| Pamplona bans vuvuzelas for bull run |
西班牙奔牛节对呜呜祖啦说不 |
| It's one of the biggest and loudest parties on the planet, but organizers of the nine-day San Fermín fiesta, kicking off July 6 in the northern Spanish city of Pamplona have decided there is one thing it cannot cope with – the ear-shattering vuvuzela horn made famous by South Africans during the World Cup. "Given that vuvuzelas produce noise levels that are both irritating and dangerous, sale of them has been expressly forbidden," a town hall statement said. |
7月6日在西班牙北部城市潘普洛纳开始的为期9天的圣费尔明节，即奔牛节，被认为是世界上最壮观也是最吵的狂欢节之一。但主办方认为，还有一样更吵的东西让他们忍受不了，那就是因南非世界杯而闻名天下，可以震耳欲聋的呜呜祖啦。政府还发布公告称：“鉴于呜呜祖啦产生的噪音水平不仅让人讨厌而且已经到了危险的级别，所以禁止销售。” |
| Millions of bachelors expected in 2020 |
10年之后娶妻难 |
| Sex-ratio imbalance among the Chinese under 19 is rather severe, and about 23,770,000 men at their marriageable age ten years later would face difficulty in finding a wife, says the Blue Book of China's Society, a series of annual reports by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. Statistics show that China's birth-sex ratio in 2009 was 119.45, 1.11 percentages lower than 2008. But it's still rather higher than the normal range set by the United Nations -- 103-107, meaning if 100 girls are born, there should be 103-107 new-born boys. |
中国社科院发布的2010年《社会蓝皮书》指出，目前我国19岁以下年龄段的人口性别比严重失衡。到2020年，将有2377万适婚男性面临“娶妻难”。统计数字显示：2009年中国出生人口性别比为119.45，比2008年下降了1.11个百分点，但依然高于联合国设定的正常值103-107，意即每出生100个女孩，应相应出生103到107个男孩。 |
| Seagull thinks he's a cat |
海鸥“失足”变作猫 |
| The Daily Mail reported that the Grimwoods adopted a seagull three years ago after it fell down a chimney, and brought it up with three cats. He not only slept in pets' beds but also ate cat food out of a bowl with the cats. Mr Grimwood, 52, said, "I think he thought he was a cat." |
据《每日邮报》报道，英国的格里姆伍德夫妇3年前收养了一只失足跌落烟囱的小海鸥。这只雄性海鸥和家里的三只猫一起长大，他不光睡宠物小窝，还分享猫食。52岁的格里姆伍德先生笑称：“我觉得他已经把自己当成猫了。” |
| Bollywood debut for bin Laden |
拉登成宝莱坞电影主角 |
| Osama bin Laden is the subject of a Bollywood film "Tere Bin Laden" ("Without You Laden"), the story of an imaginative young television journalist who turns an encounter with a look-alike bin Laden into his ticket to fame. "The film looks to give a fresh perspective to the repercussions of 9/11 that a lot of people are facing, but I want to do it through humor," director Abhishek Sharma said. The film opens across India on July 16. |
在宝莱坞电影《冒牌本•拉登》里，奥萨马•本•拉登成为了主角。影片叙述了一位虚构的年轻电视记者利用长相酷似拉登的人谋取名利的故事。导演阿比谢克•沙马表示：“这部电影为了向人们提供一个新鲜的角度，来审视9/11事件对人们的影响，但我想以幽默的方式来表现。”影片将于7月16日在印度全国上映。 |
| Ridley Scott to produce Youtube documentary |
《角斗士》导演监制Youtube纪录片 |
| Hollywood directors Ridley Scott and Kevin Macdonald will pull together video from YouTube users for a documentary called "Life in a Day." The documentary will select footage from 20 people around the world who capture moments of their daily lives on July 24. Macdonald will direct the documentary and Scott will produce. |
好莱坞导演雷德利•斯科特和凯文•麦克唐纳将利用Youtube用户提供的素材制作一部名为《一日生活》的记录片。全世界20个人拍摄的素材将选入此片，他们将捕捉其7月24号日常生活的某些时刻。麦克唐纳将执导此片，斯科特任制片。 |
| Netherlands vs. Spain preview |
决赛看点：橙衣军团如何对阵斗牛士 |
| Netherlands will play Spain in the 2010 FIFA World Cup Final, the world's greatest sporting event, which will be held at the Soccer City stadium in Johannesburg, South Africa on July 11, 2010. A European team is thus guaranteed to be world champions for the first time at a World Cup held outside Europe. |
荷兰队将在世界杯决赛中对阵西班牙队。这场足球盛宴将于当地时间7月11日在南非约翰内斯堡的足球城体育场展开。这次注定有一支欧洲球队将在欧洲之外举办的世界杯上赢得冠军。 |
| There are two other firsts as well in this final. Neither team has previously won the World Cup, so there will be a new name on the trophy. And, perhaps more remarkably, these two teams have never played each other either in the World Cup or European Championship. |
本次决赛还有两项“第一次”。这两支球队之前从未获得过世界杯冠军，所以将有一个新的名字第一次出现在世界杯冠军奖杯上。另外一点更值得关注，那就是这两支球队从未在世界杯或者欧洲杯上交战过，这是他们在世界杯上的第一次“碰撞”。 |
| World's biggest tent opens |
世界最大帐篷建成开放 |
| The Guardian reports that the world's largest tent opened in Kazakhstan's capital city Astana. The Khan Shatyr, a 100,000 square meter complex, is a city within a city, with shops, restaurants, cinemas, a water park, botanical garden, mini-golf course and monorail. Temperatures in Astana regularly dip well below -30C in winter. The tent will provide locals with an escape from the chill. |
英国《卫报》报道，世界上最大的帐篷日前在哈萨克斯坦首府阿斯塔纳对外开放。这座被称为“可汗沙特尔”的帐篷实际上是一个大型休闲娱乐中心。它占地十万平方米，内设商店﹑餐馆﹑电影院﹑水上公园﹑植物园﹑小型高尔夫球场以及单轨铁路，可谓是城中之城。阿斯塔纳冬天气温多在零下30℃以下，这座大帐篷正好为当地居民提供了一处绝佳的避寒之地。 |
| For kids, more sleep, much happier |
孩子多睡半小时 益处多多 |
| Giving teenagers a half hour extra sleep before school each day dramatically improves their behavior, a study by researchers of Hasbro Children's Hospital, Rhode Island, has found. Researchers say even 30 minutes can make a big difference because teens tend to be in their deepest sleep around dawn - when they typically need to get up for school. Interrupting that sleep can leave them groggy. Youngsters who had 30 minutes more shut-eye were more alert and in a better mood in class. |
美国一项研究发现，早上让孩子多睡半个小时可以极大地提高他们的表现。罗得岛州哈斯普罗儿童医院的研究人员指出，这三十分钟非常重要，因为青少年孩子在天亮前后多处于沉睡状态，而往往这个时候他们会被叫起来去上学，虽然被叫醒，但他们其实还处于半昏睡状态。多睡半个小时的孩子往往心情更好，在课堂上更加清醒。
(China.org.cn) |
![It's one of the biggest and loudest parties on the planet, but organizers of the nine-day San Fermín fiesta, kicking off July 6 in the northern Spanish city of Pamplona have decided there is one thing it cannot cope with – the ear-shattering vuvuzela horn made famous by South Africans during the World Cup. [Xinhua/AFP]](http://images.china.cn/attachement/jpg/site1007/20100712/000cf1a48b7f0da4ba2303.jpg "It's one of the biggest and loudest parties on the planet, but organizers of the nine-day San Fermín fiesta, kicking off July 6 in the northern Spanish city of Pamplona have decided there is one thing it cannot cope with – the ear-shattering vuvuzela horn made famous by South Africans during the World Cup. [Xinhua/AFP]")
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