2010-12-29 所属栏目:双语新闻

For the third straight year, President Barack Obama ranks as the man most admired by people living in the US, according to an annual USA Today-Gallup poll.Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is

2010-12-28 所属栏目:双语新闻

Hugh Hefner, the twice-married founder of Playboy, is taking the plunge again.Hefner, 84, said on Saturday in a posting on Twitter that he and his girlfriend Crystal Harris, 24, got engaged on Friday.

2010-12-28 所属栏目:双语新闻

If your social life leaves something to be desired, it might be your brain structure that’s to blame.A ‘Facebook feature’ deep in the temporal lobe governs the number of friends you are likely to m

2010-12-27 所属栏目:双语新闻

Feel like eating a hamburger? Or would you rather have a pizza? No problem, the 3D food printer will create anything you want, literally at the click of a button.Scientists at Cornell University in Ne

2010-12-27 所属栏目:双语新闻

The Beckhams say that quality time is the secret behind their happy marriage, while Michael Douglas once credited Viagra with the secret to his.But, according to a new study, it is couples who delay s

2010-12-24 所属栏目:双语新闻

Almost 5 million Britons are expected to go online on Christmas Day and spend over 150 million pounds ($232 million) as they look to grab bargains and beat a rise in January in VAT sales tax, a retail

2010-12-24 所属栏目:双语新闻

They say you should never judge a book by its cover.But when it comes to the opposite sex, it seems that's exactly what women do.It takes a woman just three minutes to make up her mind about whether

2010-12-23 所属栏目:双语新闻

O Christmas sweater, O Christmas sweater! Amid a surge in fashion nostalgia, the much-maligned Christmas knit is enjoying a moment of irony-infused popularity.Individuals and big corporations are host

2010-12-23 所属栏目:双语新闻

They've been foraging in the attic late at night and rummaging under the bed: Beware the Christmas present peekers.About one in three British adults already know what they will receive for Christmas

2010-12-22 所属栏目:双语新闻

High-speed Internet has had the greatest technological impact on society over the past decade and is the technology most people say they cannot live without, according to a new poll.Twenty four percen

2010-12-22 所属栏目:双语新闻

Christmas carol "Silent Night" has topped the list of Britain's "most recorded Christmas song of all time," according to music licensing company PPL.The 190-year-old Austrian carol beat more recent f

2010-12-21 所属栏目:双语新闻

Britain's royal wedding is still four months away, but the first official memorabilia went on sale Monday - a range of wedding china personally approved by the couple.Prince William's office said th

2010-12-21 所属栏目:双语新闻

This was the year the Earth struck back.Earthquakes, heat waves, floods, volcanoes, super typhoons, blizzards, landslides and droughts killed at least a quarter million people in 2010 — the deadliest

2010-12-20 所属栏目:双语新闻

Some have already dubbed it the George Clooney Effect: Psychologists in Scotland have found that as women become more financially independent, they want an older, more attractive male partner.Studies

2010-12-20 所属栏目:双语新闻

British and Italian men will be hoping to catch a whiff of celebrity this Christmas, according to a survey released on Friday.Interest in celebrity fragrances has tripled among British men in the last

2010-12-17 所属栏目:双语新闻

Whatever you think about using grating words, at the end of the day it's actually better not to say whatever, if you know what I mean.For the second consecutive year "whatever' topped a Marist poll

2010-12-17 所属栏目:双语新闻

In celebration of the upcoming Chinese Lunar New Year, the US Treasury Department Tuesday unveiled 2 new Lucky Money products, “Year of the Rabbit” and “Lucky Lion.”US Treasurer Rosie Rios formall

2010-12-16 所属栏目:双语新闻

Swiss banking giant UBS has issued a strict dresscode for employees, calling on them to wear "skin-coloured" lingerie and to ditch "fancy and coloured" artificial fingernails.In a document of over 40

2010-12-16 所属栏目:双语新闻

"Shall I compare thee to a Summer's day?," asked Shakespeare. Now, women of the world have replied: "No, just tell me I have beautiful lips."A new survey of online flirting by dating website Badoo.co

2010-12-15 所属栏目:双语新闻

The newly appointed editor of Russian Vogue has courted controversy by putting Vladimir Putin's alleged mistress on her first front cover.The January 2011 issue features former rhythmic Olympic gymna

2010-12-15 所属栏目:双语新闻

Women saw little advancement in corporate boardrooms and compensation in 2010, extending a 5-year trend in which companies have lagged in promoting and mentoring of women to their own detriment, accor

2010-12-14 所属栏目:双语新闻

Lonesome South Koreans who have trouble finding true love can now get video calls from a beautiful and cute girlfriend -- if they download a smartphone application.Nabix, a South Korean apps developer

2010-12-14 所属栏目:双语新闻

Successful people are nicer to those who are jealous of them, psychologists have found.The fear that they may become the target of malicious envy makes people act more helpfully toward people who they

2010-12-13 所属栏目:双语新闻

Prince William and Kate Middleton have released official photographs to mark their engagement, taken by celebrated fashion photographer Mario Testino.Testino described the couple as "brimming with hap

2010-12-13 所属栏目:双语新闻

Apart from the death of a loved one, it is probably the most stressful experience life can throw at you.But research suggests that divorce can be good for men – at least in terms of making them fitte