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暑期培训引发教育不公平的思考
暑期到来,加利福尼亚州各地的暑期培训班又“火”了起来。尽管培训班帮助各学段的孩子们学新课或巩固已学课程,但有识之士还是担忧培训班昂贵的学费可能将一些低收入家庭的孩子们拒之门外,进一步加大教育的不公平。
携带没有电的手机搭乘前往美国的班机将被拒登机
美国交通安全局担心基地恐怖分子密谋炸毁前往美国的航班,在欧洲、中东以及非洲的机场增加了对手机的扫描检测,任何没有电的手机将被禁止带到前往美国的航班上。美国方面担心基地组织的恐怖分子已经掌握了将手机改装为爆炸装置并不易探测的技术。
飓风袭击加拿大东部致二十多万人停电
7月5日,飓风“阿瑟”离开美国的北卡来罗纳州,袭击了加拿大东部沿海各省,造成了大面积的停电、停水,并造成航班延误,道路关闭。加拿大飓风中心称,飓风“阿瑟”将于周日离开加拿大沿海,北上纽芬兰。
机器人帮助中风患者康复
中风病人由于神经系统受到破坏,有严重的运动障碍,给患者和家属带来了很多痛苦。英美科学家发明了一种康复机器人,通过集中训练,能提高患者大脑和胳膊的协调能力,促进神经系统的康复,为中风患者带来了福音。
萨科齐因贪腐被调查拘留
法国前总统萨科齐因涉嫌腐败被法国警方拘留讯问,成为法国历史上第一位因涉嫌腐败遭警方拘留的前总统。
洛杉矶:便利店禁用一次性塑料袋
本周二,洛杉矶将开始实施禁塑令,任何在便利店使用一次性塑料袋的做法都是违法的。尽管担心使用纸袋会影响收入,但店主们对于政府保护环境的做法给予支持。
当年独游世界 今日畅游书海
Jessica Watson 2009年独驾帆船,环游世界,成为轰动一时的澳大利亚人。现在,她在大学攻读社会学专业,每当回顾起环游世界的经历,她依然兴奋不已。
岁月号沉船幸存学生周三返校
周三,韩国沉没的“岁月”号游轮上的幸存学生返校读书。在起诉游轮上的机组人员由于沉船后延迟救助导致大量学生死亡的同时,人们也对韩国政府长期以来只重视发展经济而忽视安全问题的做法开始反思,朴槿惠政府面临多方批评和质疑。
世界杯卫冕冠军西班牙提前出局
继周五不敌荷兰队惨败之后,西班牙队周三又以0-2输给智利队,引起国内球迷一片哀声。这支世界杯冠军队曾被认为很有希望卫冕成功,结果却屡战屡败,就连周一与澳大利亚队的小组对抗赛都很难保全。曾经的世界冠军竟落到如此田地,真让人感叹世事难料!
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E China's first lunar rover(月球车) moved successfully from the unmanned spacecraft Chang'e-3 that landed on the moon Saturday. As China’s first mission carrier to the moon, Jade Rabbit is a six-wheeled lunar rover equipped with at least four cameras and two mechanical legs that can dig up soil samples to a depth of 30 meters.The solar-powered rover will move along the moon's surface, studying the structure of the lunar crust(外壳)as well as soil and rocks, for at least three months. Weighing 140 kilograms, the slow-moving rover carries an optical(光学的) telescope for astronomical observations and a powerful ultraviolet(紫外线的)camera that will monitor how solar activity affects the various layers that make up the Earth's atmosphere, China's information technology ministry said in a statement.The Jade Rabbit is also equipped with nuclear heater units, allowing it to function during the cold lunar nights when temperatures drop as low as -180°C (-292°F).The moon exploration makes China one of only three nations -- after the United States and the former Soviet Union -- to "soft-land" on the moon's surface, and the first to do so in more than three decades. China has rapidly built up its space program since it first sent an astronaut into space in 2003. In 2012, the country conducted 18 space launches, according to the Pentagon.The Chang'e-3 mission is considered as the second stage of China's moon exploration program, which includes orbiting,landing and returning to Earth.In 2010, China captured images of the landingsite for the 2013 exploration, the Bay of Rainbows, which is considered to beone of the most beautiful parts of the moon.       The Chang'e-3 spacecraft lifted off from a Long March 3B rocket in China's Sichuan province on December 2 and reached the moon's orbit at 100 kilometers (about 60 miles) from its surface less than five days later.