PARIS, June 2 (Xinhua) -- Rafael Nadal reached the final 16 at French Open with a 6-1, 6-3, 6-4 win over Eduardo Schwank of Argentina on Saturday, making sure he would be in a happy mood to celebrate his birthday. The second seed and defending champi...
NEW YORK, Aug. 30 (Xinhua) -- Top seeds Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal both advanced into the second round of U.S. Open, while China's French Open champion Li Na subsided in the first round on Tuesday. Nadal, the defending U.S. Open champion and thi...
DAEGU, South Korea, Aug. 28 (Xinhua) -- The world's three fastest hurdlers safely advanced in the heats of the world championships here on Sunday, but the best time was made by U.S. rising star Jason Richardson in 13.19 seconds. China's Liu Xiang, th...
今天我们要学的词是advance。 Advance, 作为动词，有上涨，前进的意思。 Our local high school basketball team advanced to regional semifinals, 本地高中篮球校队赢得了参加地区半决赛的资格。 U.S. stocks advance...
The U.S. House of Representatives has passed a bill tying an increase in the federal borrowing limit to deep spending cuts, limits on future spending, and a proposed constitutional amendment requiring a balanced budget. The Republican-sponsored measu...
BEIJING, Jan. 25 (Xinhua) -- The central parity rate of yuan, the Chinese currency, Tuesday gained 2 points to 6.5881 against the U.S. dollar, according to the China Foreign Exchange Trading（外汇交易） System. China's central bank announced in...
W: Ive been looking for an efficiency apartment. M: How many rooms do you have in mind? W: I want a 3 bedroom apartment. M: Oh, I know there is one for rent out in the suburbs. Dialogue 2. W: Do you have any apartments for rent right now? M: We still...
The State Department says the deal under which North Korea is to end its nuclear program in return for aid and diplomatic benefits cannot go any farther without an agreement to verify disarmament steps. Four days of talks in Beijing on a verificatio...
The tides advance; the tides recede. Winter goes and summer comes. summer wanes and the cold increases. The sun rises; the sun sets. The moon is full; the moon is black. The birds arrive; the birds depart. Flowers bloom; flowers fade. Seeds are sown...
Rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo continued on offensive near the town of Goma, as government troops retreated from their positions. Derek Kilner reports from VOA's East Africa bureau in Nairobi that the U.N. refugee agency says 30,000...
