日期：2011-09-07 Trophy child refers to a child used to impress other people and enhance the status of the parents. The child has to fit into the perfect picture of what the family is supposed to look like. They have to be in the best schools; they always have to lo... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-09-01 It says supervision departments should apply real-name reporting and should not make public the reporting information so as to protect informants. 草案称监察部门应该采用实名制举报方式，并且为了保护举报人不应将举报信息公之于众。 在上面的报道中，real-... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-09-01 The Special Envoy of the Chinese government, Minister of Water Resources Chen Lei will attend the power handover ceremony of Uruguay President on March 1, at the invitation of the government of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay. 应乌拉圭东岸共和国政... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-09-01 The Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee issued a code of ethics for CPC cadres to follow Tuesday to ensure clean practice in their work and prevent corruption. 为确保廉洁从政，防止腐败，中共中央本周二颁布了党员领导干部廉政准则。 文种的c... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-09-01 The premier said the country's income distribution system should be perfected so that all 1.3 billion Chinese could enjoy the fruit of the country's reform and opening-up drive. 温总理提到，我国必须改革收入分配制度，以便让全体13亿国民享受到国家改革... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-09-01 Netizens called for the scraping of the long-time dual pension scheme , in which civil servants and other public employees were entitled to pensions several times the amount of citizens employed by non-public entities. 网民呼吁废除长久以来一直在实行... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-09-01 The Coroners Service of British Columbia, responsible for the investigation of all sudden deaths, together with the RCMP (Royal Canadian Mounted Police), concluded their on-scene investigations on the luge track, where Georgian athlete, Nodar Kumari... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-09-01 I'm really worried, she said. My daughter is pushing toward her 30s . She has a busy job and a limited number of acquaintances. I really hope she can get married before 28 and have a baby before 30. 一位母亲说：我真着急。女儿都奔三了，她工作很忙，交... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-09-01 The authorities of Beijing Railway Station and Beijing West Railway Station scheduled 18 additional roundtrips to cope with peak travel. 北京火车站和北京西站方面计划增加18个往返车次来应对出行高峰。 在上面的报道中，roundtrip是往返车次的意思，如果指飞... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-08-23 And a new phrase - child's slave - has even become popular in the Chinese media, playing on reports of mortgage slaves saddled with large payments for apartments, cars and credit cards. 一个新词汇孩奴最近在国内媒体很流行，经常在有关房奴的报道中出现... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-08-23 Vancouver, the Canadian host city of the 2010 Winter Olympic Games, remains the most livable city in the world, as it did in 2008. 2010年冬奥会的举办城市加拿大温哥华被选为全球最适宜居住的城市，这是该市在2008年之后再次当选最宜居城市。 在上面的报道中... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-08-23 Festival reunions too costly for young people: The cost of returning home for the Spring Festival has become such a burden for young workers that many are choosing not to make the trip. 节日团聚对年轻人来说成本过高：对年轻工薪族来说，春节回家已经成... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-08-23 China's police departments will launch a 30-day campaign starting Wednesday to hunt down fugitives who are suspected of having committed a crime known as fake invoice fraud. 中国公安部门将于本周三起开展为期30天的行动，追捕假发票诈骗案件的犯罪嫌疑人... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-08-23 Beijing will double daytime parking fees in downtown areas from April 1 in order to curb traffic congestion, said the municipal planning authority Tuesday. 北京市规划部门周二表示，为治理交通拥堵，北京市将于今年4月1日起将中心城区的停车费提高一倍。 文... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-08-10 Retail therapy is shopping with the primary purpose of improving the buyer's mood or disposition. Often seen in people during periods of depression or transition, it is normally a short-lived habit. Items purchased during periods of retail therapy a... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-08-10 Meeting Affective Disorder refers to a form of boredom that occurs in relation to mandatory meetings, most commonly those centered around a presentation. 会议精神紊乱症指不得已去参加一些必须出席的会议时出现的无聊乏味的状态，出现这种状态的会议多数都... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-08-10 The concept of a gender specific trip has been around since the first caveman took his club and went hunting with the others in the tribe. Yet, mancation has become a buzzword in the travel business lately. 虽说同性出游这样的形式在人类始祖山顶洞人拿... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-08-10 Cubicle coma means when you wake up and feel energized but as soon as you enter the work place, a wave of exhaustion runs over you and you have trouble staying awake for the rest of your work day. Amazingly, once you leave the hellish work atmospher... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-08-10 Weekend lag is a condition affecting the body's circadian clock, similar to jet lag, but instead stemming from altering one's sleep hours over a weekend of hard partying and drinking rather than from a long flight. 周末时差是跟飞机时差类似的情况，通... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-08-10 Ego wall is a wall, usually in a professional's office, covered with an inordinate number of framed diplomas, certificates, and other tokens of academic achievement. The sheer number of items implicitly speaks to the superior skill or intelligence o... 阅读全文>>