Having the time of your life at uni? 大学是人生中最美好的时光吗? 对于许多年轻人来说,离开家开始大学生活是个激动人心的时刻,但同时多少也具有很多挑战。一项调查显示,伦敦帝国理工学院的...
Exams? 'Lucky pants' day 穿幸运内裤参加考试能得好成绩? 你在考试前都做哪些准备工作?提前复习、背重点、充分备考还是寄希望于考试运?一些英国学生依赖考试当天穿一件自己幸运的衣服去获...
Here today, gone tomorrow 居无定所的快闪潮店 听说过pop-up shop 快闪潮店吗?你会光顾快闪潮店吗?2008年英国经济危机给一些创业者带来了商机,现在英国城市商业街道上随处可见销售各类商品的快...
Run for cover - Abigail is coming! 赶快躲 阿比盖尔号暴风雨即将来临! 你会给一场强大暴风雨起个什么名字?想不出来?没关系。《随身英语》告诉你英国人都喜欢给坏天气起哪些名字。 词汇: Weath...
How fine forgeries fooled the art world 做工精湛仿造品愚弄艺术界 词汇: Art 艺术 On 17 November 2007 a man was jailed for producing works of art. Why? Because the sculptures and artefacts Shaun Greenhalgh made were fakes: fakes that ha...
A gold medal for partying 获得派对狂欢比赛金牌 Vocabulary: partying 词汇: 派对狂欢 Brazilians certainly know how to throw a party but will Rio be ready to welcome over 10,000 athletes and all the international visitors to the 2016 Oly...
Do you read to show off? 你读书是为了炫耀吗? 词汇: reading 阅读 What do you read when you are travelling by train or bus? What are other passengers reading? Perhaps a woman sitting near you is reading a trashy romantic novel. A man is...
What's your excuse? 你有什么借口? Vocabulary: Excuses 词汇: 借口 Have you ever taken a sickie? If so, what did you say to your boss? It seems many people in the UK like to blame their pets for their absence. One person said they couldn't co...
Evolution before Darwin 在达尔文提出进化论之前的人 Vocabulary: Evolution 词汇:进化 Youve heard of Charles Darwin, right? The celebrated scientist who proposed a theory of evolution. You might have just about heard of Alfred Russel...
A new face 一张新面孔 词汇:Plastic surgery 整形手术 Everybody has looked in the mirror at some point in their lives and thought they could do with a smaller nose or fewer wrinkles. Almost 10 million operations were performed in 2014, acc...