Private tuition 私人补习 Premium economy 优质经济舱 Private education is becoming more egalitarian 民办教育变得越来越平等 WHEN Charlotte Hobbs decided to teach her 11-year-old pupil about the imaginary maths needed to work out the

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Ms Kon has broken many taboos herself. Kon女士自己也打破了很多禁忌。 She made sculptures of torn vaginas to illustrate the harm of genital cutting, 她制作撕裂的阴道雕塑,以说明切割生殖器的危害, statues depicting d

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International Demography The strange case of the missing baby 国际 人口统计学 婴儿的离奇流失 As the financial crisis hit, birth rates fell in rich countries, as expected. But a persistent baby bust is a real puzzle 正如人们所预料那

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Fertility rates have fallen in countries with woeful economies, such as Greece and Italy. 在经济状况糟糕至极的国家中,如希腊和意大利,它们的生育率已经下跌。 But they have also fallen in countries that sailed through t

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Book Review: Young people in India 书评:印度青年 Dreams and nightmares 美梦与噩梦 A study of India's new generation finds its members as angry as they are ambitious 关于印度年轻一代的一项研究发现,印度青年的雄心有多

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Ms Poonam travels to small towns, largely in Hindi-speaking parts of north and central India, and repeatedly finds the same mix of aspiration and anger. 普那姆女士走访小城镇,主要是在印度北部及中心的印地语区地带,屡次发

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How did this politics of anger go global? 这种愤怒政治是如何蔓延全球的呢? A clue can be found in the structure of this book. 在此书的结构中可以发现一条线索。 Dreamers begins and ends with stories of young Indians depl

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Books and Arts 《图书与艺术》版块 Art, gender and conflict 艺术、性别和冲突 The puppet-mistress of Mali 马里的木偶女王 The struggles of the only female practitioner of a venerable art form 古老艺术形式唯一女性传承者

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Ms Kon, a tall 60-year-old with cropped greying hair, says the men have nothing to worry about. Kon女士60岁,高个,灰白短发,她认为男性没什么好担心的。 Her marionettes do not have spirits or powers because they are modern, ma

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Books and Arts 《图书和艺术》版块 Johnson: Lost without translation 约翰逊:因没有翻译而错失 Language problems bedevil the international response to crises 语言问题困扰着国际社会对危机的反应 Sitting on a muddy fl

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These problems are far from unique to the Rohingyas. 这些问题远不是罗辛亚族人独有的。 Ellie Kemp of TWB adduces the situation in north-eastern Nigeria. 无国界译员组织的埃莉肯普举出尼日利亚东北部的情况。 For ma

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Books and Arts;Amazon worldwide bestsellers 文艺;亚马逊全球畅销书 Peddling wisdom 营销智慧 Making money out of the crisis 在金融危机中赚钱 A marthian landing on Earth could learn a lot about the current state of the world mind

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Books and Arts; Book Review; 文艺;书评; Spanish football;Well red 西班牙足球;别样红; How Spain learned to play the beautiful game; 看,西班牙如何玩转足球; La Roja: How Soccer Conquered Spain and How Spanish Soccer Conquered

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Books and Arts; Book Review; 文艺;书评; Biology and financial instability 生物学和金融界的不稳定性 The molecules of mayhem 混乱的分子 The Hour Between Dog and Wolf: Risk-Taking, Gut Feelings and the Biology of Boom and Bust.

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Books and Arts; Book Review;Japanese history; 文艺;书评;日本历史; Selective memory; 选择性记忆; Ways of Forgetting, Ways of Remembering: Japan in the Modern World. By John Dower. 《淡忘之道,铭记之途:现代日本》,约翰

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Books and Arts;New film 文艺;新片上映 Method in the madness 疯狂中的理智 A searching look at what caused the split between Freud and Jung 深度挖掘:弗洛伊德、荣格决裂的原因 Psychoanalysis, as practised by Carl Jung and

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Books and Arts; Book Review; 文艺;书评; Revolution in Egypt;Tahrir Square, one year on; 埃及革命;回顾一年前的胜利广场; Cairo: My City, Our Revolution. By Ahdaf Soueif. 《开罗:我的城市,我们的革命》,著者:阿达

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Books and Arts; Book Review; 文艺;书评; A history of mapmaking;Views of the world; 地图史;世界景象; There is no such thing as an objective map; 准确地图谁见了; A History of the World in Twelve Maps. By Jerry Brotton. 《12幅地图

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Books and Arts; Book Review;The restaurant business;Eat up; 文艺;书评;餐饮业;请尽情享用; A successful restaurant involves more than just good food; 一家成功的餐厅,提供的不仅仅是佳肴; The Art of the Restaurateur. By N

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Books and Arts; Book Review; 文艺;书评; New British fiction; 新英国小说; The writer and the spy; 作家和间谍; A clever book that leaves you cold; 打不动人心的一本智慧书; Sweet Tooth. By Ian McEwan. 《甜蜜牙齿

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