More than 20 of the World's hottest supercars have braved rush hour traffic for a spin around central London. The million pound automobiles - including a Ferrari Enzo, Pagani Zonda, Bugatti Veyron and McLaren F1 - are in town for the launch of the Xb

发表于:2019-02-14 / 阅读(58) / 评论(0) 分类 世界各地新闻集锦

The man cursed, threw the empty gun on the ground. He uttered a cry of pain as he started to drag himself to his feet. It was a slow task. When he finally stood on his feet, he needed another minute or two to straighten himself, so that he could stan

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LONDON, Dec. 12 (Xinhua) -- Former Manchester United club director Maurice Watkins has been named as the new chairman of British Swimming, the BBC said on Wednesday. Watkins will lead the British team through to the 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games

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Angus died peacefully in the St Helier Cottage Hospital the following Friday. Ruth and the twins were at his bedside. Max flew over for the funeral, and the next day accompanied the twins back to school. When Ruth waved them goodbye she wondered if s

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Business 商业报道 Corporate governance 公司治理 Not King Coal 不是煤老大 The Rothschild-Bakrie marriage hits the rocks 罗斯柴尔德与巴克利联姻遭遇危机 IN AN early episode of Sergeant Bilko, a 1950s TV comedy, the eponymous

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Demography 人口统计学 Hip and hobbling 时髦与蹒跚齐行 Not all towns are desperate to attract young people 并不是所有城镇都渴望吸引年轻人 Nationally, an ageing population is a problem. But locally it can be a boon. The over-

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Transport in the north-east 东北部交通 Track changes 轨道变化 The north-east is being hobbled by lousy transport 交通不便,蹒跚而行的东北部 MOST advertisements on public transport attempt to sell something. Travellers on the Lon

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Rustbelt Britain 英伦衰城 The urban ghosts 都市阴魂 These days the worst urban decay is found not in big cities but in small ones 当下,小城市而非大城市的都市衰败现象最为严重 WHEN recession hit Hartlepool in 2008 it hit

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Graffiti 涂鸦 The writing's on the wall 墙上文化 Having turned respectable, graffiti culture is dying 涂鸦文化获得体面,然濒临灭绝 LONDON'S fastest-changing art gallery is hidden in a sunken ball court on a housing estate in Stock

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China is to issue short term debt in London, the first time it has done so outside the country. 中国计划在伦敦发行短期债券,这将是中国首次在海外发行短期债券。 George Osborne, on a visit to Beijing, hailed the move as a

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The man had brought his gun half the distance to his shoulder before he realized what he was doing. He lowered it and drew his hunting knife from its cover. Before him was meat and life. He ran his finger along the edge of his knife. It was sharp. Th

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I recently embarked on a 16-day adventure through Europe: five nights in Paris, two nights in Milan, two nights in Rome and five nights in London. Sounds expensive, doesn't it? It doesn't have to be. Here are my secrets on how I saved tons of money o

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LONDON, June 16 (Xinhua) -- Drillings and fillings at the dentist's are always dreadful and make tooth decay treatment very unpleasant. But British scientists have developed a new approach of fixing tooth decay, which could get rid of all the drillin

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Chinese young paddler Xu eyes on Rio Olympics SUZHOU, East China, Aug. 24 (Xinhua) -- Just back home from London two weeks ago, one of China's most hopeful paddlers Xu Xin has set his eyes on the next Olympic Games in Rio four years later. Having sta

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But first, the organisers of the London Marathon have confirmed that the race will definitely take place in the British capital this weekend despite the deaths of three people following explosions at the Boston Marathon on Monday. Security for the ev

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下面有2封英文书信,你能分辨哪封是正式信件,哪封是非正式的吗? 信件1: Dear Sir or Madam, I am writing with regard to a ?ight that I missed due to a mistake by one of your employees. Two weeks ago I was due to catch a

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UK's Chancellor of Exchequer George Osborne says Britain intends to become the first western country to issue a bond in the Chinese currency. Osborne made the remarks at the 6th annual China-UK Economic and Financial Dialogue in London. CRI's UK corr

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LONDON, July 14 (Xinhua) --- Liu Xiang's back injury which forced him out of Saturday night's London Diamond League final will not affect his chance of winning at the Olympic Games in three weeks time, his coach Sun Haiping said here on Saturday. It'

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Lady Diana Spencer was born in 1961. She had a normal, quiet upbringing. It could never have prepared her for the fame and glamour of being a British princess. Within a few years, she changed from being a shy teenager to the most photographed person

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Yang Li:If you love books, then this is just the programme for you. Diarmuid: Yes, Charing Cross Road, near Soho, has long been a street famous for its bookshops. Yang Li: You can find all kinds of books there, can't you? Diarmuid: Yes, such as the f

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