古人云,少壮不努力,老大背单词。各位挣扎在红黄蓝黑各种宝书中的同学或许要问,这单词要背到什么时候才算够?我们不妨来看看外国人的词汇量是多少。 Britains Guardian newspaper, in 1986, e...
While Popeye ate spinach everyday to maintain strong muscles, he was also bettering his memory, maybe without even knowing it. 大力水手每天吃菠菜增强肌肉,不过有一点他可能没注意到就是他的记忆力也增强了。 Consumin...
1. This is a ship-shipping ship, shipping shipping ships. Ship作名词是指船,作动词指装船。Shipping作名词时意思是运输。不能理解这句话的同学请看上图。 类似的句子还有:Buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffal...
希拉里即Hillary Clinton 将竞选美国总统,那么Hillary 是什么意思呢? Hillary 的意思与喜有关,表示cheerful, glad 快活的、高兴的,最终来自希腊语,它是Hilary 的变体,顺便可以学习三个词: hilar...
It can be fairly easy to spot a male otaku due to his apparel, mobile gaming device and anime theme songs blasting from his headphones. But what about the ladies? How can they display their affection for their otaku fandom, while still being fashiona...
A 65-year-old Berlin woman who already has 13 children is pregnant again with quadruplets, Germany's RTL broadcaster reported on Sunday. 4月12日,据德国RTL电视台报道,柏林一名65岁的女性怀上了四胞胎,而此前她已经孕育了...
Are you mindlessly twisting your hair or biting your nails as you read this article? New research from the University of Montreal suggests that compulsive behaviors like these might say more about your personality than you think. 看这篇文章的时候...
Mothers-to-be who are feeling forgetful and a bit slow on the uptake may blame it on 'baby brain'. 有句流传已久的社会俗语,叫一孕傻三年,准妈妈常常对此深信不疑。她们感觉自己怀孕后变得健忘,反应也变迟钝...
Picture the scene: You come home after work feeling too exhausted to cook only to find a delicious meal worthy of a Michelin-starred restaurant waiting for you. 想象一下这个画面:下班回家倍感疲倦不想做饭却发现可以和米其林星...
When George Washington University announced last week that it was laying off nearly 50 employees to reduce costs, the universitys president, Steven Knapp, blamed a decline in enrollment in graduate and professional programs. 上周,乔治华盛顿大...
Adam Lyons is one guy who definitely doesn't agree with the old adage three's a crowd. 亚当里昂是一个绝对不会赞同三个和尚没水喝这句老话的人。 For the UK-born dating coach lives happily with his two girlfriends - and two chi...
Here is a test. Find a pencil and a scrap of paper and draw the Apple logo. Easy, no? Now compare your sketch to the real thing. 来做个测试。找一支铅笔和一张纸,画一个苹果公司(Apple)的标识。容易不?现在把你画的图跟...
JD.com has challenged China ecommerce rival Alibaba with the launch of a cross-border platform designed to bring foreign brands to the Chinese middle class. 中国电商集团京东(JD.com)向国内竞争对手阿里巴巴(Alibaba)发出挑战,推出...
The China-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) has approved 57 countries as founding members after including an extra seven, according to Chinas Finance Ministry. 中国财政部消息,加上新加入的7个国家,由中国领导的亚洲...
Star Rangers is an impressive astronaut simulation game created in collaboration with NASA which allows you to explore the solar system, land on planets, build base camps and go where no man has gone before. 《星际游侠》是一款美国国家宇航...