【轻松英文阅读】无人机

The other day, someone sent me a link to an awesome aerial video of Takeda Castle in Japan. (See video below.) At first, I assumed that it had been shot using a helicopter, but as I was watching the video I realized that it had been made with a drone

【轻松英文阅读】一种新型的食物

What do you get when you combine a croissant with a doughnut? The answer is the new treat from New York City, the cronut. The owner of Dominque Anzel Bakery is responsible for this new creation. The cronut is shaped like a regular doughnut but it is

【轻松英文阅读】自拍神器

You cant deny that the selfie has become very popular. In fact, it was the Oxford Dictionarys word of the year for 2013. In the same year, we saw the Obamas and even the Pope join the fad. Selfies are easy to take when it is just yourself or maybe a

【轻松英文阅读】节省时间的妙招

Here are some cool tech tips to help you save time. First of all, when you are on a website and the text is too small, you hold down the control key and hit the plus key. With each tap, you make the text larger. You can do this on every computer and

【轻松英文阅读】超级月亮

One of the best celestial events of the year is set to peak this weekend. It will be the largest super moon of the year. The super moon is actually the result of two phenomena occurring at the same time. The moons orbit around the earth is not perfec

【轻松英文阅读】14岁少年的智慧

It started as a simple science project by a 14-year-old boy in Pennsylvania. Now, it has the potential to save the U.S. government over 200 million dollars a year. Garamond and Times New Roman Comparison After hearing that his school district was tak

【轻松英文阅读】如何更好地入睡

Unfortunately , a lot of us are familiar with sleep deprivation . Here are some steps to making your bedroom more sleep-friendly. First of all, you should get bills and work related items out of the bedroom. You want to make your bedroom less chaotic

【轻松英文阅读】歌曲比赛

On March 9th, the final round of the TV series Nodo Jiman Za! World! was held on Japan's NTV. In this program amateur singers from around the world sing their hearts out in Japanese before a nationwide audience. And the winner of this years final rou

【轻松英文阅读】加利福尼亚红杉树

There are some things in this world that a photograph cannot capture. One of those is the Northern California Redwoods. You can never truly appreciate their magnificence until you have stood next them. They are definitely something to put on your buc

【轻松英文阅读】被驯化的狐狸

Thanks to a couple of musicians from Norway and their popular song, What Does a Fox Say? a lot of people are thinking about foxes these days. And why not? They are famously clever. Moreover, they are cute and cuddly. Its too bad we cant keep them as

【轻松英文阅读】会坐公交车的狗狗

Camillo, a 12-year-old pooch in Genoa, Italy (map), has been riding buses by himself for years. He taught himself how to do it when he was one year old. These days, Camillo is delighting bus passengers and tourists with his daily commutes. The dog ge

【轻松英文阅读】新的发现

You may have thought that the age of exploration was over. But you would be wrong. The world is a big place and even in this modern age we are still finding hidden cornersplaces untouched by humans. Thanks to our modern age exploring has become a lot

【轻松英文阅读】完美歌手

Want to know which of your favorite singers has the best set of pipes? The people at the site concerthotels.com (an online booking site for hotels near concert venues) have done the research and created a really cool interactive chart to show you jus

【轻松英文阅读】时尚

Do you like fashion? Are you proud of your look ? Would you like to share your fashion with people from around the world? At Lookbook.nu fashion bloggers post their everyday looks to share with an online community of other fashion-minded individuals.

【轻松英文阅读】人造鸡肉

Americans love chicken. In fact, its the most popular meat in the United States. Americans eat more than eight billion chickens per year. But bringing all of that chicken to the dinner table creates a lot of big problems. Meat production is bad for t

【轻松英文阅读】飞机餐

Airline food has a bad rap, but it doesnt completely deserve it. When we fly at high altitude we simply cant taste as much. The main reason is the low humidity in the airplane cabin, which causes our sinuses to dry out. The humidity is kept around 4%

【轻松英文阅读】高脂牛奶

Do you drink low-fat milk to stay slim? You are not alone. Low-fat milk has outsold whole milk for years in the US. We have been told for years to avoid the calories in dairy fat for our waistlines and cholesterol. But recent research from Sweden sug

【轻松英文阅读】不允许讲话的餐厅

A very unique restaurant is getting a lot of talk these days in Brooklyn, New York. But it is not getting any talk inside the restaurant. The reason whyat this restaurant there is a rule against talking during dinner. The only thing to be heard at th

【轻松英文阅读】商旅专机

How do you like to fly, first class, business, or economy? Unfortunately, it is not a choice the majority of us have. If you are like me, the only time you get to see business or first class is on your way to the economy section. Well, on the new sta

【轻松英文阅读】奢华的火车

JR East, a Japan based rail company, has just released pictures of its upcoming luxury train. The company says the train will have services and amenities that will rival the fanciest hotels. Five of the trains 10 cars will have luxurious passenger su