With Chinese Internet company Alibaba BABA 1.73% breaking IPO records, another Chinese Internet company, Tencent, is poised for huge growth in the online and mobile games business. According to a recent report by IDC and CNG, the number of mobile gam...
Nike killed it last quarter. Business was up in every major market, in every category, both in its own stores and at wholesale. 耐克（Nike）上一季度的业绩表现不俗。各大主要市场的每个产品类别，无论是自营商店还是批...
When soccers top international tournament, theChampions League, begins its group stage on September 16, it will offer a chance for Europes top clubs to show off the results of their summer spending. 国际顶级足球赛事欧洲冠军联赛（Champi...
A policeman's lot may not be a happy one but it certainly has its lighter moments. 警察的工作也许并不轻松愉快但是这份工作中肯定也有比较轻松的一面。 Officers in the West Country have revealed how some of the most bizarr...
From the forest elephants of Africa, to Indias tigers and even our own harbour seals, wildlife is losing the battle for survival all over the world. 无论是非洲森林象、孟加拉虎（又名印度虎）还是斑海豹，世界上所有的野生动...
U.S. firemen completed a rescue with a difference last week - by saving four trapped hamsters using tiny oxygen masks. 上周美国消防队员执行了一次与众不同的救援用氧气面罩拯救4只被困的仓鼠。 The stricken pets were caug...
Tens of thousands of young children are suffering from rotting teeth caused by drinking fruit juice and squash, a major study has revealed. 最近一项研究称，儿童长蛀牙与平时喝的果汁和汽水有关。 As many as one in eight childre...
Hotel Workers 饭店的工作人员 Depending on tips to augment their usually small salaries. Rather than being annoyed at having to tip the doorman who greets you, consider it part of the cost of travel and be prepared with the dollar bills you wil...
I work for McDonalds and make sure everyone that matters to me never orders anything that comes out of the 'McCafe' machine as these are routinely neglected, in practically all the McDonalds. Not only are staff not properly trained in its cleaning an...
Whether you telecommute, are a freelancer or mompreneur, working from home can be isolating and lonely, not to mention challenging. From constant interruptions all day long to not leaving the house for days at a time, working from the comfort of home...
What do you call a sheep with two faces? 长两张脸的羊，你可该叫它什么好？ That's the conundrum a Kiwi farming family has contended with since they discovered one of their ewes had given birth to a baby lamb with the unique deformity l...
HE may only be eight months old but Prince George is turning into the world's most eligible bachelor with not one but TWO marriage proposals. 乔治王子仅八个月大，但变成了世界上最抢手的单身汉，不仅一次都有两次被求婚了...
Working as a team is an important part of life for most people and there are lots of English idioms and expressions related to teamwork that reflect that. Here are seven of my favourite English expressions for working as a team. 对于大多数人而言...
TAKE a look at your mobile device. Do you see oily fingerprints and lint on the touch screen? Dust and crumbs forming particulate frost in the corners? Is that a hair stuck at the screen's edge? 看看你的移动设备。看到触摸屏上油油的指...
On a day dominated by the initial public offering of the Chinese e-commerce company Alibabas and the first sales of Apples new iPhone 6, Tesla Motors added to the tech-centric buzz by wirelessly upgrading its Model S electric car with a number of new...
