RDA Holding Co., publisher of the 91-year-old Reader’s Digest magazine, 1)filed for bankruptcy today to cut $465 million in 2)debt and focus on North American 3)operations as consumers shift from print to electronic media.
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Chinese 1)air pollution Clearing the air? Authorities in the capital respond to public pressure
Jan 14th 2012 | BEIJING |From the print edition –Courtesy of The Economist
No surprise — those Facebook photos of your friends on vacation or celebrating a birthday party that can make you feel 1)lousy.
Facebook 2)is supposed to 3)envelope us in the warm 4)embrace of our social network, and 5)scanning friends’ pages is supposed to make us feel loved, supported and important (at least in the lives of those we like). But 6)skimming through photos of friends’ life successes can trigger feelings of 7)envy, 8)misery and 9) loneliness as well, according to researchers from two German universities. The scientists studied 600 people who logged time on the social network and discovered that one in three felt worse after visiting the site—especially if they viewed vacation photos. Facebook 10)frequenters who spent time on the site without posting their own content were also more likely to feel dissatisfied.
Bank of Japan sets 2-percent 1)inflation target, 2)'open-ended' asset purchases-Courtesy of The China Post TOKYO -- Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe declared a “monetary 3)regime change” Tuesday as the central bank 4)bowed to government pressure, setting a 2 percent inflation target aimed at helping the country emerge from its prolonged 5)bout of 6)deflation. “This opens a passageway toward bold monetary easing,” Abe told reporters after the Bank of Japan (BOJ) and government jointly announced the inflation target and plans for “open-ended” central bank asset purchases similar to the strategy followed by the U.S. Federal Reserve to keep market interest rates low. 1)inflation n. 通貨通膨。 2)open-ended adj 持開放態度，在此指的是沒有限定目標，暗指無限量。 3)regime n. 本指政權、飲食療法，在此指的是財金管制改變。 4)bow to v 向~低頭，讓步，同意之意。 5)bout n. 本指拳擊比賽的一回合，此指短期。 6)deflation n. 通貨緊縮 背景知識(Courtesy of Wiki)： 通貨緊縮（英文：deflation，又稱通縮），意指整體物價水準下降，是一個與通貨膨脹相反的概念。一般認為通貨膨脹率低於0（負的通貨膨脹率）時會 發生通貨緊縮。請注意通貨緊縮與反通貨膨脹（通貨膨脹率下降）不同。通貨膨脹會使貨幣的實際購買力下降，通貨緊縮會使貨幣的實際購買力上升。通過通貨緊 縮，相同數量的貨幣可以使人們購買更多的商品。 通货膨脹，意指一般物價水準在某一時期內，連續性地以相當的幅度上漲的狀態。
Ang Lee 1)claws in 11 Oscar nominations-Courtesy of The China Post By Michael Thurston ,AFP January 11, 2013, 12:01 am TWN LOS ANGELES -- Steven Spielberg's 2)taut political drama “Lincoln,” about the 16th U.S. president's drive to 3)abolish 4)slavery during the American 5)Civil War, is in the 6)driver's seat for the Oscars with 12 nominations. Taiwan-born Ang Lee's visually 7)stunning 3D adventure “Life of Pi,” based on the novel by Yann Martel, earned 11 nominations from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, 8)ahead of the Oscars ceremony on Feb. 24. 1)claw v 本指以爪子抓取，此指擒獲 2)taut adj 緊張、緊湊 3)abolish v 廢除 4)slavery n. 奴隸制度 5)Civil War n. 內戰 6)driver's seat n. 本指的是駕駛人的位置，這裡指的是其掌控著局面。 7)stunning adj 炫麗的 8)ahead of prep. 在～之前
Australia 1)bracing for 'worst ever' fire danger By Amy Coopes, AFP January 8, 2013, 12:01 am TWN SYDNEY--Australians were bracing Monday for what officials warned could be the worst fire danger day ever seen, as police searched for some 100 people still missing in 2)ravaged Tasmania. Prime Minister Julia Gillard 3)urged Australians to be 4)vigilant in coming days, with 5)scorching temperatures predicted in several states and hundreds of 6)blazes already 7)raging. 1)brace for v 準備 2)ravaged adj 飽受摧殘、蹂躪 3)urge v. 力勸 4)vigilant adj 警戒的 5)scorching adj 炙熱 6)blaze n. 火焰 7)rage v. 本指發怒，在此指祝融肆虐
The fiscal cliff Barack Obama's dual agenda Dec 20th 2012, 16:48 by M.S. --Courtesy of The Economist 1)AMBIGUITY 2)reigns in the twisting, turning dramatic series that is the 3)fiscal-cliff negotiations. On Monday, it appeared Barack Obama and John Boehner 4)were close to a deal.5) Liberals were angered by some of the apparent 6)concessions: raising the income 7)threshold at which 8)tax increases 9)kick in from $250,000 to $400,000 per year. 1)ambiguity n 模擬兩可意義不確定 2)reign v 統治 3)fiscal-cliff n. 財政懸崖 4)were close to a deal 將達成協議 5) Liberals n.N 民主黨 6)concessions n. 讓步 7)threshold n. 門檻 8)tax increases n. 增稅 9)kick in V 生效
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