Bouquinistes is the French word to call sellers of old books along the Seine River in Paris. The tradition has existed for over 400 years. However, modern technology like electronic book readers and sellers of books online are now hurting their profi

发表于:2018-12-01 / 阅读(228) / 评论(0) 分类 2018年VOA慢速英语(八)月

Robert Siegel : English speakers traveling aboard have had the experience of seeing an English sign or a menu translation from the local language that just misses the mark and produces an entertaining malaprop . Well, think about someone who knows C

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Passengers at Nanjing South Railway Station in Jiangsu Province can use facial recognition to have their tickets checked. A total of 1,000 facial recognition checkpoints are in use across China during this year's Spring Festival travel rush to stream

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From the moment Spaniards -- or was it Vikings? -- first dropped anchor and encountered the natives whom the Spanish called Indians (because they thought they had landed in India), the land now known as America has been a multicultural place. And of

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You've heard of finger printing, passport photos and eye recognition - but the latest airport security measures could see your EARS being scanned to prove your identity. Researchers have discovered that every person has uniquely-shaped ears and have

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Shoppers at a supermarket in Beijing can now pay for their food using nothing but their face. 7FRESH, a supermarket in Beijing operated by Chinese e-commerce giant JD.com, is testing automated checkouts which use facial recognition. CRI's Yu Yang has

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