World in Pictures

	Pyramid made of glasses 玻璃杯"金字塔"竞标吉尼斯 Barmen built a pyramid of 2,300 plain 50-gram glasses as a bid for Russia's Guinness Book of Records, November 16. The book's representatives have officially registered a new achievement.
	Robot receives Danish Queen 机器人献花丹麦女王 Visiting Danish Queen Margrethe II (R) receives a flower bouquet from Honda Motor's humanoid robot Asimo as she visits the Honda headquarters in Tokyo November 17, while Honda President Takeo Fukui (L) smiles. Asimo shows his skill to walk, stand on one leg and kick a ball before the Danish Queen.
	Leaders in Chilean ponchos APEC领袖披风展风采 From left to right, President of Chile Ricardo Lagos, U.S. President George W. Bush and Russian President Vladimir Putin, walk in together wearing traditional Chilean ponchos as they arrive for the APEC Leader's Official Photograph at La Moneda November 21, in Santiago, Chile.e the Danish Queen.
	Largest bottle of wine 最重葡萄酒153公斤 This undated handout image shows Beringer Vineyard's Ed Sbragia with the world's largest wine bottle dubbed "Maximus" that will be used to commemorate Morton's Steakhouse's 25th anniversary. The bottle, produced by Kavalier Glass Works in Sazava, Czech Republic, will be filled with Beringer Vineyards 2001 Private Reserve Cabernet Savignon. The bottle, crafted by Sbragia, will be shipped to Sotheby's galleries in New York to be auctioned, with the proceeds going to Share Our Strength, one of the world's leading hunger-fighting organizations. This bottle of wine weighs 153 kilograms
	Bottle fed girl and breastfed dog 新西兰一妇女亲乳小狗 New Zealand Maori mother Kura (Kat) Tumanako cuddles her breastfed two-month-old Staffordshire terrier puppy "Honey Boy" at her home in Hastings, November 15. Kat, who has a bottle fed two-month-old baby girl also called Honey, did not want to waste the milk so she started breastfeeding the dog which she wants to grow up to protect her daughter.
	Santa of the year 英国人夺魁圣诞老人奥运会 Ron Honeyblue from England is Santa Claus of the Year 2004. Ron won the competition, Santa of the Year, when the Olympics of Santa took place in Gallivare in northern Sweden, November 21. Santa Clauses from all over the world had come to take part in the competition. The contestants competed in reindeer driving, rice pudding eating and chimney climbing among other Santa sports.
	World's longest piece of pasta 最长面条180米 Chen Shenli poses for photographers after breaking the world record with the longest handmade piece of pasta in Vienna on November 21. The pasta has a length of 180 meters.

World in Words
Collected & translated by Beverly

"It seems persuasive that, given the size of the current U.S. account deficit, a diminished appetite for adding to dollar balances must occur at some point."
"就美国现有的财政赤字规模看来,美元的平稳在未来很可能受到威胁."

Said Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan, at the 14th Frankfurt European Banking Congress, warning that U.S. deficits pose risk to dollar.
--美联储主席格林斯潘在第14届法兰克福欧洲银行大会上发言时警告说美国的巨额赤字将会给美元造成损害.


"We want Bush to know that he is not welcome here."
"我们想让布什知道他在这里是不受欢迎的."

Said Monica Ceron, a protestor. Protests erupt in Chile in advance of Bush's arrival.
--布什到访之前,智利发生了大规模的示威游行活动.其中一位示威者莫妮卡这样说道.


"You're going to see eagles, unless you're really unlucky."
"只要你的运气不是非常背,你总会看到秃头鹰的."

Said Joe Witt, the refuge biologist. The bald eagle, in serious decline a few decades ago, has recovered nationwide, especially in places like the Mason Neck refuge in Virginia.
--几十年前濒临灭绝的秃头鹰又回来了.现在美国的许多地方都可以见到它们的身影,如维吉尼亚州的Mason Neck保护区.此言出自该保护区的生物学家乔·威特.


"It's impossible to know if it is genuine or not genuine. But in political activity, acts are very important."
"这么做是否明智,还不得而知.但是在政治圈里,行动还是很重要的."

Riccardo Pacifici, vice president of the Jewish Community in Rome, in commenting on Gianfranco Fini's being named new foreign minister of Italy.
--罗马犹太教团体的副团长Pacifici(帕西菲西) 就詹弗兰科·菲尼受命出任意大利外交部长一事做出上述评价.


"Running a coal-fired plant in these times is a gold mine."
"在现在这个时代,经营煤电厂就如同采到金矿一样."

Said Robert McIlvaine, a coal industry consultant in Illinois. Coal is coming back. Some experts in the United States believe that coal will be a major fuel of the future.
--伊利诺斯州一煤业顾问这样说道.煤卷土重来了.美国的一些专家认为煤将成为未来的主要能源.