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Smoking Weed as a Teen Has Absolutely No Negative Health Effects
青少年时期吸烟对健康无害?
What's up guys, for Complex News, I'm Emily Oberg. Good news for all you pot-smoking teens out there. A new study shows that smoking a ton of weed as a teenager has absolutely no negative health effects.The study, conducted by the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and Rutgers University, revealed that "Chronic
marijuana use by teenage boys does not appear to be linked to later physical or mental health issues, such as depression, psychotic symptoms,or asthma." In other words...
大家好，欢迎收看Complex News。我是Emily Oberg。对于那些沉迷于吸烟的青少年来说这是个好消息。一项新的研究表明，青少年时期大量吸烟没有任何负面健康影响。这项研究由匹兹堡大学医学中心和罗格斯大学联合进行。该研究披露，“青少年男孩长期吸食烟草与以后身体或心理健康问题似乎没有联系，比如抑郁，精神病症状或气喘。”换句话说，趁年轻，吸烟吧。
As per the American Psychological Association,the study began in the 1980s when they started tracking 14-year-old male students in Pittsburgh.And what they found was surprising. Lead researcher Jordan Bechtold noted that, "There were no differences in any of the mental or physical health outcomes that we measured regardless of the amount or frequency of marijuana used during adolescence."
按照美国心理学会的说法，这项研究始于上世纪80年代，开始追踪普兹堡一些14岁的男学生的情况。他们的发现非常令人惊讶。首席研究人员Jordan Bechtold指出，“无论这些学生吸食烟草的数量或频率如何，他们的精神或身体健康状况没有任何不同。”
While marijuana doesn't exactly have any negative effects on your health as a teen, it's not to say that it doesn't make you lazy, give you anxiety or cause you to eat an entire tub of ice cream in one sitting. Personally,I'm not an advocate for marijuana or any drugs for that matter, but the next time your parents
lecture you about your habit, this study will surely come in hand.
尽管青少年时期吸烟对你的健康没有什么不良影响，这并不表示不会让你变得懒惰，让你焦虑，让你增加冰激凌消耗量。从个人的角度来说，我并不支持吸烟，也不支持吸食其他毒品药物。但是下次你的父母再教育你不要吸烟的时候，这项研究或许让你更有说服力。
CCTV9:iPhone在中国市场吸引力下降
iPhone loses its charm in China
iPhone在中国市场吸引力下降
The iconic iPhone is gradually losing some of its charm in China. According to IHS Technology research institute, Apple’s Chinese market share in the second quarter of this year declined from second to third place. Domestic brands now dominate the market with Xiaomi and Huawei leading the way.
Qu Hongyi bought his Xiaomi several months ago. Having used foreign brands such as Apple and Samsung previously, Qu says he chose Xiaomi because of it offered him better performance for the price, especially important to a student like him.
“The high cost-performance ratio was the most attractive thing for me. To people like me who are looking for high functionality, Xiaomi takes care of our needs. My phone was only around 700 yuan and it does everything a smart phone should do. Xiaomi is a good choice for a student," Qu said.
Qu is far from the only one to make that choice. Statistics from IHS Technology show that in the second quarter of this year, domestic brands accounted for about 80 percent of sales in China’s mobile market. Staff at cell phone shops say they are now seeing increasing demand for domestic brands, compared to the past.
"Domestic brands like Xiaomi and Huawei have the best sales volume. As the market has developed, Xiaomi and Huawei have become very competitive," said Gao Fulin, manager of Guangchuang Mobile Phone Square.
"iPhone was very popular last year and in the first half of this year, but as students were the major buyers during these past two months, the sales volume of iPhones has fallen by 30 percent.
In term of functions, Chinese mobile brands have almost completely caught up with the with foreign brands. Compared to the iPhone 6, Huawei’s newly-launched Mate 7, for example, actually has a higher resolution camera.
Its price, however, is only 3,000 yuan, at least 1,000 yuan cheaper than the iPhone. Wang Yang of IHS Technology says that in comparison to foreign brands, the relatively more reasonable cost of domestic brands accounts for their popularity.
"Consumers prefer to buy good things at low prices. But Apple, for example, has a high cost because it puts a lot of effort into improving its functions. Domestic products are cheap but they're good enough to satisfy the needs of most people, so they are very popular," he said.
While the domestic brands are doing well in terms of sales, however, Wang says that compared to foreign brands like Apple, domestic brands still have a long way to go in branding.
"Domestic brands are coming closer to Apple in term of user experience or camera pixels. But the branding of domestic brands is not as influential as Apple," Wang said.
"If a domestic phone wanted to sell for price above 3,000 yuan, consumers would think it wasn't good enough to justify the price, and would prefer to spend another one or two thousand to buy an Apple. Branding has to be developed over a long time. Chinese brands still have to put a lot of effort into branding."
Research company Canalys says China has become the largest smart phone market in the world. Huawei says its output volume has increased by 39 percent in the first half this year.
But Wang says that despite domestic mobile brands accounting for a large percentage of the market share in China, Apple is still the best money earner because of the low pricing of domestic brands.
Apple's second quarter financial report shows its revenue has increased by around 70 percent in China, compared with the first quarter.
CCTV9视频:香港受人民币贬值冲击
Hong Kong may be hit by yuan's fall
香港受人民币贬值冲击
Hong Kong's economy is widely exposed to the changes on the mainland. Retailers and tourism services providers are feeling the pinch of a cheaper yuan.
Analysts also expect less mainland capital going into Hong Kong property.
One analyst forecast there will be less than 4 percent of property transactions done by mainlanders in the third quarter, after climbing to 4.4 percent in the second quarter.
However, Hong Kong bourse chief Charles Li says the yuan's correction bodes well for the local stock market in the long run.
Experts expect further drops of yuan against the Hong Kong dollar as the Hong Kong currency is pegged with the US dollar which has an appreciation bias.
