• 英国获评欧洲生活质量最差国家

    09-10-17 An image of Britain in bad weather. British people have the worst quality of life in Europe, according to a new report. British people have the worst quality of life in Europe, according to a report which highlights the long hours, bad weather, low...

  • How true love comes to me

    09-09-30 Hi! My name is Ashley. When I met Bryan during the last year in college it was ugh at first sight. I thought he was the good-looking jock and acted kind of cocky. It only made him charming. How I eventually found out he thought I was a suck-up becau...

  • The life of Isaac Newton (II)

    09-09-30 In 1669 Newton became professor of mathematics at Cambridge. Three years later he joined the Royal Society. The Royal Society was a group of learned men from all branches of science. Before long Newton began again to study the problems of motion. He...

  • The life of Isaac Newton (I)

    09-09-30 Most of you, no doubt, know the story of Newton and the falling apple and how it led to his discovery of the law of gravity. But how much do you know beyond that? Do you know what kind of man this great scientist was? or where he stands in the histo...

  • How the First House was Built

    09-09-30 A long time ago, humans were only as tall as hens and rabbits. These tiny humans, if you can call them that, lived under trees. Living in trees was not very nice. During rains they got wet. In summers they sweated madly, and in winter they almost fr...

  • Secret For a Long Life

    09-09-29 A woman walks up to a little old man rocking in a chair on his porch. I couldn't help noticing how happy you look, she says. What's your secret for a long, happy life? I smoke three packs a day, drink a case of whiskey a week, eat fatty foods and ne...

  • For girls only 女孩箴言

    09-09-29 爱自己是一场毕生浪漫的开始。热爱一切使你之所以成为你自己的事物。你的价值,你的才能,你的回忆。你的服饰,你的悲伤。如果你爱自己,你就能在自信的跳板上跃入生活。如果你爱自己,你就能畅所欲言,所向披靡。 To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong rom...

  • Tall people 'lead happier lives' 研究:高个子的人更幸福

    09-09-12 According to the findings, people who were taller were more likely to be positive about their life and were more likely to judge themselves as happy. Tall people lead happier lives than their more vertically challenged peers, according to a new stud...

  • Launch for amphibian 'life raft' 两栖动物“救生筏”活动开启

    09-08-27 Conservationists have launched a new initiative aimed at safeguarding the world's amphibians from extinction. 自然资源保护论者已经发起一项保护世界上两栖动物免于灭绝的运动。 The Amphibian Survival Alliance will bring together existing projects and or...

  • Dairy for children 'extends life' 乳制品可使儿童“延长寿命”

    09-07-28 Children who eat plenty of dairy foods such as milk and cheese can expect to live longer, a study suggests. 一项研究建议,经常使用牛奶、奶酪等乳制品的儿童可以更长寿。 Milk is a good source of calcium Some 4,374 UK children from a 1930s study were tr...