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　Paul the oracle octopus was given a replica of the World Cup on Monday as a reward for his perfect eight-for-eight record in picking matches as bettors worldwide collected their winnings based on his selections。 　　The two-year-old octopus with possible psychic powers tur...

弗兰获评本届世界杯国际足联最佳球员“金球奖” 　　Uruguay’s Diego Forlan has won the Fifa Golden Ball as the outstanding player at the World Cup。 　　乌拉圭队球员迭戈·弗兰获评本届世界杯国际足联最佳球员“金球奖”。 　　Forlan, the Atletico Madrid striker, scored five goals, including...

房价刚松动，房租(apartment rent)却猛涨，急速攀高的房租可让不少大学毕业生和年轻白领们为之抓狂。让我们看看房租上涨对北京、广州、武汉三大主要城市的年轻人的生活产生了哪些影响。   Rent is rising in cities across China, and young Chinese are feeling the brunt of this worrying trend. 中国各大...

1. 人生短短几十年，不要给自己留下了什么遗憾，想笑就笑，想哭就哭，该爱的时候就去爱，无谓压抑自己。 　　Be sure that you have never had any regrets in your life which only lasts for a few decades. Laugh or cry as you like, and it is meaningless to oppress yourself。 　　2. 于千万人之中，...

In a bid to plug dwindling domestic consumption by tapping into overseas markets, some of Japan’s big-name retailers are telling their employees to start speaking English — or find another job。 　　As Japan’s population shrinks, the country’s retailers are incre...

失恋女人为何会迷恋巧克力 　　As any woman who’s been left heartbroken will testify, comfort eating is all too easy. Now scientists have established a reason for the behaviour。 　　就象任何一个心碎的女人所证明的，她们很容易陷入无节制饮食的状态。现在科学们找到了这种行为背后的原因...

Don’t work for money 不做有才华的穷人 The world is filled with smart, talented, educated and gifted people. We meet them every day. A few days ago, my car was not running well. I pulled it into a garage, and the young mechanic had it fixed in just a few minutes. He knew what was w...

现实版“虎口脱险”在美国动物园上演 　　According to Daily Mail July 8, a man had a lucky escape from a dangerous game of cat and mouse with a giant Bengal white tiger at a wildlife park in Arizona, US. Jeff Harwell participates as the prey during a daily routine with the cats, where t...

以色列六名兵哥哥巡逻时跳劲舞 跳舞正酣畅 下蹲 　　According to New York Times of July 7, six Israeli soldiers suddenly broke into a one-minute dance, to the song of American singer Kasha, “Tick Tock” while on patrol in the West Bank city of Hebron. The whole process was rec...

　Step 1: What She’ll Do 　　The Gossip friend is the one who just cannot keep a secret. If you’re stupid enough to confide in her, she’ll spill all your wordly secrets at the very first opportunity。 　　爱八卦的朋友是指那些保守不住秘密的朋友。如果你傻傻地把自己的秘密...

科学家检查神秘“高龄”干尸 　　It’s a very modern approach to gaining a window into the past。 　　这是一个窥视过去的很现代的方法。 科学家们已经采取了新技术给245岁高龄的干尸做了CT检查 　　But scientists have taken the novel step of giving a 245-year-old mummified male a non-invasi...

　I have long argued that it is more or less inevitable that China’s economy will in a not too distant future become the biggest in the world. I am more convinced than ever of the truth of this prediction。 　　Each year it seems, China passes at least one new milestone. In 2008, ...

哪一张脸更具吸引力 　　Which face is more attractive? If you chose the face on the left, you share the tastes of most heterosexual men. It is a composite face, or “morph”, made from the faces of eight women with unusually small feet. The face on the right is a morph of eig...

　新华网杭州7月8日电(记者 章苒)记者8日从杭州萧山机场获悉，造成7日晚上机场封锁，大批航班备降宁波、无锡的不明飞行物事件，有关方面已经介入，但还没有找到它的下落。 　　萧山机场新闻发言人称，目前调查正在进行，机场秩序已恢复正常，但监管人员掌握的不明飞行物信息在调查清楚前不便公布。 　　机场封...