taboos [t?'bu:z] n. 禁忌（taboo的复数形式）v. 禁忌（taboo的第三人称单数形式） tablet ['t?bl?t] n. 碑；药片；写字板；小块

Tablet taboos 平板禁忌

Keeping the iPad away from the very young and control the time children spend playing on tablet computers. Why? The child could develop anti-social behavior, eyesight problems and bad posture leading to back problems.

anti-social [,?nti's?u??l] adj. 反社会的 posture ['p?st??] n. 姿势；态度；情形

The iPad or any other tablet computer should not be used as a surrogate nanny, even if they keep the child occupied and quiet. And while early computer skills may give the young an advantage in learning, it may also pose potential health risks.

More observant parents are discovering that their children are getting addicted to screens too young as more families in China own a lot of gadgets and an increasing number of toddlers and young children gain access to these digital devices.

For the parents, tablets such as the iPad are double-edged swords. On one hand, they can be used as an educational tool, an entertainment platform and even a baby-sitting option. But they are also fearful of the potential threats and consequences.

Tong Lei, 33, a purchasing executive and father to a 3-year-old girl in Shanghai, says he always tries to limit his daughter's iPad time. He gives the toddler an iPad only when there is no other way to make her happy and he tries to divert her attention away from the 1

tablet as soon as she has stopped crying.

"I never allow her to play longer than 15 minutes every time," Tong says. "Babies love the iPad and it is an efficient way to entertain and appease them, but it harms their young eyes."

Tong also feels that keeping up with all the new apps that appear on the iPad may influence his daughter's concentration and make her too distracted. He is also fearful of news reports that young children are suffering from early vision defects and degeneration of cervical vertebrae due to hunching over the tablets or computers too long.

Beijing resident Zhang Huihui recently managed to wean her 6-year-old son off the devices mainly because of health reasons, but it was a tough process. Since she bought an iPad a year ago, her son played with it for at least 30 minutes every day

2 New train bears down on cold challenge

the Harbin-Dalian line

With temperatures below freezing and snow falling the length of the route, China's first high-speed rail line that runs a long distance through regions with extremely low temperatures started service on Saturday.

The 921-kilometer line links Harbin, capital of China's northernmost province of Heilongjiang, and the port city of Dalian in Liaoning 2

province. The high-tech train, designed to withstand temperatures ranging from minus 40 up to 40 C（centigrade）, marks a new milestone in the country's effort to build the largest high-speed railway network in the world.

"I am very excited and proud because I've made contributions to the new line's construction," said Shen Yong, an engineer with the China Railway Tenth Group Co Ltd.

To minimize the frigid environment's impacts on the railway hardware, the ministry has been operating trial runs for the past two months.

One of the major challenges: If the train departs from Dalian and heads for Harbin, the temperature can drop enroute as much as 15 degrees, said Luo Chuanbao, a publicity official of the Ministry of Railways.铁道部发言人

The CRH380B high-speed trains on the line are designed to withstand such shifts, said Kong Feng, a senior engineer with the CNR Changchun Railway Vehicles, manufacturer of the cold-proof trains.

The service will cut travel time between the two cities from nine hours to about four.

The bullet trains can run at a maximum speed of 350 km per hour, but for the frosty initial stage, they will travel with caution at slower 3

speeds, according to the Ministry of Railways.

The speed between Dec 1 and March 31 will be 200 km per hour, and for the rest of the year it will be 300 km per hour. The ticket prices will vary based on the speeds.

Lu Hongguang, a white-collar worker in Harbin, said: "I am quite impressed after seeing how modernized and advanced the line and the train are."

With the Harbin-Dalian railway, the regions' cargo capabilities are hugely increased, the Ministry of Railways said.

Construction for the Harbin-Dalian line began in August 2007 with a total investment of 92.3 billion yuan ($14.8 billion). It is part of the planned Beijing-Harbin high-speed railway.

7 missing in collapsed tunnel in E Japan

Updated: 2012-12-02 13:05

TOKYO - A government agency of the Yamanashi prefecture said Sunday that at least seven people remained missing in a collapsed tunnel in the prefecture of eastern Japan, Kyoto reported.

The four-km long Sasago Tunnel in the Chou Expressway in Otsuki, about 80 km west of Tokyo, collapsed around 8 am on Sunday and caused blaze of cars trapped in the tunnel.

As of now, two people have been taken to hospital and firefighters 4

have controlled the fire which was triggered by a crash of two vehicles after the ceiling and wall collapsed in a 100-meter section of the tunnel.

Earlier, a woman, who managed to get off from the tunnel, told firefighters that she escaped from a car in which five others were trapped.

More policemen have arrived at the scene and firefighters are trying to rescue the trapped people.

The section of the highway between Otsuki and Katsunuma has been closed, according to the report.

Police officers and firefighters gather in front of the Sasago Tunnel on the Chuo Expressway in Otsuki, Yamanashi prefecture, in this photo taken by Kyodo Dec 2, 2012. [Photo/Agencies]

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