日期：2009-05-27 苹果可是非常有营养价值的，而且还经济实惠呢，但它有时也可能扮演apple of discord(祸根）、rotten apple(坏家伙）的角色。看看下面这些和apple有关的短语，你知道它们的意思吗？ apple pie order： 井然有序（据说，apple-pie 是希腊字母表中的第一个和第二处字母的... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-05-27 人们一直相信各种情感都由心而生，因此就有了下面这些表达感情的心语。 lose one's heart to someone 爱上某人 win one's heart 获得某人欢心，赢得某人的爱情 broken heart 伤心，绝望 hard-hearted 无情的 heart of stone 狠心，铁石心肠 pour out one's heart 倾诉... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-05-27 You cannot flay the same ox twice一头牛不能剥两次皮。 The cow that's first up gets the first of the dew.早起母牛先得露。 Not all butter that the cow yields.母牛所产的未必全是黄油。 Many good cows have evil calves.很多好母牛，会生坏小犊（虎父生犬子）... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-05-22 使用没有性别区分的语言对于某些作者而言似乎是没有必要的，但是，如果一概使用男性化的代名词则会给读者留下这样的印象，即认为女性不包括在作者所指的群体当中。虽然有人会反驳说男性化的代名词he 和his同时指代男性和女性，但是读者而非作者完全会产生上述的印象。... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-04-16 In two consecutive columns (last Tuesday and Friday), Ive inadvertently used the term beat about the bush. Today, however, I want to pick up that term again, this time metaphorically beating about the Bush who currently sits in the White House. Firs... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-04-15 Song Zude is a one-man tabloid. In his Sina.com blog, he has been making statements so outrageous it's a wonder nobody has sent an assassin his way. Well, until now. A SARFT (government agency in charge of movies and television) official announced t... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-04-15 Last Saturday morning I was driving on my way to an eastern suburban town of Beijing when I turned on the radio to hear that all roads leading to the Fragrant Hill Park were crowded with cars near the tourist attraction famous for its scenery of flo... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-04-14 13、君子成人之美，不成人之恶。 The gentleman helps others to achieve their moral perfection but not their evil conduct. 14、君子独立不惭于影，独寝不愧于魂。 A righteous man never feels ashamed to face his shadow when standing alone and to face his s... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-04-14 In the news, Japan's new Prime Minister is facing the music for not coming back home in the evening. Since taking the helm a month ago, according to AP (Japan PM under fire over pricey nightlife, October 23, 2008), Taro Aso has spent all but four ni... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-04-14 1、但愿人长久，千里共婵娟。 We wish each other a long life so as to share the beauty of this graceful moon light, even though miles apart. 2、独在异乡为异客，每逢佳节倍思亲。 A lonely stranger in a strange land I am cast, I miss my family all the mo... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-04-11 7.Money 货币 (1)British currency 英币 6d. = six pence 六便士 1/2d. = a halfpenny 半便士 11/2d. = a peney halfpenny or three halfpeny or three halfpence一便士半 1/4d. = a farthing 一个铜元 33/4d.= three pence three farghings 三便士三铜元 1s.6d.(or 1/... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-04-11 我们常在以清代做背景的影视作品中看到皇家为皇帝选皇后和妃子，这被称为选秀女，后来简称为选秀。这个过程究竟是什么样子的呢？下文就来为您介绍一下。 Girls between the age of 13 and 17 years old from the officials families of the Manchu , Mongolian and Han... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-04-11 5.Time 时间 (1)Hours 钟点 2h.58 = two hours five minutes eight seconds 2小时5分8秒 6.18 = six eighteen 6时18分 8.30 a.m.= eight thirty a.m.[ei em] 上午8时30分 the 6.05 p.m.train = the six (nought) five p.m.[pi:em] train 下午6时零5分列车 又二十四小时... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-04-11 What started as an open-and-shut case of police brutality has morphed into a Rashomon where truth is elusive. The fatal incident took place around 10 pm on October 11 in the northeastern city of Harbin, Heilongjiang province. Two groups of young men... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-04-11 Where there is great love, there are always miracles. 哪里有真爱存在，哪里就有奇迹。 Love is like a butterfly. It goes where it pleases and it pleases where it goes. 爱情就像一只蝴蝶，它喜欢飞到哪里，就把欢乐带到哪里。 If I had a single flower for e... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-04-11 下面粗体的英文成语中都会有一个词涉及人体的某个部位。先读一读下面的小故事，然后猜猜由它们组成的成语的意思吧。 Last year my English class was full of characters. That's a polite way of saying it had some unusual people that I'll never forget. One stud... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-04-11 1.在陷入情网的时候，有些人丢了头脑，另一些人丢了心。 When falling in love, some lose their head, others lose their heart. 2.幸福是良好的健康加上糟糕的记性。 Happiness is good health and a bad memory. 3.唯有爱可以把黑暗囚在波港湾里。 Love is the only... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-04-11 4.Mathematic Forms 数学式 (1) Addition 加法 1+2=3 One and two are three. 2+3=5 Two plus three equals five. 4+0=4 Four and nought is equal to four. 45+70+152=267 45,70 and 152 added are (or make) 267 the sum (or total) is 267. 演算时的读法： Three an... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-04-11 有用的句子： Zhai Zhigang, a reserve for the Shenzhou V and VI missions, is poised to become China's first spacewalker, reports have said. 有消息说，最有可能进行中国航天首次太空漫步的是曾经2次入选神舟计划的航天员翟志刚。 The most likely takeoff time... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-04-11 二、一些函数关系的读法 A与B的乘积 the ___ product of A and B （___中填乘积的性质，例如外积就填outer，内积就填inner) A乘以B A times B or A is multiplied by B A/B A over B B分之A的最普通读法 f(x) f of x 函数f(x) exp(n) e to powers of n e的n次幂 三、 P... 阅读全文>>