2011-02-16 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

Tangyuan is made from glutinous rice flour. You can prepare glutinous rice flour in a bowl and slowly add hot water until they mix into dough. Then you can pinch off the dough and roll them into small

2011-02-16 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

I have grown up and lived near water my entire life and I have witnessed the ocean’s power in all forms. It can bring the simplest beauty in the gift of a shell or the harshest danger from the pull o

2011-02-16 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

　　If you think that you are suffering from information overload then you may be right - a new study shows everyone is bombarded by the equivalent of 174 newspapers of data a day.　　如果你认为自己正

2011-02-16 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

　　Some bachelor pads may contain more than 15 times the amount of bacteria than the homes of their female counterparts! Charles Gerba, professor of microbiology at the University of Arizona, says of

2011-02-16 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

　　According to the Metro.co.uk on February 14, 14 couples in Thailand are competing to break the Guinness world record for the longest kiss.　　泰国举行“马拉松”接吻大赛，共有14对夫妇参加比赛，欲打

2011-02-16 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

　　小天后Lady Gaga在昨天所举行的格莱美上旗开得胜，斩获3个奖项，这位女歌手对于音乐和时尚从来都是大胆而又敢为人先，而关于自己的过去，她也是毫无保留。上周天，Lady Gaga接受了CBS电视台新闻杂志类节目《60分

2011-02-16 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

　Britain's Prince Harry is to be Best Man at the wedding of his elder brother William to Kate Middleton, the princes' office confirmed on Monday。　　Middleton has also, as expected, chosen her sis

2011-02-16 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

　　A quarter of all of Britain's income tax revenues this year will be paid by just one per cent of earners, according to official data。　　The figure is in sharp contrast to 1978, an era associate

2011-02-15 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

话说大前天联合国出了一件注定要在外交史上记上一笔的小事。印度外交部长克里希纳（S.M. Krishna）2月11日在安理会发言，一开始提到 “维持国际和平与安全”这个议题，几句官话之后，话锋一转，说出下面一番话来："O

2011-02-15 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

Prince William and fiancée Kate Middleton - whose birth name is really Catherine - have been forced to change the design of their wedding souvenir plates, mugs and trinket boxes to avoid crude jokes.

2011-02-15 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

Mind over matter
If you’re stressed, you’re more likely to get ill, and less likely to recover quickly. Your state of mind affects your immune system, making you more susceptible to viruses and in

2011-02-15 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

Many people just give gifts without even liking to give. They just give because Christmas is coming, because it is the New Year, or because she is my mother, because she is my daughter, because he is

2011-02-15 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

世界最古老婚礼蛋糕 历经133载风霜不倒 　　According to the Daily Mail on February 13, an ornately decorated confectionery made in 1898 keeps intact after 133 years, making it the world's oldest comple

2011-02-15 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

罕见心形巨钻即将拍卖 估价逾千万 　　According to the Daily Mail on February 13, a 56-carat heart-shaped diamond is up for sale with an estimated price tag of between 5.6 million pounds ($9 million) an

2011-02-15 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

　　Being able to speak a language is they key to understanding numbers, scientists have discovered. A research project found that deaf people who had not learned a language containing symbols used fo

2011-02-15 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

　　For those keen to look after their health, sugar-free fizzy drinks may seem a wise choice.
　　对于那些十分关注自身健康的人来说，无糖的碳酸饮料似乎是个硬质的选择。 　　But they could actually in

2011-02-15 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

　　Children who drink school milk are up to 40 per cent less likely to suffer bowel cancer as adults, a study shows.
　　有研究显示，年幼时期坚持长期饮用牛奶的儿童在长大成人后患上肠癌的风险要比那些

2011-02-15 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

　　It was always women who wanted to settle down and start a family, while men dragged their heels... or so we thought.　　一般来说女人们才想生个孩子，稳定下来，而男人们总是尽力拖延。至少我们是这么认

2011-02-15 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

　　According to the Dailytelegraph.com.au on February 9, a radio competition, in which the winner will fly to the Ukraine and be given the chance to pick a bride from an agency, sparked outrage in Ne

2011-02-15 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

　　Sheep are so smart that they could make "executive decisions". They can also remember friends as long as two years and can recall faces of human beings or other sheep when looking at photographs,

2011-02-15 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

　大卫和维多利亚·贝克汉姆这对明星夫妻在前段时间兴奋的对外宣布了怀孕的喜讯，他们将于今年的夏季迎来新生命的诞生。　　最近有传闻称，已经生下3个男孩的维多利亚有望在今年为贝克汉姆家填上一名女丁，对于该传闻

2011-02-15 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

　　上周五，甜姐儿詹妮弗·安妮斯顿在纽约度过了自己42岁的生日，当日恰逢她的新作《随波逐流》正式上映，“双喜临门”的詹妮弗与一帮明星好友一同在纽约著名的餐厅The Spotted Pig共进生日晚餐。当晚，寿星心情大好

2011-02-14 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

Eating Yuanxiao吃元宵Yuanxiao is the special food for the Lantern Festival. It is believed that Yuanxiao is named after a palace maid, Yuanxiao, of Emperor Wu Di of the Han Dynasty. Yuanxiao is a kind

2011-02-14 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

Practicing on a Computer
只在电脑上练习

If you were training for a serious bike race in the mountains, would you practice only by bik-ing on the streets? I hope not The air is different The terrai

2011-02-14 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

　　Just in time for Valentine’s Day, scientists have come with a guide on the secrets of seduction. Their tips, which range from what to wear to catch a suitor’s eye, to the best chat-up lines and