Unit 4 1.Flower in Home Decoration Just as people have their own personalities,so do their homes.Professionals use this technique constantly.Open up any home magazine to see how flowers are used to achieve a sophiscated look. And yet you need not be...
10. Sattelite Launced from Xichang Space Center China re-entered space yesterday evening, sending a communication satellite into orbit atop a Long March 3B rocket from a launch pad in Xichang in Southwest China's Sichuan Province. A spokesman for the...
Why I had to help my sister in suicide A man who comforted his terminally ill sister while she attempted to commit suicide will not face charges . Graham Lawson faced the possibility of 14 years in jail because he watched his 48-year-old sister Sue ....
8. Mystery as Big Ben falls Silent for an Hour The chimes of Big Ben were silenced for over an hour on Friday night but the cause remains a mystery, an engineer said today. The Palace of Westminster's 147-year-old clock, considered to be one of the m...
7.Australia Records Highest Birth Rate in 9 Years Australia has recorded its highest annual birth rate in nine years, with indications that couples are encouraged by low unemployment and economic stability to have babies. Population figures from the...
6. Yahoo Celebrates a Decates Online Yahoo, one of the net's most iconic companies, is celebrating its 10th anniversary this week. The web portal has undergone remarkable changes since it was set up by Stanford University students David Filo and Jerr...
French spiderman climbs world's tallest building Daredevil climber Alain Robert, known as the French Spiderman, defied stiff winds and rain to climb the world's tallest skyscraper, Taipei 101 Saturday. Robert, dressed in a red rain jacket, tights and...
Earthquake Jolts Tokyo from bed An earthquake measuring 5.4 on the Richter scale shook the Tokyo area before dawn, jolting many residents out of bed and causing minor injuries to at least 19 people. The quake registered at 4:46 am with the epicenter...
Los Angeles Times Wins Pulitzer Prize Honors 2005普利策奖 《洛杉矶时报》再度胜出 The Los Angeles Times won the 2005 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service on Monday for a series of articles exposing deadly medical problems and racial injust...
Forbes' list has new names; Gates No. 12005年福布斯富豪榜又有新变动，比尔盖茨仍旧稳居榜首 Thanks to a surge in demand for steel, the Internet and Scandinavian sofas, there are some new names among the very richest of the world'...
