◎英國大使館文化教育處Read a conversation between a biology student and his friend.So,Simon,you’re studying biology.Can you explain a little bit about it?Biology is about all the things on our world that are alive—plants,animals,as well as v

◎英國大使館文化教育處Archaeology is a long and difficult word.How do you say it?ar - kee - ol - o - gyWhere does this word come from?From Greek.It’s two words together, “ancient”, meaning very old, and“history”.Why is it important then?Well

◎英國大使館文化教育處Anthropology is the study of different societies in the present and past.This includes the things people do, how they talk about their feelings, and what they think is important.It is also about how all these things can

◎英國大使館文化教育處AWhat is science? The answer is either very difficult or very easy.I’ll go with the easy one: everything.Science is the study of… everything,from things so small that they cannot be seen to the universe itself, which is

英國大使館文化教育處Modern graffiti began in big cities in the United States in the 1970s. InNew York， young people wrote their names or “tags” in pen on walls aroundthe city.One of the first “taggers” was a teenager called Demetrius. His t

英國大使館文化教育處One night in December 2011， a bear came into the city of Vancouver inCanada. It walked through the streets past houses， shops and offices until itfound some food in bins outside a restaurant and started eating. In the mo

英國大使館文化教育處I rode a horse called Nansi through some of the 1500 square kilometresof the Brecon Beacons National Park in Wales. Nansi was a Welsh Cob andthey are one of the world’s oldest types of horses and live wild in the nationa

英國大使館文化教育處On our last holiday,we drank cold beer and ate fish outside a beach bar while watching surfers.Where were we—France? Spain? Portugal?No,we were in St.Ives,a small town in Cornwall in the south of England.Visitors like St

英國大使館文化教育處A “gap year” is a period of time when a student takes a break before going to university,or does something different before a postgraduate course.It is often spent travelling or working and can give young people useful l

◎英國大使館文化教育處Wherries were the most popular sailing boats on the Norfolk Broads for two centuries, but now there are only two of them. I went on a trip on one, the Albion. The Norfolk Broads is a famous and beautiful example of wate

◎英國大使館文化教育處The eventFor London’s Chinese community, Chinese New Year is a huge event.Before Chinese New Year, people make sure their houses are clean and tidy,buy new clothes and have their hair cut, to bring good luck for the new

英國大使館文化教育處Would you like to be a secret agent and work undercover? Do you think the job in reality would be similar to how it’s shown in films?You miɡht have heard of MI6 throuɡh the man known as 007.James Bond doesn’t exist,of co

英國大使館文化教育處In 2012 Britain held the Olympic Games for the third time in modern history.The British have a great love of sport– both watching and playing and,in fact,many sports started here.Tennis first became popular in the UK and

英國大使館文化教育處Some people play in a band,others join a choir or an orchestra.Whatever the activity,music-makinɡ has always been very popular.Britain is now one of the biɡɡest producers of music in the world.British cities often have a

英國大使館文化教育處In the past,workinɡ people in Britain only had holidays on “holy”(reliɡious)days.Now most people have about four weeks’ holiday every year plus public holidays (also called “bank holidays”).When?British people usually ha

Thirty million people come to the UK every year. So what do they visit?London is usually the first destination. The London Eye is a ɡiant wheel -go to the top and you can see the Houses of Parliament and its famous clock- Biɡ Ben.