日期：2012-02-29 Bio break refers to a general break for one's body: stretching one's legs, going to the bathroom, getting a drink of water, etc. The term is generally used during meetings, presentations, and other workplace occasions. Bio break（字面意思为生理休息... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-02-29 Flightmare refers to an unpleasant experience during air travel. A blend of the words 'flight' and 'nightmare'. Flightmare（航班噩梦）指不愉快的飞行旅途，这个词是flight（航班）和nightmare（噩梦）的合成词。 Flightmares go well beyond the usual perils... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-02-23 Four-time Winter Olympic champion Wang Meng was expelled from the Chinese national short track speed skating team after a drunken brawl with team manager, announced the country's sports governing body on Thursday evening. 周四晚，国家体育总局宣布，... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-02-23 China's Defense Ministry on Thursday expressed strong opposition to Japan's 2011 defense white paper , saying the document plays up the China threat theory and has ulterior motives. 周四，中国国防部对日本发布的2011《防卫白皮书》表示强烈不满，称其肆... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-02-23 Soaring temperatures and little rainfall have worsened the drought in the Ningxia Hui and Inner Mongolia Autonomous Regions, as well as the provinces of Gansu, Guizhou and Hunan. 高温和少雨天气使宁夏回族自治区、内蒙古自治区，以及甘肃、贵州和湖南等省... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-02-23 The porcelain plate shown on the official website is another piece, a spokesman for the Palace Museum said, dismissing speculation that the museum was presenting a shoddy substitute in its advertisements. 故宫博物院一位发言人表示：官方网站上所展示的... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-02-23 Chinese authorities said on Sunday that it is baseless speculation to say that an ultimatum had been given to force relatives of those who died in a fatal high-speed train crash in east China to agree to accept government compensation. 周日中国政府... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-02-23 The words tweeted by a passenger on high-speed train D301 on July 23 were clearly a cry for help. But they also initiated a wave of unprecedented citizen journalism on China's Twitter-like micro blogs。 7月23日D301动车上的一名乘客发布的微博无疑是呼... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-02-23 Nations working to return graft fugitives--Cameron Kerry said that there's good cooperation between Chinese and US prosecutors in finding ways to repatriate corrupt officials or ill-gotten assets. 美国将与中国合作遣返贪官美国商务部总法律顾问卡梅伦克... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-02-23 Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao promised the investigation into the fatal train crash will offer a result that could stand the test of history. 国务院总理温家宝承诺，对此次动车追尾重大事故的调查结果将经受住历史考验。 文中的stand the test of history就是指... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-02-23 Lottery winner may have hit $80m jackpot --China's lottery may have set a new record with a man expected to win 514 million yuan ($80 million) from two tickets bought in East China's Zhejiang province on Tuesday, beating the previous record win of 3... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-02-23 China's Defense Ministry said on Wednesday that the country is making use of an imported aircraft carrier body for refitting to be used for scientific research, experiment and training. 中国国防部本周三宣布，正利用一艘进口的废旧航母进行改建，用于科... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-02-23 China's transportation authority on Sunday ordered local departments to launch thorough safety overhaul to resolutely curb severe traffic accidents after a raft of tragedies in less than a month. 中国铁道部负责人上周日要求各地方部门开展全面彻底的安... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-02-15 China's railway authority is about to suspend two pairs of bullet trains on part of the Beijing-Shanghai high-speed railway because of their low occupancy rate . 由于上座率较低，国家铁路部门将暂时停运京沪高铁部分路段上的两组动车。 Occupancy是居... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-02-15 The accident occurred at about 8:30 pm Saturday on a viaduct near the city of Wenzhou in Zhejiang when bullet train D301 rear-ended D3115. 上周六晚8点半，浙江温州市附近一座高架桥上发生动车追尾事故，D301次列车与D3115次列车追尾。 文中的rear-end就是指... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-02-15 Wuhan to have 1st direct int'l air route -- Air China will launch a non-stop flight route linking central China's industrial hub of Wuhan with Tokyo on August 27, the airline said on Wednesday. 武汉即将开通第一条国际直飞航线国航于周三发布消息称，连... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-02-15 Almost 30 percent of Shenzhen's telephone booths and 861 newsstands have been removed in the city in the weeks leading up to the 26th World University Games. 距第26届世界大学生运动会开幕还有数周之际，深圳已清除了市内近30%的电话亭和861个报刊亭。 上面... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-02-15 The Coca-Cola products that tested positive for a banned preservative in Taiwan have been recalled, and the Coca-Cola Co said its products on the Chinese mainland are completely safe to drink. 可口可乐公司的一款饮料在台湾被检测出含有违禁防腐剂，可口... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-02-15 Illegal chemical ripening method imperils Indias mango trade 非法催熟有害印度芒果交易 Expressing concern over the spurt in cases of artificial ripening of fruits using chemicals, the health ministry Thursday asked the states to take action against t... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-02-15 Japan's second-biggest retailer said on Sunday it had sold beef from cattle that ate nuclear-contaminated feed , the latest in a series of health scares from radiation leaking from a quake-crippled nuclear power plant. 日本第二大零售商周日称其已售出... 阅读全文>>