Whether you like it or not, foreign expressions represent an integral part of the English language (and of many other languages, too). Knowing the meaning and usage of the most used ones is very important. First of all because it will enable you to u...
If Japan wants to reconcile with China over wartime history, it should look to the example set by Germany, a senior Chinese scholar of Japan studies told China Daily. 中国的一位日本问题专家向《中国日报》表示，如果日本希望在二...
Falling in love comes at the cost of losing close friends, because romantic partners absorb time that would otherwise be invested in platonic relationships, researchers say. 研究者称谈恋爱的代价是损失亲密的朋友，因为恋人会占用...
He's used to having his fair share of female attention, but few women have had the courage to ask Prince Harry for a dance. 哈里王子向来受到大众女性的关注，但很少有女子曾经鼓起勇气，请哈里王子给自己跳支舞。 Bu...
These amazing pigs swim every day in the crystal clear waters of the Bahamas - on their own tiny island where they live in luxury. 这群神奇的小猪每天都在巴哈马群岛清澈的海水中游泳，在小岛上享受奢侈的悠闲生活。 T...
Chinese actress Tang Wei has been secretly seeing award-winning Korean director Kim Tae-yong for a year. Now they are getting married. 中国女演员汤唯和韩国导演金泰勇之间的秘密恋情已有一年。他们将于近期结婚。 We are...
美国总统专机空军一号上的食物以分量足且吸引力广泛而在白宫工作人员和记者中闻名，有夹着生菜、西红柿和蒜泥蛋黄酱的蓝纹奶酪汉堡、巧克力软糖蛋糕、填有四种奶酪的贝壳意大利粉、...
Brazilian soccer fan Joedir Sancho Belmonte missed the 1950 World Cup final to stay home with his sick mother. Sixty-four years later, Belmonte exchanged his original unused ticket for three new tickets to the 2014 final. Now a white-haired grandfath...
This time of year, many Europeans are looking forward to their month-long holiday in August. Workers in America, however, can already feel the strangle of a collared shirt around their neck in 90-degree heat as we continue trying to be productive. As...
Fancy footwear in an array of dazzling colours has been the order of the day. What are the most popular choices? And how many players have dared to wear old-fashioned black? It used to be that coloured boots were the sole preserve of one or two flash...
Babies and toddlers are the most wonderful creatures. Chubby, soft, cute and without any of the self-consciousness or inhibitions which will one day turn them into sulky teenagers. So as they explore the world and go on their own little journey of se...
It's a stat that gets bounced around as e-mail-forward wisdom: men think about sex every seven seconds. Even when the idea lacks this mythical specificity and grandiosity (that's 7,200 times a day!), the idea that men think about sex basically all th...
A bride has been left heartbroken after her hand-made engagement ring was stolen - on her wedding day. A cold-hearted thief is believed to have swiped a black handbag containing the sapphire and diamond-encrusted platinum band from a secluded village...
As a sex researcher, I've been thinking about how much the World Cup players have been thinking about having sex even if they aren't supposed to be participating in sexual activity. The team-by-team rules governing players' sexual behavior during com...
On the Queens Birthday Honours list, the name stood out from those of charity workers, teachers and civil servants: Angelina Jolie Honorary Dame Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of St Michael and St George, for her campaigning work for servi...
