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China DailyThe China Daily (Chinese: 中国日报; pinyin: ZhōngguóRìbào) is an English-language daily newspaper published in the People's Republic of China. The Communist Party of China-controlled state-run publication was established in 1981 and has the widest print circulation (200,000 per issue) of any English-language newspaper in the country. The editorial office is in the Chaoyang District of Beijing, and the newspaper has branch offices in most major cities of China as well as several foreign capitals.The Hong Kong Edition (Traditional Chinese: 中國日報香港版, Simplified Chinese: 《中国日报香港版》Pinyin: ZhōngguóRìbào Xi ānggǎng Bǎn ), has been published since October 6, 1997 and aims to report the policies and directions of the PRC government, politics, economy, and social and cultural issues of both mainland China and Hong Kong.As a newspaper group, the China Daily Group also publishes 21st Century, Beijing Weekend, China Business Weekly, the China Daily Hong Kong Edition and the Shanghai Star. The China Daily is a member of the Asia News Network.Foreign editors at the paper have been told that like most state-owned enterprises, the China Daily will no longer receive government subsidies and the newspaper's publication group is expected to show a profit. Tothis end, the paper has adopted a more commercial approach and its editorial content is being pitched increasingly towards a wider range of readers so as to attract more advertising revenue. The paper is still running at a loss in the increasingly competitive Chinese publication market.[。

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actively push for progress on the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea’s (DPRK) nuclear talks to realize longterm peace on the peninsula. Lee also briefed his Chinese guest on the results of the investigation on the sinking and his counter measures. He said he hopes China will play an important role in seeking a
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chinadaily双语新闻：金融危机导致亚健康

⽆忧考英语资源频道为⼤家整理的china daily 双语新闻：⾦融危机导致亚健康，供⼤家阅读参考。

The ongoing recession in the West is affecting young people in terms of less jobs and shrinking benefits. But its effects don’t stop there ― surveys reveal that the economic crisis is also bad news for the health of young people. 西⽅经济持续低迷正在影响着那⾥的年轻⼈——失业率升⾼、福利缩⽔。

但其影响远不⽌于此——有关调查显⽰，⾦融危机也正在威胁着青少年的健康。

A 2012 poll by ICM Group, a research consultancy, revealed that 43 percent of 18 to 24-year-olds in the UK feel stressed by the economic downturn, more than among other age groups. 英国调查机构ICM于2012年进⾏的⼀项调查结果显⽰，在18到24岁之间的英国青少年⼈群中，有43%的⼈因经济低迷⽽倍感压⼒，这⼀数字要⾼于其他年龄段的调查结果。

This has resulted in 24 percent of under-25s drinking more heavily and 19 percent sleeping badly, according to the poll. 该项调查显⽰，巨⼤的压⼒致使25岁以下的青少年中，有24%的⼈酗酒，19%的⼈遭遇睡眠障碍。

“This group are the least likely to visit their GP (general practitioner) to discuss health concerns, yet are being badly hit by the economic downturn,” said Dr Sarah Jarvis, a UK-based GP, commenting on the poll’s findings. “Taking time out to address health worries is not a priority for young people.” “青少年极少会就健康问题去看全科医⽣，⽽他们恰恰正在受到经济低迷的重创”对于此次调查的结果，来⾃英国的全科医⽣萨拉•贾维斯表⽰：“花时间来关⼼⾃⼰的健康并不是年轻⼈⾸要考虑的问题”Besides their physical wellbeing, the mental health of young Westerners is also causing concern. 除了⾝体状况之外，西⽅年轻⼈的⼼理健康也引⼈担忧。

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中国日报4-6月热词整理1.国家专营state monopoly[相关词汇]至6月热词整理精盐refined salt碘盐iodized salt工业盐industrial salt摄取量intake垄断价格monopoly price定价机制pricing mechanism2.魏则西事件Wei Zexi incident/case[相关词汇]恶性肿瘤malignant tumor良性肿瘤benign tumor癌症晚期terminal cancer化疗chemotherapy放射治疗radiation therapy/radiotherapy物理治疗physiotherapy/physical therapy激素治疗hormonal therapy免疫系统immune system3.储备冻猪肉frozen pork reserve4.说唱征兵视频rap-style army recruitment video5.iPhone商标大战trademark fight over"iPhone"6.超级星期四Super Thursday7.多边税收协议multilateral agreement on tax matters8.器官转运绿色通道fast channels/"green passage"for organ transportation9.校园欺凌school bullying10.导游自由执业freelance tour guide11.运营测试trial run12.弹劾审判impeachment trial13.旅游扶贫poverty alleviation through tourism[相关词汇]精准扶贫targeted poverty alleviation强制式扶贫compulsory poverty relief脱贫get/rise out of poverty,get rid of poverty,be lifted out of poverty 贫困线poverty threshold贫困生poor/financially disadvantaged students14.品质革命quality revolution15.列车运行图railway/train operation diagram16.汉流wave of China/han liu[相关词汇]韩流Korean wave哈韩族Koreaphile汉风Chinese style潮流trend时尚达人fashionista周边产品peripheral products17.失联航班missing flight18.禁飞区no-fly zone19.土十条the10-Chapter Soil Pollution Action Plan20.不文明行为inappropriate/uncivilized behavior21.婴童纺织品国标national standards for infants and children's textile22.网上售药online retails of medicine23.城市病urban diseases24.腐败丑闻corruption scandal25.倒计时100天100-day countdown26.价格改革pricing reform27.防作弊措施anti-cheating measures28.气象灾害meteorological disaster29.创意毕业照creative/innovative graduation photos30.锁定共和党提名secure Republican presidential nomination31.境外非政府组织overseas non-governmental organization(NGO)32.营改增replace business tax with value-added tax(VAT)33.实习生工资salary/wage for student interns34.不规范放生unregulated release of captive animals35.未删减版uncut version36.奥运会会徽Olympic emblem/logo37.司法解释judicial interpretation/explanation38.上海金基准价the Shanghai Gold Benchmark Price39.土地使用权到期expiration of land use rights40.毒地toxic soil41.气候协议climate agreement42.奥运圣火the Olympic flame43.低碳城市low-carbon cities44.高考作文题gaokao essay prompts45.多数股权majority stake46.无人机紧急救援队UAV(unmanned aerial vehicle)emergency rescue team47.背书endorse在政治上，"背书"一词用来表示为某人或某事允诺保证，借此提高事物的可信度。

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The countries agreed in the statement to coordinate macroeconomic policies, fight volatility in commodity markets and look at reforming institutions such as the International Monetary Fund. “Thirteen years after China and France established a comprehensive partnership, the two countries decided to inject fresh vigor into bilateral ties and build a new type of comprehensive strategic partnership that is mutually beneficial, mature, stable and with global views,” the statement said. In a toast before the state dinner on Thursday night, Hu said: “China supports France in its efforts to host a successful G20 summit next year and aims to keep close communication and coordination with France to prepare its success.” In his toast, Sarkozy said he wanted to “tightly associate” with China. “China should not be seen as a threat, but an opportunity,” he said ahead of Hu’s arrival. Paris has announced its G20 agenda of diversifying global currency reserves away from the US dollar and stabilizing commodity markets. Du Ping, a commentator for Hong Kong-based Phoenix TV, said the achievements during the visit have “symbolic significance” in ties between the two world powers. “Support from the world’s No 2 economy is very important to Sarkozy who is ambitious about reshaping the global market,” he said. And for Beijing, which is under pressure from Washington to revalue its currency, support from France is also of great importance, he said.

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Changing the face of modern ﬁ nance C H I N A D A I L Y business life 17M O N D A Y, M A R C H 21, 2011CFOs want to broaden their remit to allow more ﬂ exibilityBy KAREN YIPCHINA DAILYBEIJING — A chief fi nancial offi cer (CFO) at a multinational telecommunications group was directed to investigate how to optimize cash fl ow at customer contact centers, where clients also go to settle their bills. By looking deeply at the operations of the five sites, the finance chief con-cluded that the solution was to drive performance among the employees at the centers to create better effi ciency. Such is a typical scenario that many CFOs will recog-nize. Traditionally seen as the person who watches over the company’s cash, fi nance chiefs are seeing their job scopes expanding, with fi nance also now overseeing projects in other departments across the companies. More than ever, they are getting deeply involved inbusiness strategies fromissues such as where to investcapital to looking at company’s operations. They are also tak-ing on new responsibilities: managing information tech-nology projects, managing uncertainties, forecasting business trends and oversee-ing human resources. In addition to the expanded scope of responsibilities, 79 percent of the more than 1,000 senior finance execu-tives surveyed by consulting firm Accenture across Asia, Europe and the Americas, said they need more flex-ibility in their operations to more readily respond to ongoing market changes, and 59 percent of them said this increased flexibility will be needed across their opera-tions for the next six to 18 months. This change is now more evident in local Chinese com-panies, S tate-owned enter-prises and multinationals with subsidiaries in China, arising from a strong consciousness among Chinese fi nance chiefs that they are deeply connected to the global market, said Paul Boulanger, global managing director, finance and per-formance management, at Accenture. “Th ey are taking actions to build this capability to have better management of data and systems for forecasting and standardized processes. Th is will create the ability for them to manage costs and better manage uncertainties,” he said. “We see no lack of vision. Th ey know where they want to go by fi guring out how to go from local to global.” With the intensifying role, fi nance chiefs in China are now required to have a sharper focus on driving prof-itable growth through pricing, managing capital and manag-ing growth. A far cry from their previ-ous focus on finance, book-keeping, taxes and cash fl ow, “today, the finance chiefs in China have to look at global and local trends, environment and labor issues, and have an understanding of technical know-how”, said Catherine Lu, vice-president, Accenture Greater China. In the Accenture survey, more than three out of four respondents (78 percent) said flexibility is needed in their planning and forecasting, rather than the traditional annual process. More than half of them also said they needed greater fl exibility in their cost management, transaction processing, cash management, performance reporting, capital expenditure management and asset management. To enable greater market responsiveness, 84 percent of the executives said they need to update their processes, data or content (including analytics), IT systems and/or workforce centralization. Th e Accenture survey was conducted from October through November 2010 in eight countries — Brazil, China, France, Germany, India, Spain, the UK and the US. Accenture surveyed 1,054 senior fi nance executives and nearly all report to the CEO, president or CFO of their company. The respondents worked in the banking, com-munications, pharmaceutical and media equipment, con-sumer goods and services, electronics and high tech, insurance, and retail sectors. Th e majority of the companies for which they work (82 per-cent of them) have revenues of $100 million or more. While finance chiefs have been groomed for bigger leadership roles by expand-ing their responsibilities, the recent trend is more about how to navigate through change and implementing the changes, said Alvin Wee, a Beijing-based fi nancial ser-vices consultant with recruit-ment firm Michael Page International. Following a recent assign-ment with an investment bank, his feeling is that the finance chief is part of a strategic team concerned with overseeing risk management — such as political risks, market risks and budgeting risks including opportunity costs and non-performing loans.The challenge for finance chiefs, according to Wee, is also implementing the changes on the ground. “It’s tough to balance the day to day accounting with a visionary role in the company — an equilibrium which it is increasingly critical for CFOs to maintain.” Typically, finance chiefs spent the bulk of their time on accounting, investor rela-tions, financial planning and analysis. Now a different skill set is in demand, said Samuel Lee-Bapty, manager of Michael Page International in Beijing. “Th ere’s a distinct need for stra-tegic CFOs, who speak Chinese and have a deep knowledge of Greater China coupled with solid international experience, said Lee-Bapty.“We talk about business partners, and today finance chiefs act like business part-ners for their companies. “Finance chiefs have gone from a stereotypical position to a more visible, influential role. This is a broad trend across companies and is ever more evident in joint ventures involving foreign partner-ships.” BOOK REVIEW | KATHY LIENREAD IT Book name: The Little Book of Currency Trading: How to Make Big Proﬁ ts in the World of Forex Author: Kathy Lien ISBN: 978-0-470-77035-1Pages: 224Price: $19.95Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc Making cashby dealing incurrency ﬂ owCurrencies represent an increasingly popular way to capitalize on the up-and-down movements in the financial markets. Between 2004 and 2010, the daily turnover or volume in the forex market more than doubled from $1.9 trillion to $4 trillion. Previously limited to institutional investors, hedge funds, and other deep-pock-eted players, the onslaught of technology that moved foreign exchange platforms online has made the market available to individual traders. With the advent of cur-rency-based exchange-traded funds, currencies can now be traded like stocks and anyone can have access to trading 24-hours a day, using a large amount of leverage, with low transaction costs. In The Little Book of Cur-rency Trading, forex expert Kathy Lien describes the mul-titude of profit opportunities possible in the forex market, from short-term price swings to long-term trends.Lien skillfully explains the forces that drive currencies and provides strategies to profi t from them, reveals how to use various currencies to reduce risk, and to take advantage of global trends. Lien outlines the many different ways to trade currencies, starting with how to follow big stories and head-lines in the fi nancial markets that may aff ect currencies and skillful ways of turning these headlines into trading oppor-tunities. Th e book illustrates how to track trends and when to pick tops and bottoms using a trad-ing tool developed by Lien to determine whether a currency is in a trend or range.For active traders, curren-cies provide short-term price swings that hold the potential of making big profits every day and, for more strategic investors, they offer long, sustained price trends that generate money without the stress of monitoring the mar-ket every day. Th e Little Book of Currency Trading explains the forces that drive curren-cies and provides strategies to anyone interested in entering this dynamic arena.FO O D FO R T H O U G H TANDREW HARRER / BLOOMBERG Sheets of $100 bills. In addition to greater responsibilities, 79 percent of the more than 1,000 senior ﬁ nance executives surveyed by Accenture across Asia, Europe and the Americas said they need more ﬂ exibility in their operations to more readily respond to ongoing market changes. MANAGEMENT They are taking actions to build this capability to have better managementof data and systems for forecasting and standardized processes. This willcreate the ability for them to manage costs and better manage uncertainties.” PAUL BOULANGER GLOBAL MANAGING DIRECTOR, FINANCE AND PERFORMANCE MAN-AGEMENT, ACCENTURE ‘‘。

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Study shows digestive bacteriapicky about what we consumeBy JULIE STEENHUYSENREUTERSCHICAGO — Gut bacteria— colonies of bacteria that livein the human digestive tract— appear to have fairly pickydining habits, with one typepreferring high-fat, fast-foodfare, and another preferring ahigh-fi ber feast, US research-ers said on Th ursday.Researchers are increas-ingly trying to understand theinterplay of bacteria and theirhuman hosts.“W e know our human bod-ies are colonized with tonsand tons of bacteria and otherorganisms. In your colon alone,you have more bacterial cellsthan you have human cellsin your whole body,” said DrJames Lewis, a researcher atthe University of Pennsylvania,who worked on the study pub-lished in the journal Science.L ast Apr i l, G er manresearchers reported that gutbacteria fall into three distincttypes. Lewis’ team wanted tosee how these diff erent typesof gut bacteria aff ect humanhealth.“The unique feature ofthe intestines is that they areconstantly bathed in what weeat. It seemed logical to usthat some of the differencesbetween one person’s gutbacteria and another couldbe related to what they eat,”Lewis said.To understand the differ-ences, the team had to sortthrough a lot of excrement.“We fondly refer to this asthe poop study,” Lewis said.For the fi rst part of the study,the team recruited 98 healthyvolunteers and collected stoolsamples from each. Th e volun-teers also fi lled out a detailedquestionnaire of their eatinghabits.Th en the researchers usedhigh-tech gene-sequencingmachines to determine thegenetic code of the bacterialiving in the volunteers’ colons.They found that the gutbacteria were largely from twodistinct groups, or enterotypes－ one called Bacteroides thatpreferred a typical Westerndiet rich in meat and fat, andanother called Prevotella thatpreferred a high-carbohydratediet.Next, the team wanted tosee if they could alter the gutbacteria by changing people’sdiets.They recruited 10 healthypeople, who checked into ahospital for a 10-day con-trolled-eating study. Half ofthe group ate a high-fat, low-fi ber diet, and the other ate alow-fat, high-fi ber diet.Within 24 hours, the teamsaw changes in the composi-tion of the gut bacteria but theoverall enterotype remainedthe same.Lewis said the fi ndings sug-gest bacteria that live in thegut are sensitive to short-termchanges in diet, but it may takea long-term dietary change tosignifi cantly alter the types ofbacteria that reside in the gut.Now, the researchers arelooking to see if these dif-ferences have an affect oninfl ammatory diseases of thegut, such as Crohn’s, whichaffects 1.5 million people inthe United States.“Crohn’s disease is causedin part by the way our bodyresponds to the microbes inour intestines,” Lewis said.He said children with thiscondition sometimes improvewith special diets, and theteam wants to see if these dietsalter the composition of gutbacteria.Ultimately, Lewis said itwill be important to fi nd outwhether the enterotype envi-ronment is associated withincreased risk for disease.Th at could lead to new typesof treatments for a host of dis-eases, such as diabetes or heartdisease.Madonnathanksexes forsupportVENICE, Italy — Popstar Madonna thanked herex-husbands for encourag-ing her to take up a careerin movies as she arrived inV enice on Th ursday for theworld premiere of her lavishroyal drama W.E.The 53-year-old celeb-rity has been married toUS actor and director SeanPenn and British fi lmmakerGuy Ritchie and has spentmuch of the last few yearsbehind the camera ratherthan on the stage.W.E., her second featurefi lm, appears at the Venicefi lm festival outside the maincompetition, but the pres-ence of one of the world’sbiggest celebrities inevitablydominated the attention ofthe world’s press.Th e fi lm re-tells the storyof American divorcee W al-lis Simpson, whose affairwith Britain’s King EdwardVIII led him to abdicate thethrone. It does so throughthe eyes of another US citi-zen W ally Winthrop, playedby Abbie Cornish, who livesin New Y ork in the 1990sand becomes obsessed withthe life of a woman withwhom she bears an uncannyresemblance.“I am and was attracted tovery creative people, whichis why I married Sean Pennand Guy Ritchie, two verytalented directors,” Madon-na told reporters aft er a pressscreening of W.E.“They both encouragedme as a director and as a cre-ative person to do what I did,and they were both very sup-portive,” added the singer,who wore a short-sleevedblack dress with white trim.She said that she hopedthe success of The King’sSpeech, set at the same timeand in a similar world toW.E., would help and notharm her project.“I was a little bit nervous,because I thought, ‘oh dear,if someone else is making amovie about the same time-frame, then who would beinterested in my movie?’“But then I saw the fi lmand I saw that it was froma completely diff erent pointof view, and I view the suc-cess of that fi lm as sort oflaying the groundwork formy movie.“So there is a little bit ofhistory and a little bit ofknowledge, and we are notstarting with a blank slate,”Madonna said.REUTERSFood revolution brings ﬂ avor to MoscowBy OLGA NEDBAYEV AAGENCE FRANCE-PRESSEMOSCOW — Whetherit’s learning to make baconice cream, sampling lambfrom the Kalmyk steppes, orrustling up paella a la russe,Muscovites have embraced allthings food in a gastronomicrevolution.Hard to find just a fewyears ago, medium-pricedrestaurants that use locallysourced, seasonal ingredientshave now become the hot newtrend.Magazines aimed at theupwardly mobile publishcooking columns, and themiddle-classes are discov-ering the joys of the dinnerparty.Th e monthly Afi sha Foodmagazine has spearheadedthe trend, and last weekend itpacked crowds into a centralMoscow park for a food festi-val that was the fi rst of its kindin Russia.Around 10,000 peopleflocked to the historic riv-erside Gorky Park, not dis-suaded by a 600 rouble ($21)ticket price, as 40 restaurantspresented special menus,chefs held master-classes andfarmers sold home-grownproduce.Young couples with chil-dren in pushchairs and groupsof friends happily lined upfor two hours to buy pork,cooked sous-vide (sealedin a vacuum) and charcoal-smoked, or chicken ragoutwith cherries and coriander.“Th ere has been an evolu-tion in the way the middleclasses see food. After 70years in a gastronomic ghetto,we all tried out exotic dishes.And now we are looking for ahappy medium,” said AlexeiZimin, the editor of AfishaFood, a food columnist forKommersant daily and theco-owner of Ragout restau-rant.“Cooking has become a bigtopic in the media. A hugeamount of information hasappeared on the subject,” hesaid.On stage, in front of sev-eral hundred spectators, herevealed some tricks of thetrade. For example, prawnswith rosemary need to be sau-ted three times to ensure theyare cooked through and juicy.R agout chef Ilya Shalevdemonstrated how to makesome unusual desserts, turn-ing bacon into ice cream — asin the famed dish by Britishcelebrity molecular chef Hes-ton Blumenthal — and mak-ing salty caramel sauce as anaccompaniment.New Yorker Isaac Correacame to Moscow in 2003and now owns numerousrestaurants serving innova-tive American-style food. Heserves his ice cream in a cock-tail with Pepsi and mozzarellawith watermelon.“People have become moreknowledgeable. People read,people see, people travel,”Correa said.“Now they want to go tothe restaurant not just to geta meal. They want to sharediff erent experiences.”The chef of Delicatessenrestaurant, Ivan Shishkin,shows how to make a paella,Russian-style, with spelt — akind of ancient wheat increas-ingly back in vogue and onlygrown in a few R ussianregions — and wild chante-relle mushrooms.He says that he is on a mis-sion to create the savory fl a-vor of umami, the fi ft h basictaste identified by the Japa-nese, using local produce.“I am looking forward tothe time for pickling applesso I can use them to seasonfi sh instead of miso,” a highlysalty Japanese seasoning, hesays.While Shishkin says he triesto use locally grown produceas much as possible, suchas the spelt in the paella, heacknowledged that it wouldbe impossible to rely on thementirely.“That would make themenu too expensive, and Iwant to stay within reason-able limits so that ordinarypeople like us can come tomy restaurant.”The farmers’ market dis-plays lamb from the southernKalmykia region, yellow cher-ry jam from Dagestan in theCaucasus and natural yogurtfrom the Moscow region, athigh prices that puts off somevisitors.Yulia Fateyeva, a motherof three, stocks up on cheese,saying that she does not evenlook at the price and “adoresfarm produce”.But Marina Davydovacomplains that “everything isunaff ordable”.“I would be happy to buyfarm produce if it was at theprice you see at markets inParis or Nice,” she said.Th e founder of Lavkalavka,an Internet store that sellsfresh farm produce, BorisAkimov, argues that suchhigh prices are unavoidable.“I would also like this tocost less, but it’s not so simple.“In France, this culture hasbeen around for 500 years. Inour country, we only started20 years ago,” he said. Fears growfor Asia’sendangeredanteatersBy RACHEL O’BRIENAGENCE FRANCE-PRESSEBANGKOK — Tiger poach-ing gets the press but wildlifegroups in Asia are increas-ingly fearful for the future of asmaller, scalier and “less sexy”creature: the pangolin.The meat and supposedmedicinal properties of thisreclusive anteater are so prizedthat it is now thought to be themost heavily traffi cked mam-mal in the region, rapidly beingdriven toward extinction.“Th e volumes we are seeingin seizures are mind-boggling.No species can survive this lev-el of extraction for long,” saidKanitha Krishnasamy from thewildlife trade watchdog Traffi c.“Unfortunately, this scalyanimal does not invoke asmuch attention from the publicand, by extension, the authori-ties, as pangolins are consid-ered to be less sexy than theirlarger mammalian counter-parts,” she added.Tigers are also killed for theirbody parts, mostly for use intraditional Asian medicines,and major international cam-paigns have been launched tosave them from extinction.Trading in pangolins isbanned under internationallaw, yet Traffic’s Asian sur-veys show they are frequentlypoached from the wild, mainlyin Indonesia and Malaysia,exacerbating the threat fromrapid deforestation.Th ey are transported throughSoutheast Asia, mostly end-ing up in China and Vietnam,where pangolin fl esh is a deli-cacy and its scales — it is theonly mammal known to havethem — are ground into a pow-der for medicinal purposes.Historically, this ingredientwas used in Chinese medicineto try to cure a range of ills,from children’s hysterical cry-ing to eyelashes curling inwards,according to researcher and pan-golin expert Dan Challender.Today, reports suggest thescales are used in an attempt toreduce swellings, cure asthmaand, even in some cases, can-cer, but a lack of solid analysismeans “all uses seem unfound-ed to date”, he said.Challender, at Britain’s Uni-versity of Kent, added that thesupposed health benefits ofeating the meat include nour-ishing the kidneys.“Unless eff orts are taken toaddress both the demand for,and supply of pangolins, theywill go extinct in Asia in theshort-term future,” he said.Of four species found inAsia, two are “endangered” andtwo “near threatened”, accord-ing to the International Unionfor Conservation of Nature,which says it is unknown howmany of the secretive, noctur-nal animals are left.Two of four species foundin Africa are also “near threat-ened”, and all have decreasingpopulations, while Challendersaid seizures of scales boundfor Asia from Africa suggesteda developing trade.Likened in appearance to aglobe artichoke, the pangolincurls up into a ball when underthreat, making them easy forhumans to catch.Steve Galster, director of theanti-traffi cking Freeland foun-dation, said the shy creatureswere the “unknown problem”of Asia’s illegal wildlife trade,sometimes fetching more than$1,000 each on the black market.“The price of pangolins isjust going through the roof,”he said. “W e’re surprised thereare any left.”Already this year, seizureshave been reported along trad-ing routes in Th ailand, Cam-bodia, India, Malaysia, Nepal,Myanmar, Vietnam and Indo-nesia — but these are prob-ably just the tip of the iceberg,according to Traffi c.In one of the biggest hauls,the group said customs offi-cials at a Jakarta port found 7.5tons of pangolin meat in May,stashed in crates and coveredup with frozen fi sh, bound forVietnam.“Th e most outrageous thinghere is they even exterminatethe young pangolins, the onesthat when curled up are about20 centimeters long,” port cus-toms Chief Rahmat Subagio wasquoted as saying aft er the fi nd.Late last year, seized log-books showed one traffi ckinggang alone had killed and trad-ed 22,200 pangolins over 14months in the eastern Malay-sian state of Sabah on Borneo,Traffi c said.Often, however, pangolinsare transported alive to main-tain freshness and smugglersare known to inject them withwater to increase their weight— although many die along theway without food or drinkingwater, activists say.Bundled into tightly-boundsacks, the poor-sighted pan-golin fi nds its long sharp claws— normally used to dig at ant-hills — can become a danger:It is common for them to blindeach other as they try to escape.Experts warn their removalfrom the wild also threatensto destabilize the ecosystem oftropical forests, where the pan-golin’s diet of ants and termitesis a key form of pest control.Asian authorities are oftenunwilling to go aft er people ofinfl uence: “the big mafi as, thebig well-connected traffi ckers”,said Galster.He said laws against wildlifecrime are weakened by loop-holes and judges who don’ttake the issue seriously, despitethe perpetrators oft en makingmillions of dollars by exploit-ing endangered species.“We’ve seen too many traf-fi ckers get a slap on the wrist, ifanything,” he said.JIMIN LAI / AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSEA Malayan pangolin is seen out of its cage after beingconﬁ scated by the Department of Wildlife and Natural Parks inKuala Lumpur.GOURDS FILL UP FARMPHOTO BY PATRICK PLEUL / AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSEAn octopus made out of pumpkins at the pumpkin exhibition of the asparagus and experi-ence farm Buschmann and Winkelmann in Klaistow near Beelitz, northeastern Germany,on W ednesday. Th e exhibition will use 100,000 pumpkins from 400 diff erent varieties.We know our humanbodies are colonizedwith tons and tonsof bacteria and otherorganisms. In yourcolon alone, you havemore bacterial cellsthan you have humancells in your wholebody.”DR JAMES LEWISRESEARCHER AT THE UNIVERSITYOF PENNSYLVANIA‘‘。

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chinadaily中国日报选读词汇：1.extensive: adj 广大的；广阔的；广泛的；大量的①covering a large area; great in amountEg：The house has extensive grounds.The fire caused extensive damage.She suffered extensive injuries in the accident.Extensive repair work is being carried out.an extensive range of wines②including or dealing with a wide range of informationEg:Extensive research has been done into this disease.His knowledge of music is extensive.She has extensive experience in computers.③extensively：adverb a spice used extensively in Eastern cooking Eg:She has travelled extensively.2.vigorous:adj 有力的；用力的；精力充沛的①very active, determined or full of energyEg:a vigorous campaign against tax frauda vigorous opponent / supporter of the governmentTake vigorous exercise for several hours a week.②strong and healthy:Eg:a vigorous young manThis plant is a vigorous grower.③vigorously：adverbEg:She shook her head vigorously.The accusation was vigorously denied.3.repariate:v （自异国）遣返①：to send or bring sb back to their own countryEg:The refugees were forcibly repatriated.②：(business) to send money or profits back to your own countryEg:An agreement between the countries enables companies to repatriate their profits freely.③：repatriation：noun [U, C]: the repatriation of immigrants / profitsEg:a voluntary repatriation programme4.solemn:adj 严肃的；庄严的；隆重的①(of a person) not happy or smiling; looking very seriousEg:Her face grew solemn. ◆ a solemn expressio n②done, said, etc. in a very serious and sincere wayEg:a solemn and binding promise(of a religious ceremony or formal occasion) performed in a serious way: Eg:a solemn festival / ceremonysolemnly:adverbEg:She solemnly promised not to say a word to anyone about it.The choir walked solemnly past.5.safeguard:v 保护；维护n 预防措施；保证条款verb~ against sth (formal) to protect sth from loss, harm or damage; to keep sth safeEg: to safeguard sb's interests / rights / privacyto safeguard jobs / the environmentThe new card will safeguard the company against fraud.The leaflet explains how to safeguard against dangers in the home.noun~ (against sth) something that is designed to protect people from harm, risk or danger:Eg:Stronger legal safeguards are needed to protect the consumer.The measures have been introduced as a safeguard against fraud.6.implement: vt 使生效，履行，实施n 工(器，用)具verb①to make sth that has been officially decided start to happen or be used Synonym: CARRY OUTEg:to implement changes / decisions / policies / reformsA new work programme for young people will be implemented. implementation noun [U]: the implementation of the new systemnouna tool or an instrument, often one that is quite simple and that is used outdoorsEg:agricultural implements7.promulgate:v公布①[usually passive]to spread an idea, a belief etc. among many people②to announce a new law or system officially or publiclyEg:The new constitution was promulgated in 1990.③Promulgation: noun [U]8.periodical：n 期刊a magazine that is published every week, month, etc., especially one that is concerned with an academic subject9.digital:adj 数字的，数字显示的 n数字电视adjective①using a system of receiving and sending information as a series of the numbers one and zero, showing that an electronic signal is there or is not thereEg:a digital cameradigital terrestrial and digital satellite broadcasting②(of clocks, watches, etc.) showing information by using figures, rather than with HANDS that point to numbers Eg:a digital clock / watchnoun[U]digital televisionEg:How long have you had digital?With digital you can choose the camera angle you want.10.prosperity:n 兴旺，繁荣[U]the state of being successful, especially financiallySynonym: affluenceEg:Our future prosperity depends on economic growth.The country is enjoying a period of peace and prosperity.表达：1.Yet hardly anything abroad is being done to return them to China,the relic’s rightful home.至今几乎没有什么东西归还给这些遗产真正的故乡中国。

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installed Naoto Kan as its new
prime minister on Friday, handing
the outspoken populist the job of
rallying his party and reclaiming its
mandate for change ahead of elec-
Kan said to party members.
“Our first priority is to regain the
trust of the people.”
ISSEI KATO / REUTERS
Japan’s new prime minister Naoto Kan (center) greets politicians as he arrives before the Democratic Party of Japan party election in Tokyo on Friday.
On foreign policy, Kan described the relationship with the United States as vital, but also stressed the importance of Asian neighbors.
To that effect, the new Japanese Cabinet will maintain good relations with China, Chinese analysts said.
growth and an aging, shrinking
population.
But more urgently, with upper
house elections looming in July, Kan
will need to convince voters of the
ruling Democratic Party of Japan’s
after squandering the public’s high
hopes with broken campaign prom-
ises and financial scandals.
“My task is to rebuild this nation,”
said Kan, who served as Hatoyama’s
competence.
“We will work together as one in
the face of the tough political situa-
tion and the upcoming upper house
elections and fight together unified,”
Kan’s stance is based on his deep understanding of China, Liu said. Kan first visited China in 1977 with a group of Japanese politicians.
He was also among a 3,000-strong Japanese youth delegation to China in 1984. That was when he first met President Hu Jintao, who was then head of the China Youth League and
The item is also adorned with Huang’s portrait and valuable inscriptions of several dynasties ranging from Song to Qing (16441911), stretching the calligraphy work to 15 meters in total.
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The piece was kept at a Japanese private museum for decades before it was bought back by a collector from Taiwan.
The previous record price for a Chinese work of art was set by a Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368) blueand-white ceramic, which was sold for about 230 million yuan at a Christie’s London auction in 2005.
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436.8
million yuan
auction record for calligraphy work from Song Dynasty
Calligraphy
masterpiece
sets record
By LIN QI
CHINA DAILY
BEIJING — A calligraphy handscroll by Song Dynasty (960-1279) master Huang Tingjian fetched a record price of 436.8 million yuan ($64 million) after 40 minutes of bidding on Thursday night at Poly International’s Spring Auction.
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Naoto Kan set to continue push for better ties between China and Japan
By LI XIAOKUN AND ZHANG TING
CHINA DAILY
TOKYO — Japan’s parliament
Kan reportedly also invited Chinese students in Japan to his home to make dumplings during Chinese New Year celebrations.
in charge of the event’s reception. Since then, Kan has visited China
dozens of times. He was always received by Chinese leaders and developed a “very deep friendship and trusting relationship” with them, as Chinese media reported.
tions next month.
The new Japanese leader is friend-
ly to China and will continue to push
for better bilateral relations, Chinese
analysts said.
Inside
Kan, a 63-yearold political veteran
Kan is one of the few publicly object to the independence of Taiwan. He also admitted to the Japanese invasion of China in World War II and said his country should apologize for its wartime aggression.
finance minister.
Kan must now contend with
a daunting list of problems. The
world’s No 2 economy is burdened
with the largest public debt in
the industrialized world, sluggish
Fiery crusader with a reputation for
Kan takes the confronting Japan’s
helm in Japan, powerful bureau-
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crats, succeeds
Yukio Hatoyama,
who stepped down on Wednesday
The masterpiece, titled Di Zhu Ming, features a calligraphic representation of an epigraph originally composed by Wei Zheng, a famous Tang Dynasty (AD 618-907) chancellor. The handscroll is considered to demonstrate the creativity of Huang’s penmanship and his moral principle.