This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Steve Mirsky . Got a minute ? The jury is still out on the relationship between cell phone use and brain tumors. But the American Association of Neurological Surgeons has issued a statement to remi

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Cultural practices, cultural differences, local manners, and mores: traveling the globe can be a behavioral minefield, even when you have the best intentions. Everything from greeting to eating can be an opportunity to do the wrong thing, and not onl

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MY friend Mel McGinnis was talking. Mel McGinnis is a cardiologist, and sometimes that gives him the right. The four of us were sitting around his kitchen table drinking gin. Sunlight filled the kitchen from the big window behind the sink. There were

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傻瓜们使用手机请注意 The jury is still out on the relationship between cell phone use and brain tumors. But the American Association of Neurological Surgeons has issued a statement to remind people that cell phones present lots of other r

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俚语:信口开河,胡说八道 有的人总自以为是,明明什么都不懂还喜欢高谈阔论,结果往往发表了一大堆荒谬见地。英语中,俗语to talk through one's hat很形象地描述了这类人信口开河、胡说八道

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1. I see.我了解. 这是最常见的一种说法了, 通常别人跟我们说一件事, 而这件事是我们早就知道的, 我们也会很习惯地说, I see. 跟 I see 一样常见的有. I understand. 或是他们会只说, Understand. 都是表

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