CCTV9英语新闻：Tomb sweeping and spring outing mark traditional Chinese festival

China's traditional Qingming Festival, also called Tomb Sweeping Day, usually falls on the first day of the fifth solar term on the lunisolar calendar, and this year, it's the 4th of April. Tomb Sweeping is the most important custom of the festival.

德语歌曲：danse avant de tomber

这首歌属于德文经典，早在1972年就收录在 Esther 的同名专辑中，当然是以LP的形式。1982年出版了CD版，至今仍为人们所喜爱。歌词取自德国诗人海涅（Heinrich Heine，1797-1856）的诗篇《归乡》（Die Heimkehr，1823-1824），有删节。怀旧是民谣类歌曲的永恒主题。这首歌

法语歌曲：danse avant de tomber

Danse avant de tomber 《只要不摔倒，跳吧

Scientists Open Tomb, Hoping to Identify Mona Lisa

Researchers in Italy have excavated bones in a tomb in Florence in a bid to identify the Renaissance model for Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa. The research team says that the remains in the crypt have an inscribed stone indicating that they belonged t

国家地理-2008-06-02 Pagan Tomb 世上最大的异教徒陵墓

The Valeri Mausoleum, the largest and most luxurious of 22 pagan tombs buried under St. Peter's Basilica [1] in Vatican City, was reopened on Tuesday, according to the Associated Press. The mausoleum lies a few hundred feet away from the burial plac

学英语 13 Tomb-sweeping Day清明扫墓

Tomb sweeping day is one of our continuous holidays. We got up very early to sweep a tomb in the south. Because of the traffic jam, we didn't get home until three o'clock p.m. It was kind of late but we still took sacrificial offerings to my ancesto

英语歌曲:Beyond The Game2004年WCG主题曲

每次听到这首歌,都感觉自己充满斗志 生活就是由一个又一个的挑战组成的 我们需要的只是确信我们能行 我们一定行 或者喜欢电玩的朋友,可以深刻的感受到这种氛围 但其他朋友呢? 让我们一

【跟着英剧练发音】Parades End E01 - 20

文本： C- Christopher Tietjens Mac- MacMaster V- Valentine Wannop E- Edith Duchemin C: Would you allow me to help you to...? E: Oh, a little caviar. A peach! I'm afraid I... I'm afraid I must... You see, my husband.. Mac: I beg you, dear lady, do

英语听力：自然百科 Pagan Tomb 世上最大的异教徒陵墓

The Valeri Mausoleum, the largest and most luxurious of 22 pagan tombs buried under St. Peter's Basilica[1] in Vatican City, was reopened on Tuesday, according to the Associated Press. The mausoleum lies a few hundred feet away from the burial place

Dog stew offerings found in ancient Chinese tomb

XI'AN, March 31 (Xinhua) -- Archeologists(考古学家) in the northwestern Shaanxi Province confirmed Thursday, after weeks of lab work, that the bones they found in a bronze cooking vessel from a 2,400-year-old tomb belonged to a male dog under a y

2006年VOA标准英语-Tomb Robbers Lead Archeologists to Graves of 3

By Leslie Boctor Cairo 11 November 2006 Archeologists in Egypt have uncovered the ancient tombs of three dentists close to Egypt's oldest pyramid, located just outside Cairo. The tombs were found after a group of thieves was caught digging in the ar

微软下月将关闭MSN中文网 重点转向Win10推广

Microsoft is shutting down its Chinese web portal, MSN China next month, according to the reports of the Wall Street Journal. 据华尔街日报报道，微软将于下月关闭其中文门户网站MSN中文网。 Microsoft will be focusing on softwa

英语新闻可以提高英语学习水平

我们许多英语学习者的语言能力存在着一个十分严重的不足，那就是不知道如何用英语表达我们生活中的事情。在用英语向外国人介绍我们身边事的时候，往往陷入词汇贫乏的困境之中。 导致

Cisco to buy newScale to expand cloud computing offering

SAN FRANCISCO, March 29 (Xinhua) -- Computer networking equipment giant Cisco Systems Inc. on Tuesday announced the intent to buy privately-held software company newScale Inc., in a move to complement and expand its offerings in cloud computing. Base

英闻天下——330 A Second "Tomb Flattening Movement" in Henan?

The local government in Central China's Zhoukou city forcibly flattened over two million rural tombs over the last year in order to increase arable land. By the end of this Spring Festival, more than half of those flattened tombs were restored by loc

【英文短篇小说】The Coming of Mr. Quin（1）

It was New Year's Eve. The elder members of the house party at Royston were assembled in the big hall. Mr. Satterthwaite was glad that the young people had gone to bed. He was not fond of young people in herds. He thought them uninteresting and crude

【英文短篇小说】The Coming of Mr. Quin（2）

Sitting well back in his chair, secure in his role of audience, Mr. Satterthwaite watched the drama unfold before his eyes Quietly and naturally, Mr. Quin was pulling the strings, setting his puppets in motion. A woman--yes, he murmured thoughtfully.

3,300 year-old tomb of army chief discovered in Egypt

CAIRO, May 30 (Xinhua) -- Egyptian archeologists(考古学家) said Sunday that they have discovered a 3,300-year-old tomb（坟墓） that belongs to a high-profile army commander in south Cairo. The tomb dating back to Egypt's 19th Dynasty (about 1

好听的英文歌曲：Beyond The Game - 2004年WCG主题曲

beyond... 超越 go beyond... 不断超越 go beyond the game... 超越游戏本身 you and I, we have met before 我们原来彼此相识 to the magic of the moment in cyber space. 通过网络魔法般的瞬间 driven by a passion to win 激情驱使

2016年CRI Occupant of 2,000-year-old Tomb Confirmed

According to the excavation experts, a jade seal found in the interior coffin of the tomb has helped identify its master as the Marquis of Haihun. The printing base of the seal is inscribed with the characters of Liu He, the name of the Marquis, who