韩国时报: 近日,一幅出现在纽约时报上整版彩色邀约饭局广告引发人们注意:寻找1000名美国穷人及流浪汉,邀请他们于本月25日中午在纽约中央公园的船屋酒店享用免费午餐,餐后,每人还可领取

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Easily distracted? Can't be separated from your smartphone? Constantly checking your device for no real reason? Chances are you're an addict -- and you may even need professional help. 现代人的手机强迫症 AFP reports that Singapore grapples w

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英国每日电讯:英国著名学府牛津和剑桥大学可能将学费涨至每年1.6万英镑.因为这两所大学均采取小班教学方式,所以不难理解,目前每年9000英镑的学费显然难以弥补成本.但有人担心,高等学府获

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快闪商店,一种在短时间内开张的商店,近来在欧美非常流行. 欧美流行快闪商店 NPR News: Fast-rising mobile technology is making buying stuff with a tap of an app easier than ever, and shifting the way we shop. What were on

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一般来说,活体器官在移植的过程中会严密冷藏起来以保持新鲜,保质期大约是6小时左右,这也是小说和电影里经常描写到要用救护车,直升机甚至私人飞机来紧急运输待移植器官的原因.然而,现在

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AFP: Timberwolf the koala was lucky to be alive Monday after surviving a terrifying 88-kilometre (54.5-mile) ride down a busy Australian freeway clinging to the bottom of a car. 澳洲考拉 The four-year-old male, who survived with nothing more than

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澳洲广播电台:中国人很快就能吃到来自澳大利亚的袋鼠肉了. 总部设在南澳洲的肉类加工公司Macro Meats一年多来一直在努力推进袋鼠肉出口中国的工作,该公司确信其生产的袋鼠肉将于今年年底

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南华早报:消费者在餐馆消费时经常发现他们的付款金额中有一些隐性消费项目,很多消费者在毫不知情的情况下,就付了款.而且这样的现象还越来越多. 饭店中的隐性消费 The South China Morning Pos

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据韩国时报报道,韩国今年将取代泰国成为最受中国游客欢迎的旅游目的地.. 韩国旅游 The Korea Times: Korea is expected to overtake Thailand to become the most popular outbound destination for Chinese tourists this year. A

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华尔街日报: 美国全国地产经纪商协会今日发布的报告显示,去年外资购置美国住宅地产的交易激增了35%,而引领者波购房潮的正式中国买家.来自中国大陆,香港和台湾的买家购买了约四分之一美

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英国每日电讯:中国科学家研制新式武器,清除公共厕所中的难闻臭味儿.中国科学院的研究人员表示,最多能有75%的臭味被清除掉,其余的则可以通过自然,令人感到舒适的香气盖掉.这种不可思议的

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法国新闻社:巴黎埃菲尔铁塔一层改造工程告一段落,今天,一层台塔完工剪彩将如期举行.改装后的一层地板和围栏全部是玻璃结构,设计师在离地面57米高的一层安装巨大的观看托架,在支柱间的内

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悉尼先驱晨报:在网购迅猛发展的今天,政府是否还应该对实体商场的关门时间进行限制呢? 商场几点关门,政府管得着吗? The Sydney Morning Herald: Bans on retail trading hours should be scrapped, that's accord

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CBS News: America's crazy about pizza. On any given day, about one in eight Americans will be eating a delectable slice, or two, or three. 比萨盒子收集控 But once the pizza has been eaten, do you ever pay attention to the box? Most people toss

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Mail Online: Research has revealed one in five parents believes it is more important for their child to be successful and wealthy than happy and healthy when they reach adulthood. A study of 2,000 parents of children aged between four and 18 found 20

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Daily Mail: The overbearing and interfering mother-in-law is often jokingly portrayed as most people's least favourite family member. And now a new poll on modern families reveals this is a reality for almost a quarter of Britons who said their pet d

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Washington post: Some 3,100 students accepted as freshman by the University of Florida for the fall got a big surprise along with their congratulations notices. 在家上大学 They were told that the acceptance was contingent on their agreement to s

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Mashable.com: Plans are afoot to launch a crowd-funding campaign for an open-air swimming pool in the middle of the river Thames in London. 泰晤士河 The Thames Baths project would see a ?10 million pool, measuring 25 metres by 10 metres, with a f

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由购物网站唯品会和经济学人智库共同发布的调查显示,近3成亚洲女性喜欢晚上在床上网购,4成女性在上班时间网购. 爱在床上网购的人 According to a survey by Vipshop Holdings and the Economist Intelligence

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