09 2013 档案
摘要：The big push in office design is forcing co-workers to interact more. Cubicle walls are lower, office doors are no more and communal cafes and snack bars abound.cubicle：小卧室，小隔间 communal：公共的，公社的 Like most grand social experiments, though, open-plan offices bring an unintended downside: pesky, p...
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摘要：Opening up a Korean restaurant among the rice fields and limestone karsts north of Hanoi might seem a risky business, but Le Thi Huyen is doing a roaring trade at her bistro here.bistro：小酒馆 The reason? Samsung Electronics Co., the South Korean firm, is building up Vietnam as one of its largest of...
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摘要：Are you a cruncher? Or a 'smoosher'?cruncher：咬嚼者，咬碎 Some people crave the perfectly crispy crunch of a cracker or a salty chip. Others yearn for the silky smoothness of a chocolate mousse.crave：渴望，恳求 crispy：酥脆的，干净利落的 yearn for：向往，渴求 Food companies are paying closer attention to consumer'
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摘要：U.S. fans of the hit talent show 'The Voice' may take for granted that its judges sit with their backs to performers, choosing winners purely on the basis of their voices. But in China, where television and much of society is frequently biased toward the well-connected, the backward chairs a
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摘要：A new worker's revolution is rising in China and it doesn't involve humans.With soaring wages and an aging population, electronics factory managers say the day is approaching when robotic workers will replace people on the Chinese factory floor.A new wave of industrial robots is in developme
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摘要：China's appetite for coal, once seemingly unlimited, is starting to wane, and the effects are rippling far from the Middle Kingdom.wane：衰落，退潮，衰减 ripple：波纹，涟漪 With the world's second-largest economy, China in recent years has been driving demand for all sorts of commodities, especially therma
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摘要：Cycling does the body good.New data from Tour de France cyclists finds that those athletes live an average of six years longer compared with their counterparts in the general population and die less often from heart-related ailments, damping concerns that extreme, intense exercise increases the like
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摘要：A woman's place is in the home.consensus：一致，舆论，合意 That was the resounding message from Jiang Xipei, chairman of wire and cable conglomerate Jiangsu Far East Holding Group Co., speaking on a women's leadership panel at the summer World Economic Forum in the northeastern city of Dalian.wire an
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摘要：Recently, an almost literal case of lifeboat ethics occurred. On Aug. 4, Graham and Sheryl Anley, while yachting off the coast of South Africa, hit a reef, capsizing their boat. As the boat threatened to sink and they scrambled to get off, Sheryl's safety line snagged on something, trapping her
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摘要：Michael Dell is set to win a bruising, yearlong battle for control of his company. His next task -- getting Dell Inc. growing again -- may be even tougher.bruising：挫伤，殊死，激烈的 Mr. Dell's proposal to buy the computer company for nearly $25 billion is expected to win approval in a stockholder vote t
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摘要：Margot Carmichael Lester loves making good-natured jokes at work. As owner of The Word Factory, a Carrboro, N.C., content-creation company, she looks for employees with a sense of humor. 'I only want to work with people who can take a joke.'Sometimes, though, her jokes fall flat. Last month,
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摘要：Apple's roll-out of its latest iPhones landed with a thud in China, the company's biggest foreign market, despite a new effort to court the country's consumers.underwhelmed：感到乏味的，未留下深刻印象 roll-out：首展，推出 In a signal of China's importance to Apple, the Cupertino, Calif., company held it
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摘要：For the record number of American runners who completed an official race event last year, the questions often start not long after they cross the finish line: 'What's my next challenge?' and 'How much further can I push myself?'But data show that the bulk of runners are heavily c
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摘要：Apple's latest product launch could breathe new life into a technology that failed to take hold the first time: fingerprint scanners.Placing a finger on a computer or smartphone has long been proposed as a way to avoid the need for passwords to authenticate users of computers and other devices.
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摘要：Feeling the pinch of work stress in the evening? Before heading home for the night, take a moment to savor the day's wins.savor：尽情享受，滋味Forthcoming research from the Academy of Management Journal shows that workers reported lower stress levels in the evenings after spending a few minutes jotting
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摘要：Do you remember what you wanted to be when you grew up? Maybe a fireman? A baker? A ballerina? You probably have some sort of idea what you ultimately want to do with your life. BUT are you actually doing it? Are you working towards it? Or have you given up all hope on your dreams with the burdens o
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摘要：With considerable fanfare, China's anti-graft squad has rolled out a brand new website in the ongoing fight against corruption.anti-graft：反腐 tale：故事，传说，叙述 fanfare：炫耀 roll out：铺开，推出 Billed as a new channel for the public to report corruption - whether it is the high-ranking 'tigers' or lo
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摘要：China is now home to the world's largest diabetes population. The number of people who have diabetes or early signs of the disease is greater than the entire population of the U.S.diabetes：糖尿病 An estimated 113.9 million Chinese adults 18 years or older--60.5 million men and 53.4 million women--m
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摘要：Going to bed at the same time every night could give your child's brain a boost, a recent study found.Researchers at University College London found that when 3-year-olds have a regular bedtime they perform better on cognitive tests administered at age 7 than children whose bedtimes weren't
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摘要：Mom always told us we'd go blind if we read in the dark. Does science back her up? Jim Sheedy, a doctor of vision science and director of the Vision Performance Institute at Oregon's Pacific University, sets his sights on the truth.back up:支持，援助 Dark MatterTurns out, our parents were wrong.
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摘要：By reducing the activity of one type of gene, scientists said they increased the average life span of mice by about 20%, a feat that in human terms is akin to extending life by about 15 years.manipulation：操作，处理 akin to：同类，近似 Moreover, the researchers at the National Institutes of Health found ...
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