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cV'* 以下是拼湊的中文版，網上沒找到英文原版。 eQ80Kf~ 英國有種迷信說法是不能在梯子下走過，這樣會很不吉利。 K [R.B! ;N 黑貓作為一個不吉利的兇兆在不少國家都是有人相信的，因為黑貓總和巫術聯系在一起。那為什么有的地方黑貓會象征好運呢?
英國部分人相信黑貓從你身邊走過象征好運，可能是因為象征厄運的黑貓從你身邊走過什么都沒做，所以壞運氣就這樣過去了，好運氣就要來了的原因。 (RafidiH 英國人認為13
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0T 許多英國人認為敲木頭可以避免壞運氣并帶來好運氣。特別是在過早預計完美的結果或下結論時，人們不愿見到事與愿為的結果。因此在覺著哪些話說出不妥時，就馬上敲一下木頭。例如：“我的身體非常健康，從來都不生病�！痹捯徽f完馬上先敲兩下桌子并馬上說：“Touch wood"
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分） 5$%CRm 第一篇：有關水產的養殖 Sp./*h\} 第二篇：忘了 r [4dGt 第三篇：摩天大樓與環境 5z@QAQ In the late 1960's, many people in NorthAmerica turned their attention to environmental problems, and newsteel-and-glass skyscrapers were widely criticized. Ecologists pointed out thata cluster of tall buildings in a city often overburdens public transportationand parking lot capacities.
VdE$ ig@ Skyscrapers are also lavish consumers andwasters of electric power. In one recent year, the addition of 17 millionsquare feet of skyscraper office space in New York City raised the peak dailydemand for electricity by 120,000 kilowatts—enough to supply the entire city ofAlbany,
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5O]eD84B Glass-walled skyscrapers can be especiallywasteful. The heat loss(or gain) through a wall of half-inch plate glass ismore than ten times that through a typical masonry wall filled with insulationboard. To lessen the strain on heating and air-conditioning equipment, buildersof skyscrapers have begun to use double-glazed panels of glass I and reflectiveglasses coated with silver or gold mirror films that reduce glare as well asheat gain. However, mirror-walled skyscrapers raise the temperature of thesurrounding air and affect neighboring buildings.
^Kj xQO6y3 Skyscrapers put a severe strain on a city'ssanitation(
衛生) facilities, too. Iffully occupied, the two(former) World Trade Center towers in New York Citywould alone generate 2.25 million gallons of raw sewage(
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—as much as acity the size of Stamford, Connecticut, which has a population of more than109,000. Skyscrapers also interfere with television reception, block birdflyways, and obstruct air traffic. In Boston in the late 1960's some peopleeven feared that shadows from skyscrapers would kill the grass.
B/gI~e0 Still, people continue to build skyscrapersfor all the reasons that they always have to build them—personal ambition,civic pride, and the desire of owners to have the largest possible amount ofrentable space.
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u “When you open thewindow, both fresh air and flies come in,” said Deng Xiaoping, describing thegood and bad consequences of the opening of China’s economy. Most people seeeconomic growth and rising incomes as desirable, but they have theirdisadvantages. Families break apart, as young people move to the cities. Jobsbecome more insecure if the labour market is liberalised. Rising inequality mayupset even those who are becoming richer. Small wonder, perhaps, that thesatisfaction ordinary Chinese expressed with their lot fell at the start of theeconomic boom sparked by Deng’s reforms, before rising again as growthaccelerated. So, at any rate, concluded a study published in
2012 by RichardEasterlin of the University of Southern California and colleagues.
n{E9p3i Mr Easterlin is best known for a hotlycontested paper published in 1974, which argued that rising incomes do not makepeople happier. Ever since, in spite of the obvious benefits, economists havedebated whether getting richer is all it’s cracked up to be. The mostcomprehensive study, published in 2012, looked at a range of countries overtime, and concluded that there is a positive relationship between income growthand satisfaction.
uE^5o\To One way to answer questions about causalityis to look at evidence from randomised trials. Lotteries randomly allocateextra wealth, and so could serve as a focus of study, but in most countries onlya small proportion of people buy tickets. The behaviour of those having aflutter may not be typical of people in general, skewing the results.
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