It's had a massive makerover in the last few years and as a result, poker, in particular online poker is booming. Gone are the days of pokers being a male dominated and seedy environment as now more t...
Did a secret police infiltrator inside Fathers for Justice first propose the idea of kidnapping Tony Blair’s son? That's what some members of the organization now suspect. It started as a simple con...
The queue for the auditions went on and on. Some of the girls have been lining up since yesterday evening to get their couple of minutes in front of the casting director. Thousands of young actresses...
Now then, if you could pick one thing which sums England up to you, what would it be? We've been asked to vote for the objects that most represent Englishness to help create an online portrait of Engl...
本期难点 1. ironing: 这个词不难,熨衣服。在这里是说Wills以后不能搞特殊了,衣服也得自个熨了。 2. cotton wool : cotton made absorbent by chemically freeing it from i...
本期难点 1. throw in the towel : give up; admit defeat. 2. the LEA : Local Education Authority (UK) 3. swack : vt. [苏]重击; 鞭打; 猛掷 4. Tory : A member of a British political party, foun...
本期难点 1. light the blue touch paper: Touch paper is the correct name of the impregnated material used in fireworks fuses. The original phrase (the instructions on fireworks) reads "Light the bl...
本期生词: fare:A transportation charge, as for a bus 本期难点: run ultra :ultra有个意思就是极端的,extreme. 有一种运动叫做ultra-running,更具体点,叫做ultramarat...
本期难点 paltry: Lacking in importance or worth 在文中,是说博格坎普挣的比起小贝来,就有点微不足道了。 本期生词: flock: To congregate or travel in a flock or crowd...
生词: drag queen:A male transvestite; also, a female impersonator "Jill Turner. " "I, Jill Turner, make. . . " It is a historic day for gay and lesbian couples and one they have waited a long ti...