14-03-24 My English professor once launched into a lecture on motivation. What pushes you ahead? he asked. What is it that makes you go to school each day? What driving force makes you strive to accomplish? Turning suddenly to one young woman, he demanded: W...

14-03-12 One student to another: How are your English lessons coming along? Fine. I used to be one who couldn't understand the English men, and now it's the English men who can't understand me. 一位学生对另一位说：你的 英语 最近学的怎么样? 很好，我过去不懂英...

14-02-13 At least two people have been shot dead during a student demonstration in the Venezuelan capital, Caracas. 委内瑞拉首都加拉加斯一群学生举行示威活动，至少两人被枪杀。 Thousands of people gathered in central Caracas to protest against the government o...

14-02-11 Professional student refers to a person who receives multiple degrees and keeps taking courses instead of holding a profession related to the degrees earned. It can be a compliment or an insult depending on the speaker. 专业学生指的是那种已经拿到好...

13-10-24 The typical college student plays with his or her digital device an average of 11 times a day while in class, according to a new study by a University of Nebraska-Lincoln associate professor. More than 80 percent admit that their use of smart phones...

13-06-15 A twintern is usually a student or a person who has recently completed their degree and is therefore anxious to gain professional experience. Twinterns are recruited by companies specifically to spread the word about brands and services on Twitter o...

13-06-05 I find it wholesome to be alone the greater part of the time. To be in company, even with the best, is soon wearisome（乏味的） and dissipating. I love to be alone. I never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude. We are for the mo...

13-04-15 Foreign Student Office （外国留学生办公室）：设在各大学的校园内办事处，负责为外国学生和交流学者提供帮助和咨询服务。有些地方称为国际服务办公室（Office of International Services）、国际教育事宜办公室（Office of International Education）、国际交流项目...

13-04-08 According to legend, a young man while roaming the desert came across a spring of delicious crystal-clear water. The water was so sweet, he filled his leather canteen（水壶） so he could bring some back to a tribal elder who had been his teacher. Af...

13-02-24 Sometimes the best discoveries come by accident. A team of researchers at Washington University in St. Louis, headed by Srikanth Singamaneni, PhD, assistant professor of mechanical engineering materials science, unexpectedly found the mechanism by w...