日期：2010-07-09 Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a letter applying for a position of a company. You should write at least 120 words according to the outline given below in Chinese: 1、申请职位 2、简要介绍自己的情况 3、期待回信。 范文：... 阅读全文>>

日期：2010-05-19 集合名词（英语：collective noun或者nouns of assemblage）是语言学上的一个专有名词，意指一种可用来指称一群对象的词，而这些对象，可以是人、动物、或是一类概念等事物。举例来说，在英语中，一群狮子可称为 a pride of lions，这里的pride 就是一个集合名词。下面... 阅读全文>>

日期：2010-05-19 to take one's hat off 以前，每当一个人做了什么值得赞扬的事，人们往往会拿下头上戴的帽子，对那个人表示敬意。现在已经没有人戴帽子，因此这种举动也不存在了。可是，这个俗语还是经常用的，表示致敬、钦佩。 例句：I sure take my hat off to my boss. I don't kno... 阅读全文>>

日期：2010-05-19 paper tiger 纸老虎 buck the tiger 玩纸牌(特指与赌棍玩牌) tiger sweat 威士忌酒 work like a tiger生龙活虎地工作 three cheers and a tiger三声欢呼一声吼 a narrow escape 虎口余生 a nation of invaders 虎狼之国 How can you catch tiger cubs without entering... 阅读全文>>

日期：2010-05-07 2009年11月1日，随着寒潮天气的来袭，深秋的北京突降大雪，使原本一身金黄的京城秋色顿时披上银装。据气象专家介绍，这也是北京1987年以来的最早初雪。 请看《中国日报》的报道： Cold snap brings snow---Beijing's first snowfall this winter, which began on Satur... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-12-16 full-dress National Day Military parade 全副武装的国庆阅兵大典 phalanx 方阵 Second Artillery Force 第二炮兵 special forces 特种军 intercontinental nuclear-capable ballistic missiles 具有核能力的洲际弹道导弹 sophisticated radar 精密雷达 airborne earl... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-12-16 阅兵式 military review Starting early Saturday morning, the rehearsal featured a mass pageant involving nearly 200,000 citizens and 60 simulated floats, a gala by around 12,000 performers and a military review. 这次彩排从周六凌晨开始，内容包括有将近... 阅读全文>>

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>>