SSS 2009-01-27

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SSS 2010-05-03

This is Scientific American's Sixty-Second Psych. I'm Christie Nicholson. Got the minute? Say a teenager takes the car without permission and crashes it. Or pole jumps off a bridge into white water. Bruised, broken or worse, arrested, the first words

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You might think it's your colleagues or the pressures of work that's getting you down at the office, but new research suggests it could well be the air you're breathing instead. Scientists in the US have found that the concentration of carbon dioxide

美国科学60秒 SSS 2013-06-12

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The cognitive challenges of walking while texting are well known, both to scientists and to those of us who have ambled into a light pole or a fellow pedestrian or have been on the receiving end of someone else's distracted movements. Strolling while

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Life begins at forty - and don't you forget it THE belief that life begins at 40 is a myth. Research has found that the fourth decade heralds the beginning of the end. A study of 2,282 people aged 18 to 87 found that hitting 40 was synonymous with fo

雅思听力核心词汇C

下面为大家整理的是雅思听力核心词汇中字母C打头的部分。雅思听力词汇是大家在备考听力考试的时候一定要提前准备的，尤其是常用的核心词汇部分。下面我们就一起来看看下面的词汇吧。

雅思听力核心词汇—C

cafeteria n.自助小餐厅 calculate v.计算,推算,估算 calorie n.热量(卡路里) campaign n.(政治性或商业性的)运动,游说,宣传活动 campus n..(大学)校园 cancel v.放弃,撤消,取消,废除 candidate n..1.侯先人,候补人;