英国文化：震惊你的8个英国冷知识
2015-12-21 11:06
来源：bestpictureblog
作者：Nina Baggins
2. There's a pair of twins from England that, after being separated at birth, ended up marrying each other.
2、英国有一对双胞胎出生时就被分开，而最后他们却和对方结婚了!
However when getting married they didn't realize their relative connection.
不过在结婚时他们并不清楚互相之间的血缘关系。
3.In England, a failed suicide attempt used to be illegal and was punishable by death.
3、曾经在英国，自杀失败是违法的，并要判处死刑。
People who attempted suicide were punished by hanging in Great Britain until 1961.
1961年前的大不列颠，企图自杀的人会受到绞刑的惩罚。
4. The price of entry to a zoo in 18th century England was a cat or a dog: they were fed to the lions.
4、18世纪，进入动物园的门票是一只猫或一条狗，用来喂狮子的。
In fact visitors had a choice, instead of sacrificing an animal they could pay a half-pence.
其实游客也有别的选择，不愿牺牲动物的话，付半个便士也可以。
