世界杯的比赛不是每一场都有时间看，但是昨晚的巴西对荷兰，偶是从头到尾地观战了。出场时巴西球员们手拿的“say no to racism”也留下了深刻的印象，只可惜五星球队巴西没能延续辉煌。这里介绍一下这个短语的意思和历史渊源吧。
    2010年南非世界杯荷兰对巴西这场四分之一决赛正在进行中，在赛场上球员们打出了SAY NO TO RACISM的标语。racism的意思是种族主义、种族歧视，这句标语的意思可以翻译成“对种族歧视说不”。    本届世界杯的东道主南非本身就是一个种族矛盾和贫富悬殊仍然很突出的国家。种族歧视在足球场上也是个比较突出的问题。关于这个标语，据维基百科

A new study shows women need 60 minutes of moderate exercise a day to prevent weight gain as they age if they consume a normal diet.一项新的研究显示，随着女性年龄的增长，在正常饮食的情况下，她们需要每天进行60分钟中等强度的运动，才能避免体重增加。The findings suggest women need more exercise than the current federal guidelines of 150 minutes a week,

How to Keep Your New Year’s Resolutions: Advice from the Experts
　　如何才能保持新年决心，专家给你的建议
　　About half of all American adults (48%， according to a Marist polltaken in December) say they are at least somewhat likely to make a NewYear’s resolution this year. Their top vows: to lose weight (19%)， quitsmo

People have been passionate about roses since the beginning of time. In fact, it is said that the floors of Cleopatra’s palace were carpeted with delicate rose petals, and that the wise and knowing Confucius had a 600-book library specifically on how to care for roses.
　　人类有史以来就钟情于玫瑰。据说，克娄巴特拉的宫

The Spring Festival is the most important festival for the Chinese people and is when all family members get together, just like Christmas in the West. All people living away from home go back, becoming the busiest time for transportation systems of about half a month from the Spring Festival. Airpo

When our then-22-year-old daughter told us in the fall of 2008 that she intended to move out of our house and live in New York City on her own, we told her it would be tough.
2008年秋天，当22岁的女儿玛丽安娜(Mariana)告诉我们她打算从家里搬出去、独自在纽约市生活的时候，我们告诉她日子会很艰难。
She didn’t believe us.
她不相信我们的劝告。
Mariana proved u

1. That woman just checked you out. 那个美女正在挑逗地看着你呢。

Yes, this helps his self-confidence. But it also tells him that you just saw another woman looking at him and you’re not afraid to tell him. It shows that you’re confident enough to know that he won’t be lured away by another gal.

没错，这样说可以

每年一月，比尔·盖茨都会撰写一封年度公开信，评价比尔及梅琳达盖茨基金会的工作成果，以及基金会达成目标的进展情况。在今年的公开信中，比尔·盖茨表示，创新将成为影响未来社会的一个要素。信中也说明了基金会将会为哪些理念提供资金支持，并将谈论到每个项目的益处，时限以及风险。

Every January, Bill writes an Annual Letter, which includes his thoughts on the work of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and progress it is ma

　　都说80后的青年男女都流行“闪婚”，这个势头还没有过去，又来了一个“闪孕”的趋势。据说是好多女白领担心在经济危机期间丢了工作而采取的应对措施。可是，有点不解的是，下一次经济危机的时候她们怎么办呢？

　　They are female white-collar workers. They didn’t have any plan to have a child until the economic crisis struck. Then they decided to get pregnant - as quickly as possib

美国总统奥巴马终于拨通海地总统普雷瓦尔的电话，他表示美国”全力支持”对海地的救援及长期重建。此后奥巴马关于此事发表演讲，其中谈到来自海地总统表达的三声感谢催人泪下

 奥巴马讲话文本： 

President Barack Obama :  Good afternoon, everybody.  I wanted to just make a brief statement on the latest situation in Haiti so that the American people are fully up to date