• hostile architecture 不友好建筑

    14-11-06 Have you ever stood at a bus shelter and longed to take the weight off your feet, only to be presented with the unpleasant prospect of some kind of metal contraption for leaning on? If you've then wondered how anyone could possibly get comfortable u...

  • 天然气开采对公众健康的影响

    14-08-13 Groundwater and air quality testing before, during, and after natural gas drilling -- which includes hydraulic fracturing -- should be key components of efforts to ensure the safety of communities near these sites, according to an expert panel conve...

  • 奖惩机制都可以减缓森林砍伐

    14-06-26 The rate of deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon has declined. An international team of scientists, including one from Virginia Tech, reviewed published research about policy interventions and commodity market(商品市场) effects, and determined th...

  • 公众监督能提高学券制学校的考试成绩

    14-06-12 Requiring private schools that receive public money to report student test scores improves academic achievement and ultimately enhances school choice, a Michigan State University scholar argues. In a pioneering study, Joshua Cowen and colleagues fou...

  • 尼日利亚首都拉各斯将实行禁烟令

    14-01-22 MPs in Lagos state, Nigeria's economic hub, have passed a bill banning smoking in public places, including restaurants and on public transport. 尼日利亚拉各斯州议会通过了在公共场所禁烟的法案,包括宾馆和公共交通场所。 Those who ignore the ban could f...

  • poverty-relief funds 扶贫基金

    13-12-11 The central government vowed on Tuesday to strictly monitor the use of poverty-relief funds to protect the interests of people in need. 中央政府周二宣誓要严格管制对扶贫基金的使用,以保护贫困人群的利益。 会议指出,那些embezzle(贪污)或misuse (滥用...

  • public prosecution 公诉

    13-11-06 The public prosecution against Bo Xilai shows the clear-cut stance and strong determination of the Communist Party of China (CPC) to root out corruption, according to a commentary of the People's Daily. 《人民日报》评论文章称,对薄熙来提起公诉表明了...

  • guerrilla proofreading 公众纠错

    13-10-18 Guerrilla proofreading means marking up a public sign to correct or point out a grammatical error or typo. Guerrilla proofreading does seem to be a popular hobby for some people. They can get quite agitated about apostrophes, invisible hyphens, miss...

  • mass line 群众路线

    13-10-15 Xi, general secretary of the CPC Central Committee, urged its members to adopt the mass line as they did during revolutionary times, in a move to improve ties with the public. 中共中央总书记习近平要求全体党员像在革命时期一样走群众路线,密切党群关系...

  • sodcast 公共场合大声放音乐

    13-09-27 To sodcast means to play music loud enough that other people can hear it, particularly in a public location. For example: to play music on a crowded bus through mobile phone speaker. Sodcasters are terrified of not being noticed, so they spray their...