China waves goodbye to veteran MD jet

SHENYANG, Nov. 17 (Xinhua) -- A MD-90 aircraft left the northeastern city of Shenyang for its American home on Thursday, ending the service of the last McDonnell-Douglas jet for Chinese airlines. Chinese carriers will no longer operate MD-made jets d

夏洛特，原来你是这样的小公主

Princess Charlotte celebrates her first birthday on Monday, what do we know about her so far? 夏洛特公主周一（5月2日）迎来了她的一周岁生日，到目前为止我们对她的了解都有多少呢？ 1. She's a very easy, sweet baby,

China pledges more aid for Horn of Africa

BEIJING, Aug. 25 (Xinhua) -- China pledged on Thursday to make more efforts to aid people living in the drought-stricken Horn of Africa in collaboration with the International Committee for the Red Cross (ICRC). We noticed that the ICRC launched an a

Greece optimistic over debt buyback scheme

ATHENS, Dec. 7 (Xinhua) -- Greek finance ministry officials appeared confident over the outcome of the debt buyback plan shortly before the Friday evening deadline, expressing optimism that targets set would be reached and the country's debt burden w

“脸盲症”英语怎么说

身边有这么一些人，看见熟人都会张口喊一句那谁！然后盯着人家半天叫不出名字。这世界上还有那么一些人，他们无法辨认别人的容貌，就算是每天相见的熟人，他们也认不出来。如果说前

智能手机影响夫妻生活

You know how it goes: youre trying to talk to your grandchildren, but theyre constantly checking their beeping phones. Im listening . . . they insist. Except you know only too well theyre not. At home, over dinner, you want to catch up with your husb

Bird flu no threat to Australia: medical chief

CANBERRA, Aug. 31 (Xinhua) -- Australia's new chief medical officer, Professor Chris Baggoley, on Wednesday said Australian should not be worried about reports that a mutant strain of the deadly bird flu virus is spreading across Asia and beyond. On

Typhoon-triggered rainstorm leaves 23 dead, 9 missing

WUHAN/SHENYANG/BEIJING, Aug. 6 (Xinhua) -- Twenty-three people have been confirmed dead and nine others remained missing after typhoons Damrey and Saola tore through China's eastern coastal regions over the weekend, local authorities said Monday. As

Working too much may increase risk of depression

WASHINGTON, Jan. 25 (Xinhua) -- The odds of a major depressive episode are more than double for those working 11 or more hours a day compared to those working seven to eight hours a day, according to a report published Wednesday in the online journal

大众汽车计划投入巨资以成为电动汽车领导者

Matthias Mueller, chief executive of Europe's biggest carmaker, Volkswagen, said huge investments would be needed as the firm moves beyond the dieselgate scandal. 欧洲最大的汽车制造商--大众的CEO马蒂亚米勒日前表示，该公司要想

经典英语格言

1．记住该记住的，忘记该忘记的。改变能改变的，接受不能改变的 Remember what should be remembered, and forget what should be forgotten.Alter what is changeable, and accept what is mutable. 2．能冲刷一切的除了眼泪，

月亮和六便士 第三十章(2)

His appearance was wild and uncouth; 思特里克兰德生得粗野不驯， there was aloofness in his eyes and sensuality in his mouth; 眼睛深邃冷漠，嘴型给人以肉欲感， he was big and strong; he gave the impression of untamed passio

Chinese ICT Companies Going Abroad

Now, the last piece of series on the US government decision to restrict the procurement of Chinese information technology products over fear about so-called cyber security. Insiders and experts are making their suggestions on how Chinese companies ac

【英音模仿秀】最美志愿者

❤ 模仿文本：But first, China's northwest Gansu Province is still reeling from the effects of two powerful earthquakes that struck the region earlier this week. More than a hundred people were killed, and 800 injured. It's a stark reminder of t

Children's Day marked across China

BEIJING, June 1 (Xinhua) -- Welfare activities and projects initiated for children swept across China on Friday, International Children's Day. A free lunch for poor pupils online fund raising scheme led by domestic web search giant Baidu called for n

Anger Grows in Cyprus Over Munitions Blast

Thousands of demonstrators continued their march through the country's capital as anger spreads over the governments apparent involvement in an explosion at a naval base on Monday that left 12 people dead. At least 20 people have been arrested in con

GRE词汇复习资料：悲哀&高兴

lugubrious: 闷闷不乐的，悲哀的,mournful;esp. affectedly mournful1) weighty, mournful, or gloomy, especially to an excessive degree: Jake's lugubrious monologues depressed his friends.2) looking or sounding sad and dismal 3) sorrowful; mournf

Three periods of my youth

About the twelfth year of my age, my father being abroad, my mother reproved me for some misconduct, to which I made an undutiful reply. And The next first-day, as I was with my father returning from meeting, he told me that he understood I had behav

CCTV9英语新闻：中国最高的应急反应

The 6.5-magnitude earthquake that struck Ludian Town in Zhaotong City on Sunday has killed 398, and the death toll is expected to rise. More than 1,800 are injured, close to a million people have been affected, and nearly 30,000 have been relocated t

经典人生哲理

1. 快乐要有悲伤作陪，雨过应该就有天晴。如果雨后还是雨，如果忧伤之后还是忧伤。请让我们从容面对这离别之后的离别。微笑地去寻找一个不可能出现的你！ Happiness is accompanied by sorrow，