A Garden Safari 花园旅行 William: And were looking at something very different from the last garden and its a sort of a Chinese-themed part of your garden. Can you tell us a little bit about it? Jane: Well, I decided Id put a Chinese area into my...
For writing is discovery. The language that never leaves our head is like colorful yarn, which endlessly spins out multicolored threads dropping into emptiness, momentarily compacted, entangled, fascinating, and elusive. We have glimpses that seem br...
Today, on A Moment of Science, why lips go dry. Let's start by reviewing the ways in which the surface of our lips is different from the surface of the skin on the rest of our bodies. Basically, our lips are made of the same mucus membrane that coats...
Homogenized Milk That old cliche about cream rising to the top is true. With cows milk, fresh from the farm, cream does separate from the milk and rise because fat is the main ingredient in cream and fat is lighter than the rest of the milk. But the...
We may also record our notes on tapes so as to often listen to the m more easily, to deepen our impression and to lighten our burden of memory. Sometimes it is needful to draw some tables and illustrations that are very impressive, visual and concise...
Theres been a sharp increase in swine flu cases in the UK recently. So what do people think about it? Well Ive had swine flu and you can probably still hear it a little bit in my throat so it was not too bad. Ive had tonsillitis before and that was m...
Ever wondered how famous actors start out? Well, a lot of them go to drama school.We spoke to Murray Woodfield who is a theatre director but also teaches at a number of drama schools in London. Hes helped many students get into drama school. Wendy co...
Dear Annie: In the past month, I have received three e-mails from different people asking me to send a deposit, after which they will forward a winning lottery ticket to me. In exchange for cashing it for them, I will get a portion of the money. I kn...
Multivitamin tablets. You can buy them very easily in supermarkets or pharmacies. Whether British people take multivitamins every day? No, I dont take them every day. But I cant speak for everyone, so lets meet someone who can tell us more. My name i...
An apple a day keeps the doctor away. Family doctors are usually called GPs, or general practitioners. My name is Louis Brassy. Im a so-called general practitioner doctor in the centre of London. Im one of two doctors working in our clinic and betwee...
Dear Annie: My friend Marianna won't give me breathing room and cannot stop talking. She is constantly hanging on my arm, literally and figuratively. She is very emotionally clingy, calling as many as three times a day after spending six hours with m...
Dream Job: Stylist 梦想职业：造型师 A stylist is someone who gives advice to people on what the y should wear. And being a stylist is definitely a dream job for Nicky Hambleton-Jones. I like to invest in one fabulous handbag each season and t...
Phobias 恐惧症 It could be spiders. It could be mice. It could even be people.What are you scared of? Today were looking at phobias. The things that people are scared of. And I cant stand mice. They just make me want to scream. Snakes. I have a fe...
Mike: Amanda, I'm dying to see that new Jim Carrey film that came out on Friday. I hear it's one of his best performances ever. Amanda: Mike, you know I'm not a fan of slapstick. If I were, I'd watch Tom and Jerry cartoons instead. Can we go see some...
Film Sequels 电影续集 Today were talking about the trend of big budget sequel films in Hollywood.And well be hearing from Hollywood star Nicolas Cage. We have a mixture of views on sequel films. Its very rare that sequels are as good as the origi...
