World in Pictures
Photo source: ImagineChina

	World's largest gold coin 世界最昂贵金币问世 Company CEO Ernst Reusswig (L) and assistant treasurer Gerd Schmidt carefully lift the world's largest gold coin with a value of 100,000 euros into a casket at the headquarters of the Heraeus company in Hanau, Germany, December 9. The Austrian coin with a diameter of 37 cm consists of 1, 000 oz or 31.103 kg of pure gold. The value in gold is about 330,000 euros. Technically the coin can be used as a regular form of payment but would most likely not fit into any regular purse or wallet.
	Yellow submarine 眩目坐骑惹麻烦 Mechanical artist Joel Tessier well-known for his original realizations of unusual rolling objects, and a long time fan of the legendary pop band "The Beatles" and their famous song "Yellow Submarine", has really invented a Rolling Yellow Submarine. This strange vehicle runs around 50 km/h and weighs 600 kg. Unfortunately, the Rolling Yellow Submarine cannot be insured as a normal vehicle and French police quickly intercepted him in Bordeaux, December 17.
	Jet sleigh 异类雪橇惊现法国街头 The "jet sleigh" of Santa Claus is pictured in the streets of Saint Andre de Cubzac, southwestern France, December 6. The strange vehicle was built by a mechanical artist Joel Teissier on a go-kart base.
	Santa swims with a shark 圣诞老人与鲨鱼同游 A Japanese diver suited up as Santa Claus swims with a shark in an aquarium in Osaka's Minato Ward, December 11. The submersible Santa will take to the water seven times daily until December 25.
	Giant Xmas stocking 世界最大圣诞袜传递爱心 Firemen from London's Fire Brigade deliver the world's largest Christmas stocking full of toys to Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital in central London, December 9. The stocking, sponsored by the Cartoon Network, measures 10 meters long by 3 meters wide
	Largest candle 世界最大蜡烛可燃两年 Elisabeth Schweinsberger of the Wiedemann wax factory purfles what is according to the company the world's biggest candle measuring 2.20 m in height. The candle weighs 110 kg and would burn for two years once lit.
	Bulldog skateboards 小狗展示滑板绝技 Tyson, a three-year-old British Bulldog skateboards along Venice boardwalk in California in his movie debut "Wannabe", in which he co-stars with Ashlee Simpson.

World in Words
Collected & translated by Beverly

"It's so small, cool and comforting in the hand that to hold one is to want one. "
"又小又酷, 手感又好, 真是让人爱不释手. "

Priced at an extremely high price of $250 though, Apple's new product iPod Mini was an enormous hit, and back-ordered for months.
--虽然价位很高, 定在了每台250美元, 但是苹果公司的新产品iPod Mini MP3播放器还是掀起了一阵热潮, 需提前数月预订.

"Les Halles has become a place that Parisians avoid. It should be a place people want to go to. It should become a major public space - like the Louvre or the Tuileries gardens."
"现在巴黎人都不喜欢去Les Halles, 但是, 它应该像卢浮宫或杜乐丽花园一样, 成为人们喜欢的地方, 成为一个主要的公共聚集地. "

Said David Mangin in a recent interview. After months of deliberation, the mayor of Paris has chosen the French architect to oversee a fresh makeover of Les Halles, the city's old market district.
--法国建筑师大卫·曼金在最近的一次访谈中这样说道. 经过数月斟选, 巴黎市长最终敲定由他来负责对Les Halles进行重新规划建设. Les Halles曾是巴黎的市贸中心.

"He was not very fond of girls, as he seemed to me."
"在我看来, 他好像不怎么喜欢女孩子. "

A new book by C. A. Tripp, an American psychologist, concludes that Lincoln - America's greatest president - was a gay man.
--美国心理学家特里普著新书披露:美国历史上最伟大的总统林肯是同性恋者.