超速成为公路上一大安全隐患

超速成为公路上一大安全隐患 A new survey in Britain shows that one in seven drivers has had to take evasive action because of their own risky overtaking. The road safety charity Brake carried out the survey on 1,000 motorists. It also rev

研究者建议孩子应参加更多户外活动

READING: Researchers in Britain are telling schools that children should be doing more learning outdoors. The researchers say there is currently too much focus on sitting in classrooms to pass exams. They say outdoor learning is important for student

三千万人读书会

The co-founder of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, has launched what could be the world's largest ever book club. Zuckerberg announced last week that his New Year's resolution was to read a book every other week. He then invited his 30 million followers to

医院用锁链锁着玩具以防被偷

Fourteen hospitals in Wales have started chaining children's toys and other playthings to beds in an attempt to prevent thieves from stealing them. The Royal Gwent Hospital is using bicycle locks to keep its toys from being stolen. Dean Beddis, fathe

青春期女孩经常参加运动可延长寿命

青春期女孩经常参加运动可延长寿命 A new study has revealed the importance of exercise for teenage girls. Researchers analysed data from a study conducted in Shanghai on 75,000 women aged between 40 to 70. The team discovered that women

5300年前的冰冻人穿什么

We know what people wore 5,000 years ago. Scientists studied material from a man who died 5,300 years ago. He was frozen under ice until 1991. They called him Otzi. Scientists studied him to understand how early humans lived. He gave useful informati

乔治王子给狗喂食巧克力冰淇淋被批

A photo of Britain's Prince George made an animal charity angry. It shows him giving chocolate ice cream to his dog. The charity, the RSPCA, said George was being kind to his dog, but it wasn't a good thing to do. It said chocolate and ice cream are

员工一天睡够7小时 公司有奖励

A company is paying workers to sleep. Staff get $300 a year extra if they sleep more than seven hours a night. The company said workers will work better if they sleep well. The company will then do better. Workers record their sleep using a wrist mon

由于人类活动 地球上的树木已经减少一半

There is good and bad news about trees. The good news is there are seven times more than we thought. Scientists thought we had 400 billion trees, but we have three trillion. That's a three followed by 12 zeroes. For each person alive today, there are

夫妇养猪当宠物 遭房东驱逐

An English couple could lose their home or their pets. Clive and Rose Restall live with their 21 guinea pigs. The owners of the house say this is too many. They want the couple to get rid of the guinea pigs. The owners warned Mr and Mrs Restall that

失业的年轻人成社会一大问题

The number of jobless 15-24-year-olds is very high. Over 73 million want to work but cannot find a job. Youth unemployment is coming down in rich countries, but rising in poorer countries. In China, it was 10.6 per cent last year and could be 11.1 pe

玻璃滑道净高300米 你敢滑吗

A slide has opened in L.A. It is on the outside of a building, 300 metres high. It is made of 3-cm-thick glass. It cost $3.5 million to make. The slide starts at the 70th floor and goes down 15 metres. It takes about five seconds from top to bottom.

钱不够还想买东西 新型电子设备给你好看

A new product will help us save money. It is a wristband called the Pavlok. It knows how much money we have in the bank. It gives us a small electric shock if we buy something but do not have enough money. In the future, many banks could give the Pav

养狗狗对小孩成长的好处多多

A pet dog helps reduce children's stress. Petting a dog really helps kids. Researchers looked at 643 young children. They found that children with a pet dog are less stressed than children without one. This will not surprise parents. They know dogs h

英国越来越多70后老人参与工作

Many British 70-74-year-olds are working. Around 10% of them work. This is the highest figure ever. Over 250,000 have jobs. In 2005, it was just 100,000. People are retiring later because pensions are more difficult to live on. Many people cannot ret

使用小餐具可以减轻肥胖率

Using smaller plates helps stop people overeating. Many people use a large plate and they fill it with food. This means they eat too much. Cambridge University says if people use smaller plates, they will eat less. Americans could cut their calories