2010-09-30 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

　　昨晚，备受各界瞩目的盖茨和巴菲特慈善晚宴在北京昌平拉斐特城堡庄园举行。据主办单位表示，当晚赴宴的企业家约有50人，并未像此前预测的那样“有一半富豪拒绝出席”。且“巴比”信守此前承诺，并未借助慈善晚宴

2010-09-30 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

　　Michael Jackson's former bodyguard is claiming he donated sperm to the late pop star - and believes he could be the father of Jacko's son Blanket. Martial arts expert Matt Fiddes, 29, says he do

2010-09-30 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

　　According to the Washington Post of September 26, Japan's government has been paying more attention to the nation’s fertility rate, which influences the country's economic development。　　The

2010-09-30 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

　　A 35-year-old man, who shot himself near Harvard University a week ago, has left behind a 1905-page suicide note, an online document he had been working on for the last five years。　　Mitchell He

2010-09-30 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

　　Stuck in the hospital? Go ahead, drop an expletive or two – it might make you feel better, according to a new study。　　Swearing can provide an emotional catharsis and even a bonding opportunity

2010-09-30 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

　　On September 28, four-year-old male chimpanzee Yangyang “got married” to a six-year-old female chimpanzee Wan Xing at a zoo in Hefei in Anhui Province, China. Yangyang arrived in Hefei from Guin

2010-09-30 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

　　According to Daily Mail September 29, an "emergency bra" has been created by a Ukrainian scientist Elena Bodnar that can be turned into a facemask to protect against lethal chemical attacks or bio

2010-09-30 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

　　According to the Daily Dail of September 28, retired factory worker Alberto Marcantonio, 74, grew the enormous vegetable using normal seeds and soil and fed it nothing but tap water. It now measur

2010-09-29 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

　　Aliens have landed, infiltrated British nuclear missile sites and deactivated the weapons, according to US military pilots.　　近日美军导弹基地前发射人员披露，外星人曾渗透到英、美核导弹基地，使基地

2010-09-29 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

　　Facebook creator Mark Zuckerberg has given a rare glimpse into his private life - including the house he still rents with his long-term girlfriend. The 26-year-old billionaire allowed cameras into

2010-09-29 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

　　On september 26, the group “Castellers de Vilafranca” formed a human tower at Sant Jaume square during the annual festival of “La Merce” in Barcelona, Spain. The formation of human towers is a

2010-09-29 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

　　Women apologize more often than men do, a new study showed.　　一项最新调查研究表明，女性要比男性更频繁地道歉。　　But it's not that men are reluctant to admit wrongdoings, the study showed. It'

2010-09-29 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

　　The dramatic parting of the Red Sea for the Israelites is perhaps the most spectacular miracle described in the Old Testament. Now scientists believe it may actually have happened - although it ow

2010-09-29 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

　　All-boys schools are booming as parents shun mixed schools which put boys under pressure to act 'tough' and play the fool, it was claimed today. New figures show a surge in pupil numbers at sing

2010-09-29 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

　　Eric Fischer, a California computer programmer used the 2000 Census of America to create a series of digital maps of dozens of majors cities , which show continuing racial divides in the country.　

2010-09-28 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

1. You are not wearing THAT, are you？(你烦不烦？)Even if it looks like a question, this phrase is actually a suggestion or a despotic order, depending by the woman’s mood. It’s quite a dangerous ph

2010-09-28 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

JeongMee Yoon, Korean photographer, has spent the last five years on the "Pink and Blue Project ": photographing boys and girls with their gender specific-coloured belongings.
韩国摄影师 "JeongMee Yo

2010-09-28 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

　　People in China are among the most fearful of getting old, a new global survey suggests。　　据一项全球最新调查显示，在最怕变老的国家名单中，中国榜上有名。　　According to Bupa, a British healthca

2010-09-28 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

天空惊现阴阳天 一半明媚一半雨　　Quanzhou city was caught by a rainfall On September 21, with half of the city under the sun and the other half shrouded in the "waterfall from the heaven"。　　2010年9

2010-09-28 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

老汉突发奇想 树篱笆竟造出火车头　　When Jack Fisher, 72, began clipping the hedge outside his house in Ordseal, Nottinghamshire, two years ago he planned to make a steam locomotive。　　两年前家住诺丁

2010-09-28 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

　　If you want to boost your child’s results at school, you could do a lot worse than ensuring that they do plenty of exercise. Scientists have already shown that physical activity can make you brai

2010-09-28 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

　　A brain chemical dubbed 'the hormone of love' could encourage wallflowers to become more outgoing at social gatherings, a study shows. Now researchers have found it improves the social skills of

2010-09-28 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

　　According to the Sky News of September 26, hard-pressed London commuters are increasingly turning to camping rather than paying exorbitant rents in the capital。　　"Camping commuters" are pitchin

2010-09-28 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

　　Once, pretty much everywhere, beating your wife and children was regarded as a father's duty, homosexuality was a hanging offense, and waterboarding was approved. Through the middle of the 19th c

2010-09-27 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

What is language for? some people seem to think it's for practicing grammar rules and learning lists of words--the longer the words the better. that's wrong. language is for the exchange of ideas, f