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Tomorrow's Cities: Singapore's plans for a smart nation 明日城市:新加玻的智能國家計畫

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Singapore is aiming to be the world's first Smart Nation - but what does that actually entail ? 新加坡正以成為世界第一個智能國度為目標,但實際上那需要些什麼呢? entail 必須、使承擔。例句:This job would entail your learning how to use a computer. 這工作將需要你學會怎樣用電腦。 You know what it's like. You're waiting for the bus on your way to work and inevitably, you're late. Enter Singapore's Smart Nation solution, which aims to merge technology into every aspect of life on the small island. 你知道那是什麼,當你在等上班的公車時,而不可避免的,你會遲到,進入新加坡以將科技融入這個小島上生活每一個層面為目標的智慧國度計畫。 That includes some bus stops, which under this plan will now have interactive maps and wi-fi connectivity - even e-books and a swing. This is all an attempt to make the journeys of Singapore's commuters more enjoyable and efficient. 這項計畫包含了一些公車站,在這項計畫下,將會有互動地圖與 wi-fi 連結,甚至是電子書和鞦韆,這都是為了要讓新加坡的通勤族的旅程能夠更愉快且有效率。 If you look at how important the bus system is to public transport here, it makes sense. With almost four million daily rides, the bus

Early dinosaur relative walked like a croc 早期恐龍親戚走路像隻鱷魚

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One of the earliest relatives of dinosaurs had some features we associate today with crocodiles and alligators, a study suggests. 一項調查顯 示,最原始的恐龍親戚有一些特點類似於現代的鱷魚。 Many palaeontologists have wondered what the earliest dinosaur relatives looked like, as the fossil record in this time period is sparse. 許多古生物學家都對恐龍始祖的長相感到好奇,然而這段時期的化石紀錄很稀少。 Some assumed they walked on two legs, looking a bit like miniature dinosaurs. But the newly described creature walked on four legs like a croc,   the journal Nature reports. 有些考古學家認為牠們是以兩條腿行走,看起來有點像是小型恐龍,但是根據《自然》雜誌報導,對這種生物的新描述爲像鱷魚,以四條腿行走。 The 2-3m (7-10ft) carnivorous animal, unearthed in southern Tanzania, lived some 245 million years ago during the Triassic Period. It pre-dated the earliest dinosaurs. 長度為 2~3 公尺( 7~8 英呎)的肉食動物,在坦尚尼亞聯合共和國南邊被挖掘,生存於 2 萬 4 千 5 百萬年前的三疊紀,是記載中最早的恐龍。 Prof Paul Barrett, from London's Natural History Museum, one of the authors on the new paper, said: "This is a little animal that we call   Teleocr