日期：2012-06-19 Skirts have been banned at a school because the head teacher said girls have repeatedly breached rules by wearing them above the knee. 英国一所学校禁止女生穿裙子，因为校长说女生们再三违反裙子要长及膝盖的规定。 Instead, from September, students at Mo... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-06-18 The live-in lover of French President Francois Hollande today infuriated the mother of his four children by backing her electoral rival for a place in Parliament. 法国总统弗朗索瓦-奥朗德的同居女友瓦莱丽近日公开表态支持他的前女友罗雅尔的国民议会竞选... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-06-18 A man who suffered concussion after diving into a shallow pool has made a seemingly improbable discovery: it made him a musical genius. 美国一名男子在一个较浅的游泳池跳水导致脑震荡，之后却意外发现这起事故使他成为了音乐天才。 Famous fan: Matt Lauer q... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-06-16 Social media was buzzing about a Boston-area high school teacher's blunt commencement speech that told students they are not special. 社交网站上正在热议美国波斯顿一所高中的毕业致辞，致辞的老师很直白地告诉学生说他们并不特别。 Wellesley High English t... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-06-16 France's new First Lady, keen to remain a journalist despite her tie to President Francois Hollande, has drawn inspiration from one of the most popular American women of the 20th century, Eleanor Roosevelt. 作为法国新一任第一夫人，弗朗索瓦奥朗德总统... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-06-16 A Delaware senator praised pending legislation proposing a nationwide ban on bath salts, a dangerous synthetic drug that's on the rise in the United States and might have led to the recent attack in Miami where a man allegedly ate off 80 percent of... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-06-16 澳大利亚一家购物网站最近宣布，凡是通过IE7浏览器在该网站购物的用户，都需额外支付交易款项6.8%的服务费。该网站首席执行官表示，他并不指望有用户真的会额外支付这项服务费，只是希望通过这个措施鼓励用户升级到更高级别的浏览器。 The Australian online retailer... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-06-16 英国斯塔福德郡警方近期发布一则广告，在当地招募志愿者免费为他们清洗并保养警车，称此举每年能帮助警方节约5500小时的时间，同时还能减少警局的支出。 A police force in Britain has advertised for members of the public to wash and valet（清洗汽车） its patro... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-06-16 美国弗吉尼亚州一名13岁的中学生因涉嫌在如厕后用国旗擦手而被校方勒令在期末考试期间停学，称其污损公共财产。 A 13-year-old Virginia student was suspended from school during finals for allegedly wiping his hands on the American flag after using the bathr... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-06-16 美国国防部发布的最新数据显示，2012年美军现役士兵自杀率明显攀升，几乎每天都有一名士兵自杀。 Suicide in the US military has sharply increased this year, hitting a rate of almost one death per day, figures show. As of 3 June, 2012 active-duty suicides... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-06-12 Tokyo has become the world's most expensive city for foreign staff to live in, according to research, overtaking the Angolan capital Luanda. 调查显示，东京取代安哥拉首都罗安达，成为世界上外国职员居住成本最贵的城市。 The yen's rise against the dollar... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-06-11 Growing numbers of bright teenagers are rejecting British universities in favour of those in the United States amid claims they no longer represent value for money, a leading headmaster has warned. 一位名牌中学校长警告说，越来越多的优秀英国中学生拒... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-06-11 South Korea has appointed a team of people to scan the internet for suicide-related material as part of a move to cut suicide rates. 韩国已指派一组人员在网络中搜查与自杀相关的材料，这是为降低自杀率而采取的行动之一。 The 100-strong group of watchdogs... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-06-11 Treece, Kansas, is a poisoned town. Only one house remains. Tim and Della Busby are the lone residents of the community today. And they say they're staying put. Even if it's toxic, Treece is still their home. 美国堪萨斯州的特莱塞镇因受到污染已沦为毒... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-06-11 A robber in a hurry struck at three banks along a stretch of Kings Highway in Brooklyn in a span of about 30 minutes on Friday afternoon, the police said. 警方称，上周五下午，一名抢劫犯在30分钟时间内迅速袭击了布鲁克林区国王高速公路边 上的三家银行。... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-06-11 There was a deafening roar as the Queen, resplendent in a golden outfit, made her way to the centre of the stage after the finale of her Diamond Jubilee concert. 英国女王伊丽莎白二世身穿金色套装出席登基60周年钻禧庆典，在庆祝音乐会结束后走到舞台中央... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-06-09 A blind footballer kicking a cat and call centre workers singing with their mouths full are among the stars of the most controversial adverts of the past 50 years. 盲人足球运动员踢猫与呼叫中心人员嘴里塞满东西唱歌被列为过去50年来最受争议的广告。 Abor... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-06-09 美国密歇根州一名26岁的女子每月都要带两岁的女儿做喷雾日光浴好让她的皮肤变成古铜色，然后再带她参加各类选美比赛。 Savanna Jackson entered her first contest at just 10-months-old and now undergoes monthly tanning sessions. A mother has defended her deci... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-06-09 美国俄亥俄州辛辛那提的四名高中毕业生在毕业典礼后未能拿到毕业证，原因是他们的家长在毕业典礼过程中长时间欢呼，影响了典礼秩序。校方表示，这四名学生须完成20小时的社区服务才能拿到毕业证。 A suburban Cincinnati high school held onto four graduates' diplom... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-06-09 2012欧洲杯开赛在即，赛事主办国乌克兰和波兰在应对安检和场馆等棘手问题的同时不忘制造噱头，特意选出猪-赫利亚克、大象-西塔和鼬-弗莱德担任赛事预测员，希望它们能延续2010年世界杯期间德国章鱼保罗的预言神话。 Euro 2012 organizers in Ukraine have introduced t... 阅读全文>>