听播客学英语 255 多佛海滩
I have something rather more difficult for you today. Matthew Arnold was an English poet who lived from 1822 to 1888. One of his most famous poems is Dover Beach. Dover is a town on the south coast of England. It is the place where you take a ferry t
听播客学英语 256 如何花100万英镑
Last week, my daughter came home from school. She told us that, as her homework, she had to spend a million pounds. We told her that she didnt have a million pounds. In fact in her money box she had precisely ?12.47, and a book token. Then she explai
听播客学英语 257 医生
English children have hundreds of Doctor, Doctor jokes. These jokes all have the same form. Someone goes to the doctor and explains what is wrong with them, and the doctor replies. Grown-ups think these jokes are dreadful children love them. Here are
听播客学英语 258 兽医
My friend Sarah is a vet. I have asked her to tell us about a typical days work. I am a veterinary surgeon and work for a charity called PDSA, which stands for the Peoples Dispensary for Sick Animals. We treat pets belonging to people who are on stat
听播客学英语 259 休息
The expression to take time off means to have a break from work, or school, or whatever you are doing. We can say, for example, I have a day off, or I am taking a day off, or I need a day off. Sometimes we say what we are having a day off from for ex
听播客学英语 260 如何在车里睡觉
Earlier this week, I talked about the sandwich which Selfridges are selling for the ridiculous price of ?85. Today I want to talk about a very different side of modern Britain. A few days ago I found a very interesting blog. It is written by a woman.
听播客学英语 261 夏洛特
Today I would like to introduce to you a poem by Allan Ahlberg. Allan is a well known writer of poems for children. He used to be a school teacher, and he understands the things that interest children, and also the way that children speak. The poem i
听播客学英语 262 世界上最昂贵的三明治
Selfridges is the name of a big store in central London. There are also Selfridges stores in Birmingham and Manchester. Selfridges is upmarket that means, many of the things that it sells are exclusive, high-quality or simply expensive. Do Selfridges
听播客学英语 263 神秘博士
One of the best bits of news in the past week has been that BBC TV is to show a new series of Dr Who. Let me explain. Dr Who was a classic science-fiction programme on childrens television in the 1970s. Dr Who and his companions traveled the universe
听播客学英语 264 受伤
To hurt someone normally means to cause them pain, for example by hitting them. But it can also mean to offend someone, to hurt their feelings. In the last episode, Kevin complained about Joannes mother coming to lunch. Joanne was hurt Kevin had hurt
听播客学英语 265 That will do
In English we have some words which have so many possible meanings that it sometimes seems that they can mean almost anything. One of these words is get. Another is do. In colloquial English, we often use the expression that something will do. For ex
听播客学英语 266 雄鹿和母鸡
Kevins friend George is getting married to Sharon. A week before the wedding, George invites his friends to a stag party. They start in a pub, and then go on to a club where there is deafening music and they all drink too much. The next day, Kevin fe
听播客学英语 267 不要不辞而别
I have another one of Margarets poems for you today. It is called Dont Leave Without Saying Goodbye. Dont Leave Without Saying Goodbye Dont slink away with not even a word. Remember I love you, remember what we have shared. If you left without a good
听播客学英语 268 克莱尔的卧室
Claire Williams is 20 years old. She is a student and lives at home with her parents in a town called Whitehaven. Her bedroom is a mess. Or at least it was a mess. Time and again, her parents asked her please to tidy it, but somehow she never managed
听播客学英语 269 承办
In the last episode, Carol told us about painting coffins. A person who organises funerals is called an undertaker (or a funeral director but the normal word is undertaker). An undertaker will talk to the family of someone who has died about the sort
