12-08-29 Patriotism, innovation, inclusion and social morals - according to a new poll, this group of words is what residents in the capital feel best sums up this bustling metropolis. 爱国、创新、包容、厚德这是首都市民在最近的调查中选出的最能概括这个大都市...

12-07-18 Mr. Henry Beecher entered Plymouth Church one Sunday and found several letters awaiting him. He opened one and found it contained the single word Fool. Quietly and with becoming seriousness he announced to the congregation the fact in these words: I...

12-05-10 A Happy Birthday The twelfth of October was Rose's birthday, but no one seemed to remember that interesting fact, and she felt delicate about mentioning it, so fell asleep the night before wondering if she would have any presents. That question was...

12-03-22 The ' bathtub effect' is perhaps the most commonly reported finding in the literature on memory for words. People remember the beginnings and ends of words better than the middles, as if the word were a person lying in a bathtub, with their head out...

12-02-07 Often did the Woodcutter and his wife chide（斥责） him, and say: 'We did not deal with thee as thou dealest with those who are left desolate（荒凉的） , and have none to succour them. Wherefore art thou so cruel to all who need pity?' Often did the...

11-11-30 We live in the era of We-Media, which means everyone can create new words and make them popular through BBS or micro blogs, said Li Yuming, the director of the department of language information administration under the Ministry of Education and vic...

11-08-27 Retweet, sexting and cyberbullying may be meaningless to some but they are among a host of new entries appearing in the Concise Oxford English Dictionary for the first time today. 转发，发送性短信和网络欺凌这几个词也许对某些人来说没有什么意义，但是...

11-07-22 Standard usage includes those words and expressions understood, used, and accepted by a majority of the speakers of a language in any situation regardless of the level of formality. As such, these words and expressions are well defined and listed in...

11-07-21 A very nice old lady had a few words to say to her granddaughter. My dear, said the old lady, I wish you would do something for me. I wish you would promise me never to use two words. One is lousy and the other is swell. Would you promise me that? W...

11-06-04 澳大利亚第二大州维多利亚将于本周通过一项最新法令，规定执法警务人员可以对那些在公共场所爆粗口的人当场实施罚款，最高可罚240澳元。 Australians may have a love of plain speaking but new laws are set to curtail（缩减） some of their more colourful langua...