2009-04-20 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

Maybe you're feeling down because of the financial crisis. Maybe you're feeling overwhelmed by holiday tasks. Or maybe you're just having a lousy day.
也许你正因为金融危机而感到沮丧，也许你正被假期

2009-04-20 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

Every few months, a new study purports to prove that a calorie is a calorie is a calorie, and that the only way to lose weight is to burn more than you take in.
每隔几个月就会有一项新研究试图证明卡路

2009-04-20 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

The first tape recorder didn’t use tape. It used long thin wire. It was invented in 1900 by Valdermar Poulsen. In 1930, German scientists invented the tape we use today. Back then the tape was on big

2009-04-20 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

Women may be better at sniffing out biologically relevant information from underarm sweat, a US study suggests.
美国一项研究显示，女性通过腋下气味识别生物性相关信息的能力很可能更强。Researchers found

2009-04-17 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

奥巴马在即将上任之际，写了封公开信给两个尚未成年的女儿。亲爱的玛丽亚和萨莎：这些是我想要让你们得到的东西：在一个梦想不受限制、无事不能成就的世界中长大，长成具慈悲心、坚持理想，能帮忙打造这样一个世界的

2009-04-16 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

Millions of us are in danger of "meltdown" because we race through life at break-neck speed, psychologists have warned.
心理学家警告说，数百万计的人们由于生活步调过快，都面临着精神崩溃的危险。The fin

2009-04-16 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

John Hope Franklin, historian of race in America, died on March 25th, aged 94
美国种族问题史学家J.H.富兰克林于3月25日去世，享年94岁HIS chief pleasures were contemplative and patient. With watering ca

2009-04-14 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

SOME 165 years, 161 years and 114 years since its correspondents first filed reports respectively from Calcutta, Shanghai and Yokohama, The Economist this week launches a column on Asian affairs. We h

2009-04-13 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

一个广为流传的关于王子变成青蛙的故事经常被讲给孩子们听。当青蛙请求一位公主吻他时，公主因为青蛙太丑而拒绝。但青蛙最终得到了亲吻，变回了一个英俊的王子，然后公主答应嫁给他。这个故事蕴涵着一个强烈的寓意：

2009-04-13 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

Is "low fat" always a good thing? Is a vegetarian dish always healthy? There are lots of myths and old wives' tales about food. Check out the following popular beliefs and challenge your assumptions.

2009-04-10 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

Being a spy may involve assumed identities and coded messages, but becoming a spy isn't exactly top-secret business. These days, in fact, all you have to do if you're interested in this particular c

2009-04-09 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

Women who ate soy regularly as children have a lower risk of breast cancer, American researchers report. And men who eat fish several times a week have a lower risk of colon cancer, a second team of

2009-04-08 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

Snack is food eaten between main meals; it serves different functions in our daily diet. For instance, healthy nutritious snacks can help people with low dietary intake, poor appetite or who are under

2009-04-08 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

WHEN an infamous summit of world powers in London ended in 1933, such was the mood of protectionist acrimony that many argued it would have been better if the meeting had not been held at all. At time

2009-04-07 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

就在各国领导人四处筹钱为拯救经济而殚精竭虑的同时，一些卸任的首脑虽然过日子不差钱，但也闲不住，英国前首相布莱尔就是其中一个表现最突出的一个。3月22日星期日布莱尔乘私人飞机抵达菲律宾马尼拉，第二天上午参加

2009-04-03 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

Short people should pray for a return to the Seventies fashion of stack heels, for the power of jealousy depends on how tall you are, the British weekly New Scientist says.
个子不高的人应该祈求上世纪

2009-04-03 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

Losing weight is easier when there is money on the line, U.S. researchers said.
美国研究人员认为，当减肥与钱联系在一起时，减肥会变得更加容易。
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They said weight-loss programs that reward peo

2009-04-02 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

Last year, Google (GOOG) posted a mock recruitment ad for a Google 'human flesh search engine' (here in Chinese). This year, the Internet giant announced the launch of a new service in China: the '

2009-04-01 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

LONG gone are the days when music could be enjoyed simply for being a nice little tune. Now there are things far more important than whether you actually like the song.For one, you must consider wheth

2009-04-01 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

世界各国都有“三大姓”的说法，中国有张王李；英国是Smith, Jones, Williams; 美国是Smith, Johnson, Carson; 法国是Martin, Bernard, Dupont; 德国是Schultz, Mueller, Shmidt; 苏联是Ivanov, Vasiliev, Deternov。

2009-04-01 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

THE world’s cheapest car, the Tata Nano—launched this week in Mumbai in a burst of flashbulbs and national pride—has turned the spotlight once again on the developing world’s emerging multinationa

2009-03-31 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

Looking good, smell good, and feel good. Herbs are components of skin creams, aromatherapy, and in the perfume we use. Many over the counter products add various herbs to their products. Recipes are a

2009-03-31 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

If youre over 40, gray hairs aren't your only problem. You may also smell old.
如果你年过40，白发还不是唯一的困扰。你的体味可能也会出现老化。
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That, at least, is what U.S. fragrance maker H

2009-03-30 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

1. lipstick indicator 口红指数
One Depression-era pattern in female spending was the 25 percent increase in cosmetics sales. When a similar spike occurred during the economic doldrums of 1990 and 20

2009-03-26 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

It really does pay to be a doctor, with an international survey showing the medical profession is the most trusted, among the most admired and includes the most eligible marriage partners.
医生真“吃