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　　A typical Chinese Internet user is a young male who prefers instant messaging to e-mail, seldom makes online purchases and favors news, music and games sites．According to a study, about two-thirds of survey participants use the Internet for news－often entertainment-related－or for online games．About half download music and movies．

　　They also tend to prefer instant messaging to e-mail, and they are depending on the Internet more frequently than before to communicate with others who have the same professions, hobbies and political interests．Online purchases still remain unpopular in China．Three-quarters of users surveyed have never bought anything over the Internet, and only 10 percent make purchases even once a month．Among those who do buy online, most pay for entertainment while others buy phone cards, or computer hardware or software．

　　“Many people don’t trust the quality of goods bought online,” Guo said Wednesday．“If they buy it in a store and don’t like it, they can easily bring it back．”

　　The survey was done in five major cities：Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Chengdu and Changsha．Results do not necessarily project countrywide because Internet use in rural areas is lower than in cities．Guo describes the typical citizen in the five cities surveyed as young, male, richer and more highly educated．Males make up two-thirds of the Internet community, and more than 80 percent of users are under 24．Among people ages 25 to 29,60 percent to 80 percent go online．

　　China has more than 100 million people online, second in the world to the United States．

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　　Japanese scientists have taken the first photographs of one of the most mysterious creatures in the deep ocean－the giant squid．

　　Until now the only information about the behavior of the creatures which measure up to 18 meters(59 feet)in length has been based on dead or dying squid washed up on shore or captured in commercial fishing nets．

　　But Tsunemi Kubodera, of the National Science Museum, and Kyoichi Mori of the Ogasawara Whale Watching Association, both in Tokyo have captured the first images of Architeuthis attacking bait 900 meters below the surface in the cold, dark waters of the North Pacific．“We show the first wild images of a giant squid in its natural environment,” they said in a report in the journal Proceedings B of the Royal Society．

　　Little is known about the creatures because it has been so difficult to locate and study them alive．Large ships and specialist equipment, which is costly, are needed to study deep sea environments．

　　The Japanese scientists found the squid by following sperm whales, the most effective hunters of giant squid, as they gathered to feed between September and December in the deep waters off the coast of the Ogasawara Islands in the North Pacific．They used a remote long-line camera and depth logging system to capture the giant squid in the ocean depths．

　　The most dramatic character of giant squids is the pair of extremely long tentacles, distinct from the eight shorter arms．The long tentacles make up to two-thirds of the length of the dead specimens to date．The giant squid appear to be a much more active meat-eating animals than researchers had thought．

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　　An epic love story, set against the sweeping landscapes of Wyoming and Texas, that tells the story of two young men－a ranch-hand and a rodeo cowboy－who meet in the summer of 1963 while driving cattle on a mountain range．They unexpectedly develop a lifelong connection, one whose complications, joys and tragedies provide a testament to the endurance and power of love．

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　　Formula One(一级方程式赛车)Hero opened in the local movie theater yesterday．This is the latest movie starring Ryan Devlin．

　　Devlin began his remarkable career seven years ago in Top Speed, a movie that broke box office records at the time, and since then he has made at least one movie every year．Devlin’s exciting driving and tough talk make him a favorite with teenage boys, while his good looks and charming habits appeal to the girls．

　　The story is this movie continues the battle between Devlin’s character, Rory Hunter, and the evil Rick Hinkler．Hinkler again tries to cheat his way to victory, this time making use of the fact that his initials(首字母)are identical to those of the hero．Devlin’s fans will not be disappointed with the exciting surprises of the movie’s plot．

　　The action shots in this movie have been well directed by James Warner and will keep the audience on the edge of their seats．Warner makes better race sequences(次序)than any other director．Once again, Devlin performs all his own stunts．

　　The heroine, Wendy White, is played by Jill Halliday．Halliday does well in her first movie, playing her character with enthusiasm and intelligence．She has already signed a contract for another movie in which she will act in a more challenging role．

　　Devlin’s fans will have to wait a while before they see another Rory Hunter racing movie．According to the latest Ryan Devlin Fan Club newsletter, Devlin has told his producers that he needs a rest．In fact, this may be the last Rory Hunter movie since Devlin wants to try a different character in his next movie．

　　If this is the last Rory Hunter movie, you’d better get out and see it．It’s worth your time whether you’re a fan not．

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　　Beijing(Dec．15)－China is going green．In order to reduce air pollution and oil shortages, carmakers have announced their plans to develop hybrid vehicles(混合燃料汽车)for the Chinese market．

　　The first China made Toyota’s hybrid car Prius hit the road last week．Let’s have a look at the new car．

　　Any vehicle is a hybrid when it combines two or more sources of power．Hybrid cars use an electric motor with rechargeable batteries(充电电池)and a gasoline engine．

　　A hybrid car has a smaller than traditional gasoline engine and an electric motor．The gasoline engine provides 99 per cent of the power when the car is cruising(匀速行车)．

　　The electric motor provides extra power for running up hills or when extra acceleration(加速度)is needed．

　　Step into a Prius, and turn on the power．The first thing you notice is that it is quieter than a traditional car．At this point, the car’s gasoline engine is dormant．The electric motor will provide power until the car reaches about 24km/h．If you stay at low speed, you are effectively driving an electric car, with no gasoline being used, and no exhaust gas given off．

　　An onboard computer decides when to use the gasoline engine, when to go electric, and when to use a combination of the two．If you go over 24km/h, when you step on the gas pedal(油门)，you are telling the computer how fast you want to go．

　　The electric motor recharges automatically when braking．And when driving at certain speeds, the gasoline engine not only powers the car but also recharges the batteries．

　　When you use the brake, the electric motor acts like a generator(发电机)to produce electricity to recharge the batteries．Batteries will last for around 200,000 miles．

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　　Qinghai-Tibet Railway Qinghai-Tibet Railway was unfolded to the public on Monday．From July 1 the service will cost a minimum of 389 yuan(hard seat)and take about 48 hours from Beijing to Lhasa．A hard sleeper(bottom berth)will cost 813 yuan, and a soft sleeper(bottom berth)1,262 yuan．The fare for an air ticket is about 2,540 yuan．Trains will run to and from Lhasa in three directions：through Beijing, Chengdu/Chongqing and Xiing/Lanzhou．

　　Moscow：the world’s costliest city MOSCOW is this year’s most expensive city for big consumers in the world, a study released by British human resources firm Mercer HR suggests．Seoul was in second place, followed by Tokyo－which topped the list in 2005, when the Russian capital was in fourth position－then Hong Kong and London．The findings-were based on prices for 200 goods and services, especially housing, transport, food, clothing and entertainment．In the 144 cities surveyed, Beijing and Shanghai ranked 14th and 20th．

　　Cutting wages in monopoly industries(垄断行业)CHINA’S State-owned monopoly industries may be forced to cut their employees’wages as the government looks at reducing the country’s widening income gap, the Economic Observer said on Monday．The report said the National Development and Reform Commission(NDRC), working with other central government departments, worked out a plan．High salaries in electricity, telecommunications and other monopoly industries have met with strong criticism．

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　　Welcome to the Pacific Beach Hotel!The Pacific Beach Hotel overlooks Waikiki beach and is a five-minute walk from the Honolulu Zoo．Ala Moana Shopping Center is one mile away．

　　Reach downtown Honolulu in four miles and Pearl Harbor in 14 miles．

　　The 837-room Pacific Beach Hotel also has a three-story, 280,000-gallon indoor oceanarium(水族馆)，which is now the home of over 70 different species of Hawaiian marine life．The hotel also houses Hawaiion Rainforest Salon and Spa, a fourth floor pool with a sundeck and whirlpool spa, and a tennis court located on the eighth floor．

　　Each standard guest room is supplied with air-conditioning, coffeemaker, digital telephone, hairdryerm, iron and ironing board on request, one king-size or two double beds, mini-refrigerator, personal safe, private balcony, private bathroom with shower and bathtub, and TV with movies-on-demand and video games．And non-smoking rooms are available．

　　Here is the room type and rate for February;(book now and get another 20% off)

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　　Fifty volunteers were alphabetically divided into two equal groups, Group A to participate in a 7-week exercise program and Group B to avoid deliberate(深思熟虑的)exercise of any sort during those 7 weeks．On the day before the exercise program began, all 50 men participated in a step-test．This consisted of stepping up and down on a 16-inch bench at 30 steps a minute for 5minutes．One minute after completion of the step-test, the pulse rate of each subject was taken and recorded．This served as the pretest for the experiment．For the next 7 weeks, subjects in the experimental group(Group A)rode a motorcycle for 15 minutes each day．The exercise schedule called for riders to ride relaxed during the first day’s ride, merely holding on the handle bars and foot pedals(脚踏板)as the machine moved．Then, for the next 3 days, they rode relaxed for 50 seconds of each minute, and pushed, pulled, and pedaled actively for 10 seconds of each minute．The ratio(比率)of active riding was increased every few days, so that by the third week it was half of each minute, and by the seventh week the riders were performing 15 solid(连续的)minutes of active riding．

　　At the end of the 7 weeks the step-test was again given to both groups of subjects, and their pulses taken．The post-exercise pulse rates of subjects in the experimental group were found to have decreased an average of 30 heart beats per minute, with the lowest decrease 28 and the highest decrease 46．the pulse rates of subjects in the control group remained the same or changed no more than 4 beats, with an average difference between the initial and final tests of zero．

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　　Most people who work with computers have heard of how viruses can damage or destroy equipment and files, but some viruses can infect cellphones, too．Teenagers are the most vulnerable(易受攻击的)because of the ways they use their phones．

　　“My friend has a joke service．Every day, she gets a different joke,” said Niki Lamontagne, a cellphone user．

　　“Instead of jokes, I received messages like‘Tell me your birthday’,”said Presley Underwood, a 7th-grader．

　　If teenagers are not downloading jokes, it will be a song or picture, or the hottest new games．That’s how most phone viruses are spread．

　　“It will say ‘Download’, and if I click on it and it will come to me five minutes．Nothing really happens．I mean I get to play the games without knowing that I may get viruses,”said Darius Assin, a junior in a high school．

　　Most people do no know that cellphones are vulnerable to viruses．KPRC Local Two recently told government security leaders that a wave pf viruses spreading across Asia and Europe was on its way to cellphones in the US．Now an anti-virus firm is tracking eight different terrible cellphone bugs．Some viruses spread through the list of phone numbers which people keep in their phones．Houston computer security firms are preparing themselves for the attack．

　　Daniel Areemit of Timeer Networking said a cellphone user would think that he or she was just receiving a message．“Oh, this is a very cool picture．They click and download it．Then, their phones get infected,”Areemit said．

　　Some viruses can drain a cellphone user’s minutes, make long-distance calls at the user’s expense or steal pictures and e-mails．But one virus, called the Commwarrior, is spreading through the text message, which is a way of communicating for many teenagers．

　　The smarter phones or newer phones that use Bluetooth technology are the most vulnerable．Experts suggest turning off Bluetooth when it’s not in use．When it comes to materials for downloading or messages, experts say users should treat them like those on their home computers-don’t click on them or answer them if unsure, even if it looks as if they are sent by a friend．

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　　When people advise your children to “get an education”, they tell you only half the truth．What they really mean is to get just enough education to give manpower for your society．Get a high school diploma, at least．Without that, you are occupationally(职业上)dead, unless your name happens to be George Bernard Shaw or Thomas Alva Edison and you can successfully stop study in primary school．

　　Get a college degree．If possible．With a BA(学士学位)，you should start to find a job．You have to put on the brakes now．If you do go for a master’s degree, make sure it is an MBA and only from a first-class university．Otherwise, the famous law of diminishing(报酬递减律)begins to work．

　　Do you know, for example, that long-distance truck drivers make more money a year than full professors(正教授)?Yes, each driver was paid $ 28,000 in 1997 while a full professor managed to get $27,930．

　　A PhD is the highest degree you can get, but except in few specialized field such as physics or chemistry, where the degree can quickly be turned to industrial or commercial aim, you are facing a not very bright future．There are more PhDs unemployed in this country than in any other part of the world by far．

　　If you became a PhD in English or history or political science or languages or－worst of all-in philosophy, you take the risk of becoming over-educated for our national demands．

Thousands of PhDs are selling shoes, driving taxis, vomiting on tables and filling out applications month and then may be taking a job in high school or college with the pay much less than a door-keeper makes．

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