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Cathy: Well its my first night in Beijing. What should I eat? Cathy: 这是我到北京的第一个晚上，我该吃什么？ Xiang: Well you have to try Peking duck. Xiang: 你应该试试北京烤鸭。 Cathy: Mm, I dont really like duck to be honest with you. I fancy someth

China's Liu Xiang Hopes for Good Showing in

By Parke Brewer Liu Xiang burst on the track scene in 2002 when he set an Asian and world junior record in the 110-meter hurdles with a time of 13.12 seconds. Last year, Chinese sports journalists vot

新标准初中英语第五册--MODULE 3Sporting life

[00:00.00]MODULE 3Sporting life [00:01.59]模块三体育运动 [00:03.17]Unit 1When will the matchbe held? [00:05.16]第一单元比赛将什么时候举行? [00:07.15]Listening and vocabulary2 Listen and check the words you hear. [00:31.48]听力和词

CCTV9英语新闻：Gaokao cheaters to face imprisonment

Just a few hours to go before the biggest day of the year for some 9.4 million Chinese students. On Tuesday, China's national college entrance examination for high school seniors will begin. And this year, the stakes are higher than ever, especially

CCTV9英语新闻：How does 'Gaokao' work?

For more on Gaokao, we are joined in the studio by my colleague Wu Haojun. Q1. We know millions of students take Gaokao every year, which to a certain extent could determine their future. So how exactly does such a critical and life-changing exam wor

VOA标准英语2013--Gao Residents Rebuild, after Islamist Occupation

Gao Residents Rebuild, after Islamist Occupation An everyday scene that would have been unthinkable just four months ago under the Islamist militant sect MUJAO. And certainly not in Gao. MUJAO anointed the Sharia Square; it's where they whipped peopl

刘翔手术成功

Chinese hurdler Liu Xiang has gone under the knife after a serious Achilles tendon tear put him out of the London Olympics. A senior Chinese sports official says the operation was successful, and his doctor is satisfied. Heartbreak for the former 110

CCTV9英语新闻：五一的南锣鼓巷

Statistics show that during the three-day vacation, more than 5.5 million tourists visited 150 scenic spots in Beijing. The popular alley, Nan Luo Gu Xiang, saw 150，000 tourists on its peak day, surpassing the peak flow of the Palace Museum. The po

奥运项目田径词汇:110米跨栏

Hurdles, H-U-R-D-L-E-S.110 meter hurdles. It requires speed and great hurdling technique. Patrick qualified to participate in the Olympic men's 110 meter hurdles. Of course. Liu Xiang is one of the world's fastest and most popular hurdlers in this ye

Liu Xiang, Sun Yang lead China to London

BEIJING, Dec. 23 (Xinhua) -- With the retirement of basketball legend Yao Ming, who led the Chinese sports delegation to the 2008 Olympic opening ceremony, Liu Xiang and Sun Yang will spearhead the Chinese athletes next year in London in pursuit of a

Cuba's Robles not to race against Liu Xiang

SHANGHAI, May 12 (Xinhua) -- Olympic and world champion Dayron Robles will not race against local hero Liu Xiang at a May 23 meet in Shanghai, according to the name list announced by organizers. Jamaican（牙买加） sprint king Usain Bolt will hea

2007年VOA标准英语-GAO Report Offers Mixed Assessment of Departmen

By Deborah Tate Washington 06 September 2007 A report by the U.S. Government Accountability Office, the investigative arm of Congress, says the Department of Homeland Security has failed to meet half its performance expectations since it was establis

Less Gaokao Participants as More Looking Overseas

Government figures are suggesting the number of participants taking this years Gao Kao - China's national college entrance exam are declining drastically in recent years. As CRI's Chen Mei reports, that's partly because Chinese high school graduates

Less Gaokao Participants, More Seek Int'l Study

This year's national college entrance exam begins on Friday. Government figures are suggesting the number of students sitting the Gaokao is going to be down, largely because high-school grads now have more options open to them these days. CRI's Chen

CCTV9英语新闻：Traditional Beijing hutong combats overcrowding

Beijings central hutong Nanluoguxiang has voluntarily applied to be stripped of its ranking as an A3-level government-recommended tourist site, saying it's being overcrowded with tourist groups. Traditional hutongs in Beijing are famous for their pea

这些中国特色的图片都引爆了老外哪些脑洞？

When 7 uncaptioned photos of very Chinese things, phenomena, and traditions are sent to BuzzFeed offices in New York, Washington, D.C., Los Angeles, London, Toronto, Russia, Spain, Mumbai, and Australia, the non-chinese asked them to write down the f

China's Liu Xiang to be ready for Olympics

LONDON, July 14 (Xinhua) --- Liu Xiang's back injury which forced him out of Saturday night's London Diamond League final will not affect his chance of winning at the Olympic Games in three weeks time, his coach Sun Haiping said here on Saturday. It'

2016年CRI China Releases First-batch Images Captured by Gaofen-4 Satellite

The State Administration of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense released 17 pictures captured by Gaofen-4 on Wednesday, covering an area of at least 400 kilometers. The project's chief designer, Tong Xudong, said Gaofen-4 is in good

2016年CRI Measures Intensified Against Gaokao Cheating

In China, arguably the most important exam in a student's life is now often associated with cheating, which invariably pop up every year. To try to bring this to an end, authorities are taking steps - both legal and high-tech - to try to ensure no ch

2016年CRI China Gears up for Gaokao

The 9.4 million Chinese students preparing to sit the exams were cheered on Monday by a good-luck message from legendary British physicist Stephen Hawking. In a message tweeted through his social media account, Hawking wished the next generation of s