World in Pictures
图话世界
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	South African President re-elected 南非总统姆贝基成功连任 South African President Thabo Mbeki, leader of the ruling African National Congress (ANC), waves as he leaves the National Assembly after being elected for a second presidential term in Parliament, Cape Town April 23.
	Shakespeare's birthday celebration 伦敦庆祝莎翁诞辰 People watch performers dressed as statues as they walk back to the Globe Theatre during the celebration of Shakespeare's birthday in London, April 23. The theatre opened its doors to the public in a unique celebration of the playwright William Shakespeare, whose plays are performed in every part of the world and who chose London as his workplace.
	Giant sandwich 巨型三明治欲创吉尼斯纪录 Bakers add lettuce on a giant sandwich April 24 in Mexico in an attempt to set a Guinness record. The sandwich, made of ham, cheese and lettuce, measured 350 meters long and weighed 3,178 kgs.
	Good Will Ambassador 杰西卡·兰格当选联合国儿基会亲善大使 US actress Jessica Lange, UNICEF Good Will Ambassador, listens to a question during a press conference in the frame of the 110th Inter Parliamentary Union (IPU) meeting, April 20 in Mexico.
	Classic cars parade 近百辆古董车神户游行 About 100 classic cars, including a 1951 Bentley (in photo), leave Kobe, Japan on April 24 for a parade through Hyogo, Tokushima, Kagawa and Okayama prefectures. The parade, which began in 1999 to promote the reconstruction of cities damaged by the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake, featured cars manufactured before 1970.
	Peruvian Prime Minister 秘鲁总理是个自行车爱好者 Peruvian Prime Minister and President of the Council of Ministers, Carlos Ferrero Costa, cycles from the government's house to the ministers' council along downtown Lima, Peru on April 22. An enthusiastic cyclist Ferrero Costa goes riding whenever he can.
	Dutch Prince renounced throne to get married 荷兰王子不爱江山爱美人 Dutch Prince Johan Friso kisses Mabel Wisse Smit on the balcony of Noordeinde Palace in The Hague after their wedding in Delft, April 24. Around 1,400 people attended the wedding. Prince Johan renounced his claim to the Dutch throne in order to marry Mabel Wisse Smit.

World in Words
话外音

"President Bush earned $400,000 for his job as president last year. That's not really that much. But see President Bush, he doesn't do it for the money, he does it for the eight months of vacation every year."
NBC's The Tonight Show with Jay Leno pokes fun at the candidates with the U.S. presidential election approaching.
"布什总统去年的收入是40万美金.那也不算非常多.但是布什当总统并不是为了钱,而是为了每年八个月的假期."
-美国总统大选日益逼近,全美广播公司"今晚秀"节目主持人杰·连奴如此调侃总统候选人.

"He only takes brand new vehicles, drives them around for a couple of hours, then he cleans them inside and out. He will even buy a tin of polish to give them an extra sparkle and sometimes takes them to a car wash to get them extra clean."
Said Wife of Colin Sadd, an Englishman, whose modus operandi was to dress up in a suit, go to an auto dealer and ask for a test drive but the car never returns, and is abandoned after being spotlessly cleaned. He is in jail now.
"他只偷全新的汽车,开出去兜风几小时,然后将车的里里外外擦干净.他甚至会买一罐上光剂让车更光亮,有时候他会把车开去洗干净."
-英国男子柯林·萨德因偷车而入监狱.据他妻子称,他的伎俩是衣着光鲜地来到汽车经营商那里要求试车,但是车再也没有开回来,当丢弃的车被重新发现的时候,却是被清洗过的.

"My two-year-old suit's sleeves and pants are now 30 centimeters (12 inches) shorter than what I need. Taking a public bus for me is the same as getting into a car's trunk for a normal person. My height is God's punishment. "
Stadnik aged 33 from Ukraine wishes he would stop growing. He's already 8 feet, 4 inches. Recent measurements show that Stadnik is already 7 inches taller than Charbib of Tunisia, listed by the Guinness Book of World Records as the tallest living man.
"我两年前买的衣服,袖子现在就短了30厘米(12英寸).我去坐公共汽车的时候,就好像是一个普通人呆在汽车的行李箱里.我的身高是上帝对我的惩罚."
-33岁的乌克兰男子斯达尼克希望自己不会再长高.目前,他身高8英尺4英寸,比吉尼斯世界纪录中记载的突尼斯男子沙比布还要高出7英寸.