日期：2012-12-14 Wednesdays aren't usually popular days to have a wedding, but this Wednesday is very popular because the date is December 12, 2012 12/12/12. 周三本不是结婚的旺日，但本周三全球却迎来了结婚潮，因为恰逢2012年12月12日（12/12/12）。 We caught up with one... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-12-14 According to Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard, the Mayans were right and the apocalypse is near. 日前，澳大利亚总理茱莉亚吉拉德录制了一段视频，在其中表示：玛雅人的预言是真的，世界末日即将来临！ In a spoof 50-second video appearance promoting... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-12-14 President Vladimir Putin signed a set of bills introducing controls on personal spending by government officials. 俄罗斯总统弗拉基米尔普京签署了一系列控制政府官员个人消费的法案。 According to the new law, the controls will apply to purchases of land... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-12-13 A Panamanian woman has been arrested in Spain with fake breast implants that turned out to be plastic bags containing 1.4kg of cocaine. 一名巴拿马女性利用塑料袋伪装成乳房植入物携带1.4公斤可卡因而被逮捕。 When the 20-year-old was stopped for a search... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-12-11 A man has been fatally shot in the head near a busy junction near Central Park in Manhattan, New York City. 纽约城曼哈顿地区中央公园附近一个繁忙的路口，一名男子头部遭致命枪击。 The shooting closed down a busy junction in the heart of Manhattan in th... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-12-10 US President Barack Obama has requested more than $60bn from Congress for response, recovery and repairs in the wake of Superstorm Sandy. 美国总统奥巴马请求国会拨款600多亿美元用于超级风暴桑迪的恢复重建工作。 Much of the New Jersey and New York shore... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-12-10 The police chief of Afghanistan's western Nimroz province has been killed in a bomb attack, officials said. 阿富汗西部尼姆鲁兹省警察局长在一场炸弹袭击中丧生。 Gen Mohammad Musa Rasuli was travelling back to the province from Herat when his vehicle w... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-12-10 Mexican-American singer Jenni Rivera has died in a plane crash in northern Mexico, her father has confirmed. 美籍墨西哥歌手珍妮里维拉在一场坠机事故中丧生，该事故发生于墨西哥北部地区。 Jenni Rivera has sold more than 15 million records of traditional... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-12-08 The man in the picture has his back to the camera. He's desperately clawing at a subway platform, looking right at the train that's bearing down on him as he stands on the tracks. 照片中的这名男子背对着镜头，绝望地用手抓住地铁站台，站在铁轨上，眼睛... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-12-08 The number of babies named after Apple products has soared - Apple, Siri and Mac have all risen in popularity as baby names this year, according to parenting advice site BabyCenter's annual report. 美国育儿网站BabyCenter的年度报告称，今年取名为Apple... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-12-08 The Mayan calendar predicts that the end of the world is less than a month away - but there are some Britons who are taking the doomsday prophecy more seriously than most. 距离玛雅立法预言的世界末日的到来已不足一个月，一些英国人在各方面做着避难的准... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-12-08 澳大利亚一名11岁的女生带着一枚手雷参加班里的展示讲解活动，结果导致全校450名学生和60名教师紧急疏散。 A school in Australia has been evacuated after an 11-year-old girl brought a hand grenade（手榴弹） to show-and-tell. A police bomb squad removed the... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-12-08 荷兰首都阿姆斯特丹将在该市郊外建立一个人渣村，那些爱滋事的邻居或者有反社会行为的租户都将集中在活动房或集装箱内居住6个月，期间只能享受最低限度的生活服务，并24小时受警察和社工监控。 Amsterdam is to create Scum villages where nuisance neighbors and ant... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-12-07 A military plane carrying 11 passengers has crashed in South Africa's mountainous east. 一架承载11人的军用飞机坠毁于南非东部山区。 The plane, which had been travelling from Pretoria to Mthatha, went missing on Wednesday but the initial search was ab... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-12-05 Samsung Electronics has promoted its chairman's son to vice chairman. 三星电子将董事长之子提升为副董事。 The company, part of Samsung Group, said Jay Y. Lee's appointment was part of an annual reshuffle. Samsung said the 44-year-old has contributed... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-12-05 The sperm count of French men fell by a third between 1989 and 2005, a study suggests. 一项研究显示，从1989到2005年，法国男性的精子数量下降了1/3。 The semen of more than 26,600 French men was tested in the study, reported in the journal Human Reprod... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-12-03 An ambitious billionaire has revealed his plans to colonise Mars - and charge 80,000 brave souls $500,000 to be flown there. 一个野心勃勃的亿万富翁透露了他在火星上殖民的计划这需要8万个勇敢的人支付50万美金飞往火星才能实现。 Elon Musk, the billionaire... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-12-02 Prince Charles, the longest-waiting heir to the throne in British history, has spoken of his 'impatience' to get things done. 英国史上等待继位时间最长的王位继承人查尔斯王子近日谈到他已经等不起了。 Prince Charles helped to purchase Dumfries House and... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-12-02 Forcing universities to admit rising numbers of teenagers with lower entry grades risks setting them up to fail, one of Britain's most prestigious institutions has warned. 英国一家最具声望的高校提醒称，强迫大学接受越来越多的贫困学生入学会让大学最终... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-12-02 Older people are being written off by the NHS and unnecessarily sent to nursing homes where they receive health care that is probably worse than in prison, a leading government health adviser has admitted. 英国政府一位健康顾问近日承认，英国国家医疗... 阅读全文>>