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探秘人类直立行走的起源
12-03-26 Most of us walk and carry items in our hands every day. These are seemingly simple activities that the majority of us don't question. But an international team of researchers, including Brian Richmond at the George Washington University, have discov...
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Big hands 大手
11-12-13 Teacher: If I had seven oranges in one hand and eight oranges in the other, what would I have? Student: Big hands. 老师：如果我左手上有7个桔子，右手上有8个桔子。那么我有什么？ 学生：大手。...
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Butterfingers 黄油手
11-06-14 Butterfingers refer to a clumsy person, especially one who tends to drop things. During the World Cup, the term refers ironically to those clumsy goalkeepers prone to let shots slip through their hands as if they had applied butter to their fingers....
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Gardening Gloves
11-01-05 For months I hinted that I needed a new wedding ring, since I had developed an allergy（过敏，反感） to gold. On my birthday, while I was gardening, my husband asked me for gift suggestions. I held my hands up and said, Well, you'll notice that my h...
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The rough hands 那双布满老茧的手
10-11-04 Night after night, she came to tuck（卷起，挤进） me in, even long after my childhood years. Following her longstanding custom, she'd lean down and push my long hair out of the way, then kiss my forehead. I don't remember when it first started annoy...
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洗手的同时可“洗去焦虑”
10-05-07 Washing your hands wipes the slate clean（一笔勾销） , removing doubts about recent choices. That's the key finding of a University of Michigan study published in the current (May 7) issue of Science. The study, conducted by U-M psychologists（心理...
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Mother's Hands 母亲的手（三）
09-10-27 Someday my daughter will be standing in my place, and I will rest where my mother now sits. 总有一天我的女儿会站在这里，而我会在母亲坐的位置上休息。 Will I remember then how it felt to be both mother and daughter? Will I ask the same question one to...
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Mother's Hands 母亲的手（二）
09-10-27 Don't put any onions in the salad, she reminds me. You know how Daddy hates onions. 沙拉里一点洋葱也不要放，她提醒我，你知道你爸爸有多讨厌洋葱。 This time I can't answer. 这次我没有回答。 I just keep cutting. Chopping. Tearing. If only I could chop...
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Mother's Hands 母亲的手（一）
09-10-27 by Janie Emaus As teenagers we live in a different world from our mothers, a world where mothers hang out on the peripheries. Of course, almost everyone has one; they are unavoidable annoyances. 作为孩子，我们生活在和母亲不同的世界里，生活在一个由母...
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Shame 'boosts hand-washing rate' 羞愧可增加“洗手率”
09-10-15 People are more likely to wash their hands when they have been shamed into it, research suggests. 研究显示，人们感到难为情的时候可能更喜欢洗手。 Poster promoting Global Hand-washing Day A London School of Hygiene And Tropical Medicine team used sens...
