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1、Phones revolutionize reading外媒:中国手机阅读革命Millions of Chinese have abandoned traditional books for mobile phone novels, and as smartphones start to become more popular in China, so do these electronic books. The whole process is interactive and it is leading a reading revolution in China, the Irish Tim

2、es reported. Data show that about 220m Chinese adults read electronic media. Of these, almost 120m people use their mobile phones to read books on occasion, and almost 25m people only use their cellphones to read books.据爱尔兰时报报道，数百万中国人逐渐抛弃传统图书，转而通过手机阅读小说。随着智能手机越来越普遍，这一阅读方式也越来越流行。这种易于互动的阅读方式正在引发一场中国的阅

3、读革命。数据显示，约有2.2亿中国成年人通过电子媒体阅读，其中1.2亿人使用手机阅读，只通过手机途径读书的人数将近2500万人。*汉字的优势Written Chinese is a character-based language, so each word is a concise pictogram, rather than a lengthy English word of several letters which takes up more space. This makes Chinese a great language to write mobile phone novels

4、in, as you can communicate a lot of words in a relatively small area of space.汉字是以文字为单位进行表达的，每个字都是一个简洁的象形符号。比起由很多字母组成的冗长的英文单词，汉字能节省不少空间。这也使得汉字非常适合写手机小说，因为你能在相对狭小的空间里表达很多意思。China's changing education中国父母转变教子观念As China has gradually opened up to the world, Western ideas about education have spread

5、, and many parents have started to question the traditional approach that stressed discipline and authority, The Wall Street Journal reported. In recent years, books that encourage parents to nurture their children's independence and confidence - as opposed to focusing exclusively on high academ

6、ic achievement - have grown increasingly popular. They reflect a quiet shift in the parenting style of middle-class families, especially in China's growing cities. 据华尔街日报报道，随着中国逐渐向世界敞开大门，西方的教育理念开始传播开来，许多家长开始对强调纪律和权威的传统教育方式提出质疑。近些年来，鼓励父母培养孩子的独立能力和自信心、而非仅仅专注于优秀学习成绩的书籍开始越来越受欢迎。这些书反映了中国中产阶级家庭的教育方式正在

7、悄悄地发生转变，尤其是在中国的增长型城市。Best sellers of parenting育儿畅销书-The current best-selling parenting book, "A Good Mom Is Better than a Good Teacher," advocates listening to kids and developing their potential without forcing them to obey authority.目前畅销的一本名叫好妈妈胜过好老师的育儿书提倡家长倾听孩子的心声，开发孩子的潜力，但不强迫他们遵守权威。-Th

8、e author of "My Kid Is a Medium-Ranking Student" stresses that children don't necessarily need the highest test scores to enjoy a happy and successful life. Among the students with the top test scores, he asks, "How many have kept independent thinking, creativity and their unique

9、characteristics?"在我的孩子是"中等生"一书中，作者强调，孩子不一定要考到最高分数才能享受幸福和成功的人生。他问道，在考试得最高分的学生中，有多少人保持了独立思考能力、创造力和独特的个性呢？北大难容'思想偏激'学生Students with "radical thoughts" will be called for a consultation at Peking University (Beida) starting this May, Beijing Evening News reported. Those

10、who have "academic difficulties", "are radical in thoughts", or "are psychologically fragile" are among the 10 kinds of "key students" to be given advice by counselors. The new rule received mixed reviews. "Some students have been much too reckless and of

11、ten defamed Beida over little things," supporters said. But others refuted by saying that an improper consultation could hurt students' individuality.据北京晚报报道，5月起，北京大学将在全校推广实施对"重点学生"进行学业会商的制度，"重点学生"包括"学业困难、思想偏激、心理脆弱"等十类学生。其中对"思想偏激"学生进行会商的制度引发广泛争议。有人表示支

12、持，认为"有些学生太嚣张，经常因为一点小事就诋毁北大。"但也有人认为不应将"思想偏激"纳入会商范围，"错误的会商很容易埋没这些学生的个性。"Want a dog? Ask neighbors济南养狗或须邻居同意Residents in Jinan, Shandong may have to ask their neighbors before they are allowed a dog, the Shandong Business Daily reported. According to a proposal being consi

13、dered by the city's public security bureau, people will need permission from their neighbors and a testimonial from a local neighborhood committee to get license for a dog. Many cities have recently amended their dog-raising regulations. Guangzhou and Chengdu have instituted a one-dog policy for

14、 each household in certain areas. 据山东商报报道，济南市公安局拟推出新的养犬管理办法，居民养狗可能需要先问邻居。办法拟规定，居民养犬必须首先征得四周邻居的认可，同时要到居委会开证明，然后才能办理犬证手续。近期，有许多城市修订了养犬管理办法。广州和成都等地均在特定范围内推行了"一户一犬"新政。食盐供应充足无需抢购Residents in Guangdong, Zhejiang, Jiangsu and Henan rushed to buy salt Wednesday, reported. The China National Salt I

15、ndustry Corporation said it had ordered branch companies all over the country to launch an emergency system which would ensure salt supply. Salt reserves are sufficient and can meet residents' demands, it said, asking consumers not to snap up or hoard salt. Insiders said that most salt in China

16、is rock salt. In reference to the Japanese nuclear crisis, sea salt is unlikely to become polluted by radiation as the sea off the coast of China is a great distance from Japan.据中新网报道，广东、浙江、江苏、河南等地16日出现抢购食盐现象。中盐总公司称，已紧急通知各地盐业公司启动应急机制，确保食盐供给。目前食盐储备充足，完全能够满足群众需求，请消费者不要盲目抢购囤积。业内专家称，中国食盐大部分是矿盐，即使是海盐，亦远离

17、日本，被污染的可能性很小。China's Ministry of Commerce said in a statement Sunday that the panic buying of salt prompted by radiation fears over Japan's crippled nuclear power plant has stopped and the market order is back to normal.中国商务部20日发布的监测显示，由日本核泄漏事件恐惧引发的抢购食盐现象已经平息，市场秩序恢复正常。Nuclear safety tips iss

18、ued卫生部发布防辐射要点China Tuesday released a series of official tips on how to survive a nuclear disaster and radiation exposure. The Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, an agency of China's health ministry, urged citizens to avoid panicking over rumors, stay calm and follow government o

19、rders if an emergency were to occur. The use of potassium iodide pills should only be taken under the instructions of the government. The public should avoid making their own decisions and taking potassium iodide supplements out of fear.15日，卫生部中国疾控中心发布核与辐射事故防护知识要点，称市民应避免恐慌和轻信谣言，保持心态平稳，按照政府的指示行动。碘片的服

20、用要根据政府的指示，不能仅凭个人主观臆断或因恐惧而擅自服用。*自我防护措施要点-Avoid running into or following the winds which might carry the nuclear fallout. Find your shelter on the sides of the winds. Find the nearest building as fast as you can and go inside.当可能有放射性散布事件发生时，切记不能迎着风，也不能顺着风跑，应尽量往风向的侧面躲，并迅速进入最近的建筑物内隐蔽。-For respiratory p

21、rotection, cover your month and nose with a wet towel or cloth to filter out radioactive particles.应采取呼吸防护，包括用湿毛巾、布块等捂住口鼻，过滤放射性粒子。-Common clothing items can be used to protect your skin, such as hats, scarves, raincoats, gloves and boots.体表的防护可用各种日常服装，包括帽子、头巾、雨衣、手套和靴子等。-In case of any radioactive po

22、llution on the surface of your body, take a bath and put on clean clothes. Avoid eating food or drinking water which might have been polluted. 万一身体表面有放射性污染，采用洗澡和更换衣服来减少放射性污染，并防止食入污染的食品或水。Big quake hits Japan日本近海发生8.9级强震A massive 8.9-magnitude earthquake hit the east coast of Japan's main Honshu

23、island at 1:46 pm Beijing time Friday. The quake caused buildings to shake violently in the capital Tokyo, NHK television reported. A 10-meter tsunami washed the port in Sendai city. TV images showed a vast wall of water carrying buildings and debris across a large swathe of coastal farmland. Offici

24、als said at least 20 people were killed and many are injured.据日本NHK电视台报道，北京时间11日13时46分，日本本州东海岸附近海域发生里氏8.9级地震，首都东京震感强烈。地震引发了强烈海啸，仙台市出现高达10米巨浪，电视画面显示，毯状巨浪将建筑及残骸卷入水中，冲向大片沿岸农田。日本官员说，已确认至少20人在地震中死亡，多人受伤。-The earthquake will not affect the Chinese mainland "obviously", a top Chinese seismologica

25、l official said, according to Xinhua. However, tsunami after the earthquake may affect most of the Pacific Ocean region, he added.据新华社报道，中国地震局权威人士表示，发生在日本的地震对中国大陆不会有明显影响。不过，此次地震可能引发的海啸将影响太平洋大部分地区。-Taiwan's central weather bureau issued a tsunami advisory for the island's north and east coast

26、s after a major earthquake struck off the north coast of Japan.台湾"中央气象局"11日发布海啸预警，要求居住在东部和北部海岸的居民防御日本北部沿海强震可能引发的海啸灾害。Updates on Japan earthquake特别关注：日本大地震Following are developments in the 8.8-magnitude earthquake that struck northeast Japan on Friday.日本东北部11日遭8.8级大地震袭击，以下是关于灾情的最新报道：>Abo

27、ut 7,000 Chinese live and work in the worst-hit Miyagi Prefecture, according to the Chinese Embassy in Japan. No Chinese casulties have been reported yet.来自中国驻日本大使馆的消息，目前在地震最严重的宫城县，有约7000名中国人在那里居住和工作。目前还没有中国人遇难的消息。>The Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency said early Sunday that the cooling system

28、 malfunctioned at Unit 3 of the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant, where an explosion had occurred earlier. 日本原子能安全保安院13日凌晨称，之前发生爆炸的福岛第一核电站的第三反应堆紧急冷却系统失灵。伤亡-More than 1,800 people are likely dead or missing from the quake and tsunami, Kyodo News Agency said. Up to 10,000 people remained unaccounted f

29、or in Minamisanriku of Miyagi Prefecture.据日本共同社报道，在地震和海啸中遇难失踪人数预计超过1800人。宫城县南三陆町有约1万人仍下落不明。-Japan's Self Defense Forces rescue team found 300 to 400 bodies Saturday in Rikuzentakata, a coastal city of Iwate prefecture, which had been smashed by enormous tsunami triggered by Friday's quake, N

30、HK reported.据日本NHK电视台报道，日本自卫队的地震救援队12日在岩手县陆前高田市发现300至400具尸体。岩手县因11日强震引发的巨大海啸而遭毁灭性重创。救援-Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan announced late Saturday that over 3,000 people have been rescued.日本首相菅直人12日晚称，日本救援人员已营救出逾3千民众。-A South Korean rescue team with search dogs arrived at Haneda Airport in Japan Satur

31、day. It was the first foreign rescue team to reach the earthquake-hit country.韩国地震救援队携搜救犬12日抵达羽田机场，成为首支抵日的外国救援队。-A Chinese rescue team will leave for the quake-hit region in Japan Sunday morning, said the China Earthquake Administration.中国地震局宣布，中国国际救援队将于13日早奔赴日本地震灾区。SH Disneyland plan unveiled上海迪士尼规

32、划案公示Shanghai Disneyland will be built in a 7 sq km area that the city has designated as a tourist destination, according to a draft blueprint of the project, reported. The draft, made public Tuesday, will be available on the website of the Shanghai Municipal Bureau of Planning and Land Resources unt

33、il April 6 to solicit public opinions. The issue causing the most concern is how people will be transported between the theme park and neighboring cities, with a 290 km distance to Nanjing, 100 km to Suzhou and 180 km to Hangzhou.据中新网报道，上海市规划和国土资源管理局网站从3月8日至4月6日向社会公示上海迪士尼乐园项目的规划(草案)，征询公众意见。其中，上海迪士尼项

34、目与长三角各大城市的"黄金距离"，成为坊间关注焦点。规划基地距南京约290公里，距苏州约100公里，距杭州约180公里。据规划(草案)，该项目规划范围面积为7平方公里。Tests on micro-blogging'织围脖'入人大课程考核Students majoring in digital media communication at the People's University of China have found themselves to have new homework during the 2011 term: micro-blo

35、gging. Their performance in the social platform will affect their scores at the term's end. Professor Peng Lan says that the number of new followers the students have amassed will have a bearing on the results. And the comments of other micro-bloggers' and the number of posts being forwarded

36、 should also be taken into account, a student suggests, according to the Legal Evening News.据法制晚报报道，新学期伊始，中国人民大学数字新闻传播专业的学生多了一项功课"织围脖"。而他们在微博上的表现将计入期末成绩。任课教师彭兰教授表示，新增加的粉丝量会成为一个考核标准。也有同学献策，微博留言、转发数量都应纳入考量标准。Classics made compulsory'四书'列为台湾高中必选Taiwan education authorities have made t

37、he Four Books the main contents of "Basic Chinese Culture", a required subject for senior high school students, reported. A senior education official said the subject aims to improve students' morals and will not be tested in any exams. The Four Books of Confucianism are Chinese classi

38、c texts. They are: Great Learning, Doctrine of the Mean, Analects of Confucius and Mencius.据早报网报道，台湾当局"教育部"日前将四书作为"中华文化基本教材"的主要内容，并列为高中生的"必选"科目。一位高级教育官员表示，该课程目的在提升学生的品德教育，不列入考试范围。四书是中国儒家学说的经典之作，包括大学、中庸、论语和孟子。SH Disney construction begins上海迪士尼今日开工Construction work on the

39、 Shanghai Disney resort project began Friday morning, Xinhua reported. Covering an area of 3.9 sq km, the theme park will be completed in 5 years, becoming the 6th Disney amusement park in the world. The project is estimated to cost RMB24.5b. Yu Zhengsheng, head of the municipal Committee of the Com

40、munist Party of China, and Robert Iger, president and CEO of the Walt Disney Company, attended the ground-breaking ceremony. 据新华社报道，8日上午，上海迪士尼乐园项目正式开工，该乐园面积3.9平方公里，投资245亿元人民币，预计5年后建成，为世界第6个迪士尼乐园。上海市委书记俞正声和美国华特迪士尼公司总裁兼首席执行官罗伯特·艾格出席了开工仪式。6th mass extinction near?美研究预言第6次大灭绝A US study claims Earth

41、 may be on the brink of a 6th mass extinction within a few centuries, the Daily Mail of London reported. The researchers say that unless action is taken now to reverse the harmful effects of human activity on eco-systems, a full-blown mass extinction could occur. Recovery from such an event, which c

42、ould eradicate more than 3/4 of all life on Earth, may then take millions of years. Scientists compared extinction rates from the fossil record with the speed at which mammals are vanishing today.据英国每日邮报报道，美国科学家的一项最新研究称，如果人类不尽快采取措施，减少人类活动对生态环境的破坏，地球将在未来数百年面临第6次大灭绝，届时地球表面3/4的生命都将被摧毁，而再次重建则需要几百万年的时间。科

43、学家是通过比较哺乳动物远古和今日的灭绝速度来计算周期的。Did you know?The last mass extinction, the Cretaceous event (65m years ago), is thought to have been triggered by a meteor impact in Mexico. The event is marked by the loss of 76% of species including the dinosaurs.上一次大灭绝事件，发生在距今6500万年前的白垩纪，被认为是由发生在墨西哥的小行星撞击引起，地球上76%的物种灭绝

44、，恐龙时代也在此终结。Tobacco control in 5-yr plan'控烟'首次写入五年规划In its 12th Five-Year Plan (2011-2015), China promised to ban smoking in public places "in an all-around manner," Xinhua reported. This is the first time that China included an anti-smoking measure in its 5-year plan, which was sub

45、mitted Saturday to the annual session of the National People's Congress for review. China is the world's largest producer and consumer of tobacco. About 1.2m people die from smoking-related diseases in China each year, according to the World Health Organization.据新华社报道，5日提请全国人大会议审查的"十二五&

46、quot;规划中提出"全面推行公共场所禁烟"。这是控制烟草的内容首次出现在中国的经济和社会发展五年规划中。世界卫生组织数据显示，中国是全球烟草生产和消费第一大国，每年约有120万人死于烟草相关疾病。Japan gets tough on cheating日男生高考作弊或获刑Japanese police have arrested a 19-year-old on suspicion of cheating on an entrance exam at Kyoto University by posting test questions online with his ce

47、ll phone seeking outside help, local media reported. He was arrested on suspicion of obstructing business through fraudulent means. If convicted, he could face up to 3 years in prison or a fine of 500,000 yen (RMB40,000). He could become the first person to be prosecuted for exam cheating in Japan.

48、据日本媒体报道，一名19岁日本男生因在京都大学入学考试中用手机上网发考题向场外求助，日前遭到警方逮捕。据悉，这名考生涉嫌"以欺诈行为妨碍公共事务"。如果罪名成立，他将被判最多3年的有期徒刑，或处罚金50万日元(约合人民币4万元)。该生可能成为日本第一名因作弊被起诉的学生。Pupils dance to MJ hit'最潮小学'课间跳MJ热舞Every day at 10 am, instead of their normal exercise routine, over 700 Chongqing pupils dance to Michael Jackso

49、n's "Dangerous" for their morning workout. They all do the moonwalk in the school playground. The dancing photos went viral on the Internet and netizens shouted "neat" after viewing them, the Yangzhou Evening News reported.(See photo)据扬州晚报报道，近段时间来，在重庆某小学，每到上午10点，这里必定会响起热舞天王迈克

50、尔·杰克逊的经典音乐Dangerous。要是你跑到操场上去看，就会发现满操场700多名孩子正齐刷刷地走太空步。近日，有网友将自己拍到的校园课间热舞照片发到网上，很快成为当日头号火帖，网友看后均呼"给力"！View on Alzheimer's shifts中国'折翼老人'何去何从China is beginning to educate the public and the medical community about Alzheimer's disease, or dementia, and big cities are mak

51、ing plans to build new facilities, in a bid to deal with the exploding elderly population with the disease. A decade ago, many families were ashamed to admit that their elders had dementia. But today, a growing number of families are desperate to place relatives in a nursing home, the New York Times

52、 reported. 据纽约时报报道，中国正在逐渐正视呈爆炸性增长的阿尔茨海默病(即老年痴呆症)患者，并已经开始对公众和医疗机构开展教育，大城市也在计划修建新的医疗机构。10年前，许多中国家庭羞于承认家中老人患有痴呆症，而现在，越来越多的家庭急于将亲属送进疗养院里。To cope with a severe shortage of nursing homes, Shanghai is proposing what it calls the 90-7-3 plan, which means 90% of the elderly will need to be cared for at home,

53、 while 7% make occasional visits to a community center and 3% live in nursing homes.为了应对养老院严重紧缺的局面，上海正在努力构建以"90、7、3"为目标的养老格局，就是90%的老人在家养老，7%的老人参加社区居家养老，3%的老人在养老院养老。*Did You Know?你知道吗？In China, there are forecasts that within 3 decades there could be nearly 400m people over the age of 60 an

54、d a declining number of working-age people to care for them.有预测称，30年内，中国60岁以上的老人将达到近4亿，而可以赡养老人的青壮年人会变得越来越少。UK scraps forced retirement英国不再强制65岁退休In an attempt to boost the number of seniors in the work force, companies will no longer be able to force staff to retire at the age of 65, the British gov

55、ernment announced Thursday, Reuters reported. UK employers will be barred from issuing compulsory notifications for retirement beginning in October, but will still be able to force people out if they can give a justifiable reason. "Older workers can play an incredibly important role in the work

56、place, and it is high time we ended this outdated form of age discrimination," Employment Relations Minister Edward Davey said. 据路透社报道，英国政府13日宣布取消企业65岁强制退休措施，以增加年长雇员的数量。从今年10月起，英国雇主除非给出正当理由，否则将不得强迫员工退休。就业关系部长戴维说，"年长员工可以在工作场所扮演非常重要的角色，现在是结束这种过时的年龄歧视行为的时候了。"*老年人生产力未下降About two-thirds of

57、 employers in the UK no longer use fixed retirement ages. Britain currently has about 850,000 workers older than 65, and there is no evidence that productivity declines after that age, Davey said.约2/3的英国雇主已经不再实行固定退休年龄制度。戴维说，英国现在有大约85万65岁以上老人在工作，而没有证据显示他们的生产力在65岁以后下降。White collars' improper diets

58、七成白领不懂吃饭学问A latest study shows about 40% of China's white-collar workers have improper diets, reported. According to the "2011 White Book on Chinese White Collars' Diet and Health," 4 out of 10 white-collars have at least 3 improper eating habits, including "irregular drinking

59、 and meals," "late night snacks" and "skipping breakfast". The study also found that 39% have not enough staple food and only 22% often eat coarse grains. 77% have no understanding of what constitutes a balanced diet.据中新网报道，一项最新调查显示，我国约4成的白领膳食结构不合理。根据2011中国白领膳食健康白皮书，4成被调查者有包

60、括"喝水、用餐没规律"、"经常吃夜宵"、"很少或不吃早餐"等3种以上的不良饮食习惯。调查还发现白领中有39%主食摄入量不足；仅有22%常吃粗粮；77%不了解平衡膳食营养知识。Workers take a walk国内都市兴起'走班族'As streets beome more congetsted with cars in big cities, more and more Chinese white-collar workers are becoming walking commuters, reported. Many of them realize that walking to and from work, which may take a little longer than commuting in a car, bus, or train, is good for their health and for the environment. Experts point out that regular wa