Spring Festival is the most important holiday for Chinese people. Excitement and happiness are palpable this time of the year, and they reach the peak on lunar new year’s eve.春节对于中国人来说是最重要的节日。在每年的春节都让...
Wearing a light blue wetsuit that matches the colour of the sea will make you less likely to become the victim of a shark attack, according to researchers. Sharks are completely colour blind and only ...
BEIJING - China still has a long way to go to improve its economy, despite formally overtaking Japan as the world’s second largest economy, experts said.Japan’s gross domestic product (GDP) reached $...
Eating Yuanxiao吃元宵 Yuanxiao is the special food for the Lantern Festival. It is believed that Yuanxiao is named after a palace maid, Yuanxiao, of Emperor Wu Di of the Han Dynasty. Yuanxiao is a kind ...
Lesson 6 Smash-and-grabThe expensive shops in a famous arcade near Piccadilly were just opening. At this time of the morning， the arcade was almost empty. Mr Taylor， the owner of a jewellery shop was ...
Lesson 7 Mutilated ladiesHas it ever happened to you？ Have you ever put your trousers in the washing machine and then remembered there was a large bank note in your back pocket？ When you rescued your...
Editors of newspapers and magazines often go to extremes to provide their readers with unimportant facts and statistics. Last year a journalist had been instructed by a well-known magazine to write an...
251. The accessory successor never made concessions to difficulties， so he succeeded in accessing successive successes.附属继承人从未向困难妥协，因此在走向连续的成功之路上成功了。 252. I exceed the excellent student who has excess...
Lesson4 The double life of Alfred BloggsThese days， people who do manual work often receive far more money than clerks who work in offices. People who work in offices are frequently referred to as’ w...
Lesson 2 Thirteen equals oneOur vicar is always raising money for one cause or another， but he has never managed to get enough money to have the church clock repaired. The big clock which used to str...