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1、English news大学生创业之路难 资金不足是关键Faced with a tough job market, fresh graduates are dreaming of running their own businesses instead.But a recent survey has showed that such ambitions lack the required support and remain just that - dreams. The Shanghai Municipal Employment Promotion Center poll（survey）
2、of 1,276 graduates in several universities and colleges in the city, released last Friday, showed 59.78 percent of respondents (interviewees) considered the possibility of setting up a company or at least a small store.But they just stop at the thinking stage, it stated.Respondents put the top reaso
3、ns for not going it alone down to a shortage of investment and a lack of business opportunity.They also listed lack of business experience and social networks, the need for advanced study and objections from family members as factors that stood in their way.More than 90 percent of the interviewees s
4、aid they would rather take up a job after graduating and then consider starting their own business two or three years down the road.Guo Bing, a senior student in Shanghai International Studies University majoring in English, decided he wanted to be his own boss last year.But he is looking for a job
5、first. If I fail to find a satisfying job, I would like to establish a company in exhibition services, Guo said.The Shanghai native has some relatives working in a local printing plant.With their help, Guo hopes to produce exhibition brochures at a relatively low price. He is also confident that his
6、 English language skills can help him do well in the industry.Social networking is an important factor leading to business success, Guo said.Guo said that the shortage of graduate jobs is the main reason driving more university students to set up a business right after their graduation.The parents o
7、f university graduates are more willing to help their children start up alone, the survey showed.Once you win the support of your family, you have won half the battle, Guo added.面对目前严峻的就业形势，应届大学毕业生们纷纷做起了“创业梦”。但近日的一项调查表明，大学生们的“创业梦”因得不到应有的支持，还仅仅是个“梦”而已。上海市就业促进中心对上海几所大专及本科院校的共1276名毕业生进行了调查。上周五公布的调查结果显示
8、，59.78%的受访大学生表示可能会考虑开一家公司或至少开个小店。“但目前他们还只停留在想的阶段。”受访大学生认为，阻碍大学生创业的最主要原因是资金不足和没有好的创业方向。此外，经验不足、缺乏社会关系、需要继续深造以及家人反对也是阻碍创业的主要因素。超过90%的受访者称，他们打算毕业后先找份工作，干个两三年后再自己创业。上海外国语大学英语专业四年级学生郭兵去年有了“自己当老板”的想法。但他现在正在找工作。他说：“如果找不到满意的工作，我打算开一家提供展会服务的公司。”郭兵是上海本地人，他的一些亲戚在当地的一家印刷厂工作。郭兵希望通过亲戚的帮助，能以较低的成本印刷展商手册。此外，小郭认为自己精通
9、英语也是做好这一行的有利条件。他说：“社会关系是创业成功的一个重要因素。”小郭说，严峻的就业形势是越来越多的大学生一毕业就走上创业之路的主要原因。调查表明，大多数家长愿为子女创业提供帮助。小郭说：“赢得了家人的支持，就成功了一半。”中国：网民年轻化 上网娱乐化Most of the countrys Internet users go online to chat or seek entertainment rather than look for jobs or conduct business. According to a report released by China Interne
10、t Network Information (CNNIC) yesterday, Chinas Internet users totaled 162 million in the first six months of this year. The country reported 137 million users last year. The rapid growth could be translated （express in another way ）into almost 100 new users per minute in the past six months. At thi
11、s rate of increase, China is expected to overtake the United States, the worlds leader, by the end of next year. The US had 211 million Internet users at the end of last month. Although the number of Chinas Internet users has been on the rise since 1994, when first introduced to the country, the res
12、earch showed most users were interested in chat rooms and entertainment, and not job searches, education, and e-banking. About 75 percent read online news and used search engines for information. More than 60 percent regarded online music and videos as an important source of entertainment. Only 21 p
13、ercent used e-banking services, and 3.9 percent booked tickets through the Internet. Wang Enhai, an official with CNNIC, and an author of the report, said the phenomenon is due to Chinas Internet infancy ( early stage of development) and the fact most users were young people. Chinas Internet market
14、is just emerging(come out or up ) and there are still a lot of things to be done before a mature(ripe,fully grown or developed mentally or physically ) online business environment can be established, Wang said. According to CNNIC, the number of Chinas Internet users under 24 years old was 58 million
15、, about 35.8 percent of the countrys total Internet population. This segment(part ) of the population, comprising ( including , be made up of ) mostly students, spends a lot of time playing online games, listening to music and watching videos. 我国大多数互联网用户上网进行的主要活动是聊天和娱乐，而不是找工作或从事商务活动。 中国互联网络信息中心昨天发布的
16、一份报告显示，今年上半年，中国的网民总数达到1.62亿人。去年这一数字为1.37亿。 在过去六个月中，中国网民的数量以每分钟近一百人的速度激增。 按照这一增速，中国有望于明年年底超过美国，成为全世界网民规模最大的国家。截至上月底，美国的网民数量达到2.11亿人。 尽管自1994年互联网引入中国以来，网民数量一直增长，但调查显示，大多数网民对网上聊天和娱乐较感兴趣，而不是网上求职、网络教育和网上银行。 约75%的网民在网上浏览新闻以及使用搜索引擎搜索信息。 超过60%的人将在线音乐和在线视频视为娱乐生活的重要组成部分。 仅有21%的人使用过网上银行服务，3.9%的人曾在网上订票。 中国互联网络信
17、息中心官员、调查报告的撰写者之一王恩海说，这一现象的主要原因是中国的互联网尚处于起步阶段，而且大多数互联网用户都是年轻人。 他说：“中国的互联网市场才刚刚兴起，建立一个成熟的在线商务环境仍有很多事情要做。” 据中国互联网络信息中心数据，中国24岁以下的网民达到5800万，占网民总数的35.8%。 而且其中的大多数人是学生，他们经常在网上打游戏、听音乐、看视频。情侣间的完美年龄差决定幸福？The secret to a happy marriage for men is choosing a wife who is smarter and at least five years younger
18、than you, say UK experts.The researchers studied interviews of more than 1,500 couples who were married or in a serious relationship. Five years later, they followed up 1,000 of the couples to see which had lasted.They found that if the wife was five or more years older than her husband, they were m
19、ore than three times as likely to divorce than if they were the same age. If the age gap is reversed, and the man is older than the woman, the odds of maritalbliss are higher.The work is published in the European Journal of Operational Research. Add in a better education for the woman-Beyonce has he
20、r high school diploma, unlike husband Jay-Z-and the chances of lasting happiness improve further.These pairings are more likely to go the distance, particularly if neither has been divorced in the past, according to the Bath University team. But couples in which one member has been through a divorce
21、 in the past are less stable than those in which both members are divorcees.Dr Emmanuel Fragniere and colleagues do say that men and women choose partners on the basis of love, physical attraction, similarity of taste, beliefs and attitudes, and shared values.But they say that using objective factor
22、s such as age, education and cultural origin may help reduce divorce.英国专家表示，一桩幸福婚姻的秘诀在于男方要选择一位比自己聪明并且年轻五岁以上的女人做老婆。 研究员们早先对超过1,500对夫妻及情侣进行了采访。五年之后，他们对1,000对夫妻进行了追踪采访，看看哪些坚持到了最后。研究发现，如果妻子比丈夫大五岁甚至五岁以上，那么他们的离婚概率要比同岁的夫妻高出三倍以上。而如果情况刚好相反，即女小男大的话，那么他们成就一桩幸福婚姻的可能性就要大上许多。这项研究调查刊登在欧洲运筹学杂志上。另外，女性是否受过良好教育也决定着婚姻的
23、幸福指数。拿碧昂斯来说，和她的丈夫不同，她拥有高中文凭，这让他们更有可能拥有持久的幸福生活。巴斯大学的这个研究小组表示，双方如果都未曾有过离婚经历，幸福指数将会相当之高。而对于有过离婚经历的人来说，如果夫妻中一方曾经离过婚，他们反而没有双方均有过离婚经历的男女更加稳定。艾玛纽艾拉弗拉格涅尔博士和她的同事表示，男女之间选择伴侣是“建立在爱情、身体吸引、志趣相投、信仰、态度和与可分享价值观的基础之上”。然而，年龄、教育状况及文化修养等“客观因素”确实“可能帮助减小离婚的概率”。施瓦辛格与妻子分居 25年婚姻将终结Former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegge
24、r and his wife of 25 years, Maria Shriver, announced Monday that they are separating.The statement, issued by a spokesman for Schwarzenegger, said the two were working on the future of their relationship while living apart and would continue to parent their four children together.This has been a tim
25、e of great personal and professional transition for each of us, the two said in a prepared statement. After a great deal of thought, reflection, discussion, and prayer, we came to this decision together.It was not clear from the statement if either remained at their estate in Brentwood, or whom the
26、children were with. Schwarzeneggers spokesman, Daniel Ketchell, said he wouldnt answer questions beyond what was said in Mondays statement.Schwarzenegger, a Republican, finished his seven-year run as governor in January and has been traveling to deliver speeches and pursuing entertainment projects.
27、He tweeted frequently during his travels to such faraway places as Brazil, Nigeria and France.Shriver was not mentioned in his Twitter updates from the road.Shriver, also active on social networks, posted three updates on her Twitter page on the day of their 25th wedding anniversary, April 26, but d
28、id not mention the milestone.About a month before the anniversary, Shriver wrote on her Facebook page that she was going through a transition in her life.As you know, transitions are not easy. Id love to get your advice on how youve handled transitions in your own life, she said in a video posted on
29、 YouTube.Its so stressful to not know what youre doing next. People ask you what are you doing and then they cant believe that you dont know what youre doing, she said.Shriver, a member of the Kennedy political dynasty and the daughter of the late Eunice Kennedy Shriver, left her job as an NBC News
30、correspondent after Schwarzenegger took office.In a May 2009 commencementspeech at the University of Southern California, Schwarzenegger alludedto the powerful influence Shriver had on his life. He said when people ask him the secret to success, I say, number one, come to America. Number two, work y
31、our butt off. And number three, marry a Kennedy.美国加州前州长阿诺德 施瓦辛格和妻子玛丽亚 施赖弗本周一宣布分居。两人已结婚25年。 这份声明由施瓦辛格的一位发言人发布，其中写道，两人在分居期间将安排好将来的关系，并继续共同抚养4名子女。两人在事先准备好的分居声明中称：“最近我们两人的私生活与事业都经历着巨大的改变。经过认真思考和反思，也经过探讨和祈祷，我们最终共同决定分居。”从声明中无法得知是否有一人还将住在布伦特伍德的豪宅，以及子女将和谁一起生活。施瓦辛格的发言人丹尼尔 凯契尔表示，除了周一声明的内容外，他不会回答任何问题。共和党人施瓦辛格今
32、年1月卸任加州州长，结束了7年的任职生涯，之后一直旅行演讲，并投身娱乐事业。他远在巴西、尼日利亚、法国等地演讲时，经常上推特（Twitter）。但在途中更新推特时，他并未提到施赖弗。施赖弗在社交媒体中也十分活跃。在4月26日两人结婚25周年纪念日时，施赖弗更新了三条推文，但没有提到分居一事。在结婚纪念日前一个月，施赖弗在Facebook中写道，她将经历人生的转变。她在上传至YouTube的一段视频中说：“你们都知道，经历转变都很不容易。我想得到你们的建议，怎样应对人生的转变。”她说：“不知道接下来要做什么，压力真大。人们会问你在做什么，没人相信连你自己都不知道答案。施赖弗是肯尼迪政治家族的成员、已故的尤尼斯 肯尼迪 施赖弗（译者注：美国前总统约翰 肯尼迪的胞妹）的女儿。施瓦辛格就任州长后，她辞去了美国国家广播公司新闻记者的工作。2009年5月，施瓦辛格在南加州大学为毕业典礼致辞时提到施赖弗对自己的影响很大。他称当人们问起他成功的秘诀时，“我说，首先归功于国家。第二要感谢大家。第三，是因为我娶了来自肯尼迪家族的太太。”