Women still lag far behind men in top political and decision-making roles, a waste of talent given that their access to education and healthcare is nearly equal, the World Economic Forum said on Wednesday. In its 2008 Global Gender Gap report, the th...
The U.N. Children's Fund says drought-stricken areas of the Horn of Africa are afflicted by record high levels of malnutrition among children. The aid agency says tens of thousands of drought victims are fleeing to parts of Kenya and Ethiopia where t...
Kids who eat better perform better in school, a new study of Nova Scotia fifth-graders confirms. Students who ate an adequate amount of fruit, vegetables, protein, fiber and other components of a healthy diet were significantly less likely to fail a...
Seventy-four-year-olds are the most contented people in the population, according to new research. Fewer responsibilities, financial worries and more time to yourself leads to contentment previously unknown in earlier life. According to the report fr...
休闲英语：办张健身卡 现在越来越多的人选择去健身俱乐部运动。那么在健身中心当然是办健身卡比较划算喽！健身卡怎么办？看看下面这段口语对话，一起来办张健身卡吧！ Clerk: Good after...
6. Smiling Lowers Your Blood Pressure When you smile, there is a measurable reduction in your blood pressure. Give it a try if you have a blood pressure monitor at home. Sit for a few minutes, take a reading. Then smile for a minute and take another...
必须微笑的理由[上] 1. Smiling makes us attractive。 We are drawn to people who smile. There is an attraction factor.We want to know a smiling person and figure out what is so good. Frowns,scowls and grimaces all push people away -- but a smi...
Four common bad habits combined smoking, drinking too much, inactivity and poor diet can age you by 12 years, sobering new research suggests. The findings are from a study that tracked nearly 5,000 British adults for 20 years, and they highlight yet...
多睡觉 产后变苗条 Researchers presented a conundrum to new mothers on Monday, saying that women who want to lose the extra weight gained in pregnancy should try to get more sleep. They found that mothers who slept five hours or less a day whe...
1. Sooner or later, you'll get your conscience smitten. 总有一天，你会受到良心的谴责的。 2. She must be having a few buttons missing. That's why it's useless to argue with her. 她肯定是脑子缺根弦。你跟她理论也没用。...
中英早餐比比看 It is widely accepted that breakfast is the most important meal in the day. 早餐breakfast由break和fast两个词组成。这里的fast不是形容词快的意思，而是名词，意为斋戒、禁食，形容漫漫长夜都没...
Britons are allowing their manners to slip as chivalry becomes a dying art, researchers claim. More that eight out of 10 passengers refuse to give up their seats on the bus, train or Tube, a survey by health care provider Simplyhealth said. Around ha...
未来蔬菜长啥样？ They look more like the brightly lit shelves of a chemists shop than the rows of a vegetable garden. 它们看起来更像是化学商店里一排排灯火通明的货架，而不是蔬菜园里的一排排菜架。 But accor...
Girls waistlines have expanded by almost four inches in 30 years, figures show. 数据显示，女孩子的腰围在30年内将上升到约4英寸。 Rising levels of obesity mean that the average 11-year-olds waist is more than 27.6in, compared to 2...
怀双胞胎的母亲更长寿 Having two babies at a time is associated with a longer life, according to a new study. But that's not because doubling up on dirty diapers increases life span; instead, moms of twins are physically stronger in the firs...
