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2. Volunteering to help the homeless patients can show you that things aren’t quite as challenging as you
3. The pioneers who settled the west had to cope with
4. Rather than trying to seem perfect, being honest about your shortcomings in an interview or on the job can be
5. Los Angeles Lakers forward Luke Walton underwent surgery to remove bone spurs (骨刺) and scar tissue in his right ankle that
6. The signals indicate that the spacecraft bus is
7. A law has recently been passed
8. When the virtual clone of legendary Chinese singer Teresa Teng appeared on the screen, millions of online viewers reportedly dropped their jaws in complete
9. There is a(n)
10. She showed
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2. Education is supposed to be
3. There is a growing
4. Contrary to our expectation, the well-established pianist’s
5. Despite the Yupik people’s preservation of their independence and heritage, the process of globalization will
6. Many countries are exploring ways to ease the financial problem as a(n)
7. Teenagers need to be motivated to
8. The Japanese have a
9. The “sentimental value” of the stuff in our lives cannot
10. A
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2. In the exhibition, artists created various artistic objects to
3. In the summer, fields of grassy frozen ground
4. The study is a reminder that
5. Clinical professors are trying to find out how anti-depressants (抗抑郁药), which become more
6. Scientists have come up with a new formula to
7. At the press conference, journalists
8. A wave of mass shootings has plagued the U.S. in recent weeks, drawing attention to how gun laws
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3. To her surprise, the proposal she put forward at the meeting met with a(n)
4. The current situation is that toxic chemicals continue to be
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6. With the help of the security cameras
7. Even though he’s been acting for years, he still gets a(n)
8. Evidence has piled up that Vitamin D is
9. Watson eventually left the harbor, under
10. The experts suggested that people should not expand their business in the current
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3. The trial period was over, and I could settle down to
4. The referee will not take any action in his
5. The general manager intended
6. We should make up our mind
7. The English novel, The Old Man and the Sea, written by Earnest Hemingway, is well worth
8. Don’t waste time
Is it possible to make paper without trees? Australian businessmen Kevin Garcia and Jon Tse spent a year researching a possible
A year later, in July 2017, they launched Karst Stone Paper. The company produces paper without using wood or water. Their source is stone waste
"If you look at the whole process of how paper is traditionally made, it
In 2019, Garcia estimates Karst's paper production has helped save 540 large limber trees (成材木) from being deforested, 83,100 liters (21,953 gallons) of water from being used and 25,500 kilograms (56,218 pounds) of carbon dioxide from being
"We collect disposed limestone (石灰石) from wherever we can find it, wash it, and grind it into fine powder," he said. The powder is mixed with a HDPE resin(高密度聚乙烯树脂), which
The paper can be as thin as notebook paper or as thick as a cardboard paper and is waterproof,
They hope to have the notebooks in 1,000 stores by the end of the year. Garcia said they are now thinking about
Japanese firms encourage daytime naps
Imagine working for an employer who, aware that you’re probably not sleeping enough at night, allows you to down tools and nap as part of your regular work
These are some of the measures being used by a growing number of companies in Japan to counter an epidemic of sleeplessness that costs its economy a(n)
Tech startups have been quickest to
“Napping can do as much to improve someone’s
Nextbeat also asks employees to leave work by 9 pm and to avoid doing excessive overtime, which has been
Japanese workers have more reason than most to submit to (服从)the
A survey conducted using fitness trackers in 28 countries found that Japanese men and women sleep, on average, just 6 hours and 35 minutes a night -- 45 minutes less than the international average -- making them the most sleep-deprived of all. Estonians, Canadians, Belgians, Austrians, as well as the Dutch and French, all get a comparatively decent night’s sleep, according to the survey.
The government has also come to appreciate the