小米成为第三大智能手机厂商

Xiaomi becomes third-largest smartphone maker 小米成为第三大智能手机厂商 A four-year-old Chinese tech company has become the world's third-largest smartphone maker, behind Samsung and Apple. The company is called Xiaomi Inc. It has also

视频游戏应该出现在奥运会

Video games should be in Olympics 视频游戏应该出现在奥运会 A top designer for one of the world's most popular computer games has said that video games should be an Olympics sport. Rob Pardo, who was chief creative designer for the World o

著名科学家说A.I.可以摧毁我们

Famous scientist says A.I. could destroy us 著名科学家说A.I.可以摧毁我们 The famous scientist professor Stephen Hawking has warned that robots with artificial intelligence could one day mean the death of us all. He told the BBC that: The

推特取消140字数限制

For the first time on Twitter, people will be able to send messages that are longer than 140 characters. While tweets will still be restricted to the 140-character limit, Direct Messages (DMs) will be capped at 10,000 characters. These are the person

英语商业新闻-谷歌首席执行官对欧洲各国政府说他们需要向硅谷政府看齐

谷歌首席执行官对欧洲各国政府说他们需要向硅谷政府看齐 The CEO (Chief Executive Officer) of Google Larry Page has told European governments they need to be more like Silicon Valley. He said European leaders do not support tech

英语商业新闻-英国公司面临数十亿的账单

英国法院裁定加班应列为影响假期薪酬的一个重要因素，如此一来，英国公司将面临数十亿的账单 Companies in the UK face a multibillion-dollar bill after a court ruled that overtime should be a factor in the calculat

英语商业新闻-日本经济再次下滑

日本再次下滑陷入衰退，金融分析师开始思考其对全球经济的影响 Japan has slipped back into recession, leaving financial analysts to ponder over the implications for the global economy. Japan's economy unexpectedly shrank for

英语商业新闻-新式打印机足够用两年

装上充足墨水，一台打印机足够使用两年 Are you fed up with paying extortionate sums of money for ink cartridges that run out soon after you buy them? Help may be at hand. The Japanese printer company Epson has just released a new line

由于人类活动 地球上的树木已经减少一半

There is good and bad news about trees. The good news is there are seven times more than we thought. Scientists thought we had 400 billion trees, but we have three trillion. That's a three followed by 12 zeroes. For each person alive today, there are

十亿人同时在用脸书

Over one billion people used Facebook last Monday. This is the first time the site has had this many visitors in one day. The CEO of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, said it was an important achievement for his company. He posted on his own Facebook profil

英语商业新闻-英国时装公司Burberry股票持有者集体抗议为新上任的CEO所拟定的薪酬

英国时装公司Burberry股票持有者集体抗议为新上任的CEO所拟定的薪酬 Shareholders from the British fashion house Burberry are up in arms about a proposed pay package for its CEO. They rejected a resolution at the company's annual

夫妇养猪当宠物 遭房东驱逐

An English couple could lose their home or their pets. Clive and Rose Restall live with their 21 guinea pigs. The owners of the house say this is too many. They want the couple to get rid of the guinea pigs. The owners warned Mr and Mrs Restall that

失业的年轻人成社会一大问题

The number of jobless 15-24-year-olds is very high. Over 73 million want to work but cannot find a job. Youth unemployment is coming down in rich countries, but rising in poorer countries. In China, it was 10.6 per cent last year and could be 11.1 pe

高科技产品会越来越便宜

There is a new global trade agreement that will make IT products cheaper. More than 50 countries agreed to end tariffs and import duties on over 200 IT products. All 28 countries from the European Union signed, as well as China, Japan, South Korea, t

英语商业新闻-美国最值得为之而工作的25家公司

美国最值得为之而工作的25家公司 A new report has identified the top 25 companies in the USA to work for. The report comes out every year and always has some surprises. It ranked the best places to work in 2014 by taking a survey of emplo

13岁男孩发明了新的盲文打印机

13-year-old invents new Braille printer 13岁男孩发明了新的盲文打印机 A 13-year-old American has made a cheap machine that can help blind people read. People who cannot see can read by using Braille a system of small bumps that people tou

我们需要对物联网做好准备

We need to prepare for the Internet of Things 我们需要对物联网做好准备 A technology analyst warned we might not yet be ready for the Internet of Things - the next stage of the digital revolution. It will change our lives because all our d

电动车在2.8秒内由0kph可达到100kph

Electric car does 0 to 100kph in 2.8 seconds 电动车在2.8秒内由0kph可达到100kph A new electric car from Tesla Motors can go from 0 to 100kph in just 2.8 seconds. An older model could already get from 0-100kph in 3.2 seconds. An upgrade calle

科技商品将变得更便宜

Technology goods to become cheaper 科技商品将变得更便宜 A new trade deal will make technology cheaper. Over 50 countries will end import duties on 200 products over the next four years. The countries signed the deal at the WTO. The products

国务卿约翰·克里在海湾合作委员会会见了六国的代表

Jurors in the Colorado theater shooting trial that inclines to rule out the death penalty as they move for sentencing jail home finding his defense spill to persuade them to showing mercy. The decision clears a way for a last xx for both sides, inclu