XboxLiveGamerSuspendedForLivingInFortGay
Whenbanned26-year-oldXboxLivegamercalledXboxsupporttoexplainthathistownofFortGay,WestVirginia,wasarealplaceandnotahomosexualreference,hewasthreatenedwithaccountcancellation.
Anunemployedfactoryworkerwhoenjoysfirst-personshooters,JoshMoorefoundhimselftemporarilysuspendedfromXboxLi...[
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/southkorea/7983082/Grandmother-passes-driving-test-at-960th-attempt.html
Grandmotherpassesdrivingtestat960thattempt
ASouthKoreangrandmotherhasbecomeanationalcelebritybypassingherdrivingtestatthe960thattempt.
ChaSa-soontakingherwrittentestforthe960thtimeandfinallypassingPhoto:motortrivia.com
ChaSa-soon,69,whosesurnamecoincidentallymea...[
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http://web.orange.co.uk/article/quirkies/Man_taught_dog_to_smoke
MantaughtdogtosmokeAChinesemanhasbeencriticisedfortraininghispetpuppytosmokecigarettes.ZengZiguang,23,achef,ofWuchang,HubeiProvince,hasbeenteachingBlackietosmokesincebuyinghimsixmonthsago.Henowclaimsthedogisaddictedtotobaccoandgetsthroughapacketofcigarettesaday."Hehatedthesmellofsmoketobeginwith.ButItrainedhimtogetusedtoitbyblowi...[
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http://web.orange.co.uk/article/quirkies/Mum_shocked_to_find_baby_girl_is_a_boy?sid=a8721d9a74f5
MumshockedtofindbabygirlisaboyACountyDurhamcouplehavespokenoftheirshockafterbeingtoldthattheirbabygirlisactuallyababyboy.Fiveweeksaftergivingbirthtoagirl,mumClaireRobsonwasastonishedwhendoctorstoldher'she'wasa'he'afterall.MsRobson,21,andpartner,AndrewO'Shaughnessy,27,fromBrandon,nearDurham,werethri...[
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RemarksofBillGatesHarvardCommencement
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PresidentBok,formerPresidentRudenstine,incomingPresidentFaust,membersof
theHarvardCorporationandtheBoardofOverseers,membersofthefaculty,parents,
andespecially,thegraduates:
I’vebeenwaitingmorethan30yearstosaythis:
“Dad,IalwaystoldyouI’dcomebackandgetmydegree.”
IwanttothankHarvardforthistimelyho...[
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一條巷子，五戶人家，外加八婆和售屋熟女，構成全美收視冠軍《絕望主婦》。這部熱播劇從主人公瑪麗·愛麗絲·揚的視角，審視了住在富有的中產階級的聚居區的家庭主婦鮮為人知的生活。而劇中台詞更是耐人尋味。下麵就來看看各集精彩的結束語吧。Everyoneunderstandsthenatureofwar,wealsounderstandthatvictorydependsonthecardsthatwehavebeendealt.Somewhenfacedwithabloodybattlesimplygivein,butforsomesurre[
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Acouplewhodivorcedafter20yearstogetherwereremarriedsixweekslater. JanandLeeJonesdivorcedbutwereremarriedsixweekslater Photo:EASTNEWS AftertheirdivorcewasfinalisedinNovember,JanandLeeJonesfromSouthend-on-Sea,Essex,decidedtheycouldnotlivewithouteachotherandgotremarriedonChristmasEve.Theyhadtheir10childrenattheceremony.
MrsJones,44,said:"Weseparatedbecauseoftheusualthings...[
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Police:Bestmanpullsgun,robsDJatweddingreception byJEFFMCSHAN/KHOU.com PostedonDecember23,2009at6:19AM ****** ...[
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Insearchoftheworld’shardestlanguage
ACERTAINgenreofbooksaboutEnglishextolsthelanguage’ssupposeddifficultyandidiosyncrasy.“CrazyEnglish”,byanAmericanfolk-linguist,RichardLederer,asks“howisitthatyournosecanrunandyourfeetcansmell?”.BillBryson’s“MotherTongue:EnglishandHowItGotThatWay”saysthat“Englishisfullofboobytrapsfortheunwaryforeigner…ImaginebeingaforeignerandhavingtolearnthatinEngl...[
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親曆美式幽默：出國留學必備的地道英語
發帖者：穀青(時間：2009-12-2514:57:50)
這一集的內容收錄的都是在美國一些比較幽默的說法，也許在日常生活中不是那麽常見，但如果在適當的時機使用，必可收畫龍點睛之效。
1.Isshebig-boned?
她是不是很魁梧啊？
Big-bone看字麵解釋就知道是指骨架很粗大。這對美女(美國的女人)來說是見怪不怪的。在電影SomethingaboutMary中就[
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