RoboCup 机器人世界杯 Humans 1, Machines 7 人机对战1:7 When will robots do to football what computers did to chess? 当机器人踢足球能和电脑下象棋一样好的时候 MESSI v the Machine was how some commentators touted the World C

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Bussiness 商业 Logistics firms: Boxed in 物流公司:陷入困境 The return of borders poses a challenge to the soaring parcel-delivery business. 贸易壁垒的回归对迅猛发展的快递业提出了挑战 During the day, Leipzigs airport i

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Business 商业报道 German business 德国商业 Screwdrivers drawn 拉锯战 A shareholder stand-off in the Black Forest 黑森林里的股东对峙 IF YOU have ever struggled to assemble a flat-pack wardrobe, the chances are that its wooden piece

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Britain 英国 Tax: Let me tell you how it would be 税收:去往何处 Whoever wins the next election, taxes are likely to go up. 不管谁当选下任首相,税收都可能提高。 To finance the many costly promises in its manifesto the Labou

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Its main weapon was, and remains, state control of television, which repeats endlessly the risible claim that Venezuela is a victim of an economic war. 在查韦斯时代,他们主要的宣传武器是电视,现在仍是电视,即由国家控制电

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United States 美国 Minimum Wages: Leaving a bad taste 最低工资:留下了坏印象 Higher minimum wages may force bad restaurants out of business. 愈高的最低工资可能使糟糕的餐馆倒闭。 With Republicans in charge in Washington,

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Asia 亚洲 1MDB: Cleaning up 1MDB:清算 A mammoth financial scandal is being brushed under the carpet. 一桩巨大的金融丑闻正悄然发生。 For the past year 1MDBa Malaysian state investment firm at the heart of one of the world's bigges

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United States 美国 Post Office Vs Pooches: Leash the hounds 狗与邮递员:放狗 Online shopping helps the post office's bottom line-and delight mutts. 网上购物促进了邮局业务,但也让恶犬高兴了。 Chiselled in granite on a po

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Rural broadband 乡村宽带 Going underground 埋入地下 Frustrated country-dwellers build their own internet connections 无奈的乡下居民自行建立网络连接 Hold onI'll try you on Skype 别挂,我再试试Skype FUSION splicing is a te

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Lexington 莱克星顿 The Ben Carson mirage 海市蜃楼般的Ben Carson Why some Republicans think a charismatic brain surgeon can win the White House为什么一些共和党人认为才华横溢的脑科医生能入主白宫BETWEEN now and the pre

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The next year it hit 5.4% even as unemployment changed little. 第二年,甚至在失业变化不大的情况下达到了5.4%。 The stagflation of the 1970s killed off the idea of a stable Phillips curve. 上世纪70年代滞张(stagflation)曾一度

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Business Totvs 商业报道 Local hero 地方英雄 Brazil's biggest software firm sees a sluggish economy as an opportunity 巴西最大的软件公司把经济不景气看做机会 IN THE late 1970s Bill Gates predicted a computer on every desk and

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Science and technology 科学技术 Athletic performance 运动员的表现 Faster, higher, no longer 更快,更高已成往事 Is it time to update the Olympic credo? 是时候更改奥运会信条了? ON AUGUST 5th millions of people will watch

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Science and technology 科学技术 Heart disease and the microbiome 心脏疾病与微生物 High steaks 牛排吃越多,心脏病风险越高 Hardening of the arteries may be caused by a malign interaction of meat-eating and intestinal bacteria 肉

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In the small village of Lasanayah, Mamadou Kalissa looks out over his ancestral home. 在Lasanayah的一个小村庄里,马马杜卡利萨朝着自己的老家看去。 Last year it was farmland but now bauxite mining has turned it into a Martian l

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Spain's economy 西班牙经济 The worst may be over 最糟的情况即将结束 Mariano Rajoy predicts economic joy, but Spain still has a long way to go 马里亚诺拉霍伊预测经济形势可喜,但是西班牙仍然任重道远。 THE Prado

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Hungary's past 匈牙利的过去 His contentious legacy 有争议的遗产 A wartime leader still divides Hungarians 匈牙利战时领袖依旧掀起大争议 ADMIRAL MIKLOS HORTHY, Hungary's controversial wartime leader and an ally of Hitler, is e

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Gas prices 燃气价格 Fuel on the fire 能源产业之争 Another cheap shot at energy firms misses the mark 又一次对能源企业的失败算计 GIVEN the parlous state of Britain's energy system, it is hard to think that Ed Davey, the energy s

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Water in Brazil 巴西水资源 Nor any drop to drink 无水可喝 Dry weather and a growing population spell rationing 干旱的气候和快速增长的人口迫使水资源限量分配 BRAZIL has the world's biggest reserves of fresh water. That mo

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Household wealth 家庭财富 The balance-sheet boom 资产负债表的繁荣 Household wealth, and debt, is forecast to swell in 2015 预计2015年家庭财富和债务将膨胀 WITH the excesses of Christmas nearly over, Britons are planning their

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