14-09-15 【打招呼、感谢】 Alright? Hello. How are you? 你好 Hiya, Aye up These informal greetings both mean Hello and are especially popular in the north of England. The aye is pronounced like the letter A。 这两种非正式的打招呼用法，都是你好的意思，在英格兰...

12-10-23 Well-known Bengali poet and novelist Sunil Gangopadhyay has died in the Indian city of Calcutta. 孟加拉国著名诗人、小说家Sunil Gangopadhyay在印度城市加尔各答去世。 Gangopadhyay wrote more than 200 books and won several prestigious awards Gangopadhya...

12-10-21 Forget being over the hill at 40 - youre now officially 'old' at just 28, a new survey has found. 有人说40岁是一个人走向衰老的开始，忘了这句话吧，一项新调查发现，你从28岁就开始正式变老了。 Almost half of all respondents to the survey said 28 was the...

11-10-26 With the development of the Internet and other sources of instantaneous information, many people strive to gain at least a working knowledge of many different subjects. They are so-called pancake people , they no longer concentrate their energies on...

11-07-17 When it comes to love, there are no hard and fast rules though many people follow the age-old theory that opposites attract. 虽然许多人都遵循相异相吸这一老话，但情场上其实并没有铁的法则。 But now a study has found that more often that not, similarit...

10-12-14 George W. Bush has been named as the least popular living US president, according to a survey released yesterday. 据昨日公布的最新调查，美国前总统小布什获评最不受欢迎的在世美国总统。 Gaffes: President Bush made a fool out of himself on a number of o...

10-10-30 After a 14-year reign, Jack has lost its stranglehold on the title of England and Wales' top name for newborn boys, replaced by Oliver. Oliver最近获选英格兰和威尔士最受欢迎的新生男孩名字，而在之前14年间，这一殊荣一直为Jack占据。 Olivia was the most...

10-10-17 Michelle Obama has left her husband way behind in Americas popularity stakes. 米歇尔奥巴马在美国的受欢迎程度已经远远超过她的丈夫贝拉克奥巴马。 On the campaign trail: Michelle Obama's popularity among voters and candidates has given the Democrats a b...

10-06-18 同一个词，由于语境的不同，其词义可千差万别。 试看下面几个例子： 1) He got all the credit for the discovery. 2) The ledger shows 300 pounds on the debit side and 50 pounds on the credit side. 3) The availability of cheap long term credit would help s...

09-07-29 Bill Gates said maintaining his Facebook profile had been 'way too much trouble' after being deluged by friend requests. Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has stopped using Facebook after being deluged by friend requests. The billionaire philanthropis...