American states are scrambling to staff up on contact tracers, hiring 100,000-300,000 employees to keep tabs on COVID-19 patients and their contacts. 美国各州争相雇佣接触追踪者，需要100,000-300,000人来监视新冠病人和接触人群。 The job is often (though not always) well paid, up to $65,000 per year, and ideal for furloughed workers with strong social skills. 这份工作通常是（但也不总是）高薪的，年薪高达65,000美元，是社交能力强的失业人员的理想工作。 To get up to speed and stand out…
There are months when sticking to your budget seems very easy. There are also months when you manage to blow your budget even when you have been careful with your money. 一年中有几个月，把生活成本控制在预算之内还是很容易的。但还有几个月，即使你精打细算，最终还是超支了。 If you are working without an emergency fund, any unexpected expenses like a medical bill can blow your budget at the beginning of…
Teenagers may not know the name Kevin Mayer, but he’s about to play an outsize role in their lives. 年轻人可能没听过Kevin Mayer这个名字，但他将对年轻人的生活产生巨大影响。 The longtime veteran of the Walt Disney Company just became the CEO of TikTok. In doing so, Mayer will take the reins of an app whose bedazzling hold over Gen Z has made it…
I sat in the comfort of my grandparents’ house, enjoying the rain and the “Cat Concerto” episode of Tom and Jerry with my grandfather. 那天，我正坐在奶奶家的安乐椅上，听着窗外的雨声，和爷爷一起看《猫和老鼠之猫的协奏曲》。 Munching on one of my grandmother’s fresh, scrumptious rotis, I saw a monkey suddenly swing onto the bars on our door. 嘴里嚼着奶奶做的印度烤饼，那饼真是新鲜又美味。这时，我看见一只猴子在门闩上荡秋千。 My grandfather encouraged me to offer it my…
Dressing sense is the one which will attract anyone towards you. It will help not only in business meetings but on romantic dates as well. 穿衣风格会把别人吸引到你身边，不管是在商务会议上，还是在浪漫约会中都会给你带来帮助。 Plain colors always score higher than stripes, cross and dots. Who looks more graceful? 纯色总会比条纹、方格和斑点更为你加分，下面哪个看起来更有风度？ Combination of shoes, belt and watch is underrated, but it’s deadly if you make…
When you’re just starting your career, you need all the help you can get managing your time. Even when you’re working hard, you could be wasting a tremendous amount of time either by trying to multitask or by focusing too much on minute details. 如果你刚入职场，就应该尽一切可能学习时间管理。因为即使你愿意刻苦工作，你也可能花费过多的时间在多线任务和细节处理上。 Below, we’ve explained some of best time-management tips everyone should…
What will it take to reach the next level in your career? Crafting a stellar resume. Write a thoughtful cover letter that lists your accomplishments and demonstrate a passion for your prospective company’s work. Acing that interview. 为职业生涯推进一步需要什么东西？起草一份亮眼的简历。用心编写一封求职信，在上面列出你的成就并阐述你对潜在公司的职位的热诚。然后拿下面试！ Yes, these are all critical to landing your next role. At the end of the day, however,…
Forming the basis for introductory concepts of economics, the supply and demand model refers to the combination of buyers’ preferences comprising the demand and the sellers’ preferences comprising the supply, which together determine the market prices and product quantities in any given market. 作为经济学入门概念的基础，供给需求模型指的是：买方的偏好构成了需求，卖方的偏好构成了供给，而两者结合起来决定了商品在任意市场形态中的价格和数量。 In a capitalistic society, prices are not determined by a central…
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 saving. Salaries are…
The team I work in just had 2 new interns, and I happen to be their supervisor . 我所在的团队新来了两个实习生，而我恰好是他们的主管。 After today’s lunch break, I saw that one of them was reading things on her smartphone, maybe on some social network, I guessed. 今天午休过后，我看见他们中的一个正在悠闲地刷手机，可能是在上社交网络吧，我猜。 I went to her and said “There’s another document here needing traslation.…