每一代的智商都比前一代的智商高,这一理论叫做弗林效应。我们真的是越变越聪明,还是想法不同了呢?在二十世纪快速前行的认知历史里,道德哲学家詹姆士弗林提出:我们思想方式的巨

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177 pints of beer or 44 bottles of wine sounds like a lot for anyone. Yet that's how much some teenagers are drinking in a year.Today's new study into underage booze intake highlights the scale of the problem. Research was carried out on nearly ten

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And finally, the dumbest generation. And if you are watching this webcast, that apparently means you. At least that's a theory of a professor of English at Emory University who's written a book which basically argues that the Internet is making peop

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Anita Baker is known for her incredible voice, the 8 time Grammy winners back up to way to long hiatus.She's now going on tour,she's releasing a new record this fall.Please welcome Anita Baker. It's been much too long,what's been..what been up to. we

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自垮掉一代悲催一代以来,柯林斯大辞典的2016年词语又为90后贴上了雪花一代的标签。他们看似年轻气盛实则有着雪花一般的玻璃心;看似自信满满实则经不起打击就像雪花一样易融化。 Snowf

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But they didn't have to. 不过最终都不用这样 The board relented 因为董事局最后让步 and on January 22, 1984 在1984年1月22日 an audience of 96 million 在超级杯美式足球赛事的 Superbowl viewers watched 9600万名观众面前

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杨澜,一位记者及女企业家,被称作中国的奥普拉,带来了对于中国下一代年轻人的深刻见解--城市性,互联性(通过微博方式)以及对于不公平的警觉性。

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Think arranged marriages are loveless? Not so, says psychologist Robert Epstein, a contributing editor for Scientific American MIND magazine. He spoke March 10 at the 92nd Street Ys Tribeca site in New York City: And theres even a study published in

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Almost as soon as he wakes up at 8am each day, property agent Kevin Tu is already tired. He drags himself to work, and puts in nine hours in front of the computer and with clients. Then he goes home to his one-bedroom apartment in the south side of B

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随着net generation(即网络一代,出生于1980年至1995年期间的人的总称)慢慢步入社会,他们身上的很多问题也慢慢显示出来。很多人心理承受能力差,一些人甚至因为挂科,感情不顺等原因选择自

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Are You in the Homeland Generation? 你是土生土长的一代吗? The word homeland is getting new attention in the United States. Soon after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, President George W. Bush appointed a director of the Office of H

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Repeated Conflicts Scar Generations of Palestinians, Israelis 持续不断冲突对一代又一代的巴勒斯坦及以色列人造成影响 GAZA In the last six years, there have been three wars between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip. In the lat

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His argument was that a great engineer would be remembered only if he teamed with a great marketer, 他的理由是,一个伟大的工程师,只有和一个伟大的营销人员合作,才有可能被世人所铭记, and this required him to c

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70后 -- 因为爱情,简单地生长 Post-70s Generation - Love Makes the Tough Life Beautiful 70后的他们,现在绝大部分都早已为人父母,并成为社会的中坚力量。人到中年,经历了社会的变更,他们或还在追忆

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他们最爱赶潮流,玩儿转高科技,但却欠缺最基本的生活常识,熨衣服要找妈妈,不会换水龙头,甚至把鸡蛋放到微波炉去煮你也是其中的一员吗? A survey into basic skills amongst 25 to 34-year-olds

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Thirty-year-old Wang Dongyu is a full-time housewife with a 3-year-old son. Both she and her husband are the only child of their family. Wang says it is not unexpected for a woman who just few years ago still crazed about Hello Kitty dolls and South

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出去旅行是很多人都喜欢的事情,不过在出行风格上不同的群体风格有所差异。学生族、工薪族可能会选择结伴穷游,处于人生黄金收入期的中年精英人士则可能会选择高端定制游。 Globizen

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你是70后,80后,还是90后呢?难道都不是?看此篇文章的你是00后?OMG!岁月不饶人啊,你们怎么崛起得那么快?英文都知道该怎么表达了吗? 80年代:in the 1980s 80年代初:In the early 80's 80后(

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If you're pushing your 30th birthday, then relax - because you're only just an adult. 如果你快过30岁生日了,那也别紧张因为你才刚刚成为成年人。 Britain's Peter Pan generation is refusing to grow up, which is making 29 the 'n

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* A active 积极 成功学始祖拿破仑.希尔说,一个人能否成功,关键在于他的心态。无论是在生活,还是工作上,他们都拥有积极奋发、进取乐观的心态。若一直在受到过去的种种失败与疑虑支

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