The government's plans for reducing the budget deficit are not ambitious enough - according to a European Commission report to be published on Wednesday.The report warns that the UK is not on course to cut its deficit in line with EU rules by a deadline o...
TiVo subscribers will be able to pull Internet content, music and movies onto their televisions more easily with new devices the digital-video recorder company announced Tuesday.Called TiVo Premiere, the boxes boast Web-connected capabilities similar to w...
陈俞鑫 高二(17)班Recently, the issue whether to consume is to love our countryhas been brought into our focus. Some people suppose that to consume can advance Chinese economy. However, others hold anopposite idea.Those who are in favor of the opinion t...
The funniest thing that happened to me was losing a shoe in the city.Last winter,my friends and I visited New York City.As we were going to do a lot of walking,we all decided to wear our most comfortable shoes.Unfortunately,mine were much too large.For e...
i never consider ease and joyfulness as the purpose of life itself. 我从来不认为安逸和享乐是人生本来的目的。 don’t ever forget, you are loved very, very much! www.cooyu.net千万不要忘记,你拥有无尽的爱! i am not afraid of tomorrow for i have seen ye...
Great books are those that contain the best materials on which the human mind can work in order to gain insight,understanding, and wisdom.Each of them, in its own way,raises the recurrent basicquestions which men must face. Because these questions are ne...
The moon is an unfriendly place.So there is neither air nor water,nor life of any kind.There is not much variety of acenery either.The sun and stars shine in the black sky and the extreme temperatures break rocks away from the surface of the mountains.So...
A Letter of SympathyA Letter of Sympathy——to the Parents of the Columbia AstronautsDear parents of the Columbia astronauts. I am a student from X X Middle School in China. My name is Li Ming. I was very sorrowful when I learned from TV that Sp...
Elizabeth Layton of Wellsville, Kan, was 68 before she began to draw. This activity ended bouts of depression that had plagued her for at least 30 years, and the quality of her work led one critic to say, "I am tempted to call Layton a genius.&qu...
The Turkish Prime Minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, has told the BBC that he believes Iran has no intention of developing nuclear weapons.Mr Erdogan said he was confident Iran's nuclear programme was for civilian purposes only and described President Mahmou...
Lil' Wayne was sentenced Monday to a year in prison.The rapper, whose legal name is Dwayne Carter, pleaded guilty in October to felony gun charges as part of a deal with prosecutors.The charges stem from his arrest in 2007 outside New York City's Beacon T...
Nigeria's acting President Goodluck Jonathan has nominated a list of ministers, sources say, a week after he sacked his entire cabinet.Parliamentary sources said Mr Jonathan had forwarded his nominees to the Senate for their consideration.Finalising cabin...
LONDON - A 200-year-old English race in which competitors chase round cheeses rolling down a hillside has been canceled this year because of overcrowding concerns.Organizers say the event in Gloucestershire in southwestern England has become so popular th...
A snapshot of who's buying what based on a sample of first-day pre-ordersClick to enlarge. Source: AAPL SanityThe team at Investor Village's AAPL Sanity board have completed their initial analysis of pre-orders for the iPad tablet computer.Apple (AAPL) be...
After the final examination,I received a letter from my aunt and uncle who invited me to stay with them for a fortnight.The news brought me a restless night.The next morning at ten,I reached their home and I was kindly received by them.They prepared a ve...
Reporting from Washington - Democratic leaders on Capitol Hill worked throughout the day Thursday seeking intraparty agreements over abortion, federal insurance subsidies and other issues in a healthcare package they hope to send President Obama before th...
Directions: For this part, you are allowed thirty minutes to write a composition on the topic Is a Test of Spoken English Necessary? The first sentence has already been written for you. You should write at least 120 words, and base your composition on the...
A U.S. senator is calling for a federal probe into the system of background checks for employees at nuclear plants after learning that a suspected al Qaeda member from New Jersey worked at five such sites."We simply cannot tolerate at any time having...
A 5.6-magnitude earthquake shook Cuba on Saturday.The quake struck at 1:08 p.m. (2:08 p.m. ET) 22 kilometers (14 miles) below the surface and was centered 44 km (27 miles) south-southwest of Guantanamo, the U.S. Geological Survey said."So far, there...
Directions: For this part, you are allowed thirty minutes to write a composition on the topic: A Letter to the University President about the Canteen Service on Campus You should write at least 120 words, and base your composition on the outline given in...