>Earth is getting greener
NASA稱中印讓地球變綠
India and China are leading the global greening effort, a recent NASA study said, observing that the world is a greener place than it was 20 years ago. Data from NASA Earth satellites shows that human activity in China and India dominate this greening of the planet, thanks to tree planting & agriculture. "That is a surprising finding, considering the general notion of land degradation in populous countries from overexploitation," said lead author Chi Chen of Boston University. China alone accounts for 25% of the global net increase in leaf area with only 6.6% of global vegetated area. The greening in China is from forests (42%) and croplands (32%), but in India, it is mostly from croplands (82%) with minor contribution from forests (4.4%).
美國航天局(NASA)近日發(fā)布的研究稱，全世界的綠化程度比20年前更高，在這20年間，中國和印度始終都是全球綠化努力的領(lǐng)導(dǎo)者。來自NASA地球衛(wèi)星的數(shù)據(jù)顯示，中國和印度的植樹造林和農(nóng)業(yè)等活動主導(dǎo)了地球變綠的過程。該研究報告的第一作者、波士頓大學(xué)的陳馳(音)說："這是個出人意料的發(fā)現(xiàn)。因為人們普遍認(rèn)為，人口密集國家的過度開發(fā)會導(dǎo)致土壤退化。"中國僅占全球植被面積的6.6%，但全球植被葉面積凈增長的25%都來自中國。中國的綠化面積主要來自森林(42%)和耕地(32%)，而印度的綠化面積主要來自耕地(82%)，僅少部分來自森林(4.4%)。

>Sailor in kiss photo dies
二戰(zhàn)'勝利之吻'男主去世
The US sailor famously photographed kissing a stranger in New York's Times Square to celebrate the end of World War II has died aged 95. The picture of George Mendonsa bending over and kissing 21-year-old Greta Zimmer Friedman on V-J Day (Victory over Japan) became one of the most enduring images of the period. It was one of four photographs taken by Alfred Eisenstadt as a round-up of celebration pictures for "Life" magazine. Eisenstadt did not give the names of the kissing strangers and it was years before Mendonsa and Friedman were confirmed as the featured couple. Mendonsa's daughter said her father suffered a seizure and died after a fall at a care home in Middleton, Rhode Island. Mendonsa died two days before his 96th birthday.
二戰(zhàn)著名照片"勝利之吻"中的男主角、美國水兵喬治?門多薩近日辭世，享年95歲。門多薩被拍到在紐約時代廣場慶祝二戰(zhàn)結(jié)束時親吻了一位陌生女子。這張門多薩在對日作戰(zhàn)勝利日俯身親吻21歲的格麗塔?齊默?佛萊曼的照片成為最經(jīng)典的二戰(zhàn)圖片之一。這張照片是阿爾佛雷德?艾森斯塔為《生活》雜志拍攝的一組4張慶祝照片中的一張。艾森斯塔當(dāng)時沒有給出這對接吻的陌生人的姓名，直至幾年前門多薩和佛萊曼才被確認(rèn)為照片中的兩人。門多薩的女兒稱，父親在羅得島密德頓一家看護中心摔倒后突發(fā)疾病不治身亡，當(dāng)時距他96歲的生日僅剩兩天。

>Princes to split household
傳威廉和哈里即將分家
The Duke of Cambridge and Duke of Sussex are set to split their household within weeks, The Sunday Times revealed. Princes William and Harry, who have long been the closest of brothers, are expected to part ways formally to create separate courts before the birth of Harry's first child, due in April or May. The division of their shared household after 10 years reflects their increasingly different responsibilities. It is thought courtiers hope a formal separation of their staff may help ease the reported tensions between the brothers and their wives. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex will shortly move from Kensington Palace to Frogmore Cottage, on the Windsor estate. A source who knows William and Harry told the Times: "When William becomes the Prince of Wales, he will take on a lot of extra responsibility, including the Duchy of Cornwall. Harry and Meghan have none of that, and seem ambitious about forging their own paths. The brothers have leant on each other and looked after each other since their mother died. But now they have their own families, they no longer rely on each other as before. They have become different people with different outlooks on life."
據(jù)《星期日泰晤士報》披露，劍橋公爵威廉王子與薩塞克斯公爵哈里王子將在未來幾周內(nèi)分開居住。哈里王子的第一個孩子預(yù)計在今年4月或5月出生，長期以來一直親密無間的兩兄弟將在那之前正式分開居住。威廉和哈里在共同生活10年后分開居住說明兩人的職責(zé)日漸不同。據(jù)信，王室工作人員希望，正式分家將有助于緩和報道所稱兩對夫婦之間的緊張關(guān)系。不久，哈里王子夫婦將從肯辛頓宮搬到溫莎莊園的浮若閣摩爾別墅。一名熟悉這對兄弟的消息人士告訴《泰晤士報》："一旦威廉成為威爾士親王之后，他就將承擔(dān)許多額外的職責(zé)，包括接管康沃爾公爵領(lǐng)地。而哈里和梅根卻沒有這類職責(zé)，他們似乎雄心勃勃地想要開拓自己的道路。兄弟兩人自母親去世就一直互相扶持。但現(xiàn)在兩人各自有了家庭，不再像以前那樣彼此依賴了。他們變成了對生活有不同看法的人。"

>Nonprofit cafes close
美自定價連鎖餐館倒閉
Panera is closing the last of its nonprofit cafes that let customers pay what they wished nine years after launching the experimental locations. Panera opened its first donation-based community cafe in Clayton, Missouri, in 2010. The model aimed to raise awareness about food insecurity by offering meals at a suggested donation price. "In many ways, this whole experiment is ultimately a test of humanity," Panera founder Ron Shaich said. At the program's peak there were a total of five Panera locations in the US. All eventually closed. The company revealed in 2013 that Panera stores made only 70% to 80% of the revenue that traditional stores did.
非盈利餐館"潘娜拉"將關(guān)閉最后一家門店，這家餐館9年前啟動試點，讓顧客自行決定該付多少錢。2010年，潘娜拉在密蘇里州克萊頓開設(shè)首家以捐贈為主的社區(qū)餐館。這種以建議捐贈價格為人們提供餐食的模式旨在增強人們對食品安全的意識。潘娜拉創(chuàng)始人沙奇曾表示："從許多方面來說，我們的實驗最終是對人性的考驗。"在該項目的鼎盛時期，潘娜拉在全美擁有5家門店，但最終所有店面都倒閉了。該公司2013年透露其門店的收入只有傳統(tǒng)餐館的七八成。

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