耶伦谨慎言论使美国加息前景渺茫

The prospect of an early US interest-rate increase diminished further yesterday as Janet Yellen advocated caution given unfavourable market conditions, weaker than expected overseas growth and an uncertain inflation outlook. 美国加息前景昨日进

中国最新防雾霾举措引关注

China's Ministry of Science and Technology has started planning a five-year air pollution prevention and control project. According to the draft, the focus of air pollution control should be shifted from simply responding to heavy smog to a coordinat

One Week After Disaster Japan Ponders Future

It's been a week since a massive（巨大的） earthquake and tsunami（海啸） devastated a large part of eastern Japan killing at least 6,548 people. While much of the attention remains focused on the crippled Fukushima number one nuclear plant,

Obama On Economy: 'Things Will Get Better'

The U.S. unemployment rate was slightly better than expected in July. The relatively good news gave President Barack Obama a break from the weeks relentlessly bad news on Wall Street. As stock prices continued to slide in New York, the government rep

布拉德支招：怎样让女人更爱你

My wife got sick. She was constantly nervous because of problems at work, personal life, her failures and problems with children. 我妻子病了，工作和日常生活中遇到的问题，还有与孩子相处时的失败和麻烦总是使她很紧张

爱妻盛赞新科奶爸奥兰多布鲁姆

New mom Miranda Kerr praises her husband Orlando Bloom for his expert parenting skills. You won't believe the extreme length he went to while she was in labor. Hey I'm Lauren and this is Popsugar Rush. He's incredible. He's a great dad. He's very han

外媒:中国开始减持美国国债

The Wall Street Journal reports that central banks including China, Russia and Brazil are selling U.S. government bonds at the fastest pace on record. It's also being reported that China's central bank has stepped up its selling of U.S. treasuries in

美国学生失踪12年 最后竟成金正恩的老师?

If true, it could be one of the most astonishing stories to ever emerge from North Korea. 如果这是真的，那么这将会是朝鲜最匪夷所思的故事。 A media report last Friday repeated claims that a 24-year-old American man was kidnappe

鲍勃迪伦无视诺贝尔奖邀请?! 这TM就很尴尬了

The Nobel Prize committee has given up trying to reach Bob Dylan, five days after he became the first musician awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. 鲍勃迪伦成为首位获得诺贝尔文学奖的音乐人的5天后，诺贝尔奖评审委员表示

汤姆-汉克斯在耶鲁大学毕业典礼上的演讲

Tom Hanks, Academy Award-winning actor, writer and director, addresses the Yale College Class of 2011 during the traditional Class Day speech and offers the graduates insight and encouragement. NEW HAVEN Minutes before Yale's Class Day began, a tour

潘基文称支持越南的发展

HANOI, May 23 (Xinhua) -- The United Nations (UN) Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said the UN will support Vietnam's sustainable development while meeting with Chairman of Vietnamese National Assembly (NA) Nguyen Sinh Hung in Vietnam's capital Hanoi on

老外钻石级的日常短语

for/from want of 由于缺少 The flowers died from want of water. 这些花由于缺少水而枯死了。 Some of the wounded soldiers died for want of medicine. 有些士兵因为缺乏药物而死去。 for the use of 供使用的 This parking lot

Obama, Romney Look to November Showdown

President Barack Obamas surprise trip to Afghanistan on the first anniversary of the death of Osama bin Laden is the latest indication that foreign policy and national security issues will matter this election year, even if most political analysts pr

月亮和六便士 第十五章(2)

But if he wanted to be an artist, why didn't he say so? asked Mrs. Strickland at last. 但是如果他想当画家，为什么不告诉我呢？思特里克兰德太太最后开口说。 I should have thought I was the last person to be unsympathetic

月亮和六便士 第十六章

Chapter 16 第十六章 What followed showed that Mrs. Strickland was a woman of character. 以后发生的事说明思特里克兰德太太是一个性格坚强的女人。 Whatever anguish she suffered she concealed. 不论她心里委屈多大，她

月亮和六便士 第十七章(2)

She was a little ashamed of her courage and business capacity, but delighted that she was going to dine the next night with a K.C. who lived in South Kensington. 对自已经营打字行业的胆略和见识她不好意思多谈，但是一说起第二

月亮和六便士 第十二章(4)

I began to be more puzzled than before. It was true that his hotel pointed to the most straitened circumstances. 我比以前更糊涂了。当然，从他住的旅馆看，他的经济情况是非常窘迫的。 What are you going to do when you've

英国语文第三册 第74期:流亡中的鹦鹉

Lesson 63 The parrot in exile 第六十三课 流亡中的鹦鹉 A Parrot from the Spanish Main, 来自西班牙大陆的一只鹦鹉， Full young and early caged, came o'er 充满活力，之前一直被养在笼子中， With bright wings to the b

乔布斯传 第226期:靠自己(5)

At the beginning of November 1985, just five weeks after Apple filed suit against him, 1985年11月初，苹果对乔布斯提起诉讼5周后， Jobs wrote to Eisenstat and asked for a dispensation. 乔布斯就写信给艾森斯塔特，要求取消诉

乔布斯传 第397期:波士顿Macworld大会(2)

He delivered a carefully crafted presentation, using no notes, on why Apple's sales had fallen by 30% over the previous two years. 他的演讲精雕细琢，不用笔记，解释了为什么苹果的销售额在两年间下滑了30%。 There are a l