乔治·迈克尔逝世 西方流行乐来华的先驱

George Michael, the creamy-voiced English songwriter who sold tens of millions of albums as a member of the duo Wham! and on his own, was found dead on Sunday at his home in Goring in Oxfordshire, England. 英国歌手兼词曲作者、威猛乐队(W

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卷福:尽量不被揣测牵着鼻子走 新一季更黑暗

Benedict Cumberbatch says he tries to stay clear of fan theories and online conspiracies about Sherlock. 本尼迪克特.康伯巴奇表示他努力不让粉丝对《神探夏洛克》的揣测和网上的阴谋论影响自己。 Ahead of the fourth

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美国学生的数学、阅读呈现下降趋势

Bad news for America's schools: Student achievement in math and reading is on the decline, according to National Assessment of Education Progress scores released Wednesday. 美国学校的坏消息：据周三全美教育进展评估成绩的发布，美

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什么事儿都能搞砸的Jack

工作中最怕遇到什么样的队友？玩心眼？偷奸耍滑？No，No，No，这些都不够可怕，可怕的是那些做一件砸一件，而且还不自知的人。 Jackass of all trades describes someone who is exceptionally bad at everyth

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英文名有讲究：哪些很man哪些很小女人

There are a lot of factors that go into choosing a baby name. It could be a fandom thing, such as with the babies named Anakin or the children named after Game of Thrones characters. 给小宝宝起名字有诸多影响因素。给孩子取名阿纳金

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所有英文小说都逃不过这6种套路？

If you're ever reading a book or watching a movie and get the distinct feeling you've come across the story before or even better, can predict exactly what's going to happen next there could be a good reason for that. 如果你在读书或者看电影时

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2016世界小姐结果出炉 波多黎各美女夺冠

Puerto Rico's Stephanie Del Valle was crowned Miss World 2016 last Sunday beating 116 contestants from across the world. 上周日，来自波多黎各的Stephanie Del Valle战胜了来自世界各地116名参赛者，摘得2016年世界小姐桂冠。

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愚人节来了：过分恶作剧如何防止

今天是西方的愚人节(April Fools Day)一年中少有的一个心惊胆战的节日。在这一天，您可以充分发挥想象力，让有序而枯燥的生活在您手中瞬时翻转，胡作非为在愚人节完全有充分的理由。但是与

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美国20元纸币将印上黑人女性头像

An American teenager has sparked a war of words after her tweets about weird British customs went viral. 一位美国青少年在推特上发贴列举怪异的英国习俗，被大肆转发，点燃了一场网络口水大战。 High school student M

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看歪国人吐槽：名字叫错那些事儿！

1. For anyone with a unique name, going through roll call at school may have been a struggle, especially when the teacher butchers your name. 1、凡是名字特别的，学校里碰到点名也许就是一场煎熬，尤其是老师乱叫你名字的时

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看奥斯卡影片《布鲁克林》带你了解西方各种Party

影片《布鲁克林》中。出现不少聚会的场景，但是你知道吗，西方可是有很多不同类型的聚会哦。而且不同类型的聚会所邀请的人也是不一样的。小伙伴们一定要搞清楚聚会类型，以免闹出乌

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囧研究：英文中数字11为啥不叫ONETEEN？

English number words are pretty logical after a point. From twenty-one to ninety-nine, the same principle applies: the tens place followed by the units place. But the teens are different. 英文数字从某个数开始就相当符合逻辑。从21到

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英国文化：英伦贵族都怎么说英语?

说到英国的教育，不由得想到的是贵族精神。诚然，贵族精神之于当今的欧洲，突出表现的还是行为气质和个人修养，最典型的是我们常常提及的英伦绅士风度。那么，今天就来学习真正的英

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BBC：解读英国佬为什么爱聊天气

The weather and the British obsession with talking about it has been puzzling outsiders for decades. 英国人痴迷于谈论天气，这个问题数十年来一直让外界人士困惑不已。 Several features of Britain's geography make the weathe

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英国文化小常识：像英国一样过圣诞！

1. Letters It is very common for school age children to write letters to Santa Claus. But, the Brits take it a step further and burn the letters in the fireplace so the ashes fly up the chimney and Father Christmas can read the smoke. If, like many,

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女王圣诞祝辞：用的不是Merry Christmas？

想必小伙伴们都已经看过女王的圣诞祝辞，享受着来自纯正皇室的英音。 但是，你们有没有发现，在祝福的最后一句，女王说的不是Merry Christmas，而是I wish you a very happy Christmas. 为何英女王的

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愚人节到底起源于哪国？

The French? 法国？ The most popular theory attributes the day to 16th-century France. When King Charles IX（查理九世） moved New Year's from the end of March to Jan. 1, those who kept celebrating in spring were mocked（嘲弄） and called

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地球一小时 为环保努力

Earth Hour is an annual international event created by the WWF (World Wide Fund for Nature/World Wildlife Fund), held on the last Saturday of March, that asks households and businesses to turn off their non-essential lights and electrical appliances

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超囧的迎春方式：烧旧袜子

Encouraged by bright sun and 70-degree temperatures, Marylanders shed socks Saturday to celebrate the first day of spring. In keeping with a 30-year tradition, sailors at the Eastport Yacht Club in Annapolis burned their socks at a waterside gatherin

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美国人的个性

The United States is a highly active society, full of movement and change, people always seem to be on the go. In this highly charged atmosphere, Americans can sometimes seem brusque or impatient. They want to get to know you as quickly as possible a

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