The modern open office was designed for team building and camaraderie but is mostly distinguished by its high noise levels, lack of privacy and surfeit of both digital and human distractions.
《中英對照讀新聞》Higher birthweight linked to grandmother gene 出生體重較重與祖母基因相關
Scientists say a gene variation could contribute up to 155g to a child’s birthweight.
科學家說，一種基因的變異可能會讓兒童出生體重增加多達155公克。
The gene studied is believed to act as a growth suppressor, reducing birthweight. But the UK-based researchers found a particular variant passed down from the mother can add 93g to the birthweight, or 155g if passed down from the maternal grandmother.
研究針對的這種基因據信扮演生長抑制者的角色，會降低出生體重。但英國研究人員發現一種從母親遺傳的特別基因變異，可能讓出生體重增加93公克，從外婆遺傳的基因變異，可能讓出生體重增加155公克。
Professor Gudrun Moore of University College London and colleagues looked at a gene called PHLDA2 in nearly 9,500 DNA samples taken from mothers and their babies, collected in three separate studies.
倫敦大學學院的摩爾教授與同僚，從取自母親與她們小孩的將近9500份DNA樣本中，研究一種稱為PHLDA2的基因。這些樣本取自於3份不同的研究。
They found a gene variant called RS1 appeared to change the way in which the gene functioned, leading to higher birthweights. "The gene is already known to have a profound effect on birthweight by acting as a growth suppressor," Prof Moore said.
摩爾教授說，他們發現一種稱為RS1的基因變異似乎會改變基因運作方式，導致出生體重增加，摩爾說：「這種基因已知會扮演生長抑制者的角色，對出生體重有深遠影響。」
The RS1 variation was found in around 13% of the individuals studied, with 87% possessing the RS2 variation. "We suggest that the more common RS2 gene variation, which is only found in humans, has evolved to produce a smaller baby as a protective effect to enhance the mother’s survival during childbirth," said Prof Moore.
研究的對象中，約13%有RS1變異，87%有RS2變異，摩爾教授說：「我們認為，只有在人類體內發現的、較普遍的RS2基因變異，是演化產生的保護效果；它製造較小的嬰兒，加強母親生產時的存活率。」
新聞辭典
variant：名詞，變異，變數，變化版。例句：There are many colas on the market now, all variants on the original drink.（現在市面上有很多種可樂，都是從原始的可樂變化而來。）
pass down：片語，流傳，傳承。例句：His is a family trade, passed down from generation to generation.（他的是家傳事業，代代相傳。）
maternal：形容詞，母系的，母性的。例句：She is very maternal towards her staff.（她對員工非常有母性。）
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張曼儀老師說：「『小東西』，原文是『minor object』，也就是平常的物品，以至身邊瑣事，藉著聯想的作用，它們能夠叫讀者產生親切感。
One could crawl on and on. There’s Old Bookbinders down in the canalside neighborhood of Jericho, a stone’s throw from Castle Mill boatyard (threatened with imminent development), which inspired Philip Pullman to create the Gyptians boat people in “The Golden Compass.” At Bookbinders, the ales are kept in barrels behind the bar, and you can reach into a tub for free handfuls of ground nuts. There’s the Gardeners of Plantation Road, with its armchairs and two wood rooms, and the best vegetarian food in town. Not to mention the Trout on the river, the Grapes in the center, the White Horse, and the little Half Moon by Magdalen Bridge. Oxford: what a surfeit of good will in its honey-gold stone and nut-brown glasses.
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surfeit Show phonetics
noun [C usually singular] FORMAL
an amount which is too large, or is more than is needed:
The country has a surfeit of cheap labour.
surfeit[sur・feit]
- 発音記号[sə'ːrfit]
sur・feit
━━ n., v. 過多; 食い［飲み］すぎ（させる，する） ((of, on, with)); 食傷［あきあき］（させる，する） ((with)).
luscious
(lŭsh'əs)
adj.
Sweet and pleasant to taste or smell: a luscious melon. See synonyms at delicious.
Having strong sensual or sexual appeal; seductive.
Richly appealing to the senses or the mind: a luscious, vivid description.
Archaic. Excessively sweet; cloying.
[形]
1 いい味［香り］のする, おいしい；甘美な.
2 （感覚・心に）気持ちよい, うっとりさせる；〈言葉・文体などが〉飾りたてた, 豪華な, 魅力的な.
3 ((略式))情欲をそそる, 官能的な. ▼主に男性語.
4 ((古))甘ったるい.
[Middle English lucius, alteration of licious, perhaps short for delicious, delicious. See delicious.]
lusciously lus'cious·ly adv.
lusciousness lus'cious·ness n.
wigwam
(wĭg'wŏm')
n.n. - 帳蓬, 小屋
A Native American dwelling commonly having an arched or conical framework overlaid with bark, hides, or mats.
[Eastern Abenaki wìkəwαm.]
WORD HISTORY English has adopted two words for Native American dwellings from languages in the Algonquian family. Both wigwam and wickiup come from the Algonquian root wik- (with a variant wig-), "to dwell," to which suffixes are added. Wigwam comes from Abenaki wigwam (spelled various ways) and means "their dwelling"; wickiup comes from Fox dialect wikiyap or wikiyapi, "a dwelling, wigwam."
variation[var・i・a・tion]
- レベル：大学入試程度
- 発音記号[vèəriéiʃən]
[名]
2 [U][C]変化量, 変化率, 変化の程度
4 《音楽》[U]変奏；[C]変奏曲.
5 《バレエ》バリアシオン：ソロの踊り.
6 [U][C]《天文》変差；（月の）二均差.
7 [U][C]《海事》偏差：真子午線と磁気子午線のなす水平角. ⇒DEVIATION 2
8 《生物》[U]変異（⇒MUTATION 2）；[C]変異個体.
9 [U][C]《数学》変動, 変分, 順列, 振幅.
var・i・a・tion・al
[形]cloy
(kloi)
v., cloyed, cloy·ing, cloys.
v.tr.
To cause distaste or disgust by supplying with too much of something originally pleasant, especially something rich or sweet; surfeit.
v.intr.
To be too filling, rich, or sweet.
[Short for obsolete accloy, to clog, from Middle English acloien, from Old French encloer, to drive a nail into, from Medieval Latin inclāvāre : Latin in-, in; see in-2 + Latin clāvāre, to nail (from clāvus, nail).]
cloyingly cloy'ing·ly adv.cloyingness cloy'ing·ness n.
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