>Mock jail stay to beat stress
韓國興起'模擬入獄'減壓
For most people, prison is a place to escape from. For South Koreans in need of a break from the demands of everyday life, a day in a faux jail is the escape. Since 2013, the "Prison Inside Me" facility in northeast Hongcheon has hosted more than 2,000 inmates, many of them stressed office workers and students seeking relief from South Korea's demanding work and academic culture. Prison rules are strict. No talking with other inmates. No mobile phones or clocks. Clients get a blue prison uniform, a yoga mat, tea set, a pen and notebook. They sleep on the floor. There is a small toilet inside the room, but no mirror. Some customers are wary of spending 24 or 48 hours in a prison cell, until they try it, co-founder of the mock prison Noh Ji-Hyang said. "After a stay in the prison, people say, 'This is not a prison, the real prison is where we return to,'" she said.
監(jiān)獄對大多數(shù)人來說都是避之不及的地方，但對渴望從日常生活的煎熬中獲得片刻休息的韓國人來說，在模擬監(jiān)獄中"入獄"一天是種解脫。2013年以來，韓國東北部洪川郡的"內(nèi)心牢籠"已接待逾2000名住客，其中多是不堪壓力的上班族和學生，他們想要逃避韓國負擔繁重的職場和課業(yè)文化。這座"監(jiān)獄"的規(guī)定相當嚴格：不得與"獄友"交談，不準使用手機、鐘表。每名"囚犯"會得到一套藍色囚服、一塊瑜伽墊、一套茶具、一支筆和記事本。他們睡在地板上，"牢房"里有一個小馬桶，但沒有鏡子。這座模擬監(jiān)獄的聯(lián)合創(chuàng)始人盧智香(音)稱，有些客人對在牢房里關上24或48小時持謹慎態(tài)度，直到親身嘗試"入獄"。她說："住過我們監(jiān)獄的人都說，'這兒不是監(jiān)獄，我們要回去的地方才是真正的監(jiān)獄'。"

>SpongeBob creator dies at 57
'海綿寶寶'創(chuàng)作者去世
Stephen Hillenburg, the creator of the animated television series "SpongeBob SquarePants," has died at the age of 57, the Nickelodeon television network said on Tuesday. Hillenburg had said last year that he was suffering from the neurodegenerative disease ALS. "We are incredibly saddened by the news that Steve Hillenburg has passed away following a battle with ALS," the network said in a statement. "He was a beloved friend and long-time creative partner to everyone at Nickelodeon, and our hearts go out to his entire family." Hillenburg was a marine biology teacher in Southern California when he started creating sea creatures as teaching tools. The first episode of "SpongeBob SquarePants," featuring the cheery yellow sea sponge and his friends who live in the fictional underwater city of Bikini Bottom, aired on television in May 1999. The series went on to win multiple awards, produced a series of spin-off books, two Hollywood movies and a Broadway musical.
尼可羅頓電視網(wǎng)27日稱，電視動畫系列劇《海綿寶寶》的創(chuàng)作者史蒂芬?海倫伯格去世，享年57歲。海倫伯格去年曾表示自己罹患神經(jīng)退行性疾病漸凍人癥。尼可羅頓電視網(wǎng)在一份聲明中表示："史蒂芬?海倫伯格在與漸凍人癥斗爭失敗后去世，我們對這一消息悲痛不已。他是尼可羅頓所有成員的摯友，也是長久以來的創(chuàng)意伙伴，謹此向他的所有家屬表達哀悼之情。"海倫伯格在南加州任海洋生物老師時，開始創(chuàng)造海洋生物作為教學工具。首集《海綿寶寶》于1999年5月在電視上播出。該動畫講述的是活潑的黃色海綿寶寶和他住在虛構的水下城市比奇堡的朋友們的故事。該動畫系列劇先后獲得多個獎項，產(chǎn)生一系列的衍生書籍、兩部好萊塢電影和一部百老匯音樂劇。

>Misinformation word of 2018
詞典網(wǎng)站年度詞匯出爐
Dictionary.com announced "misinformation" as its word of the year for 2018 on Monday. The word is defined as, "false information that is spread, regardless of whether there is intent to mislead." "The rampant spread of misinformation is really providing new challenges for navigating life in 2018," said Jane Solomon, a linguist-in-residence at Dictionary.com, which is based in Oakland. "Misinformation has been around for a long time, but over the last decade or so the rise of social media has really, really changed how information is shared, she said. "We believe that understanding the concept of misinformation is vital to identifying misinformation as we encounter it in the wild, and that could ultimately help curb its impact," she added.
26日，詞典網(wǎng)站Dictionary.com宣布，其2018年度詞匯是"misinformation(虛假信息)"。這個詞的定義是："散播出來的虛假信息，不論散播者有沒有誤導的動機"?？偛课挥诿绹鴬W克蘭的Dictionary.com的常駐語言學家簡?所羅門表示，虛假信息的肆意傳播事實上為2018年指引人生航向提供了新挑戰(zhàn)。Misinformation這個詞已經(jīng)出現(xiàn)很久了，但過去十年左右社交媒體的興起真正改變了信息分享的方式。她還表示："我們認為理解misinformation的概念對于在遇到虛假信息時將其識別出來至關重要，最終有助于抑制虛假信息的影響力。"

>Home 'most dangerous place'
住宅對女性來說最危險?
More than half the women who were murdered worldwide last year were killed by their partners or family members, making home "the most dangerous place for a woman," a new UN study said. The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) calculated that of a total 87,000 female homicide cases worldwide in 2017, some 50,000 - or 58% – were committed by the victims' intimate partners or family members. "This amounts to some six women being killed every hour by people they know," the Vienna-based body said. The vast majority - about 80% - of homicide victims worldwide were men, but "women continue to pay the highest price as a result of gender inequality, discrimination and negative stereotypes," said UNODC chief Yury Fedotov.
聯(lián)合國一項新的研究稱，去年，全球被殺害女性中超半數(shù)人是被伴侶或者家庭成員殺害，住宅因此成了"對女性而言最危險的地方"。據(jù)總部位于維也納的聯(lián)合國毒品和犯罪事務辦公室統(tǒng)計，2017年全球共發(fā)生8.7萬件女性被殺案件，其中約5萬件(58%)乃受害人的親密伴侶或家庭成員所為。該機構稱，這意味著每小時就有差不多6名女性被她們認識的人殺死。該機構主任尤里?費多托夫表示，雖然全球大多數(shù)兇殺案死者(約80%)是男性，但"女性仍然在為性別不平等、歧視和負面刻板印象付出最高的代價"。

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