2011-02-19 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

It's time once again for the 2011 All-Star Weekend, where basketball fans can learn to shoot and dribble like professional stars, compete with their friends, or actually rub elbows with celebrity NBA

2011-02-19 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

为获得英国威廉王子与准王妃凯特的王室婚礼请柬，一名19岁的墨西哥女孩竟然在英国驻墨西哥城大使馆前进行绝食抗议。目前，她的绝食抗议已经进行到第9天。这位女孩称从小就是戴安娜王妃的粉丝，自己的母亲也很喜欢戴妃

2011-02-19 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

2011年将是好莱坞的“续集之年”，今年发行的影片中至少有27部是以往票房大卖影片的续集。其中已拍到第四部续集就有《加勒比海盗4》和《碟中碟4》等5部影片，另外还有即将发行第五集的影片《X战警》、《死神来了》以

2011-02-18 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

US President Barack Obama plans to have a private dinner Thursday evening with Silicon Valley tech titans including Apple CEO Steve Jobs, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, and Google CEO Eric Schmidt, acc

2011-02-18 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

A blind pensioner who was told he would never see again has miraculously regained his sight - while kissing a photograph of his late wife as he prepared for bed.
近日，一位失明的老汉在睡前亲吻亡妻相片

2011-02-18 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

The end of the holiday means that life returns to normal – or worse than normal – if you are a rocrastinator like Shen Li and have been putting work off to the last minute.
假期结束意味着生活要重回

2011-02-18 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

You might think a gentle nudge from a loving partner would help you stick to your plan to redecorate the house or get in shape. But a supportive other half with the best intentions can actually demoti

2011-02-18 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

　　According to scientists from Oxford, Cambridge and two German universities, positive thoughts can double a painkiller's effect while negative thoughts can cancel them out, which may prove that pa

2011-02-18 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

　　Women's fear of being stereotyped by male service providers shapes their consumer choices, US, South Korean and Canadian researchers say。　　Study authors Kyoungmi Lee of Yonsei University in So

2011-02-18 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

世界首个人造心脏 　　According to the Daily Mail on February 16, the photo of the world's first artificial heart was released by the Smithsonian Institute on February 14 to mark Valentine's Day and

2011-02-18 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

　　A planet, possibly four times the mass of Jupiter and with a lunar system, could be lurking in our solar system's outermost area, two US scientists theorize。　　University of Louisiana researche

2011-02-18 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

　　为了吸引储户，银行都会想出很多激励的策略。韩国韩亚银行就顺应韩国民众追求好身材的热潮，推出了一款零存整取的储蓄产品，取名为S线(S-Line)，在韩语中是“沙漏身材”(即为“完美身材”)的意思。　　参与该储蓄

2011-02-18 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

　　According to the Daily Mail on February 17, a gadget made by an American company could sterilize shoes' bacteria which cause odors by UV light.　　美国一家公司生产出来的紫外线“小物件”可以把鞋里

2011-02-17 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

Crooks robbed and stabbed 37-year-old Mr Li when he was working as a taxi driver. The knife they used had snapped at the handle and the blade was left embedded – and hidden – between his skull and e

2011-02-17 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

Steve Jobs took another medical leave of absence earlier this year with no estimated return date. The National Enquirer has now published some scary looking photos of Steve, which depict him looking t

2011-02-17 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

Coca-Cola Co said on Tuesday that its flagship cola recipe is still secret after nearly 125 years, denying a story by a public radio show that it has uncovered the formula."This American Life," a week

2011-02-17 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

When it comes to friends, there's bound to be a few bad apples in the bunch. For whatever reason -- maybe they're overly critical, perpetually depressed or just plain annoying -- you can't stand to

2011-02-17 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

　　Singles who have trouble finding a date may be suffering from unresolved grief, which can block love, a US author suggests.　　美国一名作家称求偶受挫的单身人士可能苦闷忧虑、难以释怀，而这些情愫会让

2011-02-17 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

　　According to a recent research, living in the North means you are 20 percent more likely to die prematurely than those in the South. An editorial in the British Medical Journal claims that those l

2011-02-17 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

　　According to the Daily Mail on February 14, a gay waiter who had his nipples tweaked by a customer at a Chinese restaurant in London, UK, has been awarded ￡21,500 (about＄34,800) after winning hi

2011-02-17 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

　　British Prime Minister David Cameron unveiled the newest recruit to 10 Downing Street on Tuesday: a cat called Larry with a "very strong predatory drive" for catching rodents。　　The four-year-ol

2011-02-17 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

　　An Italian judge has ordered Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi to stand trial in April on charges of paying an underage girl for sex and abuse of office, although there seemed no immediate risk the

2011-02-17 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。　

2011-02-17 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

　　It is the stuff of nightmares for those whose hectic work schedule or busy family life means getting up early and staying up late.
　　对于那些早起晚睡的人或者日程排的满满的工作狂来说，这可能是一

2011-02-17 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

　　Eating a fiber-heavy diet helped reduce people's risk of death from heart disease, infectious or respiratory disease, or any cause by 22%, according to a new study. 　　据美国科学家的一份最新研究