2011-03-07 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

　　Facebook is now used by 30 million people in the UK, approximately half the population, it said today。　　Joanna Shields, vice president of Facebook Europe, made the announcement this morning at

2011-03-07 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

2011-03-06 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

A lone whale with a voice unlike any other has been wandering the Pacific for the past 12 years. 一只孤独的鲸，因为自己声音的频率和其他鲸不一样，因此十二年来一直过着孤身一人，没有“知音”的生活。 Mari

2011-03-06 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

Hundred of years ago, man had a hard life and was never able to get enough to eat. Sometimes he ate every third day, sometimes only every fifth or sixth day; so he was always hungry, although he worke

2011-03-06 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

If you're confused about how much water you really need, I'm not surprised. Conflicting advice in recent headlines appears to contradict the old "8-a-day" advice we all grew up with. Is it necessary

2011-03-05 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

Holding a wine glass
正确地握酒杯:
Never hold the glass by its bowl, only by its stem since the heat of your hand will quickly warm the liquid.
Tips: 每次不要倒太多酒，少许即可。如果要同时品好几种

2011-03-05 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

全国政协委员、神舟飞船原总设计师戚发轫近日表示，中国将在2016年前研制并发射空间实验室，突破和掌握航天员中期驻留等空间站关键技术，并开展一定规模的空间应用。空间实验室是中国载人航天工程的第二步，为最终在

2011-03-05 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

全国两会召开在即，“困境儿童”问题吸引了政协委员和社会各界的关注。目前，我国有3亿多未成年人，占总人口的近四分之一。近年来，我国困境儿童保护工作取得了长足进步——未成年人保护法的修订带动了社会各界对困境

2011-03-05 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

联合国教科文组织本周二发布的一份报告称，在全世界文盲率最高的十个国家中，中国的成人文盲数位列第八，这十个国家的成人文盲总数约占全世界文盲总数的72%。中国拥有世界上最大的教育体系，同时还是人口最多的发展中

2011-03-04 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

　　Although French singer Edith Piaf defiantly sang that she would have no regrets, most people will look back and say "if only" at many points in their lives.　　法国歌手伊迪丝·琵雅芙固执地唱出不留

2011-03-04 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

Saturday February 26, 2011
2011年2月26日，星期六Every now and then I'll see a runner doing something so crazy or ridiculously hard during a run that it makes me think, "Wow, my run is easy compared

2011-03-04 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

A friend invites you to his new apartment. As he cues up an old jazz record, you look around his cluttered room for somewhere to sit. Works of literature and philosophy are stacked waist-high next to

2011-03-04 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

　　Although French singer Edith Piaf defiantly sang that she would have no regrets, most people will look back and say "if only" at many points in their lives。　　But holding on to "what might have

2011-03-04 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

　　An unemployed salesman who is desperate to find work put himself up for sale on eBay on Monday.　　一个丢了工作的销售员求职无望，周一在易趣网上挂牌卖起了自己。　　Determined David Wood, 45, has sp

2011-03-04 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

　　Researchers discovered the brain's self-control mechanism provides restraint in all areas at once。　　They found people with a full bladder were able to better control and "hold off" making impo

2011-03-04 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

　　The Earth could be on the brink of the sixth mass extinction in history, claim scientists。　　They believe that the steep decline in populations of many animal species, from frogs and fish to tig

2011-03-04 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

　　Those who enjoyed an idyllic childhood could find that life has a nasty trick in store because, it seems, they are more likely to divorce。　　那些享受过幸福童年的人们或许在将来会发现，儿时的快乐在

2011-03-04 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

　　Health risk: The earlier a woman starts smoking, the greater her risk, and it remains high for 20 years after she has given up. Women who have smoked are at greater risk of developing breast cance

2011-03-03 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

Psychologist Professor Richard Wiseman claims that British men are some of the least romantic in the world following a study he conducted of 6,500 men and women all over the world.
根据对全球6500个男

2011-03-03 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

Justin Bieber just made tens of thousands of more dollars -- from his hair. The 'Baby' singer's locks sold on eBay yesterday with a final bid of $40,688.
Justin Bieber又赚钱了！这回是卖头发。昨日

2011-03-03 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

Apple chief executive Steve Jobs made a surprise appearance tonight for the launch of the second generation of the company's 'Jesus Tablet', the iPad 2.The company's inspirational chief executive,

2011-03-03 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

Jan Brehm of Portland woke up from a dream confused and shaken to her core. Lisa Espich of Tucson woke so deeply disturbed by a dream featuring her husband that she knew her marriage would never be th

2011-03-03 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

A surge in the number of people getting fish pedicures on the high street has prompted a health warning. Experts are worried that the latest beauty craze – offered in scores of salons – could spread

2011-03-03 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

American astronauts Steve Bowen and Alvin Drew are taking the last of two spacewalks of the final mission of the U.S. space shuttle Discovery, which is docked at the International Space Station. The t

2011-03-03 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

　　Germany's defense minister, a rising star in Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservative bloc and the country's most popular politician, resigned Tuesday over allegations he plagiarized his doctora