圣诞将至，节日的气氛也随之升温，各大手机厂商纷纷展开促销大战。当然最吸引消费者眼球的莫过于便宜的价格。除了手机降价之外，网上还有免费的彩铃、屏保、游戏等供你下载，让你的手机在这个圣诞“炫”起来。
希腊科学家根据最新研究成果说，他们首次证实了黑巧克力(不加奶巧克力)具有改善血管功能的功效，它能促进血管扩张，防止血栓的形成。
People who couldn't stomach a
medical study requiring them to give up chocolate ended
up helping science, anyway.
These chocoholics' blood platelets（血小板） displayed a reduced
tendency to clot（凝结） together in dangerous
clumps（团；块；堆）,
researchers found.
Billed as the "first biochemical analysis" on the
subject, the finding may explain why chocolate can be
good for the heart.
"Chocolate that's flavonoid（类黄酮）-rich, that's dark, that's
good quality, that's not traveling with all of its bad
friends like sugar and fat, probably has some fairly
potent pro-health benefits, although not as strong as
aspirin," said lead researcher Diane Becker, professor
of medicine at Johns Hopkins University School of
Medicine in Baltimore.
Her belief: "Not all chocolate is bad."
Becker presented the findings Tuesday at the annual
meeting of the American Heart Association, in Chicago.
Another expert cautioned that chocolate is just one
sweet piece of the dietary puzzle, however.
The study is "interesting and in the right direction but
the overall diet is what people ought to be concerned
about," said Dr. Robert H. Eckel, professor of medicine
at the University of Colorado School of Medicine in
Denver and past president of the AHA. He was not
involved in this research.
Previous laboratory research had already shown this
effect with large quantities of dark chocolate, which
has high levels of antioxidants（抗氧化剂）called flavonoids.
"The quantities were far more than anyone would ever eat
and the measurements were done only two to four hours
after the people consumed it," Becker, a self-professed
chocoholic, explained. "We didn't know about chocolate
consumption the way people really eat it."
The 139 individuals participating in this "offshoot"
study had already been disqualified from a larger study
examining the effects of aspirin on blood platelets. All
had a family history of premature coronary heart
disease, putting them at higher risk for heart disease.
Participants were instructed to follow a strict exercise
regimen（食疗；养生法） and to
refrain from（克制）； smoking or consuming food or
drinks known to affect the activity of blood platelets,
which are key to clotting. In addition to coffee, tea
and other caffeinated（含咖啡因的） drinks, this meant chocolate.
The "chocolate offenders" admitted to eating chocolate
on the sly（秘密地）, however. Rather than just disqualifying
them, the study authors decided to use their cheating
ways for an additional analysis. Becker and her team
tested platelet samples from the "offenders" and from a
control group to see how long it took for platelets to
clump together.
Chocolate appeared to slow clotting. On average,
platelets in the chocoholics took 130 seconds to stick
together, and in the control group about 123 seconds.
A test of urine for the waste products of platelet
activity found that chocolate eaters also had less
activity and produced fewer waste products.
"People who ate chocolate had markedly lower amounts of
urinary excretion（分泌；排泄）of this
byproduct
（副产品）of platelet
activity, which meant that the platelets are not being
activated and not clumping so much in the body," Becker
said. "The magnitude of the difference is very
significant."
"What you eat in everyday life in relatively small
quantities, as long ago as 12 hours, affects platelet
function -- which is kind of a way to express the amount
of time it takes for blood to clot," she continued. "It
makes blood less sticky（粘的）and less likely to clot and less
likely to be part of a process that could cause a heart
attack."
The bottom line? A little high-quality chocolate once in
a while probably won't kill you. But follow
nutritionists' advice, too -- don't ingest pounds of the
stuff because the sugar and fat may kill you.
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图片新闻：Asian Games Not Just for
Competition |
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Asian Games Not Just for Competition 多哈亚运会不仅是竞赛
If
you take a look at the on-going1 Asian Games held in
Doha（多哈）of Qatar,
you may easily notice the number of sports outnumbers those of the
Olympic Games. That’s because of the inclusion of some non-Olympic
sports, popular in Asian countries, if not elsewhere. It is these
games, with names you may never have heard of though, that make the
Asiad（釜山）more enjoyable. Many of the audiences in Doha say they get the
fun watching those games. And that’s all, whether they are Olympic
sports or non Olympic ones. So Asiad is more like a festival, or
sometimes a grand picnic. Real Olympic events? Many people say I
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语海识趣：Smell
a Rat |
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起疑心
老鼠是人人都讨厌的动物，它鬼鬼祟祟地不干好事。如果“闻到了老鼠味”，肯定是让人感觉不好的。因此，所谓smell a rat就是说你觉得有些事情不对劲，但一下子又想不起来到底哪里有问题。例如有人跟你说有一个工作月薪十万，
而且工作轻松。这种好事你相信吗？当然不，这时你就可以说，I
smell a rat.
有时候这句话也可以用在比较轻松的场合，比如你看到有一男一女常走在一起，言谈之间又似乎十分亲热。你怀疑他们到底是不是一对？你就可以对你的朋友说
I smell a rat.
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| 影视英语：A
Cinderella Story |
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灰姑娘的玻璃手机
 剧情简介：Sam和她的secret
boy相约在一个Halloween的化妆舞会上相遇，可是当王子真正站在Sam面前的时候，Sam却发现，他就是学校里的第1人气足球队长Austin，但是Austin并没有认出眼前的这位身着美丽纱裙的姑娘到底是谁，尽管他曾经在Sam打工的餐厅见过她。Austin似乎是爱上了眼前这位美丽的姑娘，他们在花园里散步聊天。但是当快到12点的时候，手机发出了警报，她必须马上回到餐厅。慌乱中，Sam在台阶上遗失了手机。这是Sam留给Austin唯一的线索，但是手机却被锁定了。Austin: So I guess you are expecting some guy who hangs out at Starbucks and write poetry. Sam: Something like that...Come on, you are Austin Aimes, you are football captain and student body president and closet poet? You can't be both guys. Austin: I'm not. Sam: Then who are you. Austin: On Sep 7th . I wrote you "I've lived in the world full of people pretending to be something they are not. But when I talk to you.... Sam: The guy I wanna be. Austin: Gimme a chance to be that guy. Do you wanna join me for a stroll outside ? Sam: If you wanna be voted home-coming prince, you'd better stay inside and see you know..; Austin: Ah...I really don't care about becoming home-coming prince... Austin: OK. Gimme a choice. You rather have rice cake or a big Mac? Sam: A big Mac, ha what does that matter? Austin: Well I like the girl with a heavy appetite. And besides, you just eliminated about 50%of the girls in our class. I think I'd remember those eyes...so beautiful. Sam: Mmm...Next question? Austin: If I ask you to dance, does that count as a question? Sam: There is no music... Austin: So... (music up and they are dancing, Austin try to kiss her, but the phone alarms...) Sam: Oh, Not now. I've gotta go. Austin: Oh, do you have a curfew or something? Sam: Something like that. I'm sorry, but thank you, this is been the most amazing night. Austin: Where are you going? Sam: I'm late. Austin: For what? Sam: Reality. NOTES： 1. hang out 的意思是去某处，出玩等，现在这个词语在年轻人中非常流行，比如我们可以说，Hey, it's Saturday, can we hang out somewhere else to enjoy the sunshine? 今天是周六啊，我们应该出去转转，享受阳光。hang out的意就是 visit a place。 2. Can we have a stroll outside? Austin邀请Sam出去到花园里面转一转。stroll，漫步，散步的意思。stroll around in the park.在公园里散步。He strolls in and out as he pleases. 他随意的出来进去闲逛。 3. appetite胃口；loose appetite 没食欲；spoil appetite 影响食欲。比如，He has an amazing appetite for hard work.他出奇的喜爱艰巨工作。或者是他特别喜爱艰巨的任务。也可以说成 He has a heavy appetite for hard work. 4. You just eliminated about 50% of the girls in our class. eliminate 排除，消除。eliminate sth from sth 排除，去除的意思。eliminate mistakes from one's writing. 把作文里的错误修改都去掉。Though I'm a good poet, it still seems urgent to eliminate all the mistakes from my writing. 尽管我是个好的诗人，尽快剔除作品中的毛病还是很必要的。Hey Reaf, did you pass the level A test. I was eliminated.我没有通过。 5. count as sth 认为。例如：I count him as a good judge of character. 我认为他很会判断别人品行的好坏。count还可以作为“认可，作数”来讲，比如，You didn't shut your eyes before you made the wish, so it doesn't count. 你许愿的时候没有闭眼睛，所以这次不算。 6. curfew 宵禁。impose a curfew 实施宵禁。don't go out after curfew…在宵禁之后别出去了。 |
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新潮数码：Free Gifts with Mobile Phones: Great Gifts
to Gear up Your Mobile |
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圣诞手机好礼
The festive season is here. Christmas is the time not only to send
greetings but also shower your loved ones with gifts. Mobile phone
manufacturers and mobile phone service providers have combined
forces to give you an exciting X’mas.
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健康美食：Dark Chocolate Helps Keep Blood-clotting
Dangers at Bay |
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Dark Chocolate Helps Keep Blood-Clotting Dangers at Bay 黑巧克力促进血管扩张
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