The land of the Rhine
- 阅10The land of the Rhine GERMANY is nearer than you think. Yes, if you want to go there you have to catch a plane. But German products are all around us. The lamps in your home, the cellphone you call your friends on. They may well be made by......
Kuo thanks 'sisters'
- 阅85Kuo thanks 'sisters' BEFORE Taiwanese singer Claire Kuo (郭静) started singing, she taught cheerleading at school. She could do difficult moves, for example, the back slip (后空翻). Her college cheerleading team even won in an internationa......
Go Nanning
- 阅24Go Nanning CHEERLEADERS usually cheer for sports players. But earlier this month they cheered for themselves. It was at the National All-star Cheerleading (啦啦队) Competition in Guangzhou. The team from Nanning No 26 Middle School, Guangx......
Wang's sweet win
- 阅77Wang's sweet win TABLE tennis player Wang Hao won his first-ever men's singles world title on October 14. In the final of the 2007 men's World Cup in Spain, Wang beat South Korean player Ryu Seung Min (柳承敏) 4-0. It was sweet revenge. At......
It's a wonderful life
- 阅4It's a wonderful life WHEN you are playing with your toys, do you sometimes wish they could come alive? Mr Magorium, a 243-year-old man, owns the most magical toyshop in the world, the Wonder Emporium. There, all the toys for sale are aliv......
The British way of celebrating a birthday
- 阅8The British way of celebrating a birthday IN the UK a trip to Lazerquest is a popular way to celebrate a birthday. It's a game where you shoot your friends with toy guns. Kids hide in dark corners and hope to surprise them. Other people go......
Bravo Kobe!
- 阅76Bravo Kobe! Kobe became the youngest player to score 20,000 points in the NBA. KOBE Bryant has a good reason to be happy this Christmas. He got an early present last week. He became the youngest player to score 20,000 points in the NBA. It......
Welcome to the show
- 阅6Welcome to the show Show is the man of the moment. YOU see Show Luo from Taiwan everywhere: he hosts talk shows, gives concerts and stars in TV dramas. Now, he has his own photo book, Show on Stage (《罗志祥进化三部曲》). The book hits sto......
Look at our eco-bags!
- 阅16Look at our eco-bags! Chen Lisi holding her bamboo basket. PHOTO BY ZENG BIN DO you still get free plastic bags from the supermarket? Things will change soon. To protect the environment, most supermarkets in China will stop providing (提供......
A great night in the theater
- 阅16A great night in the theater A performer in 18 Arhats Fighing the Monkey King PHOTO BY GUO YINGGUANG THERE can be few more beautiful places in China to see Peking Opera than the wonderful Prince Gongs Mansion (恭王府). In this old wooden t......
减掉一磅Lose One Pound
- 阅39I complimented one of my co-workers on having lost ten pounds. However, I couldnt resist bragging that when I was 17, 1 weighed 225 pounds and today I tip the scales at 224. 1 added, Thats not bad for a man of my age. Overhearing this, a w......
故事还在里面The Stories Are Still in Them
- 阅44During a visit to my mother s home, I joined her in the living room to talk, read and watch television. Facing a bookcase that has been in the same spot since I was a child, I let my eyes wander over the familiar volumes, many of which now......
坏印象A Bad Impression
- 阅28My husband and I are both writers. During dinner conversations, we often tell our children about our working days. It wasnt clear how much they absorbed until one day I overheard my seven-year- old, Lucy, cry out in frustration at her five......
出色的回答Stunning Reply
- 阅27My five-year-old son was not picking up his toys while I was preparing dinner as I had asked him. When I inquired why he wasnt doing his chores, he said that he didnt feel like it. Exasperated, I said, Where would you be right now if I did......
浪漫英语：那些年非做不可的事情……
- 阅98Age has reached the end of the beginning of a word. May be guilty in his seems to passing a lot of different life became the appearance of the same day; May be back in the past, to oneself the paranoid weird belief disillusionment, these d......
[分享]来自哈佛图书馆墙上的二十句训言
- 阅401. 此刻打盹，你将做梦；而此刻学习，你将圆梦。 You will have another short dream if you take a nap here, but you will be one step closer to getting your dreams fulfilled if you take the time to study, instead. 2. 我荒废的今日，正是昨日殒身......
趣味双语：七种方法带你找到人生之所想
- 阅1011. 自私点 如果你一直是为了别人而牺牲你自己的时间和梦想，那你就不能精确地定位你到底想在生活中得到什么。首先，你得去动员你自己。问问自己：如果你没有被你的职业、家庭、朋友或是其他的事所束缚，那么你现在将在做什么呢?永远要记得这一点，你可以先考......
初中英语阅读理解解题技巧之满分宝典
- 阅86乐加乐英语 ：小编搜集整理了《英语学习应该避免的九个问题》，祝大家学习进步~ (一)考查掌握所读材料的主旨和大意的能力。 这类试题要求对文章的整体或局部(如段落)进行分析、概括，归纳相关部分的中心大意(mainidea)，选择标题(title)，判断作者的写作目的......
中考英语阅读简答专项训练10篇(附答案详解)
- 阅56中考英语阅读简答专项训练10篇(附答案详解) 阅读下列短文，然后根据短文内容回答问题。 A Nearly all American students in colleges and universities pay for their education. There are many expenses. First of all, there is tuition (学费). At some......
例析英语阅读--逻辑推理型
- 阅24逻辑推理型 这类题目的答案在原文中是不能直接找到的，必须抓住文中相关信息，顺藤摸瓜，进行有理有据的分析、归纳和推理，才能找出答案。有时需要透彻理解作者的双关语和弦外之音等。 (a)根据常识推断 很多短文所设计的题目往往与其它方面的常识相关联，有......