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1你遭遇“新年障碍”（New Year's block）了吗？
新的一年来到，每个人都期望新年有新气象，有新的收获。可因为习惯思维的关系，大家在新年的前几周会时不时地把新年的日期写成去年的。这样的情况，我们就叫做new year's block。
New year's block is a condition that usually takes place the first couple of weeks into the new year, in which a person keeps writing in the last/previous year in place of the new one.
New year's block（新年障碍）是在每年刚开始的那几周会频繁发生的一种情况：人们在填写日期的时候，会在本该写新年份的地方习惯性地写上刚刚过去那一年的数字。
For example:
This is my third check today I write in the "old" year! I guess I got new year's block.
这是今天第三张把日期错写成去年的支票了！我猜我是患了新年障碍了。
2充满希望，乐观积极的“一月心情”(January feeling)
俗话说，新年新迹象。在人们的观念里，随着新年的到来，周遭事物也跟着焕然一新，为我们带来希望和快乐。由于新年伊始是一月，这种乐观心理也因此得名“一月心情”。
January feeling refers to an emotional state characterized by feelings of optimism and possibility, particularly at the start of a new year.
“一月心情”是指新年伊始之际，对一切抱持乐观态度，认为所有事都充满各种可能性的心理状态。

For example:
Fassage is the ultimate in Spa experiences. Licensed Aestheticians & Massage Therapists can offer customers both massage and facial in one appointment without the hassle of changing rooms, or even switching tables, which offers the ultimate luxury of uninterrupted relaxation.
“双重温泉疗法”可谓极致Spa体验。注册美学家兼按摩师在一个疗程里，为客人提供全身和面部按摩的双重服务。客人不必费事换房间，甚至按摩台，就可不受干扰放松身心地享受顶级豪华服务。
5“冰山推文”(Iceberg tweeting）是什么鬼？
写过“长微博”的小伙伴都知道，由于字数限制，发布的时候这些文字仍以缩略的短微博形式显示。在欧美盛行的社交工具Twitter里，是否也有类似功能？英文怎么说呢？来学个新词：
Iceberg tweeting refers to posting a note to Twitter where the visible text is only a small part of the overall message.
“冰山推文”是指在推特上发布一条推文，可以看到的文字只是整条信息的一小部分。
其实，这个所谓的“冰山推文”与我们日常使用的“长微博”功能非常相似。由于Twitter和微博都对字数有所限制，因此超过规定长度的内容只能显示出部分文字摘要，阅读全文需要通过点击后面附带的链接实现。

Substition was coined by the British novelist Terry Pratchett, who died on March 12, 2015 from Alzheimer's disease. It's the opposite of superstition. That is, a superstition is something that isn't real, but many people believe, so a substition is something that is real, but many people do not believe.
这个词是由英国小说家泰瑞·普莱契创造的(普莱契于2015年3月12日死于阿兹海默症)。该词是superstition(迷信)的反义词。也就是说，superstition是某种不真实的事物，但许多人相信，而substition则是某种真实存在的事物，但许多人却反而不信。
Substition和substitution(代替，替换)在拼写上极为相似，一定要注意两者的差别。
For Example：
Climate change is a substition. For most of human history, bacteria and viruses weren't believed to be real even though people died of them. Bacteria were a substition. Just because you don't believe in infectious diseases doesn't make them any less real.
许多人不相信气候发生了变化。在人类历史中，人们也不相信存在细菌和病毒，就算他们会因细菌和病毒而死。很多人不相信细菌是真实存在的事物，但并不会因为你不相信有传染病，它就真的不存在了。

The Bozo Explosion was possibly coined by Steve Jobs at Apple:
“庸才当道”很可能是苹果公司的史蒂夫·乔布斯创造的词语：
"Actually, Steve believed that A players hire A players—that is people who are as good as they are. I refined this slightly—my theory is that A players hire people even better than themselves. It's clear, though, that B players hire C players so they can feel superior to them, and C players hire D players. If you start hiring B players, expect what Steve called 'the bozo explosion' to happen in your organization," said Guy Kawasaki.
盖伊·川崎称：“实际上，史蒂夫认为，一流人才会雇用一流人才——那些和他们一样优秀的人。我稍微完善一下这个理念，我的理论是：一流人才会雇用那些比他们更优秀的人才。那么显而易见，二流员工会雇用三流庸才，这样他们才感觉能驾驭手下人。以此类推，三流庸才雇得是四流雇员。如果你开始雇了二流人才，你的团队就会出现史蒂夫称之为‘庸才当道’的现象。”

For Example：
Years ago, I was trying to figure out how to get my first company off the ground. One concept that stuck with me was "preventing the bozo explosion".
几年前，我正在想办法如何让我开的第一家公司“步入正轨”。一个观念使我印象深刻：防止出现“庸才当道”的状况。
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过度依赖网络手机导致“数字失忆症”
自从有了智能手机和移动互联网，我们的脑子似乎越来越不好使了。两位数的加减法要用计算器，之前去过的地方，再去还是需要导航指路，身边好友和家人的手机号一个都记不住......
Digital amnesiarefers to the inability to remember basic things, such as telephone numbers, dates, how to get somewhere without a GPS, or how to do math without using a calculator, etc. as a result of over-reliance on mobile phones and the Internet for storing information.
“数字失忆症”指因为过度依赖手机和互联网储存信息而导致的基本记忆能力丧失，比如，连手机号码、约会日期等基本事项都记不住，没有导航就不知道怎么到达目的地，没有计算器就不会算术，等等。
Survey conducted by Kaspersky Lab showed that 91 percent of consumers can easily admit their dependency on the Internet and devices as a tool for remembering and an extension of their brain.

由卡巴斯基实验室进行的调查发现，91%的消费者坦承依赖互联网和数字设备作为记忆和大脑存储功能的延伸。
The findings also suggest that our inability to retain important information is due to the fact that we are handing over responsibility for remembering it to digital devices.
该调查结果也显示，我们无法记住重要信息是因为我们把记忆信息的功能都转移给了数字设备。
Almost half (44%) of survey participants say that their smartphone holds almost everything they need to know or recall.
接近一半（44%）的受调查者表示他们的智能手机里存储着他们需要记住的所有事项。
马路上的“行走短信族”
边看手机边走路，结果撞到电线杆上了，或者踩空了楼梯，或者撞上了对面来的行人......这样的情况，每天都在发生。可是，人们似乎并没有意识到这种行为的危险性，依然在走路时低头看手机，不看路。

他们自己并不觉得有什么可怕，但其实，他们的行为对自己和他人都有潜在危险。
A study conducted at the University of Buffalo last year found that distracted walking now accounts for more injuries per mile than distracted driving.
纽约州立大学布法罗分校去年的一项研究显示，走路时分神导致的伤者平均数量高于开车分神导致的伤者。
To help combat this dangerous trend, the AAOS suggests walking and using the phone only when absolutely necessary. If you do have headphones in, keep the volume low enough so you can still hear ambient noise around you. Also, if you need to make a call or send a text, move out of the flow of pedestrian traffic.
为了抵制这种危险的行为，美国骨科医师学会建议，除非必要，不要在走路时使用手机。如果走路用手机时戴着耳机，将音量调低，让自己能够听到周遭的声音。另外，如果你需要打电话或发送短信，请躲开人流。
钟情道路的“道路迷”

The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) announced an 18-month campaign to improve road safety across the country. One of the things DOT plans to do is create a guide to "road diets" that it will distribute to communities and local governments.
美国交通部公布了一项历时18个月，旨在改善全美道路安全的活动。美国交通部计划要做的其中一件事就是制作一本“道路瘦身”指南，并将其分发给各个社区和地方政府。
DOT says that road diets can reduce traffic crashes by an average of 29 percent, and that in some smaller towns the design approach can cut crashes nearly in half.
美国交通部公布称，道路瘦身可使平均交通事故发生量降低29%。在一些小型城市，这种设计方法可将事故数量减半。
Road diets have long been practiced in Europe and are more popular in peer cities like San Francisco and Seattle.

据悉，欧洲一直在进行道路瘦身，在洛杉矶和西雅图等新贵城市该规划更受欢迎。
环保又省力的“电动脚踏车”
在大城市里，堵车犹如家常便饭。不想被堵在路上，又不愿在地铁里人挤人？“电动脚踏车”是个既方便又环保的出行方式。
Pedelecrefers to a bicycle equipped with an electric motor that assists the rider's pedaling.
“电动脚踏车”指装有助力骑车人蹬车的电机的自行车。
该词是由pedal(脚踏车)和electric(电动的)组合而成的。
除了pedelec，其他常见装有小型电机的轻便式交通工具还有scooter(小轮摩托车)和electric bike(电动自行车)。

For example：
Previously, electric bikes and pedelecs — bicycles fitted with small motors — were required to share the road with cars, though the laws were decidedly fuzzy.
此前，当局要求装有小型电机的电动脚踏车和电动自行车与汽车共用车道，虽然法律对此的界定显然很模糊。
安心自己享乐的“绝世衰男”
他们没有远大的志向，没有稳定工作，只沉迷于自己小小的世界里，做自己喜欢的事情。在别人看来，他们可能是不折不扣的loser。与永远站在前端的alpha male不同，他们甘于人后，有颗不想长大的心。他们是omega male。
Omega is the last letter of the Greek alphabet. Anomega malethen is the "last" man. In essence, if you were to rank all the men in the world by their virtues (bravery, intelligence, leadership, generosity, etc.), an omega male altogether would be the worst, hence "last," of all men.

身边的“话唠”朋友
身边有没有这样的朋友？他们不说话就难受，一张口说话就停不下来，什么事他们都有话说。嗯，这些朋友大概就是说话成瘾，不说话难受的talkaholic吧。
Talkaholicis a person who takes great pleasure in talking. A talkaholic has trouble keeping quiet and listening when other people are around.
Talkaholic指很喜欢讲话并且乐在其中的人，也就是我们所说的“话唠”。一般有别人在场的时候，话唠就很难做到不发言听别人说话。
Similar words like workaholic and shopaholic are all ended with the same suffix -aholic, which means of an obsessive interest in something.
Workaholic（工作狂）和shopaholic（购物狂）这两个词与talkaholic一样都是以-aholic为后缀的，这个后缀表示对某事有极度的兴趣，或者对某事上瘾。
For example:
Jane was a talkaholic who gave everyone her opinion whether they asked for it or not.
简就是个话唠，不管别人是否愿意听，她都要发表她的意见。

Preparation matters too: try grilling them instead of boiling or steaming.
准备工作也很重要：试试烤菜，不要煮或蒸菜。
还等什么，想减肥又不爱吃菜的“主食控”和“食肉动物”赶紧行动起来，从寻找自己的“入门蔬菜”开始吧！

好棒！！！