You scratch my back 你帮我,我助你 图片1 Grooming plays an important part of social relationships among Japanese macaque monkeys. Photo: Kazuhiro Nogi / AFP 今日小常识 Japanese macaques, or 'snow monkeys', are highly social animals, wit...
Pumped up 振奋 Indian workers check water pumps on the banks of the River Ganges ahead of the Kumbh Mela. Photo: Rajesh Kumar Singh/AP 今日小常识 Millions are expected to take a ritualistic bath in the confluence of the rivers Ganges and Yamun...
A whole new ball game 一个全新局面 图片1 Chinese farmer Liu Qiyuan looks out from his 'survival pod'. Photo: Ed Jones/AFP/Getty 今日小常识 According to one interpretation of the ancient Mayan calendar, the world is going to end on 21 Dec...
A little bird told me 消息灵通人士告诉我 图片1 A waxwing sits on the branch of a rowan tree in London. Photo: Dan Kitwood/Getty 今日小常识 成千上万的连雀在它们的原生地斯堪的纳维亚找不到食吃的情况下飞到了英...
Snowed under 忙得不可开交 图片1 People walk amongst trees covered in snow in Hokarangen, Stockholm. Photo: Jonathan Nackstrand/Getty 今日小常识 本周瑞典首都斯德哥尔摩地区遇到巨大暴风雪。降雪量仅一夜之间就达约...
Over the moon 欣喜若狂 图片1 St James' Palace has announced that the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Prince William and Catherine, are expecting their first baby. Photo: Danny Lawson/Getty 今日小常识 The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have a...
Roll out the red carpet 隆重欢迎 A 500-metre-long red carpet in Wellington, New Zealand, for the premiere of the movie The Hobbit. Photo: Reuters 今日小常识 Red carpets were traditionally used for welcoming royalty and heads of state, though...
Licking your lips 舔你的嘴唇 图片1 A monkey licks a block of ice with bananas encased in it during the Monkey Buffet Festival. Photo: Chaiwat Subprasom/ Reuters 今日小常识 The Monkey Buffet Festival is an annual event held in Lopburi, Tha...
Bad hair day 不顺心的一天 图片1 A New York Jets fan reacts after the New England Patriots were successful in a goal line stand against the Jets in a football game in New Jersey. Photo: Reuters/ Gary Hershorn 今日小常识 Green hair doesn't...
Drive someone up the wall 把人逼疯了 图片1 A car stuck on the border fence between the US and Mexico. Photo: AFP / US Customs and Border Protection 今日小常识 The US-Mexico border is the most frequently crossed border in the world and is...