• 学生的学习更多依赖于电脑

    10-02-03 Pupils are more likely to use computers for their schoolwork at home on a daily basis than they are to use them every day at school, according to a survey. 一项调查显示,学生每天在家里做家庭作业时使用电脑的几率比在学校的使用更大。 Pupils may not use...

  • 韩国颁布熄灯令 激励职员多“造人”

    10-01-23 South Korea's health ministry, which is charged with boosting the nation's low birthrate, is turning off the lights in its offices once a month to encourage staff to go home early and make more babies. 负责提高全国出生率的韩国卫生部日前宣布该部办公...

  • 韩国研制出机器人女佣

    10-01-23 韩国科学家近期研制出了一个名为Mahru-Z的智能机器人女佣,她能帮助主人打扫房子、将衣服倾倒进洗衣机、用微波炉加热食物等。据介绍,这名女佣身高1.3米、体重55公斤,她的头部可以转动,胳膊腿齐全,有6根手指,而且还有能够分辨人和不同家务活动的三维视觉功能。据悉...

  • 让节约能源更加简单

    10-01-17 Everyone wants to save energy, but there are few individuals who can tell you exactly how much energy the devices in their homes consume. For example, which consumes more power the dishwasher洗碗机 or the television? To answer such questions and to...

  • 英国:冰雨来袭 圣诞不宜出行

    09-12-26 因受近期恶劣天气的影响,英国大部分地区的交通出行状况都表现不佳,英国汽车工业协会在圣诞前夜警告人们最好等到圣诞节后一两天恶劣天气过去再做出行打算。据悉,此次恶劣天气已经导致至少19人丧生,而英国国内各个交通行业均受到严重影响。大量航班晚点或取消,火车...

  • Then do it

    09-12-21 Novelist Sinclair Lewis was supposed to deliver an hour-long lecture to a group of college students who planned to be writers. Lewis opened his talk with a question: How many of you really intend to be writers? All hands went up. In that case, said...

  • 厄立特里亚欢迎国家足球队返乡

    09-12-16 Eritrea's national football team, who have gone missing in Kenya, are welcome to return home, officials say. 官员称,厄立特里亚欢迎在肯尼亚失踪的国家足球队队员返乡。 Officials said it was the third time an Eritrean team had failed to return Informat...

  • 韩国与加纳签署100亿美元房屋建设协议

    09-12-10 A South Korean firm has agreed to build 200,000 homes in Ghana over the next six years at a cost of $10bn (6.1bn), Seoul officials say. 首尔官员称,一家韩国企业同意在接下来的六年中在加纳建造20万座房屋,总耗费100亿美元。 Ghana's cities are said to be...

  • 英国洞穴蜘蛛被“送回家”

    09-12-07 A colony of huge cave spiders are finally heading home after 10 years. 一群巨大的洞穴蜘蛛在实验室待了10年之后最终被送回家。 Squatting in a house for a decade The spiders have been squatting in a disused废弃的 building in the Yorkshire Dales after es...

  • 加拿大推圣诞树出租服务 打造绿色圣诞

    09-12-05 Going green has never been so festive as in westernmost Canada where two start-ups are offering an eco-friendly Christmas tree rental service for the holiday period. 环保也可以这么有节日气氛。日前,加拿大最西部地区的两家新兴企业推出一项生态环保型圣...