13-08-28 New research suggests that getting depressed when it's cold and dreary（沉闷的） outside may not be as common as is often believed. In a study recently published online in the Journal of Affective Disorders, researchers found that neither time of ye...

13-06-06 China will draft more well-educated young people into the army, according to a national conscription tele-conference. 据全国征兵电话会议消息，我国将吸收更多高学历年轻人入伍。 To draft someone into the army就是征某人入伍，应征入伍自然就是be/get draft...

13-01-20 美国牛仔品牌Wrangler推出了一款具有保湿功能的紧身牛仔裤。据介绍，这款牛仔裤的布料中含有杏仁油和乳木果油等成分，可以在穿着时对皮肤起到滋润作用，同时还有助于减少大腿上的脂肪。 We're all for hydrating（保湿） our skin during the dry winter season, but a...

13-01-10 A key ingredient found in beer, effective against a respiratory virus, may help ward off winter sniffles and cold, a new study suggests. 一项新研究指出，在啤酒中发现的一种关键成分能有效对抗呼吸道病毒，啤酒可能有助于防治冬日感冒和伤风。 Japanese rese...

12-12-13 A new high-resolution climate study by University of Massachusetts Amherst climate scientists, the first to apply regional climate models to examine likely near-term changes in temperature and precipitation across the Northeast United States, sugges...

12-09-10 A team of researchers from Arizona State University have found that warming resulting from megapolitan expansion is seasonally dependent, with greatest warming occurring during summer and least during winter. Among the most practical ways to combat...

12-02-11 2012年2月2日，美国宾夕法尼亚州旁苏托尼镇，约1万5千人聚集于此，见证当地最著名的天气预测土拨鼠费尔公布天气预测结果：冬季还有6星期结束。 Groundhog Day celebration in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania Winter 2012 will have an extended stay on America's calenda...

12-01-08 Brides are increasingly shunning summer weddings and getting married during winter instead to cut costs amid the economic gloom, figures suggest. 数据显示，越来越多的新娘避开夏天而选择在冬天举行婚礼，目的是在当前经济不景气的状况下减少开支。 Register...

11-12-21 It's a sin around here to not thoroughly enjoy every moment of every golden day. It's embarrassing to answer, Did you get out and enjoy the sunshine this weekend? with No, I stayed inside. Co-workers frown and exchange suspicious looks; apparently I...

11-12-19 At least 26 people have died in a cold wave sweeping through northern India, the country's state broadcaster Doordarshan News says. 印度国家广播电视台全印新闻称，席卷北部地区的寒潮造成至少26人死亡。 The majority of deaths have happened in the state...