執筆者 Modern English | 2012年10月15日 | Pictures
In autumn, the weather gets cooler, and the leaves turn brown, orange, yellow, or red before falling from the trees. In the northern hemisphere (including England, shown here), this starts in September, but in the southern hemisphere it begins in March. The word...
執筆者 Modern English | 2012年10月01日 | Pictures
Northumberland has lots of wildlife. It is a great place for salmon and trout fishing, has lots of deer, otters, puffins, red squirrels and wild badgers. The most famous wild animals are the Chillingham cattle. This is the last herd of wild cattle now living free in...
執筆者 Modern English | 2012年09月24日 | Pictures
Northumbrian castles are famous worldwide. They have been used in many films, such as Macbeth, Elizabeth and Harry Potter. Some are now ruined, others are still lived in and some have been converted to hotels. It is possible to book a wedding or a holiday in a...
執筆者 Modern English | 2012年09月10日 | Pictures
Northumberland is a very rebellious county. People from the area don’t think of themselves as English, they are Northumbrians or Geordies first. Henry Percy, Earl of Northumberland and his son, Harry Hotspur, led rebellions against King Henry IV in the 15th Century....
執筆者 Modern English | 2012年09月03日 | Pictures
Northumberland is England’s most northerly county. It borders Scotland to the north and Cumbria to the west. Northumberland has the lowest population density in England, at only 62 persons per square kilometer. (Osaka has 11,836.) Northumberland used to be part of the...
