LONDON (Reuters) - A couple have been reunited with their missing cat after nine years, the RSPCA said on Wednesday. 
 
Dixie, a 15-year-old ginger cat, disappeared in 1999 and her owners thought she had been killed by a car.

She was found less than half a mile from her home in Birmingham after a concerned resident rang the animal charity to report a thin and dishevelled cat who had been in the area for a couple of months.

需要食材：
固体奶油...40克；
洋葱碎...40克；
蒜头碎...10克；
高汤...250毫升（为了省事，我就用水和高汤的那种粉粉兑的）；

调味料：
（1）黑胡椒粉...1大匙；
（2）盐...1小匙；
（3）糖...1小匙；
（4）酱油...1大匙；
（5）淀粉...1小匙；
（6）水适量；

烹饪方法：
（1）将固体奶油放在锅中烧融，加入洋葱碎以小火炒约1分钟，至发散出香气，再加入黑胡椒粉炒约1分钟；
（2）将蒜头碎、高汤与盐、糖、酱油加入做法（1）中，以中火煮滚（这个步骤大家最好尝一下，我就是太相信食谱了，所以做完以后才尝的，以为自己刚才打死了一个卖盐的...如果不尝可能会做咸的）；
（3）淀粉和水调匀，撒入做法（2）中勾芡即可。

温馨提示：
·按照原食谱操作，汤汁会很稀。而酱应该是比较粘稠的，所以，个人觉得大家可以酌情加入淀粉，我多加了3勺左右。
……

今天跟老爸越好去花市买花。其实已经犹豫很久了，早就想买些花花草草装饰房间，这样屋里显得有灵气，但是一直出于一种担忧，怕养不好，好好的花再被养死，多心疼呢。不过，今天还是决定打消顾虑，去花市转转。哈，结果一下子就买到了四盆呢。不过都是很微型的那种，一只手就能攥大半个盆子的那种大小。喜欢得不得了。而且，还都起好了昵称。我妈老说，花花草草也有感情，如果用心浇灌，就能开得很美。如果不理不睬，花也蔫蔫的，显得没有精神。原来一直不信，可是买了回来，看着看着，也觉得好像真的有那么回事似的。

现在就秀一下我的孩子们吧！！！！

There's no doubt that everyone who is or has been on a diet knows how difficuilt it is to control one's appetite while seeing other people eating all these delicious chocolates, cheese cakes and those junk food tastes good.

My dearest Amos,

I bought you this Christmas card at Dontzhimen on a windy and cold afternoon a few days ago. I called DHL just now and asked them to fetch the package tomorrow--including a suit of brand-new Chinese cupping which you loved so much while you were in China and a scarf I made for you--so that you could receive my gift by Christmas.

Recently I've been reading a novel called "In search of lost time" written in French and translated into English. I have to admit that the novel is very difficult for there are thousands of unknown words and I feel like I'm drowning in it. Reading this novel is really a slow going, I have to look those new words up through online dictionary and understand them by using my imagination. Well, that's probably why it's called literature. I still enjoy my reading, though, for I've felt exactly the same thing just as the author had written in the novel.

Air National Guard strapped for doctors

FARGO, N.D. - Dr. Bryan Delage is a marathon runner and former world class biathlete, but National Guard officials worry that recruiting problems are forcing them to push his stamina beyond the limit.