Aging Populations 人口老龄化 What is making the world so much older? 是什么让全世界的人口日益老龄化？ There are two long-term causes and a temporary blip that will continue to show up in the figures for the next few decad
If I were a boy again, I would cultivate courage. “Nothing is so mild and gentle as courage, nothing so cruel and pitiless as cowardice,” says a wise author. 假如我又回到了童年，我就要培养勇气。一位明智的作家曾说过：“世上没有东西比勇气更温文
But in the eyes of many UFO fans, government officials were trying to hide information on extraterrestrial UFOs for fear of mass panic. 但是在许多UFO迷们看来，政府官员试图遮掩公众对天外来客的UFO的恐惧感。 The UFO craze continued th
George Soros wants to be the Bono of the financial world. 乔治·索罗斯想成为金融界的博诺（U２乐队主唱）。 The speculator whose assault on sterling ejected Britain from the European exchange rate mechanism that September of
Rick was chosen for US-British test pilot exchange program in 1992. 1992年，里克被选入美国— 英国皇家空军试飞员交换项目。 We moved to the English countryside, where our marriage grew to a deeper level with no barriers standi
Possible low grade. Because dorm life is very social, your grades may be affected in a negative way. If you constantly choose hanging out with your dorm buddies over studying at the library, then your
To Become a Leader at Your School 成为校园领袖 Many leaders have certain traits and perform certain tasks that allow them to be respected by other people. 许多领导人都有特定的品质和做事的执行力，因而能得到其他人的尊重。 If you would like
Ready or not, some day it will all come to an end.There will be no more sunrises, no days, no hours or minutes. 无论是否准备好，总有一天它都会走到尽头。那里没有日出，没有白天，没有小时和分钟。 All the things you collected, whether treasured
A Winter Walk 冬日漫步 The wind has gently murmured through the blinds,or puffed with feathery softness against the windows,and occasionally sighed like a summer zephyr lifting the leaves along, the livel
We chase after it,when it is waiting all about us 我们苦苦追寻的，其实就在我们身边。 “Are you happy?"I asked my brother, Lan, one day. 一天，我问哥哥伊恩：“你感到幸福吗?” "Yes. No. It depends what you mean," hesaid. 他回答说：“可以说幸福，也可以说不
How Love Endures? 爱如何不停运转？ It's a year I could never have imagined happening, let alone getting through. 这一年我不敢去想发生了什么，更不用说我是如何度过每一天的。 A year since I lost the love of my life, the man I expected to be
There were already signs that he had a good deal of talent. 迈克尔的天赋早已有所显露。 Harvest Smith, a classmate and close friend who in those days played basketball with him practically every day, 他的一位同班同学和亲密伙伴维
You sure are lucky 你一定很幸运 It was a hot, muggy August afternoon, and I had every reason to feel sorry for myself. 那是一个潮湿闷热的下午，我完全有理由为自己掬一把同情之泪。 A comedy of hassles began with the normal airport securit
Coketown 红砖城 Coketown was a town of red brick,or of brick that would have been red if the smoke and the ashes had allowed it;but as matters stood it was a town of unnatural red and black like the pain
Insects Will Be Part of UK Diet 2020年昆虫将成为主食 Western diners should get used to the idea of eating insects because by 2020 it is "inevitable"they will form an important part of our diet,according to th
Gifts from the heart 来自内心的礼物 According to legend, a young man while roaming the desert came across a spring of delicious crystal-clear water. 有这样一个传说：一个年轻人在沙漠里漫游时偶然发现了一眼清泉。 The water was so sweet. 泉水清
Amsterdam 阿姆斯特丹 When the sun is up in Amsterdam,the largest city in the Netherlands sits quietly on the Amstel River. 当太阳升起时，阿姆斯特丹，这座荷兰最大的城市，静静地坐落在阿姆斯特尔河畔。 You can rent a bicycle,visit the Van Gogh or
Understanding Jealousy 理解嫉妒 Most of us have experienced Shakespeare's "green-eyed monster"—jealousy. It is a terrible obsession. 大多数的我们都经历过莎士比亚笔下的“绿眼怪物”——嫉妒。这是摆脱不了的困扰。 Often in a crisis we'd like to k
Schools 学校 September is traditionally the end of summer and the beginning of autumn in the UK. 传统来讲，9月是夏末秋初的月份， It is also the month when children go back to school after their long summer holidays, 也
UFO Mystery UFO之谜 The first mass sightings of UFOs in the United States came in 1896, when a number of people from California to the Midwest reported seeing mysterious aircraft. 第一次大规模目击UFO是在1896年的美国，
