2009-06-23 所属栏目:双语新闻

British World War One veteran Henry Allingham is the world's oldest man at 113 following the death of the previous holder of the title, Japan's Tomoji Tanabe, Guinness World Records said on Friday."

2009-06-22 所属栏目:双语新闻

US researchers have uncovered traces of an ancient lake on Mars boosting hopes of discovering evidence that billions of years ago the Red planet hosted life.The lake, which dates back some 3.4 billion

2009-06-19 所属栏目:双语新闻

Laid off from Wall Street? The CIA wants you -- as long as you can pass a lie detector test and show that you are motivated by service to your country rather than your wallet.The Central Intelligence

2009-06-19 所属栏目:双语新闻

Many women taking the crowded train in Tokyo opt for women-only carriages during the rush hour to avoid gropers.Now, for fear of being accused of groping, some are asking for carriages reserved for me

2009-06-18 所属栏目:双语新闻

Almost 400 South Koreans have applied to marry a millionairess who advertised for a soulmate but only eight "serious-minded" applicants will make the final cut, a matchmaking agency said.The 49-year-o

2009-06-18 所属栏目:双语新闻

Move aside Brad Pitt. US President Barack Obama has beaten all the usual male style icons to be named the world's most stylish man in a poll.The survey of 3,000 men put the 47-year-old president at t

2009-06-17 所属栏目:双语新闻

Cambridge University end-of-exams party "Suicide Sunday" lived up to its reputation with students collapsing in the streets after downing excessive amounts of alcohol.Passers-by were shocked to see ro

2009-06-17 所属栏目:双语新闻

Women are not passionate enough about sex and concentrate too much on feelings to be able to write raunchy stories, the new owner of Britain's Erotic Review said on Monday.Determined not to let the m

2009-06-16 所属栏目:双语新闻

Bloomsbury Publishing Plc on Monday denied allegations that author J.K. Rowling copied "substantial parts" of a book by another children's author when she wrote "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire."

2009-06-16 所属栏目:双语新闻

A British sculptor has brought US President Barack Obama down to size.Talented Willard Wigan has carved Mr Obama and his family into the eye of a 24-carat gold needle.Speaking in Los Angeles, as he wa

2009-06-15 所属栏目:双语新闻

Gordon Brown's profile in America was given an unlikely boost when he was transformed into Susan Boyle on The Daily Show.The Prime Minister bore a striking resemblance to the Britain's Got Talent ru

2009-06-15 所属栏目:双语新闻

Men find averagely shaped women more attractive than fashion models and Playboy centrefolds, claim scientists.Researchers found that men preferred the shape of ordinary women, equivalent to dress size

2009-06-14 所属栏目:双语新闻

Twice in the past few weeks senior business people have taken it upon themselves to tell me how modest their expense claims are. Each assured me there were all sorts of things they were perfectly enti

2009-06-12 所属栏目:双语新闻

Single-use plastic bags, a staple of American life, have got to go, the United Nations' top environmental official said Monday.Although recycling bags is on the rise in the United States , an estimat

2009-06-12 所属栏目:双语新闻

A day after fleecing Andorra 6-0, English soccer star David Beckham launched a new underwear campaign for the Giorgio Armani fashion label.Beckham said he was "proud but a little embarrassed" by the c

2009-06-11 所属栏目:双语新闻

A US-based language monitoring group crowned Web 2.0 as the one-millionth word or phrase in the English language yesterday, although other linguists slammed it as a stunt.The Global Language Monitor,

2009-06-11 所属栏目:双语新闻

He is the most curmudgeonly character in a star-studded Disney menagerie that includes Mickey and Minnie Mouse, Goofy and Pluto.Donald Duck - the irascible but unflappable waterfowl - prepared to be f

2009-06-11 所属栏目:双语新闻

At the bustling Pi pizza restaurant in St Louis, the staff has come up with a new mantra: "It's just pizza!"Just pizza, and yet, customers are happy to wait more than two hours at peak time for a tab

2009-06-10 所属栏目:双语新闻

Credit crunched travelers hoping to dodge transport fares by sticking up their thumbs may be in for a long wait, as a new study shows that only three-quarters of Brits would consider picking up a hitc

2009-06-09 所属栏目:双语新闻

Gentlemen may prefer blondes but Britain's most sophisticated secret service agent tends to go for brunettes, according to an extensive investigation into James Bond's love life.Academics who set ou

2009-06-09 所属栏目:双语新闻

It's the wedding season in Japan but instead of opting for a small event in tough times, couples can rent fake family, friends and colleagues to plump up the guest list.Many in Japan see weddings as

2009-06-08 所属栏目:双语新闻

Firefighters are the most trusted professionals in Europe and the United States, and politicians the least, with bank employees considerably less trusted than a year ago, according to a survey out on

2009-06-08 所属栏目:双语新闻

When scientists set out to trace the roots of human laughter, some chimps and gorillas were just tickled to help.That's how researchers made a variety of apes and some human babies laugh. After analy

2009-06-05 所属栏目:双语新闻

Britain’s Got Talent star Susan Boyle has been invited to sing for President Barack Obama at the White House as part of Independence Day celebrations on July 4, according to her brother.She is said t

2009-06-05 所属栏目:双语新闻

Harvard University is creating an endowed professorship in lesbian, gay, bisexual and transsexual studies, the first of its kind in the United States and reflecting a rise in sex-related academia nati