记得第一次在肯德基吃“圣代”，就和朋友讨论了一番，大家都很好奇为什么这种加了碎果仁和红樱桃的奶油冰淇淋取名为“圣代”。更蹊跷的是，它的英文名sundae的读音和拼写又和Sunday非常相似，这...

眼下正是婚庆旺季，预定在春节期间举行婚礼的新人纷纷扎堆影楼，拍摄自己的婚纱照。 如今的80后年轻人要求不少，从服装款式、内外景选择、画面构图、人物姿势到后期制作，无一不是他们关注...

看过一个有趣的问题，问news是不是由单词north，east，west和south的首字母组合而成？翻查辞源，虽然很遗憾这个猜测是错误的，但“塞翁失马”的一大收获是--原来“东、西、南、北”确有一番说头...

曲奇饼：“曲奇”是英语COOKY的音译，原意是“小糕饼”。它是 一种高蛋白、高油脂的点心式饼干，采用重糖、重油、重奶原料制作。 吐司：即烤面包，它是英语TOAST的音译，该词源于拉丁语TOSTUS...

不知你小时候是否玩过花花绿绿的贴纸？伸出舌尖舔一下，然后把花样印在书本甚或皮肤上…在英语中'贴花纸'可以用decal来表达，而我们今天讲的cockamamie（荒谬的，疯狂的）看似与'贴纸'毫不相干...

 Qing Ming is a time to remember the dead and the dearly departed. More important, it is a period to honour and to pay respect to one‘s deceased ancestors and family members....

 Bosom Friend’s Day is a new festival proposed by some female writers and hosts to appreciate the bosom friend who quietly support you. On that day, friends will gather toget...

It turns out that nodding off in class may not be such a bad idea after all, as a new study has shown that going to sleep shortly after learning new material is the best way to rem...

A poll of 15,000 women found that Germans are considered 'too smelly'. English lovers came second because they are so lazy, while men from Sweden were branded 'too quick to fin...

1. Owls are the only birds that can see the colour blue。 猫头鹰是唯一能看见蓝色的鸟类。 2. Your stomach has to produce a new layer of mucus every two weeks otherwise it will d...