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A Canadian man who has changed 31 jobs in 31 weeks, now becomes the most active job hopper in the world. After experiencing various kinds of jobs he has done, such as radio dj, waiter and yoga instructor, he hoped to find the one that suited him the most.
加拿大男子西恩•艾肯在31周内换了31份工作，堪称世界上“跳槽”最勤的人。西恩这么做是想体验各种工作，然后确定自己到底最适合从事哪种行业。到目前为止，他已经干过电台主持人、餐厅员工、瑜伽教练等工作。
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An 62-year-old lady Wu in Chongqing had a plastic surgery three months ago. But now she asked the doctor to recover what she looked before because her husband who had been married with her for forty years, was jealous that lady Wu, who became very beautiful after the surgery, was always surrounded by men and even wanted to divorce her.
重庆一位62位老太三个月前做了拉皮手术，但现在又要求医生恢复拉皮前的效果，因为她的老伴嫌她过于招摇，甚至提出离婚。变漂亮的吴老太在外面经常成为焦点，身边也有不少异性簇拥，这让吴老太的老伴忍无可忍，终于提出要与结婚近四十年的吴老太离婚。
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According to National ID Number Enquiry Centre, there are 3491 people around China called “Ao Yun” (Olympic Games), most of which were born around 2000 when Beijing successfully won the bid of holding 2008 Olympic Games. Most of “Ao Yun”s are boys who are supposed to be more sporty than girls. Besides, there are over 4000 people have the same names of the five Fu Wa, the mascots of 2008 Olympic Games.
据全国公民身份号码查询服务中心提供的数据显示，全国有3491人名叫“奥运”，他们大多数2000年北京申奥成功前后出生的。在这些叫“奥运”的人群中，大部分为男性。在中国父母的观念中，男孩子更好动，更喜欢体育。另外还有4000多人分别与五个福娃同名。
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Register for 2008 National Public Servant Examination ended on November 2nd. The examination is even more popular than ever. For some hot position, the demand and supply rate can reach as high as 1: 3592, which makes the exam far more competitive than college entrance examination. Fresh university graduates are the majority of the registered examinees.
11月2日结束的2008年国家公务员报名，再次掀起热潮，最热门岗位供需比达1∶3592。在报考者中，大学应届毕业生占了相当一部分，其竞争激烈程度远远超过了一年一度的高考和研究生考试。公务员考试，又成为大学毕业生争挤的一座独木桥。
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While food gives people energy, it can also make people happier. Usually when people are feeling depressed, they go see a psychologist, but food can also lift people’s spirits. Scientific studies show that foods such as deep sea fish, bananas, grapefruits, all wheat bread, spinach, cherries, garlic, pumpkins, low fat milk and chicken can help fight against depression.
食物不仅能提供能量，还能让人感到愉快。通常，当人们感到郁闷的时候都回去找心理医生，但是食物也能帮人振奋。科学研究已经显示有十种食物具有抗抑郁的功效，它们是：深海鱼类、橡胶、柚子、全麦面包、菠菜、樱桃、大蒜、南瓜、低脂奶和肌肉。
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The Beijing Great Wheel which will stand in eastern Beijing's Chaoyang Park is higher than both the London Eye and the Singapore Flyer, which opens in March. The Beijing Great Wheel will tower 208 metres (682 ft) when finished in 2009, which would make it the highest and largest in the world.
北京朝天轮将与2009年在北京朝阳公园东部建成。这座高208米的朝天轮将成为世界最高和最大的摩天轮，规模大过著名的伦敦眼和新加坡摩天观景轮。
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A mother of a sixteen-year-old boy in Nottingham paid a stripper to perform on her son’s class to celebrate his 16th birthday. The school and the local education department are very angry about this incident and had began an investigation. But according to the mother, she just booked a prank from a show company and it was the company’s fault to send a wrong performer.
英国诺丁汉市1名母亲在儿子16岁生日时，竟请一名脱衣舞女到儿子的课堂上，当着正在上课的老师和同学的面为他大跳脱衣舞，最后甚至脱得一丝不挂！但这名母亲表示，当时只是想演出公司预定了恶作剧，但演出公司竟然出现差错。
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Chocolate beauty Beyonce Knowles held her concert at Taipei. The day before the concert, she arrived at Taipei and began her shopping in luxury shops like Dior and RobertoCavalli. She spent 1,870,000 New Taiwan Dollar in one hour!
“巧克力美人”碧昂丝12日晚在台北中山足球场开唱，昨中午二度抵台，在饭店稍作休息后即到精品店血拼，1小时刷卡187万5000元，狂扫Dior、RobertoCavalli等名牌！
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