我们生活在日新月异、变化万千的世界。科技及经济的发展使得世界成为一个地球村。不同文化的碰撞也产生了新的观念。《英语睡前5分钟:我们的世界》精选80篇精美文章,内容涉及最新科技热点、社会新现象、异域风俗、世界城市巡礼等各个方面。使您从多角度全面了解我们生存的世界。
方振宇,英语专家、文化学者、出版人、策划人,“振宇英语”创始人。
外语教学与研究出版社、北京航空航天大学出版社、大连理工大学出版社等多家国内一流出版社“振宇英语”丛书主编
曾任国家级媒体记者、翻译、电台英语节目主持人、“振宇英语”专栏撰稿人、大学英语系主任、大学英语专业特聘专家教授。
第一章 全球变暖问题
Problem of Global Warmin9全球变暖问题
Older Staff Are More Popular老员工更受欢迎
Is Life Existing Somewhere Else Besides Earth?地球之外有生命吗?
Formal Language and Informal Language正式语言和非正式语言
What Is Wellness?健康是什么?
The Growth of City城市的发展
Parents and Pressure父母与压力
How to Motivate Workers?如何激励员工?
Womenomics“她”经济
Spend Wisely精打细算
What Motivates Consumers to Purchase?是什么让消费者掏腰包?
Protect Your Privacy请保护你的隐私
Children Acting as Peacemakers充当和平缔造者的孩子们
Older People's Education“Neglected”“被忽视的”老年教育
Farewell, Libraries?图书馆,再见?
The Secret of Salary薪水的秘密
第三章 网络时代的来临
Information Superhighway The World in a Minute
信息高速公路——世界尽在你掌中
News Repots新闻报道
Hollywood Idol Star-Elizabeth Taylor Has Died好莱坞偶像级影星伊丽莎白·泰勒去世
Laziness Impacts on Health懒惰影响人的健康
Recycle All Kinds of Things回收利用各种东西
Microsoft Says Google Blocks Competition in Europe Search Market微软称谷歌在欧洲市场不公平竞争
Is Network Virtual Schools Really Well?网络虚拟学校到底好不好
Young ladies' New Language新女性,新语言
Colleges: Consumer Products or Investments?大学:投资还是消费?
Girls;WaistlinesIsRisin9女生的腰围在不断增加
Are People Who Speak More than One Language Smarter?会多种语言的人更聪明吗
A Top Gun for the Environmental Movement环境运动的勇士
About Criminal Justice System关于刑事公正体系
The Impendent Crisis of Heath Care System即将来临的医保危机
Must Every Little Girl Be the Princess?每个小姑娘都得是公主吗?
Google's Way to Top谷歌的登顶之路
第三章 美国梦有了新主义
Anew Defination of American Dream美国梦有了新定义
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第四章 世界各地风土人情
第五章 世界风情游
Microsoft has fought legal battles with officials in Europe and the United States over competition in the personal computer market. But now Microsoft is accusing Google of being anti-competitive. A complaint to the European Commission accuses Google of unfairly controlling the Internet search market in Europe.
Google is already talking to the commission about the issue and says it is happy to explain to anyone how its business works.
Google also faces other issues. Gmail users in Chinabegan reporting problems with Google's e-mail service in late February. The problems came as news of the revolutions in the Arab world filled the Internet and there were online calls for protests in China. Google said the government was interfering with its E-mail service.
Google is the world leader in Internet search. But inChina, the biggest search engine is Baidu. And this week, China's largest Internet media company, Sina, dropped Google's search engine from its website. Sina says it is using its own technology.
Last year, Google said a cyber attack from China had attempted to get information from the Gmail accounts of human rights activists. Google also expressed concerns about censorship. So Google relocated its Chinese search engine from the mainland to Hong Kong.
The company is also facing new problems at home. A federal judge in New York has ruled against its plan to put millions of books online.
Google wants to create a digital library of all the world's books. It reached a one hundred twenty-five million dollar deal in 2008 with groups representing writers and publishers. Google agreed to create a system to pay copyright holders when their works are used online.
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