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1、Many people believe that they will be happy once they arrive at some specific goal they set for themselves. However, more often than not, once you arrive " there" you will still feel dissatisfied, and move your " there" vision to yet another point in the future. By always chasing after another "there," you are never really appreciating what you already have right "here." It is important for human beings to keep soberminded about the age-old drive to look beyond the place where you now stand. On one hand, your life is enhanced by your dreams and aspirations. On the other hand, these drives can pull you farther and farther from your enjoyment of your life right now. By learning the lessons of gratitude and abundance, you can bring yourself closer to fulfilling the challenge of living in the present.
许多人都相信，一旦他们达到了自己所设定的某个特定目标，他们就会开心、快乐。然而事实往往是，当你到达彼岸时，你还是不知足、不满意，而且又有了新的彼岸--新的幻想和憧憬。由于你总是疲于追逐一个又一个的彼岸，你从未真正欣赏、珍惜你已经拥有的一切。不安于现状的欲望人皆有之，由来已久，但重要的是要对它保持清醒的头脑。一方面，你的生活因为梦想和渴望而更加精彩。另一方面，这些欲望又使你越来越不懂得珍惜和享受现在拥有的生活。假如你能懂得感恩，学会知足，你就接近实现生活在现实中提出的要求。
2、Alan and Linda always dreamed of living "the good life." Both from poor working-class families, they married young and set out to fulfill their mutual goal of becoming wealthy. They both worked very hard for years, amassing a small fortune, so they could move from their two-bedroom home to a palatial seven-bedroom home in the most upscale neighborhood. They focused their energies on accumulating all the things they believed signified abundance: membership in the local exclusive country club, luxury cars, designer clothing, and high-class society friends. No matter how much they accumulated, however, it never seemed to be enough. They were unable to erase the deep fear of scarcity both had acquired in childhood. They needed to learn the lesson of abundance. Then the stock market crashed in 1987, and Alan and Linda lost a considerable amount of money. A bizarre but costly lawsuit depleted another huge portion of their savings. One thing led to another, and they found themselves in a financial disaster. Assets needed to be sold, and eventually they lost the country club membership, the cars, and the house. It took several years and much hard work for Alan and Linda to land on their feet, and though they now live a life far from extravagant, they have taken stock of their lives and feel quite blessed. Only now, as they assess what they have left -- a solid, loving marriage, their health, a dependable income, and good friends -- do they realize that true abundance comes not from amassing, but rather from appreciating.
艾伦和琳达都来自贫苦的工人家庭，都一直梦想着过上"好日子"。他们早早地成了家，然后就开始为他们共同的致富目标奋斗。他们拼命工作了好几年，终于积攒了一笔钱，从两居室搬到了一套坐落在最高档街区的富丽堂皇的七居室大房子。此后，他们费尽心思去积聚那些他们认为是代表富足的东西：当地惟一的一家乡村俱乐部的会员资格、豪华汽车、名牌服装，以及上流社会的朋友。但是，不论他们积聚了多少，似乎永远难以满足。他们俩谁都无法消除小时侯对贫穷的刻骨铭心的恐惧。其实，他们就需要学会知足常乐这一课。1987年，股市遭受重创，艾伦和琳达损失惨重。祸不单行，一场莫名其妙的昂贵的官司又耗尽了他们的一大笔积蓄，这一切使他们陷入了经济困境。他们不得不变卖家产，最后他们丢掉了乡村俱乐部的会员资格，失去了汽车和房子。艾伦和琳达努力奋斗了好几年才从困境中走出来。现在他们的生活毫不奢华，但是他们是自己生活的主宰，幸福而又知足。只有在这时，他们才掂量着那些尚未失去的东西，如稳固相爱的婚姻、健康的身体、可靠的收入、真正的朋友等等，他们终于认识到，真正的富足不是来自财富的积聚，而是来自对所拥有的一切的珍视
3、Once learning stops, vegetation sets in. It is a common fallacy to regard school as the only workshop for the acquisition of knowledge. On the contrary, learning should be a never-ending process, from the cradle to the grave. With the world ever changing so fast, the cease from learning for just a few days will make a person lag behind. What's worse, the animalistic instinct dormant deep in our subconsciousness will come to life, weakening our will to pursue our noble ideal, sapping our determination to sweep away obstacles to our success and strangling our desire for the refinement of our character. Lack of learning will inevitably lead to the stagnation of the mind, or even worse, its fossilization, Therefore, to stay mentally young, we have to take learning as a lifelong career.
一旦学习停止，单调贫乏的生活就开始了。视学校为汲取知识的唯一场所是种常见的谬误。相反地，学习应该是一种无终止的历程，从生到死。由于世界一直快速地在变动，只要学习停顿数日就将使人落后。更糟的是，蛰伏在我们潜意识深处的兽性本能就会复活，削弱我们追求高贵理想的意志，弱化我们扫除成功障碍的决心，而且扼杀我们净化我们人格的欲望。缺少学习将不可避免地导致心灵的停滞，甚至更糟地，使其僵化。因此，为了保持心理年轻，我们必须将学习当作一生的事业。
许多人都相信，一旦他们达到了自己所设定的某个特定目标，他们就会开心、快乐。然而事实往往是，当你到达彼岸时，你还是不知足、不满意，而且又有了新的彼岸--新的幻想和憧憬。由于你总是疲于追逐一个又一个的彼岸，你从未真正欣赏、珍惜你已经拥有的一切。不安于现状的欲望人皆有之，由来已久，但重要的是要对它保持清醒的头脑。一方面，你的生活因为梦想和渴望而更加精彩。另一方面，这些欲望又使你越来越不懂得珍惜和享受现在拥有的生活。假如你能懂得感恩，学会知足，你就接近实现生活在现实中提出的要求。
2、Alan and Linda always dreamed of living "the good life." Both from poor working-class families, they married young and set out to fulfill their mutual goal of becoming wealthy. They both worked very hard for years, amassing a small fortune, so they could move from their two-bedroom home to a palatial seven-bedroom home in the most upscale neighborhood. They focused their energies on accumulating all the things they believed signified abundance: membership in the local exclusive country club, luxury cars, designer clothing, and high-class society friends. No matter how much they accumulated, however, it never seemed to be enough. They were unable to erase the deep fear of scarcity both had acquired in childhood. They needed to learn the lesson of abundance. Then the stock market crashed in 1987, and Alan and Linda lost a considerable amount of money. A bizarre but costly lawsuit depleted another huge portion of their savings. One thing led to another, and they found themselves in a financial disaster. Assets needed to be sold, and eventually they lost the country club membership, the cars, and the house. It took several years and much hard work for Alan and Linda to land on their feet, and though they now live a life far from extravagant, they have taken stock of their lives and feel quite blessed. Only now, as they assess what they have left -- a solid, loving marriage, their health, a dependable income, and good friends -- do they realize that true abundance comes not from amassing, but rather from appreciating.
艾伦和琳达都来自贫苦的工人家庭，都一直梦想着过上"好日子"。他们早早地成了家，然后就开始为他们共同的致富目标奋斗。他们拼命工作了好几年，终于积攒了一笔钱，从两居室搬到了一套坐落在最高档街区的富丽堂皇的七居室大房子。此后，他们费尽心思去积聚那些他们认为是代表富足的东西：当地惟一的一家乡村俱乐部的会员资格、豪华汽车、名牌服装，以及上流社会的朋友。但是，不论他们积聚了多少，似乎永远难以满足。他们俩谁都无法消除小时侯对贫穷的刻骨铭心的恐惧。其实，他们就需要学会知足常乐这一课。1987年，股市遭受重创，艾伦和琳达损失惨重。祸不单行，一场莫名其妙的昂贵的官司又耗尽了他们的一大笔积蓄，这一切使他们陷入了经济困境。他们不得不变卖家产，最后他们丢掉了乡村俱乐部的会员资格，失去了汽车和房子。艾伦和琳达努力奋斗了好几年才从困境中走出来。现在他们的生活毫不奢华，但是他们是自己生活的主宰，幸福而又知足。只有在这时，他们才掂量着那些尚未失去的东西，如稳固相爱的婚姻、健康的身体、可靠的收入、真正的朋友等等，他们终于认识到，真正的富足不是来自财富的积聚，而是来自对所拥有的一切的珍视
3、Once learning stops, vegetation sets in. It is a common fallacy to regard school as the only workshop for the acquisition of knowledge. On the contrary, learning should be a never-ending process, from the cradle to the grave. With the world ever changing so fast, the cease from learning for just a few days will make a person lag behind. What's worse, the animalistic instinct dormant deep in our subconsciousness will come to life, weakening our will to pursue our noble ideal, sapping our determination to sweep away obstacles to our success and strangling our desire for the refinement of our character. Lack of learning will inevitably lead to the stagnation of the mind, or even worse, its fossilization, Therefore, to stay mentally young, we have to take learning as a lifelong career.
一旦学习停止，单调贫乏的生活就开始了。视学校为汲取知识的唯一场所是种常见的谬误。相反地，学习应该是一种无终止的历程，从生到死。由于世界一直快速地在变动，只要学习停顿数日就将使人落后。更糟的是，蛰伏在我们潜意识深处的兽性本能就会复活，削弱我们追求高贵理想的意志，弱化我们扫除成功障碍的决心，而且扼杀我们净化我们人格的欲望。缺少学习将不可避免地导致心灵的停滞，甚至更糟地，使其僵化。因此，为了保持心理年轻，我们必须将学习当作一生的事业。
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How dolphins may use a mathematical trick to find fish - life - 18 July 2012 - New Scientist 文章出自：NewScientist How dolphins may use a mathematical trick to find fish
The trick used by the dolphins could inspire improved sea mine detection (Image: Tobias Bernhard/Getty Images)
At first glance, blowing a bubble net to trap sardines is not the smartest move a dolphin can make. Bubbles reflect sonar signals better than sardines do, rendering the fish invisible and giving them a chance to escape.
But mathematical tricks can get around this, and dolphins may naturally use them to locate the fishy signal amid the bubbles.
Timothy Leighton at the University of Southampton, UK, and his colleagues generated dolphin-like sonar clicks in a tank containing a "fish" – a small steel sphere – hiding in a bubble cloud.
Dolphins vary the amplitude of their clicks, Leighton says, so he gave every second click a weaker amplitude than the first. Mimicking what might go on in the dolphin brain, he then amplified the echo from the weaker click to bring it up to the same level as the stronger click.
This made the two echoes from the steel sphere identical. But because even a weak sonar click bounces strongly off bubbles, amplifying the weaker echo made the bubble signal stand out even more than it did in the stronger click. Leighton used that fact to distinguish the steel sphere from the bubbles.
Human sonar operators could apply the trick to detect weak signals from sea mines in choppy, shallow waters. Sonar systems are designed to find submarines in deep, bubble-free water and are less effective in the shallows. "Developing sonar that can see sea mines in these conditions is important, " says Leighton.
海豚是如何应用数学知识捕鱼的
初看起来，吹出一堆气泡来困住沙丁鱼并非海豚能够采用的最聪明的策略。因为气泡比沙丁鱼更容易反射声纳信号，因此气泡会使海豚“看不见”沙丁鱼从而让沙丁鱼有逃跑的机会。
但是应用数学上的技巧可以弥补这一漏洞。海豚可能天生就会应用这一技巧，能确定被气泡包围的鱼返回的声纳信号。
英国南安普顿大学的蒂姆斯 ·莱顿和他的同事们在一个水箱里制造出类似于海豚发出的咔嗒声声纳信号，水箱里有一条鱼（其实是一个小钢球），藏在一堆气泡中。
莱顿说，海豚在发出咔嗒声时会改变这些声波的振幅，因此他将生成的声波信号幅度递减，每次咔嗒声的幅度都比上次减弱。为模仿海豚大脑可能进行的工作，他将弱信号返回的回声放大，使其达到强信号回声的水平。
这使得从金属球返回的两个回声并无差异。但是由于即使是弱信号也会被气泡强烈的反射，因此放大弱信号的回声，就会使弱信号回声强度超过强信号回声，从而可以将气泡返回的信号分辨出来。莱顿利用这个现象将金属球和气泡区分开来。
由于海洋的浅水区波浪较多，因此声纳操作员可以使用这一技巧，来检测出浅水区中的水雷。之前的声纳系统主要是用来发现无气泡的深海区中的潜艇，这些声纳在浅水区中效率低下。莱顿说：“改进声纳，使得它可以发现浅水中的水雷，这非常重要。”
How White Guys Lost Their Stranglehold on the Olympic Games - Derek Thompson - The Atlantic
A quadrennial sports event does not tell you everything you need to know about the last century in global economics. But a 116-year study of Olympic podiums tells us more than you'd think.
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In 1896, in the first modern Olympic games, in Athens, 40 of the 43 golds were won by countries in Europe or the United States. The games were nominally international, but the podium was utterly dominated by European men and their friends in the former British colonies.
Even in the 1960 games, non-European/non-Australian/non-American teams combined for only nine total medals. Italy alone accounted for 80. The US, the UK, and Germany accounted for another 110, together. Women's share of the athlete pool was still under 20%.
But by 2008, the world had changed dramatically, and the medal count reflected it. This time, China led the world in gold medals. Korea was 7th. Japan was 8th. (Italy had fallen to 9th.)
A quadrennial sports event does not tell you everything you need to know about the global economy, but the Olympic podiums tell us quite a bit. It tells the story of how what we consider the old "developed" -- i.e.: the G7 -- has lost share of world domination to emerging countries, such as the BRICs and the larger N11. This graph, from a Goldman Sachs report on the economics of the Olympics, tells the story of how the world caught up in the world games.
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In what sports have poorer countries caught up the fastest? Goldman answers that question, too, with a fun graphic on emerging economies dominating some sports like weightlifting, gymnastics, and diving, while struggling to compete in swimming and rowing especially.
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Finally, my favorite picture from the report shows women's rising share of total athletes. Just as the economic development of non-European countries meant they could afford to develop and train their people for the Olympics' particular set of skills, the coinciding ascendance of women's rights also changed the Olympic games from an all-male intra-European track-and-field meet to a true world event.
数据变迁中的奥运会
1896年第一届现代奥运会在雅典举行，共产生43枚金牌，其中的40枚由来自欧洲或者美国的选手获得。号称国际大型赛事，那时候的奥运会其实只是欧洲或前英国殖民地（美国或澳大利亚）男性运动员们的天下。
1960年的奥运会上，来自欧洲、澳大利亚或美国以外的选手只获得了9枚奖牌；而意大利独得80枚奖牌；美国、英国和德国瓜分了另外110枚奖牌。这届比赛中只有20%的选手是女性。
但是，到了2008年，奥运赛场上发生了天翻地覆的变化；中国在金牌榜上遥遥领先，韩国和日本分别排在第7和第8，意大利已经跌至第9。
四年一度的奥运会比赛跟全球经济形势关系不大，不过，奥运领奖台上的变化还是能透露出一些端倪。属于G7集团的几个老牌发达国家逐渐衰落，而“金砖四国”正在取而代之，被列入N11的一些国家也正在崛起。
下面是高盛的奥运经济形势图：
下面这张图显示了经济比较落后的国家发展得最快的体育项目，这些发展中国家往往在举重，体操，跳水这些项目中占优，但是在游泳、赛艇等项目上少有收获：
下面这张图显示了女运动员在奥运会上的地位越来越重要。正如这些年欧美之外的国家的经济发展带动了体育水平的提高，全球范围内女性地位的提高也打破了曾经由欧美男性白人选手一统天下的局面；如今的奥运会成为了真正的国际赛事。
减少你能源消耗量的10条途径
Energy is one of those things that we take for granted. Our whole economy is based on the availability of energy that we use in our homes, cars and offices every day. Yet, our use of energy has a huge impact on our planet. Worldwide, energy use contributes practically two thirds of greenhouse gas emissions, and therefore contributes to climate change.
Currently, we rely mostly on fossil fuels (oil, gas and coal) to meet our energy needs. This is unsustainable. We must make a transition from our current fossil fuel-based energy system to one predominantly based on renewable energy, which will reduce our emissions and protect our brilliant world.
A key way in which we can reduce our impact on the environment is by changing a few of our habits and encouraging others to do the same. There are many steps we as individuals can take – from showing those in power that we care about climate change to caring for the environment by reducing our individual impacts.
Here are some simple tips on how to reduce your energy footprint:
Buy energy efficient electricity appliances and look out for the Energy Saving Trust Recommended logo.
Switch off appliances when you are not using them. Households are thought to spend about 8% of their electricity bill simply by powering appliances in standby.
Heating and hot water use up to 60% of the average UK household fuel bill – so try to shorten showers and turn the thermostat down by one degree.
Wash your clothes at 30 degrees instead of 40 degrees. It will be just as effective!
Switch to energy-saving light bulbs. In the UK, lighting accounts for roughly 20% of household energy bills.
Recycle. UK recycling saves more than 18 million tonnes of carbon dioxide a year, the equivalent of taking 5 million cars off the road.
About a quarter of your energy bill could be lost (literally) through the roof, so insulating it makes a lot of sense.
Installing cavity wall insulation is a quick and easy job that can really make a difference.
Plugging in the little gaps (like the one under your door) from where heat can slip away is another great way of doing your bit, and using a draught excluder is another simple great idea.
Finally why not take a quick quiz to estimate the impact your actions are having on the planet. It might kick-start you into action!
WWF’s Earth Hour is another perfect opportunity to engage with the impacts we have on the planet, and as the world’s largest participation event (last year hundreds of millions of people across 135 countries took part), it carries a powerful message. And all you have to do is switch the lights off for one hour on 31 March at 8.30pm.
But it’s not about saving electricity. It’s about realising that the actions we take, from the way we travel to work to the food we buy, have a direct impact on our planet. And we all depend on our amazing planet and need to look after it – not just for an hour a year, but every day.
能源是我们正关注的事情之一。我们的整个经济都建立在我们在家里、汽车上和办公室里使用的能源的可靠性的基础上。然而，我们对能源的消耗对地球的影响很大。全世界能源消耗对温室气体排放的贡献达三分之二，进而对气候变化造成很大的影响。
近年来，我们主要依赖于化石燃料（石油、天然气和煤炭）来满足我们的能源需求，这是不可持续的。我们必须将目前的主要以化石燃料为基础的能源结构转向主要依靠可再生能源的能源结构，才能减少温室气体排放和保护我们的五彩缤纷的世界。
我们减少对环境的不利影响的一个关键是改变一些生活习惯并鼓励他人也采取同样行动。我们个人可以采取许多步骤——从向当权者表明我们关注气候变化到降低我们个人的不良影响。
以下是一些简单的降低你的能源足迹的小窍门：
购买高能效家电，注意是否带有节能信托组织推荐的标志。
电器不用时，关掉它们。仅仅家电待机使用一项，家庭可能就消耗了8%的电量。
平均每个英国家庭60%的燃料账单是采暖和烧热水消耗的——所以缩短洗澡时间，将暖气调低1度。将洗衣服温度从40度降低至30度吧，其实洗衣效率是一样的。
改用节能灯。英国照明用掉了20%的能源。
循环使用。在英国，循环使用减少了二氧化碳排放量超过1800万吨，相当于马路上减少了500万辆小汽车。
你的能源消耗的四分之一会从屋顶流失，所以做好隔热将可以很顶事。
采用空心墙是一个快捷简易的管用的方法。
堵塞热量流失的空洞（象门下的缝隙）是另一种方式，使用防风条是另一种简单管用的主意。
最后，何不来一个简单的测试看一下你的行动队地球的影响，它将激励你更好地行动。
WWF的地球一小时是另一种很好的机会有助于降低我们对地球的影响，作为地球上最多人参与的行动（去年超过135个国家几亿人口参与），它将传达一个强烈的信息。你要做的就是在5月31日晚上8:30熄灯一小时。
但它无关于节电。我们这一行动使我们认识到，从我们去上班，购买食物等，都对我们的星球有影响。我们所有人都依赖于我们的米人的星球，我们需要照顾她——不是仅仅每年一小时，而是每天。
还要么？
The trick used by the dolphins could inspire improved sea mine detection (Image: Tobias Bernhard/Getty Images)
At first glance, blowing a bubble net to trap sardines is not the smartest move a dolphin can make. Bubbles reflect sonar signals better than sardines do, rendering the fish invisible and giving them a chance to escape.
But mathematical tricks can get around this, and dolphins may naturally use them to locate the fishy signal amid the bubbles.
Timothy Leighton at the University of Southampton, UK, and his colleagues generated dolphin-like sonar clicks in a tank containing a "fish" – a small steel sphere – hiding in a bubble cloud.
Dolphins vary the amplitude of their clicks, Leighton says, so he gave every second click a weaker amplitude than the first. Mimicking what might go on in the dolphin brain, he then amplified the echo from the weaker click to bring it up to the same level as the stronger click.
This made the two echoes from the steel sphere identical. But because even a weak sonar click bounces strongly off bubbles, amplifying the weaker echo made the bubble signal stand out even more than it did in the stronger click. Leighton used that fact to distinguish the steel sphere from the bubbles.
Human sonar operators could apply the trick to detect weak signals from sea mines in choppy, shallow waters. Sonar systems are designed to find submarines in deep, bubble-free water and are less effective in the shallows. "Developing sonar that can see sea mines in these conditions is important, " says Leighton.
海豚是如何应用数学知识捕鱼的
初看起来，吹出一堆气泡来困住沙丁鱼并非海豚能够采用的最聪明的策略。因为气泡比沙丁鱼更容易反射声纳信号，因此气泡会使海豚“看不见”沙丁鱼从而让沙丁鱼有逃跑的机会。
但是应用数学上的技巧可以弥补这一漏洞。海豚可能天生就会应用这一技巧，能确定被气泡包围的鱼返回的声纳信号。
英国南安普顿大学的蒂姆斯 ·莱顿和他的同事们在一个水箱里制造出类似于海豚发出的咔嗒声声纳信号，水箱里有一条鱼（其实是一个小钢球），藏在一堆气泡中。
莱顿说，海豚在发出咔嗒声时会改变这些声波的振幅，因此他将生成的声波信号幅度递减，每次咔嗒声的幅度都比上次减弱。为模仿海豚大脑可能进行的工作，他将弱信号返回的回声放大，使其达到强信号回声的水平。
这使得从金属球返回的两个回声并无差异。但是由于即使是弱信号也会被气泡强烈的反射，因此放大弱信号的回声，就会使弱信号回声强度超过强信号回声，从而可以将气泡返回的信号分辨出来。莱顿利用这个现象将金属球和气泡区分开来。
由于海洋的浅水区波浪较多，因此声纳操作员可以使用这一技巧，来检测出浅水区中的水雷。之前的声纳系统主要是用来发现无气泡的深海区中的潜艇，这些声纳在浅水区中效率低下。莱顿说：“改进声纳，使得它可以发现浅水中的水雷，这非常重要。”
How White Guys Lost Their Stranglehold on the Olympic Games - Derek Thompson - The Atlantic
A quadrennial sports event does not tell you everything you need to know about the last century in global economics. But a 116-year study of Olympic podiums tells us more than you'd think.
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In 1896, in the first modern Olympic games, in Athens, 40 of the 43 golds were won by countries in Europe or the United States. The games were nominally international, but the podium was utterly dominated by European men and their friends in the former British colonies.
Even in the 1960 games, non-European/non-Australian/non-American teams combined for only nine total medals. Italy alone accounted for 80. The US, the UK, and Germany accounted for another 110, together. Women's share of the athlete pool was still under 20%.
But by 2008, the world had changed dramatically, and the medal count reflected it. This time, China led the world in gold medals. Korea was 7th. Japan was 8th. (Italy had fallen to 9th.)
A quadrennial sports event does not tell you everything you need to know about the global economy, but the Olympic podiums tell us quite a bit. It tells the story of how what we consider the old "developed" -- i.e.: the G7 -- has lost share of world domination to emerging countries, such as the BRICs and the larger N11. This graph, from a Goldman Sachs report on the economics of the Olympics, tells the story of how the world caught up in the world games.
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In what sports have poorer countries caught up the fastest? Goldman answers that question, too, with a fun graphic on emerging economies dominating some sports like weightlifting, gymnastics, and diving, while struggling to compete in swimming and rowing especially.
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Finally, my favorite picture from the report shows women's rising share of total athletes. Just as the economic development of non-European countries meant they could afford to develop and train their people for the Olympics' particular set of skills, the coinciding ascendance of women's rights also changed the Olympic games from an all-male intra-European track-and-field meet to a true world event.
数据变迁中的奥运会
1896年第一届现代奥运会在雅典举行，共产生43枚金牌，其中的40枚由来自欧洲或者美国的选手获得。号称国际大型赛事，那时候的奥运会其实只是欧洲或前英国殖民地（美国或澳大利亚）男性运动员们的天下。
1960年的奥运会上，来自欧洲、澳大利亚或美国以外的选手只获得了9枚奖牌；而意大利独得80枚奖牌；美国、英国和德国瓜分了另外110枚奖牌。这届比赛中只有20%的选手是女性。
但是，到了2008年，奥运赛场上发生了天翻地覆的变化；中国在金牌榜上遥遥领先，韩国和日本分别排在第7和第8，意大利已经跌至第9。
四年一度的奥运会比赛跟全球经济形势关系不大，不过，奥运领奖台上的变化还是能透露出一些端倪。属于G7集团的几个老牌发达国家逐渐衰落，而“金砖四国”正在取而代之，被列入N11的一些国家也正在崛起。
下面是高盛的奥运经济形势图：
下面这张图显示了经济比较落后的国家发展得最快的体育项目，这些发展中国家往往在举重，体操，跳水这些项目中占优，但是在游泳、赛艇等项目上少有收获：
下面这张图显示了女运动员在奥运会上的地位越来越重要。正如这些年欧美之外的国家的经济发展带动了体育水平的提高，全球范围内女性地位的提高也打破了曾经由欧美男性白人选手一统天下的局面；如今的奥运会成为了真正的国际赛事。
减少你能源消耗量的10条途径
Energy is one of those things that we take for granted. Our whole economy is based on the availability of energy that we use in our homes, cars and offices every day. Yet, our use of energy has a huge impact on our planet. Worldwide, energy use contributes practically two thirds of greenhouse gas emissions, and therefore contributes to climate change.
Currently, we rely mostly on fossil fuels (oil, gas and coal) to meet our energy needs. This is unsustainable. We must make a transition from our current fossil fuel-based energy system to one predominantly based on renewable energy, which will reduce our emissions and protect our brilliant world.
A key way in which we can reduce our impact on the environment is by changing a few of our habits and encouraging others to do the same. There are many steps we as individuals can take – from showing those in power that we care about climate change to caring for the environment by reducing our individual impacts.
Here are some simple tips on how to reduce your energy footprint:
Buy energy efficient electricity appliances and look out for the Energy Saving Trust Recommended logo.
Switch off appliances when you are not using them. Households are thought to spend about 8% of their electricity bill simply by powering appliances in standby.
Heating and hot water use up to 60% of the average UK household fuel bill – so try to shorten showers and turn the thermostat down by one degree.
Wash your clothes at 30 degrees instead of 40 degrees. It will be just as effective!
Switch to energy-saving light bulbs. In the UK, lighting accounts for roughly 20% of household energy bills.
Recycle. UK recycling saves more than 18 million tonnes of carbon dioxide a year, the equivalent of taking 5 million cars off the road.
About a quarter of your energy bill could be lost (literally) through the roof, so insulating it makes a lot of sense.
Installing cavity wall insulation is a quick and easy job that can really make a difference.
Plugging in the little gaps (like the one under your door) from where heat can slip away is another great way of doing your bit, and using a draught excluder is another simple great idea.
Finally why not take a quick quiz to estimate the impact your actions are having on the planet. It might kick-start you into action!
WWF’s Earth Hour is another perfect opportunity to engage with the impacts we have on the planet, and as the world’s largest participation event (last year hundreds of millions of people across 135 countries took part), it carries a powerful message. And all you have to do is switch the lights off for one hour on 31 March at 8.30pm.
But it’s not about saving electricity. It’s about realising that the actions we take, from the way we travel to work to the food we buy, have a direct impact on our planet. And we all depend on our amazing planet and need to look after it – not just for an hour a year, but every day.
能源是我们正关注的事情之一。我们的整个经济都建立在我们在家里、汽车上和办公室里使用的能源的可靠性的基础上。然而，我们对能源的消耗对地球的影响很大。全世界能源消耗对温室气体排放的贡献达三分之二，进而对气候变化造成很大的影响。
近年来，我们主要依赖于化石燃料（石油、天然气和煤炭）来满足我们的能源需求，这是不可持续的。我们必须将目前的主要以化石燃料为基础的能源结构转向主要依靠可再生能源的能源结构，才能减少温室气体排放和保护我们的五彩缤纷的世界。
我们减少对环境的不利影响的一个关键是改变一些生活习惯并鼓励他人也采取同样行动。我们个人可以采取许多步骤——从向当权者表明我们关注气候变化到降低我们个人的不良影响。
以下是一些简单的降低你的能源足迹的小窍门：
购买高能效家电，注意是否带有节能信托组织推荐的标志。
电器不用时，关掉它们。仅仅家电待机使用一项，家庭可能就消耗了8%的电量。
平均每个英国家庭60%的燃料账单是采暖和烧热水消耗的——所以缩短洗澡时间，将暖气调低1度。将洗衣服温度从40度降低至30度吧，其实洗衣效率是一样的。
改用节能灯。英国照明用掉了20%的能源。
循环使用。在英国，循环使用减少了二氧化碳排放量超过1800万吨，相当于马路上减少了500万辆小汽车。
你的能源消耗的四分之一会从屋顶流失，所以做好隔热将可以很顶事。
采用空心墙是一个快捷简易的管用的方法。
堵塞热量流失的空洞（象门下的缝隙）是另一种方式，使用防风条是另一种简单管用的主意。
最后，何不来一个简单的测试看一下你的行动队地球的影响，它将激励你更好地行动。
WWF的地球一小时是另一种很好的机会有助于降低我们对地球的影响，作为地球上最多人参与的行动（去年超过135个国家几亿人口参与），它将传达一个强烈的信息。你要做的就是在5月31日晚上8:30熄灯一小时。
但它无关于节电。我们这一行动使我们认识到，从我们去上班，购买食物等，都对我们的星球有影响。我们所有人都依赖于我们的米人的星球，我们需要照顾她——不是仅仅每年一小时，而是每天。
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