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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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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：Prosecutors wrapped up their case against Bo Xilai on Sunday, sparring with the defiant former Communist Party heavyweight over evidence he tried to block the investigation into his wife for the murder of a British businessman.prosecutor：检察官，公诉人 warpped up：结束，全神贯注于 spar：争论，拳击 defiant：挑衅的，目中...
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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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摘要：To understand how much television could soon change, it helps to visit an Intel Corp. division here that runs like a startup.Erik Huggers, a Dutch-born former British Broadcasting Corp. executive, has assembled a 350-person team with talents beyond computer chips -- including programmers, industrial
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摘要：Chinese companies build iPads, high-speed trains and world-class telecom gear, but they can't seem to make their own fancy handbag.gear：齿轮，装置，工具It's true that global giants from Prada to Apple source goods from China, but it is difficult to name a single Chinese brand that is known for its q
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摘要：You've probably heard the baleful reports. The number of college students majoring in the humanities is plummeting, according to a big study released last month by the American Academy of Arts & Sciences. The news has provoked a flood of high-minded essays deploring the development as a symp
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