Bonfire Night 焰火节 Wang Fei: 大家好，欢迎收听都市掠影节目。Halloween 万圣节才刚刚过去，英国人又紧打紧地准备庆祝另外一个节日了。是什么节日呢？我们一起听一听大街上的人们是怎么说的。...
History Maker Delirious? Is it true today that when people pray Cloudless skies will break Kings and queens will shake Yes it's true and I believe it I'm living for you Is it true today that when people pray We'll see dead men rise And the blind set...
On 26 May 1928, at a meeting in Amsterdam, the Fifa congress decided that a new tournament open to all its members should be played. A year later in Barcelona it was agreed that Uruguay, the Olympic champions and the era's footballing superpower, sho...
In this final installment 系列的最后一个章节in our brief history of football, we look at the enormous impact a changing media has had on the world's favourite sport. Many people perhaps most people who read this article will never have been...
German scientists dug 50 meters down and discovered small pieces of copper. After studying these pieces for a long time, Germany announced that the ancient Germans 25,000 years ago had a nation-wide telephone net. Naturally, the Russian government wa...
In a special series for Off the Pitch, we take a look at the rich and varied 多样化的 history of the world's favourite game. Anyone who has ever seen something small and round in the street and been seized by a sudden impulse 被一种冲动所驱使...
Todd: Hey, Eucharia can you give us a brief history of Ireland? Eucharia: Sure well, I think most people know of St Patricks day and that it is an Irish festival which celebrates being Irish. Well, St Patrick was brought to Ireland in 460 as a slave...
Todd: Mike, you were born in Croatia. Mike: That's right. Todd: Now you told me an interesting story about the necktie. Can you explain where the necktie came from? Mike: Well, my understanding is that the necktie originated from Croatia. Originally,...
I was browsing through a bookshop today and I picked up a book on food, which is quite usual for me cause I love food, em, but this book was a bit different, em, it tried to make the connection between the kind of food you eat and how it makes you fe...
[00:01.45]UNIT 4 The history of basketball [00:05.77]2 Listen and complete. [00:09.13]I really love Yao Ming. Who is he? [00:12.44]He's the famous Chinese basketball player. [00:15.43]Oh. Can you tell me something about him? [00:18.08]He is very tall...
