CCTV9英语新闻：Beijing's Palace Museum counts collection

It's one thing to count your blessings, or sheep - and quite another to count the items in a museum's collection. But here in Beijing, The Palace Museum - also known as the Forbidden City - has finished doing just that. It took the museum staff seven

外媒看中国：“土豪”成英语热词

A new word has suddenly become wildly popular in China - tuhao - which loosely translated means nouveau riche. There have been more than 100 million references to the word tuhao on social media since early September. 一个新词最近突然在中国爆

英语听力视频：台风海燕洗劫菲律宾

超级台风海燕肆虐东南亚 Super-Typhoon Cuts Trail of Destruction in Philippines Officials say 10,000 feared dead from storm that destroyed 80 percent of everything in its path 超级台风海燕横扫菲律宾，初步估计，这场特大灾难

视频《死不了的中国人》回应辱华言论

Following Jimmy Kimmel's infamous kids roundtable where the solution preferred by one young chap was to kill all the Chinese people since they are the ones we owe money to, the Chinese people decided enough was enough and put together this brief tuto

英语听力视频：Twitter高价上市带动社交产品IPO

Twitter纽交所上市 IPO市值达141亿美元 How much will Twitter's IPO go for? From October 25, 2013: CNN's Christine Romans takes a look at how much Twitter's IPO stock price will be. 美国著名社交网站Twitter最终将其IPO的价格定为每

Xi, Trump to meet at 'Winter White House' Mar-a-Lago

As we mentioned, President Xi will travel to the US for his first face-to-face meeting with President Donald Trump. The two-day trip will be held in Florida at the Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate. Dubbed the Winter White House, the Mar-a-Lago estate is own

CCTV9英语新闻：Prosecutors seek warrants to examine assets of those close to Choi Soon-sil

Prosecutors in South Korea are seeking warrants to examine the assets of those close to Choi Soon-sil, the woman at the center of the country's snowballing political scandal and the confidante of impeached President Park Geun-hye. Around 40 people ha

CCTV9英语新闻：Jason Aldean wins entertainer of the year; Backstreet Boys bring energy

Jason Aldean took home the Entertainer of the Year at the 2017 Academy of Country Music Awards. And a variety of artists gave top-notch performances. The Backstreet Boys shined brightly at the 2017 Academy of Country Music Awards. The boy band had th

CCTV9英语新闻：Artifacts from Qin, Han dynasties hit New York

One of the most exciting exhibitions to hit New York this spring features Chinese art from the Qin and Han dynasties - it's the talk of the town... It even has a new symphony commissioned specially for it by the Chinese contemporary classical compose

CCTV9英语新闻：Qingming food: Sweet green rice balls popular in east China

In some places of China, Qingming festival is also called Cold Food Day. Traditionally on this day, people did not use fire and only ate cold food. And, sweet green rice balls are a type of cold food people often eat on this day. The food is especial

CCTV9英语新闻：Tomb sweeping and spring outing mark traditional Chinese festival

China's traditional Qingming Festival, also called Tomb Sweeping Day, usually falls on the first day of the fifth solar term on the lunisolar calendar, and this year, it's the 4th of April. Tomb Sweeping is the most important custom of the festival.