In general, people seem to know that inflation is often not a good thing in an economy. This makes sense, to some degree- inflation refers to rising prices, and rising prices are typically viewed as a bad thing. 总体来说，人们似乎知道通货膨胀对一个经济体来说通常不是什么好事。这是情理之中的事，在一定程度上，通货膨胀就意味着物价上涨，而物价上涨一般都被视为坏事。 Technically speaking, however, increases in the aggregate price level need not be particularly problematic if prices…
Perhaps you’ve had to put up with a moody, uncooperative teenager. You may well have been one yourself. A new study suggests that dogs go through a similar phase of stubbornness and disobedience when they hit puberty at about eight months old. 你身边情绪化、叛逆的青少年可能够你受的，你自己曾经可能也是其中一员。一项新的研究显示，狗狗在8个月大的时候会经历相似的倔强叛逆的阶段。 Looking at the behaviour of a total of 378 canines, researchers found…
Making smart moves is essential at any stage of your life. It is important to start out strong and make choices that will prepare you for wherever life takes you. 在你人生的任何阶段，采取明智的举动都是极其必要的。重要的是要开始坚强，做出选择，为生活所需要的一切做好准备。 You may stay single, end up with a partner or start a family, but the positive financial choices you make in your 20s can…
Billie Eilish and renowned contemporary artist Takashi Murakami have teamed up to create a limited-edition collaboration for UNIQLO. 比莉·艾利什和当代著名艺术家村上隆合作为优衣库设计了限量版联名单品。 The exciting collection it set to be released late May. 预计这些激动人心的联名单品将于五月末上市。 The Billie Eilish x Takashi Murakami UT Collection will showcase the artistic perspectives of both stars through graphics combining their unique styles, which were exclusively…
Yes. That’s right. And the first of all these would be exercising for at least 30 minutes everyday. 是的，就是这样。而这里面首先的一点，就是每天至少要锻炼30分钟。 You already know how important exercise is, right? 你也知道运动很重要，对不对？ It keeps your body in optimal condition, keeps your brain sharp and make you more confident. 它能让你的身体保持最佳状态，还能让你的大脑保持敏锐，并让你更加自信。 Make sure you exercise daily no matter how busy you…
Every so often, we all realize that we’ve been using a product completely wrong for years and are mind-blown when we figure out its intended use. 我们时常会发现某个东西用错很多年，弄清真正用法时就豁然开朗了。 This, friends, is another one of those times. The bottled Starbucks Frappuccinos you’ve been drinking straight out of the fridge aren’t called “bottled chilled lattes” or “cold mochas”…
Japan’s economy in the January-March period shrank an annualized real 3.4 percent from the previous quarter due to the global coronavirus pandemic, a significant contraction for the second consecutive quarter that pushes the world’s third-largest economy into recession, government data showed Monday. 周一，日本政府的数据显示，受全球新冠疫情影响，日本一月份至三月份的经济环比下降3.4个百分点，这个全球第三大经济体连续第二季度大幅萎缩，陷入衰退。 The data showed gross domestic product, the total value of goods and…
A Roman Catholic priest in the Detroit area has taken aim at his parishioners in a bid to maintain social distancing during the coronavirus pandemic, using a squirt gun to shoot holy water. 底特律的一位罗马天主教牧师为了在新冠疫情期间保持社交距离，用水枪朝教徒喷圣水。 Photos posted on social media by the St Ambrose Church show the Reverend Timothy Pelc shooting water into a car window…
Ready or not, some day it will all come to an end. There will be no more sunrises, no days, no hours or minutes. All the things you collected, whether treasured or forgotten, will pass to someone else. 无论是否准备好，总有一天它都会走到尽头。 那里没有日出，没有白天，没有小时和分钟。 你收集的所有东西，不管你珍惜或忘记与否，它们都将流入他人手中。 Your wealth, fame and temporal power will shrivel to irrelevance. It will not matter…
Right before I walked down the aisle to marry her son, my mother-in-law told me, “Michelle, if a man can’t make himself a sandwich, he should starve.” 在我的婚礼现场，就在我马上要走过去与我的先生立誓的时候，我的婆婆告诉我：“米歇尔，如果一个男人连个三明治都懒得给自己做，那就让他饿着吧。” “Life isn’t easy, It wasn’t suppose to be! Don’t expect it to be easy” “生活并不简单，它不会朝着你所期待的去发展，不要期望它会变得简单。” What Is the Best Advice Your Mother Ever Gave You? 麻麻曾给你们的最好忠告是什么？ Never…