16-03-07 Most men and women feel that a dinner bill should be split down the middle, but with women only making 79 cents for every dollar a man earns, how fair is this it really? 对于晚餐之后的买单问题,绝大多数人都认为应该平摊。但如果考虑到收入问题,比如女...
15-12-10 Little Billy wanted $100 badly and prayed for two weeks but nothing happened. So he decided to write God a letter requesting the $100. When the postal authorities received the letter addressed to God, USA, they decided to send it to President Bush....
15-06-28 U.S. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew said a woman will be featured on a redesigned $10 bill in 2020 -- the 100th anniversary of the Constitution's 19th Amendment, which gave women the right to vote. 美国财政部部长雅各布卢(Jack Lew)表示,从2020年开始,...
15-01-10 The act of wearing a hoodie in public could soon be illegal in Oklahoma under a bill proposed by Don Barrington, a Republican state senator. 根据共和党参议员唐巴林顿提出的议案,在美国俄克拉荷马州公共场合穿着帽衫即将成为违法行为。 The bill, an amendm...
14-10-10 There are a lot of different countries in the world, and there are even more tipping customs. When you travel you need to know how to tip in the country that you're in, otherwise you'll leave servers angry everywhere you go. Here are just a few guid...
14-08-27 A well-know speaker started on his seminar(研讨会) by holding up a $20 bill in the room of 200. He asked,who would like this $20 bill. Hands started going up. He said, I'm going to give this $20 to one of you, but first, let me do this. He proceed...
14-06-17 Tom: How can I stop water from coming into my house. Sam: Don't pay the water bill. 汤姆:我怎么才能阻止水进入我的房间? 山姆:不交水费。...
14-04-30 Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta has signed into law a controversial marriage bill legalising polygamy. 肯尼亚总统乌胡鲁肯雅塔签署一份有争议的法案成为法律,该法案将使一夫多妻合法化。 It brings civil law, where a man was only allowed one wife, into l...
14-02-24 Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni is set to sign into law a controversial new bill under which homosexuals could be given long prison terms. 乌干达总统约韦里穆塞韦尼将签署生效一份具有争议的法案,该法案规定同性恋者将被长期监禁。 He wants to approve t...
13-12-05 French MPs have approved a bill that will penalise anyone paying for sex. 法国议会通过一项法案,任何花钱买春的人都会受到罚款。 The bill, which was adopted by a vote of 268 to 138, with 79 abstentions, establishes a fine of at least 1,500 euros ($2,0...