12-11-15 If I could make a change in my life I would live far far out in the country. That way I could realize my dream to run an animal shelter. The shelter I would own would be no-kill shelters. The only way an animal would die in my shelter would be if it...

12-10-26 A man is fibbing away about how great things are in his country. Finally, he starts describing the tall buildings in his country. There is a building so tall, it took my friend Alex 72 hours to fall off it! Oh, my God! says his friend. Surely he mus...

12-06-09 It is good to be back here with all of you. I've got a few acknowledgments I've got to make before I say what I've got to say. First of all, somebody who has served our country with the kind of distinction（区别，荣誉） that doesn't happen a lot, so...

12-03-12 The term 1.5 generation or 1.5G refers to people who immigrate to a new country at a young age. They earn the label the 1.5 generation because they bring with them characteristics from their home country but continue their assimilation and socializa...

11-11-07 Toward the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty(25-220), China was war-stricken. After a royal edict（法令，布告） to recruit soldiers in Zhuozhou, three heroes surfaced. One was Liu Bei, a descendent of Liu Sheng, Prince Jin of Zhongshan during the Han D...

11-11-01 Africa's second metro system has opened - in the Algerian capital, Algiers. 非洲第二条地铁在阿尔及利亚首都阿尔及尔开通。 Many Algerians have complained that the cost of the metro is too high Construction began 28 years ago, but was halted - firstly...

11-10-28 Winston Churchill was Prime Minister of Great Britain during World War II. He was a fat and short man. George Bernard Shaw was a famous writer. He was tall and lean（瘦的） . Both of them were humorists. When they met at a reception, Churchill said...

11-03-13 Well, the same is true for our country. When we sacrifice our commitment to education, were sacrificing our future. And we cant let that happen. Our kids deserve better. Our country deserves better. And over the course of March, what were calling Ed...

11-02-22 Q But has it improved the chances of something like Mideast peace, or has it made it more complicated in your mind? THE PRESIDENT: I think it offers an opportunity as well as a challenge. I think the opportunity is that when you have the kinds of pe...

11-02-17 眼下，搞字在汉语里的流行之势，使有人发出怎一个搞字了得的感叹。关于搞的妙用，作家孙绍振说：搞字的功能可分为两类：丑的则遮蔽，不丑的则美化；可谓有美皆备，无丽不臻。如果不考虑风格和情感，倒有点像英语的do，几乎是个万能动词。 1. 译为动词或动词短语 搞最常...