• 美国女性学力程度已超过男性

    11-04-29 For the first time, American women have passed men in gaining advanced college degrees as well as bachelor's degrees, part of a trend that is helping redefine who goes off to work and who stays home with the kids. 美国女性获取学士及以上学位的比例首...

  • 美国德州议会拟允许枪支进入校园

    11-02-26 美国德克萨斯州拟通过法案允许教师和学生持枪进入校园,德州一半以上的众议员都已在此项提案上联合署名,该州州长也表示支持此案。 Texas is preparing to give college students and professors the right to carry guns on campus, adding momentum to a national ca...

  • He was only wrong by two

    11-01-12 Jack Hawkins was the football coach at an Amercian college, and he was always trying to find good players, but they weren't always smart enought to be accepted by the college. One day the coach brought an excellent young player to the dean(院长,系...

  • 美国华盛顿大学允许男女混住

    10-12-12 美国乔治华盛顿大学近日宣布,该校所有学生可以自由选择宿舍室友,不再有性别限制,新生也不例外。这一政策在美国各大高校中开了先例,学生宿舍男女有别、禁止异性出入的日子将成为历史。 The long-eroding boundaries that once kept men and women apart on America'...

  • West Point

    10-11-11 My father, brother and I visited West Point to see a football game between Army and Boston College. Taking a stroll(漫步,闲逛) before kickoff(开始,开球) , we met many cadets(学员,士官生) in neatly pressed uniforms. Several visting fans aske...

  • The Missed Blessings

    10-09-29 A young man was getting ready to graduate from college. For many months he had admired a beautiful sports car in a dealer's showroom, and knowing his father could well afford it, he told him that was all he wanted. As Graduation Day approached, the...

  • Talking clock 会说话的钟

    10-09-14 Talking clock While proudly showing off his new apartment to friends, a college student led the way into the den(私室,贼窝) . What is the big brass gong(锣) and hammer for? one of his friends asked. That is the talking clock, the man replied. H...

  • 伦敦某校开设教学生穿高跟鞋走路的课程

    10-06-12 Students have been taught how to walk in stilettos as part of a government-funded course, a south London college said on Wednesday. 伦敦南部一所学院于本周三称,受政府资助,该校开设了一门教学生穿高跟鞋时如何走路的课程。 The six-week Sexy Heels in the...

  • 英国大学推出教师着装规范

    09-10-17 英国某大学新近颁布了一套教师着装规范,要求教师们上班穿正装,破旧的衣裤、牛仔裤、以及夸张的首饰和发型等均被严格禁止。这所学校在规范中表示,大学是一个专业的事务机构,学校职工有责任通过他们的着装和仪表来传承和宣扬这一机构所代表的专业价值。传统印象中大...

  • Jobless graduate sues her college over lack of employment 毕

    09-08-08 A jobless graduate has sued her former college for the more than 40,000 she paid in tuition fees after she failed to find work. Trina Thompson, 27, claims Monroe College in New York did not do enough to help her find employment. She is seeking to re...