5.4 热门：脸书当'红娘'推约会服务

Royal wedding carriage set

哈里梅根婚礼马车亮相

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have chosenan open-topped Ascot Landau from the royal carriage collection to use in their wedding procession, Kensington Palace says.

肯辛顿宫发布消息，哈里王子与梅根·马克尔从皇室收藏的马车中，挑选了Ascot Landau敞篷马车作为婚礼时乘坐的马车。

After the couple's May 19 wedding the newlyweds will take the carriage, pulled by four horses, from Windsor Castle through the town center and back for their reception.

5月19日婚礼过后，这对新婚夫妇将乘坐这辆四匹马拉着的马车，从温莎城堡穿过温莎镇中心，再返回婚宴。

Royal officials say the couple hope it"will be a memorable moment for everyone who has gathered together in Windsor to enjoy the atmosphere of this special day."

王室官员表示，两人希望这对所有聚集到温莎的人来说都是具有纪念意义的时刻，希望他们能享受这个特殊日子的氛围。

FB to launch dating service

脸书当'红娘'推约会服务

Facebook will roll out a series of features to facilitate dating, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced Tuesday.

脸书首席执行官马克·扎克伯格5月1日宣布，该公司将推出一系列助力相亲的功能。

Zuckerberg noted that 200 million people on Facebook are listed as single, and that 1 in 3 marriages in the US startonline.

扎克伯格指出，在脸书上有2亿人被标注为单身，全美有1/3的婚姻始自网络。

He said the service will be opt-in and, top reserve people's privacy, not viewable to users' friends.

他表示，这种服务将是选择性加入的以保护人们的隐私，用户的朋友是看不到的。

It will also only suggest possible partners who are not already Facebook friends with a user.

该服务只会推荐那些不是用户既有好友的潜在对象。

Testing will start later this year."This will be focused on long-term relationships, not just hookups,"Zuckerberg said at the company's developer conference, called F8.

测试将于今年晚些时候启动。扎克伯格在脸书F8研发会议上称，他们不只牵线做媒，而将以长期恋情为重点。

"We're focused on helping people build meaningful relationships," he said, and "this might be the most meaningful of all."

他表示："我们将专注于帮助人们构建有意义的恋情，这也许是最有意义的事情。"

Sneakers made from gum

荷兰推出口香糖球鞋

Dutch fashion and shoe label Explicit Wearhas partnered with local marketing organization Iamsterdam and sustainability firm Gumdrop to create a limited-edition sneaker for adults made from recycled gum that's literally been scraped from Amsterdam's pavements.

近日，荷兰时尚鞋履品牌ExplicitWear与当地营销机构Iamsterdam及环保公司Gumdrop合作设计了一款限量版成人运动鞋，这款鞋由阿姆斯特丹人行道上刮下来，回收利用的口香糖制成。

The discarded gum is being put to good useto make stylish kicks that also raise awareness for the anti-littering cause.Priced at around $332, the shoes will debut sometime in June.

他们将这些废弃口香糖很好地加以利用，制成时尚运动鞋，还提高了公众不乱扔垃圾方面的意识。口香糖运动鞋将于6月的某个时间发售，售价约为332美元。

Available for preorder now, the new Gumshoe sneakers are offered in both a bubble gum pink and a black/red colorway. Nearly 2.2pounds of gum is used in every four pairs of shoes.

新款口香糖运动鞋现已接受预订，有泡泡糖粉和红配黑两种颜色。每四双鞋要用近2.2磅的口香糖。

A map of Amsterdamis molded into the bottom of the soles to subtly remind people of the littering problem. Even better, the sneakers actually smell like bubble gum, too - without the annoying stickiness.

鞋底被模具印上了阿姆斯特丹的地图，以此巧妙地提醒人们乱扔垃圾的问题。更妙的是，这款运动鞋闻起来也像泡泡糖，只不过没有它讨厌的粘性。

Hand dryers blow bacteria

烘手器其实是在喷细菌?

A new study has found that little bits ofpoop and bacteria, when flushing an open toilet, can be sucked up by warm hand dryers and blown straight onto your freshly washed hands.

一项新研究发现，冲马桶时不盖盖子，排泄物和细菌的分子会被温暖的烘手器吸收，然后再直直地吹向你刚刚洗过的双手。

Researchers at the University of Connecticut began their study by placing petri dishes under various bathroom hand dryers around the school.

康涅狄格大学的研究人员在学校多个卫生间的烘手器下方放置了培养皿。

While the plates that were exposed to normal bathroom air had about one bacterial colony present, the samples that were exposed to 30 seconds of hand dryer air had 18 to 60 bacterial colonies per plate.

暴露在普通卫生间空气中的培养皿里有1个菌落，而被置于烘手器下吹上30秒的培养皿里则有18-60个菌落。

The researchers concluded that "manykinds of bacteria, including potential pathogens and spores, can be depositedon hands exposed to bathroom hand dryers." And now, the University of Connecticut offers paper towels as a hand dryer alternative.

研究人员得出结论称，"烘手器会将多种细菌吹到人们手上，包括潜在的病原体和芽孢。"如今，康涅狄格大学开始提供纸巾，代替烘手器。

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