An American had been fishing for two weeks in Ireland withoutgetting a bite.On the last day of his vacation,he caught a small salmon.“Turlough,”he said to his guide later,“that salmon cost me morethan five hundred ...
At the beginning of the 6th century, Scotland was ruled byScottish kings and queens, but was divided between different groupsof people: the Picts ahd Celts, who were the oldest inhabitants, theScots, who came from Nor...
In England, Christmas Day and Good Friday havebeen holidays (literally ’Holy Days’) for religious reasonssince the establishment of Christianity in this country.Christmas is celebrated on December 25, not ChristmasE...
Britain、Great Britain、the United Kindgom(UK)、England、theBritish Isles 这些不同的名称常用来指称“英国”,然而这些称法不全正确。“the United Kingdom”(联合王国)是在联合国使用的名称,其全称为“United Kingdom of Great B...
在当今的世界上说英语的人越来越多,有十二个国家,三亿四千五百万人口把英语作为本族语: North America 北美洲 Canada,except Quebec 加拿大(除魁北克省) United States 美国 South America 南美洲 Guyana 圭亚那 Caribbean 加勒比海 B...