This is scientific American's 60 seconds science.I'm Sophie Bushwick.Got a minute? For shift workers odd hours usually mean strange sleeping habits and unhealthy meals.And now an editorial in the journal Public Library of Science Medicine takes the p

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The fallout from GP Morgan's failed hedging startegy is nearly three times worth than initially estimated, the bank is now reporting a 5.8 billion dollar trading loss. The conference called investors, CEO James Dimon says the blood cuts deep. Trading

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1. President Bush is hoping a 145-billion-dollar stimulus plan will get the economy back on track. He says his package of tax cuts and business incentives offers direct and rapid relief that will encourage economic growth. 2. The presidential pictur

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AS IT IS 2015-01-05 Obama, Congress Expected to Clash over Foreign Policy Some of President Barack Obamas loudest critics will have more power in 2015. They will take leadership positions in the United States Senate when the Republican Party takes co

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G20 Called on to Tackle Critical Issues Humanitarian groups are calling on G20 leaders to take decisive action on economic growth, climate change and hunger when they meet in Los Cabos, Mexico next week. Europes economic crisis is expected to top the

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AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on Wordmaster: age and the economics of learning English. RS: Our guest is Hoyt Bleakley, an economist at the University of Chicago. He and Aimee Chin at the University of Houston have studied t

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Michelle Wright: The New York Stock Exchange is now its own publicly traded company. Susan Lisovicz: This is one of the most historic days at the New York Stock Exchange since a group of merchants got

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暂无音频 WEEKLY ADDRESS BY THE PRESIDENT TO THE NATION Keeping Promises In the Weekly Address this morning, President Obama explains how the budget he sent to Congress will fulfill the promises he made as a candidate. On fiscal responsibility, a fai

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核心句型: Such a plan could cut both ways. 这个方案有利有弊。 cut both ways 字面意思是:两面都砍,这就如同在说事物既有好的一面,也有其坏的一面;有有利的一面,也有不利的一面。这个习语的

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Bill Gates is no stranger to progressive thinking. The philanthropic foundation he runs with his wife, Melinda, has backed everything from longer-lasting pill-based contraception to a process whereby human waste can be converted into safe, drinkable

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Ohio Lake Erie, the smallest of North Americas five Great Lakes, supplies fresh drinking water to an estimated 11 million people in Ohio, Michigan and southern Ontario province, Canada. Yet sometimes pollution, both from industrial waste and farm-che

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BEIJING, Aug. 9 (Xinhua) -- China's auto sales rose 8.16 percent year on year to 1.38 million vehicles in July, slowing from 9.9 percent in June, the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM) said Thursday. Auto output hit 1.44 million uni

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今天我们要学的词是incentive。 Incentive, 是刺激、优惠的意思。Tax incentive, 是税收方面的好处。The government uses tax incentives to encourage savings, 政府利用税收方面的优惠鼓励民众储蓄。 The rising pric

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Beginners. Black Friday is the name of the day after Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving is the fourth Thursday of the month of November, and Black Friday is the following day. It is one of the biggest shopping days of the year. Stores open at 5am, and some e

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GENEVA, March 23 (Xinhua) -- The reports of the Appellate Body and the Panel on the Boeing case launched by the European Union (EU) was adopted Friday at a regular meeting of the Dispute Settlement Body (DSB) of the World Trade Organization (WTO). Th

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The U.S. ambassador to Burma says there is excellent momentum in the relationship between the United States and Burma, but acknowledged there are enormous challenges ahead. Derek Mitchell told VOA that his new appointment demonstrates Washington's co

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Biologists, according to the New York Times, 据《纽约时报》说:生物学家们估计, estimate that 90 percent of lobsters are caught within a year after they reach the legal minimum size at about age six. 大龙虾大约在6岁达到法定的

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The auto fleet in the United States is shrinking. For the first time since World War II, more used cars were scrapped than new cars sold in 2009. The fleet decreased from an all-time high in 2008 of 250 million vehicles to 246 million last year. Driv

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BEIJING, Feb. 1 (Xinhua) -- China's State Council, or the Cabinet, on Wednesday called for more efforts to support the sound development of small and micro-sized enterprises. Small and micro-sized firms serve as a significant channel for creating job

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Yuan Feng is one of the founders of the carpooling website. He says many of his schoolmates fail to get a train ticket during the Spring Festival travel season so he set up the website with 11 schoolmates. By spending 50,000 yuan setting up the websi

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