If you're offered a much-desired position at thecompany of your dreams, it may be tempting to agree to the offer rightaway. But don't! Many managers expect perspective employeesto negotiate their p

You might haveheard ironic uses of the Chinese phrases "getting soy sauce,""doingpush-ups," and "playing hidden cat," but the latest catchphrase tocatch fire among China's Internet users just soun

Thousandsof people holding chrysanthemum flowers went to the JingzhouMemorial House to see off the teenagers, all 19-year-old studentsfrom the Yangtze University based in Jingzhou City.数以千计的

The secret to a happy marriage for men is choosing awife who is smarter and at least five yearsyounger thanyou, say UK experts.英国专家表示，一桩幸福婚姻的秘诀在于男方要选择一位比自己聪明并且年轻五...

Yesterday was the most unproductive day of theyear, according to a survey, as workers' morale is hit by thedarker evenings brought on by the clock change.一项调查表明，昨天是这一年中人们工作效率最低...

Do you love a good fright? ThenHalloween is the holiday for you! This eerie festivity is observedin America and Europe on October 31. You can share in the fun bylearning some Halloween English ling

Here's a way to frighten theneighbors on Halloween: wear a mask looking like convictedmulti-billion-dollar swindler Bernard Madoff, a vampire-president"Barakula," or the late Michael Jackson.想在万

Anew trend has been popping up all over the world--on mobile phones!SMS messages are becoming as common as telephone calls becausethey're fast, cheap and fun. Here are some tips on using SMS, orSh

There may besome truth to the saying that all women will eventually turn intotheir mothers, with a U.S. study finding daughters age and wrinklelike their mothers.女人最终都像自己的妈妈，这一说法也...

Batteryrunning low on you're mobile phone? Sounds like it's time for awalk. That's the reality of the nPower PEG, a personal energygenerator that, like battery-less flashlights which require shaki

The researchshows men who spend even a few minutes in the company of anattractive woman perform less well in tests designed to measurebrain function than those who chat to someone they do not find

US actressBillie Burke is reported to have said that "age is something thatdoes not matter unless you are a cheese".美国女演员比利·伯克曾经说过：“年龄对于名人来讲至关重要，对于其他人而言倒是无所...

Forget the chafing dish. Just give me themoney.千万别给我买什么涮锅，直接给钱就好。 An increasingnumber of brides and grooms want cold hard cash as presents,wedding-industry insiders say. G...

Womanwho haven't fallen in love before graduation大学毕业前还没谈过恋爱的女人Here "love" refers to interaction more than threemonths rather than a very short period of the lightning romance.Also...

Over theweekend, 30 Japanese universities took part in the InternationalEducation Expo in Beijing. ROK, meanwhile, expects an influx ofChinese students, thanks to new exchanges between the twocou

A survey of 16to 24 year olds has found that 75% of them feel they "couldn'tlive" without the internet.一项针对英国16至24岁年轻人的调查发现，75%的年轻人认为他们“没有网络活不下去。” The re...

On Tuesday,police in northern China shot and killed one escaped inmate andcaptured three others who staged a dramatic prison escape over theweekend, leading to a massive manhunt to capture them.周

For all hisflourish, President Barack Obama sure falls back on a few familiarphrases.尽管美国总统巴拉克·奥巴马在发表演讲时总是风光无限，不过他总离不开他那几句口头禅。 Make nomistake. Cha...

At one of themost anticipated shows of Milan fashion week, Prada showed designsthat were reminiscent of a 1960s beach scene. Here are some runwaylooks from Prada's spring 2010 collection.作为米兰时...

"Doyou want to get a vaccination or not?" That's the sort of questionthat Su Zishun and his dorm-mates chat about before going to sleep.They got a notice about the A(H1N1) influenza vaccine.“要不