‘t enough.Dad had tried a second job for a while, but he found it was too hard on the family.One day, he had an excellent idea that set me on a lifelong course of making money to support myself.Standing beside a crowded table at the second-hand goods market, I looked over an ...
In the UK: People don’t have ID cards in the UK. To book a hotel room or visit the doctor, they only need to provide their phone number and name. People most commonly use their driver’s licenses or pass ports. And for those who can’t drive, a provisional (临时的) driver’s ...
阅读理解China's young consumers embracesecond-hand shoppingonline中国的年轻消费者青睐二手网购The second-hand trend is spreading around theworld and gaining ground in China.Unlike the UK where hipsters(嬉皮士)crowd intosecond-hand clothes shops such as those in London'sBrick Lane, in China one man...
which is exactly what Murdoch does but because he is “on the make”… By law Murdoch should not have editorial or financial control over both newspapers and broadcast organisations, but a certain “political party” in the UK turned not just a blind eye but actively put the thumb on...
Two Roman armies, under the commands of the Consuls Gaius Claudius Nero and Marcus Livius Salinator, met Hasdrubal near the Metaurus River in 207 BC. The 30,000 Carthaginians were outmatched from the start by the 35,000 - 40,000 Romans lined up against them. While the battle hung in ...
Heroines of the Tudor Worldis now available for pre-order fromAmberley PublishingandAmazon UK. Also by Sharon Bennett Connolly: King John’s Right-Hand Lady: The Story of Nicholaa de la Hayeis the story of a truly remarkable lady, the hereditary constable of Lincoln Castle and the first wom...
Dominion Bridge set out a unique prefabrication plan to construct 10,000-ton ships and smaller 4700-ton cargo vessels. In the main shops at Lachine, workers welded the aft section and forepeak of the ship as one piece. These completed sections were delivered by railway flatcars to the Bicke...
1 16 English n ˈɪŋglɪʃ anglès the language that is spoken in the UK, the US, and We have an English lesson every day. in many other countries 1 15 example n ɪgˈzɑːmpl exemple something that is typical of the group of things that Give me an example of ...
I stayed in another Airbnb and met some friendly non-Kiwis who were both working and living in NZ and a lovely woman from the UK who was hiking all around the south. It was in Wanaka that I received news that someone in my family died and although it wasn’t necessarily unexpected, ...
One big UK grocer has already stated they will no longer be building any new large stores, and will in future exclusively invest in smaller, in-city stores and their online retail and delivery capability. They are also using space in their bigger stores for restaurants and coffee shops to ...