04 2013 档案
摘要：You know the smartest things to do with your money. But what are the worst moves? What should you avoid?Weirdly enough, they are things that a surprising number of people are still doing─even though they probably know, in their heart of hearts, how foolish they really are.heart of hearts：内心深处Any lis
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摘要：Scientists have subjected Albert Einstein's famous theory of gravity to its toughest real-world test so far岸and it has prevailed.Einstein's general theory of relativity states that objects with mass cause a curvature in space-time, which we perceive as gravity. Space-time, according to Einst
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摘要：Counterfeit goods, mainly from China, have become as profitable for Asia's criminal gangs as illegal drug trafficking, the United Nations said in a report published Tuesday.Counterfeit：假冒的，伪劣的，赝品 criminal gangs：犯罪团伙 The U.N.'s Office on Drugs and Crime, or UNODC, looked into international or
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摘要：The biggest mall in town stopped staffing its customer-service desk in January. But perched on that same desk recently was a plastic cutout of a hand holding a smartphone. 'Download the free app,' it said.perch：栖息，就位，位于 Apps may be creating new jobs for developers and marketers. But around t
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摘要：Turns out Apple AAPL +1.87% can't buy investors' affection with ever-bigger share repurchases.They still care more that the tech giant keep its edge in profits. And to do that, Apple still needs to keep its edge in technology.Apple's financial results for the fiscal second quarter ended
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摘要：Move over, luxury brands. For the first time in Asia, inexpensive retailers such as Zara and Uniqlo chains are growing at a faster pace than their high-end counterparts, reflecting a shift in consumer tastes and the growing dominance of 'fast fashion' globally.gravitate：趋向,移向 domaninance：统治，
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摘要：Thousands of terrified villagers were sheltering in tents in this mountainous corner of southwestern China on Sunday night as rescue workers struggled to distribute supplies to thousands more cut off by a powerful earthquake that Chinese authorities said killed 186 people and injured more than 11,00
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摘要：The various parts of China's state machinery sprang into action with impressive speed on Saturday after a strong earthquake hit southwestern Sichuan only 50 miles from the epicenter of the massive temblor that devastated the region in 2008. Efforts by the media and the military so far seem to ha
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摘要：China rushed to respond after a strong earthquake killed at least 113 people and injured hundreds more on Saturday, striking an area roughly 50 miles from the epicenter of the devastating 2008 quake that killed some 80,000.epicenter：中心，震源 devastating：毁灭性的，摧毁 Saturday's quake struck China's s
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摘要：Working out at the gym might not be enough to stay fit if you spend much of the rest of the day sitting down.Americans are more sedentary than ever, government surveys show. That is a problem even among people who exercise regularly.sedentary：久坐的，静坐的 An increasingly popular way people are trying ...
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摘要：At the beginning of 'Walden,' Henry David Thoreau makes a concise case against the complexity of modern life. 'Our life is frittered away by detail. An honest man has hardly need to count more than his ten fingers, or in extreme cases he may add his ten toes, and lump the rest. Simplicit
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摘要：Matlab图像处理函数：regionprops这里给出在Matlab图像处理工具箱中非常重要的一个图像分析函数：regionprops。顾名思义：它的用途是get the properties of region，即用来度量图像区域属性的函数。语法STATS = regionprops(L,properties)描述测量标注矩阵L中每一个标注区域的一系列属性。L中不同的正整数元素对应不同的区域，例如：L中等于整数1的元素对应区域1；L中等于整数2的元素对应区域2；以此类推。返回值STATS是一个长度为max(L(:))的结构数组，结构数组的相应域定义了每一个区域相应属性下的度量。proper
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摘要：To mark International Women's Day this year, China's Ministry of Commerce sent a group of employees to finishing school.etiquette：礼节，礼仪，规矩 About 20 women signed up for a half-day course offered by Rebecca Li of the etiquette school Institute Sarita. For three hours, Ms. Li reviewed elements
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摘要：Students from China may be rethinking the value of a U.S. graduate degree.Ending nearly a decade of double-digit growth, applications from Chinese citizens to U.S. graduate schools declined 5% for the coming academic year amid worries about unstable funding for science programs and tight immigration
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摘要：One day my husband arrived home from the supermarket with a product that piqued my curiosity. He couldn't find our usual brand of Bell & Evans breaded, frozen chicken tenders─I like their thick, meaty texture, which makes them seem a bit closer to the real thing─and instead got Applegate Far
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摘要：Margaret Thatcher had more impact on the world than any woman ruler since Catherine the Great of Russia. Not only did she turn around─decisively─the British economy in the 1980s, she also saw her methods copied in more than 50 countries. 'Thatcherism' was the most popular and successful way
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摘要：Concerns about a deadly new strain of bird flu intensified last week as the disease claimed a sixth life in eastern China and agricultural authorities in Shanghai ordered a wide-scale slaughter of poultry in an effort to stem its spread.Avian-Flu：禽流感 intensify：增强，加剧 slaughter：屠杀，宰杀The U.S. C...
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摘要：Supreme Court justices appeared divided Tuesday during historic arguments over the fate of gay marriage in California, at times almost regretful they took the case and at others splitting neatly into well-worn ideological camps.Justice Anthony Kennedy, seen holding a key vote, wrote both of the cour
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摘要：Why are children so, well, so helpless? Why did I spend a recent Sunday morning putting blueberry pancake bits on my 1-year-old grandson's fork and then picking them up again off the floor? And why are toddlers most helpless when they're trying to be helpful? Augie's vigorous efforts to
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摘要：We are on the precipice of the greatest retirement crisis in the history of the world. In the decades to come, we will witness millions of elderly Americans, the Baby Boomers and others, slipping into poverty. Too frail to work, too poor to retire will become the “new normal” for many elderly Americ
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摘要：What can be said about Apple Inc.'s upcoming iPhones?upcoming：即将来临的What we do know is that the company's suppliers in Asia are working simultaneously on two models. One is a higher-end design with a metal shell, the other a lower-performance one with non-metal shells in multiple colors, whic
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摘要：LIFE AS A 'WEALTH STRATEGIST' can seem pretty comfortable these days. Tom Rogerson, for one, makes a nice living, working half the month from his Boston-area home office.The other half, the senior Wilmington Trust executive might find himself hopscotching between exclusive zip codes, meeting
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摘要：After a decade shooting news stories in China for National Geographic, CNN and CBS News, American cameraman and director Nathan Mauger decided to find out how people in contemporary China view love and marriage, the topic of his documentary, 'The People's Republic of Love.'contemporary：当
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