I was 15 when I went out in the world. What’s a home anyway? A roof? A bed? A place where when you go there, they have to take you? If so, then I was 15 when I became homeless. 什么是家？一个屋顶? 床？必须接纳你的地方？如果那样的话，15岁我开始无家可归。 I feel that I got lucky because any sense of security was polled…
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One of the main basic models taught in economics is the circular-flow model, which describes the flow of money and products throughout the economy in a very simplified way. 经济学课程中，教授的最基本的几个模型之一，便是循环流动模型，它用一种非常简化的方式描述了金钱和商品在整个经济体系中的流动过程。 The model represents all of the actors in an economy as either households or firms (companies), and it divides markets into two categories: 这个模型体现了一个经济体中的所有要素，既包括家庭，又包括公司，并且它把市场分为了两个领域： Markets…
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This tiny sachet the size of a sugar packet can be placed in a crate of fruit and it makes the produce last roughly three times longer than usual. 在盛水果的箱子里放一小包东西就可以使水果的保质期比平时延长近两倍的时间，而这小一小包东西只有糖包那么大。 The technology, from a startup called Hazel Technologies, was created as a simple way to tackle one piece of the world’s problem with food waste.…
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What do you call a burger that isn’t made of meat? Plant-based options are growing rapidly, but there hasn’t yet been a consensus on how to refer to these meatless dishes. 你把不是肉做的汉堡叫做什么？植物基食物正迅速发展，但就如何描述不含肉类的食物方面还没有达成共识。 The issue, it seems, lies in whether consumers understand these foods best by names that mention the meat-based items they represent—burgers, sausage, bacon,…
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When I was 19 十九岁的时候 I legally immigrated to the USA. 我非法移民到了美国 I left my country on Mother’s day 1963. 1963年的母亲节，我离开了故土 Circumstances were such that 我的处境如此糟糕 I for a short time 有一小段时间里 became homeless 我无家可归 but then found a job 后来我找到一份工作 in East Los Angeles. 在旧金山东部 I was able to live in one of their…
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薪水应该怎么花？怎样才能存下钱？存钱真的有用吗？哪些消费才是明智的？ 这些对于很多职场新人来说都是很头疼的问题。 美国人对本国的职场新人做了一个调查，统计了他们支配自己收入的方式；如果你正在被这类问题困扰着，不如先来看看他们是怎么管理自己的薪水的吧。 Einstein once said that the most powerful force in the universe was compound interest. 爱因斯坦曾经说过：宇宙中最强大的力量就是复利。 No one is in a better position to harness this force than those who have just started earning a regular salary. But popular wisdom tells you that it is just this demographic that has a tough time…
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Retailers are selling $60 cords for Apple’s wireless Airpods. 有零售商在出售用于苹果无线耳机Airpods的绳套，其售价为60美元。 Back in the year 2016, we had no problems. Well, okay, that’s not true. We had some problems. But our headphones weren’t one of them. 在2016年的时候，我们没遇到什么问题。好吧，事实并非如此。我们确实遇到了一些问题。但那时候我们的耳机还没什么问题。 That’s because headphones featured a universal design that was based upon a simple 3.5 mm jack that had been…
DetailsThe world’s first fully electric plane has flown successfully for almost 15 minutes. 世界上第一架全电动飞机成功飞行了近15分钟。 The world’s first fully electric commercial aircraft took its inaugural test flight on Tuesday, taking off from the Canadian city of Vancouver and offering hope that airlines may one day end their polluting emissions. 周二，世界上第一架全自动商业飞机进行首次飞行测试，从加拿大温哥华起飞，这表明有一天飞机也许有希望结束污染排放。 “This proves that commercial aviation in…
DetailsIf you thought the saga of the $7,000 Apple Pro Display XDR couldn’t get any more ridiculous, prepare yourself for the proverbial cherry on top: The company insists that you only use the single special cleaning cloth that comes with the monitor. If you lose it, you’re advised to order another. 如果你觉得售价7000美元的苹果Pro Display XDR显示器的故事已经荒谬至极了，那准备好听众所周知的更吸引人的故事吧：苹果公司坚称，只能使用与显示器配套的独一无二的特殊擦镜布清洁屏幕。如果丢失这块擦镜布，建议再订购一块。 Apple,…
DetailsThis is how I want to fall in love in 2016… 2016年我想这样去爱…… I want to fall in love with the way the sun rises teeming with hope… 我渴望爱上太阳从东边慢慢升起充满希望的景象…… I want to fall in love with the warm scent of coffee in a new, quiet morning… 我渴望爱上宁静早晨那杯咖啡的温暖气味…… I want to fall in love with all of…
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