The increase in international business and in foreign investment has created a need for executives with knowledge of foreign languages and skills in c...
An important new industry, oil refining(炼油) , grew after the Civil war. Crude oil(原油) , or petroleum(石油) - a dark, thick ooze(软泥) from the earth - had...
The earliest Indians, the Harappans, probably ate mainly wheat and rice and lentils(扁豆) , and occasionally(偶尔,间或) cows, pigs, sheep, and goats, and ch...
People in India wore mostly cotton clothing. India was the first place where cotton was grown, even as early as 2500 BC in the Harappan(哈拉帕的) period. ...
One of the earliest known writing systems came from India, probably around 2500 BC. Unfortunately, we can't read the Harappan(哈拉帕的) writing yet. B...
People in India brought the idea of thowing the knucklebones(膝关节) of sheep or pigs to tell the future, or to play a game of skill like jacks(抓子游戏) , w...
Football is the most popular sport in the world. It is estimated that around 250 million people regularly play whilst many millions more watch the gam...
What is the most important day of your life? For many people the answer is your Wedding Day – the day when you marry another person and promise ...
If you visit a supermarket in the UK in March or April, you will notice a curious(好奇的,古怪的) thing: shelf after shelf is filled with large, brightly-col...
The ever so-beloved West End musical Mamma Mia! has finally been taken from the stage to the silver screen(银幕,电影) .The international premiere(首映式) of ...