The Viking longship might have looked like this. A 1,000-year-old Viking longship is thought to have been discovered under a pub car park on Merseyside. The vessel is believed to lie beneath 2 metres to 3 metres of clay by the Railway Inn in Meols,

发表于:2019-01-02 / 阅读(121) / 评论(0) 分类 Take Away English

In the eighteenth chapter of our series, Basil learns to fight with a two handed sword from one of historys masters of the martial art. He takes part in a jousting contest and is feeling rather battered, bruised, and fed up. Just in case you are wond

发表于:2019-01-18 / 阅读(53) / 评论(0) 分类 Children’s Stories-儿童故事集

To run a tight ship To sit tight 今天我们要给大家介绍的两个习惯用语里一个关键的字就是: Tight. Tight 就是「紧」的意思。这个字有的时候具有好的含义,但也有

发表于:2019-01-30 / 阅读(118) / 评论(0) 分类 美国习惯用语

今天我们要学的词是jump ship。 To jump ship, 意思是跳槽。 LeBron James decision to jump ship was not unexpected, 勒布朗.詹姆斯决定跳槽并不意外。 John didn't like his new boss and jumped ship the first chance he got, 约翰

发表于:2019-02-05 / 阅读(55) / 评论(0) 分类 英语每日一词

Italy says U.S. and British forces have freed an Italian vessel that was hijacked off Somalia on Monday. The MV Montecristo had been seized 1,000 kilometers off Somalia's eastern coast, carrying 23 crew members from Italy, Ukraine and India. The Ital

发表于:2019-02-18 / 阅读(217) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

The World's Greatest Swordsman At an exhibition of the world's best swordsman, the third-place fencer took the stage. A fly was released, and with an arc of his sword he cut the fly in half. The crowd cheered. Then the second-place man sliced a fly i

发表于:2019-02-25 / 阅读(63) / 评论(0) 分类 趣味英语