日期：2013-12-31 The US aviation regulator has announced the six states that will host sites for testing commercial use of drones. 美国航空监管部门宣布，国内六个州将可以测试使用商用无人机。 The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) picked Alaska, Nevada, New York, N... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-12-31 The billionaire Iranian businessman Babak Zanjani has been arrested, state media report. 伊朗官方媒体报道，亿万富翁巴巴克赞贾尼被捕。 Mr Zanjani has denied withholding oil revenue In September, Iran's parliament began investigating his business deal... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-12-31 An active volcano in western Indonesia has let out a series of fresh eruptions, forcing around 19,000 people to flee their homes, officials say. 印度尼西亚西部一座活火山出现一系列喷发迹象，迫使附近大约19000人离开家园。 A danger zone is being enforce... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-12-31 The killing of elephants has increased sharply in Tanzania since the government suspended its anti-poaching operation after a month, Deputy Tourism Minister Lazaro Nyalandu has said. 坦桑尼亚旅游部副部长拉萨罗亚蓝都称，政府停止反非法狩猎行动之后一个... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-12-30 Thousands of people in eastern El Salvador are leaving their homes after a volcano erupted on Sunday morning. 上周日上午，萨尔瓦多东部一座火山爆发，数千人被迫离开家园。 Some 300 communities live around the volcano. Residents in the coffee-producing... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-12-30 12月17日， 教皇弗朗西斯迎来了自己的77岁生日。庆祝活动从早上开始教皇在梵蒂冈邀请三名罗马流浪汉（其中一人还携带一只狗）共进早餐，一同做弥撒，流浪汉赠送给教皇一束向日葵。 Three homeless men, one of them carrying his dog, helped Pope Francis celebrate h... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-12-27 Marks Spencer has agreed to make the packaging of all of its toys gender neutral by spring 2014, after customers complained that it was marketing items according to stereotypes. 玛莎百货同意在2014年春季之前为所有的玩具换上性别中立的包装。此前顾客抱... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-12-27 Her Majesty has invited the largest gathering in decades to celebrate Prince George's first Christmas, meaning her frantic staff will have to put some visitors in servants' rooms. 英女王伊丽莎白二世的私人府邸迎来参加圣诞聚会的王室成员。然而由于客房... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-12-27 The BBC Trust has rejected a complaint about Radio 1's decision to cut down Ding Dong! The Witch is Dead, which hit number 2 in the charts following the death of Margaret Thatcher, describing it as an inappropriate celebration of death. 英国广播公司... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-12-27 据美国媒体12月25日报道，美国拉斯维加斯出租车司机甘博亚拾金不昧，主动归还了乘客遗落在车后座的30万美元。他也因此获得公司嘉奖。 Las Vegas cab driver Gerardo Gamboa thought someone left a bag of chocolates in the back seat of his vehicle, but the stash... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-12-27 近日快餐巨头麦当劳在一个仅向麦当劳员工开放的网站McResource Line上发布消息，建议员工避免吃汉堡以及油炸食品，多吃一些像沙拉、三明治之类的更为健康的食物。 In a strange bit of hypocrisy（虚伪，伪善） , McDonald's internal employee website advises worker... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-12-27 据美国哥伦比亚广播公司12月23日报道，身患癌症的美国女子布伦达施米茨在弥留之际写信为丈夫及其家人许下三个美好愿望。布伦达去世数年之后，这些愿望居然实现了，令人惊讶，感动不已。 A note written to an Iowa radio station is getting worldwide attention. The... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-12-27 据美国媒体12月20日报道，一名男子花138美元参加抽奖活动，最终赢得了价值100万美元的毕加索画作。 A man looking for art for his new home has won a $1 million Picasso painting with a $138 raffle ticket（彩券） . Jeffrey Gonano told the Pittsburgh Tribune-... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-12-26 Pope Francis has used his first Christmas Day address to urge access for humanitarian aid in Syria. 教皇弗朗西斯在他的首次圣诞致辞中敦促人们对叙利亚进行人道主义援助。 He told thousands of pilgrims in St Peter's Square in the Vatican to pray for a pe... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-12-26 More than 500,000 households in the north-eastern US and the south-eastern Canada are still without electricity after last weekend's severe ice storm. 美国东北部地区以及加拿大东南部地区有50多万家庭受上周末严重的冰暴影响仍旧没有通电。 Utility crews a... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-12-25 Australian police have seized drugs with a street value of more than A$43m during a raid in New South Wales, officials say. 澳大利亚警方在新南威尔士州进行的一次突袭中缴获了市值4300多万澳元的毒品。 Police said drugs were being produced at a clandesti... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-12-25 Pope Francis is set to make his first Christmas address as pontiff in front of thousands of pilgrims in St Peter's Square in the Vatican. 教皇弗朗西斯将在梵蒂冈的圣彼得广场上首次向成千上万的朝圣者致圣诞贺词。 Pope Francis gave his first Christmas Ev... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-12-25 Turkish Economy Minister Zafer Caglayan and Interior Minister Muammer Guler have resigned after their sons were charged amid a corruption inquiry that has hit the government. 土耳其财政部长扎菲尔卡格拉杨大臣与内政部长古勒尔辞职，因他们的儿子们涉嫌腐... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-12-24 Bad weather and more online shopping has seen fewer shoppers hitting the UK High Street in the run up to Christmas this year, according to new figures. 最新数据显示，坏天气与越来越多的网上购物使今年圣诞节到繁华商业街购物的英国消费者数量大减。 Footfa... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-12-24 Hundreds of thousands of households in Canada and the northern US are facing a Christmas without electricity after a severe ice storm on Sunday. 上周日加拿大和美国北部地区遭到一场严重的暴风雪袭击，数十万居民可能将因此度过一个无电的圣诞节。 About 400... 阅读全文>>