Christmas is Britain\'s most popular holiday and is characterized by traditions which date back hundreds of years. Many Christmas customs which originated in Britain have been adopted in the United States.
The first ever Christmas card was posted in England in the 1840s, and the practice soon became an

　　 One story about Jack, an Irishman, who was not allowed into Heaven because he was stingy with his money. So he was sent to hell. But down there he played tricks on the Devil (Satan), so he was kicked out of Hell and made to walk the earth forever carrying a lantern.
Well, Irish children made Jack's lanterns on Oc

Santa is from Greenland, according to an edict from the 40th annual Father Christmas World Congress.
Ice and snow
Greenland offers adventures of ice and snow like nowhere else on this planet. The ice cap（冰帽）- up to three kilometers thick - covers an area 14 times the size of England, and icebergs（冰山）snap

电视业的发展，特别是有线电视的出现为美国人提供了更多的选择，随之也就出现了一种花很多时间看电视的电视迷，人们把他们叫做：couch potato。
Couch是指沙发，potato就是土豆。Couch potato是指那些一有时间就坐在沙发上看电视的人下面讲话的人就是一个不折不扣的couch potato：
例句-1:
" why should I go out to see a movie or a concert -- it’s a lot more comfortable to stay at home. I have cable TV, which gives me a choice of 30 different programs

Bastille Day is a National holiday in France. It is very much like Independence Day in the United States because it is a celebration of the beginning of a new form of government.
At one time in France, kings and queens ruled. Many people were very angry with the decisions made by the kings and queens.
The Bastille was

Independence Day is the national holiday of the United States of America commemorating the signing of the Declaration of Independence by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
At the time of the signing the US consisted of 13 colonies under the rule of England's King George III. There

Denmark Weddings
People in many places of the world usually give their lovers a finger ring or a bundle of flowers as a gift of engagement. But in some areas of Denmark, it is still considered lucky for a young man to present his financee([法语]未婚妻) with the wooden clappers graved with love-poems, bec

UPON the ground where the brave Harold fell, William the Norman afterwards founded an abbey, which, under the name of Battle Abbey, was a rich and splendid place through many a troubled year, though now it is a grey ruin overgrown with ivy. But the first work he had to do, was to conquer the English thoroughly; and that, as you know by this time

HAROLD was crowned King of England on the very day of the maudlin Confessor's funeral. He had good need to be quick about it. When the news reached Norman William, hunting in his park at Rouen, he dropped his bow, returned to his palace, called his nobles to council, and presently sent ambassadors to Harold, calling on him to keep his oath and r

CANUTE left three sons, by name SWEYN, HAROLD, and HARDICANUTE; but his Queen, Emma, once the Flower of Normandy, was the mother of only Hardicanute. Canute had wished his dominions to be divided between the three, and had wished Harold to have England; but the Saxon people in the South of England, headed by a nobleman with great possessions, ca

CANUTE reigned eighteen years. He was a merciless King at first. After he had clasped the hands of the Saxon chiefs, in token of the sincerity with which he swore to be just and good to them in return for their acknowledging him, he denounced and slew many of them, as well as many relations of the late King. 'He who brings me

ALFRED THE GREAT was a young man, three-and-twenty years of age, when he became king. Twice in his childhood, he had been taken to Rome, where the Saxon nobles were in the habit of going on journeys which they supposed to be religious; and, once, he had stayed for some time in Paris. Learning, however, was so little cared for, then, that at twel

THE Romans had scarcely gone away from Britain, when the Britons began to wish they had never left it. For, the Romans being gone, and the Britons being much reduced in numbers by their long wars, the Picts and Scots came pouring in, over the broken and unguarded wall of SEVERUS, in swarms. They plundered the richest towns, and killed the people

IF you look at a Map of the World, you will see, in the left-hand upper corner of the Eastern Hemisphere, two Islands lying in the sea. They are England and Scotland, and Ireland. England and Scotland form the greater part of these Islands. Ireland is the next in size. The little neighbouring islands, which are so small upon the Map as to be mer

西方人为了彼此融洽相处，维护国家良好形象，特别重视生活教育和人际关系。尤其平时说话时多能笑口常开，低声细语、彬彬有礼。在激动时也能保持冷静。在谈话技巧上，也是挖空心思，不遗余力，以获得别人的好感。他们认为沟通的技巧不仅能代表个人受教育的程度与素养，也能显示国家的文明水平。以下是一些例子：
    一、先“恭维”后“不过”。
    1. 美国人对别人的建议或忠告，多半不会马上答复。即使不想采纳，通常也会客气地说：You have a wonderful idea，but