YEONPYEONG ISLAND, South Korea — Artillery(大炮) fire was heard on Monday on a South Korean island near waters disputed(争议) by North Korea, a Reuters reporter said, signaling(标志着) the start of live-fire drills(军演). The Defense ...
Barack Obama and (right) his lookalike Ilham Anas. What's it like to be the spitting image of the most photographed face in the world? When I catch up with Ilham Anas – AKA the president of the United States – he can't talk for l...
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A Thanksgiving Day editorial(社论，时评) in the newspaper told of a school teacher who asked her class of first graders to draw a picture of something they were thankful for. She thought of how little these children from poor neighborhoods(贫...
Almost all the English names of the solar system come from the names of gods in either Greek or Roman mythology(神话). Mercury(水星) is named after the Roman god of travel, because it appears to move so quickly across the sky. Venus(金星)...
Ruth Hins owns a grocery store(杂货店) and bakery(面包店) in the Rio de Janeiro favela of Cantagalo, where she used to live. She is one of 35.5 million Brazilians who have moved from humble beginnings into the middle class since 2003. Another 20 m...
In a greenhouse here at the University of Maryland, researchers are growing the next generation of wheat. Their goal is to help Maryland farmers deal with a disease that claimed(使失踪或死亡) half their wheat crop last year. Researcher Hosie Costa...
Joris Kivits from the Netherlands(荷兰) contributed "Puzzled" to the competition. Brit Paul Hoggard sculpted this elephant using a technique called "soft pack," which means he didn't use any forms when packing the sa...
看视频，语音脚本填空。口语跟读，提供纯正的口语训练环境。How to make yourself indispensable(不可缺少的) at work and avoid getting laid off? No one is____1____ (免疫的) togetting the axe(被解雇) – especially in an economic downturn. But you can certai...
People make their way through debris(残骸) left by a mudslide(泥石流) in Mianzhu, Sichuan province on Monday, Aug. 16. Heavy rains in western China have killed dozens more adding to the more than 1,500 people who have died in flooding and lan...
Doctors warn patients with lung(肺) and heart disease to stay indoors during hot weather. Dr. Kausalya Pendyal tells her patients in Richmond, Virginia before they go outside to check the Air Quality Index(大气质量指数)—a governmen...
World Cup 2010 is done with Spain the victors over the Netherlands: 1-0 The Spanish team made history today, making their first World Cup final, then winning it, and the cherry on top: being the first team to win the World Cup after losing ...
July 2, 2010 In the day's first match, Brazil will play the Netherlands(荷兰) at Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium in Port Elizabeth. Some are calling this game worthy of a World Cup final(决赛). Both teams seem to be in top form(竞技状态很好) ahea...
Sunday 27 June 2010 22.30 BST One of the most controversial(有争议的) moments of England's football history came back to bite the players of the present generation tonight as they were eliminated from(从……排除) the 2010 World C...
Sunday 20 June 2010 21.52 BST The number of schools using plagiarism-detecting(检测剽窃的) computer software(软件) to catch A-level students cheating in their coursework has rocketed(急速上升), amid warnings that children as young as 11 need...
The opening for the Johannesburg, South Africa, included an enormous carnival parade to the stadium, and a ceremony that celebrated African culture. ...
updated 6/10/2010 5:34:30 PM ET JOHANNESBURG — The world came to Soweto on Thursday for a celebration of soccer, music and unity on the eve of Africa's first World Cup, with a concert featuring international headliners Shakira, the Bla...
A firefighter works to control the fire that burned all night at the CentralWorld shopping mall on Thursday, May 20. The mall was one of more than two dozen buildings set ablaze by protesters. Operations the day before evicted the protesters ...
Oh, the tough decisions we face each day. Work or stay home with a sick child? Paper or plastic? Raspberry(木莓) or peach jam(果酱)? Jam? In the grand scheme(方案) of moral dilemmas(左右为难), you’d think jam would rank somewhere be...
Chinese students gather for a candlelight vigil(守夜) to remember the victims(受灾者) of the earthquake in Qinghai on April 19. A man stands in the rubble(碎石瓦砾) near a destroyed building after an earthquake in Qinghai Province, northwest...