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新奇事件簿 网上约会是否可行
A new report says most Americans think online dating is a good way to meet people. Almost 60 per cent of Internet users said there is nothing wrong with trying to find a partner on the Internet. This has changed from ten years ago when the figure was
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新奇事件簿 做家务并不能代替身体锻炼
A new study suggests housework is not the quality form of exercise many people consider it to be. The report even went as far as saying that those who did the most housework were usually those most overweight. The study is called, Does doing housewor
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新奇事件簿 BBC纪念一战推出新节目
The BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation) has released details of its programme schedule to mark the centenary of World War I. It is planning almost 2,500 hours of new TV and radio shows. These will be broadcast from 2014 to 2018, to mirror the one
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新奇事件簿 日本富士山提供免费无线网
Japan's snow-covered Mount Fuji is one of the most famous mountains in the world. Nearly 300,000 people climb to the top of the 3,776-meter mountain every year. Now they can tweet about their experience or post pictures on Facebook from the top of Mo
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新奇事件簿 吃爆米花影响广告效益
The advertising people see while at the movies is less effective when audiences eat popcorn. This is the conclusion of a newly-published study from Germany's Cologne University. According to researchers, people remember the names of new brands or pro
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新奇事件簿 希腊或将暂时退出欧元区
The economic crisis concerning Greece's future in the Eurozone continues. Greece is struggling to pay back huge loans from European countries that helped keep the nation afloat. The Greek people are tired of austerity measures connected to repayments
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新奇事件簿 教育顾问抨击英国教育
A top adviser to the British government has attacked the quality of British schools and teachers. The adviser, Dominic Cummings, has worked closely with the UK Education Secretary Michael Gove for many years. Mr Gove has followed many of his adviser'
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新奇事件簿 兰佩杜萨岛惨剧促欧改革
European leaders want to change the system for refugees trying to reach Europe. They are shocked by the Lampedusa tragedy. More than 250 people from Africa drowned after their boat sank. They were just a few hundred meters from the beach. Almost 20,0
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新奇事件簿 高档商店打击偷衣贼
An upmarket chain of U.S. department stores has taken action to stop people buying expensive clothes, wearing them once and then returning them for a refund. About 65 per cent of U.S. retailers reported they have been victims of this practice, known
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新奇事件簿 时差问题或将解决
Everybody who flies long distances hates jet lag. Traveling across different time zones upsets your body clock. People can have jet lag for three or four days after getting off the airplane. You can be wide awake at 3.00am and ready for bed after lun
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新奇事件簿 苏格兰计划将狼重归自然
A group of green charities called Rewilding Britain wants to return a large area of Scotland to how it was a thousand years ago. The group wants forests and lost animals, birds and fish to return. One of the animals the group aims to put back into th
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新奇事件簿 流行歌曲促年轻人饮酒
The songs young people listen to could be encouraging them to drink more alcohol. This is the conclusion of a study into the extent to which lyrics contain references to drinking. Researchers from the John Moores University in Liverpool, England asse
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新奇事件簿 特斯拉SP90D款轿车2.9秒破百
A new, upgraded version of an electric car from Tesla Motors is capable of going from 0 to 100kph in just 2.8 seconds. The original 691 horsepower Tesla Model S P85D was already incredibly fast. It even had a function called Insane Mode, which meant
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新奇事件簿 无声的饥饿危机
A new report from the United Nations says one in eight people around the world does not have enough food. The U.N. reports that 842 million people suffer from very serious hunger. This is about 12 per cent of the world population. This percentage has
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新奇事件簿 园艺公司培育番茄马铃薯
A horticultural company in the U.K. is marketing a revolutionary new plant that grows both tomatoes and potatoes. It is called the TomTato and yields up to 500 sweet, cherry-sized tomatoes and a healthy crop of white potatoes. Britain's Daily Mail ne
