Night at Great Wall halted
美企叫停長(zhǎng)城民宿體驗(yàn)
US home-sharing platform Airbnb has suspended a plan to provide lodging on the Badaling Great Wall in Beijing amid concerns that it could damage the ancient structure.?
美國(guó)共享民宿平臺(tái)愛(ài)彼迎叫停了在北京八達(dá)嶺長(zhǎng)城上露營(yíng)的計(jì)劃，原因是多方擔(dān)憂此舉可能毀壞這一古老建筑。
The company said on Tuesday that it will not move forward with the original plan out of respect for public opinion, though the event, known as Night at the Great Wall, had been given a nod by relevant parties.?
愛(ài)彼迎7日表示，出于對(duì)公眾意見(jiàn)的尊重，將不會(huì)推進(jìn)原計(jì)劃的"長(zhǎng)城一夜"活動(dòng)，雖然活動(dòng)已得到相關(guān)部門批準(zhǔn)。
But the cultural commission in Beijing's Yanqing district released a statement on Monday saying it was not aware of the event and no approval had been given. The commission said it does not support such activities as they don't help conserve cultural heritage.
但北京市延慶區(qū)文化委員會(huì)6日發(fā)布聲明稱，對(duì)此項(xiàng)活動(dòng)并不知情，更未予以審批。延慶區(qū)文委稱，不支持此類活動(dòng)，因其無(wú)益于文化遺產(chǎn)保護(hù)。
Selfies affect body image
自拍可能使人'走火入魔'
With the spread of photo-editing technology through applications like Snapchat and Facetune, the physical "perfection" previously seen only on celebrity or beauty magazines is now all over social media.?
隨著色拉布和美顏相機(jī)等應(yīng)用通過(guò)圖像編輯技術(shù)的推廣，過(guò)去人們只能在明星或美容雜志上才能看到的"完美"外形如今在社交媒體上隨處可見(jiàn)。
As these images become the norm, people's perceptions of beauty worldwide are changing, which can take a toll on a person's self-esteem and can trigger body dysmorphic disorder, argue Boston Medical Center researchers. Research has shown 55% of plastic surgeons report seeing patients who want to improve their appearance in selfies.?
波士頓醫(yī)療中心的研究人員認(rèn)為，由于這些照片成為了范本，全世界人們對(duì)于美的看法正在發(fā)生改變，這會(huì)傷到一個(gè)人的自尊，還會(huì)引發(fā)身體畸形恐懼癥。有研究表明，55%的整形外科醫(yī)生稱，患者來(lái)做整形手術(shù)是想在自拍里更好看。
"A new phenomenon called 'Snapchat dysmorphia' has popped up," said Neelam Vashi, director of the Ethnic Skin Center at BMC, "where patients are seeking out surgery to help them appear like the filtered versions of themselves." However, surgery is not the best course of action in these cases, but psychological interventions.
波士頓大學(xué)醫(yī)學(xué)院種族皮膚中心主任奈拉姆·瓦希稱，如今出現(xiàn)一種名為"色拉布畸形"的新現(xiàn)象，即患者想以手術(shù)的方式，幫助自己看起來(lái)像加過(guò)濾鏡效果一樣。然而，外科手術(shù)并非這些案例的最佳行動(dòng)方案，心理干預(yù)才是。
Fly ends domino attempt
蒼蠅'推倒'60萬(wàn)張骨牌
團(tuán)隊(duì)刷新紀(jì)錄計(jì)劃泡湯
A German domino entertainment group attempted to break its own 2013 Guinness World Record and recruited 22 people to fit 596,229 mini dominoes with tweezers. But a fly landed on the one of the tiny tiles and triggered a chain reaction before they completed the set-up.?
近日，德國(guó)一個(gè)多米諾骨牌娛樂(lè)團(tuán)隊(duì)試圖打破他們自己2013年創(chuàng)造的吉尼斯世界紀(jì)錄，招募了22個(gè)人用小鉗子擺放了596229張迷你骨牌。然而一只蒼蠅落在了其中一張小骨牌上，結(jié)果在他們擺放完畢前觸發(fā)了連鎖反應(yīng)。
Patrick Sinner of Sinners Domino Entertainment said: "The fly triggered the chain reaction prematurely. There was no time to set up all the little tiles again." The tiles were no bigger than a fingernail and took two weeks to set up. They also managed to break four other world records, including the longest domino chain reaction, which took 15 minutes to complete.
罪人多米諾娛樂(lè)團(tuán)隊(duì)的帕特里克·辛納表示："蒼蠅提前觸發(fā)了連鎖反應(yīng)。我們沒(méi)時(shí)間把所有這些小骨牌再擺一次了。"這些骨牌還沒(méi)有指甲大，他們花了兩周時(shí)間才擺好。該團(tuán)隊(duì)原本還力爭(zhēng)打破其它4項(xiàng)世界紀(jì)錄，包括需要15分鐘才能完成的最長(zhǎng)骨牌連鎖反應(yīng)。
NY sign spat risks road fund
紐約旅游路標(biāo)成'釘子戶'
The big, blue "I Love NY" signs lined up in groups of five along highways and roads from Long Island to Buffalo, New York are hard to miss. The 500-plus tourism signs are at the center of a years-long standoff between the Federal Highway Administration and Democratic Gov Andrew Cuomo.?
藍(lán)色的大路標(biāo)"我愛(ài)紐約"5個(gè)一組豎立在紐約州從長(zhǎng)島到水牛城的高速路和公路兩旁，令人很難忽視。這500多個(gè)旅游路標(biāo)一直是紐約州長(zhǎng)、民主黨人安德魯·科莫與聯(lián)邦高速公路管理局多年僵持的焦點(diǎn)。
The agency says the signs don't meet regulations and pose a potential distraction to drivers traveling at high speeds, and it has demanded that the state remove them by Sept 30 or lose $14 million in federal highway funding.?
公路局稱，這些路標(biāo)不符合規(guī)定，可能令駕駛員在高速行駛時(shí)分心，要求紐約州在今年9月30日前拆除路標(biāo)，否則將失去1400萬(wàn)美元的聯(lián)邦高速公路資金。
New York's transportation department, however, has said there's no evidence the signs have directly contributed to any accidents. Cuomo has defended the signs, once calling them "a great, great success for this state." He considers them a key component in spurring the state's tourism industry.
然而，紐約州交通局稱，沒(méi)有證據(jù)證明這些路標(biāo)直接導(dǎo)致了任何事故?？颇恢本S護(hù)這些路標(biāo)，曾稱之為"紐約州的一大成就"，他認(rèn)為這些路標(biāo)是刺激紐約州旅游業(yè)的關(guān)鍵因素之一。
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