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BEIJING — Dating is hard at the best of times. In China the stakes are high from the outset: the expectation is that it should lead to marriage; never mind love for love’s sake.stakes：奖状，股份，利益 A friend recently went on a blind date in Beijing. Arriving at the coffee shop, he found not only the gi... 阅读全文
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For the last 40 years, Americans have lagged in recognizing the declining fortunes of their foreign rivals. In the 1970s they thought the Soviet Union was 10 feet tall -- ascendant even though corruption and inefficiency were destroying the vital organs of a decaying communist regime. In the late 19 阅读全文
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PROTECTING the air, let alone improving it, is a challenge. America was reminded of that last month, as courts handed federal regulators two setbacks in as many weeks. On August 13th a federal appeals court ruled that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) had overstepped its authority in rejecti 阅读全文
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A Chinese parent transports her daughter for the first day of school in Macheng, central China's Hubei province. More than 3000 other students have to bring their own desks to school.Preparing for the first day of school is a ritual around the world: collecting notebooks and pencils, filling up 阅读全文
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At first glance, Hong Kong seems an enviable hub for bibliophiles: It's home to a buzzing book fair, a well-regarded literary festival, two creative-writing programs and Asia's most prestigious literary prize. But in terms of bookstores, it has so far lagged behind other Asian cities such as 阅读全文
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“What you do today is important because you are exchanging a day of your life for it.” ~UnknownDuring the first week of July 2012, a storm left my little town and nearly one million other people in the Mid-Atlantic Region without electricity. The outage lasted eight days for Buffalo, Ohio, and we sa 阅读全文
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Once during a disagreement with my husband, I complained that he wasn’t helping enough with our daughter, and I gave him a long list of the parenting chores I was shouldering on my own. “But you like doing all that stuff,” he blurted in his defense. I don’t recall how the conversation ended (probabl 阅读全文
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TIME, again, for the rituals of the British summer getaway. The Hobbesian struggle for seats on no-frills airlines; the hunt for a BlackBerry signal inla France profondeor darkest Tuscany; and, at the airport and around the hotel pool, the traditional pageant of family dysfunction. Holidays are a co 阅读全文
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Many parents of 20-somethings worry that their offspring haven't yet found a career path, gotten married or become financially independent.offspring：后代，子孙；产物 These parents should chill out, experts say.chill out：冷静下来，缓和情绪 Recent research into how the brain develops suggests that people are bet.. 阅读全文
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HONG KONG — One of the longest bridges in northern China collapsed on Friday just nine months after it opened, triggering a storm of criticism from Chinese Internet users and underscoring questions about the quality of construction in China’s rapid expansion of its infrastructure.underscore：强调；划线于…下 阅读全文