Pumping up is easier for people who have been buff before, and now scientists think they know why — muscles retain a memory of their former fitness even as they wither from lack of use.

为什么健身对于身体健康的人而言更加容易？现在，科学家们认为他们找到了原因——即便因为疏于锻炼而有所退化，肌肉也能够记住它们从前的健康状态。

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Many are being resettled far from their homes and given low-grade farmland; in Hubei, thousands of people have been moved to the grounds of a former prison.

许多人将在远离家乡的地方获得贫瘠的土地。在湖北成千上万的人已经搬迁到以前是监狱的地方。

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The sources for the rumor vary from people at a fund that buys stock from former Facebook employees to people at a very influential investment bank in Silicon Valley.

传言的来源很复杂，有的说是从前Facebook员工手里收购股票的某基金公司的人士，还有说法是在硅谷很有影响力的一家投资银行的人士。

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Odours from a former Cambridgeshire chemical factory undergoing decontamination are unlikely to be a threat to people, a report has said.

BBC: Hauxton factory

John Quincy Adams after having served as President of the United States was asked by people from his district if it would be beneath the dignity of a former President to serve in the House of Representatives.

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Hundreds of people from across the world have attended a memorial service paying tribute to a former SAS member.

BBC: SAS man Fred Marafono remembered at Hereford Cathedral