World in Pictures
Photo source: ImagineChina

	Chocolate room 德国:800千克巧克力造房 The head of German chocolate makers Halloren Klaus Lell (C) and the Halloren "chocolate girl" Heike Feitsch (L) inaugurate the first "chocolate room" at their factory in Halle, November 25. The room, entirely made of chocolate, required 800 kgs of chocolate, 200 kgs of almond paste and 1,500 hours of work.
	Rite of passage 苏格兰:新奇的入学仪式 Students cover themselves in shaving foam as part of the celebrations for Raisin Weekend at St Andrews University, Scotland, November 22. Raisin Weekend is a tradition that has been associated with the university as a "rite of passage" for new students. Each year a fresher student has the opportunity to be adopted by a senior student who will be known as their academic mother or father. In the past the new student would present their parent with a pound of raisins, which has now been replaced with a bottle of wine.
	Hairdressers' fair 德国:24米胡须链创纪录 Twenty bearded men line up to create the world's longest beard chain during a "hairdressers' fair - hair & style" in the southern German city of Stuttgart, November 28. The participants, members of a club of bearded men, set a new record by linking their beards for a total of 24 metres.
	Father Christmas flies 德国:圣诞老人驾车天上飞 Father Christmas "flies" up to the sky in a cable car, November 27, in Hamburg, on the eve of the first Sunday in Advent.
	2, 000 people making Kimchi 韩国:两千人齐做泡菜 About 2,000 South Korean housewives make Kimchi, Korea's traditional spicy, pickled and fermented vegetables, in front of the City Hall as part of a campaign to help needy neighbors in Seoul, November 24. Kimchi is a preparation traditionally made during winter by mixing cabbage and radish with garlic, red peppers, ginger and sometimes fish.
	World's largest risotto 悉尼:"大锅饭"关注世界饥饿问题 Cooks Nick Roberts (L) and Vincent Nguyen (R) stir the world's largest risotto by the shores of Sydney Harbor, November 26, to celebrate the United Nations International Year of Rice and to raise much needed funds for CARE Australia's campaign against world hunger. The record breaking recipe called for 1,600 kgs of risotto rice, 800 kgs of peas, 320 kgs of butter, 320 kgs of Parmesan cheese and 80 liters of olive oil.
	Monkey party 泰国:举办猴子"蟠桃会" A monkey drinks a can of Cola during the monkey party at the Phra Prang Sam Yod temple in the city of Lopburi, about 150 km north of Bangkok, Thailand on November 28. Scores of monkeys which inhabit the city are treated to a banquet of fruit and vegetables around 2,000 kilograms and soft drinks every year in November as the city's way of thanking them for drawing tourists to the town. Otherwise the monkeys are considered a nuisance pulling down aerials and stealing food from street vendors.

World in Words
Collected & translated by Beverly

"If you look around the world at heavy water reactors of this size, virtually all of them have been used to make bombs."
"如果你留意一下全球范围内这一规模的重水反应堆, 你就会发现它们几乎全是用来制造炸弹的. "

Gary Milhollin, director of the Wisconsin Project on Nuclear Arms Control, in commenting Iran's true intention to start working on a 40-megawatt heavy water reactor that will make plutonium.
--伊朗开始建造一40兆瓦的重水反应堆, 以生产钚元素. 威斯康辛核武器控制项目主任米尔赫林就其真正意图作了上述评析.


"With terrorism, illegal immigration and organized crime operating with so much greater sophistication, identity cards in my judgment are long overdue."
"面对着恐怖主义、非法移民以及策划越来越精密的有组织犯罪, 我认为, 身份证早就该被提上议事日程了. "

Said Prime Minister Tony Blair. The British government announced plans to introduce national identity cards for the first time since the World War II era.
--英国政府自二战以来首次宣布计划发行全国性的身份证, 首相布莱尔对此表示赞同.


"This is a watershed event. We're happy that the Chinese have forced Wal-Mart to come into compliance with the law."
"这是个转折点. 我们很高兴地看到, 经过中国人民的努力, 沃尔玛最终顺从了中国法律."

Greg Denier, a spokesman for the United Food and Commercial Workers Union in Washington, in commenting Wal-Mart Stores' acceptance of a union at its operations in China.
--沃尔玛终于同意在中国成立工会. 华盛顿美国食品与商业劳工工会(UFCW)发言人丹尼尔对此事发表了上述意见.


"If you weren't doing hair or a perm, they'd tell you to get off the clock, but you still had to stay in the salon."
"如果你没有给顾客做头发或烫头发, 那么他们会告诉你这不计入工时, 但你还必须呆在店里. "

Forced to work off the clock, some fight back. Trudy Leblue says she worked hundreds of hours off the clock as both a stylist and a salon manager in Harvey, Louisiana, from 2000 to 2003.
--被逼超时工作, 工人们奋起反抗. 特鲁迪·莱布鲁从2000年到2003年在路易斯安那州的一家美发沙龙任发型师和负责人, 但她还为这家沙龙多做了许多额外的活.


"There's a tight supply squeeze globally, and that's why we can't get the steel we need."
"全球钢材供应短缺, 因此我们拿不到我们需要的钢. "

The Nissan Motor Company said recently that a shortage of steel would force it to temporarily halt production for five days starting at the end of November, a move that will reduce its output by some 25,000 vehicles.
--日本尼桑汽车公司最近声称由于钢材供应不足, 公司将被迫于11月底起停产五天, 此举将减产25,000台车.