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WHATA RELIEE!
Delight everyone on your holiday gift list with great gifts from the BBC.
You’ll earn heartfelt thanks from nature lovers for Planet Earth I & Ⅱ: The Complete Collection (page 41) — inspiring look at our planet’s wildest, most mysterious creatures and their breathtaking home.
...from mystery lovers for Sherlock: Complete Seasons 1-4 and The Abominable Bride Giftset (page 13) — entertaining proof that Holmes can be difficult, dangerous, accurate, and absolute funny.
.….and from those who appreciate all things British. Delight Charles Dickens fans with Dickensian (page 7). The new drama series with more adventures for Dickens’ characters...Dinner with Dickens Cookbook (page 9) with procedures for his favorite dishes...and Tom Baker Reads “A Christmas poem” (page 8) for a wonderful new holiday tradition.
Plus teapots, T-shirts, shortbread, mugs and more – just in time for the holidays.
Enjoy!
THE MOMENT
Welcome to murder, suspense, romance, robbery and clothing in this exciting historical drama! Trouble begins for Rachel Verinder the day she inherits a large diamond stolen from a Hindu temple. When it disappears again, suspicion falls on Franklin Blake, the man who loves her. But what about mysterious cousin Godfrey, the housemaid with a thieving past, and doctor who experiments with opium(鸦片)? Blake must discover the fate of the Moonstone or lose Rachel forever. A powerful tale and emotionally sudden changes, based on the first-ever English detective novel by Wikie Collins. 33/4 hours.
DVD 21024 $34:99 YOUR PRICE:¥27.98
WALKERS CHRISTMAS TREE SHORTBREAD AND TINS
Santa and a beautiful Angel put the finishing touches on Christmas tree tins – perfect centerpieces and holiday decorations that your family and friends will enjoy year after year.
Lift the treetops and taste the delicious secret inside: pure butter shortbread shaped like mini-Christmas trees, and made from only finest ingredients — flour, butter, sugar and salt.
Baked in the village of Aberlour in the Scottish Highlands, they follow a generations-old family procedure, first perfected by Joseph Walker in 1898. While the shortbread will disappear as if by magic, the tins will hold your holiday cookies and candy for many Christmases to come.
Wonderful hostess gifts. Both tins:6’h ×4%’d;net wt 4.4 oz.
Angel 21042 $19.98
Santa 21043 $19.98
1. Tom’s wife is a home baker, so he’d better refer to Page ________ for a Christmas present for her.
2. Which of the following statements is TRUE about “The Moment”?
A.The story, rather than the actors, is attracting. |
B.It is an adapted drama lasting nearly 4 hours. |
C.There are three suspects for stealing the diamond. |
D.It is based on Wikie Collins’ first famous detective novel. |
3. What can be learned about the shortbread?
A.It is traditionally family-baked in Scotland. |
B.It is wrapped in a tin with both Angel and Santa on it. |
C.It follows a secret procedure perfected by Joseph Walker. |
D.It usually disappears in a magic way together with the tin. |