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What Computer Literacy Can Do for the WestAs citizens of advanced but vulnerable economies, we must either relentlessly increase theQuality of our skills or see our standards of living erode. For the future, competition between nations will be increasingly based on technological skill. Oil and natural resources will still be important, but they no longer will determine a nation's economic strength.There is simply no way to rest on our past achievements. Today's competition renders obsolete huge chunks of what we know and forces us to innovate. For each individual, several careersWill be customary/, and continuing education and retraining will be inescapable. To attain this extraordinary level of education, government, business, schools and even individuals will turn to technology for the answer.In industry, processing the information and designing the changes necessary to keep up withThe market has meant the growing use of computers. The schools are now following close behind. Already some colleges in the United States are requiring a computer for each student. It isEstimated that 500,000 computers are already in use in American high schools and elementarySchools. Although there is an abysmal lack of educational software, the number of computers in schools expands rapidly.The computer is the Proteus of machines, as it takes on a thousand forms and serves a thousand functions. But its truly revolutionary character can be seen in its interactive potential. With advanced computers, learning can be individualized and self-paced. Teachers can become moreProductive and the entire learning environment enriched.It is striking how much current teaching is a product of pencil and paper technology. With the computer's capacity for simulation and diverse kinds of feedback, all sorts of newPossibilities open up for the redesign of curriculums. Seymour Papert, the inventor of theComputer language LOGO, believes that concepts in physics and advanced mathematics can beTaught in the early grades with the use of computers. He cites as an example the teaching ofThe laws of motion in physics, which he says are accessible at an early age when a computer is used to assist in the instruction.On an everyday level, word-processing significantly improves the capacity for writtenExpression. How? Simply by making it easier to revise and rewrite. In terms of drill and practice, self-paced computer-assisted instruction enables the student to advanceRapidly—without being limited by the conflicting needs of the entire class.Today, formal education primarily consists in memorizing data—data that is now easilyRetrievable by computer or accessible through data banks. The challenge for educators is toRestructure the curriculum to make maximum use of the new technologies so that students canLearn better and prepare themselves for the information-rich world they now confront. Once we learn to use this new brain outside the brain, education will never be the same.Industry, faced with the pressures of a rapidly shifting market, is already designing newMethods to retrain its workers. In the United States, a technological university has beenEstablished to teach engineering courses by satellite. Soon the advances in telecommunications and computational power will dramatically expand the opportunities for national andInternational efforts in education and training.Without romanticizing the machine, it is clear that computers uniquely change the potential for equipping today's citizens for the unprecedented tasks of the future. Particularly inEurope and the United States, innovation will be the basis of continued prosperity. NewCompetitors are emerging to challenge the old economic arrangements. How successfully weRespond will depend on how much we invest in people and how wisely we employ the learning tools of the new technologies.
American Country MusicCountry music has its roots in the American drive west in the 1800s. Not many people outside the United States realize how popular it is among Americans. Today country music boasts moreRadio listeners than pop—some 80 million from coast to coast. Though country music hasTraditionally been the music of rural America—in particular, the South, Southwest, the Plains States and the non-coastal West—it now has a large and growing audience in urban centers and suburbs too. Still, country music's roots are, as the name suggests, in the countryside. ADrive across the United States makes this clear. In cities, a survey of radio stations yields music of every kind: pop, hard rock, soft rock/adult contemporary, soul/rhythm and blues,Rap/hip-hop, country, jazz, blues, and even classical. But as you leave the cities and wind your ways into rural America. the only music you continue to hear on the radio is country.Much tellingly, four of the ten best-selling CDs in the United States in 2002 were by country artists. Clearly, country music is extremely popular in the United States.Unlike pop, rock and rap, however, country music has a very limited appeal to foreignListeners. In China, for example, you never hear hits by even the biggest country stars, nor can you find their CDs here. This is true in most other countries as well.Generally, the two most important musical components of country music are stringed instruments (usually, an acoustic or electric guitar, and often a steel guitar and fiddle) and the singer's voice itself. Country music eschews the “electronic” sound so typical of much pop music.Above all, the singer's voice is what puts the “country” stamp on the music. Country singers almost always have a southern, or at least rural, accent.As important as the music itself, though, is the music's message; here again, country music is very different from pop, rock, rap or other popular music forms. Having listened to countryMusic for years, I've identified eight major themes:1) love,2) love gone bad,3) cowboyHumor,4) partying,5) the country lifestyle,6) regional pride,7) family, and 8) “God andCountry”. The first two themes are by no means unique to country music. But the other six themes do distinguish country from most other forms of American popular music. In short.Country folks have a sense of humor all their own; love to party cowboy-style; live life very differently than their urban counterparts; take great pride in their hometowns, states andRegions: attach tremendous importance to family; and aren't shy about expressing religious and patriotic feelings. These themes set country music apart from the music of, say, BritneySpears. Country music's message tends to appeal mostly to rural white southerners andWesterners. As a group, country-music listeners tend to be farmers and blue-collar workers:They are generally poorer than average Americans. They are also somewhat more conservative in their political and social views.Country's thematic versatility enables it to draw on subject matter that is beyond the reach of other forms of popular music. Country music was the first to dare to take up the veryPainful subject of 9/11,for example. Alan Jackson's huge country hit “where Were You (WhenThe World Stopped Turning)?”, a deeply moving ballad about how Americans reacted to theTerrorist strikes, instantly touched a chord across the country. Other country singers took up this difficult subject too.Country music, rooted as it is in quintessentially American experiences and circumstances, has much to say about American life, and it says it with an eloquence and sincerity that are hardTo match.
The last vestiges of Covid Restrictions have finally been removed, and international tourism is exploding—more than 900 million eager tourists took to the skies in 2022, doubling theNumber from 2021.But as world travel recovers from the pandemic, the rise in tourism is, among other things, overwhelming foreign infrastructure, disrupting local residents and diminishing the overall tourist experience.Although tourism still boosts the economies of hot spot cities, municipal authorities areConcerned about the impact over tourism has on their communities and cultural heritage sites and have thus started taking matters into their own hands to mitigate overcrowding.To counter the downsides of over tourism, the travel industry can utilize tech-based tools that combat the root causes of tourist congestion and actively encourage travel to lesser-knownPlaces, thereby satisfying tourists without burdening the local residents.According to one study, when tourist numbers exceed a city’s carrying capacity, residents’Perception of their home as a good place to live begins to deteriorate, increasing feelings of resentment toward tourists during peak seasons.Amsterdam, with its picturesque canals, stunning brick architecture and leisurely bicyclePaths, is just one of several cities reeling from the effects of over tourism; more than 20 million tourists are anticipated to visit the city this year alone.To curb the flow of visitors without destabilizing the tourism market, the city introduced aCap on overnight guests and is proposing further measures that include relocating some popular tourist attractions to outside the city center—or even removing them altogether.To give the city more “breathing space”, the mayor of Dubrovnik(杜布罗夫尼克,克罗地亚城市) shut down 80% of its souvenir stalls and restricted cruise ship and tour bus operations. CityOfficials in Barcelona instituted taxes for overnight tourists and barred entry to certain food markets. And in Venice, officials banned the development of new hotels and installed turnstiles along popular routes to redirect tourist traffic.To thrive with resident communities, the tourism industry must cultivate a new approach that better serves local interests when promoting destinations and trip options.Marketing trips through the use of thoughtful ad campaigns and tech tools that inspire tourists to venture away from conventional hot spots and explore lesser-known attractions could lead to a more even distribution of travelers across various destinations.To that end, dispersing tourists should be a top business goal for travel providers rather than focusing only on the high-traffic destinations. This not only enables travelers to genuinelyExperience diverse cultures but also provides vital support to rural-located businesses,Restaurants and cultural establishments, which stand to gain the most from tourist dollars. In order to empower travelers to visit new or unfamiliar destinations, the industry should consider leveraging tech-based tools to convince them. Airbnb(爱彼迎公司), for example,Rolled out flexible search features in 2021 that divert bookings away from destinations at times when over tourism occurs, encouraging tourists to make accommodations in alternative cities or towns.With tourists overrunning major destinations, the tourism industry and local municipalitiesMust find some middle ground. Heavily visited cities will otherwise be forced to impose further tourist restrictions, putting an entire revenue stream at risk.
Translate the following passage into Chinese.Guidebook company Lonely Planet has revealed its 18th annual “Best in Travel” list. The 2023 edition is in a slightly different format than it has been in years past. Rather than a simple list, the destinations are split up into five categories—eat, learn, journey, unwind andConnect. “This year, we really wanted to try something new and we wanted to reflect the wayThat we saw travelers looking for travel, which was about the destination, but also about theExperience,” explains Nitya Chambers, executive editor and senior vice president of content at Lonely Planet. Lonely Planet reaches out to its wide network of contributors around the worldAnd asks them to nominate destinations they believe should be on the list. From there, editors at Lonely Planet HQ begin to ask more questions, work their sources and narrow down the options until it is released in November.That might mean taking a chance on a new country, like Malta or Guyana, that all your friends haven’t been to yet. It might mean choosing a less-visited place in a favorite destination,Like Marseille rather than Paris or Fukuoka instead of Tokyo. All four spots are among the 30 destinations of the 2023 list. It’s no surprise that Lima appears as one of the picks under the “eat” section of Lonely Planet’s list—Peru’s capital has been racking up theRecognition for years on the World’s 50 Best Restaurants list. However, its South American sibling Montevideo—another “eat” entry—is not as high profile. Street food lovers should head to Kuala Lumpur. The capital is a perfect location for an introduction to food from all over Malaysia, like nasi lemak (the unofficial national dish), Penang-style curries andPeranakan classics like fish maw soup.As the world opened up after long Covid restrictions, many travelers felt the urge to connect or reconnect with others. Boise, the capital of Idaho, is home to the biggest Basque community in the world outside of Spain, and makes Lonely Planet’s “connect” list. Some localResidents still speak the Basque language, learn traditional dances and make paella big enough to feed the entire town. Meanwhile, on the other side of the world, Sydney also makes the list. The Australian city is known for its friendly inhabitants, as well as for its beautifulBeaches, top-notch food scene and … oh yeah, a pretty cool opera house. People with AfricanHeritage may want to head to Accra, Ghana, for their own sense of connection. The country, also on the list, observed a Year of Return in 2019, which brought people from all over the diaspora to Ghana for fellowship and community. Just because the year passed doesn’t mean that theSense of connection has gone: Ghana wants to hit a goal of eight million tourists per year.The pandemic spurred another powerful desire, too: the stress of working from home whileHomeschooling the kids over Zoom means many travelers just want to takea long break. IslandDestinations, like Jamaica and Dominica in the Caribbean, are just the place to unwind,According to Lonely Planet. The former is high on Chambers’ personal list for 2023. “There’s just an opportunity with our kids in the summer (to) spend some more time, go immerse and have the experience of living somewhere where you can really feel changed and transformed by beingPart of another place. ”Malta—another “unwind” destination—is a lesser-known gem with the climate of Italy and the landscape of the Middle East. And in Asia, the Indonesian archipelago of Raja Ampat might beOne of the last paradises left on Earth. This spot is loved for eco-tourism and is home to aMassively successful coral restoration project. Lonely Planet designated six “journey” spots, places for the most wanderlust-y of travelers. It’s no surprise that the central Asian kingdomOf Bhutan made the cut.
Translate the following passage into English.青藏高原位于中国西南部,包括西藏和青海两省区全部以及四川、云南、甘肃和新疆等四省区部分地区,总面积约260万平方公里,大部分地区海拔超过4000米。青藏高原被誉为“世界屋脊”“地球第三极”“亚洲水塔”,是珍稀野生动物的天然栖息地和高原物种基因库,是中国乃至亚洲重要的生态安全屏障,是中国生态文明建设的重点地区之一。20世纪60年代以来,特别是90年代以来,中国政府在青藏高原部署了类型多样的生态保育工程,包括野生动植物保护及自然保护区建设、重点防护林体系建设、天然林资源保护、退耕还林还草、退牧还草、水土流失治理以及湿地保护与恢复等。一系列生态建设工程的实施在生态保育方面取得了积极效果,生态系统退化的趋势得到控制,生物多样性持续恢复,一些重点生态工程区的生态功能全面好转。为保护脆弱生态环境,青藏高原各省区努力控制资源开发利用强度,在保持良好环境质量和生态文明建设较高公众满意度的同时,努力探索绿色发展途径。目前,青藏高原各省区以循环经济、可再生能源、特色产业为特点的绿色发展模式已初步建立,绿色发展水平不断提高。随着青藏高原生态文明建设的不断推进,人们的思想观念和生活方式发生了深刻变化,保护生态环境就是保护美好家园已经成为社会共识。
Translate the following passage into Chinese.In times of stress, like living through a global pandemic, it’s natural to fall back on soothing habits—gardening, playing video games or lighting up a cigarette.But what are the risks, given that the novel coronavirus at the center of the current crisisAttacks the lungs? The science is in its early stages, but studies are finding that cigaretteSmokers are more likely to have severe infections. There is data to show that if you are aSmoker, you’re more likely to have adverse outcomes from COVID-19, need mechanical ventilation and die than if you’re not a smoker. Smoking damages the lungs’ defense mechanisms, making it harder to fight off COVID-19 and other respiratory diseases.What does science say? Early data was conflicting. Some reports indicated that smoking was not associated with increased adverse outcomes and that smokers were underrepresented in hospitalSettings, leading some to claim that smokers might even have immunity to the virus. ButSpecialists dismissed the claims as “really fringe staff”. One study found that of those who died of COVID-19, 9 percent were current smokers compared with 4 percent of those thatSurvived. Smoking, for one thing, inhibits blood cells that would otherwise clean and repair damaged lungs.What about e-cigarettes? Less is known about how coronavirus patients who use e-cigarettesProducts are faring, but several doctors suspect their trajectory will mirror that of cigarette smokers. Smoking e-cigarettes has all the same adverse effects as smoking ordinary cigarettesDoes. Smoking anything can irritate the liming of your lungs. If you irritate the lining ofYour lungs, you set yourself up for trouble, because the disease kills people by attacking the lungs.What about secondhand smoke? Smokers do not expel more of a respiratory virus than non-Smokers, although they do cough more. The smoke itself doesn’t seem to increase the amount of virus that gets in the air. However, to the extent that the virus is carried in ting aerosolParticles that stay in the air, one of the possible means of transmission, the smoke showsWhere those particles are located. One study showed that people who had been exposed to second hand smoke were more likely to contract tuberculosis and, once they got it, didn’t do as well as those who weren’t exposed to smoke. In terms of these immune-suppressive effects, as itRelates to tuberculosis, secondhand smoke has adverse effects.Each virus has its unique pattern of dispersion, and scientists are starting to get a handle on how the novel coronavirus behaves. This understanding is making it possible to rank theRisks of different activities from high to low to trivial.The two drivers of the spread of the disease are close contact and crowding in closed spaces, as the virus is mainly transmitted through respiratory droplets and close contact. It spreadsThrough homeless shelter and nursing homes, where people are crowded in with many others. AndIt spreads through people’s households. Scientists have found some trend. For example,Spending time dining together or being on public transport might increase the risk of spreading or contracting the disease, while going to a market briefly for five minutes or a transientEncounter while you walk or run past someone is considered low risk.The studies were all done through contact tracing, which ray ton out to be humanity’sGreatest strategy for fighting the COVID-19 pandemic. Contact tracing can stop chains ofTransmission, even after a disease is widespread. Another major benefit is that it offers clues as to how the disease spreads. Each virus has its unique pattern.
Translate the following passage into English.随着经济社会发展和物质消费水平大幅提高,我国生活垃圾产生量迅速增长,环境隐患日益突出,已经成为新型城镇化发展的制约因素。实施生活垃圾分类(garbage sorting),可以有效改善城乡环境。促进资源回收利用,提高城镇化质量。垃圾分类是处置垃圾的首要环节,是解决垃圾出路问题的一个重要举措。垃圾分类是按照垃圾的不同成分、利用价值以及对环境的影响,根据不同处置方式的要求,分成若干种类,进行分类投放,并通过分类收集、分类运输、分类处理,实现垃圾减量化、资源化、无害化。首先,充分回收利用可回收物。通过分类投放、分类收集,把有用物品,如纸张、塑料、橡胶、玻璃等从垃圾中分离出来利用。如1吨废纸可再生新纸0.8吨,相当于少砍伐树龄为30年的树木20棵。其次,减少垃圾处理量。分类收集便于对不同垃圾进行分类处置。例如果皮转化为有机肥,其他垃圾则进行卫生填埋或焚烧,可减少填埋量,从而节省宝贵的土地资源,实现社会效益和生态环境的双赢。再者,如果我们不对生活垃圾进行分类,将增加后续处理难度,可造成对空气、水质、土壤的污染,危害人体健康,损害环境。总之,垃圾分类既能提高垃圾利用水平,又能减少垃圾处理量,达到回收可用资源,降低处置成本,减少土地消耗的目标,实现社会、经济、生态三方面的效益。
Translate the following passage into Chinese.China launched an unmanned module (核心舱) on Thursday containing what will become livingQuarters for three crew on a permanent space station that it plans to complete by the end of2022, state media reported. The module, named “Tianhe”, or “Harmony of the Heavens”, wasLaunched on the Long March 5B, China’s largest carrier rocket, at 11:23 am. (0323 GMT) from the Wenchang Space Launch Centre on the southern island of Hainan. Tianhe is one of three main components of what would be China s first self-developed space station, rivalling the onlyOther station in service—the International Space Station (ISS). The ISS is backed by theUnited States, Russia, Europe, Japan and Canada. In contrast, the fate of the ageing ISS—in orbit for more than two decades—remains uncertain. The project is set to expire in 2024,Barring funding from its partners. Russia said this month that it would quit the project from 2025.The Tianhe launch was the first of 11 missions which it will take to construct and outfit the space station with everything it needs in order to host its initial crew. Unlike theInternational Space Station which can hold six comfortably and up to eight if needed, China'sSpace station will initially be capable of supporting up to three astronauts at once. ThatNumber could change dramatically in the future if China decides to further build out theStation, add new modules, and new living areas. In the later missions, China will launch twoOther core modules, four manned spacecraft and four cargo spacecraft. At least 12 astronauts of both genders are training to fly to and live in the station, including veterans of preciousFlights and newcomers. When completed by late 2022, Tianhe is expected to weigh about 66 tons. After years of successful rocket and commercial satellite launches, China put its firstAstronaut into space in October 2003. It was only the third country to independently do soAfter the former Soviet Union and the United States. Since that ShenZhou-5 mission, China hasSent other astronauts into orbit, placed crews on the original Tiangong Station and conducted a space walk. The launch of a space lab Tiangong-1 in 2011 and Tiangong-2 in 2016 helped ChinaTest program's space rendezvous and docking capabilities. China plans another mission in 2024To bring back lunar samples and to land people on the moon and possibly build a scientific base there. No timeline has been proposed for such projects. China aims to become a major spacePower by 2030. It has ramped its space program with visits to the moon, the launch of anUncrewed probe to Mars and the construction of its own space station. The Chinese space agency has been moving fast in its aim to catch up to the US and Russia in the new space race.
9942 million students in poverty-stricken families, and funded the construction of 20,195Hope Primary Schools by September 2019. The Project Hope not only offers the recipientsPhysical aids, but more importantly the spirit of unyieldingness and never giving up in face o difficulties.解析(1)当年大别山地区7岁小女孩苏明娟饱含“我想读书 ”渴求的大眼睛,出现在希望工程的宣传海报上。Su Mingjuan, a seven-year-old girl in the Ta-pieh Mountains, appeared on the promotional poster of Project Hope with her big eyes full of longing for reading.[分析]“大别山地区 ”译为“the Ta-pieh Mountains ”,“希望工程 ”译为“Project Hope ”。(2)苏明娟的老家在金寨县,偏僻、交通闭塞,曾是中国最贫穷的地区之一,很多孩子由于交不起学费而辍学。Su ’s hometown, Jinzhai County, is remote and isolated. It used to be one of the mostImpoverished areas in China, where many children dropped out due to a lack of tuition.[分析]原文运用了丰富的修饰语和并列句,译文通过合理的断句和结构重组,分译为两句话,既保持了信息的完整性,也使译文更加流畅易读。(3)为了让每一个适龄儿童都能接受义务教育,1989年,共青团中央、中国青少年发展基金公(theCentral Committee of the Communist Youth League and China Youth Development Foundation)发起建立希望工程。这是我国第一个救助贫困地区失学儿童的基金。In order to make compulsory educationAccessible to every school-age child, The Central Committee of the Communist Youth League and the China Youth Development Foundation launched the Project Hope in 1989, the first foundation to help to aid the dropout children in poverty-stricken regions in China.[分析]“让每一个适龄儿童都能接受义务教育 ”译为“to make compulsory education accessibleEvery school-age child ”,使用了“accessible ”一词,精确表达了教育普及的目标。“失学儿童 ”译为“the dropout children ”。(4)这所希望小学的落成,如一粒种子,在大别山深处“破土 ”。30年来,它见证了孩子们走出大山, 走向希望:它改写了许多人的命运,点亮了无数梦想与未来。The establishment of this Hope Primary School was like a seed bursting out in the depths of Ta-pieh Mountains. Over the past 30 years, it has witnessed the children ’s departure from here to hope. It has changed the fate of manyPeople and lit up countless dreams and futures.[分析]“这所希望小学的落成,如一粒种子,在大别山深处‘破土 ’。 ”译为“The establishmentThis Hope Primary School was like a seed bursting out in the depths of Ta-pieh Mountains. ”,通过“bursting out ”形象地再现了“破土而出 ”的生动画面,保持了原文的比喻效果。“点亮 ”对应的短语为“light up ”。(5)这场以“希望 ”为名的建校行动,30年来一直在继续,越是贫穷的地方,招牌越是闪亮。TheAction of building schools under the name of “Hope ” has been lasting for three decades. The more impoverished a place is, the more brilliant the signboard looks.[分析]译文中“the more the more ”的结构,不仅保留了原文的对比效果,还加强了语言的表现力。(6)希望工程将救助贫困地区失学儿童重返校园作为根本使命,先后发起结对救助和“希望小学 ”建设 , 有效解决青少年因贫失学问题。Project Hope regards it as a fundamental mission to helpDropout children in poor areas return to school. By means of initiating partner assistance and building Hope Primary Schools, it has solved the poverty-caused dropout problem of teenagersEffectively.[分析]“将……作为根本使命 ”译为“regard sth as a fundamental mission ”。“有效解决……问题 ”译为“solve … problem effectively ”。(7)希望工程给受助者提供的不仅是物质上的援助,更重要的是面对困境不屈服、不放弃的精神。The Project Hope not only offers the recipients physical aids, but more importantly the spirit of unyieldingness and never giving up in face of difficulties.[分析]“受助者”译为“recipients”。“不屈服、不放弃的精神”译为“the spirit of unyieldingness and never giving up”。
Stop reclining your airplane seat.Two domestic airlines already limit your ability to lean back in economy class. Even if the airline doesn't make the decision for you, it ’s the polite thing to do. And, most important, it ’s the right thing to do.“Seat reclining is one of the most irritating, inconvenient, self-indulgent habits, ” saysSimon Sapper, an organizational consultant and frequent traveler based in London. “Period. ”But click around the internet for a while, and you ’ll find that this debate is far fromSettled. Many of the blogosphere ’s “experts ” believe it ’s their God-given right to recline. Ironically, the loudest seat recliners don ’t even fly in economy class.So, as a public service, let ’s settle this argument now. Reclining your airline seat is unacceptable because we ’re officially out of space. It ’s rude—and it ’s wrong.There ’s no space to recline. Airlines are trying to squeeze more passengers on a plane toMake more money. Before airline deregulation, many economy class seats had a generous 36 inches of “pitch, ” a rough measure of legroom. Today, some seats have as little as 28 inches.“I feel most folks would rather sacrifice the 2 inches of reclining backward not to haveSomeone sitting in their lap for the distance of a flight, ” says Mary Camillo, a travelAdvisor from Middletown, New Jersey. “Airlines should instill on passengers what parents have been trying to instill in their children for years. That is, if you do not have enough to share with everyone, then wait until you do. ”Also, airlines should immediately stop using the phrase “Sit back, relax, and enjoy theFlight. ” That ’s an invitation to lean back all the way. But it ’s a cruel joke. On twoAirlines—Delta and Spirit—you can ’t fully recline. On other airlines, you ’ll invade another passenger ’s personal space, which might lead to an unfriendly confrontation.You can do a lot of things on a plane. For example, you can tell your life story to yourSeatmate. You can eat a Limburger cheese and Bermuda onion sandwich. You can press the flight attendant call button repeatedly. But all are probably bad ideas.“Seat recline is a moral issue, ” says Jennifer Aspinwall, a frequent air traveler who writes the World On A Whim blog. “What do you do if the person in front of you reclines all the way? What if you turn around to discover that a 6-foot-4 passenger seated behind you? Do you eatYour meal in your lap while the tray table cuts into your stomach or do recline as well and crush the legs of the person behind you? ”Couldn ’t have said it better myself. Reclining a seat is wrong.Airlines should lock their economy seats from reclining—permanently.So if there ’s no room to recline your airplane seat, and it ’s wrong, why do so many airlines still allow it? Because if they didn ’t, it would be an admission that they no longer careAbout your comfort. Airlines are stacking you into a plane like cargo—no two ways about it.“I wish all airlines would eliminate the recline function, ” says Larry Hickerson, a retired Air Force inspector and million-miler from Peoria, Arizona. “Since airlines went toRidiculously tight pitches, recline sets up an untenable situation. ”Right now, about half the people reading this column probably want to name their firstborn after me. The other half want to kill me. And the airline folks? They ’re laughing.The airline industry loves the seat reclining argument because it divides us. And while we ’re arguing about 2 inches of personal space, they ’re busy collecting more money from passengersAnd slowly—ever so slowly—removing even more room. This debate is the perfect distraction.Whether you think reclining your airline seat is wrong or not, let’s agree on one thing:Greedy airlines got us to this point. Fighting over the scraps of space won’t fix it. If we ever needed thoughtful government regulation, maybe it is now.How to deal with a seat recliner?Reclining an airline seat is still allowed on most domestic flights. Here’s how to deal with someone who leans into your airspace.Ask them to lean forward. Timing and tone are important here. The moment someone leans back, gently tap the person on the shoulder and politely ask them if it would be possible not toRecline their seat. Be. Extra. Nice.Get a flight attendant involved. Some leaners are clever and wait for you to go to theRestroom before leaning. Then they feign sleep, which makes you reluctant to bother them. Oldest trick in the book. You can always ask a flight attendant for help.Move airplane seats. If you see another open seat in your class of service, feel free to move, as long as the seat belt sign isn’t illuminated. You might also want to ask a flight attendant for permission. As a reminder, the seats in front of the exit row don’t recline. So usually,An exit row seat means you’ll keep your legroom. And maybe, your sanity.
当前,新冠疫情仍在全球蔓延,世界经济依然面临衰退风险。我们将坚持团结互助,与各国携手最终战胜新冠疫情。当前,疫苗是抵御疫情的关键。中国反对“疫苗民族主义”,疫苗应成为全球公共产品。中国迄今已向全球160多个国家和国际组织提供了抗疫物资援助,正在以不同方式向100多个国家和国际组织提供急需的疫苗,为全球疫情防控提供了强大助力。接下来,中国将继续充分发挥自身优势,维护全球抗疫物资供应链稳定,将继续积极开展人道主义援助,向有需要的国家提供支持,将继续坚定秉持疫苗公共产品的“第一属性”,让更多发展中国家用得起、用得上安全可靠的疫苗。我们将坚持开放合作,与各国携手推动世界经济复苏。我们已顺利开启“十四五”规划,加快建设更高水平开放型经济新体制。一个全面迈向高质量发展的中国,将更充分发掘自身超大市场潜力,为各国带来新的发展机遇。而一个持续扩大对外开放的中国,将进一步深化与各国互利合作,为世界经济复苏注入更多动力。全人类是一个整体,生命与健康,生存与发展,是各国人民都应享有的平等权利。中国,将继续高举人类命运共同体旗帜,坚持共商共建共享原则,积极践行真正的多边主义,捍卫以《联合国宪章》为基础的国际秩序,持续完善全球治理体系,建设人类卫生健康共同体,与各国一道维护世界和平稳定,弥合人类发展鸿沟,共同开创更加美好的未来。
Are you having difficulty following diets? Our lives are way more complex than those whichAllow us to stick to a monotonous restrictive diet. Food psychologist Ridhi Golechha (里迪 ·格莱查) said, “If all of us could follow diets, we ’d all have reached our goals. Real-lifeStresses such as lockdown anxiety, relationship conflicts, workload, financial stresses,Exasperating parenting, teenage drama, and so much more directly impact how we feel and byVirtue, what we eat. If, on paper, diets were so easy to follow, then we ’d all be part of that tiny ten percent of people in the world (athletes, models, or actresses)—who are permanentlyFit.We all know of those rough days when all we want is to drown our faces in a tub of ice cream or reach out for that melting chocolate cake. “Emotional eating is nothing but eating ourEmotions. We ’re all human with emotions and hunger. By that definition, all of us areEmotional eaters. We turn to food when we ’re overwhelmed with anger, sadness, frustration, or any other significant emotion, ” explained Ridhi.There ’s a reason why the butterfly comes back to suck sweet nectar from the flowers, in turn pollinating the rest of the garden. Humans, much like animals, birds, and insects, areHardwired for pleasure. But here ’s the catch: we humans are afraid of receiving pleasure. If they eat a slice of cheesy pizza (and also enjoy it), they are afraid that they ’ll beOverwhelmed with pleasure, lose control, and end up finishing the whole pizza. We fear thisWould result in a failed diet, weight gain, and massive guilt, so we avoid it altogether. But, it doesn ’t work.“Biology suggests otherwise. Like every other species, homo-sapiens were also built forSurvival. Non-extinction and strength (body fuel) are essential for our survival. It isPleasure that drives humans to repeat the feel-good behaviour endlessly, ” explained Ridhi.When does emotional eating become worrisome? “Largely, there ’s nothing wrong with that. WeDo eat to manage and cope with our feelings, especially those that don ’t feel so good, because eating itself is so biologically rewarding. It ’s completely okay if we ’re doing it once in a while, because as I said—we ’re all evolutionarily wired to emotional eating. However, ifWe ’re constantly depending on food to swallow our difficult emotions and discomforts—leaving us with a feeling of guilt constantly at the end of it—then definitely, we need to work onIt ”, said Ridhi.What can we do to reduce emotional eating? According to Ridhi, the reason we fail our diets is that we try to fight biology and suppress our emotions, which only works temporarily. To makeLong-lasting changes, we must address the root causes of emotional eating. Although the best way to address it would be to understand your patterns and emotional eating journey through mind-body eating coaching, here are a few easy tips to get you started:First, don ’t skip meals. Starving often confuses your biological hunger drives and makes you more vulnerable to eat your emotions. Second, understand the difference between actual physical hunger versus emotional hunger. Third, make a list of the top three emotions you feel weeklyAnd start finding different ways to cope with them. Fourth, talk to an expert. It ’s better not to ignore your emotional eating since it can later cause health issues like bloating, gas,Acidity, constipation, etc. Fifth, go for a walk or do something completely different that will take away your urge by distracting you momentarily.Emotional eating is a message that reveals a deeper problem. Understanding yourself and the way you eat can address the root causes and enable you to live a life that is beyond foodObsessions and the fear of failing your diets.
2020年11月中国开始了第七次人口普查。人口普查将为开启全面建设社会主义现代化国家新征程提供科学准确的统计信息支持。开展第七次全国人口普查,是推动经济高质量发展的内在要求。当前,我国经济正处于转变发展方式、优化经济结构、转换增长动力的攻关期。及时查清人口总量、结构和分布这一基本国情,摸清人力资源结构信息,才能够更加准确地把握需求结构、城乡结构、区域结构、产业结构等状况,为推动经济高质量发展, 建设现代化经济体系提供强有力的支持。人口普查,是完善人口发展战略和政策体系,促进人口长期均衡发展的迫切需要。自2010年第六次全国人口普查以来,我国人口发展的内在动力和外部条件发生了显著改变,出现重要转折性变化,人口总规模增长惯性减弱,劳动年龄人口波动下降,老龄化程度不断加深。人口普查,是摸清我国人口家底的重要手段。我国已进行过六次人口普查,世界各国也都定期开展人口普查。当前,中国特色社会主义进入新时代,及时开展人口普查,全面查清我国人口数量、结构、分布等方面的最新情况,既是制定和完善未来收入、消费、教育、就业、养老、医疗、社会保障等政策措施的基础,也为教育和医疗机构布局、儿童和老年人服务设施建设、工商业服务网点分布、城乡道路建设等提供决策依据。人口普查工作从方案制定、物资准备、试点、人员培训、入户登记到数据处理等一切工作都离不开人,队伍建设非常重要。能否组织好人口普查队伍,能否做好普查人员的选调,直接影响到普查的工作质量和数据质量。
At 51, Cathy wanted to put her Oxford physics degree and former experience to better use, she had worked part-time in a school for several years while her three children were young, but she wanted to get back into the corporate world. Several applications later, she was gettingNowhere. Then a friend told her about “returnships”, a form of work experience that some companies are experimenting with to help middle-aged people—mainly women—return to work, often after breaks to care for families.Cathy eventually secured a place on an 11-week “Career returners” program with a company, open to men and women, which included being paired with a 20-year-old male student. He helped to acquaint her with new technology, such as using an iPhone and accessing the company’sVirtual network from her laptop so she could work from home but still access internal files. “On the assessment day, I thought they must have been looking at my project managementSkills. But they weren’t looking at us for specific roles. They were just thinking, ‘these women have a lot to offer, let’s see what they can do. ’ That was refreshing. ” A clutch of companies in the UK and the U.S. have spotted an opportunity in hiring female returnees, who can put to use again technical skills learned earlier in their careers.They believe middle-aged women returning after a break make particularly good employees,Because they bring a fresh perspective. Women tend to combine high emotional intelligence with strong leadership and organizational skills. “There is a massive pool of highly skilled people who want to return to work”, says the head of human resources of an engineering company.“Recruitment agencies typically view people who have had two years out as a risk, but we see them as a great opportunity. ”In fact, by hiring female returnees, companies can access good skills these women developed in their former high-level jobs—and for a discount. In return, employers coach these middle-aged females back into working life. Though her returnship, Cathy gained a full-time role as anOperations data consultant. She still is earning less than she would like to, “but it’s aFoot in the door and the salary is up for review in six months,” she says. It is stillOverwhelmingly women who stay home to care for young children. UK government figures show that women account for around 90 percent of people on career breaks for caring reasons. A lack ofMiddle-aged women working, particularly in high skilled roles, is costing the UK economy £50Billion a year, according to a report. The report found that men over 50 took home nearly two- thirds of the total wages paid out to everyone in that age range in 2015. It blamed the pay gap on the low-skilled, part-time roles middle-aged women often accept. Some 40 percent of women in work in the UK do so part-time, as opposed to only 11 percent of men. This issue is notRestricted to the UK. A study last year by economists found “strong evidence of ageDiscrimination in hiring against older women” in a range of white- and blue-collar jobs. The data show that it is harder for middle-aged women to find jobs than it is for middle-aged men, regardless of whether they have taken a break from working.