World in Pictures
Photo source: ImagineChina

	Mayor disguised as a foreign tourist 布拉格市长化装私访 Prague Mayor Pavel Bem is disguised as a foreign tourist, January 13, in Prague prior to tracking down corrupt taxi drivers who overcharge tourists. Prague taxi services have recently faced international shame since one driver overcharged a German deputy. Prague has been fighting against overcharged taxi fares for fifteen years, which spoil its reputation abroad. In the past month, Prague City Hall has sent out numerous undercover inspectors to ascertain if the complaints about taxi drivers are justified.
	Tiny whisky becomes popular 迷你威士忌畅销 A photo, released January 9, shows two 4cm-tall bottles of whisky, which have been issued in the shape of famous brands including Glengoyne, Dalmore and Old Fettercairn Single Malt. While the bottles would probably be more at home in a dollhouse, the tiny tipples, filled with real whisky and covered with minuscule original design labels, are the leading sales item in one specialist whisky shop, Cadenheads on The Royal Mile. At 1 pound (1.43 euros) for a 3ml bottle, a case won't break the bank or exceed duty free allowances, making it very popular with foreign tourists.
	Cross-dresser got sacked 英国男子扮女装被解雇 Handout photo dated January 12, from Nottingham Evening Post shows cross-dresser James Gibson of Kirkby in Ashfield. The cross-dresser who claimed he was sacked after wearing women's clothes to work on Red Nose Day has reached an out-of-court settlement with his employers, he said January 13. Jim Gibson, 44, believes he was dismissed from his job at Ashfield District Council in Nottinghamshire after he showed photos of his alter ego Charlotte to colleagues at work.
	Playing with fire 莫斯科剧院上演火舞杂耍 An actress plays with fire during a Christmas performance of Fire theatre Ex in central Moscow, January 5.
	96-year-old fashion model 96岁高龄老太代言新品洗面奶 Irene Sinclair, 96, poses for pictures at the launch of the Dove Campaign for Real Beauty in London, January 4. The Guyana born pensioner living in London, is appearing on billboards around Britain this month, wrinkles and all, to help sell Dove, a popular brand of facial cream.
	Winter swimming in the Volga River 俄罗斯人冬泳庆主显节 Winter swimmers are warming up before dipping into the waters of the Volga River near the town of Kineshma, Russia, January 11. Winter swimming lovers are thus traditionally marking the eve of Epiphany day, which is celebrated in Russia on January 19.
	A letter 60 years late 一封信迟到60年 McKernan (in picture, aged 20) finally received this letter 60 years late. McKernan received the letter December 31, 2004, which could have changed his life. McKernan, 79, from Liverpool, should have received the letters from his mother while he was serving with the Royal Fusiliers during the Second World War. But they never turned up and instead ended up in the dusty archives of a museum in Holland.

World in Words
Colleted & translated by Beverly

"America's children are at greater risk than they've been in for a decade. The rising rate of infant mortality is an early warning that we're headed in the wrong direction, with no relief in sight."
"美国孩子正面临着过去十年所未有的风险. 婴儿死亡率的上升给我们敲响了警钟,我们走错路了,眼前看不到光明. "

Said Dr. Irwin Redlener, president of the Children's Health Fund. Cuba, though less developed, has better infant mortality rates than the U.S.
--美国儿童健康基金会主席瑞得纳博士如是说. 虽然古巴不如美国发达,但婴儿死亡率却远低于美国.


"Women want to be in a relationship with guys they can talk to - unfortunately, a lot of those guys want to be in relationships with women they don't have to talk to."
"女人喜欢和能与自己交流的男人交往,但不幸的是,大多数男人都想找一个不需要沟通的女人. "

A journalist from the New York Times in commenting a trend that famous and powerful men seem to take up with the young women whose job was to tend to them and care for them in some way: their secretaries, assistants, flight attendants, etc.
--有名望有权势的男人似乎对"保姆型"的女人情有独钟,如秘书、助手和乘务员等等. 对此《纽约时报》的记者发表了上述看法.


"We all have moments when we feel we're losing ourselves in our social group, or work or marriage. In a very deep sense, you don't have a self unless you have a secret."
"我们常常会感觉到在朋友、工作或是婚姻中迷失了自我. 从深层意义上说,没有秘密就没有自我. "

Said Dr. Daniel M. Wegner, a professor of psychology at Harvard, who believes that most normal adults are well equipped to start a secret life and that keeping a secret is a key to healthy development.
--哈佛大学心理学教授维纳认为多数人都应该在生活中保留一些隐私,因为这对于人的健康成长是很关键的.


"In a globalized world, we have to have schedules that are more similar to those in the rest of the world so we can be better connected. These Spanish lunches of two to three hours are very pleasant, but they are not very productive."
"全球一体化的今天,为了和世界更好地接轨,我们必须执行与其他地方相似的作息制度. 两到三小时的午餐时间虽然很惬意,但并不是很有效率. "

In Spanish, morning lasts until 2 p.m., and 8:00 p.m. is still the afternoon. Now some Spaniards are beginning to ask if it is compatible with the modern world.
--在西班牙,上午一直持续到午后两点,即使是晚上八点也仍然属于下午时光. 但现在一些西班牙人开始反思,这样的作息能不能适应这个现代社会.