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QR codes replace menus

在美国餐厅订购QR(qual)代码。

the coronavirus pandemic ushered in the widespread use of QR codes，but restaurant industry experts think that the technology will stick around

虽然新冠疫情促进了qual(QR)代码的普及，但餐饮业专家认为，疫情危机结束后，qual(QR)代码技术将继续应用。

Bit ly、a link management service、said that it ' s seen a 750% increase in QR code downloads over the last 18 months .

链接管理服务Bitly表示，在过去18个月里，美国商家队列(QR)代码下载量增加了750%。

a QR code also gives restaurants more information on their customers。

代码扫描订单可以帮助餐厅获取更多的客户信息。

reservation services pass along data on whoever made the booking to restaurantsbut not every one else at the table。

很多饭店在这段时间提供预订服务，但除了预订人外，无法知道来吃饭的其他客户信息。

what the QR code might allow you to do is learn who that guest is right when they ' re sitting down .

而且，qual(QR)代码可以让客人在坐下的瞬间知道他们是谁。

However，QR codes aren ' t the answer for all restaurants .

但是，不是所有餐厅都可以下扫描订单。

Darren seifer，food and beverage analyst for the NPD group，said that fine-dining restaurants are less willing to replace their menus OS

NPD集团的食品和饮料分析师达伦塞弗表示，高级餐厅不愿意用扫描尺寸取代菜单或点餐过程。(美国电视剧《Northern Exposure》)。

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mentally stimulating job cuts risk of dementia

做有趣事情的人患痴呆的风险更低

having an interesting job in your 40s may slash your risk of getting dementia in old age，a study suggested .

一项研究表明，在40多岁的时候做有趣的事可以大大减少老年痴呆症的危险。

researchers claim mental stimulation may stave off the onslaught of the memory-robbing condition by around 18 months .

研究人员指出，精神锻炼可以推迟痴呆发作时间约18个月。

Academics examined more than 100，000 participants and tracked them for nearly two decades .

研究人员追踪调查了近20年来超过10万人。

they spotted a third fewer cases of dementia among people who had engaging jobs that involved demanding tasks and more control-such as solicitors

他们认为收银员这样的人

And those who found their own work interesting also had lower levels of proteins in their blood that have been linked with dementia.

另外，从事有趣工作的人血液中与痴呆症相关的蛋白质含量也更低。

Keeping the brain active by challenging yourself regularly likely reduces the risk of dementia by building up its ability to cope with disease, experts say.

专家指出，经常挑战自己来保持大脑活跃有助于提高大脑应对疾病的能力，从而降低患痴呆症的风险。

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>'Drunk driving' of elephants banned

斯里兰卡禁止'酒后骑象'

Sri Lanka will issue captive elephants with their own biometric identity cards and ban their riders from drinking on the job under a new animal protection law.

斯里兰卡近日出台一部新的动物保护法，不仅要为所有圈养大象发放生物识别身份证，更禁止所有人酒后骑大象。

The new measures are aimed at protecting the animals' welfare and include strict regulations around working elephants, as well as mandating a daily two-and-a-half-hour bath for each creature.

新的动物保护法旨在保护动物福利。新法对为人类工作的大象做出严格规定，每头大象每天洗澡时长需保证不低于2.5小时。

Baby elephants can no longer be used for work -- even cultural pageants -- and cannot be separated from their mothers.

小象不能从事工作，文化性质的活动也不被允许，不得将其与母象分开。

Logging elephants cannot be worked for more than four hours a day, and night work is prohibited.

运送材料的大象每天工作时长不得超过4小时，且禁止其夜间工作。

There are new restrictions on the tourism industry too -- from now on, no more than four people can ride an elephant at once. 旅游业也受到了新的限制，从现在开始，同时骑象者不能超过四人。

Owners must send their animals for a medical check-up every six months.

大象主人必须每半年送大象去做一次体检。

Those who violate the new law will have their elephant taken into state care and could face a three-year prison sentence.

违反规定者或面临3年监禁，大象也将交由国家照管。

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>A third of adults suffer from high blood pressure

30岁以上人群中1/3患高血压

A giant global study finds the number of people over 30 with high blood pressure has doubled over the past 30 years, and more than half of them are not being treated for it.

一项全球大型研究发现，30岁以上高血压患者人数在过去30年间翻了一番，其中超半数未接受过任何治疗。

The researchers looked at data covering 184 countries. The number of people with high blood pressure doubled from 648 million in 1990 to nearly 1.3 billion by 2019, they found.

研究人员研究了184个国家的数据，发现从1990年到2019年，高血压患者的数量从6.48亿增加到近13亿。

Overall, just under a third of men and women ages 30 to 79 had high blood pressure, the study found.

总体来看，30至79岁的人群中有近1/3患有高血压。

"The pandemic of cardiovascular disease has received less attention in the last 18 months but reflects concerning worldwide trends in unhealthy lifestyle choices such as high fat, sugar, salt and alcohol intake, sedentary lifestyles with avoidance of exercise, and smoking," said Robert Storey, a professor of cardiology at the University of Sheffield.

英国谢菲尔德大学心脏病学教授罗伯特•斯特里表示："过去一年半里，人们对心血管疾病的关注较少，但它反映的不健康生活方式已经成为全球普遍现象，比如高糖、高脂肪、重盐和过量酒精的摄入，以及久坐、不锻炼、吸烟等。"

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