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Taiwan : famous fish restaurant on island Southern tip

March 08, 2008 at 01:23 PM

--> 台湾屏东县有一家“鲜鱼客栈” 这是台湾屏东县“鲜鱼客栈”的菜肴“海鸡母鱼”（3月6日摄）。台湾最南端的屏东县风景胜地鹅銮鼻附近有一家“鲜鱼客栈”。“鲜鱼客栈”老板叫蔡荣达，今年32岁，是当地的渔民。他和妻子薛慧芬共同经营这家餐馆。妻子料理内务，他负责打鱼。每次都驾船到深海，然后穿着潜水衣背着“空气瓶”下海用枪打鱼，最多时... Read more

Amsterdam : high-heels running contest

March 08, 2008 at 12:45 PM

--> 荷兰"高跟鞋赛跑"：百名女子踩高跟鞋狂奔 3月6日，参加穿高跟鞋跑步比赛的妇女们在荷兰阿姆斯特丹街头奔跑。一年一度的穿高跟鞋跑步比赛6日在阿姆斯特丹举行。150名年轻妇女穿着高跟鞋，奔跑在阿姆斯特丹一条繁华的街道上，争夺1万欧元的获胜者奖金。新华社／法新文字报道：荷兰"高跟鞋赛跑"：百名女子踩高跟鞋狂奔  ... Read more

Moscow : billionaires paradise

March 08, 2008 at 10:03 AM

--> 莫斯科超过纽约成为“亿万富豪中心” 俄罗斯首都莫斯科已取代纽约成为“亿万富豪中心”。根据《福布斯》杂志公布的名单，目前住在莫斯科的超级富豪有七十四位，超越纽约的七十一位超级富豪，而伦敦则凭三十六位富豪排第三位。据香港《大公报》报道，《福布斯》高级编辑路易莎-克罗尔说：“俄罗斯今年再度成为表现突出的(欧洲)国家，该国亿万... Read more

三八妇女节快乐 - Happy International Womens Day to all women @ CPod

March 08, 2008 at 09:00 AM

As this is not that commonly know in the West - like teacher's day in september - I'd just want to take the opportunity to thank all the women at Chines... Read more

Jerusalem : students shot dead at religious college

March 08, 2008 at 08:18 AM

--> 耶路撒冷恐怖枪杀事件8人死亡安理会未能发表谴责声明在耶路撒冷西区3月6日恐怖枪杀案中受伤的以色列学生(路透社照片) 西耶路撒冷一家犹太教学校昨天晚间发生恐怖事件，一个巴勒斯坦人用自动武器射击，使八人丧生，十几人受伤。这是2006年4月17日以来，耶路撒冷发生的最严重的恐怖袭击。据黎巴嫩真主党电视台的报道，这起恐怖事... Read more

Neurological Differences in Language Learning

March 07, 2008 at 06:30 AM

Ran into this article, which suggests that there are some deep-rooted differences in the ways different genders store and process language-related information (at le... Read more

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March 07, 2008 at 05:27 AM

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Suggestion: Add "In Progress" to lesson dropdown selections

March 07, 2008 at 01:16 AM

I love that I can mark a lesson as Bookmarked/Studied, etc., but what about that lesson that I start, and can't finish all in one sitting... like I've done e... Read more

Zon: A new online Chinese learning game (BETA)

March 06, 2008 at 05:35 PM

Hi everyone,   After months of waiting impatiently for "Zon: The New Chengo Chinese" to come out, it finally happened. For those who don't know, t... Read more

UN warning over celebrity drug use

March 06, 2008 at 04:07 PM

--> 报告指名人吸毒“被美化”处罚过轻 BBC记者贝尔从维也纳发回的报道：联合国国际麻醉品管理局表示，对吸食毒品的名人处理过轻，是在给年轻人发出错误的信息。国际麻醉品管理局在最新的年度报告中还说，一些国家在对付轻度毒品犯罪分子方面花了很多时间，而在对付大型毒品犯罪团伙方面作为不多。名人吸毒这份年度报告说，不少国家的政府... Read more