2010-09-25 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

　People always say "those pants are so tight, they look like they're painted on." Well, it's not so far from the truth now that there is Fabrican. This substance is made of cotton fibers, polymers

2010-09-25 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

　　Informal: Pupils at a Kent school will call teachers by their first names to 'enhance the relationship' between them
　　在古代，学生尊称老师为“先生”是天经地义的，即使就是在现代，学生恭恭敬敬

2010-09-25 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

　　You can do more than get by with a little help from your friends – they might just save your life.A study has found that those surrounded by family and friends are 50 per cent less likely to die

2010-09-25 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

　　The world's ten most unanswerable questions include "what is the meaning of life", "does God exist", showed a study made by Ask Jeeves, a popular search engine in US.　　美国著名搜索引擎Ask Jeeve

2010-09-25 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

　　A new poll has revealed that wearing glasses ages people by at least three years. On average, glasses-wearers were put at 3.3 years older than they actually were in the survey of 4,000 people comm

2010-09-24 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

At 10, Grace Morgan is a young fashionista and takes pains to dress in the latest styles. But her mom, Amy, works part-time and her husband was recently laid off, leaving little room in the family bud

2010-09-24 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

The rage in the luxury world these days is 'back to basics.'Wealthy consumers don't want flash and sizzle, they want authenticity, low-key practicality and craftsmanship. Conspicuous consumption is

2010-09-23 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

　　According to the Time of September 19, WedLock, as it's coyly named, is a new type of casualty insurance that gives the unhappily married policyholder a payout after he or she is unhitched。　　A

2010-09-23 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

　　On September 16, Gao Yang, a Chinese man hoped to set a new Guinness World Record for sleeping on a piece of rope in Anshan, northeastern China’s Liaoning Province. According to Gao Yang, he is a

2010-09-22 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

一位保加利亚艺术家制作的一系列另类欧洲地图近来在网络上受到热捧。在这些地图中，每个国家和地区的名字都用别国国民对其固有的印象来标注，例如，在名为“美国眼中的欧洲”的地图上，法国被标注为“气味难闻的人们

2010-09-22 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

　　According to the Daily Telegraph of September 20, the world's ten most unanswerable questions include "what is the meaning of life", "does God exist", showed a study made by Ask Jeeves, a popular

2010-09-21 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

The stars of "The Big Bang Theory" are getting a big salary increase as CBS moves the show to the starter-block position on Thursday nights in an attempt to launch a new comedy block.CBS电视台已经向片

2010-09-21 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

China's youth can get a bad press. In most accounts, they are the "Little Emperors" or the "Me Generation", the spoilt and apolitical offspring of one-child families who are interested in fast cars,

2010-09-21 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

　　Scottish singer Susan Boyle has been given three different entries in the new Guinness World Records book。　　Her debut album I Dreamed A Dream was the fastest selling album by a UK female and al

2010-09-21 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

　　According to the Livescience.com of September 17, wedding bells ring sooner for women in places where single ladies are scarce, showed a new study of metropolitan areas in the US。　　Where single

2010-09-21 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

　　Tall buildings, big events, modernity: The characteristics of a sexy Chinese city. Condom sales, birth rates, transmitted disease and toys: The determinants of a sexy US city。　　In unrelated sur

2010-09-21 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

　　According to Daily Mail September 19, a pilot has been killed in a mid-air collision of two planes at a German air show in the province of Bavaria on Sunday afternoon. One of the pilots was able t

2010-09-21 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

　　London taxis, with their friendly drivers who actually know where they are going, are ranked best in the world, according to an annual taxi poll。　　一项有关出租车的年度调查显示，伦敦出租车因其态

2010-09-21 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

　　The 15th day of the 8th lunar month　　The joyous Mid-Autumn Festival was celebrated on the fifteenth day of the eighth moon, around the time of the autumn equinox(秋分). Many referred to it simpl

2010-09-21 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

在一次电击事故中失去四肢的法国42岁男子菲利普•克鲁瓦松日前成功横渡英吉利海峡，用时仅13.5小时，比之前预想的24小时快了很多。克鲁瓦松于当地时间周六早晨8点之前在英国南部的福克斯通下海，靠残存的上臂保

2010-09-20 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

　　Los Angeles, Sep 20 (IANS) Filmmaker Roman Polanski's political thriller 'The Ghost Writer' has been named best picture at International Federation of Film Critics, in Spain. 　　The 'Rosemary

2010-09-20 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

　　Mad Men star Jon Hamm has laughed off speculation he'll be flying into action as Superman in the superhero's next movie - because he's too old to play the Man of Steel. 　　Brandon Routh was th

2010-09-20 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

　　Las Vegas was hoppin' last night! Katy Perry and Rihanna and 25 friends were tearing up the town for the singer's bachelorette party Saturday, and it sounds like the gals had an awesome night. R

2010-09-20 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

　　"The Town" is the talk of the weekend box office, opening with $23.8 million to take the No. 1 spot, according to estimates reported Sunday by The Associated Press. 　　大帅哥本阿弗莱克最近可以说是

2010-09-20 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

　　According to the Australian of September 17, Australian universities are facing a funding crisis that could throw Julia Gillard’s education revolution into turmoil。　　Australia's $6 billion ed