美国承诺接收更多中东难民

The United States pledged Wednesday to accept more refugees fleeing from wars in Syria and elsewhere, even as Europe unveiled a mandatory country-by-country quota plan to resettle 160,000 migrants. After meeting with lawmakers in Congress, U.S. Secre

难民危机考验欧洲价值观

Angela Merkel, the German chancellor, is right that the current refugee crisis is forcing Europe to consider whether it can live up to its own, self-proclaimed values. Unfortunately, the answer is likely to be No. 德国总理安格拉默克尔(Angel

Doubts Grow Over Austerity for Greece

With the European Union demanding more spending cuts from Greece in return for billions of dollars in bailout funds, doubts are growing over whether more austerity is the right solution for Athens. Some analysts and politicians suggest that a once wo

英国脱欧明日公投 你需要科普的这里都有了

I agree that language learning is cool, but I challenge the assumption that its difficult. 我认同语言学习很酷，但我不认同语言学习不容易这一说法。 Languages cannot be taught, they can only be learned. Having someone or somet

近万人参加的反脱欧游行：这些标语看笑了

Tens of thousands of European Union supporters sang, danced and marched their way down the streets of London on Saturday to protest the United Kingdom's vote to leave the EU. 周六，成千上万的欧盟支持者又唱又跳，一路向着伦敦大街

Internet Pact Sparks Outrage Across Europe

Tens of thousands of Europeans braved bitterly cold temperatures to rally against a controversial treaty intended to protect intellectual property. Anger spilled into the streets of European cities, from Sofia and Vilnius to Prague and Paris to voice

Sarkozy Lays Out Vision on Eurozone Reforms

French President Nicolas Sarkozy made an impassioned appeal for saving the euro currency union and outlined the broad framework of what he thinks must be done. Sarkozy's speech in the southern city of Toulon comes as the clock ticks down to finding a

【简明语法】21.2 比较can 和be able to

1）can could 表示能力；可能 (过去时用could), 只用于现在式和过去式(could)。be able to可以用于各种时态。 They will be able to tell you the news soon. 他很快就能告诉你

Spotify to launch in US on Thursday

BEIJING, July 14 (Xinhuanet) -- European music service Spotify is set to launch in the United States on Thursday, according to media reports. The streaming service will be available in the morning by invitation and through subscription. Spotify is a

The Humming-Bird and the Traveller

A traveller who had visited Asia，Africa and Europe，at length，in making his tour through America，was overcome by heat，and lay tore pose under a tree．He had scarcely begun to doze when he was roused by a loud noise，of which he could not d

欧洲饮酒调查：英国人酒量最大

British revellers drink more alcohol than anyone else in Europe, a survey reveals。 The disturbing findings expose the massive failure of the introduction of 24-hour drinking five years ago。 Ministers predicted new relaxed licensing laws would cre

英国空气污染问题恶化引关注

This week large parts of England and Wales have fallen under the spell of a hazy sky. The Department of Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) said pollution in the southeast of England, including London, reached nine on a scale of 10. Jill Mea

Russia's Mission Control raises ISS by 10.2 km

MOSCOW, June 15 (Xinhua) -- Russia's Mission Control announced on Wednesday it had raised the International Space Station (ISS) by 10.2 km to 374.7 km with the help of the Europe's ATV-2 Johannes Kepler. The Mission Control conducted the correction(修

Three new European financial watchdogs start work

BRUSSELS, Jan. 3 (Xinhua) -- As the three new pan-European financial（金融的） watchdogs began to operate at the start of 2011, the European financial sector will usher in a new era of tough supervision. The date of Jan. 1, 2011 marks a turning

不开心的俄罗斯人怀念苏联模式的统治

Former states under Soviet unx from Estonia to Mongolia also covered by findings that happiness gap between eastern and western Europe persists 从爱沙尼亚到蒙古的前苏联国家接受了一场关于东西欧之间幸福差距的问卷调查。

世行:全球经济处于转折点

WASHINGTON The global recovery is gaining momentum according to new projections by the World Bank. But unlike previous years, the World Bank says growth in 2014 is likely to be driven in large part by high income countries. Five years after the finan

Obama Applauds European Economic Efforts

LOS CABOS, MEXICO - President Barack Obama is welcoming statements by Europe's major economic powers that they will work toward a plan for growth and an integrated banking system. The president spoke Tuesday, at the end of the annual Group of 20 econ

EU Finance Ministers Discuss Ways to Save the Euro

Finance ministers from the 17-nation eurozone are holding another set of talks Tuesday and Wednesday on salvaging their common currency, amid more grim financial news. New governments in Greece and Italy, two of Europe's most financially troubled cou

经济学人:全球面临债务危机 中国为何能全身而退?

You can find bubbliness in bits of American finance, including the corporate-bond market, and some nasty off-balance-sheet liabilities like student loans and public-sector pensions, but America does not look like a source of imminent trouble. 你可以

PBS高端访谈:希腊能否从潜在的经济崩溃中苏醒过来?

HARI SREENIVASAN: Now to Greece, where Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is running out of time to save his country from potential economic collapse. Tsipras will make his case for financial relief at an emergency Eurozone summit tomorrow, hoping to head