World in Pictures
Photo source: ImagineChina

	Santa Run 英国举行圣诞老人赛跑 Entrants start off at the Newtown and District Santa Run, where the fourth annual Santa Run takes place through the streets of Newtown in mid Wales. Some 4,000 adults donned Father Christmas suits for the four-and-a-half mile race, December 5.
	Skating tournament 世界花样滑冰大赛 奇招迭出 The Italian pair Federica Faiella and Massimo Scali perform an exhibition routine during the Cup of Russia ISU Grand Prix Figure Skating tournament in Moscow, November 28. The pair won the bronze.
	Penny farthing trip 英国人骑车环澳救助白血病患儿 Englishman Lloyd Scott stands with his penny farthing bicycle in Sydney, November 30th after completing a 4,000 km ride across Australia on the vintage bicycle to raise money for the charity organization Children With Leukemia. Leukemia survivor Scott cycled from the west coast city of Perth to Sydney in 50 days, braving soaring temperatures, bumpy roads and even exploding truck tires.
	Largest flower with no stem or roots 印尼惊现世界最大无根茎的花 A photo dated December 3 of a man pointing to the world's largest flower, a Rafflesia Arnoldi blooming in the Bengkulu tropical forest, Indonesia. Dozens of environmental activists guard the flower to protect it from theft. The largest single flower in the world, the Rafflesia is almost a meter in diameter, and among some of the rarest tropical plants known to man. It has no stem, leaves, or roots, growing only as a parasite on the vines of another plant, Tetrastigma.
	Santa on bike 瑞士圣诞老人改乘现代交通工具 A Santa Claus races on a vintage bike to deliver presents, in Uitikon near Zurich, Switzerland, November 30. Due to loads of work, this Santa Claus decided to leave his reindeer and sleigh at home and change over to his pretty fast and beautiful vintage bike, to make sure that every child gets their presents in time.
	Playing world's longest flute 印度奇人吹奏40英寸长笛 An Indian man Juned Nabi of Pilibheet, Uttar Pradesh, India plays his 40-inch long flute in Lucknow on November 29 and claimed to have the world's longest flute during a function.
	The magnet-man 俄罗斯奇男子胸部可吸住玻璃 Record-holder of the Guinness Book of Records, Mikhail Vorobyov - magnet-man, is performing in Saratov's circus as he takes part in the "Strong World" Charity Action organized by the Russian Club of Records "Levsha", December 2.

World in Words
Collected & translated by Beverly

"I.B.M. has a policy of not confirming or denying rumors."
"I.B.M.的政策是:不对流言作任何回应. "

A spokesman for I.B.M., Edward Barbini, gave no answer to the news that I.B.M. will sell personal computer business to Lenovo.
--I.B.M.发言人爱德华·巴毕尼对于I.B.M.将把个人电脑业务转售给联想集团这一传闻不做正面回答.


"Women like to read books about men and go to movies about men. But men don't like to read books about women or go to movies about women. The only way this is going to change is if women refuse to watch men. And the problem is, women like watching men."
"女人喜欢读关于男人的书, 看关于男人的电影. 但是男人却不喜欢读关于女人的书, 看关于女人的电影. 要改变这一现状的惟一办法就是女人不去注意男人. 可问题是, 女人偏偏喜欢关注男人. "

It's still a man's world on the idiot box in the USA. A journalist from New York Times declares women at fault in this matter.
--美国的电视主持业仍是男人主宰的世界. 《纽约时报》的一位记者将此现象归咎于女性.


"Depression? I don't think I have ever experienced feeling depressed."
"郁闷?我不认为我曾感到过郁闷. "

Declared Gustaf Adolf Hjaltason, a maritime surveyor who spends his evenings coaching a high-school swimming team. Studies conducted over the last several years have found that Icelanders suffer less from winter-related depression than people in many southern climates.
--海事检查员叶尔塔逊这样说道, 他常常在晚上训练一高中游泳队. 研究显示, 相对于许多生活在南方的人而言, 冰岛人更不容易因天寒而感到郁闷.


"People don't come to a museum to read someone's dissertation."
"人们到博物馆来不是为了阅读某个人的学位论文的. "

Dr. Dierking in commenting on interactive exhibits. In recent years museums have become more creative about the way they introduce technology into their exhibits.
--谈到互动型展品时, 迪尔金博士这样说道. 近年来, 博物馆开始运用各种新颖的手段将科技融入展品中.


"Now, to stimulate the consumer, the stores must go broader and deeper. They only have 5 to 10 days to turn it around or it'll be too late."
"现在, 商家如果想刺激消费, 就必须大范围大幅度地打折. 他们只有5到10天的时间来扭转局势, 要不就太迟了. "

Burt Flickinger, managing director of the Strategic Resource Group in New York, in advising retailers who came in below expectations during Thanksgiving weekend.
--感恩节并没有给零售商带来预期的商机, 对此纽约战略资源集团经理弗里金格提出了如上建议.