In today's world of flexible work and intensive performance assessment, careers are often measured in months rather than decades。 在当今这个工作灵活多样、业绩评估又十分苛刻的世界里，职业生涯通常是以月份而不是以...
If conventional wisdom says that watching TV is bad for your eyes, watching 3D TV may be three times worse. 如果在传统观念中，看电视伤眼睛，那么看3D 电视对眼睛的损害可能是普通电视的3 倍。 Doctors and researchers a...
Four common bad habits combined smoking, drinking too much, inactivity and poor diet can age you by 12 years, a sobering new research suggests. 一项发人深省的新研究表明，吸烟、酗酒、不运动和不良饮食这四种常见的坏习惯...
Random acts of violence are, well, random. It's the unpredictable nature of terrorism, after all, that makes it so terrifying. But according to The Mathematics of Terror, an article by Andrew Curry in the latest issue of Discover magazine, acts of te...
Ever traipsed to the shops only to find once there you've completely forgotten what you went for? Or struggled to remember the name of an old acquaintance? For years we've accepted that a scatty brain is as much a part of ageing as wrinkles and grey...
Don't blame genes for aging facial skin. A new study of twins suggests you can blame those coarse wrinkles, brown or pink spots, and dilated blood vessels on too much time in the sun, smoking, and being overweight. 皮肤老化？别怪基因。一项针...
Diego Maradona's spell as Argentina coach came to an end on Tuesday when soccer chiefs voted unanimously not to renew his contract,the country's AFA football association said on Tuesday. 阿根廷足协于本周二宣布，足协官员一致投票决定...
Caught Twittering or on Facebook at work? It'll make you a better employee, according to an Australian study that shows surfing the Internet for fun during office hours increases productivity. 上班时上Twitter或Facebook网被撞见？这会让你成...
科学家研究发现，与夜晚睡眠6至8小时的人相比，夜晚睡眠不足(sleep deprivation)6小时的人在65岁之前早逝的可能性增加12％。但这并不表明睡眠时间越长越好。研究人员还发现，夜晚睡眠超过9小...
There was a man who had worked at a factory for twenty years. Every night when he left the plant, he would push a wheelbarrow full of straw to the guard at the gate. 有个男人在工厂工作了20年，每个晚上当他离开工厂的时候，他都...
To the average Joe, the luxury-watch business might seem completely upside down. The most expensive, in-demand watches these days are solid black, ultrathin timepieces with little or no identifying brand markers. They are designed not to be noticed....
It's business as usual at Central Perk. On the plush, brightlycolored couches, fashionable 20-somethings lounge around on their lunchbreaks, sipping lattes and chatting with friends. Behind the counter,Gunther cleans the gaudy, oversize mugs and puts...
英文面试中最常见问题大集合 Q:Can you sell yourself in two minutes？ Go for it. 你能在两分钟内自我推荐吗？大胆试试吧！ A： With my qualifications and experience， I feel I am hardworking， responsible and diligent i...
Pigs can feel optimistic or pessimistic, depending on how they are treated, a study says. 一项研究表明，猪会依据对待他们的好坏，表现出乐观或者悲观的情绪。 Animals kept in luxury are more likely to respond positively to...
Going from the tea boy to company head may once have been possible; but these days to start the route to the top, you have to have specialist knowledge and skills。 曾几何时，要从一个端茶倒水的服务生变成企业当家人是很有可能...
