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Bilingual: Researchers say virtual reality could be used to give people a new perspective on racism, allowing them to experience life as another person. British experts used the brain's ability to bring together information from different senses to make white people feel that they were inhabiting black bodies and adults feel as if they had children's bodies. They hope the technique can be developed to deal with racism, religious hatred and gender inequality.

Buzzword: "Infobesity" is a term used to refer to excessive consumption of information. Newspapers, magazines, television and the Internet are producing far more information than we can absorb, which seduces us into ingesting too much, just like food. People are becoming "infobese" from overconsumption of this.

Forum: With globalization booming and intercultural communications increasing, many Western cultural phenomena can be seen in China. Some people say that Chinese should keep away from them, while others say Chinese should be open-minded to foreign festivals and learn from them. Should we celebrate them?