2011-03-13 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

From the plane, you could see the vast black smoke-cloud that used to be Japan's biggest oil refinery, still burning unstoppably 24 hours after the earthquake hit it. In the arrivals concourse, there

2011-03-13 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

After six years of loyal service, Graham Waspe was devastated when his guide dog Edward was left blind after developing cataracts.
Graham Waspe先生的导盲犬Edward在忠诚帮助了他六年之后，也双目失明了，

2011-03-13 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

It seems to me, there’s no woman among friends of mine who have never tried to lose weight by dieting. I myself heard the word “diet” already in my childhood. I remember my mom eating only boiled m

2011-03-13 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

Vegetarians are more intelligent, says study Frequently dismissed as cranks, their fussy eating habits tend to make them unpopular with dinner party hosts and guests alike.But now it seems they may ha

2011-03-12 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

The earthquake in Japan has reduced the terrestrial day by 1.6 microseconds and shifted the Earth's axis by about 15 centimeters, expert Richard Gross of NASA told RIA-Novosti.
美国宇航局专家理查德·

2011-03-12 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

It could be the answer for the millions who find brown rice hard to swallow - healthy white rice.
若你也觉得糙米难以下咽的话，新型的健康白米或许是你不错的选择。Scientists have refined the milling pro

2011-03-12 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

From junk emails to annoying adverts, we spend our lives being bombarded with a constant stream of information.
从垃圾邮件到让人恼火的广告，我们每天的生活都在遭受各种形形色色信息的狂轰乱炸。Now scien

2011-03-12 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

全国政协委员张元富在昨天上午举行的全国政协十一届四次会议第三次全体会上发言指出，目前中国失地农民累计不少于4000万人，必须建立政府主导的失地农民社会保障体系，尽快研究制订《失地农民社会保障条例》，建立健

2011-03-12 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

全国政协委员、中央国家机关工委原副书记李宏透露，近期中共中央办公厅和国务院办公厅下发“党政机关公务用车配备使用管理办法”，分别针对省部级和省部级以下单位做出规定，省部级官员提升职务后，也不能换车，“车

2011-03-12 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

在中国，每年有约150万患者等待接受器官移植，却只有1.3万人能有幸实施手术，更多人在无望的等待中死亡。去年3月，卫生部与中国红十字会在全国十余个省市启动了为期一年的人体器官捐献试点尝试，旨在探索我国人体器官

2011-03-11 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

The death toll from an earthquake that hit Yingjiang County in southwest China's Yunnan Province Thursday noon has risen to 25, local authorities said. 云南省德宏州盈江县10号发生里氏5.8级地震，死亡人

2011-03-11 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

According to the Independent on February 17, an American male aged 84 spent five days stranded in the Arizona desert after getting lost while driving home.
一位84岁的美国老人因为迷路以及汽车陷在亚利桑

2011-03-11 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

I was talking to a runner this weekend who told me that, after several months of running, her feet are a mess. "I have two black toenails, blisters on top of blisters on my toes. Do you think my runni

2011-03-11 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

Chronically tardy and truant students at a Massachusetts high school are getting a rude awakening - a pre-recorded morning wake-up call from their school principal. The so-called "robo-calls" that beg

2011-03-11 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

　　Being a mother is apparently not like it was in the good old days.　　现在做妈妈显然不像在过去的美好时代那么轻松了。　　Today’s parents yearn for the golden age that their own mothers enjoyed in

2011-03-11 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

　　The "three-year glitch" has replaced the "seven-year itch" as the tipping pointwhere couples start to take each other for granted, according to a new survey.　　根据一项新调查，“三年之痒”已经取代

2011-03-11 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

　　It’s no joke being stuck in a hospital bed.
　　成天躺在医院的病床上可不是件开玩笑的事儿。 　　But it seems that the old adage is true – laughter really is the best medicine. 　　不过看起来有句

2011-03-10 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

A study found those with the disease were twice as likely to have started going bald when they were 20 Men who begin going bald at 20 have twice the risk of prostate cancer in later life, according to

2011-03-10 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

A major 7.3-magnitude offshore earthquake rattled Japan on Wednesday, swaying Tokyo buildings, triggering a small tsunami and reminding the nation of the ever-present threat of seismic disaster.
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2011-03-10 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

　　According to the Daily Mail on March 7, Hannah Bailey was referred for foot re-shaping surgery at 19 after telling her GP she was in excruciating pain。　　In reality, she was simply frustrated th

2011-03-10 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

　　Young Britons have taken to a new television and social media trend which could have far-reaching consequences for the worlds of broadcasting and advertising, according to a new study.　　最新调查

2011-03-10 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

　　The earth's population could top nine billion by 2050, leading to an 'unrecognisable' world as people compete for scarcer resources a U.S. science conference heard yesterday.
　　有美国科学家

2011-03-10 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

　　According to the Metro.com on March 8, tiger killed a lion at Ankara Zoo in Turkey by sticking its paw through a gap in the fence between their cages.　　土耳其安卡拉市动物园里一只老虎将爪子伸进隔

2011-03-09 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

It’s wonderful to be back in my boyhood hometown again to visit with my now elderly mother. It seems like centuries ago when I was growing up here. Back then, this small town was just a backdrop that

2011-03-09 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

导读：对于刚刚毕业，正忙于求职的大学生来说，就业协议(employment agreement)可谓是一颗定心丸。而现在就业热潮也催生了一种新现象，就业协议被摆上货架进行交易。

Employment agreements, those indispensable