In fact, there’s not one trick but a whole suite of tricks to help you learn a language. I’ll use French as an example, but this advice applies to any language. 其实有助于你学习语言的方法不止一种，而是一整套方法。我以法语为例，但这条建议适用于任何语言。 1. Understand the Language Learning Journey 1.理解学习语言的过程 People largely give up because they had the wrong expectations set. So let’s bust some myths:…
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A new startup backed by Bill Gates says it has managed to harness solar energy to greater effect than ever before, generating enough heat from a field of mirrored panels to drive the production of cement, steel and glass – processes that are usually reliant on fossil fuels. 一家比尔·盖茨支持的新公司称对太阳能的利用又上了一个新台阶，镜面板产生的热量足够用于生产水泥、钢和玻璃，而这些生产过程通常依赖化石燃料。 In keeping with our modern age,…
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这座千年古城有太多出名的东西了，历史、神话、网红旅游帖、雅典娜的圣斗士。 它不光是希腊的首都，还是希腊40%人口的居住地，是绝对的人口+文化+经济中心。 说起希腊的旅游业，有一点挺有意思：希腊很多景点的“居民”其实并不是真正住在景点，而是住在雅典，但是夏天会去景点工作。 40% of the total population of Greece is residing in the capital of Athens. While tourists mostly think of the islands, most Greeks actually live in the capital of Thessaloniki. 40% of the total population lives in Athens. Some of them also work on the islands during the summer, but many of…
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There was once a carpenter who hated his job. 从前有一个木匠，十分讨厌自己的工作 After 10 years of working for the same company, 为同一家公司工作了十年之后 he decided to quit. 他决定离职 However, 可是 after 10 years of working together, 念及共事10年的情谊 his boss wanted help with one final job 他的老板想让他帮忙做完最后一样东西 before he left the team. 然后他就可以离开公司了 He asked him to build one…
DetailsMy first corporate internship was as a summer analyst at Wells Fargo right before my senior year in college. 我第一份企业实习是大四之前暑期在富国银行做分析师。 注：WELLS FARGO 美国富国银行 Confused about whether I was going to pursue the path of entrepreneurship or work for a company after graduation, I approached my internship with an open mind. I figured the experience might…
DetailsCarbon dioxide and methane aren’t the only greenhouse gases the world needs to worry about. The rapid rise of nitrous oxide (N2O), colloquially known as ‘laughing gas’, is no joke either. 二氧化碳和甲烷并不是全世界唯一需要担心的温室气体，俗称“笑气”的氧化亚氮（N2O）含量飙升也是个很严重的问题。 This little-known greenhouse gas may not be as prevalent nor as long-lasting as carbon dioxide, but it is hundreds of times more potent…
DetailsArtificial intelligence is already making great strides forward, but taking it to the next level might require a more drastic approach. According to two researchers, we could try giving AI a sense of peril and the fragility of its own existence. 人工智能已经取得了巨大的进步，但要把它提升到新的层次，可能需要采取更极端的方式。两位研究人员表示，我们可以尝试赋予人工智能一种危机感，让它们感知到自身存在的脆弱性。 For now, the machines we code don’t have a sense of their own…
DetailsWhen author Gretchen Rubin embarked on a yearlong “Happiness Project” to figure out what true happiness looks like and how to actually — realistically — achieve it, the experience led her to some powerful revelations. Among them are Rubin’s practical “secrets to adulthood,” the principles she’s managed to grasp as she has become an adult.…
DetailsLearning proverbs – or sayings – are a great way to get insight and improve your English. Unfortunately, some proverbs are easy to understand and others more difficult. This article provides twenty intermediate level proverbs that are right for your level. Each proverb has a definition for you to learn the proverb. Once you have…
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Parkin and Bade’s text Economics gives the following definition of the business cycle: 在帕金和巴德的经济学教材中，对商业周期给出了以下定义： “The business cycle is the periodic but irregular up-and-down movements in economic activity, measured by fluctuations in real GDP and other macroeconomic variables.” “商业周期是经济活动的周期性但不规则的上下波动，以实际GDP和其他宏观经济变量的波动来衡量。” To put it simply, the business cycle is defined as the real fluctuations in economic activity and…
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