Chicago Tribune: Before taking a flight, many people would think about a question: what kind of stranger will I be sitting next to for several hours? It could go well or horribly. You never know. 坐飞机也可以变成一次约会 However, it turns

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美国康乃狄克州法院判决,一名患有何杰金氏淋巴瘤的17岁少女必须接受化疗,虽然她自己并不情愿. 弃疗女孩该不该被迫接受化疗? CBS News: The Connecticut Supreme Court ruled Thursday that a 17-year-old gi

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英国广播公司,因iOS 8升级在iPhone、iPad和iPod上所占空间过多,苹果正面临一项起诉. 苹果iOS8为什么被起诉? BBC News: Apple is facing a lawsuit for not telling users about the amount of memory required by its flagship

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2003年日本邮局发行了一张邮票,上面是一只毛茸茸的羊正在专心织毛线。而今年的邮票上,这只羊已经带上围巾,手里拿着棒针. 羊年邮票的十二载轮回 Yahoo.com: When millions of Japanese get their c

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华尔街日报:如今,对于孩子们来说,圣诞老人不再遥远,因为他们随时可以在网上和圣诞老人视频聊天. 圣诞老人网友专门欺骗儿童感情 Wall Street Journal: These days, children can reach jolly old elf online. A

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由购物网站唯品会和经济学人智库共同发布的调查显示,近3成亚洲女性喜欢晚上在床上网购,4成女性在上班时间网购. 爱在床上网购的人 According to a survey by Vipshop Holdings and the Economist Intelligence

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英国每日电讯:日本东京的一家餐馆贴出声明,圣诞节前夜不接待情侣顾客,因为他们的甜蜜幸福会让其他单身的人更加觉得自己孤单. 圣诞节情侣去死餐厅 The Telegraph: A restaurant in Tokyo has announce

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美国一家公司日前开通月球邮政包裹递送业务,仅需460美元,人们有机会把对自己来说有纪念意义的物品寄到月球上.此项业务旨在为一个私人探月车发射计划进行筹款. 给月球上寄点啥好呢 AP:

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哥伦比亚广播公司:在美国的社交网络上最近有这样一种照片正在流行,飞行员在驾驶飞机时从他们的独特视角拍摄的空中美景.然而,飞行员这样做是否影响飞行安全?违反安全规定呢? 有一种角度

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Mail Online: charities have warned that one million elderly people in Britain are chronically lonely, with many not seeing or even speaking to someone every day. 孤单寂寞冷的全球效应 Almost a quarter of those aged over 75 who live alone go

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Mashable.com: Plans are afoot to launch a crowd-funding campaign for an open-air swimming pool in the middle of the river Thames in London. 泰晤士河 The Thames Baths project would see a ?10 million pool, measuring 25 metres by 10 metres, with a f

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现在越来越多的人对香水过敏。而且不光是香水,还有些人对空气清新剂、香薰蜡烛、沐浴液、化妆品、除臭剂、洗衣粉之类的东西反应强烈。 香水和韭菜盒子孰强孰弱 Nowadays there is an incre

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一名中国游客在尼泊尔漂流,因为不穿救生衣下河游泳,失踪两周后遗体在下游被找到。 尼泊尔漂流 New Strait Times: local police said Wednesday a Chinese tourist drowned while swimming in a river in western Nepal,

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来自瑞士的阳光动力2号本周一在阿联酋首都阿布扎比出发,展开为期5个月左右的环球之旅。全程将不使用一滴石油。阳光动力2号将由阳光动力项目的联合发起人贝特兰德皮卡德和安德烈博尔

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Washington post: Some 3,100 students accepted as freshman by the University of Florida for the fall got a big surprise along with their congratulations notices. 在家上大学 They were told that the acceptance was contingent on their agreement to s

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七成半英国人不能在地图上准确找出本国主要城市. 英国人不能在地图上找出主要城市 Mail Online: a study has found more than three quarters of Britons cannot pinpoint major UK cities on a map. An astonishing 85 per cent

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Ft.com: China's appetite for British milk, pork, Yorkshire tea and salmon led to a 12 per cent jump in food exports to the country last year but the industry says it needs more government support to exploit rising overseas demand. Steve Barnes, econo

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New Zealand Herald: On the quest to find true love, it is a well-used adage that one must kiss a few frogs before meeting a prince. 要吻过多少癞蛤蟆才能找到真爱? And it would appear this theory is accurate, after a mathematician came up

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The Telegraph: Chinese authorities will keep records of uncivilised behaviour by its tourists, that's what the country's tourism bureau announced on Tuesday. That comes in the latest measure aimed at reigning in the unruly behaviour of citizens trave

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Daily Mail: The overbearing and interfering mother-in-law is often jokingly portrayed as most people's least favourite family member. And now a new poll on modern families reveals this is a reality for almost a quarter of Britons who said their pet d

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