2011-02-11 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

1. The Origins of Chocolate
Chocolate is a treat known around the globe toady. However, 2,000 years ago, it came from trees that grew only in what region of the world?
A. Western Europe
B. Central

2011-02-11 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

So you want to be a better you this year, and have the life you say you want, the ever elusive dream. The dream that lingers year after year until you know if you don't do something about it, you wil

2011-02-11 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

1 节制 Temperance
Eat not to dullness and drink not to elevation.
食不可饱，饮不可醉。 2 少言 Silence
Speak not but what may benefit others or yourself. Avoid trifling conversation.
言必有益，避免

2011-02-11 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

The first step to being a successful manager by admitting you don’t have all the answers. Your co-workers know that you can’t solve all the problems by yourself, so they will be watching to see what

2011-02-11 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

原歌名叫《风中之烛》本是献给玛丽莲梦露的歌，后来有人修改了歌词，它变成了戴安娜王妃的奠歌。
Goodbye England's Rose
May you ever grow in our hearts.
You were the grace that placed itself
Where live

2011-02-11 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

　　即将在下月底发行睽违已久新专辑的流行天后布兰妮最近动作频频，她将于本月17日发布她的新单曲《Hold It Against Me》的音乐录影带。在昨天，布兰妮又通过微博鼻祖Twitter与广大粉丝交流互动，气氛十分热络。歌迷

2011-02-11 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

　　少女偶像影星“赫敏”爱玛·沃森即将出演自告别《哈利·波特》系列之后的首部电影——《The Perks of Being a Wallflower/壁花少年》。近日，爱玛终于通过社交网站FACEBOOK正式对外宣布了这一消息，她写道：“我

2011-02-11 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

　　On February 6, Chilean woman Grace Guajardo forced an evacuation of a passenger plane just before take-off in a bid to stop her partner from leaving the country for a new job。　　According to a p

2011-02-11 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

女孩与老虎同床共枕 　　According to the abcnews.go.com on February 8, American girl Felicia Frisco is a real brave: She sleeps with a six-month-old Bengal tiger! With parents running a program called

2011-02-11 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

　　Witchcraft has been part of Romanian culture for centuries. Last week, the country's parliament passed a draft bill that witches should get a permit, which would make it possible to fine or even

2011-02-11 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

　　Thousands of garden gnomes descended on Liverpool Street Station, UK, on February 8 to mark the release of Gnomeo & Juliet 3D. The movie will hit cinemas across the country this Friday, just in ti

2011-02-10 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

软心巧克力就好比一块饱满而优雅的小蛋糕。它是由巧克力、奶油、黄油调和制成的。当然啦，这其中肯定需要加入各种调料 (比如甜露酒、榨取的果肉、坚果、咖啡、水果泥、香料、糖制水果或干果等等。)Chocolate Truffle

2011-02-10 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

According to the Daily Mail on November 23, Nick West, 51, a Lloyds Bank worker has a collection of 6,788 Britain beer cans in his home in Clevedon, UK.His obsession stems back to Christmas 1975 when

2011-02-10 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

For the last six years, John Bokop and his wife have headed to Florida for at least two weeks during the winter.
在过去的六年里，约翰·博科普和他的妻子都会去佛罗里达呆上两个礼拜度过冬天。"(We just w

2011-02-10 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

Touch me. Don’t be afraid. I can’t hurt you. Go ahead and touch my smooth surface. Feel the cold, glass-like smoothness and the crevices and lines that make me what I am. Use both hands if you wish.

2011-02-10 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

According to the Daily Mail on February 8, the former mechanical engineer Michael Kennedy, 73, spent the past 14 years building his own sea wall at Hunstanton in Norfolk, UK, piling up rocks picked f

2011-02-10 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

　　Spinach does make you big and strong but it is the nitrates not the iron that is responsible It is well known as the superfood that gave Popeye his bulging muscles. Now scientists have discovered

2011-02-10 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

　据一份最近发表的研究报告称，相较于早餐吃很少或者不吃的人，那些早餐“内容”丰富的人在接下来的一天中容易所吸收的更多的卡路里。 　　Researchers from the University of Munich followed 380 people, 280 wh

2011-02-10 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

　　在好莱坞呼风唤雨的安吉丽娜-朱莉和布拉德-比特除了演艺事业以外，操持家务也是他们共同分担的责任，而现在看来，他们的家庭又将扩充了。据国外媒体的报道，目前这对明星夫妻正在讨论将家门向一位在海地地震中沦

2011-02-10 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

　　当红小正太贾斯汀·比伯的首部传记影片《Never Say Never》于近日在美国洛杉矶举行了首映典礼，一众圈内好友都应邀出席，而当晚最吸引人眼球的除了B宝本人以外，就要数少女偶像泰勒-摩森了，这位叛逆出了名的女星

2011-02-10 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

在相扑比赛因幕后操控而深陷危机时，一项新的全民运动“挖洞比赛”正在日本兴起。上周日，200多支参赛队伍和1000多名观众齐聚东京郊外的一个露营地，参加一年一度的全国挖洞比赛，获胜的队伍将获得“金锹奖”。据主办

2011-02-09 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

Just being buried under piles of paper day and night is not enough for you to get promoted. Here are some methods to draw favorable attention from your boss.
想要升职，仅仅靠没日没夜地埋头在文件堆里是

2011-02-09 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

英国政府考虑把法定假日“五一劳动节”挪到10月，并更名为“英国节”或“特拉法尔加节”，以促进旅游业。负责旅游事务的部长官员说，新节日设在秋天，不仅能促进旅游业发展，还能让我们所有人专注于庆祝这个国家所取

2011-02-08 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

There was a man who had undergone numerous failures in his life. But he said, “One success is enough for me!”
有一个人，一生中经历了1009次失败。但他却说：“一次成功就够了。”When he was five years

2011-02-08 所属栏目:英语阅读|英语阅读理解

　　For years the advice has been clear: eating five portions a day of fruit and vegetables is the key to a healthy life.
　　在我们日常的饮食中，蔬菜与水果需占摄取食物总量的5成，这也是维持健康的身体