2010-03-04 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

Some 'superheroes' seem able to exist on very little sleep -- are they fooling themselves?Does it only take five hours of sleep to fuel the juggle? We recently posted about one woman who rises at 5

2010-03-04 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

The recession is now over and the US economy is recovering. To deal with the crisis, the Federal Reserve followed an unusually aggressive monetary policy expansion – cutting the Federal funds rate fr

2010-03-03 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

英国巴斯大学的科学家最新研究发现，在特定扫描技术的帮助下，安全人员可以通过人的鼻型辨识出非法移民、恐怖分子或者犯罪分子，而且因为鼻子不容易隐藏，因此其辨识的可信度比指纹或虹膜的扫描识别度要高。据介绍，

2010-03-03 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

今年是世界著名作曲家肖邦诞辰200周年，各国的纪念演出活动逐一展开，连美国的金融中心华尔街也于本周推出了纪念演出周，将用总共200个小时的钢琴演奏来纪念这位伟大的作曲家。在演出周内，每天从早晨9点到晚上7点，

2010-03-03 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

The history of English language
英语的历史
The history of the English language began over 1500 years ago in the north of Europe. Around the fifth century A.D., tribes of people known as the Angels,

2010-03-03 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

苹果表示，公司在对供应商的年度评估中发现了17起违反公司政策的核心违规行为，其中有三家工厂在去年非法雇用童工。
Apple admits using child labour At least eleven 15-year-old children were discovered to b

2010-03-03 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

近日，一名“潮人”乞丐红遍网络，有网友为他取名“犀利哥”，更有好事者称他为“究极华丽第一极品路人帅哥”。他的图片被大量转载，甚至红到台湾和日本的综艺节目上！那么潮人乞丐究竟是何人？听下文为你一一道来…

2010-03-03 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

从辣妹转型成为设计师的维多利亚•贝克汉姆已经推出了流行的热门服装，登上了数不清的最佳着装榜单，出现在了马克•雅可布的广告宣传片中，最近，她又成为《美国偶像》的客串评委。不过真正推动她继续前进

2010-03-03 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

在遥远的太空，没人能听到你的尖叫，也不能听iPod。
In space, no one can hear youscream or listen to your iPod.两年前，游戏设计师理查德－加利奥特花几十万美金成为世界首位太空游客。结果却发现他不仅不能随身

2010-03-03 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

美国制造业公司正在艰难地寻找拥有专业技能的工人，尽管该行业在过去两年已裁员逾200万。熟练工的短缺，可能会限制企业在经济复苏步伐加快时扩大生产的能力。
Manufacturing companies in the US are struggling to

2010-03-03 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

决不要把黑色与棕色或深蓝色搭配在一起、如果你是红发就不要穿红、永远不要穿紧身裤和露脚趾的鞋……如果你和我一样，在成长过程中，穿着不符合妈妈或者奶奶的标准，就会从她们那里听到这些说辞。你也许认为自己的打

2010-03-03 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

Life should be simpler in retirement. So should your finances.A clear-cut financial plan is a good idea at any age. But a growing body of research suggests simplicity takes on added urgency as we move

2010-03-03 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

The good thing about open-source software is that it harnesses the talents of techies around the world. The bad thing about open-source software is that it's too often geared toward such techies, not

2010-03-03 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

While Hong Kong became the world's largest market for initial public offerings last year, the US capital markets remain first choice for many mainland China companies looking to raise capital.Worryin

2010-03-03 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

One of China's premier investment zones is expected soon to replicate its successful development model near the southern approaches to the Suez canal, according to Egypt's investment minister.The Eg

2010-03-03 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

The hot topic in technology in the past few years has been the emergence of “cloud computing”. But what exactly is this new development and how will it transform our lives?There are two parts to und

2010-03-02 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

Televisions here broadcast scenes of crowds jostling to buy apartments in vast residential complexes. Developers compete to pay huge sums for newly released plots of land. These recent developments ar

2010-03-02 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

Barely a month into its theatrical run, 'Avatar' set a record for world-wide ticket sales, topping $1.85 billion. That is a reflection of its wide popularity, and also a reminder of the quirky way t

2010-03-02 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

智利周末遭受地震袭击之后，铜价在周日晚上骤然上涨至七周最高点。
Copper prices rose sharply in electronic screen trading Sunday night and hit a seven-week high after a weekend earthquake rocked Chile.由

2010-03-02 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

手机可以致癌？不管这一说法是否属实，人们已经开始担心，电话，输电线以及wi-fi可能会引发皮疹，脑瘤等一系列疾病。
Could your cellphone give you cancer? Whether it could or not, some people are worrying

2010-03-02 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

The earthquake in Chile was far stronger than the one that struck Haiti last month -- yet the death toll in this Caribbean nation is magnitudes higher.
智利地震震级远高于海地地震，然而海地的死亡人数却

2010-03-02 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

Is red copying blue? Coca-Cola, like PepsiCo last year, is to bring its North America bottling operations in-house. Pitching such a change in strategy after almost 25 years as an evolution would be ha

2010-03-02 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

金庸小说名称连缀成的这幅对联想必大家都耳熟能详：飞雪连天射白鹿，笑书神侠倚碧鸳。
下面我们来看看这十四部小说的名称翻译吧：Other Tales of the Flying Fox 飞狐外传Flying Fox of Snowy Mountain 雪山飞狐

2010-03-01 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

Even a good haircut looks shabby after a few weeks. And a bad one usually won't look so bad after a few weeks.At least that's been my logic over the past couple of decades, as I've gone from one ch

2010-03-01 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

Every few years, critics say Warren Buffett has lost his touch.He's too old and too old-fashioned, they claim. He doesn't get it anymore. This time he's wrong.It happened during the dotcom bubble,