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Nightlife and entertainment in Beijing - [lovely life]

Beijing is now bulldozing its way through the 21st century, after decades of Maoist killjoy prohibitions. Its booming nightlife is a reflection of the changes taking place and the city boasts a variety of venues hosting a revolving door of top-quality performers from around the world.

Elections in Japan-Abe agonises - [politics]

Jul 27th 2007 | TOKYO
From Economist.com

Japan's ruling party is set for a drubbingTHE elections on Sunday July 29th for half of the seats in the upper house of the Diet (parliament) in theory have only an indirect impact on who governs Japan. In practice they are crucial test, and not just for the ruling coalition of the Liberal De...

The Real Diana - [Books & Arts]

A top journalist goes beyond the gossip and tells the inside story of a wounded and exploited princess -- including her secret love, her true enemies and her desperate need for attention. By Tina Brown

From Reader's Digest

That Night in P...

欧洲国家气质榜 - [cultrue]

文/令狐磊 朱坤 黄煜池    这是中国人印象中的欧洲国家气质，也许并不代表他们的自我定位，但至少能管中窥豹。印象包括：国家交往、文化往来、经济实力及国民生活。阿尔伯特·卡缪说：“了解一个地方最容易的方法也许是弄清它那儿的人民是如何工作的，是如何爱的，以及是如何死的。”这里不是坐在欧盟会议席里的国家代表，这里是一群有自我鲜明气质的欧洲人。（按拉丁字母顺序排列）

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CYA --- Ericsong class room 7, Mar. 2007 - [English Classroom]

This time Professor Ericsong wants to talk about "CYA". This "CYA" is not the colloquial expression for "see you", but rather "Cover Your Ass". CYA, or &qu...

Watching, but still waiting - [global security]

The UN and Darfur

Watching, but still waitingMar 16th 2007 | NEW YORK
From Economist.com

Darfur continues to bleed while outsiders, including a UN human rights body, look on 

AT A summit in 2005, all the member countries of the United Nations agreed on a principle of a “responsibility to protect” civili...

Inside al-Qaeda's brain? - [hot issues]

Terrorism

Inside al-Qaeda's brain?Mar 15th 2007 | NEW YORK
From Economist.com

An al-Qaeda bigwig admits to many wicked deedsTHE image of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed that is best known to the world is of him looking bedraggled and confused, cranky and unkempt in a white t-shirt shortly after his capture in Pakistan in 2003. But...

Black shadows - [hot issues]

Corporate scandals

Black shadowsMar 15th 2007 | NEW YORK
From The Economist print edition

Conrad Black's trial beginsTRIALS of the century have become an annual event in the business world, thanks to America’s wave of corporate scandals. But the trial of Conrad Black, which began in Chicago on Wednesday Mar...

Reaching out over the Pacific - [hot issues]

Mar 16th 2007
From the Economist Intelligence Unit ViewsWire

China worries as Japan and Australia sign a security deal
Australia and Japan signed a joint declaration on security co-operation on March 13th, upgrading the two countries' security relationship to match their burgeoning economic ties. Although the pact falls well short of a military allian...

每日一句1 - [English Classroom]

每日一句：Don't play games with me.( 1.25 )别跟我捣鬼。

一些和动物有关的英语说法 - [English Classroom]

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正式和非正式英语的一些表达形式 - [English Classroom]

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语言是交际的工具，为了达到更好的交际目的，人们 根据情景和交际的目的选择不同的文体。正式语言和非正式语言的运用是交际中重要的文体形式。在英语中正式英语用于比较严肃的场合，而非正式的英语用于比较随便的...

在英国所感受到的英语 - [English Classroom]

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Franklin Delano Roosevelt: Pearl Harbor Address to the Nation - [politics]

Mr. Vice President, Mr. Speaker, Members of the Senate, and of the House of Representatives:

Yesterday, December 7th, 1941 -- a dat...

Ronald Reagan: Remarks at the U.S. Ranger Monument on the 40th Anniversary of D-Day - [politics]

*This was an emotional day.

Ronald Reagan: The Evil Empire - [politics]

Moderator: Ladies and Gentlemen: The President of the United States, Ronald Reag...

Spiro Theodore Agnew: Television News Coverage - [politics]

I think it's obvious from the cameras here that I didn't come to discuss the ban on cyclamates or DDT. I have a subject which I think if of great importance to the American people. Tonight I...

Martin Luther King: Beyond Vietnam -- A Time to Break Silence - [politics]

I come to this magnificent house of worship tonight because my conscience leaves me no other choice. I join you in this meeting because I am in deepest agreement with the aims and work of the organi...

Mario Cuomo: "A Tale of Two Cities" - [politics]

On behalf of the Empire State and the family of New York, I thank you for the great privilege of being able to address this convention. Please allow me to skip the stories and the poetry and the tem...

Eleanor Roosevelt: Adoption of the Declaration of Human Rights - [politics]

Mr. President, fellow delegates:

The long and meticulous study and debate of which this Universal Declaration of Human Rights is the ...

Harry S. Truman: "The Truman Doctrine" - [politics]

Mr. President, Mr. Speaker, Members of the Congress of the United States:

The gravity of the situation which confronts the world t...

Ronald Reagan: Remarks at the Brandenburg Gate - [politics]

Thank you. Thank you, very much.

Lou Gehrig: Farewell to Baseball Address - [sports]

Fans, for the past two weeks you have been reading about the bad break I got. Yet today I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the earth.

McCarthy-Welch Exchange: "Have You No Sense of Decency" - [politics]

McCarthy: (Mr. Chairman) ...in view...

Dwight D. Eisenhower: "Atoms for Peace" - [politics]

Madam President and Members of the General Assembly:

John F. Kennedy: Inaugural Address - [politics]

Vice President Johnson, Mr. Speaker, Mr. Chief Justice, President Eisenhower, Vice President Nixon, President Truman, Reverend Clergy, fellow citizens:

We observe today not a victory of p...

Ronald Reagan: The Space Shuttle "Challenger" Tragedy Address - [politics]

Ladies and Gentlemen, I'd planned to speak to you tonight to report on the state of the Union, but the events of earlier today have led me to change those plans. Today is a day for mourning and re...

Lyndon Baines Johnson: "The Great Society" - [politics]

President Hatcher, Governor Romney, Senators McNamara and Hart, Congressmen Meader and Staebler, and other members of the fine Michigan delegation, members of the graduating class, my fellow America...

Richard M. Nixon: "The Great Silent Majority" - [politics]

Good Evening, my fellow Americans.

Tonight I w...

Opening Statement: Sexual Harrassment Hearings - [politics]

Concerning Judge Clarence ThomasMr. Chairman, Senator Thurmond, members of the committee, my name is Anit...