随笔分类 - 休闲充电
摘要：At first glance, Hong Kong seems an enviable hub for bibliophiles: It's home to a buzzing book fair, a well-regarded literary festival, two creative-writing programs and Asia's most prestigious literary prize. But in terms of bookstores, it has so far lagged behind other Asian cities such as
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摘要：“What you do today is important because you are exchanging a day of your life for it.” ~UnknownDuring the first week of July 2012, a storm left my little town and nearly one million other people in the Mid-Atlantic Region without electricity. The outage lasted eight days for Buffalo, Ohio, and we sa
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摘要：Once during a disagreement with my husband, I complained that he wasn’t helping enough with our daughter, and I gave him a long list of the parenting chores I was shouldering on my own. “But you like doing all that stuff,” he blurted in his defense. I don’t recall how the conversation ended (probabl
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摘要：TIME, again, for the rituals of the British summer getaway. The Hobbesian struggle for seats on no-frills airlines; the hunt for a BlackBerry signal inla France profondeor darkest Tuscany; and, at the airport and around the hotel pool, the traditional pageant of family dysfunction. Holidays are a co
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摘要：Many parents of 20-somethings worry that their offspring haven't yet found a career path, gotten married or become financially independent.offspring：后代，子孙；产物 These parents should chill out, experts say.chill out：冷静下来，缓和情绪 Recent research into how the brain develops suggests that people are bet..
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摘要：HONG KONG — One of the longest bridges in northern China collapsed on Friday just nine months after it opened, triggering a storm of criticism from Chinese Internet users and underscoring questions about the quality of construction in China’s rapid expansion of its infrastructure.underscore：强调；划线于…下
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摘要：The Spicy Love Doctor was running late. A well-heeled crowd one recent Sunday afternoon had packed into the second-floor lounge of Beijing's Trends Building -- home to the publishing offices of several glossy magazines, including the Chinese editions of Cosmopolitan, Esquire, and Harper's Ba
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摘要：THE Prada-toting protagonists of “Sex and the City”, a once-popular American television show about single thirty-somethings in New York, are unlikely role models for Middle Eastern women. The second movie spin-off was partially set in Abu Dhabi, but the authorities stopped it from being filmed or ev
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摘要：On China'sValentine's Day(the seventh day of the seventh lunar month in the Chinese calendar, which fell on 23 August this year), 30 migrant workers were taken by surprise when they were invited to a business networking dinner by several college students in Shanghai who, during their summer
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摘要：Taiwan's nickname 'Ilha Formosa,' from the Portuguese for 'beautiful island,' conjures up images of a romantic paradise.Baby Blues：产后忧郁症 nickname：绰号，昵称，给……取绰号；叫错名字 conjure up：想起，使在脑海中显现；用魔法召唤 paradise：天堂，乐园 But the island's residents are loathe to embrace romance at least acc
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摘要：Popular Chinese websites on Monday ran photos from anti-Japan protests across the nation, showing images of flipped-over and smashed Japanese-model cars in apparent reaction to a China-Japan dispute over a clutch of rocky islands.Conflicted：冲突的，抵制的，矛盾的 smashed：破碎的 a clutch of：一小撮 But in a...
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摘要：一、研究生与大学生的区别 首先跟大家说明一下研究生和大学生的区别。大学生基本上是来接受学问、接受知识的，然而不管是对于硕士时期或是博士时期的研究而言，都应该准备要开始制造新的知识，我们在美国得到博士学位时都会领到看不懂的毕业证书，在一个偶然的机会下，我问了一位懂拉丁文的人，上面的内容为何？他告诉我：「里头写的是恭喜你对人类的知识有所创新，因此授予你这个学位。」在中国原本并没有博硕士的学历，但是在西方他们原来的用意是，恭贺你已经对人类普遍的知识有所创新，这个创新或大或小，都是对于普遍的知识有所贡献。这个创新不会因为你做本土与否而有所不同，所以第一个我们必须要很用心、很深刻的思考，大学生和研究生.
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摘要：Can an Ancient Chinese City Pursue Preservation Without Disney-fication?One of China’s last intact walled cities is undergoing something of an identity crisis. Pingyao, in China’s Shanxi province, has endured for 2, 700 years, escaping the destruction of the Cultural Revolution because the city was
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摘要：Sore back, stiff neck, aching wrists? All of us office desk-junkies have had some or all of these problems at some point in our working life.Sore：疼痛的，痛心的；剧烈的，极度的；恼火的，发怒的；厉害的，迫切的，溃疡，痛处；恨事，伤心事stiff：. 呆板的；坚硬的；严厉的；拘谨的；拘谨的，. 僵硬地；彻底地，死尸，劳动者strain：. 张力；拉紧；负担；扭伤；血缘，. 尽力；滥用；滤去；竭力We sit for long hours in fron
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摘要：Job cuts in China appear to be on the rise, dimming prospects for a labor market that has been a resilient bright spot amid a slowdown in the world's second-largest economy.dimming：调光；变暗 resilient：弹回的，有弹力的 slowdown：减速；怠工；降低速度 The latest sign came on Thursday, when preliminary gauges of August...
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摘要：As an ophthalmologist, David Ingvoldstad sees much more about his patients' health than just their eyes. Thanks to the clues the eyes provide, he regularly alerts patients to possible autoimmune diseases like rheumatoid arthritis and lupus, monitors progression of their diabetes and once even su
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摘要：I don't blame Mo Farah, Pele and Haile Gebrselassie, who lined up, all hugs and smiles, outside Downing Street for a photocall at the prime minister's hunger summit. Perhaps they were unaware of the way in which they were being used to promote David Cameron's corporate and paternalistic
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摘要：As the rapid aging of Asia's population creates challenges for governments and societies, new opportunities are emerging for businesses serving the needs of the elderly and their caretakers.emerging：新兴的，出现的，形成的，浮现，显露 While population aging is a global phenomenon, the Asian-Pacific region is expe
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摘要：A landing by Japanese activists Sunday on an island claimed by Japan, China and Taiwan sparked anti-Japanese protests across China, as tensions continued to rise in a pair of territorial spats roiling relations in East Asia.territorial：领土的，地方的，区域的 spat：争吵，口角 The flare-ups are also adding to the ...
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摘要：Maybe you’re in a relationship trough – arguments and hassle or disconnection and silent parallel lives. Of maybe it's less major: your husband leaves his socks on the floor and it drives you nuts, or your wife doesn’t help you get the kids to bed.trough:水槽，水槽；低谷期；饲料槽；低气压 hassle:找麻烦，搅扰；与…争辩；使…烦恼
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