2007-08-01 所属栏目:欧美文化

UNITED NATIONS - The UN Security Council approved a 26,000-strong peacekeeping force for Darfur on Tuesday to try to help end four years of fighting that has killed more than 200,000 people in the vas

2007-08-01 所属栏目:英语文摘

English graduate Chen Xia has never been short of admirers but the 25-year-old Nanjing native has chosen to tie the knot with a soldier who has neither a college degree nor a fat pay packet. Her mothe

2007-08-01 所属栏目:娱乐八卦

Brand Beckham has hit Vanity Fair magazine's list of the best dressed people in the world.David and Victoria are one of just 10 couples named in the annual fashion poll.They rub shoulders in the maga

2007-07-31 所属栏目:双语新闻

希拉里身陷“乳沟风波”
Washington split over Clinton cleavage Hillary Clinton in the July 18 campaign debate on education In Washington, where professional women's style statements are pointedly cons

2007-07-31 所属栏目:双语新闻

阿汤哥与妮可将“相聚”柏林
Tom Cruise, ex-wife Kidman both filming in Berlin

Hollywood superstar Tom Cruise and his ex-wife Nicole Kidman (seen here in March 2007) will be working on separate films i

2007-07-31 所属栏目:欧美文化

ISLAMABAD - Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf may hang up his army uniform to pave the way for a pact with former prime minister Benazir Bhutto after the pair met in Abu Dhabi, a minister said Mond

2007-07-31 所属栏目:英语文摘

An increasing amount of investment capital is flowing from the Chinese stock market to the relatively stable real estate markets in major cities like Shanghai, Beijing and Shenzhen, according to sever

2007-07-31 所属栏目:娱乐八卦

Britney Spears, right, and her husband Kevin Federline are seen
in this Feb. 8, 2006 file photo in Beverly Hills, Calif.
Britney Spears' marriage to Kevin Federline officially ended Monday, July 3

2007-07-31 所属栏目:体育英语

TOKUSHIMA, Japan -- Hamed Ehadadi scored 18 points and got eight rebounds to lead Iran to defeat defending champion China 77-68 here on Monday at the final match of the group round of the 2007 Asia me

2007-07-30 所属栏目:双语新闻

你浪费了多少上班时间？
Wasting time at work? You're not alone: survey
A survey found that U.S. workers waste about 20 percent of their working day. Americans who feel bored and underpaid do work har

2007-07-30 所属栏目:欧美文化

Baghdad - Tens of thousands of Iraqis from the Shiite south to the Kurdish-dominated north poured into the usually treacherous streets Sunday to celebrate a rare moment of joy and unity when the natio

2007-07-30 所属栏目:英语文摘

US Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson arrived in Xining in northwest China last night, kicking off a four-day visit to China.
US Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, pictured June 2007, arrived in China o

2007-07-30 所属栏目:娱乐八卦

Los Angeles - Nicole Richie's wrong turn is leading her to straight jail.The Simple Life star was sentenced to four days in jail, after pleading guilty to driving under the influence of drugs. She ha

2007-07-30 所属栏目:体育英语

Jorvan Vieira said he always knew there was something special about the Iraqi team he had been asked to coach when he first met them at a training camp in Jordan. The Brazilian had been charged with o

2007-07-29 所属栏目:双语新闻

研究：肥胖也传染！
Study: Obesity is 'socially contagious'

Obesity is "socially contagious" If your friends and family get fat, chances are you will too, researchers report in a new stud

2007-07-29 所属栏目:欧美文化

WASHINGTON - The United States will announce next week a series of arms deals worth at least 20 billion U.S. dollars with Saudi Arabia and five other oil-rich Persian Gulf states as well as new 10-yea

2007-07-29 所属栏目:英语文摘

Land authorities in six Chinese cities including Beijing have illegally charged 1.1 billion yuan (US$146.7 million) on enterprises so far this year, adding fuel to the nation's soaring housing prices

2007-07-29 所属栏目:娱乐八卦

File photo of actress Naomi Watts arriving at
the 79th Annual Academy Awards in Hollywood [Reuters]The English-born Australian actress Naomi Watts has given birth to her first child, a boy, her pub

2007-07-29 所属栏目:体育英语

Ten-man South Korea clinched third place in the 2007 Asian Cup, and thereby won automatic qualification for the 2011 event, with a penalty shootout victory over Japan on Saturday. The match was scorel

2007-07-28 所属栏目:双语新闻

日本女性、冰岛男性寿命最长
Japanese women, Icelandic men world's longest-lived
World's oldest person Yone Minigawa celebrates her 114th birthday Japanese girls born last year can expect to live to

2007-07-28 所属栏目:欧美文化

The aging United Nations headquarters overlooking New York's East River is set to undergo a US$1 billion makeover, the first-ever overhaul of the landmarked but leaking complex overlooking the East R

2007-07-28 所属栏目:英语文摘

Conservation efforts appear to be helping China's endangered giant panda expand its habitat in parts of western China, the Xinhua news agency reported on Saturday.
Panda cubs play at the Chengdu Res

2007-07-28 所属栏目:娱乐八卦

New York - Catherine Zeta-Jones dripped in diamonds and looked ravishing in a garnet Emanuel Ungaro minidress that sparkled with Swarovski crystals at the premiere of her new romantic comedy "No

2007-07-28 所属栏目:体育英语

PAU, France: Spain's Alberto Contador was wearing the Tour de France's yellow jersey at the start of Friday's stage, after the previous race leader was sacked by his own team in a row over doping t

2007-07-27 所属栏目:双语新闻

“贝克汉姆热”席卷洛杉矶
Beckham-mania takes root in California, and beyond

Los Angeles Galaxy's David Beckham waves beside his wife Victoria at a party
at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Ange

2007-07-27 所属栏目:欧美文化

LOS ANGELES -- A large explosion on Thursday struck an airport in the California desert that is also used for commercial spaceflights, reportedly killing two people and injuring four others.

Televis

2007-07-27 所属栏目:英语文摘

BRUSSELS -- The European Commission is set to propose an end to the five-year anti-dumping duties on Chinese energy-saving lightbulbs, a spokesman said on Thursday. A group of trade experts at the Eur

2007-07-27 所属栏目:娱乐八卦

Actress Jessica Alba, left, and actor Dane Cook, right, talk about their
new film 'Good Luck Chuck' during a panel discussion held at the
Comic-Con International convention in San Diego Thursday,

2007-07-27 所属栏目:体育英语

AMMAN - After two days' competition at the 17th Asian Athletics Championships here, China is leading the event with four gold medals, one silver and two bronzes by Thursday. On Thursday, Chinese youn

2007-07-26 所属栏目:双语新闻

当少女遭遇意外怀孕……
Teen pregnancies on rise during summer breakMore teenage girls have been calling this Shanghai's only accidental pregnancy hotline since the summer vacation started. More teena

2007-07-26 所属栏目:双语新闻

希尔顿出狱后善心大发
Paris Hilton's charity behaviour

Paris Hilton poses at Life Rolls On Foundation's 4th Night By the Ocean auction Socialite Paris Hilton's promise to do more charity work follo

2007-07-26 所属栏目:英语文摘

Beijing is planting trees and plants along riverbanks instead of covering them with concrete to fix its river system. It has taken almost 10 years for the capital to accept and use this idea.

The ec

2007-07-26 所属栏目:欧美文化

EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. - A college fraternity president and aspiring rapper who was accused of threatening a "murderous rampage" similar to April's deadly shooting spree at Virginia Tech pleade

2007-07-26 所属栏目:娱乐八卦

Lindsay Lohan poses in this November 2006 file photo in Los Angeles.[AP]Hard to believe now, after all the arrests, car crashes and late-night club hopping, that just 10 years ago Lindsay Lohan was

2007-07-26 所属栏目:体育英语

Residents celebrate the victory of Iraq's soccer team over South Korea during the semi-final of the 2007 AFC Asian Cup soccer tournament, in Kerbala, 110 km (68 miles) south of Baghdad, July 25, 200

2007-07-25 所属栏目:双语新闻

买了假名牌也“光荣”！
Two thirds happy to buy designer rip-offs

Researchers say that up to two-thirds of us claim we are proud to buy fake goods Is that Gucci bag you're carrying really a Gucci? Ho

2007-07-25 所属栏目:双语新闻

“海明威”是这样炼成的！
Insurance agent is Hemingway look-alike winner

Larry Austin of Palm Harbor, Florida wins Ernest 'Papa' Hemingway Look-Alike Contest victory An insurance agent beat out 122

2007-07-25 所属栏目:欧美文化

ANDAHAR, Afghanistan - Airstrikes and clashes in southern Afghanistan killed more than 75 militants in a new NATO offensive, as the threatened deadline for the lives of 23 South Korean hostages passed

2007-07-25 所属栏目:英语文摘

WASHINGTON - US Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson will visit China's largest lake next week on a trip that will highlight global environmental challenges.
Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson speaks duri

2007-07-25 所属栏目:娱乐八卦

Britney Spears arrives to the showing of Kimora Lee Simmons' Baby Phat fall 2007 collection in this Feb. 2, 2007 file photo during Fashion Week in New York.[AP]Britney Spears has spilled her story

2007-07-25 所属栏目:体育英语

BAGHDAD, July 24 - Iraqi fans have been stocking up on petrol and ammunition in preparation for their national soccer team's Asian Cup semi-final against South Korea on Wednesday. Ibrahim al-Musawi s

2007-07-24 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

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Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, the new Mideast peace envoy has begun a two-day trip to the Middle East. VOA's Jim Teeple has details from our Jerusalem bureau.

2007-07-24 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

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VOICE ONE:Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. I’m Doug Johnson. VOICE TWO: And I'm Barbara Klein. Today we play music from the new movie about teenagers in

2007-07-24 所属栏目:英语美文欣赏

She Left Her Shoes She left her shoes, she took everything else, her toothbrush, her clothes, and even that stupid little silver vase on the table we kept candy in. Just dumped it out on the table and

2007-07-24 所属栏目:双语新闻

“老徐”博客点击量破亿
Chinese actress 'most widely read blogger in world'

Chinese actress Xu Jinglei Chinese actress Xu Jinglei became the world's most widely read blogger this month when her bl

2007-07-24 所属栏目:双语新闻

全球时尚城市排行出炉 纽约名列榜首
New York tops list of world's fashion cities

A model seen walking the runway during New York Fashion Week in this February 9, 2007 file photo. New York was on Wedne

2007-07-24 所属栏目:欧美文化

WASHINGTON - The United States has set 2008 as the target for full implementation of an accord to end North Korea's nuclear drive, including a final peace deal for the Korean peninsula, top US nuclea

2007-07-24 所属栏目:英语文摘

SHANGHAI: In a fresh sign of China¡¯s financial strength, a leap in the shares of Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Monday made it the world¡¯s biggest bank by market cap

2007-07-24 所属栏目:娱乐八卦

Daniel Radcliffe, the movies' Harry Potter, appears on the NBC 'Today'
television show in New York, in this July 11, 2007 file photo.[AP]Media reports of "Harry Potter" star Daniel Rad

2007-07-24 所属栏目:体育英语

A British tourist died of heart attack while climbing Mount Muztagata in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, according to the Kashi prefecture government Monday. Jonathan Matthew Peac