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July, 30th
Fancy Brand Logos Send Mixed Messages

some peple pay big bucks for a designer handbag or a luxury car, and the distinctive logo that goes along with them. Now scientists have learnt that other people pay even more to leave the logo behind. The findings appeared in the Journal of Marketing, high-end goods are often ostentatiously labelled, after all, you spend all that money on the stata symbol, you wanna make sure that other folks recoganize your good taste, even in a distance. But researchers surveying californian consumers, found that people who are seriously well-off are willing to pay a premium for items whose branding is more discrete. These pretitious don't need goddy symbols to advertize their wealth. Stata seekers, on the other hand, are drawn to more obvious logos. These designer items, let the less affluent know that they've been outclassed. The irony is that the logos mostly serve to alert the pretretions that the owner's not one of them. In under the proposals that you buy flashy counterfeit items that for most part don't flu any way.The lesson for marketers, when it comes to branding, less may be more, and you can charge a higher price for it too.

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touchanceUID：2604018

...错好多啊////

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Evolution of the Neck Gave Brain a Leg up

What's in a neck? Well it's a good place to hang a pendent or a tie, or to rest your head. Now scientists say that by separating our heads from our bodies, the neck gave our brains a leg up evolution. The findings appear in the online journal---Nature Communications. Not all  animals have necks, a fish's head is pretty much continuous with its body, and a fish gets around just fine. Nerves based in the fish's brain instruct its fins to move, then off it goes. But something happened when our aquatic ancestors first  saluted on to the land, the sources of the nerve cells that power the animal's four limbs shifted from the brain down to the spinal cord. That move allowed the body to grow more distant from the head, taking the arms with it, and so the neck was born. That neck, say the scientists, was more than a way just to keep the head off the shoulders. The anatomical relocation, improved axterity by leaving the arms free to move in new ways, and the resulting flexibility helpd to shape the evolution of  our heads and our hands, then how we can use them together to do all sorts of nifty things, like tie up off to the winds or not.
不标出了，最后一句彻底错了，文化的东西还是不熟悉啊。。。其他一些很细微的错误，嗯。

transcript:

What’s in a neck? Well, it’s a good place to hang a pendant or a tie. Or to rest your head. Now scientists say that by separating our heads from our bodies, the neck gave our brains a leg up in evolution. Their findings appear in the online journal Nature Communications. [Leung-Hang Ma et al., http://bit.ly/97gY9B]
Not all animals have necks. A fish's head is pretty much continuous with its body. And a fish gets around just fine. Nerves based in the fish’s brain instruct its fins to move, and off it goes.
But something happened when our aquatic ancestors first slithered onto the land. The source of the nerve cells that power the animals’ forelimbs shifted, from the brain to the spinal cord. That move allowed the body to grow more distant from the head, taking the arms with it. And so the neck was born.

That neck, say the scientists, was more than just a way to keep the head off the shoulders. The anatomical relocation improved dexterity by leaving the arms free to move in new ways. And the resulting flexibility helped shape the evolution of our heads and our hands, and how we can use them together to do all sorts of nifty things—like tie a perfect Windsor knot.


10分钟1篇。。。总是有错，郁闷啊

friendjihaoUID：2362302

Spent any time in a bar, and sooner or later you'll hear, I'll have what's she's having? It sounds like a bad pick-up line. But there may be an actual biological basis for this kind of alcohol copycat ...
longxue26 发表于 2010-7-29 12:48

toss 'em back 的意思是”唇枪舌战“吗？感觉是不是翻译成“将酒一口喝干”要合适一些？

friendjihaoUID：2362302

2010-7-28

Spend any time in a bar, and sooner or later you’ll hear, “I’ll have what she’s having.” It sounds like a bad pickup line, but there may bean actual biological basis for this kind of alcohol copycat（无主见的家伙） behavior. Because scientists have found that having the gene for a certain dopamine(多巴胺（治疗脑神经病的药物）) receptor（受体） could predispose（预先安排） you to being influenced by the sight of other people drinking.

Volunteers were ushered into a lab set up to look like a pub. They were asked to do some busywork, then told that during the break they should help themselves to some adult beverages. While they watched, shills planted by the scientists immediately liquored up.

The study subjects were then tracked to see how much they drank after watching others toss ‘em back(一饮而尽). When the plants could be seen having just one drink, all the subjects drank similar amounts. But when the plants had at least three drinks, some participants drank twice as much as others. And DNA tests showed that the heavier drinkers had a particular variant of a dopamine receptor called DRD4. The work appears in the journal Psychological Science.

Next, the search for genes that make people order drinks with those little umbrellas.

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Here’s what scientists think happened, oh, about a hundred million years ago. There was this three-star system. The three linked stars were strolling through the Milky Way but got too close to the giant black hole at the center. The hole swallowed one of those stars and hurled away the other two. Those two careening stars merged to form one super-hot, incredibly fast-moving blue star, which is now on the very outskirts of the Milky Way..And here’s how scientists came up with that dramatic tale, which they just published in Astrophysicial Journal Letters.

They discovered what they call a hypervelocity star, which moves three times faster than our sun does through the galaxy. According to new information provided by the Hubble telescope, the star originated deep within the Milky Way.
The scientists used the Hubble to figure out the direction of the star’s travels and the distance from the galactic center, along with the star’s mass, age and speed. Its unusual attributes give rise to the idea that one star was swallowed and transferred its momentum to the other two, which transformed into a blue superstar. Hurtling through the galaxy, faster than a speeding sun.

stroll vi. 1. 散步, 漫步 n. 1. 溜达，散步，闲逛

hurlvt. 1. 猛投, 用力掷2. 大声叫骂
careening 倾斜试验

mergevt. & vi. (使)混合, (使)合并2. 相融；融入；渐渐消失在某物中

outskirt n. 1. 市郊;郊区

hypervelocity n. 1. (尤指3048米/秒以上的)超速,极高速

momentum n. 动力;推进力; 势头2. 〈物〉动量3. 冲力

Hurtling adj. 1. 疾驰的,飞奔的

tale n. 1. （尤指充满惊险的）故事2. 传言; 谣言3. （精彩但不一定完全真实的）讲述，叙述 4. 传说；陈述

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20100730

Some people pay big bucks for a designer handbag or a luxury car, and the distinctive logo that goes along with them. Now scientists have learned that other people pay even more to leave the logo behind. The findings appear in the journal of Marketing.

High-end goods are often ostentatiously labeled. After all, you spend all that money on the status symbol. You want to make sure that other folks recognize your good taste, even at distance. But researchers surveying California consumers found that people who are seriously well-off are willing to pay a premium for item whose branding is more discreet. These patricians don't need gaudy symbols to advertise their wealth. Status seeker on the other hand, are drawn to more obvious logos. These designers items let the less affluent know that they've been outclassed. The irony is that those logos mostly serve to alert patricians that the owner's not one of them. And then there are the posers who buy flashy counterfeit items that for most part, don't fool
anyone. The lesson for marketers, when it comes to branding, less may be more. And you can charge a higher price for it too.

longxue26UID：2687755

297# friendjihao

我也不知道啊 我只查到那个意思  你从哪里查到是 痛饮的意思的

longxue26UID：2687755

这几天怎么没有任务了... 然我们自己去弄了 改成?

FannieHsuUID：2861996

好贴，今天开始我也加入了~

longxue26UID：2687755

What's in a neck? well, it's a good place to hang a pendant <悬挂物 项链>or a tie, or to rest your head. Now scientist say that by seperating our heads from our bodies, the neck gave our brains a leg up<助一臂之力> in evolution. Their findings appear in the online journal, natrual communications.
Not all animals have necks, a fish's head is prettey continuous with its body. And a fish gets around just fine. Nerves based in the fish's brain, instruct its fins to move and off it goes.
But something happend when our aquatic ancestors first slithered<蛇行> onto land. The source of the nerve cells that power the animal's fore<不是four啦!>limps shifted from the brain down to the spinal cord<听成court了!>. That move allowed the body to grow more distent from the head, taking the arms with it. And so the neck was born.
That neck, say<怎么听怎么像as>the scientist, was moren than just a way to keep the head off the shoulders. The anatomical relocaiton improved dexterity by leaving the arms free to move in new ways, and the resulting flexibily helped shape the evolution of our heads and<不是on> our hands and<不是then:L> how we can use them together to do all sorts of nifty<俏皮的 漂亮的> things, like tire a perfect windsor Knot<双活节>.

难!

FannieHsuUID：2861996

Spend any time in a bar, and sooner or later you’ll hear, “I’ll have what she’s having.” It sounds like a bad pickup line, but there may bean actual biological basis for this kind of alcohol copycat behavior.Because scientists have found that having the gene for a certaindopamine receptor could predispose you to being influenced by the sight of other people drinking.

Volunteers were ushered into a lab set up to look like a pub. They were asked to do some busywork, then told that during the break they should help themselves to some adult beverages. While they watched, shillsplanted by the scientists immediately liquored up.
The study subjects were then tracked to see how much they drank after watching others toss ‘em back. When the plants could be seen having just one drink, all the subjects drank similaramounts. But when the plants had at least three drinks, someparticipants drank twice as much as others. And DNA tests showed thatthe heavier drinkers had a particular variant of a dopamine receptor called DRD4. The work appears in the journal Psychological Science.
Next, the search for genes that make people order drinks with those little umbrellas.

第一次做居然错误率这么高！！

friendjihaoUID：2362302

301# longxue26

我也是根据文章推测的意思，因为‘toss down’ 有 （倾杯）一口喝下的意思

toss 'em back 出现的地方是在讨论他们的引导实验，所以推出应该跟喝酒有些关系吧

大家有什么意见，分享一下啊!

longxue26UID：2687755

Some people pay big bucks for a designer<adj.> handbag or a luxury car, and<此处有吞音> the
distinctive logo that goes along with them. Now scientists have learned that other people may even pay more to leave the logo behind, the findings appear in the journal of marketing.

High-end<高端的 高档的 精密的>goods are often ostentatiously labeled. After all, if you<这里谁听出来了我封他为大仙!> spend all
that money on  astatus
symbol<社会地位象征>, you wanna make sure that other folks recognize your good taste even at a distance. But researchers suveying california consumers found that people who are seriously well off are willing to pay a premium for items whoes branding is more discreet<平凡 朴素的>.

These patricians don't need gaudy simbol to advertise their wealth. Status seekers <攀附权贵者>on the other hand, are drown to <被吸引>more obvious logos, these designer items let the less affluent<穷人> know that they've been outclassed<落后了>. The irony is <此处有吞音 但可辨别>that the logos mostly serve to alert  the patricians that the owner is not one of them. And then there are the<我服了! 忒快了> posers<装腔作势的人> who buy flashy counterfeit items that for the most part don't fool anyone.

The lesson for marketers, when it comes to branding, less may be more. And you can charge a higher price for it too.

这次好快啊! 好多单词忒美国了  我到底什么时候能挺清楚吞音的地方啊!!! 郁闷

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