日期：2009-03-27 Mr Herve Ladsous is worthy of his title as French ambassador to China, for he knows his host country pretty well - at least in one matter. He said on Monday that he learned from Chinese tourism officials that the Chinese government has not issued an... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-03-27 爱 love, affection, like, be fond of, be keen on, cherish, take good care of, treasure, be apt to, be in the habit of 母爱 maternal love, mother love, a mothers love for her children, maternal affection 父爱 paternal love 父母的爱 parental love 父母... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-03-27 十三陵The Ming Tombs 雍和宫Yonghe Lamasery 中华世纪坦China Century Altar 秦始皇陵The Emperor Qin Shihuang's Tomb 天安门广场Tian'anmen Square 华表Ornamental Pillars 人民英雄纪念碑The Monument to the People's Heroes 毛主席纪念堂Chairman Mao Memorial H... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-03-27 In the wake of the Sichuan earthquake, there was an outpouring of literary works that touched our hearts, among them poems. There was one by an anonymous author that assumes the voice of a mother talking to her dead child. It has simplicity tinged w... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-03-27 1. Its hot enough to melt hell. I hope it will be cooler soon. 现在热得足以把地狱熔化了，希望很快能够凉快一点。 2. It's stifling! I can hardly breathe. 天气太闷热了！我都没法呼吸了。 3. I can't bear the heat; I am leaking! 我受不了这么热，我浑身都在... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-03-22 There is a group of people in this country who regard themselves as the elites of society. They take themselves to be the most advanced part of society in China's progress toward modernity. They always try to distinguish themselves from the public b... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-03-22 我们都知道英语是世界使用最广泛的语言。美国马里兰州陶森大学英语历史学家Edwin Duncan博士日前称，人们现在使用的英语将在100年后消失，被一种叫做Panglish的世界性语言代替。这种语言类似于母语非英语的人们所说的英语。 We know that English is the prevailing wo... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-03-22 Just when I thought the Fan Meizhong story had wound down to a simmering denouement, the curtain has been raised again to feature Act II. The teacher who left his pupils behind in a notorious sprint from an earthquake-shaken classroom has made his t... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-03-21 put two and two together 根据事实推理 Two heads are better than one. 三个臭皮匠，顶个诸葛亮。 There are no two ways about it. 别无选择；毫无疑问的 be of two minds 三心二意 in two shakes of a lambs tail (as quickly as possible) 马上；很快 kill two bi... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-03-21 写文章有一个转承启合，也就是在写作中要注意过渡词语的应用。下面是一些写作中常用的转承词语，供您参考。 1.增补(Addition) in addition, furthermore, again, also, besides, moreover, whats more, similarly, next, finally. 2.比较(Comparison) in the same way,... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-03-21 写文章有一个转承启合，也就是在写作中要注意过渡词语的应用。下面是一些写作中常用的转承词语，供您参考。 启 A proverb says... / At present... As the proverb says... / Currently... Generally speaking, ... / Now, ... In general, ... / On the Whole... It i... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-03-21 After the recent earthquake inflicted tremendous sufferings to several provinces and shook half of the Chinese mainland, there was an opinion, as expressed in Internet forums, that we should learn to stand in awe of nature. What the opinion means, I... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-03-21 above [below, beneath, under] the salt 坐上席[下席](以前长餐桌中间摆盐缸, 上面的一半算是上席); 受[不受]尊敬 Attic salt 文雅的机智, 优雅的俏皮话 be faithful [true] to one's salt 忠于自己的职位 be not made of salt 不怕雨淋; 遇水不溶 例如：I am not mad... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-03-21 According to recent media reports, Japanese Internet users found with surprise that hostile comments from Chinese youths against Japan had decreased dramatically since the earthquake struck (on May 12). It is true. Mostly because of historical probl... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-03-21 There's one scene in Hollywood disaster movies I've always hated: Oblivious to death and chaos all around and at great peril to himself and others, the hero jumps to the rescue of his own pet. It must have been a nice touch of humanitarianism when i... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-03-21 1. A bosom friend afar brings a distant land near. 海内存知己，天涯若比邻。 2. A common danger causes common action. 同舟共济。 3. A contented mind is a continual / perpetual feast. 知足常乐。 4. A fall into the pit, a gain in your wit. 吃一堑，长一... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-03-21 There are often media reports of events in which issues of ethics are involved. These reports often trigger debates among media critics and Internet surfers. In the debates, human nature and human right are frequently mentioned. In many cases, howev... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-03-21 Monday afternoon was a very special occasion. The three-minute silence of mourning was one of the most memorable moments of my life. About 10 minutes before 2:28 pm, I heard a crowd had gathered in front of our building. So, I joined them. Surprisin... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-03-20 After they had observed three minutes of silence to pay their tribute to compatriots lost in the earthquake, the people gathered in the Tian'anmen Square in Beijing on Monday afternoon refused to disperse. Waving national flags and thrusting fists i... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-03-20 YINCHUAN, Ningxia: I was placing my recorder on the desk of deputy mayor Li Weidong when I heard the woman behind me murmuring I feel dizzy. Another one joined her: Me too. Then they both said: It's an earthquake! By that time, I could clearly feel... 阅读全文>>