Elizabethan banquet

An Elizabethan banquet Yvonne: Hello, Im Yvonne Archer welcome to 6 Minute English. And joining me today is Kate. Hi Kate! Kate: Hello Yvonne! Yvonne: Now for many people, the best part of a meal is dessert（餐后甜点）. Kate, what can you tell

Quarter-life crisis

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Chinese liquor giants fined for price fixing

BEIJING, Feb. 23 (Xinhua) -- Chinese top two liquor makers Kweichew Moutai and Wu Liangye were fined a total of 449 million yuan (71.41 million U.S dollars) for price fixing, according to local price regulators. The Guizhou-based Moutai and Sichuan-b

Chinese banking giant ICBC rides high on Mideast boom

DUBAI, Feb. 23 (Xinhua) -- China's biggest lender Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) said here Saturday that its Middle Eastearn branch achieved in 2012 a pre-tax profit of 54 million U.S. dollars, up 69 percent year on year, while its to

Pep Guardiola to join German giant Bayern Munich

BERLIN, Jan. 16 (Xinhua) -- Former Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola will replace Jupp Heynckes at the end of the season to take charge at Bayern Munich for three years, the club announced on Wednesday here. The German record champions were able to pull

联合国对海地捐赠达100亿美元

The international community has pledged a total of $9.9bn (?6.5bn) in immediate and long-term aid to earthquake-hit Haiti at a UN donor conference. The $5.3bn (?3.5bn) of support over the next two years exceeds the $4bn requested by the Haitian gover

Obama inauguration part

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New Year Resolutions

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Quieter London

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中科大推出首个美女机器人:太逼真了!

An ultra-realistic robot was unveiled last week by researchers from the University of Science and Technology in China (USTC). 上周，由中国科技大学研究人员开发的高仿真机器人正式揭开面纱。 Jia Jia, as the female robot has

太阳能飞机准备环游世界

After successfully flying their solar-powered plane from Spain to Morocco in 2012, and across the U.S. in 2013, Swiss aeronautical enthusiasts are now getting ready to attempt a flight around the world next year. The new, improved version of the plan

波兰建造太阳能自行车道 夜里发出蓝光

Poland unveiled a gorgeous, glowing bike path in the Mazury region to help nighttime cyclists get from A to B. 波兰马祖里地区近日建成一条精美绝伦、闪闪发光的自行车道，以帮助夜间骑行者从甲地骑到乙地。 The 10

全球最大太阳能飞机首次环球之旅

Two adventurers hoping to make the first round-the-world trip using a solar-powered plane have successfully landed in Oman after launching the maiden leg of their global voyage. The two Swiss pilots have arrived in Oman after taking off yesterday fro

全球最大太阳能飞机抵达中国

The sun-powered Solar Impulse 2 has landed in the southwestern Chinese city of Chongqing. The plane touched down safely earlier this morning after arriving on a flight from Myanmar. Solar Impulse 2 began its trip to China yesterday morning from the c

欧盟拟针对中国太阳能玻璃企业征收42.1%反倾销关税

BRUSSELS - The European Union (EU) on Wednesday imposed tariffs of up to 42.1 percent on solar glass imports from China, which would come into force Thursday. Chinese manufacturers had been allegedly selling the product, which is used for producing s

中国司机在车上安装太阳能板

Formula sun! Driver in China covers his tiny hatchback front to back in solar panels to cut back on petrol 中国司机用太阳能板覆盖小的掀背车，减少汽油的消耗 A driver in China is harnessing the power of the sun by converting his

楼市调控持续发力 福州杭州厦门等地再出新政

Three major cities in East China - Hangzhou, Xiamen and Fuzhou - have further tightened housing purchase restrictions in the latest bid to rein in rising prices. 华东地区的杭州、厦门、福州3座大城市日前升级购房限制，这是抑制

意大利国会给新政府开绿灯

意大利国会给新政府开绿灯 ROME, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- Italy's new coalition government on Tuesday got the green light from parliament, winning the second of two confidence votes that gave full powers to Prime Minister Matteo Renzi and his te

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德国新政府内阁名单揭晓 BERLIN, Dec. 15 (Xinhua) -- Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives and their coalition partner, the center-left Social Democratic Party (SPD), unveiled their picks for the new cabinet on Sunday, which will be sworn

北京等四座城市出台楼市新政 有利于防范炒房现象

The housing curbs by Beijing and three other major cities are part of the larger effort to rein in China's real estate industry where home prices tended to skyrocket of late, threatening to create a property bubble, experts said. 北京等4大城市于