A Chicago house party held to memorialize a member of the community who died from gun violence last spring was interrupted by two gunmen who opened fire in and around the house, wounding 13 people, four of whom are in critical condition. 芝加哥的一个家庭聚会上，两名持枪人在室内及房屋周围开火，造成13人受伤，其中4人伤势严重。这个聚会是为了纪念社区中的一名今年春天死于枪击的成员而举办的。 Fred Waller, who heads the patrol division for Chicago police, said the…
If you could have one superpower, what would it be? 若你能拥有超能力，那会是什么呢？ More time. More energy. If the world can put more of both into the hands of the poorest, we believe it will allow millions of dreams to take flight. Just imagine, for a minute, life without energy. Without access to energy, the poor are…
Me : Hello Dad! I’ve exam today. 我：爸爸！我今天有考试。 He : All the best son! I’m getting a strong feeling, You’ll rock it today. May god bless you. 他：祝你考试顺利！我有很强烈的感觉你今天能发挥好。愿上帝保佑你。 Me : Thankyou dad. Bye! 我：谢谢爸爸，再见！ And I hang up the call. 然后我挂了电话。 My friend standing beside me chuckles, “Do you do this before every exam?” 朋友站在我身边笑：“你每次考试之前都这样做吗？”…
When you google “weight loss” the challenge to sort fact from fiction begins. 当你开始谷歌“减肥”时，你就面临着从谎话中辨认真相的挑战。 Matcha green tea powder claims to speed up weight loss, but let’s see what the evidence says. 据说，绿茶抹茶粉可以促进减肥，不过还是让我们看看其根据。 Matcha is a green tea made from leaves of the Camellia sinensis, or tea plant, but it’s processed into a green powder and…
Feeling tired or fatigued is a common experience. Yet health-care providers often dismiss complaints about tiredness – both because the symptom is universal and because it can be challenging to evaluate medically, says Michael Grandner, director of the University of Arizona’s Sleep & Health Research Program in Tucson. 感觉疲惫和精疲力竭是很平常的体验。然而医疗服务人员通常忽略关于疲劳的抱怨，既是因为这种症状很普遍，也是因为在医疗上对此进行评估很有挑战性，迈克尔·格兰德纳（Michael Grandner），亚利桑那州立大学图森的睡眠及健康研究项目主任说道。 And while tiredness is often…
Eyes closed, 闭着眼睛 she felt the cool breeze on her face 她感到清风拂面 as the car swept past the green pastures. 车从绿色的草坪上疾驰而过 The breeze felt refreshingly new 微风清爽而 and gave her 让她感觉到 a sense of newly defined freedom and happiness. 一种全新的自由和幸福感 The breeze suddenly came to a halt 车周遭的风忽然熄了 with the car stopping 车停了 due to…
Rafe: I was blessed to have you in my life. When I look back on these days, I’ll look and see your face. You were right there for me. And everywhere I am there you’ll be. 雷夫：在我的生命中有你是多么幸运,当我回忆过去, 眼前就会浮现你的脸庞 ,你总会在那守候着我。 不论我到哪里，你都会如影随形。 If I had one more night to live… I’d wanna spend it with you. Every…
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Artificial flesh is growing ever closer to the real thing. Scientists in Australia have now created a new jelly-like material which they claim has the strength and durability of actual skin, ligaments, or even bone. 人造皮肤越来越像真的皮肤了。澳大利亚的科学家最近发明了一种新型果冻状材料，他们表示，这种材料具有真正的皮肤、韧带甚至骨骼的强度和耐用性。 “With the special chemistry we’ve engineered in the hydrogel, it can repair itself after it has been broken like…
Scientists have discovered a new link between a pattern of fluctuations in jet stream air currents and crippling heatwaves that strike in multiple regions of the world at the same time. 科学家发现喷流的波动模式和同时袭击世界上多个地区的严重热浪之间的新联系。 Rossby waves are an atmospheric and oceanic phenomenon where giant meanders warp the flow of currents in a wave-like pattern. They don’t only…