常春藤解析英语【73】Mysterious, Magical Moldavite神秘

Mysterious, Magical Moldavite 神秘的魔法石－捷克陨石 by Luke Dodds This little-known and otherworldly stone is full of beauty and mystery. 这种鲜为人知的石头来自『另一个世界』，美丽且神秘。 With its strangewrinkled

Santos set to drop Elano for Libertadores semifinal

RIO DE JANEIRO, June 18 (Xinhua) -- Former Manchester City midfielder Elano is set to be relegated to the bench for Santos' Copa Libertadores semifinal second leg against Corinthians on Wednesday. Having lost last week's first leg at home 1-0, Santos

Adriano to play in Libertadores for Corinthians

RIO DE JANEIRO, Feb. 12 (Xinhua) -- After three-week time uncertainty, Adriano received the news on Sunday that he was included in Corinthians' squad of the 2012 Libertadores Cup. Adriano has been secluded from interacting with the remainder of playe

Adriano ordered to take extra training to reshape

RIO DE JANEIRO, Jan. 10 (Xinhua) -- As planned by Corinthians' head coach Tite, polemic striker Adriano was singled out in order to participate in extra physical conditioning exercises on Monday. The move comes in order to get the player into proper

Rival coach accuses Neymar of diving

RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) -- Corinthians coach Tite has launched a stinging attack on Santos striker Neymar, accusing the Brazil international of deceiving referees by simulating fouls. Tite spoke out after Santos' 3-2 home victory over the de

Peru striker Guerrero earns draw for Corinthians

RIO DE JANEIRO, Feb. 24 (Xinhua) -- Peru international striker Paolo Guerrero converted a 95th-minute penalty to earn Corinthians a barely deserved 2-2 draw against Bragantino in Brazil's Campeonato Paulista on Sunday. Earlier, Alexandre Pato scored

Special Olympics open in Pyeongchang

SEOUL, Jan. 29 (Xinhua) -- The 2013 Special Olympic World Winter Games kicked off in the alpine town of Pyeongchang, located northeast of Seoul, on Tuesday with a grand opening ceremony. About 3,300 intellectually disabled athletes from 110 countries

Armstrong stripped off Olympic bronze medal

NEW YORK, Jan. 17 (Xinhua) -- American cyclist Lance Armstrong was stripped of a bronze medal he won at the 2000 Olympic Games by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Thursday, hours before the airing of his interview with Oprah Winfrey in a

Olympic boxing champion Spinks dies at 74

LONDON, April 27 (Xinhua) -- Britain's Olympic boxing champion Terry Spinks has died after a long illness at 74, it was confirmed Friday. Spinks, who won an Olympic boxing gold medal at the 1956 Melbourne Games, died at his home in Essex just outside

Corinthians winger Chen "surprised" at China call up

SAO PAULO, March 11 (Xinhua) -- Corinthians winger Chen Zhizhao admits he is surprised at being called up for China's national squad for the first time on Monday. The 24-year-old was selected by coach Jose Antonio Camacho for China's 2015 Asian Cup q

Corinthians prepared to "play dirty" in Club World Cup

TOKYO, Dec. 10 (Xinhua) -- Corinthians are prepared to play dirty to win the FIFA Club World Cup, the Brazilian club's coach Tite warned on Monday. The Copa Libertadores champions will meet Egypt's Al-Ahly in Wednesday's first quarter-final following

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Corinthians coach Tite praises China's midfielder Chen

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Corinthians cautious about Pato debut

RIO DE JANEIRO, Jan. 27 (Xinhua) -- Corinthians coach Tite admitted Sunday he does not know when Brazil international striker Alexandre Pato will make his debut for the club. Pato joined the reigning FIFA Club World Cup champions last week after five

Pato cautious about form after injury

RIO DE JANEIRO, Feb. 28 (Xinhua) -- Corinthians striker Alexandre Pato admits he is still a long way off rediscovering the form that made him one of the world's most sought-after strikers. The 23-year-old scored his third goal in seven matches for th

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Kobe, LeBron to tour in China after Olympics

LONDON, Aug. 10 (Xinhua) -- Kobe Bryant will lead a bunch of big names from the U.S. Olympic basketball team to tour in China after the London Olympics. Bryant will fly directly from London to Beijing to kick off his journey that will start from Jina

Olympic champion Liu knocked out of badminton Denmark Open

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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'