The bit of stone, small enough to fit into a pocket, arrived in a courier package from the United States. The anonymous souvenir hunters sent a letter...
The long and short of this Australian report is that tall workers earn significantly more than their vertically challenged counterparts.A six-foot man...
当地时间6月1日晚法航一架满载216名乘客从巴西里约热内卢机场飞往巴黎的戴高乐机场的A330客机在起飞三个半小时后失事，机上包括机组人员在内的228人疑全部遇难，死难人数之多为法航75年历史之最。飞机失事原因目前仍在调查中。请看外电的报道：Authorities were baffled by ho...
为治理行人以及非机动车闯红灯的顽疾”，从6月1日开始，江苏省泰州市交通部门在市区几大红绿灯路口，采取拉绳子”管理的方法：红灯亮时，拉起绳子；绿灯亮时放下绳子。调查发现，该笨”方法对于治闯红灯”顽疾确实收到了较好的效果。请看《中国日报》的报道：The n...
在英语中，常会出现两个近义和相对的词用and或or连接构成成对的英语短语，它们经常出现在一起，有些同汉语的位置相同，有些同汉语不同，下面就向大家介绍一些类似的短语。1.同汉语位置相同的短语aches and pains周身不适 affable and kind和善ancient and modern...
National Day parade 国庆阅兵From Friday to Saturday, about 3 million people from across the country visited Tian'anmen Square in Beijing, where the Na...
阅兵式 military reviewStarting early Saturday morning, the rehearsal featured a mass pageant involving nearly 200,000 citizens and 60 simulated floats, a...
full-dress National Day Military parade 全副武装的国庆阅兵大典phalanx 方阵Second Artillery Force 第二炮兵special forces 特种军intercontinental nuclear-capable ballistic m...
2009年11月1日，随着寒潮天气的来袭，深秋的北京突降大雪，使原本一身金黄的京城秋色顿时披上银装。据气象专家介绍，这也是北京1987年以来的最早初雪。请看《中国日报》的报道：Cold snap brings snow---Beijing's first snowfall this wint...
paper tiger 纸老虎buck the tiger 玩纸牌(特指与赌棍玩牌)tiger sweat 威士忌酒work like a tiger生龙活虎地工作three cheers and a tiger三声欢呼一声吼a narrow escape 虎口余生a nation of invad...