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As more Americans try to adopt healthy lifestyles and environmentally friendly practices, the idea of growing their own food has become increasingly popular among city dwellers. That interest was evident at a recent urban gardening forum in Washington, D.C. Dozens of organizations and hundreds of residents got together to advance the local food movement.

Legendary Hollywood actress Elizabeth Taylor has died at the age of 79.A statement from Taylor's family says she died peacefully, with her children at her side. The veteran actress, known for movies such as "National Velvet," which made her a star at the age of 12, and "Cleopatra," had been suffering from congestive heart failure. She had been hospitalized in Los Angeles for the past six weeks. Taylor won Academy Awards for her role in "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" and "Butterfield 8." In later years, she was a spokeswoman for humanitarian causes, notably AIDS research. That work gained her a special Oscar in 1993. 
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The government found more radioactive materials in food and drinking water, raising the possibility that contamination from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant has spread to increasingly distant locations.

日本政府在食品和饮用水中发现了更多放射性物质，由此看来，福岛第一核电站(Fukushima Daiichi)造成的污染可能已扩散到越来越远的地方。
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科学家称日本核事故危害被严重夸大
Fear of Japan's nuclear crisis far exceeds actual risks, say scientists

Fukushima is not Chernobyl, scientists repeat, and even Chernobyl was not as deadly as popularly believed.

科学家反复强调，福岛不是切尔诺贝利，而且切尔诺贝利也不像公众所想的那么可怕和危险。

核危机蔓延东京 大都市或变“鬼城”
Thriving metropolis or ghost town? Crisis transforms Tokyo

Areas of Tokyo usually packed with office workers like sushi restaurants and noodle shops were eerily quiet. Many schools were closed. Companies allowed workers to stay home. Long queues formed at airports.

World Bank officials say the recent earthquake and tsunami could cost Japan's economy as much as $235 billion and recovery could take up to five years.

Monday's report from the bank says the damage may turn out to be the equivalent of 4 percent of the nation's economic output. The bank predicts that growth will pick up as reconstruction efforts accelerate.

We are talking now to Dr. Michio Kaku, our friend from City University of New York, Physicist. Just as important, you have friends and family in Japan, you've been in contact with them?

That's right. We tried to call them on the telephone. And they told me, first of all, they saw entire Tokyo metro system is knocked down. One of my relatives can't go home. He has to walk home. And the taxi lines... Can you imagine New York City parallels 10 million people waiting for a taxi? The airports are out. You can't get out. The phone lines are dead, we can't even contact our relatives any more. One relative told me that she was walking down Ginza, downtown Tokyo, she could actually see the building sway. Can you imagine?

福岛第一核电站(Fukushima Daiichi)运营商周日说，该核电站受损反应堆密封装置内的压力水平上升，但已稳定，因此没必要释放放射性蒸汽，而此举本来会阻碍控制核危机的努力。

Pressure levels inside the containment vessel of a stricken reactor at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant were elevated but had stabilized, the operator of the plant said Sunday, averting the need to release radioactive steam--a move which could have hampered efforts to contain the nuclear crisis.

日本最担心的问题：食品污染
Food Contamination: The Last Thing Japan Needed

In recent years, Japan has languished on many fronts. Its economy has been weak, its politics muddled and its birth rate declining.

近年来，日本在很多领域都衰败了。日本经济持续低迷，政坛乱作一团，出生率也在不断下降。
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