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First female Poet Laureate named 第一位女性桂冠诗人

First female Poet Laureate named 第一位女性桂冠诗人 Carol Ann Duffy has been named as the new Poet Laureate, the first woman to be appointed in the 341-year history of the post. Duffy, 53, who takes over immediately from Andrew Motion and wil

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Panda cub Bao Bao, who turned one Saturday, took a morning walk in her yard in the National Zoo here, kicking off a much-anticipated party to celebrate her first birthday. During a traditional Chinese Zhuazhou ceremony, Bao Bao first chose a poster s

萌翻了!大熊猫与妹子合影居然会自己找角度

Smile, youre on camera! Clever giant panda knows how to pose for selfies with tourist 聪明的大熊猫懂得如何摆姿势和游客一起自拍 A cute giant panda has stolen the limelight of Chinese social media for its exceptional sense ofphotogr

四川野生大熊猫下山袭击并啃食一只山羊

A wild giant panda attacked and ate a goat in Leshan, Southwest China's Sichuan Province, the Chengdu Business Daily reported. 据《成都商报》报道，一只野生大熊猫于日前在四川省西南部的乐山市袭击并吃掉了一只山羊。

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The number of bookings by outbound Chinese tourists has almost doubled this year from the same period last year. Chinese travel portal ly.com is suggesting Chinese outbound tourists are more willing to travel to neighboring places in Asia than anywhe

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西班牙正走出经济危机 PANAMA CITY, Oct. 19 (Xinhua) -- Spain's Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy said here on Saturday that his country is beginning to get out of the serious economic crisis as a result of a deep plan of structural reforms to imp

经济危机新词"失业乐活"收入英语词典

Funemployment（失业乐活）, PIIGS and broken society have all made their way into the Collins English Dictionary, reflecting（反映表明） the dominance of the economic downturn in last year's consciousness（意识）. The latest technologi

中国的纪录片步入新时代

Reporter: It is perhaps inevitable that someone would mention A Bite of China, or She Jian Shang De Zhong Guo (舌尖上的中国) in Chinese, when talking about the new trends in Chinese documentary development. The culinary documentary A Bite of Ch

China-ASEAN Expo closes with increasing trade volume

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BP to create safety division after Gulf spill disaster

HOUSTON, Sept. 29 (Xinhua) -- British oil giant BP said Wednesday it will create a new safety division with sweeping（彻底的） powers to oversee and audit the company's operations around the world. In a news release issued Wednesday, incoming BP

Divisions Surface at UN Climate Change Talks

Climate change negotiators from 173 countries have agreed on an agenda after days of bickering over the scope of talks left little time for substantive discussions. The disagreement highlighted deep divisions between developing and rich countries on

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SYDNEY, June 3 (Xinhua) -- The Oscar-winning Hollywood star Cate Blanchett has come unstuck with her fellow Australians after fronting a television commercial supporting a controversial new tax scheme in her native country. While the federal governme

Karanka: no divisions at Real Madrid

MADRID, Sept. 26 (Xinhua) -- Real Madrid assistant coach Aitor Karanka was giving few secrets away ahead of his side' s Champions League clash at home to Ajax on Tuesday night. Karanka gave the pre-match press conference instead of Jose Mourinho, who

智能手机供应商被迫转向多元化

When the Apple tree is shaken, the effect is felt in the lower branches the myriad companies supplying the hundreds of parts that go into a smartphone. 当苹果公司(Apple)这棵大树颤动时，下面的枝条为智能手机提供数以百计部件

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The figure was released by communications industry watchdog, Ofcom. According to their report, a third of all online access in the UK is via smartphones, up from 23 percent in last year. Head of the research team Jane Rumber says the result took them

中国加强H7N9相关的医疗设备质量控制

BEIJING, April 9 (Xinhua) -- China's State Food and Drug Administration released a circular on Tuesday calling for strengthened supervision over the quality of medical equipment used in the diagnosis and treatment of H7N9. The circular urged local he

中国火星探测器网络征名评出前8强

China has released a short list of eight names for the country's first Mars spacecraft, which is scheduled to launch by 2020. 近日，中国发布了一份名单，列出了中国第一个、预计于2020年发射的火星探测器的八个待选名称

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As he posed for a holiday snap on the beach, six-year-old Nick Wheeler paid no attention to the little girl making sandcastles a few yards away. 当6岁的尼克惠勒在度假海滩上摆好姿势拍照时，他一点也没注意到自己身后不远处

Russia Lifts Ban One-Year on Grain Exports

Russia, once the world's third largest wheat exporter, is returning to the international grain market after a one-year gap caused by severe crop losses. Moscow stopped selling wheat last year after catastrophic fires and drought destroyed one-third o