周五 4/5 1. 食物讓你變聰明 2.富人稅

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周五 4/5 1. 食物讓你變聰明 2.富人稅

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食物讓你變聰明

5 Foods that Make You Smarter By The Nutrition Twins

The foods you eat can help by boosting brain health and keeping age-related cognitive decline.

1. Blueberries: People tend to forget about blueberries in the winter, but they’re available year round. Blueberries contain anthocyanins, which give them their blue tint and have antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties that may reduce age-related cognitive decline and Alzheimer’s disease. Animal studies also show that a diet rich in blueberries improves learning in older animals and make them mentally equivalent to younger animals.

2. Salmon and sardines: We’ve all heard that fish is brain food and there’s good reason for it. Fatty fish, like salmon and sardines, are packed with omega 3’s, which protect the brain and support its development. Plus omega 3’s may play a vital role in enhancing memory, especially as we get older. People who get more omega 3’s have lower rates of dementia and slower mental decline. For brain and heart health, eat two servings weekly.

3. Apples: Apples contain compounds that may be able to protect the brain from the type of damage that triggers neurodegenerative diseases like Parkinson's and Alzheimer's. One of those compounds, a flavonoid called quercetin, has been shown to protect the brain from oxidative damage. We’ve had an apple nearly every day since high school, usually with breakfast. We hope it works its magic on us, as Alzheimer’s has affected members of our family.

4. Eggs:When it comes to the brain and eggs, don’t forget about the yolk. Yolks contain one of the most important nutrients for building better brains: choline. Choline contributes to healthy and efficient brain processes. Getting adequate amounts of choline, especially during fetal development and early childhood, may help us learn more readily and also help us retain what we learn. Plus, sufficient choline intake early on may give us the mental building blocks we need to help keep memory intact as we age. As we age, our body’s natural choline output declines, and its neurochemical action weakens. So this is the time that you also want to eat choline-rich foods to increase your production of acetylcholine, which will improve your brain power.

5. Tea: Green, black, and oolong tea contain an amino acid called theanine, which can bring about both mental calmness and alertness that allows you to perform your best. Plus, the warm drink decreases stress so you can focus better.

Questions:

1. In your opinions what food can make you smarter?

2. Do you think some certain food make us smarter? Or happier?

3. Eating the right food can improves your mind and IQ?

4. Foods that make you dumb? Please give some examples?

5. Food that makes us energetic? Please give some examples?

6. What food affects your moods?

富人稅

French President Francois Hollande hits businesses with 75 percent tax (The Washington time)

A court may have shot down French President Francois Hollande’s attempt to stick the wealthy with a 75 percent tax on earnings above a certain amount. But he’s not giving up. Mr. Hollande’s new plan: Stick the 75 percent tax on businesses.

Companies — not individuals — would have to pay the high tax on any salaries that are paid over a million euros, under Mr. Hollande’s latest proposal, Newsmax reports.

The Socialist leader is trying to reignite a sluggish economy — as he promised during his campaign — but is facing dwindling poll numbers and approval ratings. His recent attempt to tax wealthy at a 75 percent rate was denied in a constitutional court.

He said now his“first objective is to reverse the unemployment rate,” as quoted in Newsmax.

Questions:

1. Should the wealthy pay more taxes? Why the rich should pay more taxes?

2. Will raising taxes on the wealthy create economic growth? Reasons?

3. Will raising taxes on rich hurt economic growth? Reasons?

4. What do you think that the economics of sin taxes?

(“sin taxes” are so called because they are levied on those commodities, such as tobacco and alcohol, which are the objects of widespread disapproval.)

5. How to raise tax if you were a minister of finance?

13種食物，讓你變聰明【阿波羅新聞網2011-06-25訊】

葯補不如食補，吃對了還能促進大腦健康。據美國「雅虎女性網」最新報道，美國營養學家推薦了13種能讓人變聰明的食物。

　　1．瘦牛排、菠菜：富含礦物質鐵，有助於提高警覺度和注意力。

　　2．甜菜、毛豆：富含氨基酸苯丙氨酸，有助增強腦細胞活力。

　3．藍莓：花色苷可促進大腦對葡萄糖的利用。

　4．西藍花：豐富的抗氧化劑和植物營養素，有助於保護大腦組織免受毒素侵害。

5．胡蘿蔔：β胡蘿蔔素和其他天然營養物有助於保護大腦。

　　6．雞肉：富含酪氨酸，促進多巴胺、腎上腺素和去甲腎上腺素的分泌。這些物質可以使思維更敏捷，反應更迅速，精力更充沛。

　　7．柑橘屬水果：含大量維生素C，有助於保持記憶力，防止腦細胞受損。

　8．雞蛋：其中的B族維生素膽鹼，能幫助改善記憶力。

　　9．扁豆：辣椒素能刺激循環，幫助消化，直接向大腦傳遞快樂感。

　　10．豌豆莢：可為大腦提供能量豐富的纖維素，降低葡萄糖的吸收速度。

　 11．豬肉：含維生素B1，可保護腦細胞所必需的磷脂。

　12．金槍魚：富含歐米伽-3脂肪酸，有助於促進腦細胞生長。

　13．酸奶：多項研究發現，酸奶等含益生菌的食物可增強大腦警覺度。

法總統擬修改富人稅【環球網綜合報道】

法國總統奧朗德在去年的大選中極力主張對年收入超過100萬歐元的富人徵收75%的富人稅，這令法國富豪階層人心惶惶，很多富豪還表達了“出走”的願望。而據英國路透社3月28日消息，奧朗德28日在接受法國電視2台採訪時表示，他將對75%最高所得稅進行修改，納稅對象將由個人改為公司。奧朗德表示，他將重新起草競選時提出的稅收議案，這一議案此前在憲法委員會被否決。根據新的調整，納稅對象將由個人改為公司。

奧朗德同時表示，今年年內將今年沒有計劃強制徵收額外稅款，也暫時沒有2014年增加稅收的計劃。

在奧朗德大打“徵稅牌”之後，就有媒體報道稱，法國的富豪們試圖用逃離法國來捍衛自己的財富，一些年收入在20萬歐元上下、被法國商界寄予厚望的年輕創業者們也在不斷猶豫是否要繼續待在這個國家。英國、比利時、瑞士，甚至美國，這些“富人友好型”國家都是法國富豪們青睞的目的地。

每周一句4/4 to rise the bait

♦ take the bait/rise to the bait上當/上鉤---Fig. to respond to an allurement; to fall for an enticement or fall into a trap.

Examples:

1. When she said she can’t live without you, don't take the bait.

2. You can get her here easily. Tell her that money has already prepared and she will rise to the bait.