小知识网1.英语天文科普文
帮您找了两篇有关天文的科普文，希望对您有所帮助：Black Holes（黑洞）Black holes are some of the strangest things in space. A black hole sucks in anything that gets near it. Nothing can escape from a black hole—not even * HOLES ARE STRONGNothing escapes from a black hole because its gravity is so strong. Gravity is a force that pulls one thing to another. Gravity is the force that holds you down on Earth. When you jump up, Earth's gravity pulls you right back down. Earth's gravity also makes the Moon orbit (go around) * more matter (stuff) that is packed in a star, planet, moon, or other object, the stronger is its gravity. Gravity makes an object with more matter pull an object with less matter toward it. The Sun has a lot more matter than Earth. The Sun's gravity pulls on Earth. It makes Earth orbit the * is packed very tightly in some things and loosely in others. The matter that makes up an iron ball is packed much tighter than the matter that makes up a bag of feathers. A scientist would say that an iron ball is much denser than a bag of feathers.A black hole is denser than anything you could imagine. A black hole could have a million times more stuff than our Sun. All of this stuff would be packed into an area smaller than a city. The force of gravity from so much stuff packed into such a small area is * DO BLACK HOLES COME FROM?Astronomers and physicists think black holes come from dying stars. A dying star burns out and stops shining. All the stuff that makes up the star starts falling in on itself. The star gets denser and denser. If the star is big enough and has enough matter, it could get dense enough to become a black *NG BLACK HOLESNo one has really seen a black hole. You cannot see black holes because they do not give off any kind of light. Physicists used math to predict that black holes *omers look for signs of black holes. Astronomers study powerful rays coming from stars in deep space. The stars seem to be orbiting black holes. Astronomers think that black holes are sucking gas from the stars, and this makes the stars give off X *es are enormous groups of stars. Astronomers think that most galaxies have huge black holes at their centers. The Hubble Space Telescope took pictures of a disk of hot gases at the center of our own Milky Way Galaxy. Astronomers think this disk is going around an enormous black hole right in the center of our * Bang（宇宙大爆炸）The universe contains everything that exists: Earth, the Sun, the stars, galaxies (collections of billions of stars), and everything else in space. People have wondered how the universe got started for thousands of years. Most scientists now think they have the answer. They think the universe began about 14 billion years ago with a kind of big explosion. They call the explosion the big * HAPPENED AFTER THE BIG BANG?No one knows what caused the big bang, but scientists think they know what happened all the way back to the first seconds after the big * brand new universe was very hot and very small. It blew outwards very fast. In the first three minutes, matter started to form. Hundreds of years later, the universe looked like a big ball of * can picture the universe as something like a black balloon with white dots painted on it. The black represents space and the white dots are galaxies. Blowing air into the balloon makes it bigger. The spaces between each dot get farther apart as the balloon * it got bigger, the universe got cooler. Hydrogen gas formed. The gas broke into clumps. The clumps came together to make galaxies and stars. Other kinds of matter formed in the stars. Finally, planets like Earth formed around some * THERE PROOF OF A BIG BANG?The expansion of the universe is evidence for the big bang. American scientist Edwin Hubble studied light coming from galaxies far out in the universe. In 1929, he found that the galaxies were speeding away from Earth and from each other in all directions. Scientists tracked the paths of the galaxies back to their starting place. They saw that all the galaxies must have started from the same place. Packing all that matter into a small area would make a very dense, searing hot ball—the big *ists use math to describe how the universe behaves. In the early 1900s, German American scientist Albert Einstein came up with equations that predict an expanding universe. These equations have correctly predicted the motions of stars, planets, and light. More proof came in the 1990s from a spacec。
2.英语天文科普文
帮您找了两篇有关天文的科普文，希望对您有所帮助：Black Holes（黑洞）Black holes are some of the strangest things in space. A black hole sucks in anything that gets near it. Nothing can escape from a black hole—not even * HOLES ARE STRONGNothing escapes from a black hole because its gravity is so strong. Gravity is a force that pulls one thing to another. Gravity is the force that holds you down on Earth. When you jump up, Earth's gravity pulls you right back down. Earth's gravity also makes the Moon orbit (go around) * more matter (stuff) that is packed in a star, planet, moon, or other object, the stronger is its gravity. Gravity makes an object with more matter pull an object with less matter toward it. The Sun has a lot more matter than Earth. The Sun's gravity pulls on Earth. It makes Earth orbit the * is packed very tightly in some things and loosely in others. The matter that makes up an iron ball is packed much tighter than the matter that makes up a bag of feathers. A scientist would say that an iron ball is much denser than a bag of feathers.A black hole is denser than anything you could imagine. A black hole could have a million times more stuff than our Sun. All of this stuff would be packed into an area smaller than a city. The force of gravity from so much stuff packed into such a small area is * DO BLACK HOLES COME FROM?Astronomers and physicists think black holes come from dying stars. A dying star burns out and stops shining. All the stuff that makes up the star starts falling in on itself. The star gets denser and denser. If the star is big enough and has enough matter, it could get dense enough to become a black *NG BLACK HOLESNo one has really seen a black hole. You cannot see black holes because they do not give off any kind of light. Physicists used math to predict that black holes *omers look for signs of black holes. Astronomers study powerful rays coming from stars in deep space. The stars seem to be orbiting black holes. Astronomers think that black holes are sucking gas from the stars, and this makes the stars give off X *es are enormous groups of stars. Astronomers think that most galaxies have huge black holes at their centers. The Hubble Space Telescope took pictures of a disk of hot gases at the center of our own Milky Way Galaxy. Astronomers think this disk is going around an enormous black hole right in the center of our * Bang（宇宙大爆炸）The universe contains everything that exists: Earth, the Sun, the stars, galaxies (collections of billions of stars), and everything else in space. People have wondered how the universe got started for thousands of years. Most scientists now think they have the answer. They think the universe began about 14 billion years ago with a kind of big explosion. They call the explosion the big * HAPPENED AFTER THE BIG BANG?No one knows what caused the big bang, but scientists think they know what happened all the way back to the first seconds after the big * brand new universe was very hot and very small. It blew outwards very fast. In the first three minutes, matter started to form. Hundreds of years later, the universe looked like a big ball of * can picture the universe as something like a black balloon with white dots painted on it. The black represents space and the white dots are galaxies. Blowing air into the balloon makes it bigger. The spaces between each dot get farther apart as the balloon * it got bigger, the universe got cooler. Hydrogen gas formed. The gas broke into clumps. The clumps came together to make galaxies and stars. Other kinds of matter formed in the stars. Finally, planets like Earth formed around some * THERE PROOF OF A BIG BANG?The expansion of the universe is evidence for the big bang. American scientist Edwin Hubble studied light coming from galaxies far out in the universe. In 1929, he found that the galaxies were speeding away from Earth and from each other in all directions. Scientists tracked the paths of the galaxies back to their starting place. They saw that all the galaxies must have started from the same place. Packing all that matter into a small area would make a very dense, searing hot ball—the big *ists use math to describe how the universe behaves. In the early 1900s, German American scientist Albert Einstein came up with equations that predict an expanding universe. These equations have correctly predicted the motions of stars, planets, and light. More proof came in the 1990s from a spacecraft 。
3.英语科学小知识
1. bat an eye (show surprise, fear, or interest) 眨一下眼睛（表示惊讶、恐惧等）该成语通常用于否定句中，表示不露声色。
例：Tom told his story without batting an eye, although not a world of it was true.虽然没有一句话是真的，汤姆编造故事却面不改色。2. be all fingers and thumbs做事笨手笨脚例：He could not undo the string of the parcel ---- she was all fingers and thumbs.他怎么也解不开包袱上的绳子 ---- 真是笨手笨脚。
3. be born with a silver spoon in one's mouth (born with inherited privilege or wealth) 门第高贵；出生富豪[注] 银具是富裕人家身份的象征之一，生在富贵人家的孩子多用银匙 （silver spoon） 喂食。 例：When does she know about hardship ---- she was born with a silver spoon in her mouth.她根本就不知道什么叫艰难 ---- 他出生在富贵人家。
4. be in sth. up to one's neck (be very much and very seriously involved in) 深陷于。
中例：She said she knew nothing about the robbery, but I'm sure she's in it up to her neck.她说她对这起抢劫案一无所知，不过我敢肯定她深深卷入其中。5. bite the hand that feeds one (be very ungrateful) 忘恩负义；以怨报德例：She felt that her protégé had bitten the hand that fed him by making unkind remarks about her in public.她觉得她的被保护人在公开场合讲有损她的话是忘恩负义。
6. bite off sb's nose (scold sb. severely; disagree with sb. in a bad manner) 气势汹汹地回答某人；声色俱厉地训斥某人[注] 也作snap off sb's head。该成语最早出现于16世纪。
到了18世纪，有人用动词 snap 替换该成语中的 bite 一词。例：She bites off his nose on the faintest provocation.不管有事无事，她动不动就声色俱厉地训斥他。
7. break the back of sth. (complete the heaviest or most difficult part of sth. hurt the most import part) 门第高贵；出生富豪[注] 银具是富裕人家身份的象征之一，生在富贵人家的孩子多用银匙 （silver spoon） 喂食。同义语有be born in （或to） the pruple; be radled in purple.例：Now that you've broken the back of the job, have a rest.你既然已经完成了这项工作的主要部分，那就休息一下吧。
8. bury one's head in the sand (deliberately ignore sth. that is obvious but unpleasant) 逃避现实；拒绝承认现实[注] 鸵鸟遇到危险时，总是把头埋在沙里，自己看不见敌人就认为敌人也看不见自己，由此产生这一成语。例：He had suspected for some months that his son was taking drugs, but he had buried his head in the sand and refused to admit it, even to himself.几个月来，他一直怀疑自己的儿子在吸毒，但他却采取鸵鸟政策，拒绝承认现实。
9. carry a chip on one's shoulder (have rather an aggressive manner, as if always expecting to be insulted, ill-treated) 以挑衅的态度出现；像要跟人家打架似的[注] 19世纪中叶美国中西部的居民寻衅打架时，常把一块碎木片（chip）放在肩膀上，谁要与他打架就得先击落这块木片。例：He is very difficult to deal with ---- he's always carried a chip on his shoulder about his lack of education.他这个人很难对付----由于没能受到良好的教育，他整天都像要跟人家打架似的。
10. chance one's arm (do sth. risky; take a risk) 冒险一试；碰碰运气[注] 该成语原出自拳击运动，后被裁缝吸收为行话；从1890年起，又被士兵们用来指“冒降级的险”例：The manager decided to chance his arms and try to write a book on economy.这个经理决定碰碰运气，试着写一本关于经济的书。
4.英语趣味小知识
趣味英语小知识 a)Ten animals I slam in a net. 我把十只动物一网打尽你注意到这句话有什么特别之处吗？对了，无论从左到右，还是从右到左，字母排列顺序都是一样的，英语把这叫做Palindromes 回文（指顺读和倒读都一样的词语），关于动物的回文还有以下的例子 Otto saw pup ; pup was Otto. （奥托看见了小狗，小狗的名字叫奥托） Was it a car or a cat I saw ? Was it a rat I saw ？ （我刚才看见的是条老鼠？）b)the bee's knees又来形容最好的至高无上的东西。
[例] She is a very poor singer but she thinks she's the bee's knees. （她五音不全却自认为是高高在上的一流歌手。）该表现起源于20年代的美国，仅仅因为bee's 和 knees押韵，琅琅上口，迅速得到流传，直到现在， 还在日常生活非正式场合的对话中经常使用。
和时间有关的英语趣味小知识（一）时间是金，其值无价Time is money.（时间就是金钱或一寸光阴一寸金）Time flies.（光阴似箭，日月如梭）Time has wings.（光阴去如飞）Time is a file that wears and makes no noise.（光阴如锉，细磨无声）Time stays not the fool's leisure.（时间不等闲逛的傻瓜）Time and I against any two.（和时间携起手来，一人抵两人）Time is life and when the idle man kills time, he kills himself.（时间就是生命，懒人消耗时间就是消耗自己的生命。或时间就是生命，节省时间，就是延长生命）Time spent in vice or folly is doubly lost.（消磨于恶习或愚行的时间是加倍的损失） （二）时间是风，去而不返Time undermines us.（光阴暗中催人才。
或莫说年纪小人生容易老）Time and tide wait for no man.（岁月不待人）Time cannot be won again.（时间一去不再来）Time is , time was , and time is past.（现在有时间，过去有时间，时间一去不复返）Time lost can not be recalled.（光阴一去不复返）Time flies like an arrow , and time lost never returns.（光阴似箭，一去不返）（三）时间是尺，万物皆检Time tries friends as fire tries gold.（时间考验朋友，烈火考验黄金）Time tries truth.（时间检验真理）Time is the father of truth.（时间是真理之父）Time will tell.（时间能说明问题）Time brings the truth to light.（时间使真相大白。或时间一到，真理自明。）
Time and chance reveal all secrets.（时间与机会能提示一切秘密）Time consecrates: what is gray with age becomes religion.（时间考验一切，经得起时间考验的就为人所信仰）Time reveals(discloses) all things.（万事日久自明）Time tries all.（时间检验一切）（四）时间是秤，衡量权质There is no time like the present.（现在正是时候）Take time by the forelock.（把握目前的时机）To choose time is to save time.（选择时间就是节省时间）Never put off till tomorrow what may be done today.（今日事，今日毕）Procrastination is the thief of time.（拖延为时间之窃贼）One of these days is none of these days.（拖延时日，终难实现。或：改天改天，不知哪天）Tomorrow never comes.（明天无尽头，明日何其多）What may be done at any time will be done at no time.（常将今日推明日，推到后来无踪迹）（五）时间是水，淘金流沙Time works wonders.（时间可以创造奇迹或时间的效力不可思议）Time works great changes.（时间可以产生巨大的变化）Times change.（时代正在改变）英语趣味小知识（2）——你会犯这样的错误吗？ 你会犯这样的错误吗？ 英语有时候真是莫名其妙，你觉得你明明懂了，可实际上你又没有懂。
所以，今天我想讲几件轶事，都是因为没有理解听到看到的东西而闹出的笑话。也许，从他们的经验中，你也可以学到一些东西。
第一个故事发生在秘鲁，一位美国妇女在餐馆里用餐。她问服务员： Excuse me. Where could I wash my hands？ 服务员把她带到洗手间，可不巧，正有一些工人在粉刷洗手间的墙壁。
工人们一看有人要用洗手间，就准备离开。服务员拦住他们，说： That's Ok. Stay. She only wants to wash her hands. 在英语里，wash my hands实际上是上厕所的委婉说法。
那个服务员按照字面意思理解，结果闹了笑话。 还有一次，一个留学生在国外的学校第一天上学，心里又兴奋又紧张。
一个美国人见到一张新面孔，为了表示友好，就问： Hi! What's the good word？ 留学生一听到这个，立刻傻眼了，他想， My God! I don't know the good word. I've studied English for years, but no one told me about the good word！ 他犹豫再三，想，反正我也不知道，就问问他好了。于是他吞吞吐吐地问： Hello. What's the good word？ 老美听了，很随意地说： Oh, not much. 这下，这个留学生就更吃惊了！ 原来，What's the good word？ 在美语里，是一句问候语，意思是“你还好吗？”但问话的人并不指望你把遇到的高兴的事情都一一告诉他，只是打个招呼而已。
但这个留学生以为对方真的在问什么是Good word，所以闹了笑话，不过还好，也算给他歪打正着了。 下面的故事就更有意思了。
一次，一个美国公司的管理人员给公司一个驻外分部发了一份传真，要求对方把职员。
5.谁告诉我几个英语的宇宙小知识
Cosmic Radiation Cosmic radiation and air travel Cosmic radiation is part of our natural environment, and we are constantly exposed to a certain amount of ionizing radiation. Radiation originating from outer space and the sun is called cosmic radiation and contributes about 13% of the background radiation level on Earth (a greater part is due to radon). Special features of cosmic radiation Cosmic radiation is a complex mixture of charged and neutral particles, some of them generated when primary particles from space interact with the earth's atmosphere. This complexity also leads to difficulties in measuring radiation doses from cosmic radiation, but physicists have developed sophisticated approaches to deal with this situation. For the human exposure situation one feature of cosmic radiation is of particular importance: a large percentage of the effective radiation dose from cosmic radiation is due to neutrons of different energy levels. Neutrons are subatomic particles which - when compared to X-rays or Gamma rays - cause more biological damage per dose unit. Exposure during flying As a rule, cosmic radiation levels rise with increasing altitude (up to about 20 km above ground). The actual radiation level is influenced by a number of factors, most importantly through the shielding provided by the earth's atmosphere. The overall effect for flight crew and travellers is an increased radiation exposure during flights as compared to staying on the ground. Flight crew passes up to 1000 hours per year on board of flying planes, which leads to annual effective radiation doses in the range of 2 to 5 milliSievert (mSv) for most crew. Occasional travellers obtain a fraction of this value through less frequent leisure or occupational flights. In comparison, the natural background radiation amounts to 2 to 3 mSv per year at most geographical locations worldwide. Cosmic radiation and health A series of studies concerning health issues associated with cosmic radiation has been conducted in the past few years. The WHO Information Sheet summarizes the current knowledge and ongoing research activities, and gives target-group specific recommendations on actions concerning cosmic radiation. 这绝对是关于宇宙的，采纳我的啊。
6.英语科普小知识,急
要想学好英语不止才有这几个方面，还要掌握一些重要的知识。
例如：英语中的“八大时态”。“八大时态”分别有：一般将来时，一般现在时，一般过去时，现在进行时，现在完成时，过去将来时，过去完成时和过去进行时。
当然英语的“八大时态”也很重要，它也是学好英语的最基本。以下是“八大时态”的简介。
一、一般时态 1、一般现在时 （1）一般现在时表示没有时限的持久存在的动作或状态或现阶段反复发生的动作或状态，常和副词 usually,often,always sometimes, regularly,near,occasionally,every year, every week 等连用。 （2）在由after,until,before,once,when,even if,in case,as long as,as soon as,the moment 以及 if,unless 等引导的时间状语从句或条件状语从句中，通常用一般现在时代替将来时。
（3）某些表示起始的动词，可用一般现在时表示按规定、计划或安排要发生的动作，这类动词有：be,go,come,start,depart,arrive,begin,leave 等。（4）在由why,what,where,whoever,who,that,as 等引导的从句中，也常用一般现在时代替将来时2.一般过去时 （1）表示过去某一特定时间所发生的、可完成的动作或状态，常与表示确切过去时间的词、短语或从句连用。
（2）表示过去习惯性动作。（注意与be used to doing短语的区别） 3.一般将来时 1）表示将来打算进行或期待发生的动作或状态。
2）几种替代形式： 1)be going to +v在口语中广泛使用，表示准备做或将发生的事情2)be to +v表示计划安排要做的事，具有“必要”的强制性意义。3)be about to +v表示即将发生的事情。
4)be due to +v表示预先确定了的事， 必定发生的事。5)be on the point/verge of +v – ing 强调即将发生的某种事态。
. 二、进行时态 1.现在进行时 （1）表示现在正在进行的动作，常与now,right now,at the mother,for the time being,for the present等连用。（2）表示现阶段经常发生的动作， 常与always,continually,forever,constantly等连用。
（3）表示根据计划或安排在最近要进行的事情。具有这种语法功能的动词仅限于过渡性动词。
即表示从一个状态或位置转移到另一个状态或位置上去的动词。常用的有：go,come,leave,start,arrive,return等。
（4）有些动词不能用进行时，这是一类表示“感觉，感情，存在，从属”等的动词。如：see,hear,smell,taste,feel, notice,look,appear，（表示感觉的词）；hate,love,fear,like,want,wish,prefer,refuse, forgive（表示感情的动词）；be,exist,remain,stay,obtain（表示存在状态的动词）；have,possess, own,contain,belong,consist of,form（表示占有与从属的动词）；understand,know,believe,think,doubt,forget,remember （表示思考理解的动词）。
但是如果它们词义改变，便也可用进行时态2. 过去进行时 过去进行时表示一个过去的动作发生时或发生后，另一个过去的动作正在进行，或表示过去反复的习惯，常与always,continually,constantly等动词连用。3. 将来进行时 将来进行时主要表示将来某一时刻正在进行的动作，或表示要在将来某一时刻开始，并继续下去的动作。
常用来表示礼貌的询问、请求等4. 完成进行时 （现在、过去、将来）完成进行时是（现在、过去、将来）完成时的强调形式，将放在完成时态部分讲述。 三、完成时态 完成时态通常表示已完成或从事的动作。
它可分为： 1. 现在完成时 （1）现在完成时用来表示对目前状况仍有影响的，刚刚完成的动作（常与yet,already,just连用），或者过去某一时刻发生的，持续到现在的情况（常与for,since连用）。（2）常与现在完成时连用的时间状语有：since, for, during, over等引导出的短语；副词already, yet, just, ever, now, before, often, lately, recently等；状语词组this week (morning, month, year), so far, up to now, many times, up to the present等 （3）完成时态可用在下列结构中：This (That, It) is (was) the first (second…) time +定语从句；This (That, It) is (was) the only (last) + n +定语从句；This (That, It) is (was) +形容词最高级+ n +定语从句。
如果主句的谓语动词是一般现在时，从句的谓语动词通常用现在完成时；如果主句谓语动词是一般过去时，从句谓语动词通常用过去完成时。2. 过去完成时 （1）表示过去某时间前已经发生的动作或情况，这个过去的时间可以用by,before等介词短语或一个时间状语从句来表示；或者表示一个动作在另一个过去动作之前已经完成。
（2）动词expect, hope, mean, intend, plan, suppose, wish, want, desire等用过去完成时，表示过去的希望、预期、意图或愿望等没有实现。例如： I had meant to take a good holiday this year, but I wasn't able to get away. 另外两种表示“过去想做而未做的事”的表达方式是： 1)was / were + to have done sth, (3)过去完成时常用于以下固定句型： 1)hardly, scarcely, barely + 过去完成时+ when + 过去时。
2)no sooner +过去完成时+ than +过去时。3)by (the end of ) +过去时间，主句中谓语动词用过去完成时。
3. 将来完成时 将来完成时表示在将来某一时刻将完成或在另一个未来的动作发生之前已经完成的动作；也可以用来表示一种猜测。常与将来完成时连用的时间状语有： by (the time / the end of 。
7.我想要一些英语趣味小知识 可以是笑话也可以是幽默
He Won Tommy: How is your little brother, Johnny? Johnny: He is ill in bed. He hurt himself. Tommy: That's too bad. How did that happen? Johnny: We played who could lean furthest out of the window, and he won. 他赢了 汤姆：约翰尼，你小弟弟好吗？ 约翰尼：他害病卧床了。
他受了伤。 汤姆：真糟糕，怎么回事儿？ 约翰尼：我们做游戏，看谁能把身子探出窗外最远，他赢了。
I Have His Ear in My Pocket Ivan came home with a bloody nose and his mother asked, "What happened?" "A kid bit me," replied Ivan. "Would you recognize him if you saw him again?" asked his mother. "I'd know him any where," said Ivan. "I have his ear in my pocket." 他的耳朵在我衣兜里 伊凡鼻子流着血回到家里。他妈妈问，“发生了什么事？” “一个男孩咬了我一口，”伊凡说。
“再见到他你能认出来吗？”妈妈问。 “他走到哪里我都能认出他，”伊凡说。
“他的耳朵还在我衣兜里呢。” A Good Boy Little Robert asked his mother for two cents. "What did you do with the money I gave you yesterday?" "I gave it to a poor old woman," he answered. "You're a good boy," said the mother proudly. "Here are two cents more. But why are you so interested in the old woman?" "She is the one who sells the candy." 好孩子 小罗伯特向妈妈要两分钱。
“昨天给你的钱干什么了？” “我给了一个可怜的老太婆，”他回答说。 “你真是个好孩子，”妈妈骄傲地说。
“再给你两分钱。可你为什么对那位老太太那么感兴趣呢？” “她是个卖糖果的。”
Drunk One day, a father and his little son were going home. At this age, the boy was interested in all kinds of things and was always asking questions. Now, he asked, "What's the meaning of the word 'Drunk', dad?" "Well, my son," his father replied, "look, there are standing two policemen. If I regard the two policemen as four then I am drunk." "But, dad," the boy said, " there's only ONE policeman！" 醉酒 一天，父亲与小儿子一道回家。这个孩子正处于那种对什么事都很感兴趣的年龄，老是有提不完的问题。
他向父亲发问道：“爸爸，‘醉’字是什么意思？” “唔，孩子，”父亲回答说，“你瞧那儿站着两个警察。如果我把他们看成了四个，那么我就算醉了。”
“可是，爸爸， ”孩子说，“那儿只有一个警察呀！” Hospitality The hostess apologized to her unexpected guest for serving an apple-pie without any cheese. The little boy of the family left the room quietly for a moment and returned with a piece of cheese which he laid on the guest's plate. The visitor smiled, put the cheese into his mouth and then said: "You must have better eyes than your mother, sonny. Where did you find the cheese?" "In the rat-trap, sir," replied the boy. 好客 由于客人在吃苹果馅饼时，家里没有奶酪了，于是女主人向大家表示歉意。这家的小男孩悄悄地离开了屋子。
过了一会儿，他拿着一片奶酪回到房间，把奶酪放在客人的盘子里。 客人微笑着把奶酪放进嘴里说：“孩子，你的眼睛就是比你妈妈的好。
你在哪里找到的奶酪？” “在捕鼠夹上，先生。”那小男孩说。
8.有什么英语趣味知识
西方人眼中的数字 生活中的数字（number）无处不在，但有写数字带有固定的象征意义。
由于中西方国家文化背景和风俗习惯的不同，它的意义和用法也有很大的差异，听我来介绍一下吧。就像咱们中国人（Chinese）偏爱数字8(eight)和6(six)，忌讳4(four)一样，西方人认为3(three)和7(seven)是大吉大利的数字，会给人带来幸福和快乐。
西方文化认为世界（the world）是由大地（land），海洋（sea）与天空（sky）三者合成的；大自然由动物（animal），植物（plant）和矿物构成，所以他们就特别喜欢3这个数字。但是西方人认为13 (thirteen)是个不祥的数字。
重大活动不安排在13号，请客避免13人入席，电影院里没有第13排和13号座位。这是因为耶稣受难的前夜，和12个门徒共进晚餐，师徒13人中出现了一个叛徒犹大，因此，信奉基督教的民族都认为13是个不祥的数字。
国家的奥秘 拓展孩子对英美文化和历史的了解，本期学科学习给您和孩子提供了这方面的内容，欢迎查看！“英国”的种种表达：英国的全称是大不列颠及北爱尔兰联合王国（The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland），简称为联合王国，缩写为the U.K. 。英国由两个大岛组成，一个是大不列颠，另一个是爱尔兰岛北部。
大不列颠由威尔士（Wales），英格兰（England）和苏格兰（Scotland）三部分组成，其中英格兰面积最大，人口最多，所以人们谈起英国的时候常常称之为England或者Britain。国家名称和大写字母 大家一定都知道我们的祖国的英语名称是China吧！但是提到PRC，可能很多同学就不知道了，其实PRC也是中国的意思！在英语中，为了使用方便，很多国家名称都可以用几个简单的大写字母来代替，如： PRC =the People's Republic of China中国（中华人民共和国） CAN = Canada 加拿大 US = USA = the United States of America 美国（美利坚合众国） UK = the United Kingdom (of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)英国（大不列颠及北爱尔兰联合王国） 大写字母不仅能代表国家名称的缩略形式，还有许多的用途，例如：厕所WC；世界贸易组织WTO；光盘CD等。
大家不妨搜集一下，把这些有意义的大写字母都放在一起，好好领略领略大写字母的魅力吧！ 西方的进餐礼仪 欧美国家（country）的餐桌大多是长方形的，男主人（host）坐在桌子的一端，女主人（hostess）坐在另一端，通常安排座位时要尽量避免两位男宾或两位女宾并坐在一起。 就餐时，身体（body）要坐得端正，身体和餐桌间距离以能使用刀（knife）、叉（fork）、匙（spoon）和饮食方便为度，手臂不要放在桌上，也不要张开妨碍别人。
餐巾只用于擦嘴（mouth）和手（hands），切不可用来擦拭餐具和擦鼻涕、擦汗。用餐完毕后收起餐巾放在盘子（plate）右方。
使用knife, fork和spoon时，不要弄出声音，不用时，也不要用手摆弄刀叉玩。当一道菜吃完，或不想再吃时，就把刀和叉并排放在一起，刀叉的柄朝自己胸部。
如未吃完，只是为了谈话暂时停吃，就把刀叉摆成“八”字形，这样服务员就不会把盘子收走。 女主人通常是主持整个宴会（party）的主人，大家注意她的动作。
入席时，特别是小型宴会，一般总要等女宾先坐下后，男宾才坐下。男宾最好还要帮邻座的女宾拉椅子。
上菜后，一般要等女主人动手吃后，客人们（guests）才吃。宴会结束时，也由她领头离席。
西方的进餐礼仪还有很多呢，学习英语时老师也会给孩子讲到相关内容。如果有机会和孩子一起吃西餐，或者其他正餐时，何不提醒孩子注意这些餐桌礼仪呢，让孩子变得更礼貌，更文雅。
在美国打的 你经常打的吗？Do you often take a taxi？ 那么你们知道在美国“打的”的规矩吗？俗话说： “When in Rome, do as Romans do.”（入乡随俗）， 所以我们也要知道一些人家的风俗。In America, if you sit ahead when you take a taxi,the driver will be very happy. 在美国，如果你坐在车前座上，司机会很高兴，他会一路上与你谈笑风生。
But if you sit at the back, the driver will not say a word to you. 但是，如果你坐在后座上，司机则跟你一句话也不说。即便你主动搭讪，人家也爱搭不理的。
原来啊，如果你坐在前面，说明你把司机当作了朋友；你若坐在了后面，便表明对方成了纯粹为你服务的司机，你们就是雇佣关系了。现在人们往往还是寻求金钱（money）以外的尊重（respect）与友谊（friendship），这看上去虽然只是个座位的问题，但却体现了人与人之间的尊重。
所以啊，如果您有机会在美国打的“take a taxi”，可要记得坐在前面啊！猫猫的万种风情 1. fat cat 肥猫，指“为竞选出钱的富翁；享有特权或谋取特权的人；有钱有势的人，大亨。” 2. cool cat 酷猫，指“时髦人（尤指嗜好冷爵士乐的人）；嗜好摇滚乐的人；做出孤傲冷漠的样子的人”。
3. hepcat 迷恋爵士乐的猫，指“爵士（或摇摆舞）音乐迷；爵士（或摇摆舞）乐队乐师。 4. copy cat 好模仿的猫，指“盲目的模仿者（通常为儿童之间的用语）”。
5. hell cat 好发脾气的猫，指“泼妇，巫婆”。关于hell cat 是巫婆的说法要追溯到中世纪，那是迷信的人认为魔鬼。
* and why 什么是什么 儿童科普英语 中英双语
迪士尼少儿英语系列《How and Why》（ 什么是什么）是国外的一档优秀青少年科普节目，被盛誉为欧洲的《十万个为什么》，集科学性、权威性、精彩性与一体。超大信息量，从浩瀚无垠的行星太空到喷涌而出的火山熔岩，从极盛而衰的罗马帝国到充满传奇色彩的中世纪城堡；从电影的诞生过程到机器人的制造、功用，从聪明善良的海豚到令人望而生畏的蜘蛛，涵盖了天文、地理、历史、科技、生物等不同领域的知识。编排紧凑和谐、画面音效逼真精美宛若身临其境。
01 planets 行星和太空之旅
02 shark 鲨鱼
03 avigation 航空
04 ancient Rome 古罗马
05 volcano 火山
06 travel by train 铁路旅行
07 moon universe 月球和宇宙
08 automobile 汽车
09 whales and dolphins 鲸鱼和海豚
10 weather 天气
11 knight and castle 骑士和城堡
12 earth 地球
13 human and human brain 人体和大脑
14 dinosaur 恐龙
15 spider 蜘蛛
16 computer and robot 电脑和机器人
17 reptile and amphibian 爬行动物和两栖动物
18 Indians and the Wild West 印第安人和大西部
19 pirates 海盗
20 film and TV 电影电视
21 trees 树木
22 ships 船舶
25 cats 猫
26 mummies 木乃伊
BBC 自然世界 动物母性 BBC Natural World Bringing Up Baby
BBC 自然世界 极乐鸟 BBC Natural World Birds of Paradise
BBC 自然世界 搜寻大象 BBC Natural World Eye For an Elephant
BBC 自然世界 苏格兰高地栖息地 BBC Natural World A Highland Haven
BBC 自然世界 天空之城的熊 BBC Natural World Big Sky Bears
BBC 自然世界 天然时光机：琥珀 BBC Natural World The Amber Time Machine
BBC 自然世界 维多利亚瀑布 BBC Natural World 2009 Victoria Falls
How and Why电视节目的解说词是针对青少年的接受能力和接受心理做了专门的研究之后再精心撰写而成的。每一句解说词都以“科学”、“普及”为宗旨，围绕主题，深 入浅出地将深奥的科学知识用通俗易懂的语言表达出来，既不失科学的严肃性，又极易为青少年理解和接受。三个卡通精灵在影片中不时穿插出现，以对话的形式适 时地对主题做适当的铺垫和延伸。卡通人物的对话幽默、风趣，天真活泼、妙趣横生，使How and Why真正成为寓教于乐、融知识性和趣味性为一体的电视节目。
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