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Stay-back-home kids yearning for parents' return

Xiao Zhou, a first-grade pupil whose parents work as migrant workers all year long, nibbles at a steamed bun under the eaves of a house in a town in Shaoyang County, central China's Hunan Province, February 6, 2007. Like many children left at home by migrant parents, Xiao Zhou is looking forward to a reunion with her parents during the Spring Festival. [newsphoto]

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yearn for  v.渴望
yearn     v.intr.（不及物动词）yearned,yearn.ing,yearns     (1)To have a strong, often melancholy desire.渴望：怀有强烈、经常是忧愁的愿望 (2)To feel deep pity, mpathy, or tenderness:同情：深深地感到惋惜、同情或怜悯：yearned over the poor child's fate.深深地同情那些穷孩子的命运

migrant   mi.grant  n.（名词）(1)One that moves from one region to another by chance, instinct, or plan.移民，移居者：偶然地、本能地或有计划地从一个地区迁移到另一个地区的人 (2)An itinerant worker who travels from one area to another in search of work.流动工人：不断从一地迁移到另一地寻找工作的流动工人   adj.（形容词）Migratory.迁移的
nibble at  v.啃, 一点一点地咬, 吹毛求疵
nibble   nib.ble   v.（动词）nib.bled,nib.bling,nib.bles  v.tr.（及物动词） (1)To bite at gently and repeatedly.不停地咬 (2)To eat with small, quick bites or in small morsels:小口快速吃：快速小口吃或一点一点地吃：nibble a cracker.小口吃硬饼干 (3)To wear away or diminish bit by bit:消耗：一点点地耗尽或减少：“If you start compromising too early . . . they nibble you to death”(People)“如果你过早妥协，他们会一点一点地把你吞噬”(民族)
v.intr.（不及物动词）To take small or hesitant bites:轻咬：犹豫地小口咬着吃：fish nibbling at the bait.鱼犹疑地咬饵
n.（名词）(1)A very small quantity, especially of food; a morsel.非常小的量，尤指食物而言；一小片
       (2)The act or an instance of nibbling.小口咬：小口咬的动作或例子
bun  n.（名词）(1)A small bread roll, often sweetened or spiced and sometimes containing dried fruit.小圆面包：一种甜的或奶香料的，有时还有干果的小面包圈 (2)A tight roll of hair worn at the back of the head.圆髻：脑袋后面结紧的发髻 (3)Slang 【俚语】 A drunken spree.酒宴，闹饮
eaves  pl.n.（复数名词）The projecting overhang at the lower edge of a roof.房檐：房顶外沿下方的突出部分
yearn,long,pine,hanker,hunger,thirst
These verbs mean to have a strong desire for something.这些动词表示对某事物怀有强烈的渴望。

Yearn   and long both stress earnest, heartfelt, often melancholy desire, as for the return of something lost or the attainment of something unfulfilled or beyond reach: Yearn  和long 都强调真诚的、衷心的、常为感伤的愿望， 如希望回复失去的事物或得到无法实现的、超出能力所及的事物： “She yearned for reconciliation”  (W.H. Hudson).  “她渴望和好” (W.H.哈得孙）。“You don't really long for another country.You long for something in yourself that you don't have, or haven't been able to find”  (John Cheever).“你并不是真正渴望另一个家园。你渴望的是你内心中没有或还未找到的东西”  （约翰·奇弗）。
Pine   implies a lingering, often nostalgic desire that saps strength or spirit:  Pine  表示消耗力量或精神的、留恋不舍且经常是怀旧的渴望： “Like all sailors ashore,I at last pined for the billows”  (Herman Melville). “就象所有呆在岸上的水手，我最终还是念念不忘那滔天巨浪”  （荷曼·麦尔维尔）。
Hanker   refers to a persistent or restless desire:  Hanker  指的是一种持久或不停息的欲望：
“What business had he to be hankering after this girl at all!”  (John Galsworthy). “究竟有什么使得他整天思念这个姑娘!"  （约翰·高尔斯华绥）。
Hunger   and thirst are applied to compelling desire likened to the need for food or drink:  
Hunger  和thirst 用于象需要食物或饮料一样的渴望： The child hungered for approval.孩子渴望赞同。
Actors thirst for acclaim. 演员渴望喝彩

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A young Earth is pictured moments after a collision with a Mars-sized wandering planetoid over four billion years ago. [Photo source:amnh.org]

The Chinese language version of "Cosmic Collisions," a new IMAX movie that looks at the evolution of the universe, made its national debut at the Shanghai Science and Technology Museum yesterday.
The museum also opened an exhibition this Thursday two meteorites that landed on the city's Changxing Island in the summer of 1966. They were the first meteorites ever found in Shanghai.

Creating the new Cosmic Collisions space show. [Photo source:amnh.org]

Streams of charged particles from the fiery surface of the Sun-the solar wind-race towards the Earth at over a million miles an hour in this image taken by NASA satellites.  [Photo source:amnh.org]

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riveting  n. 铆接(法) adj. 使人目不转睛的, 吸引人的, 极迷人的
riveting   riv.et.ing   Wholly absorbing or engrossing one's attention; fascinating:非常动听的，令人着迷的：完全吸引或凝聚某人注意力的；迷人的：The last chapter was so riveting that I was reading past midnight.最后一章是如此引人入胜，以至于午夜过后我还在津津有味地读着
rivet  riv.et   n.（名词）（1）A metal bolt or pin having a head on one end, inserted through aligned holes in the pieces to be joined and then hammered on the plain end so as to form a second head.铆钉，包头钉：一端有尖头的金属螺钉或别针，插入需要连接的部件上排列的洞孔中，然后再将另一扁平的头敲打成平头
v.tr.（及物动词） riv.et.ed,riv.et.ing,riv.ets   （1）To fasten or secure with or as if with a rivet.用铆钉固定，铆接：用或好象用铆钉扣紧某或固定 （2）To hammer the headless end of so as to form a head and fasten something.（打扁螺钉的一端）使牢固：敲打无头的一端使形成尖头并扣紧某物 （3）To fasten or secure firmly; fix.使固定，使牢固：牢牢地系紧或保护；使固定 （4）To engross or hold (the attention, for example).凝神，集中注意力

cosmic  cos.mic  adj.（形容词） （1）Of or relating to the universe, especially as distinct from Earth.
宇宙的：宇宙的，与宇宙有关的，尤其用来区别于地球 （2）Infinitely or inconceivably extended; vast:
无限地或未可知地扩大的；极广阔的：“a coming together of heads of government to take up the cosmic business of nations”(Meg Greenfield)“各国首脑集会以处理各国的各方面事务”(梅格·格林菲尔德)

collision   col.li.sion   n.（名词）（1）The act or process of colliding; a crash or conflict.碰撞：碰撞的行为或过程；碰撞或冲突 （2）Physics A brief dynamic event consisting of the close approach of two or more particles, such as atoms, resulting in an abrupt change of momentum or exchange of energy.【物理学】 碰撞：一个包括两个或两个以上粒子，如原子的高度接近而迅速改变动量和能量的短暂动态过程
planetoid   Astronomy Any of numerous small celestial bodies that revolve around the sun, with orbits lying chiefly between Mars and Jupiter and characteristic diameters between a few and several hundred kilometers.Also called  minor planet ,planetoid 【天文学】 小行星：一种围绕太阳旋转的小型天体，其运行轨道多集中在火星和木星的轨道之间，特征是直径为几公里至几百公里。也作  minor planet,.asteroid小行星
debut    debut 也作 dé.but   n.（名词）（1）A first public appearance, as of a performer.首次演出：演员等的首次在公从面前演出 （2）The formal presentation of a young woman to society.首次露面：青年妇女在社交界的正式露面 （3）The beginning of a course of action:出台：一件事的开端：the debut of a new foreign policy.一个新的外交政策的出台
v.tr.intr.（及物动词和不及物动词）de.buted  de.but.ing  de.buts    To present in or make a debut.正式介绍或初次露面
meteorite me.te.or.ite   n.（名词）A stony or metallic mass of matter that has fallen to the earth's surface from outer space.陨星：从外层空间坠落到地球表面的大块石头或金属物质

DZ

Visitors look at a lantern made in the shape of a dragon during a lantern fair to celebrate the upcoming Spring Festival at a park in Shenyang, Northeast China's Liaoning Province, February 15, 2007. About 13,000 lanterns are displayed during the fair that begins on February 15 and runs through March 5. [Xinhua]
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lantern   lan.tern  n.（名词） (1)An often portable case with transparent or translucent sides for holding and protecting a light.提灯：一种可经常携带的装置，带有透明或半透明的侧面以装入和保护灯 (2)A decorative casing for a light, often of paper.灯笼：灯的装饰性外套，经常用纸制成 (3)A light and its protective or decorative case.灯罩：灯以及它的保护性或装饰性外套 (4)The room at the top of a lighthouse where the light is located.灯室：灯塔顶部设置灯的房间 (5)A structure built on top of a roof with open or windowed walls to admit light and air.天窗灯笼式屋顶：建在房屋顶部的一种建筑物，带有敞开的或有窗子的墙以通阳光和空气
run through  (1)To pierce:穿透，刺穿：The soldier was run through by a bayonet.士兵被刺刀刺透了  (2)To use up quickly:挥霍掉：She ran through all her money.她很快花完了所有的钱 (3)To rehearse quickly:匆匆排练：Let's run through the first act again.我们再排练一下第一场 (4)To go over the salient points or facts of:匆匆看过：把…的突出点或事实过目一下：The crew ran through the preflight procedures. We ran through the witness's testimony before presenting it in court.机组人员又复习了一遍飞行前的程序。在法庭上出示之前，我们先过目一下见证人的证词