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An interesting detective story
This book The Body in the Library is a famous story by Agatha Christie, one of Britain's favourite ...
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Tablet from Scotland
'Tablet' means many things but in Scotland, it is likely to refer to a sweet. It was written down i...
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View: 1148 | 2024年6月11日
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Absorbing reading – Riddle of the Sands
This exciting spy novel by Erskine Childers can be read anywhere – but it is especially suited to t...
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Summer seasonal food in Britain - wild raspberries
The raspberry is my favourite British native fruit - strictly speaking, it is green on the bushes j...
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View: 1370 | 2024年4月25日
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British plants in bloom
Now that the weather is becoming milder, it is a good time to get out of doors and admire the diffe...
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Sense and Sensibility
The book cover in this picture is of two sisters in Jane Austen's novel, Sense and Sensibility.In t...
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Sherlock Holmes Stories
The Sherlock Holmes stories by Arthur Conan Doyle are famous the world over. And rightly so, becaus...
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View: 988 | 2024年3月1日
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Persuasion
Persuasion is the title of a famous novel by Jane Austen, one of Britain's best-loved authors.Persu...
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View: 1023 | 2024年2月14日
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Pancake Day or Shrove Tuesday.
Yesterday, 13 February, was Pancake Day in Britain! This comes from an old festival called Shrove T...
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View: 1930 | 2023年3月10日
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Row or row?
There are some words that are spelt the same, but have different meanings and pronunciation. You ca...
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View: 1789 | 2023年3月2日
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Picture description
I like looking at illustrations in old books. Pictures can be an important part of the book, and ad...
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View: 1687 | 2023年2月22日
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Pancakes, Easter Eggs and Chocolate Rabbits
Interesting ways to mark spring are customs. Today, 21 February, is Shrove Tuesday. In the past, pe...
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View: 2257 | 2023年2月9日
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Practical English
There are plenty of situations where we can say something that is grammatically correct, but, socia...
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View: 2090 | 2023年2月6日
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Reading books
Often people choose lessons where we read a book during the class. This can be a light book like Th...
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View: 1919 | 2023年2月1日
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Elizabeth Fry
It is too hard to choose a favourite historical person, because there are too many interesting peop...
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View: 1551 | 2023年1月28日
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More food Idioms
Have you ever heard anyone saying, "it's a dog's dinner"? This phrase means that something is a com...
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View: 1297 | 2023年1月22日
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Food Idioms
Please don't spill the bottle in this photo! There are many food idioms in English, and one common ...
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View: 1871 | 2022年8月3日
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Hens as pets
It is common to talk about being a "dog person" or a "cat person", but what about hens? Can you be ...
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View: 1827 | 2022年8月1日
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Idioms
By Gerd Leibrock - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=15701840...
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View: 2047 | 2022年7月26日
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My favourite summer treat
By Ripe Raspberries by Anne Burgess, CC BY-SA 2.0 https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1...
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View: 1520 | 2022年6月22日
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Lesson for June's Pride Campaign
Just a reminder that I have two new lessons for Cafetalk's Pride month campaign, an Introduction to...
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View: 1826 | 2022年6月17日
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British History
There is lots of colourful and eventful history in Britain, from the time of the Viking, all the wa...
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View: 1989 | 2022年5月18日
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Back to the past
By Oxford Castle and Mound, New Road, Oxford by Robin Sones, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedi...
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View: 1929 | 2022年2月13日
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Reading
One of the best ways to relax is to read a book. Some people can do this on their computers; I find...
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View: 1693 | 2022年2月9日
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Weather Sayings
English has many interesting weather sayings. One is that every cloud has its silver lining. This i...
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View: 2622 | 2022年1月28日
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Tree Sayings
English has common idioms using trees. Here is one which means that you cannot see the big picture ...
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View: 1607 | 2022年1月21日
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Animal Sayings
Animal sayings are quite common in English, even although we have less countryside than ever. Here ...
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View: 1916 | 2022年1月10日
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Robert Burns and Burns Suppers
Robert Burns, (1759-96), was born in Ayrshire, Scotland on 25 January 1759. He wrote many songs and...
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View: 2383 | 2021年11月14日
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Interesting English references: King Cnut and the Waves
https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1839237 There are uses of language which make use...
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View: 3083 | 2021年11月4日
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Halloween
This picture shows the turnip lantern which I carved for this year's Halloween! As I mentioned in m...
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