Nov 5 双语新闻精选：日本公园损失16万张门票钱，只因售票员不会外语？

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Stress makes brain shrink

中年压力会使大脑萎缩

Stress in middle age can make your brain shrinkand make your memory worse, scientists have discovered. In a Harvard Medical school study, the brain-reducing effects of stress were found to be triggered bycortisol.

科学家发现，中年压力会让人的大脑萎缩且记忆力变差。压力令大脑萎缩这一影响被发现是由皮质醇引发的。

High levels of the stress hormonemay be an early warning sign a person may end up withdementia, the research suggests. Stress also made people's thinking skills worse, the study found.

研究表明，这种压力荷尔蒙的水平高可能是一个早期预警信号，表明某人可能最终会患上痴呆症。哈佛大学医学院的这项研究发现，压力还造成人们的思维技能变差。

"So it's important for people to find ways to reduce stress, such as getting enough sleep, engaging in moderate exercise, incorporatingrelaxation techniquesintotheir daily lives, or asking their doctor about their cortisol levels and taking a cortisol-reducing medication if needed," Dr Justin Echouffo-Tcheugui said.

贾斯廷•埃舒福-楚吉博士表示："因此找到减轻压力的方法对人们来说很重要，比如获得充分睡眠，适度锻炼，把放松技巧融入日常生活，或向医生询问自己的皮质醇水平，如有必要，服用降低皮质醇水平的药物。"

重点词汇

1、shrink

英 /ʃrɪŋk/ 美 /ʃrɪŋk/

n. 收缩；畏缩；<俚>精神病学家

vt. 使缩小，使收缩

vi. 收缩；畏缩

2、cortisol

英 /'kɔːtɪsɒl/ 美 /'kɔrtɪsɑl/

n. [生化] 皮质醇；考的索；[药] 氢化可的松

3、hormone

英 /'hɔːməʊn/ 美 /'hɔrmon/

n. [生理] 激素，荷尔蒙

4、dementia

英 /dɪ'menʃə/ 美 /dɪ'mɛnʃə/

n. [内科] 痴呆

5、incorporating sth into

将某物纳入、融入……

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Shyers costs garden big

'恐外'售票员'赠'数万门票

An attendant at a popular garden in the heart of Tokyo has cost the facility tens of millions of yen because he was "too frightened" to ask foreign visitors to pay the admission fee. The attendant, who is in his early 70s, admitted failing to collect the fees for Shinjuku Gyoen national garden after an investigation was launched following a tip-off by another employee.

东京市中心一处热门公园的一名售票员因"太害怕"开口向外国游客收取门票费，导致公园损失数千万日元。新宿御苑国家公园的另一名员工告发此事后，有关部门展开调查，最后这位70岁出头的售票员承认自己没有收取门票钱。

The unnamed man, who is since retired, reportedly said he had stopped collecting admission fees from foreigners of 200 yen for adults and 50 yen for children in April 2014, and continued to allow foreign visitors free of charge for two and a half years after.

这位未具名的售票员事发后就退休了。据报道，他2014年4月就开始停止向外国成人和小孩收取门票费，该公园的成人票价是200日元(约合人民币12元)，儿童票价是50日元，自那以后约有两年半时间，他一直让外国游客免费进入。

As a result an estimated 160,000 people entered the garden without paying. The environment ministry, which manages the garden, said this week that it had lost at least 25 million yen as a result. Local reports said the man told ministry investigators that being yelled atby a non-Japanese visitor years ago made him scared of overseas guests.

由此导致的结果是，估计有16万游客在此期间免费入园。管理该公园的日本环境省本周表示，由此造成的损失至少有2500万日元。当地报道称，这名售票员告诉环境省调查员说，多年前曾有一名外国游客冲他大吼大叫，这令他害怕外国游客。

重点词汇

1、yelled at

你给我小心一点；对别人大叫；吼叫

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Standing up burns calories

站立办公能每年减重7斤

Office workers could lose almost 3 kilograms a year simply by standing up at their desks, new research suggests. International study of more than 1,000 men and women found standing instead of sitting for six hours a day burned an extra 54 calories daily - resulting in significant weight loss.

最新研究显示，办公室员工只要站立办公，每年就能减重近半英石(约合3.2公斤)。这项针对一千多名男性与女性的国际调查发现，与坐着办公相比，每天站立办公六小时可以多燃烧54卡路里，能有效减重。

The research, published in the "European Journal of PreventiveCardiology", found standing burned almost twice as many calories in men compared with women, due to a higher muscle mass.

这份发表在《欧洲预防心脏病学期刊》上的研究报告发现，由于肌肉更发达，男性站立办公燃烧的卡路里数量是女性的两倍。

重点词汇

1、preventive

英 /prɪ'ventɪv/ 美 /pri'vɛntɪv/

n. 预防药；预防法

adj. 预防的，防止的

2、cardiology

英 /kɑːdɪ'ɒlədʒɪ/ 美 /,kɑrdɪ'ɑlədʒi/

n. [内科] 心脏病学

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Food alters cancer spread

食物影响癌症生长转移

There is mountingevidence the food on your plate canaltercancer's growth and spread, Cambridge scientists say. Animal research, published in the journal Nature, showed breast tumors struggled without thedietarynutrientasparagine.

剑桥的科学家称，有越来越多的证据显示，人们的盘中餐可以影响癌症的生长和转移。发表在《自然》杂志上的动物实验显示，如果乳腺肿瘤没有天冬酰胺这一营养成分就很难生长。

This ingredient is found in the foodies' favorite asparagus, as well aspoultry, seafood and many other foods. In the future, scientists hope totake advantage ofcancer's "culinaryaddictions" to improve treatment.

人们发现，美食家最为青睐的芦笋，禽类、海鲜以及许多其它食品中都含有天冬酰胺。科学家希望未来能够利用癌症的"食物偏好"来改善治疗。

重点词汇

1、mounting

英 /'maʊntɪŋ/ 美 /'maʊntɪŋ/

n. 装备，装配；上马；衬托纸

v. 增加（mount的ing形式）；爬上

adj. 逐渐增加的

2、alter

英 /'ɔːltə; 'ɒl-/ 美 /'ɔltɚ/

vt. 改变，更改

vi. 改变；修改

3、dietary

英 /'daɪət(ə)rɪ/ 美 /'daɪə,tɛri/

n. 规定的食物；饮食的规定；食谱

adj. 饮食的，饭食的，规定食物的

4、asparagine

/ə'spærədʒɪn/

n. [生化] 天冬酰胺；天门冬素；氨羰丙氨酸

5、asparagus

英 /ə'spærəgəs/ 美 /ə'spærəgəs/

n. 芦笋；龙须菜；天冬

6、poultry

英 /'pəʊltrɪ/ 美 /'poltri/

n. 家禽；家禽肉

7、take advantage of

利用；占便宜

8、culinary

英 /'kʌlɪn(ə)rɪ/ 美 /'kʌlɪnɛri/

adj. 厨房的；烹调用的