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Now the nation's top patent court appears completely ready to scale back on business-method patents, which have been controversial ever since they were first authorized 10 years ago.

现在，这个国家最高级别的专利法院似乎已完全准备削减商业方法专利，这类专利自十年前首次被授权以来就一直存在争议。

In short, the image that best represents the current crisis is the stereotypical cartoon scene of a man sitting at the breakfast table with a newspaper held up in front of his face, while a woman glares at the back of it, wanting to talk.

简而言之，最能代表当前危机的形象，就是那种典型的漫画场景：一个男人坐在早餐桌前，报纸挡在面前，而女人则愤怒地盯着报纸的背面，想要和他交谈。

You have just come back from the U.S. as a member of a Sino-American cultural exchange program.

你刚从美国回来，作为中美文化交流项目的一员。

Studies dating back to the 1930s indicate that laughter 8 muscles, decreasing muscle tone for up to 45 minutes after the laugh dies down.

20 世纪 30 年代的研究表明，笑能放松 8 块肌肉，使肌肉张力在笑停止后降低长达 45 分钟。

It's like the teacher who breaks up the troublemakers in the back row by pairing them with better-behaved classmates.

这就像老师把后排的捣蛋学生和表现更好的同学配对，以分散他们的注意力。