[地名] 乔戈里峰 ( 中·巴基 )

Feng shui, or geomancy in English, is becoming more and more popular in America. The Chinese consider feng shui old news, but to Americans, it's something brand-new. Store and home owners are consulting feng shui masters for advice. How did this anc

发表于:2018-12-08 / 阅读(141) / 评论(0) 分类 赖世雄中级美国英语

Sixty years ago today, two men reached the summit of Mt Everest, the highest mountain in the world. They were the first people to do this and return alive. The men were New Zealander Edmund Hillary and Tensing Norgay from Nepal. They were part of a B

发表于:2018-12-31 / 阅读(46) / 评论(0) 分类 新西兰英语

Three months ago, Mt Tongariro erupted, sending a cloud of ash into the sky. Today the same thing happened and it happened suddenly, without any early signs or noise. Again it sent a cloud of ash into the sky, about 5000m high. Listen to August 8th 2

发表于:2018-12-31 / 阅读(37) / 评论(0) 分类 新西兰英语

When Helen Clark left Parliament, the Labour Party announced there would be a by-election in Mt Albert to find a replacement MP. Russell Norman, co-leader of the Green Party, and John Boscawen of the ACT Party both want to be the MP for Mt Albert. Th

发表于:2019-02-05 / 阅读(39) / 评论(0) 分类 新西兰英语

BEIJING, March 5 (Xinhua) -- Rising NBA star Jeremy Lin has won over many young basketball fans in China, but not Shi Shuaijun, who says his hero is an altruist revered by generations of schoolchildren as Uncle Lei Feng. Lei Feng has won Shi's admira

发表于:2019-02-06 / 阅读(56) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

The South Ridge on Aoraki Mt Cook has been re-named Hillary Ridge. This is to honour Sir Edmund Hillary who was in the group of four climbers who were first to climb along that ridge to the top the mountain in 1948. It took them 7 hours. Aoraki Mt Co

发表于:2019-02-25 / 阅读(61) / 评论(0) 分类 新西兰英语