Circus staff have been warned by police after taking a 2.5 tonne rhinoceros for a walk in Germany without any restraints. 马戏团的工作人员在德国的大街上，不带任何束缚地溜犀牛之后，被警察警告了。 Panicked locals in...
A clothing store in Beijing has provoked outrage after posting a sign in the window banning Chinese customers. 北京的一家衣服店在窗口挂出拒绝中国顾客的牌子后激起了民愤。 The sign, which was reportedly put up a week ago, t...
Dogs have been mans best friend for thousands of years, a source of companionship and loyalty since the Stone Age. 几千年以来，狗狗都是人类最好的朋友，从石器时代开始就是人类忠诚的陪伴。 Now scientists suspect they h...
A new debate has broken out between some of the world's top Shakespeare experts over whether the playwright's sonnets prove he was attracted to men. 在世界顶级莎士比亚学者中间，一个新的舆论炸开了锅：这位剧作家的十四行诗...
Exhausted, covered in mud and desperately hungry, a team of Swedish athletes sat down for a meal as they prepared to take on a dangerous 20-mile trek through the Ecuadorian rainforest. 浑身是泥、精疲力竭的瑞士几名极限运动员在徒步穿...
2 The ranking of Thanksgiving on the list of Americas favorite holidays. Christmas is No. 1. 2美国人民最喜欢的节假日，感恩节排名第二，第一是圣诞节。 2 The maximum number of days the U.S. Department of Agriculture suggests k...
The Queen, Margaret Thatcher and J.K. Rowling have been celebrated in a list of the top 40 women who changed the world. 在全球40位改变世界的女性榜单中，英女王、前首相撒切尔夫人和作家JK罗琳等均在榜单之列。 The l...
A beauty pageant contestant who labelled herself 'terribly ugly' has been disqualified after being voted through to the final because organisers thought she had tampered with the vote. 俄罗斯一项选美比赛的一名自认为长得很丑的参赛者...
Suspended 2000ft above the ground, a Georgia bride and groom were literally floating on air on their big day as they tied the knot on a hot air balloon. 在距离地面2000英尺（约609米）的热气球上，佐治亚州的一对夫妇在空中举办...
At a White House ceremony, President Barack Obama has praised the outgoing Secretary of Defense as exemplary, thanking him for the job he has done. When I asked Chuck to serve as the Secretary of Defense, we were entering a significant period of tran...
Taiwan-born pop icon Jay Chou has wrapped up the Hong Kong leg of his Opus 2 World Tour. Chou says it's a sad feeling to approach the end of the tour: [I'm] very sorry to see it end. If we could add a few more dates [we would], but I'm afraid to lose...
A glass pane at Tower Bridge's new transparent walkway 140ft above the River Thames, has smashed after a visitor dropped a bottle of beer. 英国泰晤士河上的高约140英尺（约43米）的伦敦塔桥，2周之前开放了新景点--玻璃人行...
As 2014 draws to a close, its time to look back and see which words have been significant throughout the past twelve months, and to announce the Oxford Dictionaries Word of the Year. Without further ado, we can exclusively reveal that the Oxford Dict...
Coca Cola is to to produce its own brand of milk as it expands from carbonated sugary drinks. 可口可乐将生产自己品牌的牛奶作为对含糖碳酸饮料业务的扩展。 The American drinks giant is making a daily pint called Fairlife whi...
At first glance, the new car unveiled at a motor show appeared to be an updated model of the Range Rover Evoque. 乍看之下，这款在汽车展览会上出现的新车似乎是路虎揽胜极光的最新款。 With its signature body shape, lights...
