According to a study by Australian National University, Australian children and Chinese children have the same level of eyesight before they start school, but once they enter primary school, Chinese children only spend about an hour a day outside, while Australian children spend three to four hours each day in the sunshine.

澳大利亚国立大学的一项研究显示，澳大利亚的孩子和中国的孩子在入学前的视力水平相同。但是一旦他们进入小学，中国的孩子每天只会在户外度过一个小时，而澳大利亚的孩子每天在阳光下待三到四个小时。

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Morgan Stanley, an investment bank, finds that Americans spend 28% of their media time online, yet only 13% of total AD spending is devoted to the Internet.

投行摩根·斯坦利发现，美国人把28%的媒体使用时间花在了互联网上，但该领域对应的广告预算却只有13%。

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For instance, in an English-only applications are you sure you really need to spend time loading data for Chinese characters?

例如，在一个只面向英文的应用中，你确信你真的想花时间下载中文字符数据么？

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You can spend a great deal of time making an object only for it to break in the kiln.

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For the same reason that folks got rid of their expensive stereos and LP collections, only to buy an iPod and spend just as much money buying iTunes: because the combination of ease of use and a host of unexpected new applications makes the overall experience of the new technology clearly superior to its predecessor.

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For many Chinese parents with bright prospects ahead - and memories of a deprived childhood behind them - investing in their only child's future is seen as an increasingly intelligent and noble way to spend their disposable income.

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