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新奇事件簿 网络用语看词汇变化
The fast pace at which the Internet has entered and transformed our lives has had an impact on the words and language we use. It is 20 years since the website Dictionary.com was created, and it has looked back at the past two decades to see how the w
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新奇事件簿 韩国立法禁止穿超短裙
A new law has come into force in South Korea that effectively bans the wearing of miniskirts. The controversial piece of legislation is called the overexposure law and is an attempt by the government to curb what it views as public indecency. Anyone
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新奇事件簿 给钱刺激减肥
Nutritionists and dieting experts have long sought the answer to how to encourage people to lose weight. It seems overweight people are more interested in the size of their wallets than their waistlines. Researchers in the USA may have found one answ
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The new Star Wars movie will not open in cinemas until December, but it is already attracting huge interest online. Pre-sales tickets for 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens' went on sale yesterday and broke all ticket records. In the USA, the nation's lar
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新奇事件簿 气候变化将雪豹推向灭绝边缘
The conservation charity World Wildlife Fund (WWF) has warned that climate change is threatening the existence of the snow leopard in the Himalayas. Its Snow Leopard Programme says rising temperatures are shrinking the natural habitat of the big cat
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新奇事件簿 骑车污染环境
An American lawmaker has said cycling is bad for the environment. He also said cyclists should pay a tax to ride their bikes on the roads. Ed Orcutt, a representative from Washington State, sent an e-mail to the owner of a local bike shop to outline
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新奇事件簿 亚洲亿万富翁人数最多
A newly-published report on global wealth says that for the first time, Asia has more dollar billionaires than the USA. According to the Global Rich List 2013 from the research institute Hurun, there were 1,453 people whose personal worth was $1 bill
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新奇事件簿 嘈杂环境注意力不易集中
A new report says living in a city makes it harder for people to concentrate. The research found that people who live in rural areas can focus better than people in urban areas. The study is from Goldsmiths College, which is part of the University of
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新奇事件簿 加工肉类致癌
A new report from the World Health Organisation (WHO) says processed meat causes cancer. Processed meat includes bacon, hot dogs, ham and sausages, as well as canned meat and meat-based sauces. The report was made by the International Agency for Rese
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新奇事件簿 艺人自杀增加民众自杀率
Korea's Ministry of Health and Welfare has told reporters that 15,000 people a year kill themselves in South Korea. This means the country has the highest suicide rate of any developed nation in the world. Another 100,000 people end up in hospital af
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新奇事件簿 没有孩子或将导致早死
A new report says that women who do not have children may die earlier than those who do. Researchers from Aarhus University in Denmark looked at over 21,000 couples between 1994 and 2005. They all tried to have children, without success. The women al
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新奇事件簿 夫妻或因养宠物而丢家
A couple in England could lose their home because they want to live with their pets. Clive and Rose Restall live in their rented home in southwest England with their 21 pet guinea pigs. The owners of the house, Plymouth Community Homes (PCH), say the
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新奇事件簿 脸皱深度证明骨质好坏
A new study shows that the depth of the wrinkles on a womans face could hold important clues about the health of her bones. The research was conducted by the Yale School of Medicine in the USA. It involved 114 women ranging in age from their late 40s
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新奇事件簿 印度超10万人同唱国歌创世界纪录
India and Pakistan are rivals in many things. Perhaps their biggest rivalry is over the game of cricket. Over 300 million Indians and Pakistanis can watch an important game between the two countries on television. They now have a new source of compet
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新奇事件簿 韩国大象开口讲韩语
An elephant in Korea has become a language student. Koshik, a 22-year-old male elephant, is already fluent in speaking elephantese, but he is now trying to learn the Korean language Hangul. A report about Koshik was printed in the online journal Curr
