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英国传统购物街的未来
2023-12-06Do you like shopping? For shopaholics in the UK, the place to head to used to be the 'high street'. This location refers to the streets in the...
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世界各地独一无二的赠礼传统
2023-12-06In Europe, don't accidentally cut yourself out of someone's life.Here in the US, a set of kitchen knives seems like the perfect gift idea for ...
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英国年轻人不现实的职业理想
2023-12-06What did you want to be when you were growing up? A doctor, an engineer - or maybe a footballer or actor? We all had big plans for our futures and bel...
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人类如何知道接种疫苗
2023-12-06Back in the late 1700s, long before people understood the reason behind immunity, farmers and doctors in rural areas of Britain noticed that dairymaid...
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January and May
2023-12-06一月跟五月有什么关系?为什么要放在一起说?它们关系还真挺亲密的。其实这个俚语起源于一个典故,January和May是该故事中的两个人的名字。前者是一位男爵,他在60岁时娶了一个如花似玉的名叫May的年轻姑娘。他们相爱了,所以,January and May也就变成人们调侃的老夫少妻”了。...
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引领饮食潮流的犹太洁食
2023-12-06Have you ever eaten kosher food? That's food which conforms to the Jewish dietary regulations of kashrut. These regulations forbid consuming pork ...
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eat no fish 忠实可靠的人;诚实可信的人
2023-12-06Eat no fish是一句英国的民间俗语,这句话的来源是:英国伊丽莎白一世即位后,面临的首要任务是处理遗留的宗教问题。她大刀阔斧地对宗教问题进行改革:颁布新的《至尊法案》和《三十九信条》,重立英国国教,与罗马教廷决裂,确定英国国王为英国教会最高首领。其中《三十九信条》中的一项规定,英国国教会摒弃了...
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握手是怎么成为通用问候方式的?
2023-12-06Shaking hands seems like a gesture that has been around forever. Indeed, a throne base from the reign of ancient Assyria's Shalmaneser III in the ...
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地球日的由来 The History of Earth Day
2023-12-06世界地球日(Earth Day)即每年的4月22日,是一个专为世界环境保护而设立的节日,旨在提高民众对于现有环境问题的意识,并动员民众参与到环保运动中,通过绿色低碳生活,改善地球的整体环境。Earth Day is the name given to two different annual obs...
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黑色星期五的由来
2023-12-06The Friday after Thanksgiving was coined "Black Friday" in the 1960s to kick off the holiday shopping season. In America, it's basically...