Older women have often been portrayed as green-eyed monsters, envying the young and hankering after their own lost looks. 人们常将老妇人形容成碧眼妖魔,因为她们对年轻貌美的女孩心存嫉妒,对自己逝去的容颜无限追思

发表于:2019-01-11 / 阅读(59) / 评论(0) 分类 阅读空间

Chinas National Bureau of Statistics will tomorrow report its latest quarterly estimate for economic growth, which has stabilised after the worlds second-largest economy was rocked by a dual market and currency crisis in January. 中国国家统计局将

发表于:2019-01-18 / 阅读(53) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

More and more students in primary and middle schools in big cities are provided lunches either made by the school canteen or catering companies. School lunches save the parents a great deal of effort, but are they nutritious? Do students like them? O

发表于:2019-01-19 / 阅读(55) / 评论(0) 分类 世界各地新闻集锦

BEIJING, Nov. 28 (Xinhuanet) -- Scientists in Canada have raised a prospect of reversing Alzheimer's disease by deep brain stimulation, according to media reports Monday. The technique here is known as deep brain stimulation -- applying electricity d

发表于:2019-01-20 / 阅读(109) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

A new survey in Britain shows that one in seven drivers has had to take evasive action because of their own risky overtaking. The road safety charity Brake carried out the survey on 1,000 motorists. It revealed that 80 per cent of drivers have felt t

发表于:2019-01-22 / 阅读(80) / 评论(0) 分类 英语生活新闻

Women have fought hard for equality(平等) but a staggering 82 per cent still do the housework in their home, according to a revealing new study into Britain's cleaning habits. Just eight per cent of husbands and boyfriends pull their weight whe

发表于:2019-01-26 / 阅读(66) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

Fund managers have built up their largest underweight position in Chinese stocks for at least six years. 基金公司对中国股市的低配幅度达到至少6年来的最高水平。 The unusually large bet against the Hong Kong, Shanghai and Shenz

发表于:2019-01-27 / 阅读(43) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

The traditional lunch break is disappearing, with workers spending only 3.5 minutes a day eating their midday meal, according to new research. While people used to take their break with a leisurely meal or stroll, they now spend their time shopping,

发表于:2019-02-01 / 阅读(49) / 评论(0) 分类 实用英语

From the forest elephants of Africa, to Indias tigers and even our own harbour seals, wildlife is losing the battle for survival all over the world. 无论是非洲森林象、孟加拉虎(又名印度虎)还是斑海豹,世界上所有的野生动

发表于:2019-02-01 / 阅读(90) / 评论(0) 分类 阅读空间

More than 70 per cent of bosses claim that the rising trend among Britons - especially teenagers - of adding inflections to the ends of sentences is particularly annoying. 超过70%的老板认为在英国人(尤其是青少年)中,在句末加上一

发表于:2019-02-01 / 阅读(51) / 评论(0) 分类 阅读空间

More than 70 per cent of bosses claim that the rising trend among Britons - especially teenagers - of adding inflections to the ends of sentences is particularly annoying. 超过70%的老板认为在英国人(尤其是青少年)中,在句末加上

发表于:2019-02-01 / 阅读(59) / 评论(0) 分类 阅读空间

Regularly staying late at the office significantly increases the risk of having a stroke or heart attack, researchers have found. 研究人员发现,经常在办公室里加班会使患中风或心脏病的风险显著增加。 Working just an hour

发表于:2019-02-03 / 阅读(56) / 评论(0) 分类 阅读空间

Coca Cola is to to produce its own brand of milk as it expands from carbonated sugary drinks. 可口可乐将生产自己品牌的牛奶作为对含糖碳酸饮料业务的扩展。 The American drinks giant is making a daily pint called Fairlife whi

发表于:2019-02-04 / 阅读(66) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

The joint Sino-American programme delivered by the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and Kellogg School of Management has returned to the top of the Financial Times ranking of the best 100 MBAs for senior executives. 香港科技大学(H

发表于:2019-02-04 / 阅读(76) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

Chinas services sector will account for more than half the countrys economic growth by 2017, according to the World Bank, which expects the countrys transition from an industrial powerhouse to a consumption-based economy to be orderly. 按照世界银行

发表于:2019-02-04 / 阅读(50) / 评论(0) 分类 阅读空间

Chinese authorities are seeking to crack down on a surge of unregulated lending that is pushing up property prices in the countrys biggest cities, before it wreaks damage on the wider economy. 大量不受监管的贷款推升了中国一线城市房价

发表于:2019-02-04 / 阅读(104) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

Chinas construction equipment makers are ramping up the competition against global leaders such as Caterpillar, Komatsu and Deere and appear set to discount products to build market share, a new study has found. 一份新的研究报告显示,中国建

发表于:2019-02-05 / 阅读(52) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

We take more photos of ourselves than ever - but it seems selfies are doing little for our self-confidence. 我们给自己拍的照片比以往任何时候都多,不过看起来自拍并没有把我们的自信心提高多少。 Women typically ta

发表于:2019-02-05 / 阅读(73) / 评论(0) 分类 阅读空间

A new study suggests the longer you wait to walk down the aisle, the MORE likely you are to end up divorced. 一项新的研究表明步入婚姻殿堂前等待时间越长,最终越有可能离婚。 Nicholas Wolfinger a sociologist at the Univers

发表于:2019-02-05 / 阅读(69) / 评论(0) 分类 阅读空间

四成美国人认为结婚已过时 Almost four in ten American couples now believe that marriage is becoming obsolete, according to a new survey published yesterday. More than ever before, people in the US are coming to believe that wedding bells a

发表于:2019-02-06 / 阅读(45) / 评论(0) 分类 实用英语