【上课实况】美教说奇葩之事，你都听过吗？

世界之大，无奇不有，你知道这些奇葩得再奇葩不过的事吗？...

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Some ancient Romans paid their taxes in honey.一些古代罗马人用蜂蜜付税。什么？蜂蜜也可以付税？有没有搞错，那如果现在是这样的话，我相信没人愿意吃蜂蜜了，因为你分分钟吃掉的那是钱啊。然而孩子们却不关心这个，他们最关心的是tax的意思，看来知识才是最重要的，于是美教老师给他们讲解了tax的意思，以及为什么在古罗马可以用蜂蜜付税的原因。

What are taxes?（什么是税收？）

It's money that you are required to pay to your country.（就是你需要付给国家的钱。）

So did you know that in ancient Rome they paid their money by giving honey.（你知道吗，在古代的罗马，人们都是通过蜂蜜来付税的。）

Honey is very valuable,so they could pay it by offering the government honey.（在古代罗马蜂蜜是很珍贵的东西，所以可以用蜂蜜付税。）

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It was considered good luck to throw shoes at the bride and groom at 16th-century weddings in England.在16世纪英格兰的婚礼上，向新郎和新娘扔鞋子会带来好运。婚礼，我们都会想到雪白的婚纱、浪漫的音乐、华丽的布置，并且四周宾客满座，纷纷用掌声和欢呼声向新郎新郎送去祝福，但是你可曾见过向新郎新娘扔鞋子来获得好运吗？那就看看是怎么回事吧。

Can you imagine it was good luck to throw shoes at the bride and groom at 16th-century weddings in england, that would hurt, right?（你能想象在10世纪英格兰的婚礼上，向新郎新娘扔鞋可以带来好运，那一定很疼，对吗？）

What do they throw today at weddings?（现在人们在婚礼上都扔什么呢？）

Sometimes people throw confetti at the bride and groom, or they throw rice or they throw different things, but they never throw shoes, because that would hurt.（有时人们向新娘新郎扔五彩纸屑，米或者其他的，但是他们从来不扔鞋，因为那样会很疼。）

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A hot drink can sometimes cool you down faster than a cold drink.有时热饮比冷饮降温快。热的时候喝冷饮料降温比较快，这样的观念在我们的印象中已经根深蒂固了，可是万万没想到的是，根据科学研究发现热的时候喝热饮比冷饮降温快。

Because a hot drink evaporates quicker , when the hot drink evaporates,  it can lower the amount of heat stored in your body, so you can feel cool.（因为热饮蒸发快，当热饮蒸发时，会减少你身体中的热量，所以你会感到凉爽。）

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