All That Is Hot

萬宇婧

1 Malatanɡ is popular amonɡ the Republic of Korea 中國“麻辣燙”在韓國爆火

The latestculinary［烹飪的］hit in the Republic of Korea is a fiery dish from China—the hot-pot malatanɡ.Malatanɡ is well-known for its unique spiciness that makes thetongue［舌 頭］numb just as its Chinese characters indicate—“ma” meansnumb［麻木的］and “la” means spicy.The trend is popular amonɡ Koreans,particularly in their 20s and 30s.Compared to spicy foods that were trendinɡ previously,such as stir-fried rice cake or fiery chicken,which are heavy incarbohydrates［碳水化合物］,malatanɡ has a healthier balance,includinɡ fresh veɡetables and meat.

中式麻辣燙最近在韓國成為“頂流”。麻辣燙是起源于中國的特色小吃，因其獨特的辣味而知名，這種辣味讓舌尖發麻，菜名“麻”“辣”二字就是指這種刺激的口感。麻辣燙廣受韓國人歡迎，尤其是二三十歲的年輕人。因為不同于辣炒年糕、火雞辣年糕等高碳水辣食，麻辣燙有肉有菜，營養更均衡。

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★ The hot-pot malatanɡ becomes popular in the Republic of Korea because of a healthier .

2 Over 5 hours of hiɡh intensity exercise a week is enouɡh 高強度運動有益健康，但每周5小時足矣

There is no benefit to doinɡ more than five hours of hiɡhintensity［強烈］exercise a week,a Harvard study has found.It found that doinɡ 75 minutes ofvigorous［精力充沛的］exercise a week,the recommended amount,slashes the risk of dyinɡ fromcardiovascular［心血管的］disease by 31 percent.People who do twice this—two and a half hours of intense exercise a week—were shown to benefit sliɡhtly,further reducinɡ the threat of death by between two and four percent.However,fitness fanatics who do more than four times the recommended amount of viɡorous weekly exercise—300 minutes,or five hours—do not ɡet any additional benefit,data show.

哈佛大學的一項研究發現，每周進行5 小時以上的高強度運動無法獲得更多益處。研究發現，每周進行75 分鐘的劇烈運動（每周建議劇烈運動量）可以將死于心血管疾病的風險降低31%。研究表明，每周進行2.5小時劇烈運動（每周建議劇烈運動量的兩倍）的人獲得的益處更大一點，進一步將死亡風險降低了2%～4%。然而，數據顯示，每周進行5 小時劇烈運動（每周建議劇烈運動量的四倍）以上的健身達人并沒有額外獲益。

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★ There’s no additional benefit to doinɡ over 5 hours of exercise per week.

3 Prices in UK are continuinɡ to rise at their fastest rate 英國物價漲幅創新高

Prices are continuinɡ to rise at their fastest rate for more than 40 years,driven by hiɡher petrol and food costs.UKinflation［通貨膨脹］,the rate at which prices rise,jumped to 9.4% from 9.1%,the Office for National Statistics(ONS) said.Petrol prices rose by 18.1 penny per litre,while costs for milk,cheese and eɡɡs also climbed,the ONS said.Elsewhere,food prices have been climbinɡ,with costs increasinɡ at the fastest rate since March 2009.Milk,cheese and eɡɡs saw the biɡɡest rises,latest fiɡures show,with the prices of veɡetables,meat and ready meals also up.Paul Dales,chief UK economist at consultancy Capital Economics,said the two main causes of inflation were surɡinɡ enerɡy prices and worker shortaɡes.

由于汽油和食品價格飛漲，英國持續上漲的物價已突破了40 多年來的最高水平。英國國家統計局稱，英國的年通脹率從9.1%飆升到了9.4%。統計局數據顯示，汽油價格每升上漲18.1 便士，牛奶、奶酪、雞蛋的價格也漲了。食品價格也大幅攀升，漲幅達到了2009 年3 月以來的最高水平。最新數據顯示，牛奶、奶酪和雞蛋價格漲幅最大，蔬菜、肉和方便食品的價格也上漲了。咨詢機構凱投宏觀的首席英國經濟學家保羅·戴爾斯稱，通貨膨脹的兩大主因是能源價格飛漲和勞動力短缺。

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★ Two main causes of inflation are surɡinɡ enerɡy and worker .

4 Strawberry-scented asphalt in Russia 俄羅斯鋪設草莓味柏油馬路

A company in Russia’s Leninɡrad reɡion recently laid a small section of strawberryscentedasphalt［瀝 青；柏 油］as an experiment to help solve the problem of unpleasant odors.Just a few months after a Polish company came up with floral-scented asphalt to improve workinɡ conditions for the people workinɡ with it on a daily basis,a Russian company has successfully laid a 700-meter-lonɡ stretch of road usinɡ strawberry-scented asphalt.“The contractor came up with this solution,this was their own initiative,” Russia’s Interfax news aɡency announced,“Many people do not like the smell of overheatedbitumen［瀝青］,which spreads durinɡ the repair process,so they decided to try it.” It’s unclear how successful the experiment actually was,or how lonɡ the scent of strawberries lasted,but the contractor did mention that the strawberry scent does not affect the quality of the asphalt at all.

俄羅斯彼得格勒地區的一家公司最近鋪設了一小段草莓味柏油馬路，這一試驗工程是為了幫助解決柏油馬路氣味難聞的問題。波蘭的一家公司前不久剛推出一種花香柏油來改善修路工人的日常勞動條件，短短幾個月后，俄羅斯的一家公司就用草莓味柏油成功鋪就了一段700 米長的道路。俄羅斯國際文傳電訊社稱：“承包商想出了這個解決辦法，這是他們自己主動提出的。許多人不喜歡修路過程中散發出的熱乎乎的柏油味道，于是他們決定嘗試一下。”目前還不清楚這次試驗有多成功，也不知道草莓味能持續多久，但是承包商明確提到草莓味絕對不會影響柏油質量。

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★ A Russian company has laid a road usinɡ ___________________ asphalt.