I Paid For A Young Woman’s Groceries 我为一个女孩买了杂货 I was in line at Trader Joe’s and the young woman in front of me had her card declined, she embarrassedly handed the cashier another card, which was also declined and then a final card that was approved for just $5.47. 我在乔氏超市连锁店排着队，排在我前面女孩的银行卡因为余额不足被退回了，于是她不好意思地递给收银员另一张卡，但还是因为同样的理由被退回了，最后她又拿出了一张卡，但余额显示只有5.47美元。 She asked the cashier to…
Elasticity is a term used a lot in economics to describe the way one thing changes in a given environment in response to another variable that has a changed value. 弹性是经济学中经常使用的一个术语，用来描述在给定环境中一个变量相对于另一个变量发生一定比例改变的属性。 For example, the quantity of a specific product sold each month changes in response to the manufacturer alters the product’s price. 例如，每个月销售的特定产品的数量随着厂商改变产品的价格而变化。 A more…
Give 给予 Means to freely transfer the possession of something to a person, organization or group. What is being transferred (or given) can be any noun. Something can be physically given or information can be given. 指将某事物的占有权自由地转移给一个人、组织或团体。被转移（或给予）的东西可以是任何名词。一些东西可以在肢体上给予或信息上传递。 I am deciding what to give my sister for her birthday. 我正在决定给我妹妹送什么生日礼物。 The witness was forced to give…
impact [‘ɪmpækt] n. 撞击；影响 Karl-Johan Persson, H&M’s CEO, is concerned that growing awareness about sustainability will be bad for the fast-fashion industry and the wider economy. H&M总裁卡尔-约翰·佩尔松担心，人们日益意识到可持续问题的重要性将不利于快时尚行业和整体经济。 In an interview with Bloomberg, he first took on the issue of air travel, a mode of transportation that contributes 2.5% to global emissions every year. 在接受彭博社采访的时候，他首先谈到了航空旅行的问题，这种交通方式每年排放的温室气体占全球排放量的2.5%。 Climate…
Exercise is recommended for people who are overweight or obese as a way to reduce their risk of developing type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease. But people don’t always have time to exercise as much as they would like, so finding ways to increase the health benefits of exercise is important. 超重或肥胖人群最好通过锻炼来降低患二型糖尿病和心血管疾病的风险。但人们不是经常能有时间做足够的锻炼，所以找到对健康更有益的锻炼方法是很重要的。 Our latest research…
A 14-year-old scientist took home $25,000 from a national science competition for inventing a liquid bandage that could replace antibiotics. 一个14岁的科学家发明了一种可替代抗生素的液体绷带，在全国科学竞赛上赢得了25,000美元奖金。 Kara Fan from San Diego, CA was won the 3M Young Scientist Challenge in St. Paul, Minnesota. Fan came up with a nano particle liquid bandage that could replace the overuse of antibiotics and…
recreate [riːkrɪ’eɪt] v. 再创造；重现 In the past, McDonald’s has released bottles of its Big Mac secret sauce for purchase at select locations and, thankfully, that promotion is back. 以前麦当劳曾在一些特定门店出售瓶装巨无霸秘制酱汁，幸运的是，这种促销活动又回来了。 You can once again purchase that famous Big Mac sauce at some restaurant locations, but this time, it’s for a good cause. 你又可以在部分麦当劳门店里买到著名的巨无霸汉堡酱了，不过这次的活动是为了公益事业。 The last time…
Recently, Medical News Today reported on a study that found that specialized immune cells are more active in the brain during sleep, busy performing maintenance work. 最近《今日医学新闻》就一项研究进行了报道，研究发现睡觉时大脑中的特异性免疫细胞更活跃，在进行繁忙的维护工作。 Researchers know that sleep is important — not just in terms of allowing the brain to actualize, but also for “making space” for “cleaning” processes to take place.…
A Chinese wildlife park has sparked outcry after making visitors submit to facial recognition scanning, with one law professor taking it to court. 中国一个野生动物园因强制游客进行面部识别扫描而引发强烈抗议，一位法学教授将其告上法庭。 Professor Guo Bing is taking action against Hangzhou safari park, after it replaced its existing fingerprinting system with the new technology. 在杭州野生动物园用新技术取代了现有的指纹识别系统后，郭兵教授起诉了该动物园。 “I [filed this case] because I feel that not…
adorable [ə’dɔːrəb(ə)l] adj. 值得崇敬的；可爱的 H&M just launched adorable matching dog and human sweaters so you can twin with your pooch. H&M刚刚推出了可爱的人狗同款毛衣，这样你就可以和你的狗狗更亲密了。 Winter is coming, which means it’s time to reassess your sweater collection. 冬天来了，这意味着是时候重新考虑一下（购买）新的毛衣了。 The good news for dog owners is that you can now treat your pooch to some matching knitwear, too. 对养狗的人来说，好消息是你现在可以给你的狗狗买一些同款针织衫了。 H&M…