According to a study carried out at the University of Chicago, a weakened sense of smell may be a predictor of death. In the study, researchers tested the sense of smell of 3,000 people between the ages of 57 and 85. Participants had to identify five

发表于:2018-12-28 / 阅读(25) / 评论(0) 分类 轻松英文阅读

AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on WORDMASTER: With Valentine's Day coming up this Sunday, we have a subject to set the mood. It's an interview we did a few years ago with the author of The Joy of Text. RS: Kristina Grish base

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Are American College Entrance Exams Unfair? 美国大学入学考试是不公平的? A growing number of American universities are dropping the entrance exam requirement. More than 800 universities now allow students to apply without an SAT or ACT te

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Test Scores Drop in South Africa with New Education Plan 南非新教育计划,考试分数下降 Every year, South African 12th grade students take a test to decide their next steps following the completion of high school. Many students were unhappy

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In many countries, prostate cancer is among the leading causes of cancer deaths in men. Doctors rely on a blood test called PSA (prostate-specific antigen) to screen for the disease. But there are big problems with the PSA test. Now, the researchers

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The simple exercise of sitting down and standing up again without holding onto anything, could suggest how long you have to live. 只一个简单的徒手坐下、再站起来的动作就能预测出你的寿命。真的么? This is the belief of a

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