日期：2012-02-11 A bus company is warning drivers to not call passengers 'babe' in a bid to avoid lawsuits from offended women. 英国一家公交公司提醒司机，不要称呼乘客亲，以防认为受辱的女性起诉。 Brighton Hove Buses posted warnings to drivers in its head offices afte... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-02-11 美国宾州史宾斯堡大学因为在校园健康中心内的自动贩卖机摆放事后避孕药而引发各界争议。 Shippensburg University is coming under fire today after local television affiliate（使附属，参加） WTAE reported that the university has begun selling the Plan B eme... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-02-11 牛津大学主要捐赠人、叙利亚出生的亿万富翁瓦菲克赛义德向牛津大学赛义德商学院捐款1500万英镑建造新大楼，并计划用撒切尔夫人的名字命名这栋新建筑。然而此举却遭到牛津大学许多教师的反对。 Baroness Thatcher is at the centre of a new row at Oxford University a... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-02-11 尽管美国的迈阿密是个气候宜人、豪宅林立的度假胜地，但根据《福布斯》网站最新出炉的最悲惨城市年度排行榜，它却是全美最悲惨城市。 Warm sun, white beaches, and million-dollar mansions notwithstanding（虽然，尽管） , Miami has captured the dubious（可疑的... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-02-11 2012年2月2日，美国宾夕法尼亚州旁苏托尼镇，约1万5千人聚集于此，见证当地最著名的天气预测土拨鼠费尔公布天气预测结果：冬季还有6星期结束。 Groundhog Day celebration in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania Winter 2012 will have an extended stay on America's calenda... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-02-10 Israel's main trade union federation has launched a national strike intended to shut down government offices, banks, airports, ports and rail services. 以色列工会联合会发起一场全国范围的大罢工，试图关闭政府机关、银行、机... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-02-09 A building that collapsed during last year's Christchurch earthquake was sub-standard, an official report has found. 新西兰一份官方报告显示，去年克莱斯特彻奇地震中倒塌的一座建筑质量不合格。 A total of 115 people died when the CTV building collapsed... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-02-08 California's ban on same-sex marriages is unconstitutional, a San Francisco appeals court has ruled. 旧金山一家上诉法院裁定，加州禁止同性婚姻是违反宪法的。 A statewide referendum on the issue, known as Proposition 8, imposed a bar on gay unions in N... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-02-08 Jamaica has melted down about 2,000 illegal firearms as part of a programme to reduce gun trafficking and violent crime on the island. 牙买加熔毁大约2000只非法武器以减少国内的非法枪支交易和暴力犯罪。 The pistols and revolvers（左轮手枪） were thrown... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-02-07 Italy has activated emergency measures to conserve gas supplies as freezing weather continues to grip the country and much of Europe. 寒潮突袭欧洲大部分地区，意大利采取紧急措施确保天然气供应。 Italy has been receiving reduced gas imports from Russia... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-02-04 The Philippines' bachelor president, Benigno Aquino, confirmed Wednesday that he had put the fizz back into his love life by dating a South Korean media personality more than 20 years his junior. 菲律宾单身汉总统贝尼格诺阿基诺本周三证实，正在与比自... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-02-04 Nearly a third of parents say they feel squeezed into their homes but cannot afford to move to a bigger property, a report reveals today. 今日的一份报告显示，英国近三分之一的父母称他们感觉家中拥挤，但是没钱搬迁到更大的房子。 Twenty-nine percent say... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-02-04 The largest portfolio of homes in the UK is up for sale, and could be yours for just 3 billion. 英国最大的一单房产打包出售正在上演，总价30亿英镑。 Iranian-born tycoon Vincent Tchenguiz is looking to sell the freehold（不动产所有权） for 250,000 prop... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-02-04 美国旧金山国际机场的免费瑜伽健身房于近日正式开放。这是世界上第一个在机场候机楼设立的瑜伽健身房，在为旅客提供便捷服务之际，更凸显旧金山的人文特色。 San Francisco Airport has opened what it calls a first of its kind yoga room. Just cleared airport sec... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-02-04 由于iPhone需求火爆，苹果香港近日推出了摇号预订系统，欲购买iPhone的消费者需先在其官网上填写注册信息，被苹果选中后方可购买。 Think lining up overnight for an iPhone launch is bad? Try snagging a new iPhone 4S in Hong Kong, where Apple recently impleme... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-02-03 The US terrorism no-fly list has doubled in the last year, the Associated Press reports. 美联社报道，恐怖主义禁飞名单人数在去年翻了一番。 Names have risen from 10,000 to 21,000 after the US lowered criteria to get on the list, following the underpan... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-02-03 Egypt's leading comic actor Adel Imam has received a three-month jail sentence for insulting Islam in films and plays, court documents have shown. 埃及主流喜剧演员爱迪尔伊玛目因在电影和戏剧中侮辱回教徒而被判三个月监禁。 He was accused of frequently... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-01-31 At least 18 people have died in Ukraine and 10 in Poland after heavy snow fall and a sudden drop in temperatures across east Europe. 欧洲东部突降暴雪、气温骤降，造成乌克兰至少18人、波兰至少10人死亡。 Three deaths were also reported in Serbia and one... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-01-29 A winning $1 million lottery ticket picked out of a gas station trash can has become the subject of a three-way legal battle in Arkansas. 美国阿肯色州的一张百万美元巨奖彩票近日引发三方法律争夺战，这张彩票是一名女子在一家加油站的垃圾桶捡到的。 Sharon... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-01-29 Women grow increasingly satisfied with their sex lives after they turn 40, a new study suggests. 一项新研究表明，女人年过四十以后对性生活越来越满意。 For some, that heightened satisfaction comes from having great sex; for others, it stems from the f... 阅读全文>>