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Convincing consumers to trade in bulky old-school televisions for slim, high-definition models was a huge success story for the TV industry. Now manufacturers are angling to kick off another buying spree.bulky：体积大的，庞大的，笨重的 angling：调整...的角度，钓鱼 kick off：开始 spree：狂欢They are gearing up to promo... 阅读全文
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A low-budget Chinese comedy that has become a dark-horse hit on China's movie screens has sparked intense discussion of what Chinese filmgoers should be watching.Sober：冷静，清醒 filmgoers：影迷' Lost in Thailand,' which cost only 30 million yuan ($4.8 million) and was made by actor-turned green 阅读全文
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Technology allows us a "read later" mentality. We don't seem to want it.mentality：心态，智力This morning, the save-for-later service Pocket (formerly Read It Later) posted some highlights from a year's worth of user data. Among the stats: Users -- who now number at 7.4 million -- saved 阅读全文
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The Ultican family has always approached Christmas shopping on overdrive, piling dozens of presents under a small forest of decorated trees. But the Ulticans and their four children wrangle the annual extravaganza in different ways, underscoring the challenge facing retailers as technological change 阅读全文
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Authorities in China's political and financial capitals plan crackdowns on companies that violate food-safety regulations, after scrutiny of drugs given to locally served chickens.crackdown：镇压，制裁，惩罚 scrutiny：监视，详细审查The crackdowns in Beijing and Shanghai mark a new effort by local authorities to 阅读全文
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In the few minutes it takes to read this article, chances are you'll pause to check your phone, answer a text, switch to your desktop to read an email from the boss's assistant, or glance at the Facebook or Twitter messages popping up in the corner of your screen. Off-screen, in your open-pl 阅读全文
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One recent day in New Orleans, as the sun began to hide behind clouds and the wind picked up in a way that reminded you, in spite of the warm temperature, that this was November and not the middle of summer, I walked with my family the two blocks to the Latter Library, an old converted mansion on St 阅读全文
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Holiday gatherings can be anything but festive for people who are out of work. Even an innocuous 'How's it going?' can feel like a tender topic -- especially for the legions of long-term unemployed Americans whose ranks have swelled since the last recession.innocuous：无害的，无伤大雅的 legions of 阅读全文
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What do soaring Chinese wages mean for global manufacturing?soaring：高耸的，猛增的 TRAVEL by ferry from Hong Kong to Shenzhen, in one of the regions that makes China the workshop of the world, and an enormous billboard greets you: “Time is Money, Efficiency is Life”.ferry：渡船，摆渡 billboard：广告牌，宣传 China ... 阅读全文
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Christmas in Asia takes as many forms as the region's geographic sweep would suggest. Whether you're looking to embrace the exotic or hew to the heartwarming, here are a few sources of holiday cheer along Santa's route in the Eastern hemisphere.exotic：异国情调，外来的，独特性 hew to：坚持，遵守 Eastern he 阅读全文