North Korea is to switch to a new time zone to mark its liberation from the Japanese at the end of World War Two, says state media. 朝鲜官方媒体宣布，朝鲜将调整所在时区，以纪念二战末从日本统治下获得解放。 North Kor...
牛津词典：5步搞定英文创意写作！ 1. Know your audience 了解你的读者 An important point to start with: you are writing for your readers, not for yourself. Familiarize yourself with your expected audience. The readers of a poetry ma...
A London office worker who was sick of the citys rip-off prices worked out that he would spend less commuting to his job from Spain. 伦敦一个上班族受够了伦敦突破天际的物价，他算出从西班牙打飞的曲线上班要更省钱。...
A debate over the correct way to wear earrings is raging over Facebook after a man posted that you should remove the plastic backing from ear studs before they are worn. Joseph Ayoub wrote: 'After my 19 years of living, I have now realized you're sup...
A trio of Chilean engineers say they have found a way to thwart determined thieves with what they claim is the world's first 'unstealable bike.' 三名智利工程师宣称发明了世界上首款偷不走的自行车，他们表示，这下那些信誓...
Facebook and Apple are offering women employees the chance to put their dreams of motherhood on ice by paying for them to freeze their eggs. The extraordinary perk is aimed at boosting the number of women staff by allowing them to focus on their care...
克洛蒂尔德纳尔齐西和卢卡索利曼经营Orefici咖啡馆已有10年时间，这间咖啡馆距米兰地标建筑米兰大教堂仅200英尺。但是，由于税金过高，二人被迫将咖啡馆转让出售。他们现在唯一的希望就...
When I was 17, I read a quote that went something like: 'If you live each day as if it was your last, someday you'll most certainly be right.' It made an impression on me, and since then, for the past 33 years, I have looked in the mirror every morni...
Obesity may have harmful effects on the brain, and exercise may counteract many of those negative effects, according to sophisticated new neurological experiments with mice, even when the animals do not lose much weight. While it's impossible to know...
When smog descends on Beijing or other Asian cities, people rush to buy face masks. 当雾霾降临到北京等亚洲城市的上空时，人们争相购买口罩。 But how effective are the masks at filtering out tiny, harmful particles of pollutio...
We all have regrets, but new research suggests the most common regret among American adults involves a lost romantic opportunity. 我们都有各种憾事，不过新研究显示，美国成年人最普遍的遗憾之事跟错失了一段恋情有关。...
HELIGOLAND, Germany Of all the developed nations, few have pushed harder than Germany to find a solution to global warming. And towering symbols of that drive are appearing in the middle of the North Sea. 德国黑尔戈兰岛几乎没有哪个发达国...
Dear Cutie-Pie, 我的宝贝小甜心： Recently, your mother and I were searching for an answer on Google. Halfway through entering the question, Google returned a list of the most popular searches in the world. Perched at the top of the list was H...
Confucius said the superior man puts all his energy into everything he does... On Wednesday, armed only with his favourite grey T-shirt and goofy smile, Mark Zuckerberg held court in one of Chinas most prestigious universities for half an hour. In Ma...
Confucius said the superior man puts all his energy into everything he does... On Wednesday, armed only with his favourite grey T-shirt and goofy smile, Mark Zuckerberg held court in one of Chinas most prestigious universities for half an hour. In Ma...
