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有声双语美文：难道真要工作一辈子吗？

Warren Buffet once said:

sleep, you will work until you die.

沃伦

·

巴菲特曾经说过：

“

如果你不想个办法在你睡觉的时候赚钱，那你就得

一直工作 到死。

”

Sounds ridiculous

in the first place, right? Isn’t that obvious?

这句话初听下来有点荒唐，这不是明摆着的吗？

And how on earth can it be possible to make money while you sleep?

而且，怎么可能在睡觉的时候赚钱？

If you want to have an income, you have to work, right?

如果需要有收入，当然就得一直工作，对不对？

But no, what he said is not wrong.

不，其实他说的并没有错。

That way which he described as to make money while you sleep is called

investing.

他 所说的那种

“

在睡觉时赚钱

”

的方法，就是投资。

Normal middle-class use their skills and time to make money. But the rich

use their money to make money. They invest the money that they own

now to make ROI, which means return on investment.

普通的中产阶级靠技能和时间换钱，而有钱人是靠钱赚钱的， 他们用自己现

有的钱去赚取投资回报。

It’s not a hard thing to do, because there are a lot of ways to manage your

personal finance.

这个方法并不难，因为理财的方式有很多。

In the past, I usually spent as much as I could earn in a month.

从前，我是一个大手大脚的月光族，每个月赚多少就花多少。

But when I saw this quote of Buffett, I suddenly realized: Isn’t that making

all my efforts in vain? Because I have nothing left. I d

idn’t make anything

for my future.

但自从看到了巴菲特的这句话 ，我才恍然大悟：这样一来，我每个月不就白

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工作了吗？因为什么都没有剩下，我并没有为自己的未来创造 什么。

That’s why I started to face the truth of how I was living. And I made some

bold changes and began to save money.

这也就是为什么我开始正视自己的生活方式，并进行了大刀阔斧的改变， 开

始存钱。

I wish that there is a day when I no longer need to work and can use

money to make money.

我希望有一天能不再工作，而是用钱来赚钱

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囧研究：玩手机对眼睛的伤害，究竟有多大？

We all know that the blue light that emits from our smartphones isn't good

for our eyes, but a new study has discovered just how much damage it can

cause.

我们都知道智能手机发出的蓝光对眼睛有伤害，

但一项最新研究发现了这些

蓝光的具体的伤害程度。

Researchers say that this light is absorbed by vital molecules in our retina

and triggers the production of a toxic chemical that kill cells.

研究人员发现，视网膜上面的 主要分子会吸收这些蓝光，并会产生有毒的化

学物质来杀死细胞。

This damage can lead to large blind spots in our vision that are the

hallmark of macular degeneration, a disease that leads to blindness.

这种伤害可导 致视力出现大面积盲点，也就是黄斑病变的典型特征。这种疾

病最终会导致失明

The team from the University of Toledo in Ohio says it is urging the public

to not use phones in the dark because this can dilate pupils and lead to

even more harmful blue light entering our eyes.

来自俄亥俄托莱多大学的研究小组，呼吁公众不要在暗处使用手机，这样会

导致 瞳孔放大，而且导致更多蓝光进入我们的眼睛。

Age- related macular degeneration (AMD) is the leading cause of vision loss

for those age 50 or older, according to the National Eye Institute.

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国立 眼科研究所的数据表示，

由于黄斑病变导致视力减弱的主要是

5 0

岁及以

上的人群。

Sufferers will experience blurred vision or even 'blind spots' in their central

vision that may grow larger as the retina dies.

患者通常会觉得在视觉中心区域视力模糊，或者出现

“

盲点

”

，而且随着 视网

膜细胞坏死盲点的区域会扩大。

According to the American Academy of Ophthalmology, 9.1 million

Americans have early AMD and 2.1 million above age 50 have late AMD,

which is a stage of severe vision loss.

根据美国眼科学会，

910

万美国人有早期黄斑病变，有

210

万年龄超 过

50

岁

的美国人有晚期黄斑病变，也 就是视力重度损害。

For this study, the team decided to focus on retinal, a form of vitamin A

found in the retina that coverts light into metabolic energy.

从研 究结果来看，研究小组把重心放在视网膜上，在视网膜上发现的一种维

生素

A

能够把光转换成代谢能。

Photoreceptor cells, use retinal to covert light into signals that are sent to

the brain.

感光细胞通过视网膜将信号传递给大脑。

The team did find a molecule, a vitamin E derivative known as alpha

tocopherol, that can stop the cells from dying.

研究小 组发现一种分子，

是维他命

E

的衍生物 也就是

α

生育酚，

能够阻止细胞

的死亡。

DrKarunarathne says some of the ways we can protect ourselves include

wearing sunglasses that can filter both UV and blue light, using blue light

filters on our phones, and not looking at cell phones or tablets in the dark.

有以下几种方式可以保护我们，

包括佩戴太阳眼镜可以滤掉

UV

和蓝光，

在手

机上用蓝光滤膜，不要在 黑的地方玩手机和平板，

Karunarathne

博士如是说

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深色更醉人：威士忌还是伏特 加？

(

双语音频

)

Lighter Drinks Avoid Heavy Head

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It’s the season for celebrating –

and many of those celebrations include

imbibing alcohol. Which sometimes leaves us the next morning with

uncomfortable reminders of our excesses. But does what we drink

—

say

bourbon versus vodka

—

make a difference? Apparently so, according to a

study in the journal

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research.

正逢节庆时期，庆祝的方式之一就是饮酒狂欢，而第二天早上回想 起头天的

嗜酒无度又让人心里不痛快。可是，喝不同的酒，例如喝波本威士忌还是喝

伏特加，会对我们有不同的影响吗？显然是有的。这一结论来自于《酒精中

< br>毒：临床与实验研究》刊登的一项研究。

Researchers enlisted 95 volunteers. Their sleep patterns were measured to

make sure that lack of rest didn’t distort the results. Those who got drunk

on bourbon reported worse hangovers

—

headaches, nausea and general

discomfort. And they performed worse on tasks that required careful

attention for decision-

making. They didn’t sleep any worse than vodka

drinkers, though.

研究者招募了

95

名受试者。

< br>他们的睡眠模式已经过测量，

以确保缺乏休息不

会影响测 试结果。喝波本威士忌的人其头痛、恶心、全身不适等宿醉症状更

为严重，而且在需要集 中精力做出决策时表现得更糟。尽管如此，他们的睡

眠质量并不比喝伏特加的人差。

Here’s why bourbon might hurt more: many alcoholic beverages contain

byproducts of fermentation called congeners, complex organic compounds

that in large doses can have toxic effects. And darker distilled drinks and

wines generally have more of these congeners than do lighter ones.

Bourbon, in fact, has 37 times more than vodka does. Which, the

researchers note, may add to the hangover effect. So if you’re worried

about a dark hangover cloud in the morning, maybe stick to lighter drinks

tonight.

我们解释一下为什么波本酒会造成更大的损 害：

很多酒精饮料都含有一种叫

酒精同类物的物质，它是发酵的 副产品。如果人体大量吸收这种复杂的有机

复合物就会中毒。

而 颜色更深的蒸馏酒和葡萄酒等酒类普遍要比浅色的酒含

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有的酒精同类物多，

像波本的酒精同 类物就要比伏特加多

37

倍。

研究者们 指

出，这会使宿醉更严重。所以，如果不想第二天早上宿醉，头上像顶着阴云

—

Cynthia Graber

==

Quora

精选：有哪些小事千 万不能忽视

What should you never ignore in your life?

生活中永远不该忽视什么？

获得

403.4k

好评的回答

@Rhina Cepe

：

NEVER IGNORE WHAT YOUR BODY FEELS

永远不要忽视身体的感觉

I had a neighbor who was healthy, active and lively. One night, she

experienced stomach ache and the next day, she was dead.

我有一个邻居很健康、< /p>

积极、

精力充沛。

一天晚上她胃痛，

第二天就去世了。

Turns out, her gallbladder exploded and poisoned her whole body.

结果发现她胆囊破裂，导致全身中毒。

Imagine that. As small matter as stomach ache turned out to be something

big th

at even caused fatality. So never ignore what your body feels. It’s

better to spend money on hospital bills than to spend money for funeral.

想象一下，小到胃痛都能严重到使人毙命。所以永远不要忽视身体的感觉，

花点钱看病要 好过把钱花在葬礼上。

获得

59.3k

好评的回答

@John Thomas Nyakundi

：

Never ignore energy.

永远不要忽视能量。

Energy never lies.

能量从不说谎。

I came across that quote a year and a half ago and my life has never been

the same since.

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年半以前我偶然看到这句话，生活便从此不同。

I used to find that after interacting with certain people or doing certain

things I always ended up feeling so enthusiastic and positive. Then after

interacting with some other people or partaking in other activities, I’d end

up feeling miserable and dejected. I couldn’t figure out why.

我过去 发现接触了某些人或做了某些事之后我总是感觉很有热情很积极，

而

接触了其他人或做其他事情之后就会感觉很痛苦很沮丧。

我也不清楚是怎么