本期内容: Eight centuries of students submitting hand-written exam papers could soon come to an end at the world famous Cambridge University. The university is considering axing compulsory written exams and allowing students to use laptop compu

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本期内容: One of the world's largest automotive firms has hailed a technological breakthrough for the petrol engine, in an engineering twist for an industry racing to embrace the electric car. Japanese car manufacturer Mazda claims to have desi

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本期内容: Domestic action film Wolf Warrior 2 topped the box office in an unprecedented number, grossing 3.4 billion yuan in just 13 days. The film, directed by and starring action star Wu Jing, is now China's top grossing film, breaking the re

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本期内容: AformerPhDstudenthasappearedincourtintheUSstateofIllinoischargedwithkidnappingaChinesestudent,whoremainsmissing.HundredsofpeoplegatheredoutsidecourtinthecityofUrbanaasBrentChristensen, 28,wasarraignedinanine-minutehearingonMondaymorni

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本期内容: McDonald's,facingpressurefromincreasedcompetition,saysithasfoundarecipeforsuccessin$1drinksandanewlineofhigh-endhamburgers.ThefastfoodpioneerhaditshighestquarterlysalesatestablishedstoresinfiveyearsinthethreemonthstotheendofJune.Thefi

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本期内容: Close your eyes. Imagine yourself finishing that tedious months-long project you have been dreading. Think about the papers you are preparing on your desk, documents you need to print, the conversations you will need to have to finish

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本期内容: Around 500 tons of the oysters are clogging parts of the Scandinavian coast, threatening native species. In jest, Denmark's embassy in China turned to social media, inviting Chinese tourists to eat the shellfish. The post has received

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本期内容: British Airways suffered a global IT failure, resulting in the wholesale stoppage of flights from London airports on Saturday. Delays and cancellations continued throughout the weekend. BA blamed a power-supply problem for the snafu,

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本期内容: Ariana Grande is to get honorary citizenship of Manchester under plans put forward by the city council. The council is proposing a new system to recognize outstanding contributions to the city. The US singer is in line to be the first

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本期内容: AleadingeconomisthasinadvertentlycausedastormbysayinghepreferredthevoiceontheiPhoneSirivirtualassistanttobemalebecausehefeltthatmadeitmoretrustworthy.NobelprizelaureateSirChristopherPissarides'commentsataconferenceinNorwayattractedfie

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本期内容: Shares in electric car maker Tesla have risen after founder Elon Musk said its new Model 3 car would be ready by Friday, two weeks ahead of schedule. The five-seater car - its lowest-cost vehicle to date - had passed all its regulator

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本期内容: FBI officials interviewed Hillary Clinton as part of an investigation into her use of a private email server. The question of whether her side-stepping of official computers constituted mishandling of classified information has haunte

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本期内容: Violence marred the start of the Euro 2016 soccer championship in France. Police used tear gas and water cannon against rioting English and Russian fans in Marseilles. UEFA is to investigate Russia for an attack by its fans on England

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本期内容: As expected, the IMF added the yuan to the Special Drawing Right, its basket of reserve currencies. The Chinese currency will join the dollar, euro, pound and yen late next year. Meanwhile, in the foreign-exchange markets the dollar r

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本期内容: Social media companies are deliberately addicting users to their products for financial gain, Silicon Valley insiders have told the BBC's Panorama program. It's as if they're taking behavioral cocaine and just sprinkling it all over y

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本期内容: How much you sweat doesn't necessarily correlate with the intensity of your workout. It is due to a number of factors, including gender (men tend to sweat more than women) and age (younger people sweat more than older people) as well

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本期内容: Prince Harry and Meghan kicked off their shoes and went barefoot on Bondi Beach, as they continued their tour of Australia and New Zealand. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex met surfing community group OneWave, as they took part in Fluro

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本期内容: The 2018 Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded to three scientists for their discoveries in enzyme research. Americans Frances Arnold and George P Smith will share the prize with Briton Gregory Winter, who is based at Cambridge Un

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本期内容: Luckin Coffee, a Chinese chain that has become the country's first coffee shop valued at $1bn, says it is not worried about profits as it moves to challenge US rival Starbucks' dominant position in the country's fast-growing market. S

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本期内容: Coca-Cola rediscovered some fizz. Its fourth-quarter profits rose by 60%, year-on-year, to $1.2 billion. A cost-cutting programme set out in 2014 seems to be paying off. It also shifted 3% more drink, but revenue fell by 8%, to $10 bi

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