Crayfish peelers highly paid
沪餐厅推龙虾代剥服务
A restaurant in Shanghai made headlines for employing two young crayfish peelers who do the dirty work right at the customers' tables, while they check social media or play mobile video games.
最近上海一家餐馆登上了新闻头条,原因是该餐厅雇了两名年轻的小龙虾剥虾师,在餐桌前为刷社交媒体或打手游的顾客剥虾。
"Peeling crayfish is actually quite an annoying thing to do and your hands get dirty, so we introduced professional crayfish peelers here. The customers need not stop, and they can still eat," the manager of the restaurant said.
餐厅经理表示:"剥小龙虾确实是件很烦人的事,还会弄脏手,所以我们这里引进了专业小龙虾剥虾师。顾客不需要停下来,就可以吃到小龙虾。
The two young peelers usually handle around 100 crustaceans every day, which earns them a nice monthly salary of over 10,000 yuan. He Nanxin, one of the two peelers at the restaurant, is a fourth-year university student majoring in fashion design.
"两位年轻的剥虾师通常每天会处理约100只虾,每个月可获得上万元的可观收入。餐厅两名剥虾师之一的何南新是服装设计专业的大四学生。
She and her colleague receive 15% of the peeling service charge, which helps them earn five-figure salaries every month. She also likes that the job gives her the opportunity to interact with all kinds of people.
她和同事收取15%的剥虾服务费,这份工作似乎能帮他们赚到五位数的月薪。何南新很中意这份工作的另一个原因是她可以获得和各种各样的人交流的机会。
Corporate Australia depressed
1/3澳上班族有心理问题
Australian workplaces are increasingly suffering from depression, anxiety and stress, according to a large mental health study. Mental illness appears to have increased by a third in the last decade.
一项关于公司员工心理健康的大型调查显示,澳大利亚人在工作场所感到越来越抑郁、焦虑、和有压力。过去十年里,心理疾病似乎增长了1/3。
Depression is now the primary mental health disorder. The results of Australia's Biggest Mental Health Check-In found one-third of program participants were suffering from some form of mental illness, with 36% suffering from depression, 33% from anxiety, and 31% from stress.
抑郁如今成为最主要的心理疾病。"澳大利亚最大规模心理健康登记"结果表明,1/3的项目参与者患有不同形式的心理疾病,其中36%患抑郁症,33%有焦虑情绪,31%感到压力山大。
The program investigated 3,500 employees across 41 organizations and used responses to 100 questions, as well as heart rate data from wearable devices during sleep.
项目调查了来自41家机构的3500名雇员,询问他们100个问题并借助可穿戴设备记录他们睡觉时的心率。
"The manner in which we all live, work and interact has changed radically - to the detriment of our mental health. And yet organizational approaches to mental health have not kept pace," says psychologist Peta Slocombe, the Check-In program creator.
"登记"项目创建者、心理学家佩塔•斯洛科姆表示:"人们的生活、工作、互动方式发生了巨大变化,这损害了人们的心理健康。然而,对心理问题实施有组织的干预方式没能跟上。"
Man arrested after harassing ex
男子'短信轰炸'女友被捕
A California man was arrested and charged with stalking after he allegedly sent his ex-girlfriend thousands of text messages and hacked into her social media accounts after she broke off their short relationship.
美国加州一名男子近日被警方逮捕,并面临跟踪罪指控。据称,在前女友结束二人的短暂交往之后,该男子曾向她发送数千条短信,还盗取她的社交网络账户。
Since she ended things, the man, 33, called the 38-year-old woman approximately 300 times and texted her around 4,000 times "during all hours of the day and night", according to the police department.
据警方称,这名男子现年33岁,其38岁的前女友提出分手后,他曾给她打了近300个电话,发送了约4000条短信,昼夜不停。
He hacked into the victim's various online profiles,including social media, PayPal, iCloud and her mobile account. He was arraigned at a local superior court for stalking.
除了手机账户,他还曾盗取了前女友包括社交网络、PayPal以及iCloud在内的各种账户。近日,当地最高法院以跟踪罪传讯这名男子。
Contact lens monitors glucose
新型隐形眼镜监测血糖
When it comes to keeping your blood sugar in check, people with diabetes have limited options. Now a team of South Korean researchers has a solution: a contact lens that keeps tabs on the glucose in your tears.
论及限制血糖的手段,糖尿病患者的选择十分有限。如今一组韩国研究人员得到一种解决方式:能监控眼泪中葡萄糖含量的隐形眼镜。
The research team has prototyped and tested their device on rabbits, and report that it causes no adverse reactions. Moreover, it's soft and flexible, with only a few small rigid components.
该研究团队已经在兔子身上进行了原型实验和测试,并报告称未引起不良反应。不仅如此,隐形眼镜很柔软且具有弹性,只有极少数的刚性部件。
It contains neither brittle nor bulky components that could block the vision or harm the eye to use it. The wearer has to look into a mirror to see the glucose level.
它不含易碎或厚重的部件,不会阻挡视力或伤到眼睛。佩戴者须照镜子来查看自己的血糖水平。
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