概括大意
日内瓦国际汽车展与底特律、法兰克福、巴黎和东京车展被称为世界五大车展。第 80 届日内瓦国际汽车展于当地时间 3 月 4 日正式拉开帷幕。
2008 年，当丰田成功超越通用成为全球第一大车企的时候，没有人能想到，仅仅一年多的时间，丰田便深陷召回泥潭，品牌几乎毁于一旦。
在各国政府忙着制定越来越严格的尾气排放和燃油经济性标准的哥本哈根时代，新能源汽车不再是形单影只的看客，而是真正 地成为了主角，这也昭
示着未来新能源汽车必将大有作为。
为了美化这些二手车，招揽乘客，司机们十分热衷于汽车改装。他们给汽车加装大屏幕液晶显示器，改装音响，最多的还是在车身喷上各种图案。
卖折族大多是敢于尝试新事物的年轻人，分为三类：菜鸟级的卖家只能用手机订购、网上订购，或者从骨灰级的卖家处购得少量打折票， 再进行转卖；
入门级的卖家则会到电影院、景点等售票点团购打折票，再进行转卖；而骨灰级的卖家订购数量较大，不少骨灰级的卖折族月入 3000 不是问题。
These days food stamps aren’t just for those on welfare. With a struggling economy, many
Americans are relying on government assistance to survive.
They say money can’t make you happy, but scientists find that it can make your life a lot less
stressful. A study of almost 200 adults making various amounts of money finds that the less
money you make, the more stress your body feels.
Air conditioning may keep you cool and comfortable, but did you ever think it could contribute to
making you fat? When it comes to putting on weight, scientists this week say they may be more
to blame than eating super sized portions and engaging in couch potato past times.
Given its reputation as one of the world’s most polluted capitals, Mexico City is not generally
known as a haven for the cyclist. City leaders, however, want to change all that. They are the first
in the region to introduce a scheme to encourage commuters to leave their cars outside the city
and climb aboard a bike, at least for the last part of their journey.
The study into diet and disease looked into the eating habits of almost half a million people in the
UK and other parts of Europe. It found that eating more fruits and vegetables only cut their
cancer risk by about 3%, that’s much less than previously thought.
stoicism（人名均根据听到的发音在网络后搜索得到）
Ancient philosophy is not just about talking or lecturing, or even reading long dense books. In
fact, it is something people have used throughout history, to solve their problems and to achieve
their greatest triumphs. Specifically, I am referring to stoicism, which in my opinion is the most
practical of all philosophies, and therefore the most appealing. Stoicism was founded in Ancient
Greece by Zeno of Citium in the early third century BC, but was practised by the likes of Epictetus,
Cato, Seneca, and Marcus Aurelius. Amazingly, we still have access to these ideas, despite the fact
that the most famous stoics never wrote anything down for publication. Cato definitely didn’t,
Marcus Aurelius never intended his Meditations to be anything but personal, Seneca’s letters
were, well, letters, and Epictetus’ thoughts come to us by way of a note-taking student. Stoic
principles were based on the idea that its followers could have an unshakable happiness in this
life, and the key to achieving this was virtue. The road to virtue in turn lay in understanding that
destructive emotions like anger and jealousy are under our conscious control. They don’t have to
control us, because we can learn to control them. In the words of Epictetus, external events I
cannot control, but the choices I make with regard to them I do control. The modern day
philosopher and writer Nassim Nicholas Taleb defines a stoic as someone who has a different
perspective on experiences, which most of us would see as wholly negative. A stoic transforms
fear into caution, pain into transformation, mistakes into initiation, and desire into undertaking.
Using this definition as a model, we can see that throughout the centuries stoicism has been
practised in more recent history by kings, presidents, artists, writers and entrepreneurs.
The founding fathers of the United States were inspired by the philosophy. George Washington
was introduced to stoicism by his neighbours at the age 17, and later, put on a play based on the
life of Cato to inspire his men. Thomas Jefferson kept a copy of Seneca beside his bed. Writers
and artists have also been inspired by the stoics. Eugène Delacroix, the renowned French
romantic artist, known best for his painting Liberty Leading the People, was an ardent stoic,
referring to it as his consoling religion. The economist Adam Smith’s theories on capitalism were
significantly influenced by the stoicism that he studied as a schoolboy, under a teacher who
translated Marcus Aurelius’ works. Today’s political leaders are no different, with many finding
their inspiration from the ancient texts. Former US president Bill Clinton rereads Marcus Aurelius
every single year, and many have compared former president Obama’s calm leadership style to
that of Cato. Wen Jiabao, the former prime minister of China, claims that Meditations is one of
two books he travels with, and that he has read it more than 100 times over the course of his life.
Stoicism had a profound influence on Albert Ellis, who invented cognitive behaviour therapy,
which is used to help people manage their problems by changing the way that they think and
behave. It’s most commonly used to treat depression. The idea is that we can take control of our
lives by challenging the irrational beliefs that create our faulty thinking, symptoms, and behaviors
by using logic instead. Stoicism has also become popular in the world of business. Stoic principles
can build the resilience and state of mind required to overcome setbacks, because stoics teach
turning obstacles into opportunity, a lesson every business entrepreneur needs to learn. I would
argue that studying stoicism is as relevant today as it was 2000 years ago, thanks to its brilliant
insights into how to lead a good life. At the very root of the thinking, there is a very simple way of
living: control what you can, and accept what you can’t. This is not as easy as it sounds, and will
require considerable practice. It can take a lifetime to master. The stoics also believed the most
important foundation for a good and happy life is not money, fame, power, or pleasure, but
having a disciplined and principled character, something which seems to resonate with many
people today.