You can't teach an old dog new tricks. 人老则守旧。 Let sleeping dogs lie. 別自找麻煩。 Barking dogs seldom bite. 吠叫的狗不咬人。 Curiosity killed the cat. 过份好奇是危险的。 The early bird catches the worm. 早起的鸟儿有虫吃。 When the...
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updated 8:26 p.m. ET Aug. 19, 2009 A majority of Americans now see the war in Afghanistan(阿富汗) as not worth fighting and just a quarter say more U.S. troops should be sent to the country, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News po...
A businessman enters a tavern(酒馆), sits down at the bar, and orders a double martini(双倍马提尼酒) on the rocks. After he finishes the drink, he peeks(窥看) inside his shirt pocket, then orders the bartender(酒吧招待) to prepare another double mart...
Two lawyers arrive at the pub(酒吧) and ordered a couple of drinks. They then take sandwiches from their briefcases(公文包) and began to eat. Seeing this, the angry publican(酒吧老板) approaches them and says, 'Excuse me, but you cannot eat your ow...
updated 4:32 p.m. ET Aug. 2, 2009 LOS ANGELES - Down a crowded merchant-lined street in downtown Los Angeles called Santee Alley, a handful of vendors(卖主) are selling Michael Jackson T-shirts. Two shirts memorialize his passing, but on...
Victoria Beckham holds son Romeo prior to the International Friendly match between France and England at the Stade de France on March 26, 2008 in Paris, France. Italian goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon's wife Alena Seredova arrives to wat...
Water cannons and tear gases were used to break up anti-government protests in northern Thailand. Scores of peoples were injured in the clashes. ...
"Harry Potter and Half-blood Prince" has opened in theaters all across the country. But some critics say the show fire hit has some miss fires (达不到预想的效果). ...
Battling the dark forces takes a back seat to romance and Quidditch updated 4:25 p.m. ET July 14, 2009 Call it the calm before the storm (暴风雨前的平静), but “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” goes out of its way to balance it...
Little Robert asked his mother for two cents. \\\\\\\"What did you do with the money I gave you yesterday?\\\\\\\" \\\\\\\"I gave it to a poor old woman,\\\\\\\" he answered. \\\\\\\"You're a good boy,\\\\\\\" said the mother proudly. \\\\\\\"Here are two cents ...
Looking for another trophy(奖杯) Former Olympic gymnast and "Dancing With the Stars" champion Shawn Johnson takes part in the Taco Bell All-Star Legends & Celebrity Softball Game on Sunday, July 12, in St. Louis. Oh, Canada...
updated 6:26 p.m. ET July 7, 2009 Tickets to the Michael Jackson memorial tribute were in heavy demand, with over 1.6 million requests for only 8,750 recipients, each of whom were entitled to a pair. Michael Jackson’s music co...
Men behind the monument Taken circa 1880, these pictures show the two great minds behind the Statue of Liberty: sculptor Auguste Bartholdi (right), and French engineer Alexandre Gustave Eiffel. The latter, the man behind the Eiffel Tower in ...
updated 3:36 p.m. ET July 2, 2009 NEW YORK - David Beckham has become a bad teammate on the Los Angeles Galaxy, according to Landon Donovan. “All that we care about at a minimum is that he committed himself to us,” Donovan w...
President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama enjoyed a date night in New York City on May 30, 2009, dining at Blue Hill Restaurant before taking in the Broadway(百老汇大街) show \\\\\\\"Joe Turner's Come and Gone\\\\\\\" at the Belasco T...
In this image issued by the government run Fars News Agency, demonstrators attend a state-organised rally (集会)in a square in central Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, June 16. Thousands of people waving Iranian flags and pictures of the supr...
Flood-affected villagers collect food packets dropped from an Indian Air Force (IAF) helicopter on Patharpatima Island in the Sundarbans delta (三角洲), about 62 miles south of the eastern Indian city of Kolkata on Wednesday, May 27. Nearly 200 ...
updated 3:08 p.m. ET May 18, 2009 Selling paint at Home Depot (家庭百货) can be more lucrative (获利的) than flying a commercial airplane. That startling (令人震惊的) fact emerged (出现) last week after three days of hearings (听证会) by...
Zac attack Zac Efron earned fame after his role in the first \\\\\\\"High School Musical\\\\\\\" movie, but he was also a regular cast member on the TV series \\\\\\\"Summerland\\\\\\\" and played snooty（傲慢的） Link Larkin in the movie version of th...