2011-08-28 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

By late Saturday, New York just wasn't itself anymore.周六下午之后，纽约这个不眠的喧闹都市，已经变得不像它自己了。All 25,000 garbage cans were turned upside and shoved against buildings. The subways

2011-08-28 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

A Japanese company has ordered all 2,700 of its employees to get identical hairstyles - to help save energy.
日本一公司近日要求2700员工全部剪短发来节约能源。Tokyo-based Maeda Corporation announced th

2011-08-28 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

他的成就和人格魅力影响了一代人和整个世界，他就是拥有梦幻般传奇经历的苹果电脑公司的创始人斯蒂夫·乔布斯。这个个人电脑领域的梦想家引领并改变了整个计算机硬件和软件产业。这个精力充沛魅力无限的家伙同时也是

2011-08-28 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

母亲去世后，我开始爱上了逛旧货市场。我喜欢在听过的CD、穿过的牛仔裤、围过的丝巾中探寻它们主人曾经的故事，似乎这么一来，这些物品以前见证过的欢笑或是感动就能得以延续……I like to think that a bit of her

2011-08-27 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

　　Tried everything and still got the flu this year? While some friends and colleagues always seem to avoid it. Well, they may have more than luck on their side. Scientists have discovered that howev

2011-08-27 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

　　The nightmare of your mobile phone running out of power mid-conversation could be over, for researchers at the University of Wisconsin have invented a device that, placed in a shoe，can harvest th

2011-08-27 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

A bizarre photograph album filled page to page with pictures of Condoleezza Rice has been found at the compound of Colonel Gaddafi.As citizens ransacked the sprawling lair, a number of unusual items h

2011-08-27 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

8月20日晚，南航某航班的飞行员在其微博上发布消息，称在上海上空一万零七百米的地方看到一个发光的圆球，由小变大，最后变成了一个直径约92公里的巨型球体，并在20分钟后消失不见。华东空管局表示，当晚他们曾接到十

2011-08-26 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

The August Moon Festival or Mid-Autumn Festival (Chinese characters above) is one of the traditional Chinese holidays. It is held on the 15th day of the 8th lunar month. Chinese legends say that the m

2011-08-26 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

Mooncakes symbolize the gathering of friends and family and are an indispensable part of the offerings made to the Earth God, Tu Ti Kung. According to popular belief, the custom of eating mooncakes be

2011-08-26 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

　　Kelly Bates has had 18 children. She has had no twins, no C-sections and 14 drug-free births and has spent more of her adult life pregnant than not。　　But, even with the unimaginable logistics o

2011-08-26 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

　　One in five graduates earns less than a person who left school with as little as one A-level。　　The official figures raise doubts that thousands of students have wasted their time with ‘useless

2011-08-26 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

　　Mother Teresa (26 August 1910 – 5 September 1997)， born Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu was a Catholic nun of Albanian ethnicity and Indian citizenship, who founded the Missionaries of Charity in Calcutta

2011-08-26 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

"It hurts to love someone and not be loved in return,but what is the most painful is to love someone and never finding the courage to let the person know how you feel."
爱上一个不爱

2011-08-26 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

　　据国外媒体报道，苹果新任CEO提姆-库克(Tim Cook)向全体苹果员工发了一封公开信。在信中，库克说，他与“乔布斯一样对于苹果的光明未来充满了乐观”，而且苹果将会继续“保持它现有的独特地位”。　　One day af

2011-08-26 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

　　CEO ：Chief Executive Officer 首席执行官　　CFO ：Chief Financial Officer 首席财务官　　COO ：Chief Operated Officer 首席运营官　　CTO ：Chief Technology Officer 首席技术官　　CIO ：Chief Informat

2011-08-26 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

　　Apple has begun manufacturing a lower-priced version of its phenomenally popular iPhone 4 with an 8GB flash drive。　　The flash drive for the 8GB iPhone 4 is being made by an unknown Korean compa

2011-08-25 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

Su Shi was a writer, poet, artist, calligrapher, pharmacologist, and one of the major poets of the Song era. His courtesy name was Zizhan and his pseudonym was Dongpo Jushi. Besides his renowned poetr

2011-08-25 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

1. His sister is a novelist, but he didn't know it until he was an adult.
直到成年后，乔布斯才知道自己有个小说家妹妹（叫Mona Simpson）。2. The one requirement his biological parents had was that he

2011-08-25 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

Apple’s Board of Directors today announced that Steve Jobs has resigned as Chief Executive Officer, and the Board has named Tim Cook, previously Apple’s Chief Operating Officer, as the company’s ne

2011-08-25 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

　　People subconsciously make thousands of tiny predictions each day, e.g., when a bus will arrive, who is knocking on the door or if a dropped glass will break。　　Researchers at Washington Univers

2011-08-25 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

　　Squabbling over the covers can be enough to test even the strongest of relationships. But an invention has gone on sale which promises to end duvet wars for good。　　Because bedding experts have

2011-08-25 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

　　Les Dawson once said he knew when his mother-in-law was coming round – because the mice threw themselves on to the traps。　　Sadly, it seems that many of us feel the same way。　　Mothers-in-law

2011-08-25 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

Aries: 白羊座
(March 20 - April 18)
(3. 20 – 4. 18)
You might be lucky enough to reach your fitness goal by simply cutting out bread and taking up jogging. Most Aries have a high rate of metabol

2011-08-25 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

Lavender language functions as a kind of homosexual code, characterised by acronyms, plays on words and double meanings only intended to be understood by the gay community.　 Lavender language相