China plans Diaoyu Islands mapping

BEIJING, Jan. 15 (Xinhua) -- China is to survey the Diaoyu Islands in the East China Sea as part of a program of mapping its territorial islands and reefs, it was revealed on Tuesday. The first stage of the island surveying and mapping was launched i

全国政协会议昨日结束（双语）

Chinas top political advisory body, the Chinese Peoples Political Consultative Conference, has concluded the First session of its 12th National Committee. 中国最高级别政治会议全国人民政治协商会议第12届一次会议已于昨日结束

CCTV9英语新闻：上海市政府召开新闻会议在新年夜

It's been more than two weeks since the Shanghai New Year's Eve stampede. The cause of the incident has not yet to be released. Shanghai's Municipal Government will soon hold a press conference to announce the investigation results. The tragedy happe

Bulls' Thibodeau wins NBA Coach of Year

ROME, April 30 (Xinhua) -- Giampaolo Pazzini came off the bench to salvage Inter with a brace in injury time on Saturday as the champions beat Cesena 2-1 to keep the Serie A title race alive until the next round of fixtures. Inter trailed through Igo

Beijing to keep limitations on house purchases

BEIJING, Dec. 17 (Xinhuanet) -- Restrictions on housing purchases in this city will continue next year without relaxation despite expected falls in property prices so far, local officials said on Friday. Even so, a property tax is unlikely to be put

谷歌CEO表态希望能重返中国大陆

Google CEO Sundar Pichai said the Internet giant is open to returning its search business to China, if it could be done right, he told an industry conference. 日前，互联网巨头谷歌的首席执行官桑达尔皮查伊在行业会议上表示，

AIDS Conference Concluding After Debate on Funding

WASHINGTON, D.C. More than 20,000 participants are wrapping up the global AIDS conference in Washington, after a week of events intended to invigorate efforts to halt the epidemic. While scientists and international policy makers discussed research a

Bill Clinton Seeks Designs for a Better World

Bill Clinton Seeks Designs for a Better World NEW YORK Designing for Impact is the theme of the 8th annual Clinton Global Initiative which began Sunday in New York City. What former president Bill Clinton means by design has nothing to do with fashio

中法发表气候变化联合声明

France will host the climate summit in Paris in December, which is largely expected to result in a global and binding agreement on addressing climate change. During their meeting, the two leaders have called for an enhanced transparency system to bui

日常生活：英语邀请信的书写

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AP 2010-11-10

1. Qantas's A380 made an emergency landing in Singapore after an engine blew out about 15 minutes after takeoff. Qantas has grounded its fleet of six A380s. One expert says the superjumbo was designed to fly on two of its four engines and would not h

地道口语：年会英文怎么说

Only eight members showed up for the yearly meeting。 只有8个会员参加了年会。 Are you going to enter your name for the performance of annual party? 你准备报名参加年会上的节目表演吗？ I want to welcome you all here for the

SIGGRAPH Conference 2011

'Haptics' is a brand new sensory technology that's set to make today's electronics even more lifelike and thrilling. From white-knuckle video games to pregnancy simulators and even techno music - haptics could make all of these things even more reali

Nadal Loses in Doubles

Rafael Nadal, the top seed at the Shanghai Masters played on Tuesday at the event, but to everyone's surprise he lost the match. Yunfeng reports from Shanghai. Yes, Nadal has lost again, not in the singles match but in the doubles. With his countryma

Int'l Conference on African Development Starts in Japan

A three-day international conference on African development has kicked off in Japan. It is expected Japan will encourage economic cooperation between Asia and Africa. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe pledged to aid Africa's growth through public an

英语口语之人际交往用语

提出邀请 我们几个朋友准备在我家聚一聚。 We're going to have a few friends over at my house. A: We're going to have a few friends over at my house. Would you like to come? 我们几个朋友准备在我家聚一聚，你能来吗？

Famine Spreads to New Region in Somalia

The United Nations says more than half of Somalia's population, four million people, is now in crisis as famine spreads, and 750,000 are at risk of death. The U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in Somalia reported Monday that fa

波士顿发生爆炸3人死亡

BOSTON, the United States, April 15 (Xinhua) -- The two explosions that rocked the Boston Marathon on Monday has killed three people and injured at least 138, officials and media outlets said. Local police said the death toll has risen to three, incl

意大利对阿尔巴尼亚投资感兴趣

TIRANA, June 17 (Xinhua) -- Italian entrepreneurs from sectors such as renewable energy and infrastructure have shown interest in increasing investments in Albania. The Italian Chamber of Commerce in Tirana, in cooperation with the Italian Ministry f

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