14-11-26 A blizzard has been hammering Xinjiang, with temperatures dropping to close to 30-degrees below zero. 新疆突降暴风雪，气温下降几近零下30摄氏度。 Parts of the region are also being hit with around 10 centimeters of snow. It took us nearly two hours t...

14-11-19 One winter morning a husband and wife in Denver were listening to the radio during breakfast. They heard the announcer say, We are going to have 8 to 10 inches of snow today. You must park your car on the even-numbered side of the street, so the sno...

14-11-13 For reasons unfathomable to the most experienced prophets in Maycomb County,autumn turned to winter that year. We had two weeks of the coldest weather since 1885,Atticus said. Mr. Avery said it was written on the Rosetta Stone that when childrendiso...

14-08-18 From research stations drifting on ice floes（冰川） to high-tech aircraft radar, scientists have been tracking the depth of snow that accumulates on Arctic sea ice for almost a century. Now that people are more concerned than ever about what is hap...

14-05-19 The Invention of Death Gregory Djanikian Nothing was so mysterious as your body coming to a close, the winches（绞盘） of your arms and legs slackening（使缓慢） , your mouth loosened. You were lying under a white coverlet（被单，床罩） as if under...

14-05-08 Snow job refers to an effort to deceive, overwhelm, or persuade with insincere talk, especially flattery. Snow job指的是以欺骗或说服为目的而进行的虚情假意的谈话，尤其是那种天花乱坠的吹捧。 Example: The entire presentation was a complete snow job. 整...

14-03-26 Saint Lucy Saturday was a busy and a happy time to Jack, for in the morning Mr. Acton came to see him, having heard the story overnight, and promised to keep Bob's secret while giving Jack an acquittal（赦免，履行） as public as the reprimand had be...

14-03-13 Edgar Poe Peter Gizzi Winter's the thing. A place to lay one's head. To sleep at last to sleep. Blue on flesh in snow light, iced boughs overhead. This is a poem about breath, brick, a piece of ink in the distance. Winter's the thing I miss. The fon...

14-02-13 A huge winter storm is affecting the densely populated US north-east, after wreaking havoc in the South. 一场强烈的冬季风暴在美国南部造成严重破坏之后，继续肆虐人口稠密的东北部地区。 Across the typically mild South, more than half a million homes and...

14-02-08 A severe snow storm warning has been issued in the Japanese capital, Tokyo, with residents urged to stay indoors. 日本首都东京将迎来一场强暴风雪，当局建议市民待在家中不要出门。 Forecasters have warned that more heavy snow is expected throughout Satu...