Investors from China have started to buy up British private schools as an increasing number of Chinese want their children to be educated in the UK. 面对英国教育的高门槛,中国投资者不以为意,直接买下英国私立学校! It h

发表于:2019-01-04 / 阅读(33) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

JOHANNESBURG, Nov. 17 (Xinhua) -- South Africa will start their 2014 World Cup qualification campaign at home to Ethiopia on the weekend of June 2-3, 2012. This was confirmed after the Ethiopians defeated Somalia 5-0 in their preliminary round qualif

发表于:2019-02-06 / 阅读(41) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

By Kurt Achin Seoul 10 March 2008 South Korean officials says they are replacing the male astronaut they intended to send on a space voyage with a woman. The shift in plans, coming just weeks before the scheduled launch, is due to an apparent violati

发表于:2019-02-08 / 阅读(50) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2008年(三月)

Mexico's Rafael Marquez struck 12 minutes from time to deny hosts South Africa a winning start to the World Cup at Soccer City in Johannesburg(约翰内斯堡). Marquez controlled Andres Guardado's cross at the back post and rifled past Bafana Ba

发表于:2019-02-13 / 阅读(43) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

Before beginning todays podcast, I need to explain a few words. The first word is treasure. Treasure means things which are very valuable; generally, treasure means things made of gold or silver or precious stones. The second word is hoard. If someon

发表于:2019-02-19 / 阅读(39) / 评论(0) 分类 听播客学英语

For decades we've been sending signals into space and listening out for out of this world broadcasts. But what's the plan if signs of intelligent alien life are detected? Those likely to be at the receiving end of a cosmic signal are the scientists a

发表于:2019-02-21 / 阅读(39) / 评论(0) 分类 英语听力精选进阶版