英女王聘请回信助理 年薪2.1万英镑

She gets around 60,000 letters a year. But now The Queen is looking for somebody to help write the replies. 英国女王每年会收到60000封左右的信。现在女王正在寻觅可以帮她回信的人。 The successful applicant must be capable

Telephone:connecting

Michelle: Hello, you've reached the marketing department. How can I help? Male: Yes can I speak to Rosalind Wilson, please? Michelle: Whos calling please ? Male: Its Richard Davies here Michelle: Certainly. Please hold and Ill put you through . Male

Ear worms

Alice: Hello and welcome to 6 Minute English from BBC Learning English: the programme in which we talk about a story in the news and learn some vocabulary while were doing it. Im Alice and joining me today is Rob. Hi there, Rob. Rob: Hi Alice. Alice:

Juve deserve title, says Allegri

ROME, May 6 (Xinhua) -- AC Milan head coach Massimiliano Allegri complimented Juventus for their Scudetto victory and felt Milan paid a price for injuries, especially in the Milan derbies. Juventus won the title, deserved to win it and it was a fasci

Aguero repeats desire to abandon Atletico Madrid

MADRID, July 13 (Xinhua) -- Atletico Madrid striker Kun Aguero on Wednesday repeated his desire to abandon the club before the start of next season. Speaking to television station 'ESPN', Aguero insisted that he didn't want to continue playing his fo

New Hollywood couple alert: Leo & Blake

BEIJING, June 2 (Xinhuanet) -- The Inception star Leonardo DiCaprio and the Gossip Girl beauty Blake Lively have been spotted wrapped around one another during a recent trip to Italy, according to media reports. At the Cannes Film Festival, the pair

英国《自然》杂志评年度重大科学事件 中国多项重要成果上榜

British scientific journal Nature has noted China's achievements in aerospace, genetic engineering, and climate change in a report released last Friday regarding science events that shaped the year 2016. 英国科学期刊《自然》上周五公布了

Tom Cruise, Katie Holmes reach quick settlement for divorce

BEIJING, July 10 (Xinhuanet) -- Hollywood stars Tom Cruise, 50, and Katie Holmes, 33, reached a settlement on Monday, legally dealing with their divorce. This happened only less than two weeks after Holmes unexpectedly filed for divorce, lawyers for

Demi Moore files for divorce over cheating scandal

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 17 (Xinhua) -- Actress Demi Moore is filing for divorce from Ashton Kutcher in the wake of tabloid reports that he cheated on her, media outlets reported on Thursday. Moore made official the divorce from her husband of six years, sa

Berlusconi's wife to divorce him

Berlusconi's wife to divorce him 贝鲁斯科尼的妻子与之离婚 Ms Lario is the PM's second wife The wife of Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has confirmed that she will file for divorce. Veronica Lario reportedly said she could not be with a man

Mel Gibson's divorce nearly finalized

BEIJING, June 29 (Xinhuanet) -- Actor Mel Gibson and his longtime wife, Robyn, have nearly finalized their divorce, media reports said Wednesday. Robyns attorney Laura Wasser told a judge the pair have resolved all their issues and are doing some fin

Snowstorms affect 7,500 people in NE China

Snowstorms affect 7,500 people in NE China HARBIN/CHANGCHUN, Nov. 13 (Xinhua) -- Snowstorms in recent days have affected road traffic and caused difficulties to local people in northeast China. The snowstorms from Sunday to Tuesday have affected more

Snowstorm disrupts air traffic, affects 12,000 in NW China

Snowstorm disrupts air traffic, affects 12,000 in NW China

中国运行西藏第二大机场航站楼,接近印度边境

BEIJING: China today operationalised the second-largest airport terminal in Tibet close to the Indian border which will be able to handle 750000 passengers and 3000 tonnes of cargo annually by 2020. 北京：今天中国已启用在西藏靠近印度边

谁抢走了你的工作:机器人还是全球化

In the first part of this mini-series, I surveyed how robots, automation and other productivity-enhancing technology is affecting industries at the heart of the economy as well as some more exotic science fiction examples. In the second part, I consi

是时候为“全球化”正名了

The great populist-insurgent of 100 years ago, one Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov, found time while in cozy Zurich planning his Bolshevik revolution to pen an explanation for why things were kicking off, as we say these days: his book was entitled Imperiali

德国双胞胎携手跑过终点 姐妹情深还是炒作

RIO DE JANEIRO The Olympics are as much about what warms the heart or initiates debate as who wins the medals. But what warms the heart or initiates debate can be a matter of perspective in a sprawling event that brings together more than 200 nations

汉堡王在新广告中推出一款墨西哥卷饼汉堡

With Burger Kings new ad featuring a hamburger looks like a burrito, or Pepsis revival of its eery-looking clear cola, it seems that fast-food slingers are spending more time creating attention-grabbing concoctions in their labs rather than fresh ide

《行尸走肉》第七季即将回归 结局将不同于漫画

It's unknown if The Walking Dead is deviating from the comic when it comes to who died in the Season 6 Finale. 美剧《行尸走肉》第六季季终表示要有角色死亡的时候，我们还不知道这部剧会不会和漫画内容有所偏差。

Further US Credit Downgrade Possible

The U.S. governments credit rating could be downgraded even further, according to the rating agency that removed the United States from a list of top-tier creditworthy nations. Standard and Poors judgement Days after Standard and Poors made headlines