一句話新聞回顧

1. 澳大利亞：“魔法蘋果”切開不變黃

Australian scientists have come up with an apple that does not go brown when cut. Unlike most apples， which go brown almost immediately， the fruit stays a pale pink colour for several hours after it is exposed to air. 澳大利亞科學家培育出了一種切開后不會變黃的蘋果。大多數蘋果切開后很快就會變黃，但這種蘋果在與空氣接觸幾個小時后仍能保持淡粉色。

2. 電腦鍵盤比馬桶座還臟

Think twice before eating those dropped crumbs off your computer keyboard - you might as well be eating off a toilet seat， according to a new study on the amount of germs on keyboards. 一項有關電腦鍵盤上細菌數量的最新研究稱，以后撿起落在鍵盤上的食物碎屑往嘴里塞之前可得想好了，這跟從馬桶座上撿東西吃差不多。

3. 新型人字拖讓胖腿煩惱去無蹤

The innovative flip flops， dubbed \"FitFlops\"， are designed to help tone and trim your legs by engaging muscles for a longer period of time with each step. Designers say that the specially-engineered sandals absorb shock and reduce the danger of sufferings joint strain. 被稱為“FitFlops”的創新型人字拖主要是通過每走一步都使腿部肌肉得到更多鍛煉，從而使腿部線條變得更加勻稱優美。設計師們稱，這款特別設計的涼拖可以減震并能減少關節扭傷的風險。

4. 瑞士：植物也有尊嚴 豈能隨意踐踏

Plants deserve respect， a group of Swiss experts said， arguing that killing them arbitrarily was morally wrong — except when it comes to saving humans or maybe picking the petals off a daisy. 瑞士有關專家稱，植物也應得到尊重，肆意傷害花草是不道德行為——不過為了保護人類而采取的涉及植物的行為除外，或者采幾片雛菊花瓣可能也無妨。

5. 德國13歲男孩為美國宇航局糾錯

A 13-year-old German schoolboy corrected NASA's estimates on the chances of an asteroid colliding with Earth， a German newspaper reported， after spotting the boffins had miscalculated. NASA told its sister organization， the European Space Agency (ESA)， that the young whizzkid had got it right. 德國一家報紙報道，德國一名13歲男孩發現并糾正了美國宇航局有關一顆小行星與地球相撞幾率的計算錯誤。美國宇航局告知其“兄弟”機構歐洲航天局這個“小神童”的計算結果是正確的。

6. 研究：孩子飲食健康 學習成績優異

Kids who eat better perform better in school， a new study of Nova Scotia fifth-graders confirms. Students who ate an adequate amount of fruit， vegetables， protein， fiber and other components of a healthy diet were significantly less likely to fail a literacy test. 一項對新斯科舍省五年級小學生開展的研究證實，飲食習慣好的孩子學習成績也比較好。飲食健康，攝入足量水果、蔬菜、蛋白質和纖維等營養成分的學生讀寫測試不及格的可能性較低。

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