Try new activities. Performing activities that require the memorization of complex steps will help exercise the brain. Recommended pursuits that you can try are square dancing and chess.

尝试一些新运动。进行一些需要有复杂记忆步骤的活动能锻炼大脑。推荐给你的活动有方块舞和象棋。

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The principal chess piece, which can move one square in any direction and must be protected against checkmate.

王象棋中主要的棋子，可以向任何方向移动一个方格，但必须保护它不被将死。

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There were a lot of people in the square, some women were dancing and singing, while some men were taking the chess.

广场里有很多人，一些女人在唱歌和跳舞，然而一些男人在下象棋。

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So the inventor of the chess game said, "Ok. What I like is on the first block, first square, I would like one grain of rice.

于是象棋发明者说，“好吧，我希望，在第一个方格上，我想要一粒大米。

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Remember the Chinese fable of the mighty emperor who agreed to give a wily supplicant one grain of rice for the first square on a chess board, double that for the second square, double again for the third and so on, before he realised that he would be giving away his whole kingdom's supply before the board was half-finished.

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Fill up on organic blueberries and heirloom tomatoes at the Union Square Greenmarket, then wander past the students and chess-players in Washington Square Park to linger over cappuccino in an old-fashioned Italian pavement cafe on Bleecker Street, or cool off Middle-Eastern style with hummus, mint-studded lemonade and chilled salads at Hummus Place (88 MacDougall St).

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Ben Kingsley is the instinct-squelching teacher, who passes his own fear and loathing about winning and losing to his student, while Laurence Fishburne is the intuitive one, a Washington Square Park speed-chess freak who inspires exuberant invention.

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