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1、ABikeHireSchemeHasStartedinLondon伦敦开始自行车出租计划Londonhasbecomeacyclefriendlyzoneafterthelaunchofanewbikehirescheme.IthasbeendesignedtoencouragemorepeopletocycleinandaroundcentralLondon.Sohowdoesitwork?Firstyouhavetosignuptotheschemetobesentakey.Thekeywillunlockoneofthebikes,whicharekeptat

2、dockingstationsinandaroundcentralLondon.Youhavetopayanaccessfeeforthekeyandthenyoupayasyougo,forthelengthoftimeyouusethebike.TransportforLondon,whichrunsthescheme,arehopingtohave6,000bikesand400dockingstationsinplacebytheendoftheyear.ThenewhiresystemishopingtoeasecongestioninLondonandi

3、sexpectedtogenerateupto40,000extracycletripsadayintothecitycentre.Anothercuppa? 媒体英语会带大家一起学习BBC撰稿人在报道世界大事时常用到的单词和短语。Background:背景： 荷兰的一项研究表明，在对4万名每天都喝几杯茶或咖啡的人群进行了13年的跟踪后，专家们发现这一人群患心脏疾病的可能性较小。 ThestudyinthejournaloftheAmericanHeartAssociationcouldmakepleasantreadingforthosewholikearegul

4、arcupoftea.Itfoundthatthosewhodrankmorethansixcupsofteaadaywereathirdlesslikelytodevelopheartproblemsthanthosewhodranknone.Coffeedrinkersalsofaredwell,butonlyuptoapoint.Thosewhoconsumedbetweentwoandfourcupsadayhadatwentypercentlowerriskofheartdiseasethanthosewhodranklittle.Buttheprotec

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