The Chinese had them more than 3,000 years ago. From there,umbrellas 41 to India and Egypt. In Greece and Rome,42 wouldn’t use them. They believed umbrellas were only for women. England was 43 the first country in Europe where common people used umbrellas against rain. The w...
squirrel climbed down to the ground to pick another pecan. Once again, he took the pecan back to his secret hiding place inside the hollow(洞) of the tree. Not so secret anymore,I thought. I ran over to the tree and found the hollow was filled with sweet pecans. They were right ther...
flewthenest,shedecideditwastimetotakethe plunge. AftertakingadegreeatChichesterUniversityin Related Arts,Ginnibegantotravelthe world,eventuallygetting workteaching English inJapanandChile.AnditwasinChileshediscoveredshecould getlast-minutecheap dealson shipsgoingto Antarcticafrom theislandsoff TierradelFuego,t...
She had to know who our friends were and where we were going. We had to clean clothes and take a bath every day. The other kids got to wear the same clothes for days. We could not lie in bed “sick” in order to miss school.The worst is yet to come. We had to be in bed ...
When all the present oilfields are__ , its is possible that the North Pole may become the scene of oil activity.(46)
Lawns started in England back around the Middle Ages. At that time, most people had to grow their own food. A big expanse of grass would serve as a display of wealth; these people could afford to have land without crops. The grasses planted back then were native to England. They grew...
In Europe,the Greeks were the first to use the umbrella as a sunshade.And the umbrella was in common use in ancient Greece.But it is believed that the first persons in Europe to use the umbrella as protection against the rain were the ancient Romans.During the Middle Ages,the use of ...
During the Middle Ages, laborers, apprentices, and servants—mainly daughters who had gone to work as domestic servants—would be given a holiday on the fourth Sunday of Lent to return to their mothers and the “mother” church. Family reunions were the order of the day, with sons and ...
Great Britain refers to the island of Britain which, politically is made up of Wales Scotland and England as well as some of the small islands off the coast of the big island, such as the Isle of Wight In the Middle Ages, Britain also referred to a tiny part of France which is now ...
Private prosecutions in England havetheir roots in theMiddle Ages, when victims of crime were expected to seek justice by petitioning justices of the peace, clergy or the monarch. After the creation of professional police forces in the 19th century, the police became both investigators and prosec...