WASHINGTON, July 30 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. Treasury Department announced Monday that the federal government expected to borrow 592 billion U.S. dollars from the market to fund its operation in the second half of this year, fresh evidence of the budgeta...
ISLAMABAD, July 30 (Xinhua) -- Hours of power outage in scorching summer Monday sparked protest in most parts of Pakistan and angry protesters attacked offices of power supply departments in some areas. Pakistan faces about 5000 MW electricity shortf...
概述 非谓语动词用法精讲 在大学英语四六级考试的 词汇 和语法部分中，年年必考的一项语法就是非谓语动词（Non-finite Verb）。 非谓语动词分为三类：不定式（infinitive）、动名词（gerund）和...
可修饰比较级的词 1）a bit, a little, rather, much, far, by far, many, a lot, lots, a great deal, any, still, even 等 2）还可以用表示倍数的词或度量名词作修饰语。 3）以上词汇或词组（除by far外）必须置于比较...
SHANGHAI, July 25 (Xinhua) -- Japan star Shinji Kagawa bagged his first goal for Manchester United here on Wednesday, inspiring the Red Devils to beat Shanghai Shenhua 1-0 at the Shanghai Stadium . Kagawa,who has joined from German champions Borussia...
LONDON, July 26 (Xinhua) -- World No. 1 Roger Federer said here on Thursday that winning the Olympic Games could be even harder than winning a grand slam title. Federer, who made history three weeks ago by winning his seventh Wimbledon title, said th...
LONDON, July 26 (Xinhua) -- Gold medal favorites Spain were upset 1-0 by valiant Japan in their first group match of the London Olympic Games men's football competition on Thursday. Spain should have felt lucky to lose by only one goal as their passi...
LONDON, July 26 (Xinhua) -- It landed at Lands End on the extreme south-west coast of England 69 days ago and after making its way around the British Isles, the Olympic Torch finally reaches the Olympic stadium on Friday. When it reaches the end of i...
LONDON, July 26 (Xinhua) -- The best kept secret of the Olympic Games at the moment is what the opening ceremony will be like, but from the details revealed by the Olympic authorities and partially leaked by some of the performers, it looks set to be...
BEIJING, July 28 (Xinhua) -- The observatory of Beijing on Saturday issued a blue alert for strong wind and hails in northeastern suburban region of the city. Strong wind, rains and hails are expected to hit northern Huairou District and Miyun County...
WUHAN, July 28 (Xinhua) -- China launched its largest and most advanced patrol vessel Haixun01 on Saturday in Wuhan, a city in central China's Hubei province, in a move to maintain its marine sovereignty and enhance its rescue efficiency. Haixun01 is...
BEIJING, July 27 (Xinhua) -- A top municipal government official said Friday that a recent rainstorm in Beijing that has resulted in at least 77 deaths has exposed multiple loopholes in urban planning, construction, infrastructure and emergency manag...
WASHINGTON D.C. The 19th International AIDS Conference drew to a close in Washington, D.C., on Friday. Under the banner of Turning the Tide Together, more than 20,000 delegates attended the six-day gathering, where speakers ranged from famous enterta...
U.S. President Barack Obama has called on Republicans in the House of Representatives to vote what he says is the right way on tax cuts. In his weekly address Saturday, Obama urged Republicans to stop holding tax cuts for middle class families and sm...
LONDON There was a shocking result in the very first swimming race at the London Olympics. American swimmer Ryan Lochte won the mens 400-meter individual medley (4:05.18) by an impressive margin of more than three and a half seconds, capturing the go...
