The quality of a performance does not drive the amount of applause an audience gives, a study suggests.
一份研究認為，一場表演的好壞，並非驅使觀眾給予喝采多寡的原因。
Instead scientists have found that clapping is contagious, and the length of an ovation is influenced by how other members of the crowd behave.
Brazilian soccer great Pele has called on thousands of protestors demonstrating over poor quality public services and corruption to leave the streets and focus on football, an appeal that was quickly met with derision on social media.
巴西足球巨星比利呼籲成千上萬抗議公共服務品質低劣和政府貪腐的示威者離開街頭，把焦點放回到足球上，但這項呼聲迅速在社交媒體上招來網友冷嘲熱諷。
"Let’s forget all this commotion happening in Brazil, all these protests, and let’s remember how the Brazilian squad is our country and our blood," Pele said in a brief broadcast via the O Globo TV network, which was also posted online.
Want to live longer and keep the grim reaper at bay? A new study suggests dropping meat from your diet.
想延年益壽，遠離死神？一項新研究建議將肉類從菜單中剔除。
After following more than 70,000 men and women over six years, researchers at Loma Linda University in California concluded that those who followed vegetarian lifestyles had reduced rates of mortality.
Officials at a small school district in upstate New York say an "honest mistake" led to students being identified in the yearbook as "Creepy smile kid" and "Some tall guy."
紐約州北部的一個小型學區的官員表示，一個「無心之過」導致一些學生在畢業紀念冊上被標識為「恐怖微笑小鬼」與「某個高大個兒」。
The labels appear in photo captions of the high school yearbook at Hoosick Valley, a rural district 20 miles northeast of Albany.
The risk of developing autism may be passed on through - and not just to - future generations, researchers say. The international study suggests older fathers are more likely to have grandchildren with autism than their younger counterparts.
研究人員說，罹患自閉症的風險可能透過未來世代傳遞下去，而不只是傳給下一代。這份國際研究顯示，年紀較大的父親，孫兒輩罹患自閉症的機率，比年紀較輕的父親高。
Previous studies suggested older fathers may be at greater risk of having children with autism than younger dads.
A fourth grade boy fighting for his life recently discovered the power of friendship.
1名正為生命奮戰的小學四年級男童發現友誼的力量。
"I was diagnosed with a brain tumor," Travis Selinka said. "I went to Houston for radiation and I lost all my hair." After the seven weeks of radiation therapy, the bald 10-year-old was embarrassed to return to school.
最迅速學英文的方法是：記句子，不要記單字。因為言語溝通基本的單位是句子而不是單字。 單字只有放在句子裡才有意思。請你每個句子多讀幾遍，讀出聲音，直到順口為止。
1. I'd like to open an account in your bank. Should I take a number first?
我想在你們銀行開戶。我要先抽號碼牌嗎？
1. 不要生意腔：可以用We 就不要用YOU
每一封email往來，都是你和與收信人之間的交流。很多人以為寫商業email就應該用「生意腔」，於是把本來有感情基礎的email寫得官樣。
