Is This the Death of Telephone? 固定电话的消亡 The demise of the landline has gone almost unnoticed. 固定电话的消亡几乎是无声无息的。 After all, the din of mundane phone chatter is all around us-on the bus, at the next tabl
Retinoids go deep into skin where they stimulate cell division. 类维生素A可以深入皮肤，促进细胞分裂。 This has two effect: repairing the top layer of skin and promoting the production of collagen, a protein that makes
What Happened to the Word "Sex"? "sex"这个词怎么了? What ever happened to sex? I had to fill out a government form the other day and it ask for my gender, giving town boxes to check, male or female. "sex"这个
What's In a Game? 游戏有什么好玩的？ Computer games are a $60 billion industry globally and playing games is a big part of many children's daily lives. 电脑游戏在全球范围内是一个价值600亿美元的产业，它们占据儿童日常生活的大部分时间。 Parents are of
British Surnames 英国人的姓氏 The men and women of Anglo-Saxon England normally bore one name only. 英国的安格鲁撒克逊人无论男女通常只有一个名字。 Distinguishing epithets were rarely added. 有区别作用的称号很少加在他们的名字后。 These might be patr
The Habits of the Solitary 习惯性孤独 My bones have been aching again,as they often do in humid weather. 和平常一样遇到天气潮湿，我的骨头又疼起来了。 They ache like history:things long done with, that still remain as pain. 疼起来就
"Melting pot" means a place where people from many different ethnic groups or cultures form a united society. 大熔炉是指这样一个地方，在那里来自不同种族或文化的人们形成了一个和谐统一的社会群体。 The idea comes from heating metals in a contain
The Belly of the Beast 腹中新发现 WHAT dinosaurs ate is, of course,a question as interesting and illuminating as what ate dinosaurs. 恐龙吃什么？当然，这个问题与什么吃恐龙？一样有趣，一样具有启发性。 In the case of one particular dinosaur
Cosmetic Treatment for Men 男性美容 In GEORGES ROMAN'S clinic in London,women queue to see a cosmetic dermatologist renowned for zapping wrinkles and smoothing brows. 伦敦的乔治斯·罗曼的诊所外，女士们排着队来找这位在消除皱纹和眉间除皱方面着
An October Sunrise 十月的日出 I was up the next morning be fore the October sunrise, and away through the wild and the woodland. 第二天凌晨，在十月的太阳升起之前，我已经起身并穿过了旷野和丛林。 The rising of the sun was noble in the cold
What Is Compulsive Overeating? 何为强迫型过度饮食症? Compulsive overeating is a health problem, which can affect women or men, though it appears twice as often among women. 强迫型过度饮食是一个事关健康的问题，男性和女性都有可能患上，但女性患上几率
When a woman walks into a crowded room, 一位女士走进拥挤的房间， what her eyes do in the first moments may determine， 对于任何一个与她目光相遇的男士来说， how attractive she is to any man meeting her gaze. 她前几秒钟的眼神可能决定了她是否迷人可爱。 If
If one can afford to treat the other to a meal at an expensive restaurant and the other does not have enough money to do the same, it will cause problems in the relationship. 如果一个人能够支付起请朋友去昂贵餐厅吃饭的费用，而
Compulsive overeating generally has a gradual beginning, often starting in early childhood when eating patterns are formed. 强迫型过度饮食最初基本上都开始于从幼年时期形成的饮食习惯。 It usually starts very subtly, when a child tu
Americans celebrate Valentine's Day each year on February fourteenth. 美国人在每年的2月14日庆祝情人节。 It is a holiday for lovers. 这是情人们的节日。 Valentine's Day is a good day for a man to ask his girlfriend to marry hi
Beauty Tips from Supermodel Cindy Crawford 超级名模的靓丽诀窍 When I met supermodel Cindy Crawford, I was amazed that her skin was so perfectly smooth that she appeared not to have pores. 当我见到超模辛迪·克劳馥时，我被她完美光滑
The wholeness of life 健全的人生 Once a circle missed a wedge. 从前，一只圆圈缺了一块楔子。 The circle wanted to be whole, 它想保持完整， so it went around looking for its missing piece. 便四处寻找那块楔子。 But because it was incomplet
The Optimism Bias 盲目乐观的好处 We like to think of ourselves as rational creatures. 我们喜欢把自己当作理智的生物。 We watch our backs, weigh the odds, pack an umbrella. 我们总会提防背后的危险，权衡胜负的几率，随身携带雨伞以防下雨。 But both neuroscien
We have been conditioned to believe that IQ is the best measure of human potential. 我们总认为IQ是衡量个人潜力的最佳方式。 In the past 10 years, however, researchers have found that this isn't necessarily the case - 在过
Baby Names 孩子起名学问大 Few decisions are more personal than the naming of offspring. 给自己的孩子取名完全是个人私事， Yet laws regulating the choice of both first names and surnames are common around the world. 但世界上对孩子取名
