08 2013 档案
摘要：Li Shan's oldest son was the perfect candidate to join the throngs of Chinese students studying abroad. But he chose Tsinghua University in Beijing.throng：人群，拥挤，众多 That is an unusual choice for a graduate of the elite Hong Kong International School, whose students mostly go to colleges in the U.
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摘要：President Barack Obama on Wednesday said the entire world drew strength from the March on Washington 50 years ago, but that continued economic inequality and stagnant wages show that only part of Martin Luther King Jr.'s dreams have been fulfilled.stagnant：停滞的，不景气的 Mr. Obama, speaking in front o
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摘要：Hong Kong's rapacious consumption and waste production is straining its natural resources and could leave the city vulnerable to global price swings and supply shortages, the World Wide Fund for Nature warns.The organization's latest report notes Hong Kong's ecological footprint is more
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摘要：Weight-loss companies are becoming savvier about getting men to go on a diet.savvier：更加精明Men and women diet and lose weight differently, research has shown. Men often go for diets with a simple message -- eat this, avoid that -- and don't care about the ins and outs of nutrition science as much
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摘要：Anyone who has searched for a job fresh out of college knows how difficult it is to get that first job. Sending out hundreds of resumes, only to get a few interviews in the end –if you’re lucky! —and if you’re VERY lucky, eventually there’s a job offer on the table.resume：摘要，简历 Should you take it...
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摘要：Samuel Johnson called it the vanity of human wishes, and Buddhists talk about the endless cycle of desire. Social psychologists say we get trapped on a hedonic treadmill. What they all mean is that we wish, plan and work for things that we think will make us happy, but when we finally get them, we a
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摘要：For most people, summer involves numerous daily shifts between scorching outdoor heat and frosty air-conditioned interiors. But does exposing the body to extreme temperature swings make people sick? Professor Ron Eccles, director of the Common Cold Centre at Cardiff University in Wales, which perfor
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摘要：The politically explosive issue of the official retirement age has drawn academics from two of China's most august educational institutions into a public standoff, signaling how closely fought the policy contest over how to cope with the country's shrinking work force has become.standoff：和局，
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