The Great Wall 万里长城 - 8

So when they left the sheltering walls of Dunhuang(敦煌), heading for the desert that local people referred to as

NPR 2010-10-19

The Justice Department is suing Michigan Blue Across Blue Shield for allegedly using practices that drive up health care costs. NPR's Carrie Johnson says it could be the first of many antitrust suits. Antitrust enforcers at the Justice Department say

NPR 2011-08-09

A brutal day on Wall Street with US stocks plunging as Standard Poor's did another downgrade this time on mortgage buyers Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. The closing bell just a minute to go, the Dow closing down more than 600 points under the 11,000 mar

【时间旅行者的妻子】04

I find myself in crowds, audiences, mobs. Just as often I am alone, in a field, house, car, on a beach, in a grammar school in the middle of the night. I fear finding myself in a prison cell, an elevator full of people, the middle of a highway. I app

China proposes coal industry reshuffle

BEIJING, Feb. 4 (Xinhua) -- China proposes to further reshuffle its coal industry by setting higher thresholds for the scale of coal producers and encouraging mergers to form industrial conglomerates, the government said Monday. The minimum standard

英文摇滚歌曲：4th Dimension - Consigned To The Wind

I?ll never dispel the shadows between us, God He knows how long I?ve tried I soothed my thirst for vengeance, forgiveness touched my bitter lips, But still I faced only pain and sorrow? Sad past, its shade lingers on, I?ve fought and lied, yet it?s t

美国语文第五册 第146期:冰山(2)

Persistent little waves! 固执坚韧的碎小浪花！ After a dash, singly, all around, upon the common enemy, as if by some silent agreement underwater, 似乎由于海水深处秘不可宣的约定，波浪从四面八方涌来，不约而同地猛

英语听力：自然百科 死亡谷

Devil's Hole, where the earth opens to reveal a rare window into Death Valley's most implausible underworld, a universe of water. In twisted irony, the driest place in the hemisphere sits atop one of the largest aquifer systems in the United States,

Business Channel 2007-03-08&10

The closing bell rang moments ago and it couldn't have come too soon for many investors after this crazy week on Wall Street. It was another roller-coaster session for the market. Stocks actually edged into the plus column briefly, but by the end it

经济学人:电影与电视 删减血腥镜头(下)

China has relaxed a bit since: for a while, one film fan had a blog called Research Centre for Nipples in Chinese Films. 据一位电影爱好者的博客中国电影乳房研究中心所言，自那时开始，中国已经逐渐放开了一些。 Ho

沪深交易所发布停复牌新规

China's two stock exchanges set the upper-time limit for listed firms' trading suspension to better protect investors' interests. 为了更好的保护投资者的利益，近日，上海证券交易所和深圳证券交易所针对上市公司停牌时

Central bank starts 4.8 bln USD repurchase operation

BEIJING, Feb. 19 (Xinhua) -- The People's Bank of China (PBOC) on Tuesday started a 28-day repurchase operation worth 30 billion yuan (4.8 billion U.S. dollars) for the first time since June, according to a statement on its website. A repurchase oper

失联马航最新调查报告：坠机前机上人员已窒息

Passengers and crew of the missing Malaysia Airlines MH370 flight most likely died from suffocation as the plane coasted into the ocean on autopilot, Australian officials have said. 澳大利亚官员称，马航失踪航班MH370上的乘客和机组人

Obama Proposes More Help for Troubled US Homeowners

President Barack Obama has unveiled a plan to boost the economy by helping some homeowners refinance their mortgages. The initiative, announced Wednesday, would build on an earlier White House program. Declining housing prices and widespread foreclos

经济学人:商品:全球形势紧张(3)

Progress in talks on the North American Free-Trade Agreement would also be good news. 北美自由贸易协定谈话中所取得的进展也是好消息。 But BHP, the world's biggest miner, issued a blunt assessment of the longer-term dangers to it

英语听书《白鲸记》第237期

Father Mapple rose, and in a mild voice of unassuming authority ordered the scattered people to condense. 梅普尔神甫站了起来,以一种谦逊的长者的柔和声气,命令四散的人群聚拢来。 Star board gangway, there! side away to la

英语听书《白鲸记》第818期

The smoke rolled away in sullen heaps. To every pitch of the ship there was a pitch of the boiling oil, which seemed all eagerness to leap into their faces. Opposite the mouth of the works, on the further side of the wide wooden hearth, was the windl

中国想要台湾负责任的说明导弹发射事件

BEIJING: China on Saturday asked Taiwan to provide a responsible explanation a day after the Taiwanese navy mistakenly fired a missile that hit a fishing boat killing one person coinciding with the ruling Communist Party of China's 95th anniversary c

世界名人简介 第106期:玛利亚·蒙台梭利

Maria Montessori lived between 1870 and 1952. She was an Italian educator who has left her mark on education today. Her Montessori method of education is widely used all round the world. Many educationalists say it is the best system for child educat

万物简史 第391期:浩瀚的海洋(10)

At 3,000 feet, their little porthole was subjected to nineteen tons of pressure per square inch. 到了900米，小舷窗受到的压力高达每平方厘米2.95吨。 Death at such a depth would have been instantaneous, as Beebe never failed to obse