Huge asteroid will pass closer to Earth than the moon

BEIJING, Nov. 7 (Xinhuanet) -- A huge asteroid will pass closer to Earth than the moon on Tuesday, but experts say there is no cause for alarm. Asteroid 2005 YU 55 will pass about 300-thousand kilometers from the earth. The giant space rock is about

Retirement

Dan: Hello and welcome to this weeks 6 Minute English. Im Dan Walker Smithand today Kate and I are talking about retirement（退休 ）. Kate: Hello Dan. Yes, well retirement is the time of your life when you stopworking completely. And here in the

天冷难起床？十大奇葩旷工理由

For the last 10 years, job listing site CareerBuilder has put out a list it calls The Most Unbelievable Excuses for Calling in Sick. 在过去十年间，一个名叫凯业必达 的求职网站每年都会列出一张清单，名为最不可思议的请

Moon landing

BBC Learning English 6 Minute English Moon landing NB: This is not an accurate word-for-word transcript Kate: Hello, Im Kate Colin, this is 6 minute English and today I'm joined by Rebecca Byrne. Now, you can't failed to have noticed that this month

中国削减铝产能举措利好铝价

Chinas latest effort to curb air pollution is raising hopes for the global aluminium industry, adding fresh momentum to a rally that has left the base metal as the best performer this year. 中国发起的旨在遏制空气污染的最新努力为铝价

广州一私立学校招生 要求父母本科以上学历

A private school in Guangzhou has apologized after saying it would only accept students whose parents are university graduates. 在广州某私立学校表示只招收家长是本科毕业的学生之后，该校于近日就此事进行了道歉。 C

Honduras beats US 2-1 in World Cup qualifier

TEGUCIGALPA, Feb. 6 (Xinhua) -- Honduras beat the United States 2-1 Wednesday in the opener of regional qualifying games for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. Three teams will get tickets for Brazil 2014 World Cup in the Concacaf (Confederation of North

北京西站开通刷脸通道 可快速进站

Face recognition technology is being rolled out at Beijing West Railway Station, offering a quicker option for passengers to get their tickets checked. 近日，北京西站启用了人脸识别技术，为旅客验票提供了一种更为快捷的选择

中国资本进军意大利足坛 欲收购米兰双雄!

Two of Italy's top soccer clubs, Inter Milan and its rival AC Milan, said they have been approached by Chinese groups either seeking a stake or offering strategic partnerships. 近日，意大利两大豪门足球俱乐部--国际米兰和其同城死敌

潘功胜:中国不会回资本管制的老路

Chinas top foreign exchange regulator says the country will not follow the old road of capital controls, as the government seeks to reassure investors that their money will not be trapped in China following recent measures to restrict capital outflow

Perfect scores for 'Dancing' finalists

Judges' scores are combined with viewer votes to determine the winner. Ward and Kane came into the season finale tied with 59 points out of 60. Alley had 54 points. Wendy Williams, Kendra Wilkinson, Sugar Ray Leonard and the rest of the celebrity con

"Marrying Mr. Perfect" to hit cinemas on March 16th

BEIJING, March 14 (Xinhuanet) -- Director Wong Jing's new film Marrying Mr. Perfect will be released simultaneously on March 16th, Friday, on the Chinese mainland and in Hong Kong and Southeast Asia, Sina Entertainment reports. The romantic comedy, w

Real Madrid make it perfect 10 in ACB basketball league

MADRID, Dec. 2 (Xinhua) -- Real Madrid made it a perfect 10 out of 10 as they defeated CAI Zaragoza 94-79 to continue their perfect start to the season in the Endesa ACB Basketball League. Jaycee Carroll netted 18 points in a solid all round performa

China's Ding Junhui stopped by Bingham at Welsh Open semifinals

LONDON, Feb. 16 (Xinhua) -- Defending champion Ding Junhui of China was beaten by Stuart Bingham of England 5-6 in the semifinals of the Welsh Open at Newport on Saturday. Bingham made brilliant breaks in the last two frames to defeat Ding Junhui in

US Identifies Marines in Urination Video

U.S. military officials say they have identified the four Marines seen on video urinating on the bodies of dead Afghan Taliban fighters. The Naval Criminal Investigative Service, heading the main inquiry into the video, has also reportedly questioned

Japan Quake Shortens Earth Day

Japans devastating 8.9-magnitude earthquake last Friday was so powerful that experts say it slightly increased the Earths rotation（旋转） speed, making the day a fraction of a second shorter. U.S. space agency scientist Richard Gross said the qu

李宇春为何持续走红11年

When Li Yuchun emerged as the winner of Hunan TVs Supergirl (《超级女声》) singing contest back in 2005, few peoplenot even many of her fans imagined Li would rise to A-list stardom. After all, the then 21-year-old student from Sichuan was just

Women lead the way in tourism

BEIJING, March 4 (Xinhuanet) -- Well-educated and well-paid single Chinese women were at the forefront of a boom in travel by the country's women in 2010. According to the 2010 Trend Report of Women's Travel, the amount of travel by Chinese women inc

Azarenka wins women's tennis World No 1

MELBOURNE -- Saturday's Lod Laver Arena saw a new World No 1 and Australian Open champion. Victoria Azarenka of Belarus outclassed Maria Sharapova from Russia in her first Australian Open singles final to lift her maiden Grand Slam title and become t

Russian space forces reconnect with lost satellite

MOSCOW, April 22 (Xinhua) -- The Russian Space Forces has re-established contact with a military satellite, Geo-IK-2, which went missing in February, local media reported Friday. According to a spokesman from the Defense Ministry(国防部) , Interfa