Like a ton of bricks 非常沉重 图片1 A woman carries bricks on her head at a factory near Chennai, India. Photo: Babu/ Reuters 今日小常识 Bricks are one of the oldest building materials in the world. The first bricks discovered date back to...
To have a bee in your bonnet 胡思乱想 图片1 People dressed as bees protest in London against the use of pesticides. Photo: Dan Kitwood/ Getty Images 今日小常识 There are over 60,000 bees in the average bee colony. A honey bee can fly up to...
It's in her genes 在她的基因里 图片1 DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) carries the material that makes up genes. Genes pass characteristics from parent to child. Photo: Science Photo Library (SPL) 今日小常识 Cambridge University scientists Jam...
Bear with me 请耐心稍等 图片1 A volunteer dressed in a polar bear costume takes part in a demonstration in Paris which calls on political leaders to protect the Arctic. Photo: Pierre Andrieu/AFP/Getty Images 今日小常识 Using their incredi...
Set tongues wagging 给人以说闲话的口实 图片1 Coming to work looking like these men is bound to set tongues wagging. Photo: Julien Behal/ PA Wire 今日小常识 People threw multi-coloured powder over each other at The Ministry of Silly Id...
Worth its weight in gold 非常有价值 图片1 Datta Phuge's shirt contains more than 3kg of gold. Photo: BBC. 今日小常识 Indians are the world's largest consumers of gold, where it is often seen as an investment. Nicknamed the gold man, Datta...
You're toast 你完了 图片1 A representation of Edvard Munch's famous painting The Scream, made using food arranged on a piece of toast. Photo: Ida Frosk 今日小常识 Norwegian food artist Ida Frosk (www.idafrosk.com) makes edible recreations o...
It's just not cricket! 绝对不公正! 图片1 The Twenty20 season gets underway this week in the Indian Premier League. Photo: BBC 今日小常识 The Indian Premier League is a professional league for Twenty20 cricket, a shorter form of the game w...
Go it alone 只身单干 图片1 Japanese video and performance artist Mariko Mori displays her work Tom Na H-iu at the Royal Academy of Arts in London. Photo: Stefan Wermuth/ Reuters 今日小常识 A popular saying in business circles is that you w...
Up for grabs 东西无主可供抓取的 A herring gull plucks a puffin from the ground. Photo: Amanda Hayes/BWPA/PA Wire 今日小常识 The photo above won the 'animal behaviour' category in the 2012 British Wildlife Photography competition. Amanda...