World in Pictures
Photo source: ImagineChina

	Swan Lake by males 美国男版"天鹅湖"献演莫斯科 A scene of "Swan Lake" performed by American ballet company "Trocadero de Monte-Carlo" on the stage of the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow, October 25, within the Grand Pas International Festival.
	Underwater Pumpkin Carving Contest 佛州上演海底南瓜雕刻大赛 Some of the participants in an Underwater Pumpkin Carving Contest show their creations 25 feet beneath the sea's surface in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary, October 23. Participants were judged on design originality, steadiness of their carving hand and scuba skills.
	Exhibition by 9-year-old boy 马其顿9岁儿童举办画展 Nine-year-old Macedonian artist Stefan poses in front of his paintings displayed at an exhibition held in Paris, France, October 27. Stefan started his first artistic steps when he was nearly three years old and he has already had five independent art exhibitions.
	Largest wooden bike 波兰老人制造世界最大的木制自行车 Slawomir Weremkowicz from Biala Podlaska, southeast Poland, presents his latest work, a wooden bicycle. It is the biggest in the world, made without any a nail or a screw, but with special glue. Named "Sunny duet" the muscle-driven bicycle is 480 cm long and weighs nearly 120 kg.

World in Words
Collected & translated by Beverly

"The combination of a continued weak pricing environment, record high fuel prices and the impact of four major hurricanes in many of our southern markets made for a very challenging quarter."
"持续疲软的市场,不断飙升的燃油价格,以及四次飓风带来的恶劣天气,造就了一个艰难的季度."

David Neeleman, Chairman and Chief Executive of JetBlue Airways Corp. on October 28 said third-quarter earnings fell 71 percent, missing analysts' lowered estimates.
--JetBlue航空公司董事会主席兼首席执行官大卫·尼尔曼于10月28日宣布JetBlue第三季度的收入下降了71个百分点,比分析师预测的还低.


"From my standpoint, the problem was not who's right and who's wrong or what's the diagnosis, but whether she is getting the right help."
"依我看来,问题不在于谁对谁错,或是确诊的结果是什么,而在于她(学生)是否真正获得了帮助."

Dr. Richard Kadison, the chief of Harvard's mental health service, in talking about campus counseling. Surveys show that the number of college students with mental health problems is steadily increasing.
--哈佛大学心理咨询中心负责人理查德·卡迪森博士在谈及校园咨询服务时这样说道.调查显示,许多高校学生都存在着心理问题,并且这一人数还在不断上升.


"I think the actions they have taken are appropriate. I am pleased to see them using market-based mechanisms - interest rates - to deal with these concerns about potential inflation."
"我认为中国的加息之举是恰当的.我很高兴中国运用了市场机制--利率手段来调节可能出现的通货膨胀问题."

US Treasury Secretary John Snow spoke highly of China's decision to raise interest rates. The People's Bank of China, China's central bank raised its benchmark interest rates for the first time in nine years.
--美国财政部长斯诺高度赞扬中国加息的决定.这是中国人民银行--中国的中央银行9年来首次上调基准利率.