瑞士的赋税和开支都比较低,但其劳动生产力却较高,这是由于瑞士人能够投票决定财税问题。海德堡大学的拉兹·弗莱德说道。
Switzerland's taxes and spending are lower than otherwise, and its Labour productivity higher, because the Swiss can vote on fiscal issues, says Lars Feld of the University of Heidelberg.
美国西北大学的医学教授弗莱德·塔瑞克说:“我们一直过份强调节食和锻炼,以至于忽略了良好睡眠的作用。”
Put so much emphasis on diet and exercise that we've failed to recognize the value of good sleep, "said Fred Turek, a physician at Northwestern University."
洛杉矶加州大学神经外科医生伊查克·弗莱德在其发表在《自然》杂志的论文中,就介绍过这么一个例子:弗莱德当时正在研究一名16岁癫痫少女的大脑,以寻找刺激其癫痫发作的发作根源,结果却发现了一个奇怪的现象:只要他给病人的左前叶(说到底就是一个不足1平方英寸的区域)施加电流,那个女孩就会笑出声来。
Take the case of a 16-year-old girl described four years ago in Nature by neurosurgeon Itzhak Fried of the University of California at Los Angeles.
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