2017-09-24 所属栏目:随身英语

Twenty years ago this week the British inventor Tim Berners-Lee created the world’s first webpage. It is worth pausing to consider the extraordinary impact that his invention

2017-09-24 所属栏目:随身英语

Singing the national anthem
Every athlete dreams of that moment: standing on the highest podium, having a gold medal hung around their neck and watching with pride, as their count

2017-09-24 所属栏目:随身英语

Potato-only Diet
How Healthy is a Potato-only Diet?
Can a diet of eating only potatoes for 60 days be good for you?
This is precisely what one American man has done in order to

2017-09-24 所属栏目:随身英语

Food for Thought!
For many people around the world a glass of Scotch is their favourite tipple.
Scotch whisky can come in blended or single malt varieties. Connoisseurs of the dr

2017-09-24 所属栏目:随身英语

Britain's Nickname Survey
Charity Catalogues British Place Nicknames
Does your local town have a nickname? If so, what does it say about the area and the people who live there?

2017-09-23 所属栏目:随身英语

Nevertirees
60% of UK Rich Don't Want to Retire, Says Poll
Wake up late, have a big breakfast and then wander down to the beach for the first swim of the day. A round of golf, a

2017-09-23 所属栏目:随身英语

A British Library Exhibition Celebrates Innovation
Have you ever thought of inventing something that could make everyday chores easier? Sam Houghton did and he created a double-

2017-09-23 所属栏目:随身英语

Couch-potatoes have short lives
Lack of exercise could be causing as many deaths around the world as smoking, according to an article in the science magazine The Lancet.
As tho

2017-09-23 所属栏目:随身英语

The devices that can't be stolen
The market for smartphones and tablet computers has boomed over the last few years, with over a quarter of adults and nearly half of teenage

2017-09-23 所属栏目:随身英语

The Shard stands tall over London
How high is too high? This week the tallest building in Europe was completed in London. The 95-storey, 310m 'Shard' now soars over the city's

2017-09-22 所属栏目:随身英语

England footballers crash out
Oh no, not again! England's football team have crashed out of the Euro 2012 football tournament after losing another penalty shootout.
The &#3

2017-09-22 所属栏目:随身英语

Embarrassing parents
When your mum tries to use slang, do you blush? Do you cringe when she calls you by your childhood nickname in front of your friends? And how about searchin

2017-09-22 所属栏目:随身英语

Fireworks for a Diamond Queen
Many Britons say we have a lot to thank HM Queen Elizabeth for.
This week certainly most of her subjects are thankful for a two-day holiday in cel

2017-09-22 所属栏目:随身英语

China: too old to get rich?
As China's economy has grown bigger, its population has grown older. But is China growing too old, too fast?
The one-child policy has caused a d

2017-09-22 所属栏目:随身英语

Rich and rude
It's official – rich people really are stuck-up, at least according to one recent piece of research.
A series of studies into unethical behaviour across the

2017-09-21 所属栏目:随身英语

Long live men, say data
In the battle of the sexes women have always won - at least when it comes to cheating death. Although they used to be called the fairer sex, they tend on

2017-09-21 所属栏目:随身英语

Titanic remembered
The 100th anniversary of the ship they said would never sink has been remembered in a number of special events this week.
It was on the night of April 15th 191

2017-09-21 所属栏目:随身英语

Harry Potter studio tour
Anticipation is running at fever pitch; excitement off the scale. Now, this week, the brand new Harry Potter studio tour finally opened its doors to the p

2017-09-21 所属栏目:随身英语

Vibrating tattoos
Imagine having a tattoo that vibrates every time you receive an SMS or another mobile phone alert.
It might sound like something out of a sci-fi film, but Nokia

2017-09-21 所属栏目:随身英语

Brits bin their bread
Can you imagine what 680,000 tonnes of food looks like? That's the amount wasted in Britain each year, and at the top of the list of wasted foods is... brea

2017-09-20 所属栏目:随身英语

Byte-sized revolution
Creating a new computer or software from scratch is the dream of many a budding Steve Jobs. And now this goal is easier to reach than ever.
A new, low-cost

2017-09-20 所属栏目:随身英语

Adele triumphs at the Brits
Adele has picked up two gongs at the Brit Awards ceremony in London to add to the six she won last week at the Grammys in the USA. She triumphed in the

2017-09-20 所属栏目:随身英语

The Tale of Two Dragons
Dragons are for China a symbol of prosperity but in the West they've had a bad press for centuries.
They've been depicted as roaring, flesh-eati

2017-09-20 所属栏目:随身英语

Crystal Ball
New Year is a time to peer into a crystal ball and tease out some of the stories that are likely to make the headlines in 2012.Technology: The BBC's correspondent Ro

2017-09-20 所属栏目:随身英语

The Lonely Bulldog
Britain has found itself swimming against the tide in the last few days, after a European Union make-or-break summit to save the euro.
The British PM David C