Football super-agent Jorge Mendes was married on Sunday in Portugal.

足球界超級經紀人曼德斯週日在葡萄牙完婚。

One of the most powerful men in the sport, the 49-year-old counts numerous high profile players and managers among his client list, including Jose Mourinho, Angel Di Maria, Radamel Falcao and Cristiano Ronaldo.

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The record influx of refugees into Germany is the biggest challenge the country has faced since reunification 25 years ago, Vice Chancellor Sigmar Gabriel said on Sunday.

湧入德國的空前難民潮是自25年前兩德統一以來,國家面臨的最大挑戰,德國副總理加布里爾週日指出。

The number of asylum-seekers in Germany is expected to hit 800,000 2015, as people from Africa and the Middle East flow into Europe fleeing poverty and war.

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A new study shows that the air-conditioning in many buildings is set to keep men feeling comfy. The findings are served up in the journal Nature Climate Change.

一項新研究指出,許多大樓冷氣空調設定的標準是讓男性感覺舒適。這項研究是由期刊「自然環境變遷」所提出。

People lose productivity when they spend all day shivering or sweating. But finding that sweet spot—a temperature where everyone is happy—can be a real challenge. Offices are heated in winter and chilled in summer. But these indoor climate-control systems are based on standards established in the 1960s, when the standard setters envisioned the typical office worker to be a man, 40-years-old and weighing 150 pounds.

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A new and inexpensive test is making it possible to identify all of a person’s past and present viral infections by simply analyzing a drop of blood.

一個新的、不昂貴的檢測,僅僅藉由分析一滴血,就可以辨識出一個人過去和現在所有的病毒感染情況。

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Steve Weidner, a custodian at Alan Shepard Elementary School in Bourbonnais, Illinois, said it made him feel great to see that each and every second grade student lined up near the playground in hopes to have him autograph their yearbooks.

伊利諾州波龐的艾倫薛博德小學校工史帝夫.維德納說,看到二年級的所有學生在操場旁排隊,希望讓他在他們的年鑑上簽名,讓他覺得很棒。

"I get along great with the kids," Weidner told ABC News. "They are really great. We joke around a bunch and they’re able to talk to me and stuff like that."

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R2-D2 will be rolling into Mickey Mouse’s neighborhood, Disney announced Saturday, unveiling plans for two huge "Star Wars" attractions at existing theme park venues in Florida and California.

星際大戰中的機器人R2-D2將成為米奇老鼠的鄰居,迪士尼週六宣布,揭露在佛羅里達州和加州現有主題樂園內建造兩個大型「星際大戰」遊樂設施的計畫。

Disney CEO Bob Iger said that after Disney’s $4 billion purchase of Lucasfilm three years ago, "we wanted to bring ’Star Wars’ to every corner of our company... Not only on screens but in real life."

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The sweeping archives of award-winning novelist Kazuo Ishiguro will be heading to a University of Texas research library, including a discarded opening chapter for his best-known book, "The Remains of the Day," the university said.

德州大學指出,得獎小說家石黑一雄諸多的文件檔案將會前進德州大學研究圖書館,包括他最知名的小說「長日將盡」一個被棄用的開頭章節。

The novelist, who was born in Nagasaki, Japan, in 1954 and has lived in Britain since he was a child, has kept extensive notes of his novels and multiple drafts of his works that include "Never Let Me Go" and "The Buried Giant."

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Eating breakfast ’on the go’ really can lead to weight gain because it encourages people to eat more, a study has shown. Researchers from the University of Surrey found eating while walking around triggered more overeating compared to eating during other forms of distraction such as watching TV or having a conversation with a friend.

研究顯示,邊忙邊吃早餐,真的會造成體重增加,因為這樣會促使人吃更多。英國薩里大學研究人員發現,走動的時候吃東西,會比看電視或和朋友講話這些其他分心形式,更讓人吃下過多東西。

The asked 60 women to eat a cereal bar while either walking down a corridor, watching the sitcom Friends or chatting to a friend.

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