2010-09-15 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

　　This is the beauty contest that could end with the judges getting an offer they can't refuse。　　Because organizers in Budapest, Hungary, are holding the world's first pageant exclusively for g

2010-09-15 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

　　Jeroen and Sandra Kippers, from Brussels, Belgium, were the world's first couple to get married 50 metres above the ground. 　　来自布鲁塞尔的杰若恩-基珀斯和桑德拉-基珀斯日前成为世界上第一对在空中

2010-09-15 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

　　JACKSON, Kentucky — A man enraged over how his wife cooked his eggs shot and killed her, his stepdaughter and three witnesses with a shotgun before killing himself on Saturday, a relative of two

2010-09-14 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

　　The Noah's Ark Zoo Farm in the UK has a presentation about 30 reasons why man is not descended from apes. Given the establishment believes in creationism, that presentation is no surprise. But th

2010-09-14 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

　　Multi-millionaire Jennifer Aniston didn't foot the bill when she supped one-on-one with Cougar Town actor Josh Hopkins at West Hollywood's Madeo Sept. 2. 　　"I am a Southern gentleman," Hopkins

2010-09-14 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

　　A hungry prairie dog carried on nibbling his nut as a flock of starlings tried to get his lunch, and he completely ignored them at St Louis Zoo in Missouri, US.　　在美国密苏里的圣·路易斯公园里，

2010-09-14 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

资料图 英国女车手挑战"死亡之墙"不戴头盔　　17-year-old girl Jaimi Tyrrell left school to land her first job as the world's youngest female Wall of Death rider. 　　英国17岁女孩贾米-泰利尔在毕业后找到

2010-09-14 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

　　Their images are iconic, but surely there's something a little strange about these 20th-century heroes and villains... Taken from a quirky new calendar by design company Takkoda, photos of pets w

2010-09-14 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

　　The carriages might be simply decorated and even a touch cramped, but they are among the most exclusive - and expensive - in the world. This is the interior of the Royal Train that Prince Charles

2010-09-14 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

　　Just in case you were in any doubt as to what sort of animal Polly is, ten-week-old tabby is happy to help out, thanks to her unusual markings, which spell out the word 'cat' on her left flank.

2010-09-13 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

　　Keanu Reeves has signed on to star in 'Generation Um,' an independent film that tracks a day in the life of a man (Reeves) and two beautiful female companions (Bojana Novakovic and Adelaide Clem

2010-09-13 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

　　Dressed in jeans and a cardigan, her hair closely cropped, it's clear Emma Watson has moved on from the role which, for many years, defined her. 　　Once undistinguishable from her alter ego Herm

2010-09-13 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

　　Spectacular: The Northern Lights bursting into a spectacular display of purple in Norway 　　恍如隔世：在挪威一处湖泊上空拍摄到的超强紫色北极光。 资料图 北极光视觉盛宴 　　The display was captured

2010-09-13 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

　Angelina Jolie was looking painfully thin as she met with the Prime Minister of Pakistan yesterday. 　　日前，国际巨星安吉丽娜·朱莉一身黑衣探访巴基斯坦受灾地区，同时接受了巴基斯坦总理的接见。 　　

2010-09-12 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

2010年9月12日，意大利当地时间9月11日，第67届威尼斯电影节闭幕。曾执导过《迷失东京》的著名女导演索菲亚科波拉凭借《在某处》（somewhere）获得金狮奖。以下是完全获奖名单：Sofia Coppola’s “Somewhere” won

2010-09-12 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

As an advertising art director, Jeff Quigley isn't the type of worker who traditionally holds two jobs. But after getting hit by a one-day-a-week furlough and pay cut last year, Mr. Quigley has joine

2010-09-12 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

There's a place where first impressions are even more crucial than at a job interview or at dinner with our future in-laws: the courtroom.Yet court officials are constantly surprised by the imprudenc

2010-09-11 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

十一长假即将来临，劳累了大半年的你，想怎样犒劳自己？看看这些建议吧！A long weekend is a great opportunity to do something a little different. The extra free time gives people the chance to enjoy somet

2010-09-11 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

美国巴尔的摩大学传播设计学院今年新开了一门研究僵尸的课程，选择这门课的学生将会在老师的带领下欣赏经典的僵尸电影和漫画，在课程结束时无需撰写论文，而要交出一份自己理想中的恐怖电影台词或者绘本。传播设计学

2010-09-11 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

美国犹他州立大学的研究人员近期在一份研究报告中宣布，他们可以通过电脑将人类脑电波翻译成文字，且准确率最高可达90%。这一突破性进展有望能帮助那些因中风或脑部伤害而无法用语言交流的病人以及患有“闭锁综合征”

2010-09-11 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

英国前首相托尼•布莱尔6日宣布取消原定于本周三（8日）在伦敦一家书店的回忆录签售活动，以避免部分民众的抗议活动引发混乱。据悉，此次签售活动原定在伦敦水石书店的旗舰店举行，但是考虑到反战份子的抗议活动

2010-09-11 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

拥有115年悠久历史的牛津词典本月推出了新版《牛津英汉－汉英词典》，其中收录了“山寨”、“房奴”等近年来流行的中文词汇。据介绍，为了编纂这本新发行的中英文词典，中英两国的出版社共计60名编辑人员花费了近5年

2010-09-11 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

法国巴黎最大的公共住房项目近日宣布将利用地铁中乘客身体释放出来的热量为市中心的一个公共住房项目供暖。据悉，该项目是基于地热技术研发的，地铁和供暖建筑物通过一个楼梯连接。改造完成后有望将地铁中乘客释放出

2010-09-10 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

　　Aschool in Canada is using a bizarre 3D optical illusion of a young girl chasing after a ball on the road to make drives slow down.　　加拿大一所学校用奇特的3D光学技术制成一个女孩在马路上追赶一只球

2010-09-10 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

　　When Megan Fox wed Brian Austin Green in June, it was the culmination of a relationship (with a brief 2009 split) that stretched back to 2004. Still, Fox says she gets scrutinized for being a brid