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China to support couples having third child in response to aging

population

为应对人口老龄化，中国将支持一对夫妻生育三个孩子

China has officially further relaxed its family planning policy, supporting couples

that wish to have a third child, it was decided at a meeting of the Political

Bureau of Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee held on

Monday.

周一召开的中共中央政治局会议决定，中国正式进一步放宽计划生育政策，支持希望生育第三个孩子的夫妻。

The policy shift came not long after China's once-in-a-decade census, data from

which showed a decline in births in the world's most populous country. Per the

census, Chinese population grew at its slowest rate during the last decade

since the 1950s.

该政策的转变发生在中国十年一次的人口普查之后不久。人口普查数据显示，作为全球人口最多的国家，中国的人口出生率正在下降，中国近十年的人口增长速度降至自上世纪50年代以来的最低水平。

In 2016, China annulled the one-child policy, which had been imposed to halt a

population explosion in 1982, replacing it with a two-child limit. It was

acknowledged at the meeting that despite the two-child policy achieving

positive results, the aging of the population in China has deepened

in recent

years.

2016年，中国取消了1982年为遏制人口爆发式增长而实施的独生子女政策，取而代之的是二孩政策。会议承认，尽管二孩政策取得了积极成果，但近年来中国人口老龄化状况有所加剧。

Thus, it was determined that further optimizing the childbirth policy

and implementing the policy to allow couples to have three children with supportive measures will help improve China's population structure, actively

respond to the aging population and preserve the country's human resource

advantages.

因此，进一步优化生育政策，实施一对夫妻生育三个孩子的扶持措施，将有利于改善中国的人口结构，有利于积极应对人口老龄化问题，保持我国人力资源禀赋优势。

The key difference between the two-child limit, which failed to reverse China's

birth rate due to the high cost of raising children for urban couples, and the new

third-child policy is that the government now pays more attention to support

couples to have more kids

– the new childbirth rate policy will come along with

inclusive supportive measures, says Wei Nanzhi, research fellow from Institute

of American Studies, Chinese Academy of Social Science.

中国社会科学院美国研究所研究员魏南志表示，由于城市里抚养孩子成本高昂，二孩政策未能扭转中国出生率下降的趋势，新的三孩政策意味着“生育政策”将更加注重支持夫妻多生孩子——新的生育政策将伴随着包容性的支持措施。

At the meeting it was decided that all levels of government

should implement

complementary policies in supporting families that follow the

new childbirth policy, with

integrated consideration in marriage, childbirth,

parenting and education.

会议决定，各级政府要对实行新生育政策的家庭实施配套扶持政策，统筹兼顾婚姻、生育、育儿和教育等方面。

Measures will be taken to promote marriage and family values among

marriage-age young people and govern improper social marriage customs such

as costly betrothal gifts, it was determined at the meeting.

会议决定，将采取措施培养适婚青年的婚姻和家庭价值观，并整治不恰当的社会婚姻习俗，例如天价彩礼等。

Other complementary measures include improving the prenatal and postnatal

care services, childcare service system and education equity with the supply of high-quality educational resources, and reducing family education

expenditures.

其他补充措施包括改善产前和产后护理服务、托儿服务制度和教育公平，提供高质量的教育资源，并减少家庭教育支出。

The government will also enhance tax and housing policies, and protect the

legal rights of women in employment.

政府还将优化税收和住房政策，并保护妇女就业的合法权利。

(全文共368个词)

重难点词汇：

implement [ˈɪmplɪmənt] v. 实施；执行；实现

complementary [ˌkɑːmplɪˈmentri] adj. 补足的；互补的

integrate [ˈɪntɪɡreɪt] vt. 使…完整；使…结合

betrothal [bɪˈtroʊðl] n. 订婚；婚约

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How tea gets its flavour

茶的风味是如何形成的？

Micro-organisms play a bigger part in tea-making than was realised

微生物在制茶过程中所起的作用比人们想象的要大

Tea is familiar around the world. People drink more than 2bn cups of it each and

every day. Even so, it can pull surprises, as Ali Inayat Mallano and Jeffrey Bennetzen of

Anhui Agricultural University, in China, have just shown.

茶叶在世界各地都很常见。人们每天要喝超过20亿杯茶。即便如此，正如安徽农业大学的阿里·伊纳亚特·马拉诺和杰弗里·贝内岑最近所展示的那样，它也能带来惊喜。

Tea producers long assumed that the flavours of the most widely drunk varieties

of this beverage, so-called black teas like Darjeeling, Assam and English Breakfast, were

a consequence of some of the chemicals in tea leaves being oxidised while those leaves

were being dried.

长期以来，茶叶生产商一直认为，最受欢迎的茶叶品种——红茶（如大吉岭红茶、阿萨姆红茶和英式早餐红茶）的风味是茶叶中的一些化学物质在干燥过程中被氧化的结果。

Dr Mallano and Dr Bennetzen suspected, however, that, like the flavours of more

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How Long Does a Bottle of Wine Generally Last Once It's Opened?

葡萄酒开瓶后一般能放多久？

There are many stuffy rules about wine, from the type of container it should come in

to how expensive it should be. One common myth is that a bottle of wine should be

fully consumed the same day it's opened.

从盛酒的器具到酒的价格，关于葡萄酒有着很多传统讲究。一个常见的误区是，一瓶葡萄酒应该在开瓶当天喝完。

While it's true that vino does start to oxidize the moment the cork comes out, that's

no reason to guzzle a liter of it all by yourself, or pour your leftover liquid down the

drain. According to Bon Appétit, an open bottle of wine is still good for several days—as long as you know how to store it properly.

虽然葡萄酒确实在打开瓶塞的那一刻就开始氧化了，但你没有必要因此一个人喝完一瓶，或是把剩下的酒倒进下水道。根据美食杂志《好胃口》的说法，只要保存方式得当，一瓶打开过的葡萄酒仍然可以放好几天。

If you pop open a new bottle of cabernet just to have a glass or two, hold onto the

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I want to break free

我要打破枷锁

Singapore’s thirty-somethings are leaving home

新加坡30多岁的年轻人正在搬出家门

From one perspective, Singapore is a singleton’s paradise. Young adults can often live

rent-free, waited on by doting servants, in exchange for little more than an occasional

hug.

从某种角度来看，新加坡是单身人士的天堂。刚成年的年轻人不用担心没地方住，能够得到宠溺仆人般的照顾，而作为交换只需偶尔付出几个拥抱。

The secret of this cushy lifestyle is to live with one’s parents, as many Singaporeans do

well into their 30s. They are encouraged by the government, which is fond of extolling

family values.

这种轻松生活方式的秘诀就是和父母住在一起，就像许多已经30多岁的新加坡人那样。他们受到了乐于宣扬家庭价值观的政府的鼓励。

Housing policy makes it difficult for young people to untie the apron-strings, argues

Wei-Jun Jean Yeung of the National University of Singapore. Almost 80% of

Singaporeans live in subsidised public housing. They do not become eligible for a flat

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The strange death of the salutation

邮件问候语最好不要省

Last week a friend asked me a question I should have been able to answer straight

away.

上周，有位朋友问了我一个问题，我本该能够立刻回答他的。

Because it was close to the end of the UK tax year on April 5, he had to write a

grovelling letter to Her Majesty’s Revenue & Customs.

英国纳税年度于4月5日终止，由于终止日临近，他不得不向英国税务海关总署(HMRC)写了一封低声下气的信。

He had no way of knowing which tax official would see the letter, but he was sure

the document should be faultlessly polite, which is why he asked: “Should I start it with

‘To Whom It May Concern’? Or does no one write that any more?”

他无从得知哪位税务官员会看到这封信，但他确信这封信应该十分礼貌、让人挑不出一点错，所以他才会问：“我该用‘敬启者’(To Whom It May Concern)开头吗？还是已经没人这样写了？”

At first I thought of telling him: goest ahead with thy ye olde salutation. Using it

might suggest he was of a certain age, and hopelessly past it, modern life-wise - but