Grand parade marking V Day
Edited by Shen Yang


▲Russians wearing wartime uniforms attend a parade on May 8, in Moscow.

The grand parade marking the 60th anniversary of the victory of Russia's Great Patriotic War over Nazi Germany took place in Moscow's Red Square on May 9, 2005.

Russian President Vladimir Putin delivered a speech in Moscow's Red Square marking 60 years since the Allied victory over Nazi Germany in World War II.

More than 50 world leaders, including Chinese President Hu Jintao, US President George W. Bush, joined Russian President Vladimir Putin and war veterans from all over the world, near Lenin's tomb for the military parade.

In his keynote speech, Putin said Russia will always remember the support of the United States and European allies in defeating Nazism.

"Sixty years have passed but every May 9 the memory of the war calls upon our consciousness and binds us to a great responsibility," Putin said.

"We truly acknowledge how close to the brink of a bottomless abyss the world stood ... It is a shared victory, we never divide it into 'ours' and 'theirs', and we will always remember our allies," he added.

The parade was followed by wreath-laying ceremonies at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and by a Kremlin reception. A series of other events ranging from concerts, street dances and dinners to commemorate the victory over the Nazis 60 years ago were held during the ceremony.

The Soviet Union fought 80 percent of the German Fascist forces in the main anti-fascist war theater in Europe. "For three long years, the Soviet army in fact almost single-handedly battled against fascism," Putin said in an address before a gala concert in the veterans' honor at the Bolshoi Theater. It lost an estimated 27 million people during the Great Patriotic War.

Vocabulary
veteran 老兵
ally 同盟国
consciousness 意识
brink 边缘
abyss 深渊
commemorate 纪念

 

 

World in Pictures
图话世界
Photo source: ImagineChina

	Miss Jumbo Queen Contest "大象小姐"重182公斤 Thanchanok Mekkeaw, 25, (L) is declared winner by a master of ceremony as the heaviest woman during the Miss Jumbo Queen Contest 2005 in Nakhon Prathom, Thailand, May 1. Mekkeaw was the heaviest contestant weighing 182 kilos. The Jumbo Queen Contest 2005 selects a contestant who best exhibits characteristics of an elephant to promote the elephant conservation cause in Thailand.
	Giant shoes for the tallest man 世界第一大鞋64码 A view of a 42-size shoe (R) posing next to a 64-size one, presented by George Wessels, shoeman and owner of a German family orthopedic shoe company to the tallest man in the world (2.55 m), Ukrainian Leonid Stadnik, aged 34, at his house in Podoliantsi village, May 6. Listed by the Guinness Book of World Records as the tallest living man, Ukraine's "Gulliver" has a lot of problems to buy clothing and shoes for himself.
	A 125-year-old wooden house relocated 百年木屋搬家 A house is transported on a special vehicle through the center of Steinbach, Germany, May 7. The building, a 125-year-old historic corkscrew factory, is relocated one kilometer from its original position to the site of a handcraft museum.
	100, 000 kisses for Tony Blair 布莱尔支持者亲吻其相片10万次 Mark McGowan kisses a photograph of British Prime Minister Tony Blair on election day, May 5, outside the gates of No.10 Downing Street in support of the Prime Minister's re-election. McGowan, who gave Blair 100,000 kisses in eight hours, said his biggest obstacles were facial muscle spasm and dry lips.
	Chocolate-based beauty treatment 巧克力面膜美肤 An employee of a beauty shop coats her client's face with a chocolate-based beauty treatment, April 29 at Bernard Cassiere Institute in Paris. Salvation may be at hand for chocolate gourmets concerned about their complexions and addicts looking for a calorie-free cocoa fix with a new trend for chocolate-based beauty treatments.

 

 

World in Words
话外音
Collected & translated by Beverly

"Rock is way too obvious, and scissors beats paper."
"人们通常不会出'石头', 而'剪子'能赢'布'."
The world's two most prestigious auction houses (Sotheby's and Christie's) were forced to play a child's game for the right to sell an ￡11 million art collection. Christie's won with scissors.
--两大世界拍卖巨头(索思比拍卖行和克里斯蒂拍卖行)通过孩童游戏"石头剪子布"来决定一批价值达1100万英镑的藏品的拍卖权. 克里斯蒂拍卖行用"剪子"打败了对手.

"Coins tell the story of our nation. They help us reconnect with our history."
"硬币讲述了我们民族的故事. 它们能帮助我们重温历史."
The U.S. Congress is considering a plan to begin minting dollar coins engraved with the faces of Ronald Reagan, Millard Fillmore and Bill Clinton to commemorate all the past presidents.
--美国国会正在考虑铸造一些带总统头像的硬币, 以纪念历届美国总统.

"Just one spoonful lights up the happy zones of the brain in clinical trials."
"临床试验证明, 只需一勺就可以激活大脑中的快乐区域."
A research carried out by Unilever, using ice cream made by Walls, shows that eating ice cream really makes you as happy as listening to your favorite music.
--一项研究表明, 吃冰淇淋也像听音乐一样, 可以使人感到快乐. 这项研究是由联合利华公司组织进行的, 研究中使用的是和路雪牌冰淇淋.

"IBM doing this is another kick in the teeth for Europe's labor market, where unemployment is very high and jobs are scarce."
"IBM此举将使原本已僧多粥少的欧洲劳力市场雪上加霜."
Gwyn Hacche, a senior economist at HSBC Bank in London in commenting a decision made by IBM recently to cut 10,000 to 13,000 jobs worldwide with a focus in Europe.
--近日, IBM公司宣布将裁减旗下1万至1.3万名员工, 裁员目标主要集中在欧洲市场. 对此伦敦汇丰银行资深经济学家格温·哈彻作了如上评价.