Mike:Is that the Backstreet Boys you're listening to? 麦克：你听的是后街男孩的歌吗？ Amanda:No way, they're so outdated now. I'm listening to a parody of them, by Weird Al Yankovic. It's called The eBay Song and it makes fun of I Want...
Seven Puget Sound killer whales are missing and presumed dead in what could be the biggest decline among the sound's orcas in nearly a decade, say scientists who carefully track the endangered animals. 七头逆戟鲸在普吉特海湾失踪。据推测...
Dear Annie: 亲爱的安妮： My husband has an office that doubles as a spare bedroom. Every holiday season, we have overnight company. To make room for them, I have to pick up papers from under the desk, the computer, the floor, etc. Last year, I...
Over 18,500 participants in 1,202 teams joined the 26th annual mass swim across Sun Moon Lake in Nantou County in central Taiwan. 来自1,202个队的超过18,500名游泳者参加了在台湾中部南投县举行的第26届大众游泳横渡日月潭的...
Mike: I almost forgot to renew my subscription to World of Warcraft! If I hadn't mailed that monthly bill today, I'd have lost all my progress so far and I'm about to set a high score! 麦克：我几乎忘了续订魔兽世界！如果我没有在今天...
Long ago, clothing was made by tailors or family members specifically for a certain person, exactly in their size to fit them. In today's world, most clothing we buy is ready-made, so we need to look for our exact size on the label. However, differen...
People say that seeing is believing－really? Take for example the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympic Games. 人们总说眼见为实，真是这样吗？举例而言，北京奥运会的开幕式。 It went beyond the pale for organizers to fak...
If you want to fill a sink or bathtub with water, you need to do one thing first and that's stopper or plug up the drainpipe. Later, when you unplug the stopper, the used water will go rushing out down the drain. Hopefully, nothing valuable (such as...
When people go out to a restaurant, some prefer a buffet-style eating place, where you can go back to the food serving tables many times and take lots to eat or drink with no restrictions. The problem, of course, is that diners in these places tend t...
Body language－how we physically move and gesture as we talk－is an important part of English communication. Two people can say exactly the same words, but if their body language is very different, the meaning may be different as well. 在我们谈话...
