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Israel Haimowitz made a deal with his doctor 15 years ago—get me to 100 and I’ll buy you a European vacation. On Sept 5, 2002, Haimowitz is celebrating his 100th birthday. And Dr Robert Drimmer and his wife are looking forward to a trip to London next summer. “I hate to take his money,” Drimmer said, but Haimowitz “would be mad if I didn’t go.”
伊斯里尔·海莫威茨15年前与他的医生达成了一项交易———让我活到100岁，我就送你去欧洲度假。2002年9月5日，海莫威茨在庆祝他的百岁寿辰，而罗伯特·德雷默医生和他的妻子也在期待着来年夏天的伦敦之旅。“我真的不想花他的钱，” 德雷默说，可是海莫威茨“会因我不去而发疯”。
也许这位老先生没有意识到：“感觉良好”才是他长寿的真正秘诀———如果活得没了感觉，想“逗留”也不太容易哩。
A Dutch travel agent is offering a holiday package with a difference—a night in a cardboard box on a Paris street. The mini-break, which has come under fire from a French charity for homeless people, is aimed at companies wanting to instill a team spirit in staff. Groups of 10 contes－tants are left “homeless” for one night without cash or credit cards and compete against work mates to collect money by begging.
荷兰一家旅行社推出了别具一格的假日旅游套餐———在巴黎街头的纸板箱中过一夜。这种短期休假方式以那些想培养员工团队精神的公司为目标顾客，而法国一个援助无家可归者的慈善机构对此表示了强烈不满。参加者每10人一组，将被安排在没有现金、没有信用卡、也没有地方住的处境下度过一晚。他们只能和平时工作中的同事相互竞争，通过乞讨来赚钱。
看不出乞讨和团队精神有何关系，可以确定的是这些业余乞丐会给真正的流浪汉们带来物质和精神的双重打击。
Can Harry Potter wave his magic wand and revive a dead language? Publishers of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, who planed to translate the adventures of the schoolboy wizard into Latin and ancient Greek, thought it might help, the Daily Telegraph newspaper reported. Au－thor JK Rowling and her publishers Bloomsbury hoped the translations would help children overcome the dread of studying the two ancient lan－guages, the newspaper said.
哈里·波特的魔杖能让已死的语言起死回生吗？《哈里·波特与魔法石》的出版商认为这有可能。据《每日电讯报》报道，他们打算把这个魔法学生的冒险故事译成拉丁文和古希腊文。报纸说，该书作者JK·罗琳和她的出版商布卢姆斯伯里出版社希望译本能帮助孩子们战胜对学习这两种古代语言的恐惧。
很不错的想法，我们可以试试把《流星花园》剧本弄成文言文，以便在青少年中普及古典文化。
Inefficiency, mismanagement and three-hour coffee breaks are ruin－ing the Louvre experience for millions of visitors, according to an annual report by France’s government auditors. The famed museum, home of the Mona Lisa, does not know how many paintings it has, how many staff it employs, or how much time they spend on the job, the report says.
根据法国官方审计员的年度报告，效率低下、管理不善和长达三小时的工间休息正在破坏数百万游客游览卢浮宫的美好体验。报告称，这个拥有《蒙娜丽莎》的著名博物馆不知道自己藏画的数量、员工的数目以及他们的实际工作时间。
“非常让人担心的低效率”却仍然遏制不了人们趋之若鹜的热情，这倒是艺术之永恒魅力的一个佐证。
伊斯里尔·海莫威茨15年前与他的医生达成了一项交易———让我活到100岁，我就送你去欧洲度假。2002年9月5日，海莫威茨在庆祝他的百岁寿辰，而罗伯特·德雷默医生和他的妻子也在期待着来年夏天的伦敦之旅。“我真的不想花他的钱，” 德雷默说，可是海莫威茨“会因我不去而发疯”。
也许这位老先生没有意识到：“感觉良好”才是他长寿的真正秘诀———如果活得没了感觉，想“逗留”也不太容易哩。
A Dutch travel agent is offering a holiday package with a difference—a night in a cardboard box on a Paris street. The mini-break, which has come under fire from a French charity for homeless people, is aimed at companies wanting to instill a team spirit in staff. Groups of 10 contes－tants are left “homeless” for one night without cash or credit cards and compete against work mates to collect money by begging.
荷兰一家旅行社推出了别具一格的假日旅游套餐———在巴黎街头的纸板箱中过一夜。这种短期休假方式以那些想培养员工团队精神的公司为目标顾客，而法国一个援助无家可归者的慈善机构对此表示了强烈不满。参加者每10人一组，将被安排在没有现金、没有信用卡、也没有地方住的处境下度过一晚。他们只能和平时工作中的同事相互竞争，通过乞讨来赚钱。
看不出乞讨和团队精神有何关系，可以确定的是这些业余乞丐会给真正的流浪汉们带来物质和精神的双重打击。
Can Harry Potter wave his magic wand and revive a dead language? Publishers of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, who planed to translate the adventures of the schoolboy wizard into Latin and ancient Greek, thought it might help, the Daily Telegraph newspaper reported. Au－thor JK Rowling and her publishers Bloomsbury hoped the translations would help children overcome the dread of studying the two ancient lan－guages, the newspaper said.
哈里·波特的魔杖能让已死的语言起死回生吗？《哈里·波特与魔法石》的出版商认为这有可能。据《每日电讯报》报道，他们打算把这个魔法学生的冒险故事译成拉丁文和古希腊文。报纸说，该书作者JK·罗琳和她的出版商布卢姆斯伯里出版社希望译本能帮助孩子们战胜对学习这两种古代语言的恐惧。
很不错的想法，我们可以试试把《流星花园》剧本弄成文言文，以便在青少年中普及古典文化。
Inefficiency, mismanagement and three-hour coffee breaks are ruin－ing the Louvre experience for millions of visitors, according to an annual report by France’s government auditors. The famed museum, home of the Mona Lisa, does not know how many paintings it has, how many staff it employs, or how much time they spend on the job, the report says.
根据法国官方审计员的年度报告，效率低下、管理不善和长达三小时的工间休息正在破坏数百万游客游览卢浮宫的美好体验。报告称，这个拥有《蒙娜丽莎》的著名博物馆不知道自己藏画的数量、员工的数目以及他们的实际工作时间。
“非常让人担心的低效率”却仍然遏制不了人们趋之若鹜的热情，这倒是艺术之永恒魅力的一个佐证。