2007-10-23 所属栏目:欧美文化

SAN DIEGO -- Wildfires blown by fierce desert winds Monday reduced scores of Southern California homes to ashes, forced hundreds of thousands of people to flee and laid a hellish, spidery pattern of l

2007-10-23 所属栏目:英语文摘

New CPC top leaders meet the press at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on October 22, 2007. [newsphoto]
The newly-elected top leadership of the Communist Party of China (CPC), with four new f

2007-10-23 所属栏目:娱乐八卦

Halle Berry Soon-to-be-mum Halle Berry is keen on working beau Gabriel Aubry's Cuban restaurant - but he won't let her.The Oscar winner, who is expecting her first child with Aubry, has urged her be

2007-10-23 所属栏目:体育英语

SAO PAULO - McLaren's Lewis Hamilton said on Monday he wanted to win the Formula One title on the racetrack, not weeks later on appeal."It would be wrong," said the 22-year-old Briton, stil

2007-10-22 所属栏目:双语新闻

普京总统谈“学外语经”
Talking the talk: Putin expounds on foreign languages


Russian President PutinRussian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday jokingly compared his learning of German to a circus

2007-10-22 所属栏目:欧美文化

ANKARA -- Turkey vowed on Sunday to take tough action after Kurdish guerrillas killed 17 of its soldiers, but said Washington had asked it to hold back for a few days more from sending troops to their

2007-10-22 所属栏目:英语文摘

BEIJING -- For the first time in its history, the Communist Party of China (CPC) has mentioned the word "religion" in an amendment to its Constitution adopted on Sunday at the closing sessio

2007-10-22 所属栏目:娱乐八卦

Eva Longoria & Tony Parker The more syllables the merrier.Newlywed Eva Longoria has opted to add Tony Parker's surname to her own, making her Eva Longoria Parker, the Desperate Housewives star ex

2007-10-22 所属栏目:体育英语

MACAU - After three spectacular sold-out games, the NBA on Sunday judged its latest venture into China as a major success, and more US teams now look certain to make the trip in the near future.LeBron

2007-10-21 所属栏目:双语新闻

法国总统萨科奇离婚French president Sarkozy and wife divorce

"Desperate Housewives". French President Nicolas Sarkozy and his wife Cecilia have divorced.French President Nicolas Sarkozy and

2007-10-21 所属栏目:欧美文化

WASHINGTON - The US Air Force said Friday it would punish 70 airmen involved in the accidental, cross-country flight of a nuclear-armed B-52 bomber following an investigation that found widespread dis

2007-10-21 所属栏目:英语文摘

BEIJING -- China is likely to become the world's second largest consumer market by 2015, said a report released by the Boston Consulting Group (BCG).
Chinese shoppers select the luxury Louis Vuitton

2007-10-21 所属栏目:娱乐八卦

Culver City - When the Beach Bunny models hit the catwalk on Wednesday afternoon during Day 4 of the Mercedes-Benz LA Fashion Week, it was hard to tell whether they were modeling underwear or swimwear

2007-10-21 所属栏目:体育英语

NEW DELHI - China's Li Yang has bettered the women's 50 metres backstroke record at the world military games which concludes in India on Saturday, the organisers said.Li clocked 28:09 seconds to win

2007-10-20 所属栏目:双语新闻

研究：人们更易听信流言蜚语
Gossip more powerful than truth - researchers

Gossip is more powerful than truth, a study showed on Monday, suggesting people believe what they hear through the grapevine e

2007-10-20 所属栏目:英语美文欣赏

Every day is a lucky dayI teach economics at UNLV three times per week. Last Monday, at the beginning of class, I cheerfully asked my students how their weekend had been. One young man said that his w

2007-10-20 所属栏目:欧美文化

ANKARA -- Turkish security forces in the southeast have gone on high alert against possible attacks by the outlawed Kurdish Workers' Party (PKK) after lawmakers approved a motion authorizing a cross-

2007-10-20 所属栏目:英语文摘

WASHINGTON -- Financial systems in Asia appear well placed to handle the effects of the global financial market turbulence that broke out in July, said a report released by the International Monetary

2007-10-20 所属栏目:娱乐八卦

Scarlett Johansson has made a huge donation to a Sri Lankan school. The Hollywood beauty was so moved after spending time with children in the country's poverty-stricken Dalit community earlier this

2007-10-20 所属栏目:体育英语

The China Football Association (CFA) didn’t hear anything from Marika Domanski about extending her contract until midnight on Wednesday. But when the CFA contacted her, the head coach of the women’s

2007-10-19 所属栏目:双语新闻

奇闻：维也纳举办“离婚博览会”
Vienna to host world's first-ever 'divorce fair'

Vienna is to host what organisers have dubbed the world's first "divorce fair" this month, aimed at coupl

2007-10-19 所属栏目:欧美文化

PARIS - French President Nicolas Sarkozy is separating from his wife Cecilia after 11 years of marriage and months of questions about their relations, marking a first in modern French history.
France

2007-10-19 所属栏目:英语文摘

BEIJING -- China's education officials are joining with employment authorities to mount investigations into reports of agencies and individuals who lure minors to work, said the Ministry of Education

2007-10-19 所属栏目:娱乐八卦

Actress Monica Bellucci (L) of Italy, French director Alain Corneau (C) and French Culture Minister Christine Albanel arrive on the red carpet at the Rome International Film Festival in Rome October 1

2007-10-19 所属栏目:体育英语

China's new coach Vladimir Petrovic has sent strong signals that he plans to field many new faces in the team's 2010 World Cup first-round qualifier against Burma on Sunday.In the latest scrimmage b

2007-10-18 所属栏目:欧美文化

LONDON -- Britain plans to submit a claim to the United Nations to extend its Antarctic territory by a million square kilometers, the foreign office said on Wednesday.The claim is one of five territor

2007-10-18 所属栏目:英语文摘

BEIJING -- The Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) has planned to open a subsidiary in the United States, as part of its going-global strategy which also involves Russia, Indonesia and the

2007-10-18 所属栏目:娱乐八卦

Leona Lewis would never pose nude because she isn't confident enough. The 'X Factor' winner - who is a fiercely proud vegetarian and refuses to wear leather or fur - is too shy to follow in the foo

2007-10-18 所属栏目:体育英语

MOSCOW - Russia coach Guus Hiddink took pride and personal satisfaction in a historic 2-1 win over England in their Euro 2008 Group E qualifier on Wednesday.England's players watch as goalkeeper Paul

2007-10-18 所属栏目:双语新闻

瑞奇•马汀“添星”好莱坞星光大道
Ricky Martin gets Walk of Fame star

Singer Ricky Martin poses next to his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2007. [Agencies]Ric

2007-10-17 所属栏目:英语美文欣赏

Free to soar上天让我经历逆境，体验束缚的滋味，并定下规则约束我们，让我们从中成长起来，获得人生的力量……One windy spring day, I observed young people having fun using the wind to fly their kites. Mult

2007-10-17 所属栏目:双语新闻

日本官员“武士餐”减肥成功
Officials battle through "samurai" diet

Tuna sushi rotates on a conveyor belt at a sushi bar in Kushiro in the eastern part of Hokkaido, Japan, February 10, 2007.

2007-10-17 所属栏目:双语新闻

调查：58%的公众希望既有长假也有短假
Not everyone wants a holiday, poll finds

A combination of long and short holidays are preferredOver the recent seven-day National Day holiday, there are 146 millio

2007-10-17 所属栏目:欧美文化

The UN General Assembly elected on Tuesday Libya, Burkina Faso, Vietnam, Costa Rica and Croatia to serve as non-permanent members of the Security Council for two-year terms starting next January 1.

A

2007-10-17 所属栏目:英语文摘

In the latest move by some countries to construct new embassies or give their missions in Beijing a makeover, the Australian embassy will spend $20 million refurbishing its already elegant building, t

2007-10-17 所属栏目:娱乐八卦

More than year after 2006's The Break-Up and six months after her much-ballyhooed on-air kiss with Courteney Cox on the FX series Dirt, Jennifer Aniston is at work filming the ensemble comedy He's J

2007-10-17 所属栏目:体育英语

SHANGHAI - Guo Youtian calls himself "unbelievably stylish".Don't let his words fool you - the 17-year-old Shanghai hoops fan doesn't really know that much the Autumn and Winter collection

2007-10-16 所属栏目:双语新闻

美国务卿赖斯访俄 婉拒冰上“献舞”
Rice says no dice to ice

(L-R) US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Russian figure skating coach Tatyana Tarasova watch Russian figure skaters perform at the C

2007-10-16 所属栏目:双语新闻

聚焦十七大——“民生”最重要
People want concerns addressed

A general view of the 17th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) which is opened in Beijing at 9 am on Monday to map out

2007-10-16 所属栏目:欧美文化

WASHINGTON -- The baby boomers' stampede for Social Security benefits has begun in the US.The nation's "first" baby boomer, a retired teacher from New Jersey, applied for Social Security b

2007-10-16 所属栏目:英语文摘

Beijing and Seoul recently signed an agreement to launch a joint program to harness China's eighth-largest desert - the Ulan Buh in North China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.About 15 million yu

2007-10-16 所属栏目:娱乐八卦

Paris Hilton Meet Paris Hilton, grown-up. The 26-year-old socialite has vowed to change her party-girl image after serving a 23-day jail sentence in June for violating probation in an alcohol-related

2007-10-16 所属栏目:体育英语

Even while attending an all-important political event in Beijing, coach Sun Haiping's mind is on 110m hurdles world champion Liu Xiang.Before he left for Beijing to attend the Party congress, which s

2007-10-15 所属栏目:双语新闻

调查：英国女性腰围十年增加两英寸
British women's waistlines have grown by 2 inches in the last 10 years

The average British woman's waistline has grown by 2 inches in 10 yearsThe average British wo

2007-10-15 所属栏目:欧美文化

BAGHDAD -- US and Iraqi officials are negotiating Baghdad's demand that security company Blackwater USA be expelled from the country within six months, and American diplomats appear to be working on

2007-10-15 所属栏目:英语文摘

DALIAN: Visiting Japanese lawmakers said on Saturday they were confident that China-Japan relations would develop further, and sport may have something to do with it."Japan and China are partners

2007-10-15 所属栏目:娱乐八卦

NEW YORK - A former psychiatric patient accused of writing to Uma Thurman and threatening to kill himself if he saw the actress with another man was indicted Thursday on stalking charges, prosecutors

2007-10-15 所属栏目:体育英语

BEIJING -- Punch Gunalan, first vice-president of Badminton World Federation (BWF), has given high marks to an Olympic badminton test event and praised China for making badminton a more popular sport.

2007-10-14 所属栏目:英语美文欣赏

Run Through the Rain世间万物皆有自己的季节，做任何事情也有一个恰当的时机。如果有机会，你也可以在雨中狂奔一回……She had been shopping with her Mom in Wal-Mart. She must have been 6 years old, this bea

2007-10-14 所属栏目:欧美文化

CANBERRA -- Australian Prime Minister John Howard announced here Sunday that the federal election will be held on November 24.Howard visited the Government House earlier in the day and asked Governor-