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性格決定外表

If you exhibit positive traits such as honesty and helpfulness， the chances are that you will be perceived as a good looking person， for a new study has found that the perception of physical attractiveness is influenced by a person's personality. The study found that people who exhibit negative traits， such as unfairness and rudeness， appear to be less physically attractive to observers.如果你表現出誠實和樂于助人等美好品質，那么別人會覺得你的外表也很迷人。一項最新研究發現，一個人的性格會影響別人對他或她的外表吸引力的看法。該項研究發現，人們認為，表現出不誠實和粗魯等惡劣品質的人外表也不夠吸引人。

瑞士男子駕“太陽能的士”環游世界

Swiss national Louis Palmer fulfilled a childhood dream when he set off from his home country， traveling over desert， city and sea in 17 countries by a \"solar taxi\" to reach UN Climate Change Conference in Bali， Indonesia. 瑞士男子路易斯·帕爾莫終于圓了他兒時的一個夢。他駕駛一輛“太陽能出租車”從瑞士出發，穿越了沙漠、城市和海洋，途經17個國家，最終抵達印度尼西亞的巴厘島，參加在此召開的聯合國氣候變化大會。

每天交談10分鐘有助于提高記憶

A team of US psychologists have found that talking to another person for 10 minutes a day improves memory. It is said: \"socializing was just as effective as more traditional kinds of mental exercise in boosting memory and intellectual performance.\"美國心理學家近日發現，每天與人交談10分鐘能夠提高記憶力。據說：“社會交往與傳統的思維訓練方式對于提高記憶力和智力表現具有同樣效果。”

國際犀?；饡Bay拍賣犀牛糞

The International Rhino Foundation is auctioning on eBay four pieces of dung from the endangered species and will use the proceeds to fund conservation efforts. The pieces come from four of the five types of rhino: white， black， Indian and Sumatran. The Javan rhino is so rare that a sample could not be collected.國際犀牛基金會目前正在eBay上拍賣4塊犀牛糞，拍賣所得將用于保護這一瀕危物種。這4塊糞便產自4種不同的犀牛，分別是白犀牛、黑犀牛、印度犀牛和蘇門答臘犀牛。由于爪哇犀牛十分稀有，因此未能收集到這種犀牛的糞便樣本。

日本油價飆升殃及學生午餐

Soaring oil prices are having an impact on an unlikely place-on school dinners in Japan. A school in Yokohama near Tokyo has decided to cancel school dinners for two days on account of the recent spike in oil prices， media reports.在日本，油價飛漲正在你想不到的地方產生影響，那就是學校的伙食供應。據報道，由于近期油價飆升，位于東京附近橫濱市的一所學校決定取消兩天的伙食供應。

◆編輯：Nina