STEVE: I'm going over to the gym. I want to do some running. JOSEPH: Why don't you run outside? STEVE: Are you kidding? Do you know how cold it is today? JOSEPH: Yeah, I suppose. I guess it isn't healthy to run in this weather. STEVE: No, it's not.

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WASHINGTON, Feb. 21 (Xinhua) -- Global trade growth is constrained by a number of factors, and policy uncertainty is one of them, the result of a World Bank policy paper showed on Tuesday. The global merchandise trade grew by a little more than one p

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Solid State Drive Gives New Life to Old Computer 旧电脑升级固态硬盘焕发新春 Within the past few weeks, many updates to operating systems have been released: Windows 10 for PCs and OS X El Capitan for Mac. These new operating systems are

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Todd: Hey, Jeff this is a very nice apartment. Jeff: Hmm. It's comfortable. It's cozy. Japanese style. Todd: I like it. It's got the tatami mat, small kitchen. Do you live alone? Jeff: I live alone but right now I have a friend of mine staying with m

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6 Types of Food You Should Never Eat Before A Yoga Class 上瑜伽课前不该吃的6类食物 Nuts and Seeds 坚果和种子 While nuts and seeds are highly nutritious and nourishing, they are high in fat and protein and more likely to sit in the st

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Assuming their controls are adequate, that would still leave 90% of the wage difference between white workers and ethnic minorities, which was recently estimated to be 14%, unexplained. 假设他们的控制条件相同,那么白种人员工和少数

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BEIJING, Aug. 2 (Xinhua) -- China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) announced Thursday that it will further cut stock market transaction fees in a bid to ease burdens on investors amid sluggish market sentiment. The regulator said in an online

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A drop in staff members has hit a number of listed banks in China amid banks' efforts to save costs. 在银行努力节约成本时,我国多家上市银行的员工人数有所减少。 Among 16 banks listed in A-shares markets, 10 have reported a

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SANTIAGO, March 5 (Xinhua) -- Chile's president-elect Michelle Bachelet will inherit a sluggish economy, Chile's incoming Finance Minister Alberto Arenas said Wednesday. Bachelet, who led Chile from 2006 to 2010, is to be sworn in on March 11. The ne

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After a tough year in which the global economy faced one headwind after another, U.S. economists are weighing in on what is in store for 2012. When it comes to the U.S. budget, unemployment and the crisis in Europe - many believe 2012 will bring more

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I was browsing through a bookshop today and I picked up a book on food, which is quite usual for me cause I love food, em, but this book was a bit different, em, it tried to make the connection between the kind of food you eat and how it makes you fe

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Mario Draghi has cautioned that the pace of the eurozones recovery may be slowing, as the European Central Bank kept interest rates at record lows. 欧洲央行把利率维持在创纪录低位,与此同时,欧洲央行(ECB)行长马里奥?德拉吉

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These days, more and more Chinese high school graduates going abroad to pursue a college degree. So, foreign institutions are doing all they can to recruit students. Many schools are attending the annual China Education Expo in Beijing, which opened

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Finance and economics: Property in Sweden Home is where the heartache is 财经:瑞士房产,心痛之处是为家 House prices in Sweden continue to soar, to regulators' despair. 瑞典房价持续飙升,监管机构感到绝望。 ASK a centr

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A new report says the world's developed economies appear headed for stronger growth in the coming months, with China advancing as well. The Paris-based Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development said Tuesday that its gauge of future econom

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BEIJING, Jan. 16 (Xinhua) -- The official establishment of the New Third Board, a national share transfer system for small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), was announced Wednesday, after years of trials in several cities. The move marks another

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Apple is forecasting a return to revenue growth in the run-up to Christmas, after reporting a 9 per cent decline in sales during its fiscal fourth quarter. 苹果(Apple)预计圣诞节前公司利润将恢复增长。在第四财季,苹果营收减少

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奥巴马誓言修复医疗保健网站故障 WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Barack Obama on Wednesday defended the centerpiece of his signature health care reform and vowed to fix its widespread technical failures. Speaking at an eve

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The credit rating agency Standard Poor's has downgraded the U.S. credit rating for the first time ever from the country's elite AAA status to AA-plus, with a negative outlook. In a statement late Friday, SP said it made the move because the deficit-r

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Mitt Romney, the presumptive U.S. Republican presidential nominee, drew rousing support Saturday at a conservative Christian university as he defended traditional marriage between a man and a woman. Romney, often viewed with skepticism by the most co

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