>Free tuition to 100-yr-olds
日本高校設(shè)'高齡獎(jiǎng)學(xué)金'
For some time now, schools in Japan have been feeling the crunch of their aging society, and the plummeting number of potential students that come with it. Hanazono University in Kyoto has taken the bull by the horns and established the "100 Years of Learning Scholarship" program, aimed at wooing in the rapidly growing population of people over 50 to fill the gap left by the dwindling number of young students. The way the scholarship works is simple: the decade of your age corresponds to the amount deducted from your tuition. For example, if you're 62 years old, a four-year undergraduate course in literature that would cost a regular student 3,184,000 yen in tuition would only set you back 1,273,600 yen which amounts to 60% off. Likewise, people in their 50s get 50% off, 70s get 70%, and so on. In the end, anyone over the age of 100 will be eligible for four years of post secondary education absolutely free of tuition.
日本的學(xué)校感受到老齡化社會(huì)危機(jī)以及隨之而來的潛在學(xué)生數(shù)量的急劇下降已經(jīng)有一段時(shí)間了。京都的花園大學(xué)迎難而上，設(shè)置"百年學(xué)習(xí)獎(jiǎng)學(xué)金"項(xiàng)目，旨在吸引迅速壯大的50歲以上人群，以填補(bǔ)年輕學(xué)生數(shù)量減少留下的缺口。獎(jiǎng)學(xué)金的運(yùn)作方式很簡單：你的年齡是幾十歲，就能抵扣百分之幾十的學(xué)費(fèi)。比如，普通學(xué)生4年文學(xué)本科課程的學(xué)費(fèi)是318.4萬日元(約合20萬元人民幣)，如果你是62歲，則只需花費(fèi)127.36萬日元(約合7.8萬元人民幣)，即打4折。同理，50多歲的人打5折，70多歲的人打3折，依此類推。最后，100歲以上的學(xué)生4年大學(xué)期間學(xué)費(fèi)可全免。

>Storytelling master Shan dies
評(píng)書大師單田芳去世
One of China's top pingshu masters, Shan Tianfang, died at the age of 84 in Beijing on Tuesday. The traditional Chinese art form, pingshu, or storytelling, was born in the Song Dynasty (960-1279) and has been popular with audiences mostly in northern China. With a  backdrop - usually a pair of screen doors, a table, a folding fan and a block of wood (known as xingmu) - Shan won a large base of enthusiastic fans for his solid techniques and improvisation, describing the scenes in the book in vivid and captivating ways, like movie clips. Born as Shan Chuanzhong in Yingkou, Liaoning, Shan was influenced by his family, most of whom were local folk artists. Shan launched his career as a pingshu performer in 1953 at age 19. He made his stage debut when he was 24 and soon rose to fame by performing classic pingshu works, including "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" and "The Romance of the Sui and Tang Dynasties". In 2007, he announced his retirement. In 2012, Shan won the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 7th Peony Awards for China Quyi - a general term for traditional folk art forms, including ballad singing, storytelling and crosstalk.
11日，我國評(píng)書大師單田芳在北京逝世，享年84歲。評(píng)書這種中國傳統(tǒng)藝術(shù)形式誕生于宋朝，主要受到我國北部地區(qū)觀眾的喜愛。通常以一對(duì)屏風(fēng)、一張桌子、一把折扇、一塊醒木為背景，單田芳憑借扎實(shí)的技巧和即興演繹，將書中的場面描繪得如電影片段般生動(dòng)逼真，引人入勝，虜獲了大批熱情的粉絲。單田芳本名單傳忠，遼寧營口人，家人多是當(dāng)?shù)孛耖g藝術(shù)家，單田芳深受家庭熏陶。1953年，19歲的單田芳走上了評(píng)書表演的道路。他24歲首次登臺(tái)演出，很快通過表演《三國演義》、《隋唐演義》等傳統(tǒng)評(píng)書作品成名。2007年，單田芳宣布收山。2012年，單田芳在第七屆中國曲藝牡丹獎(jiǎng)上獲得終身成就獎(jiǎng)。曲藝是評(píng)彈、評(píng)書和相聲等傳統(tǒng)民間藝術(shù)形式的統(tǒng)稱。

>Pompeo secures housing
美國務(wù)卿蓬佩奧租房住
As a congressman and before he moved to Washington, Mike Pompeo lived in a 5,500-square-foot house in Wichita, Kansas, replete with vaulted ceilings, four bedrooms and five bathrooms. But what he could afford then could not compare when he relocated to the capital as the director of the CIA and then secretary of state. Instead, Pompeo and his wife now rent a modest home in Virginia. After months of quiet back-and-forth, the Defense Department has agreed to rent Pompeo a flag officer's home on a military base in the Washington area. Heather Nauert, the State Department's spokeswoman, said the new home would be modest. "Secretary Pompeo will personally pay fair market value for the residence," Nauert said .
搬到華盛頓之前，擔(dān)任國會(huì)議員的邁克?蓬佩奧住在堪薩斯州威奇托市一棟擁有拱形天花板、4間臥室和5個(gè)洗手間的5500平方英尺(約合511平方米)豪宅里。隨著蓬佩奧出任中央情報(bào)局局長，后又接任國務(wù)卿，他搬到首都華盛頓后居住條件卻"降級(jí)"了。蓬佩奧夫婦目前在弗吉尼亞州租了一棟不大的房屋居住。經(jīng)過數(shù)月的私下磋商，國防部同意將華盛頓地區(qū)某軍事基地的一套海軍將領(lǐng)住宅租給蓬佩奧。國防部發(fā)言人希瑟?諾爾特表示，新居所條件一般，國務(wù)卿將自掏腰包按照市場價(jià)支付房租。

>Frank Underwood has died
'紙牌屋'最終季劇情揭秘
Frank Underwood has officially died, according to a trailer for political series "House of Cards", which returns to television in November without lead actor Kevin Spacey. The trailer, released by Netflix, shows Robin Wright, who plays Spacey's screen wife Claire, standing by Frank Underwood's grave and delivering a few emotionless words. The trailer gave no details of how Underwood dies in the show but Netflix has said that the sixth and final season of the show will focus on Claire's devious character, who became US president at the end of season five. Underwood's death should come as no shock to "House of Cards" fans. Netflix announced they were cutting ties with Spacey in November 2017, days after he was accused of sexual misconduct.
政治連續(xù)劇《紙牌屋》的預(yù)告片顯示，弗蘭克?安德伍德已死。該劇將在男主演凱文?史派西缺席的情況下于11月重返熒屏。奈飛公司發(fā)布的預(yù)告片顯示，由羅賓?賴特飾演的安德伍德的妻子克萊爾站在安德伍德的墳?zāi)古?，不露感情地說了幾句話。預(yù)告片沒有給出安德伍德是如何死去的詳情，不過，奈飛公司表示，該劇的第六季、也是最終季將聚焦于克萊爾的狡猾性格。她在第五季結(jié)尾時(shí)成為美國總統(tǒng)。對(duì)《紙牌屋》的粉絲們來說，安德伍德的結(jié)局應(yīng)當(dāng)并不意外。2017年11月，史派西被指控有不正當(dāng)性行為，幾天后奈飛公司便宣布不再與史派西合作。

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