EU overhauls aid system 欧盟将彻底改革其援助计划 European aid too often arrives too late 欧盟援助总是姗姗来迟 The European Commission is to radically overhaul the way it runs its vast foreign aid programme after years of ineffic...
France runs out of cash 巴黎现金短缺 Cash-less society: Parisians queue to get at their francs. 现金短缺:巴黎市民排队取款 More than half of France's cash dispensers are standing empty because of a week-long strike by security guards...
New hope in Aids fight 抗争艾滋病的新希望 Drugs should be more affordable （艾滋病药物应更便宜些） Some of the world's biggest pharmaceuticals firms have announced dramatic reductions in the price of Aids drugs in the developing...
Lottery fever in US 彩票乐透美国 Millions are trying their luck in seven states 七个州的几百万人准备碰一碰运气 Millions of people in the United States are scrambling for tickets to enter one of the world's biggest-ever lottery dr...
Universe may be proven flat 宇宙是平的 The Boomerang experiment balloon inflating just before launch 气球发射升空前在充气 A high-flying balloon which soared over Antarctica may have answered one of cosmology's greatest questions by rev...
Happy Birthday to Hubble 哈勃望远镜十周岁 Saturn, taken on Hubble's eighth birthday in 1998 （哈勃望远镜在98年第八个生日时拍摄的土星照片） Scientists have been paying tribute to the Hubble telescope, 10 years after it wa...
Pollution 'makes you stupid' 环境污染使人变蠢 Brain at risk from the environment （环境污染严重损害大脑） Pollution and other environmental threats are harming the intelligence of millions of people across the world, says a United...
Helicopter Crashes On Roof 直升飞机坠落屋顶 Police are investigating the cause of the crash 警方正在调查坠机事件的原因 A family and three aircrew escaped unhurt after a police helicopter spun out of the sky and crashed through th...
Very quietly I take my leave As quietly as I came here; Quietly I wave good-bye To the rosy clouds in the western sky. 轻轻的我走了， 正如我轻轻的来； 我轻轻的招手， 作别西天的云彩。 The golden willows by the riverside A...
Thinking of YouWhen will the moon be clear and bright? With a cup of wine in my hand, I ask the blue sky. I don't know what season it would be in the heavens on this night. I'd like to ride the wind to fly home. Yet I fear the crystal and jade mansio...
Once upon a time there was a child ready to be born. So one day he asked God, They tell me you are sending me to earth tomorrow, but how am I going to live there being so small and helpless?从前，有个孩子马上就要诞生了。于是有一天他...
The colors of friendshipOnce upon a time the colors of the world started to quarrel. All claimed that they were the best. The most important. The most useful. The favorite. 从前，世界上的各种颜色进行过一次争吵。每一种颜色都说自...
Life ... What is it? See it in the colors of autumn,A gentle snowfall in winter,A sudden shower in spring,The radiance of a summer day. Behold it in the laughterOf the young and the old. Know of it in a surge of hope,The blessings that are bountiful....
I'll paint you a rainbow to hang on the wall,To brighten your heart when the gray shadows fall. On a canvas of joy outlasting the years,With a soft brush of sweetness to dry all your tears. 我要为你画一道彩虹高挂在墙上，在灰霾降临时...
You must study to be frank with the world:frankness is the child of honesty and courage. Say just what you mean to do, on every occasion. If a friend asks a favor, you should grant it, if it is reasonable; if not, tell him plainly why you cannot. You...
