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摘要：Billions of dollars are flowing into online advertising. But marketers also are confronting an uncomfortable reality: rampant fraud.rampant：猖獗的，狂暴的 About 36% of all Web traffic is considered fake, the product of computers hijacked by viruses and programmed to visit sites, according to estimates c...
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摘要：The appointment of India-born Satya Nadella as Microsoft Corp.'s CEO has caused a bit of a stir in China, where people are questioning why Indians but not Chinese are getting top jobs in the U.S.Language and familiarity with Western culture are the obvious reasons why chief executives such as In
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摘要：Buying real estate involves weighing a lot of factors: location, price . . . smell?Some condo developers are betting that the best way to a buyer's heart is through the nose. The latest sales tools are signature scents designed to enhance a buyer's or renter's impression of a building.co
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摘要：AT THE ACADEMY AWARDS earlier this month, Kerry Washington, the star of the ABC-TV series 'Scandal,' wore a lilac Jason Wu gown, tailor-made to accommodate what she playfully called her little 'accessory'-a growing baby bump.These days, that's just how stylish mothers-to-be are t
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摘要：Anyone who has felt like the odd duck of the group can take heart from new research from Harvard Business School that says sticking out in distinct ways can lend you an air of presence or influence.Standing out in certain circumstances, like wearing sweats in a luxury store, also appears to boost an
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摘要：Mistrust between U.S. and Malaysian air-accident investigators has hampered a multinational probe into the jetliner that went missing three weeks ago, people familiar with the investigation said, with no clear leads emerging about who or what was responsible for its disappearance.hamper：妨碍，束缚 jet...
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摘要：Entrepreneur and author ShaoLan Hsueh thinks that English-speakers can start learning to read Chinese in less than 10 minutes. The language, she says, has more than 20,000 written characters, which most students in China learn by rote memorization. Ms. Hsueh's new book, 'Chineasy,' aims
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摘要：The default background for Microsoft's Windows XP operating system -- a perfect blue sky full of cotton-candy clouds above rolling hills with impeccably trimmed grass and daffodils -- is the spring day we wish could last forever.rolling hills：起伏群山 impeccably：无可挑剔地 trimmed：修整过的，平衡的 daffodil...
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摘要：With startup-themed conferences, hackathons, meet-ups and cocktail hours regularly taking place, entrepreneurs are in no short supply of opportunities to meet people who could be helpful to their startups.cocktail：鸡尾酒 But there's a lot more to developing fruitful business relationships than simp
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摘要：[Confident girls are often called the other B-word, and it can keep them from reaching their full potential, write Sheryl Sandberg and Anna Maria Chavez.]Sheryl: When my brother and sister describe our childhood, they will say that I never actually played as a child but instead just organized other
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摘要：Like many 10-year-olds, Nick Wald takes private lessons. His once-a-week tutor isn't helping him with piano scales or Spanish conjugations, but teaching him how to code.Nick, a fifth-grader in New York, went in with no experience and has since learned enough HTML, JavaScript and CSS to build a s
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摘要：Some drink only vegetable juice. Others soak in Epsom salts. It's all in the pursuit of ridding the body of months or years of accumulated toxins, said to be the cause of fat, fatigue, diabetes, memory problems and countless other conditions.soak in：吸收 toxin：毒素，毒物 diabetes：糖尿病 The question...
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摘要：Much has been said about what the 'China Dream' really means to many Chinese -- whether it is national strength, cultural renewal or more modest personal goals. For many of those living in the vast countryside, the dream is a life in one a city and some of the benefits that go with it.renewa
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摘要：Is your desktop or laptop computer starting to feel a little poky? Even after just a few months of use, your PC or Mac may start to lose steam thanks to a fragmented hard drive, too many programs running in the background, or even a rogue piece of malware.poky：慢吞吞，狭小的 rogue：淘气，流氓，游手好闲 malware：...
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摘要：What the world needs now is a Web-enabled toothbrush.That part is clear to several oral-hygiene companies. What they can't agree on is who was first to put teeth into the smartphone.The giant Procter & Gamble Co. last week demonstrated what it calls the 'World's First Available Inter
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摘要：It's a common scenario: You have an odd pain for weeks or are feeling too tired lately. So you head to a doctor, who may run a test or two. But no clear cause for the symptom shows up.Despite a dizzying array of high-tech medical tests, the reality is that many symptoms, such as fatigue or heada
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摘要：Overseas tourists continued to shun Beijing through 2013.shun：避开，避免，回避Amid rising pollution and a strengthening yuan, the capital city saw its tourist numbers drop to 4.20 million visits from January to November from 5.01 million visits in 2012, according to China Daily, citing a report from China T
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