1、【Cover Story】Leaders flock to S Africa70 国领袖赴曼德拉葬礼Leaders from more than 70 states and governments, from US President Barack Obama to Irans Hassan Rouhani, are flying to South Africa for events commemorating Nelson Mandela this week, an unprecedented gathering to honor the anti-apartheid icon, Reute
2、rs reported. Cuban leader Raul Castro and Britains David Cameron will also join what is set to be one of the biggest meetings of global dignitaries in recent history at Johannesburgs Soccer City stadium on Tuesday.据路透社报道，从美国总统奥巴马到伊朗总统鲁哈尼，超过 70 个国家和政府的领导人本周将赴南非，悼念人类伟大的反种族隔离斗士曼德拉，规模之大史无前例。古巴领导人卡斯特罗、英国
3、首相卡梅伦也将参加曼德拉追悼会。这场将于当地时间 10 日在约翰内斯堡足球城体育场举行的纪念仪式极有可能成为近年来规模最大的全球名流聚会之一。【Newsmaker】12-days mourning for Mandela曼德拉葬礼将持续 12 天Preparations began Friday for a 12-day state funeral for South Africas first black president Nelson Mandela, foreign media reported. People in South Africa will have a chance to
4、 say goodbye to the anti-apartheid hero during a memorial service at the Johannesburg soccer stadium that hosted the 2010 World Cup. On Friday or Saturday next week, Mandela will be flown to his rural hometown of Qunu, where he will be laid to rest in accordance with his final wishes. Heads of state
5、 from around the world and well-known personalities who were close to the statesman are expected to attend. 据外媒报道，南非首个黑人总统纳尔逊曼德拉的国葬准备工作于 6日启动。葬礼将持续 12 天。在举行 2010 年世界杯的约翰内斯堡足球场，南非民众将有机会在悼念仪式上向这位反种族隔离英雄道别。下周五或周六，遗体将按照曼德拉的遗愿被运往家乡古努，在那里下葬。届时，各国首脑以及与曼德拉关系亲密的知名人士将参加葬礼。Another 20 years of smog中国将进入雾霾高发期Chi
6、na will enter a peak period for smog, said Peng Yingdeng, an expert with the Ministry of Environmental Protection, Beijing News reported. According to Peng, China is going through intensified regional smog occurrences as a result of urbanization and the unreasonable urban layout, which developed cou
7、ntries experienced 20 to 30 years ago. If no fundamental change is made to control pollution, smog will continue to shroud China for at least 10 to 20 years, Peng added.据新京报报道，环保部专家彭应登认为，中国接下来将进入雾霾高发期。彭应登说，目前我国正在经历发达国家二三十年前的阶段，即由于城市化过程发展和城市布局不合理而导致的区域性的雾霾高发。假如污染治理没有得到根本改观，这种局面在中国至少还会持续 10-20 年。Court
8、 for infant-attack girl 女童摔婴案被法院受理A Chongqing court Wednesday accepted a complaint against a girl who was filmed beating up an infant boy, Legal Evening News reported. The incident on Nov 25 aroused widespread concern after it was revealed that surveillance video in an elevator showed the 10-year-ol
9、d girl beating the 1-year-old infant, when the doors closed separating him from his grandmother. The girl later admitted she then brought the infant back to her home on the 25th floor and continued abusing him on the couch, before moving to the balcony, where the boy fell out. The parents of the boy
10、 are claiming compensation of RMB300,000.据法制晚报报道，备受社会关注的“女童摔男婴“案已于 4 日被重庆市一法院受理，男婴父母索赔 30 万。11 月 25 日，10 岁女孩李某在电梯间遇到原原(男，1 岁)与其奶奶，原原奶奶出电梯时，电梯门自动关上。电梯监控视频显示，李某在电梯里对原原进行了殴打。据李某陈述，她将原原从电梯抱回 25 楼家中，在沙发上对原原实施殴打，后将原原抱至阳台，致原原从阳台坠落。【Weekly Topic】An online report this week, which says a Chinese woman intenti
11、onally threw herself in front of a foreigners motorbike to extort money from him, triggered fury and blame on the woman. It was later learned that the foreigner had really knocked the woman down. A photographer who happened to pass by took pictures of the foreigner and the woman while they were argu
12、ing and uploaded them with the untrue description to an online photo platform, though he didnt see the accident. As online information is so close to us, what do you think of the credibility of the online reports? Do you try to give a balanced report when releasing news online?本周一则关于“大妈倒地讹老外“的网络报道，激
13、起了人们对这位大妈的谴责和愤怒。事后人们发现，老外确实撞了大妈。当时一位摄影师碰巧路过，拍下了大妈和老外争吵的瞬间，在没有亲眼目睹事故的全过程的情况下，他将自己想当然的事发经过和照片传到了网上。网络信息与我们息息相关，您是如何看待网络报道的可信度的？在发布网络新闻的时候，会尽力不偏不倚地报道所见所闻吗？请将您的姓名(昵称亦可)和观点发至 106580007835(免信息费) ，中英文皆可。短信获选手机报刊登的作者将获赠 10 元话费。此外，您的观点有可能被翻译成英文，在 China Daily 报纸新增栏目“Whats the Buzz“上刊登，详见每周一第 9 版。【Top News】Pal
14、ace to open new area故宫嫔妃生活区将开放The restoration of the Palace Museum in Beijing will be finished by the year 2020, when the museum marks its 600th birthday, and for the first time the western part of the palace, which was predominantly the residence of the royal females, will be open to the public, sa
15、id Shan Jixiang, director of the museum, reported. “The western part of the Palace Museum was the residential area of empresses and concubines. This area has never been open to the public since the museums establishment 88 years ago,“ said Shan, adding the area is mainly gardens and Buddhist worshi
16、p halls.据中国日报网报道，故宫博物院院长单霁翔日前表示，到 2020 年故宫 600 岁生日时，故宫文物整体保护修缮工程将基本完成，届时主要供宫中女性居住的西部区域将向游客开放。单霁翔称：“该区域是太后、太妃、嫔妃集中生活的地方，建院 88 年来从未开放过。“他还透露，该区域花园多、佛堂多。Unfair food service trends禁带酒水消费者可投诉The Beijing Administration for Industry and Commerce on Monday pointed out several unfair trading practices widely
17、 adopted by restaurants in China, Beijing News reported. Practices considered unfair include, prohibiting consumers from bringing their own drinks; charging for sterilized tableware; a minimum charge for private rooms; a charge for table reservations which are not canceled in advance; and not being
18、responsible for lost items. Costumers will be able report these unfair deals by dialing 12315.据新京报报道，北京市工商局 9 日发布国内餐饮业中常见的“霸王条款“。这些“ 条款“包括：禁止自带酒水；收取消毒餐具工本费；限包间最低消费；减少订席不提前通知收全款；丢物责任自负等。消费者若遇到类似情况可拨打 12315 举报。Bitcoin loses its luster部分比特币网站疑跑路A new round of shorting is emerging on Chinas bitcoin mark
19、et after the central bank announced last week that the virtual currency is not legal tender, Guangzhou Daily reported. A platform under Baidu, where users can pay to improve their network speed, has announced it will stop accepting bitcoins as a means of payment. Meanwhile, with the price of the bit
20、coin tumbling from more than $1,000 to around $700, many trading sites seem to have shut up shop to hide from traders.据广州日报报道，自从上周央行定性比特币后，中国市场开始对比特币进行新一轮做空，百度旗下某加速平台近日也宣称停止接受比特币支付。与此同时，一些比特币交易网站被怀疑跑路，网站已经无法打开。据了解，比特币交易价格已经从上千美元跌到了七百美元左右。Cellphone causes anxiety研究称关掉手机更快乐Too much time spent on your
21、cellphone doesnt mean youre more connected or happier. A US study of 500 university students found that the more time they spent on their cellphones, the more anxious they were and the more their academic performance suffered, foreign media reported. The researchers speculate that students may feel
22、anxious if they feel obligated to be in constant touch with their friends. The researchers said occasional solitude can be important for well-being.花大量时间在手机上，可不一定意味着你与人交流更多、过得更快乐。据外媒报道，美国一项针对 500 名大学生的研究发现，手机使用时间越长，学生的情绪就越焦躁，成绩也越差。研究者认为学生感到焦虑或因为他们觉得和朋友保持联系已成为一种义务，而偶尔独处对于身心健康很重要。【Kaleidoscope】Fish wi
23、tness dream wedding海底婚礼浪漫无边(图)Unlike most couples tying the knot, who hope it will be dry on the big day, one British couple had their dream wedding getting wet, New York Daily News reported. Chris and Janet Wright, both keen divers, floated happily down the aisle as they exchanged their vows in a u
24、nique under-the-sea service in the Maldives. The watery wedding took place 12 meters under the surface with an aisle edged with fish statues, flowers drifting on the tide and a stage with the their names written in a heart.据纽约每日新闻报道，新人们大都希望能顺顺利利地度过自己的大喜日子，英国一对新人日前却结了个湿漉漉的婚，他们完成了梦想中的海底婚礼。潜水爱好者克里斯和珍妮特
25、莱特全身湿透地、幸福地漂浮过婚礼走廊，在马尔代夫独特的水下仪式中互换了誓言。婚礼在 12 米深的海水中进行，鱼形雕塑装饰着走廊的两边，鲜花随着潮汐漂动，舞台中间还用心形写着两人的名字。【Top News】China to launch Change-3嫦娥 3 号12 月 2 日凌晨发射China will launch the Change-3 lunar probe to the moon at 1:30 am Monday from Xichang Satellite Launch Center, the missions launching headquarters said Satu
26、rday, reported. It will be the first time for China to send a spacecraft to make a soft landing on the surface of an extraterrestrial body, where it will conduct surveys on the moon. Facilities at the launching site are in good condition and preparations are going well, according to officials at mi
27、ssion headquarters.据新华网报道，“嫦娥三号“任务发射场区指挥部 11 月 30 日宣布，“嫦娥三号“探测器将于 12 月 2 日 1 时 30 分在西昌卫星发射中心发射。这将是我国航天器首次在地外天体软着陆，并开展科学探测。指挥部称，目前发射场设施设备状态良好，发射任务准备工作进展顺利。Plane crash kills 34莫桑比克失踪客机坠毁34 人遇难包括 1 中国公民The missing plane belonging to Mozambique Airlines is confirmed to have crashed in northeast Namibia
28、and all 34 people on board, including a Chinese national, were killed, local police said Saturday, Xinhua reported. Flight TM 470 left Maputo Friday for the Angolan capital of Luanda with 28 passengers and 6 crew members on board when it lost contact with air traffic controllers, the airline said in
29、 a statement.据新华社报道，当地警方 11 月 30 日称，莫桑比克航空公司的失踪客机被证实已于纳米比亚东北部坠毁，机上 34 人全部遇难，其中包括 1 名中国公民。莫桑比克航空公司发表声明称，该公司航班号为TM470 的客机于 29 日从马普托飞往安哥拉首都罗安达，机上载有28 名乘客和 6 名机组人员，但途中与空中交管员失去联络。【Newsmaker】Camerons 1st Weibo post英首相访华前夕开微博“Hello my friends in China. Im pleased to have joined Weibo and look forward to vi
30、siting China very soon!“ British Prime Minister David Cameron has joined Weibo ahead of his China trip next week, Legal Evening News reported. Cameron attracted more than 40,000 followers on Weibo in the first 8 hours after his account was launched Friday afternoon. His first post, in English and Ma
31、ndarin, was read more than 3m times in that period and trended on Weibo.据法制晚报报道，“Hello 中国的朋友们，我非常高兴能加入微博。期待不久后的访华！“ 将于下星期访华的英国首相大卫 卡梅伦近日现身新浪微博。29 日下午开通账号后，卡梅伦的微博粉丝在短短 8 小时内涨至 4 万余人。他用英汉双语写的首条微博被阅读超过3 百万次并被大量转发。【Kaleidoscope】Dog is US top blood donor小狗捐血 7 年救 224 同类Riley, an 8-year old crossbreed, ha
32、s been helping save the lives of hundreds of dogs for over 7 years, the New York Daily News reported. The loveable pooch was signed up for his local blood donation program at the age of one and has been ever present since. He donates every six weeks and has saved 224 dogs lives. Riley is believed to be one of the most prolific blood donor dogs in the country.据纽约每日新闻报道，美国 8 岁混种狗莱利 7 年多以来已经拯救了上百只同类的生命。莱利自 1 岁起加入当地献血计划，坚持至今。它每 6 周献血一次，至今已拯救 224 只狗狗的生命。莱利被认为是全美献血最多的狗狗之一。
