Canadian Finance Minister Jim Flaherty almost brought the house down when was felled by a block of snow as he toured an igloo on the sidelines of G7 talks in Canada’s far north.
Flaherty was unscathed when the igloo archway slab got snagged on his parka hood and fell onto his back as he exited the demonstration snow house. The bricks made of packed snow can weigh up to 9kg.
Its Inuit builders said not to worry, that they would quickly repair the damage to the igloo that had only been erected hours earlier. Flaherty, meanwhile, laughed off the incident.
Finance ministers and central bankers from the world’s seven richest nations were gathered for two days in Iqaluit, just 300km from the Arctic Circle to discuss keeping a tentative global economic recovery on course as fresh turmoil roiled financial markets.
Igloos are usually associated with the Inuit people of Canada’s frozen northern region. Large igloos can house up to 20 people and the temperature inside can get as high as 15°C from body heat alone. (AFP WITH STAFF WRITER)
加拿大財政部長吉姆.弗萊赫堤到加拿大北極區參加七大工業國財金首長會議,在參觀會場外一座冰屋時被一塊冰磚砸到,差點拆了人家房子的小插曲讓全場哄堂大笑。
弗萊赫堤爬出示範冰屋時,身上穿的厚重毛皮連帽外套勾住冰屋的拱門板,結果拱門板掉下來砸到背,所幸並無大礙。由積雪壓製成的冰磚可重達九公斤。
搭建此屋的因紐特人說不用擔心,他們很快就可以修補好這座數小時前才搭好的冰屋。弗萊赫堤對這段小插曲則是一笑置之。
全球七大工業國的財政部長和中央銀行總裁齊聚在距北極圈僅三百公里的伊夸努召開兩天的會議,會中研討在近日經濟市場動盪不安之際,繼續推動全球經濟復甦的計畫。
冰屋通常和居住在加拿大北部冰天雪地地區的因紐特人有關聯。大型冰屋可容納多達二十人,室內溫度單靠人的體溫就可高達攝氏十五度。(法新社╱翻譯:袁星塵)
South Korea’s famous kimchi is falling victim to climate change, with scientists, farmers and manufacturers saying the quality and quantity of the napa cabbage that is pickled to make the ubiquitous dish is suffering due to rising temperatures. Napa cabbage thrives in cooler climates, and is usually planted in mountainous regions where temperatures during the key growing summer season once rarely rose above 25 degrees Celsius. Studies show that warmer weather brought about by climate change is now threatening these crops, so much so that South Korea might not be able to grow napa cabbage one day due to the intensifying heat. “We
It’s widely recognized that there are far more right-handed people than left-handed people in the world. Being right-handed simply means preferring to use one’s right hand for tasks that involve only one hand, such as writing and eating. But have you ever wondered about the possible reasons behind the global dominance of the right hand over the left? As with many complex biological questions, multiple factors appear to be at play. First, one reason seems to be genetics. __1__ Therefore, the global dominance of right-handedness is something that has been passed down through many generations of humans. Next,
A: What’s even more horrible is that the five suspects who purposely supplied ketamine to actor Matthew Perry were all his “friends.” B: Who exactly are the five suspects? A: They include Matthew’s two doctors, a broker, a drug dealer, and even his live-in assistant. B: Those scumbags should go to jail. A: Yeah, one of the doctors may be sentenced to up to 120 years in prison. A: 更可怕的是,提供男星馬修派瑞「K他命」的5人全是他的「朋友」。 B: 嫌犯是誰啊? A: 其中包括他的2位醫生、1位仲介、1位毒販、甚至他的同居助理! B: 那些人渣真該去坐牢。 A: 對啊,其中1位醫生可能面臨120年徒刑。 (By Eddy Chang, Taipei Times/台北時報張聖恩)
Continued from yesterday(延續自昨日) https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/lang Finally, cultural influence also plays a role in which hand people prefer. Historically, items that require physical manipulation have been designed for right-handed use. For example, tools like scissors and musical instruments are often constructed with right-handers in mind, making it difficult for left-handers to use them. __4__ While these factors offer some explanation, they remain speculative. The precise reasons for the global prevalence of right-handed people continue to be debated. Nevertheless, left-handedness will remain a phenomenon of great curiosity among scientists and researchers for many years to come. 最後,文化影響也在人們偏好哪一隻手上扮演一角。歷史上,需要用到肢體操作的物品都被設計來供右手使用。舉例來說,像是剪刀、樂器等工具常常就是考慮到右撇子而打造的,造成左撇子難以使用這些工具。因此,許多天生就是左撇子的人可能就必須透過學習使用右手來適應。 雖然這些因素都提供了一些解釋,但它們仍是推測而已。全球右撇子如此普及,確切的原因仍持續被爭論著。不過,在未來的許多年裡,左撇子依然會是科學家和研究人員相當好奇的一個現象。 What Did You Learn? (A) Specifically, different areas of