Sharks attack tourists at holiday resort 埃及红海海域鲨鱼出没攻击游客 What do you expect when you go on holiday? Probably to relax, have a good time and above all, stay safe. Sometimes natural disasters, such as a hurricane or an erupti
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Is the X Factor Good for the Music Industry? 《英国偶像》选秀比赛对音乐产业有好处吗？ Britain's newest singing star is a 27-year-old former painter-decorator called Matt Cardle. The winner of this year's X Factor has already relea
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How Is the Internet Changing English? 网络如何改变英语语言？ Twenty years ago this week the British inventor Tim Berners-Lee created the worlds first webpage. It is worth pausing to consider the extraordinary impact that his invention has
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Fast-food Chain Serves Up Degree Course 快餐连锁店提供学位课程 Against a background of controversial plans to triple university tuition fees, students feeling the pinch might be tempted by a new degree course where you can study while work
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Does a Tea Break Make You More Efficient? 茶间休息能提高工效吗？ According to tradition, China has been drinking tea since the time of Shennong, 5,000 years ago. Britain's relationship with the invigorating brew is much shorter, but the be
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A Homeless Man Achieves Overnight Stardom 乞丐一夜成名 Here is a heart-warming story to help you fight the freezing weather. Two weeks ago, Ted Williams was homeless and begging for change on the streets of Columbus in Ohio, USA. Now his fortun
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Britain's Happiness is to be Measured in a Survey 英国人将调查他们的快乐指数 What makes you happy? That's a question British Prime Minister David Cameron is asking the nation in a survey this year, as part of a drive to improve Britons'
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Economic Crisis Fosters New Defence Deal for France and Britain 经济危机促成英法防御合作 France and Britain are standing shoulder-to-shoulder in a new defence alliance. The British Prime Minister David Cameron and the French President Nic
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In the UK a tiny animal has kicked off a big debate. 'Rastamouse' is a much talked-about new animated BBC children's show. The star of the programme is a cute Rastafarian mouse who, together with his reggae band, solves crimes. The show has caused a
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How far have British women come in their journey for equal rights? A new survey gives a mixed picture. The poll was done to celebrate the 100th anniversary of International Women's Day, which is today. It was commissioned by a group of UK charities a
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Buying and Selling 购买与销售 Will Usain Bolt set another Olympic record? And will 2012 be Liu Xiang's year again? Now you can make sure you will be in a perfect position to answer these questions. Tickets for the 2012 Olympic Games have gone on
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What's that loud, droning noise? Is it a telephone? Or maybe a pigeon? No, it's Smokey. This English cat might soon be named the world's loudest purrer after she made an official attempt at a world record. Smokey's strident purr was recorded as being
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Britain is sometimes called a nation of collectors. This is never more true than when a royal wedding is about to take place. Plates, T-shirts, a comic book, stamps... there is no end to the pile of royal memorabilia being created in celebration of P
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Lunchtime Botox anyone? Would $25,000 (164,000 yuan) for IVF treatment be helpful? How about an on-site nursery place... for your pet? Fortune Magazine has revealed that top companies offer some pretty fancy perks to attract employees. Staff sweetene
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St James's Palace has announced that while Miss Middleton will wear a wedding ring, Prince William has chosen not to. Rings are typically exchanged by couples during their wedding to signify commitment to each other. Does it matter if husbands don't
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How do you gauge a country's well-being? The usual approach is to look at economic indicators like GDP or employment figures, or social ones like literacy levels or crime rates. But in Britain politicians are seeking a much more basic measure of the
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Sony has hired private investigators following the theft of personal data belonging to more than 100 million online gamers. On Tuesday the company admitted that there had been a cyber attack on the Sony Online Entertainment (SOE) network in April. Th
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Charities and Giving 慈善和捐助 Some of the world's top music stars are coming together in the name of charity. A special album will be released at the end of this week to raise money for victims of the recent massive earthquake and tsunami in J
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Is 3D Food Printing the Future of Cooking? 3D食物打印机替你下厨？ Lunchtime in the office. Perhaps you've brought some of last night's leftover stir-fry from home, or some takeaway dumplings from a stall. Or perhaps you're sitting around th
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Pig Farmers Needed to Satisfy Pork Demand 养猪农户需要满足市场的猪肉需求 Today's Britain is full of TV shows like Fame Academy, which claim to offer young hopefuls an instant passport to fame and riches. But a very different kind of ac
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