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India withdraws rupee notes 印度撤除舊版大額盧比紙鈔
Molecules on your phone reveal your lifestyle 手機上的分子信息可暴露機主生活方式
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Many Indians have been queuing up outside banks across India, following the announcement that the highest denomination currency notes are being withdrawn. These notes are widely used in business and property transactions to evade tax, and the measure aims to target that money. Now Indians will be able to deposit their old notes in bank accounts and get new ones.
在印度宣佈撤除其最高面額的紙制貨幣後，在全國各地的銀行外，許多印度人都排起瞭長隊。這種舊版紙幣被廣泛地用於以逃稅為目的的商業和財產交易中，因此，印度政府采取廢鈔這一措施來打擊這類資金。現在，印度人可以把舊鈔存入自己的銀行賬戶然後領取新鈔。
Molecules found on mobile phones can reveal a lot about the owner’s health and lifestyle, including their food preferences and medication. That’s the conclusion of a study by the University of California. Scientists found traces of everything from caffeine and spices to skin creams and anti-depressants on 40 phones they tested. We leave traces of molecules, chemicals and bacteria on everything we touch.
從手機上獲取的分子信息可以從多方面暴露機主的健康狀況及生活方式，包括其飲食喜好和所服用的藥物，這是美國加州大學的一項研究得出的結論。從咖啡因、調味料到護膚霜和抗抑鬱藥，科學傢們在受驗的40臺手機上發現瞭各類物質的痕跡。我們會在觸摸到的一切事物上留下分子、化學品和細菌的痕跡。
詞匯
evade tax
逃稅
traces
蹤跡，痕跡
練習
請從以下詞匯中選擇適當的答案來完成句子。註意：你可能需要改變單詞的時態來完成句子。
evade tax / traces
1. You should go to the doctor if you find __________ of blood in your urine.
2. For taxpayers on a salary, there is little scope to __________ because it is deducted in advance.
答案
1. You should go to the doctor if you find traces of blood in your urine.
2. For taxpayers on a salary, there is little scope to evade tax because it is deducted in advance.
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