2010-06-12 所属栏目:双语新闻

Germans should be allowed to watch the football World Cup on television at work without getting into trouble with their superiors, the head of the national employers' association said Thursday.Dieter

2010-06-11 所属栏目:双语新闻

The St George’s Cross will fly above Downing Street during the World Cup as a show of support for the England team, David Cameron has announced.The Prime Minister told the House of Commons he was sur

2010-06-11 所属栏目:双语新闻

Students have been taught how to walk in stilettos as part of a government-funded course, a south London college said on Wednesday.The six-week "Sexy Heels in the City" course was offered as an extra-

2010-06-10 所属栏目:双语新闻

A New Jersey woman is waging a campaign to become the world's heaviest living woman, admitting that she is as hungry for attention as she is for calorie-rich food.Donna Simpson, 42, weighs more than

2010-06-10 所属栏目:双语新闻

Football fans attending the World Cup risk permanent damage to their hearing from the vuvuzela horns which are the must-have accessory at the tournament in South Africa, a study said Monday.The din em

2010-06-09 所属栏目:双语新闻

As Japan's new Prime Minister Naoto Kan took power Tuesday, he received an unexpected boost from online sales of T-shirts bearing his picture and the message "Yes we Kan".While Kan was being sworn in

2010-06-09 所属栏目:双语新闻

British men are gearing up to spend a small fortune in presents to mollify their wives and girlfriends for all the time they intend to spend watching this summer's soccer World Cup, a new survey show

2010-06-08 所属栏目:双语新闻

An Australian cafe is claiming a world record after cooking a giant hamburger with an 81 kg (178 lb) patty that took 12 hours to cook and four men to flip.The monster burger cooked up by Sydney cafe o

2010-06-08 所属栏目:双语新闻

British people are the worst-dressed holidaymakers in Europe followed by Germans, while the Italians and French are the smartest, according to a survey released on Friday.The findings came despite 36

2010-06-07 所属栏目:双语新闻

Crime prevention minister James Brokenshire has begged England fans to behave well during the forthcoming World Cup - while taking drastic steps to stop the worst football hooligans getting to South A

2010-06-07 所属栏目:双语新闻

Admire them for their prudence - but don't tell their friends.Middle-income earners are the most enthusiastic consumers of supermarket own-brand products.Almost half (48 per cent) of those earning be

2010-06-04 所属栏目:双语新闻

If your surname is Smith, you got up at 6.45am today and you're planning a summer holiday in Spain, you're not alone.A study has provided a snapshot of the typical Briton in terms of name, spending

2010-06-04 所属栏目:双语新闻

Two might be company and three a crowd, but it seems four is perfect when it comes to friends.The average woman needs this number at any one time in her life, a study suggests.Researchers say females

2010-06-03 所属栏目:双语新闻

Prostitutes in Rio de Janeiro Wednesday adopted World Cup fever, launching a range of green-and-gold t-shirts emblazoned with raunchy football phrases."Eu jogo pelada" read one of the Portuguese-langu

2010-06-03 所属栏目:双语新闻

Japan has devised a high-tech bid for the 2022 World Cup.The country, which co-hosted the football tournament with Korea in 2002, hopes to convince Fifa to award it the tournament for a second time wi

2010-06-03 所属栏目:双语新闻

Beer-swilling, doughnut-lover Homer Simpson has been named the greatest character created for television and film in the past 20 years.The star character of long-running US cartoon series "The Simpson

2010-06-02 所属栏目:双语新闻

It's perhaps inevitable that some of the romance will go out of a relationship as time passes.And for some couples that spontaneity is replaced by a steady and deepening affection.But not for as many

2010-06-01 所属栏目:双语新闻

Red ones mean passion and romance, yellow ones speak of friendship, and pink can express your thanks.If you're feeling a little confused - or you want to keep a lady guessing - you could try sending

2010-06-01 所属栏目:双语新闻

Germany's top stars have revealed the rituals which they hope will help the national side claim their fourth World Cup title in South Africa next month.The Germans face Hungary in their penultimate W

2010-05-31 所属栏目:双语新闻

British women take four times as long to get ready for work on Mondays than on Fridays, while men also put less effort into their appearance as the week goes on, according to research by retail chain

2010-05-31 所属栏目:双语新闻

Most Germans would prefer watching their team contesting the World Cup final than having sex with their partners, a survey here has revealed on Thursday.Should Joachim Loew's side reach the final in

2010-05-29 所属栏目:双语新闻

On a rainy and blustery day it is not unusual to get soaking wet when wrestling with a troublesome brolly.Now one young British designer thinks he has come up with the solution to this problem.The ent

2010-05-28 所属栏目:双语新闻

Riot-stricken Thailand had something to smile about on Thursday as the nation's only panda cub, who enjoys a cult-like following across the kingdom, celebrated her first birthday in style.Hundreds of

2010-05-28 所属栏目:双语新闻

The average Briton turns up to work with a hangover three times a month, according to a survey on Wednesday, and the frequency is expected to increase during next month's World Cup.The charity Drinka

2010-05-27 所属栏目:双语新闻

Vienna is the best city in the world to live while war-torn Baghdad is the worst, a survey said Wednesday, putting Europe at the top of the rankings with Asia and Africa trailing.The Austrian capital