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大雨袭击威尼斯
George
A wave of bad weather swept through northern and central Italy recently. Nearly three quarters of Venice were flooded on Monday and tourists swam in St. Mark’s Square. About 200 people were forced to leave their homes in Tuscany.
In Tuscany， 23 centimeters（9 inches） of rain fell in four hours. High water in Venice reached 149cm（5 feet）， the sixth highest level since 1872. Shops， homes and historic places were filled with water in Venice and authorities said 70 percent of the city was flooded. Residents had to walk in waist?deep water. Tourists in swimming costumes sat at cafe tables under the water.
There was no immediate estimate of damage to the beautiful northeastern city.
French President Plans to Ban Homework
法国总统拟取消家庭作业
Grace
It will be a happy thing to be a student in France. French President Francois Hollande plans to end homework on Tuesday.
Socialist Hollande worries that privileged children benefit from parental assistance on take?home assignments and that disadvantaged children do not.
“An education program is， by definition， a societal program. Work should be done at school， rather than at home，” Hollande said at La Sorbonne in Paris last week.
Although students will welcome the cancelling of homework， they might be unhappy about Hollande’s plan of extending the school week from four days to four and a half days. Schools will dismiss children earlier than they already do most days and after lunchtime on the extra day， but the planned schedule is not without criticism.
“It’s completely unrealistic，” said Valerie Marty， president of the national parents’ organization.
Disney Buys Lucasfilm
迪斯尼收购卢卡斯电影
Gary
Disney is buying Lucasfilm， the company behind the Star Wars films for [S] 4.05bn.
Mr. Lucas said， “It’s now time for me to pass Star Wars on to a new generation of film?makers.”
In a statement announcing the purchase， Disney said it planned to release a new Star Wars film， Episode 7， in 2015.
That will be followed by Episodes 8 and 9 and then one new movie every two or three years， the company said.
George Lucas started Lucasfilm in 1971 and the first Star Wars film was released in 1977. The last Star Wars film was 2005’s Revenge of the Sith.
“For the past 35 years， one of my greatest pleasures has been to see Star Wars passed from one generation to the next，” Mr Lucas said. “I’ve always believed that Star Wars could live beyond me， and I thought it was important to set up the transition during my lifetime.”
Math Can Cause Physical Pain
学数学可引发生理疼痛
Lynn
Scientists have proved what students have long suspected： Math equations（方程式） can actually cause physical pain.
For those who are fearful of math， regions of the brain linked with the experience of physical suffering became more active when they were dealing with a difficult math equation， researchers have found.
The higher a person’s anxiety of a math task， the more it increases activity in regions of their brain linked with the experience of pain itself， according to researchers from the University of Chicago.
A math task itself is not painful but merely the thought of it is highly unpleasant to some people.
“Math can be difficult， and for those with high levels of mathematics?anxiety（HMAs）， math is related with stress and fear，” said the researchers.