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 with the wooden clappers graved with love-poems,because the clappers ensured fortune and happiness.
To our surprise,preparations for the wedding lasted for many days but were made secretly,because to show happiness openly would arouse the anger and jealousy of evil spirits.
At the conclusion of the ceremony a large jar of the beer was taken to the courtyard.The hands of the betrothed were joined over the jar and it was smashed into fragments.These pieces were picked up by girls of marriageable age who were present,the girl with the largest fragment being destined to marry first,the girl with the smallest being fated to remain a spinster.
每日学口语(12月30日)ALL KINDS OF STRANGE THINGS ABOUT THE TELEPHONE BOOTHS继伟大发明家格雷姆•贝尔1876年发明电话之后，美国的另一位发明家威廉•格雷，又在1889年发明了世界上第一部投币公用电话，并因此获得专利。其后，格雷便把装有投币电话的小小电话亭，扩展到车站、码头、银行和旅店，逐渐遍布城市的大街小巷。今天让我们一起来看看千奇百怪的电话亭吧！
After the great invention of telephone by Bel in 1876, another American inventer Greg William created the coin public telephone in 1889 and gotten the patent. Later Greg set up the small building to station, port, bank, hotel and graduated in all the country.
说起格雷的这项发明，还有一段小插曲呢。一年前，格雷的妻子患急病，他飞奔到附近一家工厂，要借用一下那里的电话，没想到竟遭遇无情的拒绝。失望、愤懑之余，他萌发了发明公用电话的想法。经过一年多的反复研究、试验，终于如愿以偿。 http://www.chinaenglish.com.cn/upload/06120708465859.jpg
For this invention there is an episode. One year ago Greg’s wife was ill so he run to a factory nearby to borrow the telephone but be refused. With disappointed and angry he had the idea to invent the public telephone. After more than one year time in research and experiment he was successful.
More than a century had pasted and now the telephone booth is omnifarious and the various shape consisted a beautiful & special line in the city. It’s even become the art in some condition. For exam in Britain it’s all made by wood and painted in red; in Brazil the animal protection organization built lots of animal shape telephone booth in the street in order to make people to understand it.
发射塔式电话亭 http://www.chinaenglish.com.cn/upload/06120708504353.jpg
The telephone shorten distance between people and give people endless warm and comfortable. It’s small but is reduction of the world. However, as the being of internet
and quickly developing of mobile telephone, the telephone booth which is the basic public service is fade out.
发表于 2007-12-29 09:59
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