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摘要：MOST people think they know what a failed state looks like. An obvious one is Somalia, where an outbreak of famine in the south was formally acknowledged by the United Nations this week. Help has started to trickle in after the Shabab, an Islamist militia, lifted its ban on aid agencies that it once
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摘要：WALMART, an American supermarket chain, has been having a tough time recently in China, one of its fastest growing markets. On October 25th it reopened 13 stores in the south-western region of Chongqing which were closed for two weeks as punishment for mislabelling a pork product. Chinese officials
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摘要：Despite significant gains in recent years, women are still underrepresented in many areas of science. In fields like physics, engineering and computer science, just 20 percent of of students earning bachelor’s degrees are female. The White House’sWomen in STEM(Science, Technology, Engineering and Ma
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摘要：A cupcake is calling you.You can practically taste the sweet, creamy goodness. You want it so badly you can't think of anything else. But is it really the taste you crave or the pleasant associations it brings? Or do you crave it partly because you know you shouldn't have it? Will fighting t
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摘要：China's tough stance against Japan in an ongoing territorial dispute may have no bigger backer than Yao Xin, a 23-year-old legal assistant who says she refuses to buy Japanese products. 'This is a very big government issue and I will stand by the government,' she said.stance：立场，姿态，位置 ong
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摘要：A riot at an electronics factory left at least 40 people injured and sparked a response by thousands of police Monday, highlighting how Chinese manufacturers increasingly are caught between restive workers and a slowing economy.restive：倔强的；难驾御的；不安宁的 It also underscored the complex task ahead for ...
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摘要：A team of scientists working on a boat off Cape Cod have just landed a huge great white shark, named it Genie, tagged it and returned it to the sea. They hope to track it and learn about the enigmatic lives of these ancient predators. Meanwhile, onMars,Nasa'sCuriosity roverhas begun its mission
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摘要：TOKYO—Japan's prime minister warned China that its inflammatory reaction to a territorial dispute—from violent protests to apparent informal trade sanctions—could further weaken China's already-fragile economy by scaring away foreign investors. The comments showed the risks that the diplomat
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摘要：“Let us not look back in anger, nor forward in fear, but around in awareness.” ~James ThurberEver thought you had achieved everything you wanted to? I did.My teens had passed in a blur of self-loathing regarding my body (tape measure, thighs, and many tears; need I say more?).a blur of：模糊不清的一片 self.
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摘要：Mobile phones have become an essential part of our everyday life. Through a special month-long series,"Our Mobile Society," we examine how phones and tablets are changing the way we live.tablet：平板电脑，药片Lagos, Nigeria (CNN)-- A little over a decade ago there were about 100,000 phone lines in
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摘要：ABOUT three thousand protesters gathered outside Shanghai’s Japanese consulate on September 16th. The young crowd, mostly aged 20-35, had draped themselves with the Chinese flag, chanting anti-Japan slogans and brandishing portraits of Chairman Mao. But the presence of riot police and soldiers had a
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摘要：A reporter's high-profile resignation has provoked pessimism about the future of China's news media.resignation：辞职，放弃，顺从 pessimism：悲观，厌世主义Recently, Jian Guangzhou (@简光洲), one of the most reputed investigative journalists in China, quit the Oriental Daily (@东方早报) and announced he was ending h
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摘要：An economic war between China and Japan could have serious consequences, as Asia's two largest economies are integrally tied together in trade and investment. Total trade between the two: $345 billion.at Stake：濒于险境，处于成败关头 integrally：完整地，固有地The economic impact from the spat between Japan and Chi.
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摘要：In the neighbourhood over the fence from Italy's – andEurope's – biggest steelworks, Francesco Mastrocinque is poking his toe into the layer of black and red powder that covers every pavement and counting his friends who have died ofcancerand respiratory illnesses.steelworks：炼钢厂 pavement：人行道
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摘要：MEN today are haunted by the “spectre of a coming gender apocalypse”, Hanna Rosin declares in her new book, “The End of Men”. How worried should they be? It is true that women are contributing more than ever to household income. They dominate university attendance around the world. In South Korea mo
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摘要：BEIJING — Dating is hard at the best of times. In China the stakes are high from the outset: the expectation is that it should lead to marriage; never mind love for love’s sake.stakes：奖状，股份，利益 A friend recently went on a blind date in Beijing. Arriving at the coffee shop, he found not only the gi...
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摘要：For the last 40 years, Americans have lagged in recognizing the declining fortunes of their foreign rivals. In the 1970s they thought the Soviet Union was 10 feet tall -- ascendant even though corruption and inefficiency were destroying the vital organs of a decaying communist regime. In the late 19
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摘要：PROTECTING the air, let alone improving it, is a challenge. America was reminded of that last month, as courts handed federal regulators two setbacks in as many weeks. On August 13th a federal appeals court ruled that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) had overstepped its authority in rejecti
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摘要：A Chinese parent transports her daughter for the first day of school in Macheng, central China's Hubei province. More than 3000 other students have to bring their own desks to school.Preparing for the first day of school is a ritual around the world: collecting notebooks and pencils, filling up
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