A US man (see photo) turned himself into a human version of Barbie's perfectly-toned boyfriend Ken with more than 90 operations using plastic surgery, The Sun reported。 据英国《太阳报》报道,美国一名男子在过去10年中接受了90多

发表于:2018-12-12 / 阅读(49) / 评论(0) 分类 轻松英语

AS IT IS 2015-11-06 Volkswagen and Takata Shares Drop Amid Fresh Scandals 大众陷丑闻股价大跌 The price of Volkswagen AG shares dropped Wednesday as a scandal about its truthfulness continued. The German car maker said its emissions testing s

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Ok, so get past the credit card, interest rates and all that. First comes shopping then comes the gift opening, then comes the mad rush to return what you don't want. Here's advice on how to make that return process easier this year if at all? We wel

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Almost as soon as he wakes up at 8am each day, property agent Kevin Tu is already tired. He drags himself to work, and puts in nine hours in front of the computer and with clients. Then he goes home to his one-bedroom apartment in the south side of B

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Many Incidents of Sexual Assault at US Colleges Go Unreported More than half of college students did not report incidents of sexual assault because they did not think it was serious enough. Others said they were embarrassed or thought nothing would b

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High Demand from Investors for Special US Visas 投资者对美国特殊签证有极大需求 The number of people from other countries -- especially China -- who want to invest in the United States in exchange for a permanent resident visa reached i

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SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 9 (Xinhua) -- AOL's chief executive officer (CEO) Tim Armstrong has reached out to Yahoo for talks of a merger of the two companies, U.S. media reported on Friday. Armstrong is discussing options for a combination aimed at streng

发表于:2019-02-04 / 阅读(65) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

麻省理工学院发生枪击案 BOSTON, the United States, April 18 (Xinhua) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) on Thursday night reported on its website that gunshots were reported late in the night on campus. At least one police o

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BEIJING, Sept. 20 (Xinhuanet) -- Actor Randy Quaid and his wife Evi were arrested Saturday afternoon after they were reported living in the guest house of their old home illegally(非法的), media reported Monday. The two were discovered by the

发表于:2019-02-08 / 阅读(104) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

CAIRO, Feb. 3 (Xinhua) -- An explosion was heard in the central downtown of Egyptian capital Cairo on Tuesday, official news agency MENA reported. The blast occurred at Talaat Harb square in downtown Cairo, leaving no casualties, an official source a

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HOUSTON, July 12 (Xinhua) -- A regional airport in the U.S. state of Texas has reopened Friday after a bomb threat closed the airport for a few hours, local media reported. The Lubbock Preston Smith International Airport, located in Texas's northwest

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China's Internet giant Alibaba Group Holding plans to acquire Sina Corp, the leading domestic Internet media company, media reports said. 据媒体报道称,中国互联网巨头阿里巴巴集团控股拟收购国内领先的网络媒体公司新浪

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In a study of nearly 150 people who are slim by design, meaning those who are a healthy weight and who don't struggle with weight issues, researchers found that only 4 percent of the participants reported skipping breakfast. 研究者发起了一项1

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MOSCOW, Aug. 30 (Xinhua) -- Russia's space agency said Tuesday that a Proton-M rocket launch failed earlier this month because of a malfunction in the upper stage. The conclusion was reached by an independent investigation commission following a seri

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CHICAGO, April 1 (Xinhua) -- Three major U.S.-based automakers on Wednesday reported mixed sales in March, with Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) posting a 2 percent gain in sales, General Motors(GM) and Ford registering falling sales. FCA announced We

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Science and technology 科学技术 The psychology of morality 道德心理学 Time to be honest 时间让人诚实 A simple experiment suggests a way to encourage truthfulness 由简单实验总结出让人诚实的方法 IS SIN original? 难道人性

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秘鲁发生强烈地震 LIMA, Sept. 25 (Xinhua) -- The 6.9-magnitude earthquake that hit southern Peru on Wednesday has killed three people in the district of Chaparra, in Caraveli province of Arequipa department, local daily El Comercio reported on

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MEXICO CITY, April 21 (Xinhua) -- A 5.8-magnitude quake hit Mexico on Sunday evening, the Mexico's National Seismic Service (SSM) said. The SSM said the epicenter was 10 kilometers south of Lazaro Cardenas city in the state of Michoacan. The earthqua

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HOUSTON, July 25 (Xinhua) -- One person has died in the crash of a small plane in the U.S. state of Texas Thursday, local media reported. The incident happened in the morning near a local airport in Amarillo, about 850 km north of Texas's largest cit

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For the second time this month, Bangladesh was hit Sunday by a general strike that closed shops and businesses and interfered with transportation. The 36-hour work stoppage was called by the opposition(反抗对立) Bangladesh Nationalist Party a

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