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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， 阅读全文
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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 阅读全文
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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 阅读全文
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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 阅读全文
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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 ... 阅读全文
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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 阅读全文
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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 阅读全文
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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 阅读全文
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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 阅读全文
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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 阅读全文