5.21 热门：哈里与梅根喜结连理

Royal wedding celebrated

哈里与梅根喜结连理

The UK's Prince Harry and American actress Meghan Markle tied the knot Saturday at St George's Chapel in Windsor. 

19日，英国的哈里王子和美国女星梅根·马克尔在温莎的圣乔治教堂喜结连理。

An emotional-looking prince and his smiling bride exchanged vows and rings before the Queen and 600 guests. 

神情激动的哈里王子和他面带微笑的新娘在女王和600名宾客面前交换了誓言和戒指。

Markle, wearing a white boat-neck dress by British designer Clare Waight Keller, was walked down the aisle by Prince Charles. 

马克尔身穿英国设计师克莱尔·维特·凯勒设计的白色一字领礼服在查尔斯王储的陪同下步上红毯。

All of Markle's bridesmaids and pageboys were children, including Princess Charlotte and her brother, Prince George. Prince William was the best man. 

马克尔所有的女傧相和小傧相都由小朋友担任，其中包括夏洛特公主和她哥哥乔治王子。威廉王子担任伴郎。

After the service, the newlyweds traveled in an open carriage as part of a 25-minute procession from St George's Chapel through Windsor town. 

仪式结束后，新人乘坐敞篷马车从圣乔治教堂到温莎镇作为25分钟的马车巡游的一部分。

An estimated 100,000 people lined the carriage procession route, waiting to wave and cheer at the new royal couple. The prince takes on the title Duke of Sussex and his bride, the newest member of the British royal family, has become the Duchess of Sussex. 

约10万民众在马车巡游沿途列队欢迎，等待向这对王室夫妇招手、欢呼。哈里王子获得了萨塞克斯公爵的头衔，他的新娘——英国王室最新成员马克尔则获封萨塞克斯公爵夫人。

Ways to make people like you

想人见人爱先自我洗脑

If you want to make a great first impression - and why wouldn't you? - you know there are basic steps you can take: Smile, make eye contact, listen more than you talk, ask questions about the other person. 

要想给人留下很好的第一印象(为什么不呢?)，你可以采取几个常规套路：微笑，进行眼神交流，少说多听，询问关于对方的问题。

Anyone can do those things. But what you might not know is that if you think other people are going to like you, they usually will. 

每个人都能做到这些。但你可能不知道，如果你认为对方会喜欢你，通常对方真的会喜欢你。

As research shows, interpersonal warmth explains the self-fulfilling prophecy of anticipated acceptance; study participants who expected to be accepted were perceived as more likable. 

研究表明，人际温暖解释了自我应验的预期接纳预言；希望被认可的研究对象被认为更讨人喜欢。

Or in non-researcher speak, when you think other people will like you, you act more naturally and come across as friendlier - which then makes people like you more since we tend to like warm, friendly people. 

用通俗的语言说就是当你认为别人会喜欢你时，你会表现得更自然，看起来更友善——这会让你更讨人喜欢，因为人们通常更青睐热情友好的人。

So how can you convince yourself that people will like you? Positive self-talk like "they're going to love me!" won't cut it. 

那你怎么才能说服自己是人见人爱的呢？积极的自我对话，如"他们会爱我的"是不够的。

Instead, close your eyes, take a deep breath, and commit to taking a few steps that ensure almost anyone will like you. 

而应该这么做：闭上眼睛，深吸一口气，并坚持使用几个让你人见人爱的招数。

1. Give a genuine compliment.

    真诚地赞美。

2. Focus on letting people talk about themselves.

   着重让人们谈论自己。

3. Change one word.

    换一种说法。

4. Show a little vulnerability.

   稍微示弱。

The secret behind the Pisa

研究揭比萨塔不倒之谜

New research has revealed how the Italian iconic Leaning Tower of Pisa has managed to stay standing – and intact – in the face of four strong earthquakes and a precarious lean of five degrees. 

近日，最新研究揭开了有着5度不稳定倾斜度的意大利标志性建筑物比萨斜塔在历经4次强震后依旧屹立不倒、完好无损的原因。

A research group of 16 engineers at the University of Bristol has now discovered that the considerable height and stiffness of the Tower, combined with the softness of the foundation soil, ensure it doesn't resonate with earthquake ground motion. 

英国布里斯托尔大学一个由16名工程师组成的研究小组如今发现，比萨斜塔可观的高度及其坚硬的建筑材料与松软的地基土壤结合在一起，确保它不会与地震发生时的地表活动产生共振。

"Ironically, the very same soil that caused the leaning instability and brought the Tower to the verge of collapse, can be credited for helping it survive these seismic events," said Professor Mylonakis, head of the Earthquake and Geotechnical Engineering Research Group at the University of Bristol.

布里斯托尔大学地震与岩土工程研究小组负责人米洛纳基教授说："令人啼笑皆非的是，导致斜塔倾斜不稳、几近倾倒的土壤也是帮助它挺过这些地震的功臣。”

Squirrels store food in cars

松鼠把汽车当'粮仓'囤松果

A Michigan resident was stunned to discover 50 pounds of pine cones stashed under the hood of his vehicle. Gabe Awrey, a manager at a nearby restaurant said his friend Kellen Moore came into work at the restaurant with a strange look on his face. 

近日，密歇根一位居民惊讶地发现自己的汽车引擎盖下竟藏着50磅的松果。附近一家餐馆的经理加布•奥维利表示，他的朋友凯伦•穆尔日前来餐厅上班时，脸上的表情很奇怪。

After asking what had happened, Awrey walked along with Moore to his recently purchased car, opened the hood and discovered the engine bay packed with pine cones. 

奥维利在询问发生什么事后，和穆尔一起走到穆尔刚买的车旁。他们打开汽车的引擎盖，发现发动机机舱里塞满了松果。

It took the two about 45 minutes to clear the engine bay of debris. "He bought this car used about a month and a half ago. There were none then," Awrey said. Awrey and Moore both agree the squirrels are responsible for the stockpile. 

两人花了约45分钟才将发动机舱内的杂物清理干净。奥维利称，穆尔买下这辆车后才刚开了约一个半月，那时还没有这些松果。两人都认为这些松果是松鼠存的。

"This stuff happens a lot up here," Awrey said. "It's the perfect set up for a squirrel though. Nice and insulated. Pretty practical until your nest drives away."

奥维利表示，这里经常发生这种事，虽然对松鼠来说这是个极佳的地方，很不错还与外界隔绝，在开走之前这个"窝"还是相当实用的。

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