• 西班牙列车脱轨之时司机正在打电话

    13-07-31 The train driver in last week's crash in Spain was talking on the phone when it derailed, investigators say. 西班牙调查人员称,上周列车脱轨发生之时,驾驶员正在打电话。 Police hope the black box recorder will explain the journey\s final moments The t...

  • 瑞士两列车相撞 数十人受伤

    13-07-30 At least 35 people have been injured, five of them seriously, in a collision between two trains in western Switzerland. 瑞士西部两列火车相撞,至少35人受伤,其中5人伤情严重。 The crash happened in Granges-pres-Marnand in Vaud canton, about 50km south...

  • 墨西哥城一辆油罐车发生爆炸

    13-05-08 A gas tanker has exploded on a motorway in a suburb of Mexico City, killing at least 20 people and injuring 36, officials say. 一辆油罐车在墨西哥城郊区一条高速公路上爆炸,至少20人死亡、36人受伤。 Television images showed damaged buildings and cars i...

  • 第21届中译英研讨会热词2

    13-02-01 1. 秒杀 seckill instant kill/ instant buy/flash buy/snatch buy/panic buy 2. 裸婚 naked marriage(第一次出现时,后面一定要加解释) simplistic marriage/bare-handed marriage 3. 酒后代驾 designated driver=DD(与酒后有关系) substitute driver(意义更广泛...

  • 摩苏女人的大智慧

    12-09-28 Last night, I was coming home from dinner with friends, and I got into a heated discussion with the taxi driver. We weren't arguing, there was a lot of laughter and in fact, some agreement on issues from both sides. Our topic was the perennial(常年...

  • Who do you think you are? 你以为你是谁?

    12-04-18 The bus was crowded, and as one more man tried to get on, the passengers wouldn't let him aboard. It is too crowded, they shouted. who do you think you are? I am the driver. he said. 公共汽车上很挤,当又一个人还是试图上车时,乘客们不让他上。 车上太...

  • Please Reverse the Charges 倒转车子

    11-09-20 There was a lady who took a taxi home, and when the taxi driver approached her house she told him to stop, saying, Okay, here, here is good. Then she asked the driver, How much is it? And the driver replied, Ten dollars. Then, after searching in her...

  • 纽约出租车司机将着防弹背心上岗

    10-12-26 为应对频发的出租车司机遇袭案,纽约出租车司机联合会近日宣布将为出租车司机发放防弹背心,以保证他们的安全。 A handful of New York cabbies are to wear bullet-proof vests as part of a pilot programme in response to assaults on drivers, their representati...

  • 埃及公交车司机射杀建筑工人

    10-07-07 An Egyptian bus driver has shot dead six construction workers travelling in his vehicle, security officials say. 埃及安全官员称,一位公交车司机射杀了六名乘坐他车辆旅行的建筑工人。 The motive for the attack remains unclear They said the driver was ta...

  • 驾驶同时发短信更为危险

    09-12-23 A timely study in the journal Human Factors suggests why texting while driving is riskier than talking on a cell phone or with another passenger. Human factors/ ergonomics人类工程学 researchers at the University of Utah found that texters in a drivi...