13-10-25 A student at a Nevada middle school opened fire with a semi-automatic handgun on campus just before the starting bell Monday, wounding two 12-year-old boys and killing a math teacher who was trying to protect children from their classmate. 美国内华...

13-10-17 For years I grappled and fought with the bird's nest that sat on top of my head - my Medusa mane, a composition of frizz（卷发） and giant ringlets（小圈） that in no way could be tamed. Growing up in a Russian-Jewish home with parents who thought N...

13-10-09 It was half-past eight in the morning. The telephone rang and Mary went to answer it. 'Hello, who's that?' she asked. 'It's me--Peter.' Peter was a friend of Mary's eight-year-old brother, Johnny. 'Oh, hello, Peter. What do you want?' said Mary. 'Ca...

13-09-25 Sleep researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst today offer the first research results showing that classroom naps support learning in preschool children by enhancing memory. Children who napped performed significantly better on a visua...

13-09-08 因近几年小学入学人数剧增，学校教室不够用，英国伦敦部分小学可能从2015年开始实行每周三天上学制。也就是说，将所有在校生分成两拨，一拨周一到周三上学，另一拨则从周四到周六上学，在校时间为早8点到晚6点，其他时间家长需另外想办法安置自家儿童。 Thousands of p...

13-08-30 Hi, everybody. Over the past month, I've been visiting towns across America, talking about what our country needs to do to secure a better bargain for the middle class. This week, I met with high school and college students in New York and Pennsylva...

13-08-02 英国一家教会中学禁止女生穿裙子，称女生裙子太短，显得不淑女。该校也由此成为英国第一所禁止13岁以下女生穿裙子的学校。 A school is banning female students as young as nine from wearing skirts deeming them unladylike as they are too short. Walkwood Churc...

13-08-01 各类机构或组织的首长其汉语称谓译成英语时虽可套用通用词 head，但从比较严格的意义上看，应使用特定的、规范的称谓语。 例如： 校长（大学） President of Beijing University 校长（中小学） Principal /Headmaster of Donghai Middle School 院长（大学下属） Dean...

13-07-17 At least 21 children have died and dozens more have fallen sick after eating a tainted school meal in India's eastern state of Bihar. 印度东部比哈尔邦至少21名儿童在食用有毒校餐之后死亡，另有数十人因此生...

13-07-09 You will be pleased with me today, mother, said Dick to his mother, coming home from school. I saved on fares. I didn't go to school by bus, I ran all the way after it. Well, said his mother laughing, Next time you should run after a taxi, you will...