双语阅读 第5期

唐 涛/编译

Mindset Media, a media company that examines personality traits of different consumers, found that people who buy more than three pairs of sneakers a year are 61 percent more likely to have the qualities of a modern leader.

专门研究不同消费者性格特征的“思维”媒体公司发现，一年买三双以上运动鞋的人具有现代领导者品质的几率要高出61%。

Office pranks are good for morale and could even help reduce stress, a new report has claimed.

一项最新报告称，办公室恶作剧能够提高工作积极性，甚至有助于减轻工作压力。

China and New Zealand signed a sweeping free trade agreement April 7, 2008, the rising economic giant's first such pact with a developed country.

中国与新西兰于2008年4月7日在北京正式签署双边自由贸易协定，这是中国与发达国家签署的第一个自由贸易协定。

Pay-per-view funerals go live online in Britain, allowing mourners who cannot attend services in person to pay their last respects via the Internet.

按次计费的葬礼在线直播登陆英国，此举使那些不能亲自到场参加葬礼的致哀人士能够通过网络缅怀逝者。

Men and women have different tastes in food, with men favoring meat and poultry, and women fruits and vegetables, researchers said in what was touted as the most extensive study to date of gender differences in eating habits.

研究人员日前称，男性和女性对食物的偏好有所不同。男吃肉禽类食物，而女性则更偏爱水果和蔬菜。据称这是迄今为止针对饮食习惯性别差异所进行的最广泛的一项研究。

Having a husband creates an extra seven hours of housework each week for women, according to a new study. For men, tying the knot saves an hour of weekly chores.

一项最新研究发现，女人有了老公后每周得多做七个小时的家务活，而对于男人而言，结婚则意味着每周少做一小时的家务。

China's economy will avoid a post-Olympics recession, thanks to its vast size, rising consumer spending and big appetite for investment, Justin Lin Yifu, the Peking University professor recently appointed as the World Bank's chief economist said.

北京大学教授、刚刚被任命的世界银行首席经济学家林毅夫说：中国经济规模大，居民消费不断增长，投资需求旺盛，因此中国经济不会在奥运后出现衰退。