking Japanese robot, a monkey with cymbals, and a shark 今日小常识 Factory-made toys, including tin toys and clockwork toys, went on sale in Britain in the...
At liberty 自由，随意 The Statue of Liberty in New York is one of the symbols of the US, and it inspired souvenirs on sale also in Washington DC 今日小常识 The Statue of Liberty sits on an Island in New York. It is 93 metres from ground to...
To carry a torch for someone 单相思 A man carrying the Olympic torch outside the BBCs offices in White City, London. Photo by BBC Learning English. 今日短语 今日小常识 The London 2012 Olympic torch relay passed through an area called Whit...
