2010-04-01 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

清 明 节（Tomb-Sweeping Day） Qing Ming Jie（All Souls' Day） 　　Qing Ming is a time to remember the dead and the dearly departed. More important, it is a period to honour and to pay respect to one

2010-04-01 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

American children aren't the only couch potatoes with nearly one third of children globally spending three hours a day or more watching TV or on computers, according to study of over 70,000 teens in

2010-04-01 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

Folks, with layoffs mounting, gas prices surreal, mortgage defaults on the rise, the stock market in a swoon, and much of
the world staggered by truly awful weather of one kind or another, we could a

2010-04-01 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

Popular reports that say Chinese officials are routinely corrupt are simply not true. Many are highly intelligent and dedicated. An ethos of competition exists among officials and businessmen which re

2010-04-01 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

Essentially what the new law says is that labor contracts are no longer free. They must follow stringent guidelines determined by the government. Over-time pay is doubled, room-and-board provided by t

2010-04-01 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

I return to China’s miracle. Other than the economic system itself, I rank two developments as truly miraculous. First is the explosive growth in the Yangtze River basin that stretched all the way in

2010-03-31 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

A survey of 16 to 24 year olds has found that 75% of them feel they "couldn't live" without the internet. 　　一项针对英国16至24岁年轻人的调查发现，75%的年轻人认为他们“没有网络活不下去。” 　　The r

2010-03-31 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

Governments and employers worldwide are set to face pressure for compensation and changes to working patterns following research suggesting night shift work may cause cancer. 　　研究表明，夜班工作可能

2010-03-31 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

当保罗•费舍尔(Paul Fischer)周五晚查询银行帐户余额时，他遇到了一个惊喜：他的帐户余额一下子变成了88,888,888,888.88美元。这确实是一个非常吉利的数字，而且是将近890亿美元。　　当然，这是SunTrust Bank

2010-03-31 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

The first of April is commonly known as April Fools' Day, and it is customarily on this day to play a trick on[1] a friend. If your friend falls into the trap, then he or she is an April Fool。　　It

2010-03-31 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

咖啡虽然是一种很受欢迎的饮品，但却不见得很健康。科学家们普遍相信它所含有的咖啡因成分会增加一个人换心脏病的风险，而本身就是心脏病患者就更是要杜绝了！ Coffee May Trigger Heart AttackThat cup of coffee y

2010-03-31 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

3 Dead, 6 Wounded in D.C. Shooting A drive-by shooting killed three people and wounded six others in the nation's capital Tuesday night, and three people were in custody, officials said.A gunman spra

2010-03-31 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

Life comes in a package. This package includes happiness and sorrow, failure and success, hope and despair. Life is a learning process. Experiences in life teach us new lessons and make us a better pe

2010-03-31 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

1.Imagine reading that your husband or brother who has been held in a prison for years is finally going to be released. You make the long journey to the prison and stand outside the prison gates, wait

2010-03-31 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

The Swiss Spaghetti Harvest瑞士面条树spaghetti harvest1957: The respected BBC news show Panorama announced that thanks to a very mild winter and the virtual elimination of the dreaded spaghetti weevil

2010-03-31 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

The jury is still out on the relationship between cell phone use and brain tumors. But the American Association of Neurological Surgeons has issued a statement to remind people that cell phones presen

2010-03-31 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

1: The Swiss Spaghetti Harvest 　　1957: The respected BBC news announced that thanks to a very mild winter and the virtual elimination of the dreaded spaghetti weevil, Swiss farmers were enjoying a b

2010-03-31 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

愚人节将至,是否应该给好友送上一份"祝福",在这个搞怪的节日里,大家一起开心一把吧!Because you, I believe in fate, perhaps all this are doomed to heaven, having a Mianmianzhizhong traction. Now I want to s

2010-03-31 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

April Fool's Day 　　愚人节 - 愚人节的由来　　While popular in the U.S., the April Fool's Day tradition is even more prevalent in European countries, such as France and Great Britain. Although the r

2010-03-31 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

Seeing that the industrial outlook has suddenly turned gloomy, a department in Beijing placed the blame on the sub-prime crisis and recession in the United States. But this is negated by the facts: ex

2010-03-30 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

Dinosaurs were most likely killed off because they never got a good night's sleep, scientists have claimed.科学家们宣称，恐龙灭绝的原因很可能是它们没有好好睡上一觉。Giant meteorites from outer space,

2010-03-30 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

"I am proud to say that I am a fortunate homosexual man," Martin wrote in a blog posting at www.rickymartinmusic.com"This is just what I need especially now that I am the father of two beautiful boys

2010-03-30 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

An Australian company announced the rollout of what it said were the world's first electronic underpants, saying its product was able to send text messages if the wearer became incontinent。　　Desig

2010-03-30 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

China's latest must-have luxury for the ultra-rich, to go with mansions and sports cars, is a large, slobbery dog with massive amounts of hair best known for herding sheep in Tibet。 　　对中国的富人

2010-03-30 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

我们前两天说了“理工男”，他们热爱与科学研究有关的一切，可是缺乏必要的生活常识。今天，咱们说说这两年在日本比较流行的一个群体“草食男”。从字面上看，就是“食草的男子”，具体是什么意思呢？　　Japanese m