日期：2009-12-16 National Day parade 国庆阅兵 From Friday to Saturday, about 3 million people from across the country visited Tian'anmen Square in Beijing, where the National Day parade was held on Oct 1 to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the founding of New Chi... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-07-29 乌鲁木齐市75打砸抢烧严重暴力犯罪事件发生后，新疆维吾尔自治区各界群众义愤填膺，纷纷谴责这一暴行，目前事态已得到控制。当地政府在第一时间对境内外媒体公开发布信息，目前已有60余家境外媒体正在当地进行采访。 下面我们就给大家介绍一些相关报道中出现的词汇。 X... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-07-29 在英语中，常会出现两个近义和相对的词用and或or连接构成成对的英语短语，它们经常出现在一起，有些同汉语的位置相同，有些同汉语不同，下面就向大家介绍一些类似的短语。 1.同汉语位置相同的短语 aches and pains周身不适 affable and kind和善 ancient and modern古... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-07-16 为治理行人以及非机动车闯红灯的顽疾，从6月1日开始，江苏省泰州市交通部门在市区几大红绿灯路口，采取拉绳子管理的方法：红灯亮时，拉起绳子；绿灯亮时放下绳子。调查发现，该笨方法对于治闯红灯顽疾确实收到了较好的效果。 请看《中国日报》的报道： The new method... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-07-16 当地时间6月1日晚法航一架满载216名乘客从巴西里约热内卢机场飞往巴黎的戴高乐机场的A330客机在起飞三个半小时后失事，机上包括机组人员在内的228人疑全部遇难，死难人数之多为法航75年历史之最。飞机失事原因目前仍在调查中。 请看外电的报道： Authorities were baff... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-06-09 The long and short of this Australian report is that tall workers earn significantly more than their vertically challenged counterparts. A six-foot man can expect a windfall of almost $750 (around 7500 yuan) a year. The researchers found there were... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-06-09 The bit of stone, small enough to fit into a pocket, arrived in a courier package from the United States. The anonymous souvenir hunters sent a letter with it explaining they'd chipped off the piece on a visit to Rome 25 years ago. The note said, Ev... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-06-09 It gives me great pleasure to introduce the new caretaker of the islands of the Great Barrier Reef, from the United Kingdom, Ben Southall. [Tourism Queensland] A global recruitment drive with the trappings of a TV reality show that was truly a touri... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-06-09 Hot air ballooning at sunrise over the ancient temples of Karnak and Luxor is a magical experience. But for a good number of tourists this year the descent has been less than perfect. In this latest accident the balloon is said to have struck a mobi... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-06-09 Saudis have been racing to buy Singer sewing machines for up to fifty-thousand dollars because they believe they contain traces of red mercury. This is a substance which may or may not actually exist. Some sources say it can be used to make a devast... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-06-09 They had just arrived from all the corners of the world on Sunday but there has been no time for sightseeing. Grammy Award winning musical director Michael Tilson-Thomas had them straight to work. Insert There are some really phenomenally energetic... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-06-09 Sixteen companies - including the fast food chains 快餐连锁店 Burger King and Kentucky Fried Chicken, several supermarket cafes and caterers （餐饮）服务企业 serving food 提供食品 in colleges and military barracks 军营, have signed up to 签字 the ca... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-06-09 Last year it was a Chinese business group that bought up 收购 Chateau la Tour le Grande, a leading Bordeaux vintage 佳酿/美酒。 Now the interest is in the other direction, but Domaines Barons de Rothschild, the company which owns the elite 优秀的 Ch... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-06-09 The baby elephant, Sheila, was moved out of Belfast Zoo because of fears she might be hit by bombers 轰炸机 during the Belfast Blitz 贝尔法斯特闪电战 of 1941. She was one of the lucky ones. A lot of the animals were killed because of fears they migh... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-06-09 The chimp 黑猩猩 at the centre of this study, an alpha male 超南，男人中的男人 in his 30s called Santino, lives at Furuvik Zoo to the north of Stockholm. His war against the visiting public began in the 1990s, when he got into the habit 形成了习惯 o... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-06-09 Scotland's had a close relationship with alcohol 酒/酒精 for hundreds of years. Scotch whisky 威士忌 generates vast export revenues 巨大的出口收入 and drink has long been a part of social occasions: dances, weddings and even funerals 葬礼. Offering... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-06-09 It's one of Britain's longest-running TV quiz shows, where the best and brightest 尖子/精英 from universities all over the country, compete to show off their knowledge on a myriad 多种多样的/综合 of topics. University Challenge first went to air 演... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-06-09 For many, it's a gentle hobby 嗜好 involving fresh air, patience, and perhaps finding the odd coin left from times gone by 过去的日子. Indeed, the report accepts the vast majority of metal detectorists 使用金属探测器的人, as they are known, are resp... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-06-09 China's auto market 汽车市场 was the second largest in the world last year, behind the United States. The new data 数据 suggests though that in the first few weeks of this year a lot more cars were sold here than in America. The Chinese bought 735,0... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-06-09 The emperor penguin is the iconic 具有代表性的 creature of the frozen south. Now for the first time scientists have studied in detail what the future holds 将来会是怎样 for the species 种类 in a warmer world. They used data from a colony 群体 that's... 阅读全文>>