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Around 3,000 people marched through central Tokyo, a large demonstration by Japanese standards(按日本的标准). The demonstration was organized by eight civic(市民的，民间的) groups to protest the Hamaoka nuclear-power plant(核电站), which is loc...
1. Marry an ugly man. Because if he ever leaves you, at least you won't feel bad since, you know, he's ugly. -- Lorraine Ontong Venturina 2. Unfortunately, it was advice that I didn't listen to. In 1986, as he was walking me down the a...
These aerial photos show locations in Japan before and after the 8.9-magnitude earthquake and tsunami that struck on Friday, March 11. ...
Wednesday brings a new iPad, this we know. And we know that, from 20 paces, it will probably look like the current iPad — Apple's own event invitation indicates as much. As for the details of the reveal, here's what else we think will h...
CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand — Rescuers(搜救人员) used their bare hands, dogs, and heavy machines Wednesday in an urgent search for survivors still trapped(被困住) in crumbled(崩塌的) buildings more than 24 hours after an earthquake devast...
Journalist: President Hu, first of all my colleague asked you a question about human rights which you did not answer. I was wondering if you’d give an answer to that question and then also on Capitol Hill, Senate Majority Leader(多数党领导人) H...
‘She said that she would dance with me if I brought her red roses,’ cried the young student, ‘but in all my garden there is no red rose.’ From her nest in the holm-oak(圣栎) tree the nightingale(夜莺) heard him, and she looked o...
TUCSON, Ariz. — Federal prosecutors(公诉人) brought charges Sunday against the gunman accused of(被指控) attempting to assassinate(行刺) U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and killing six people at a political event in Arizona. Investigator...
Grand opening Spectators watch fireworks explode over ice sculptures(雕塑) at the official opening of the Harbin International Ice and Snow festival in the northern Chinese city of Harbin, in the Heilongjiang province, on Jan. 5. Who g...
Archaeologists in Israel uncover teeth that date back about 400,000 years that could alter the theory of man's origin in Africa. ...
YEONPYEONG ISLAND, South Korea — Artillery(大炮) fire was heard on Monday on a South Korean island near waters disputed(争议) by North Korea, a Reuters reporter said, signaling(标志着) the start of live-fire drills(军演). The Defense ...
Barack Obama and (right) his lookalike Ilham Anas. What's it like to be the spitting image of the most photographed face in the world? When I catch up with Ilham Anas – AKA the president of the United States – he can't talk for l...
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A Thanksgiving Day editorial(社论，时评) in the newspaper told of a school teacher who asked her class of first graders to draw a picture of something they were thankful for. She thought of how little these children from poor neighborhoods(贫...
Ruth Hins owns a grocery store(杂货店) and bakery(面包店) in the Rio de Janeiro favela of Cantagalo, where she used to live. She is one of 35.5 million Brazilians who have moved from humble beginnings into the middle class since 2003. Another 20 m...
Joris Kivits from the Netherlands(荷兰) contributed "Puzzled" to the competition. Brit Paul Hoggard sculpted this elephant using a technique called "soft pack," which means he didn't use any forms when packing the sa...
看视频，语音脚本填空。口语跟读，提供纯正的口语训练环境。How to make yourself indispensable(不可缺少的) at work and avoid getting laid off? No one is____1____ (免疫的) togetting the axe(被解雇) – especially in an economic downturn. But you can certai...
People make their way through debris(残骸) left by a mudslide(泥石流) in Mianzhu, Sichuan province on Monday, Aug. 16. Heavy rains in western China have killed dozens more adding to the more than 1,500 people who have died in flooding and lan...
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama acknowledged(承认) Monday that the economy continues to struggle and too many Americans are still struggling to find jobs. He also took Republicans(共和党员) to task for what he said was partisan(党派性...