联合国人居署22日在伦敦发布《2008/2009年世界城市状况》年度报告指出，北京是世界上最平等的城市。该报告从世界城市的空间分布、城市规模的拓展或缩小、社会和谐平等程度及城市发展与环境关系等方面阐述了世界城市的现状。通过对衡量城市收入分配状况的基尼指数以及住房等指标的比较，中国一些城市在世界上不平等程度较低，其中北京在城市平等方面是世界上最好的城市。
A new UN report launched on Thursday finds that American cities are as unequal as African and Latin American cities.
...据英国工会联盟统计的数字显示，2008年有500万英国人自愿免费加班以期在经济低迷期保住自己的“饭碗”，此举所创造的价值达269亿英镑，而如果给付加班费的话，他们这一年平均每人能拿到5139英镑。英国公会联盟秘书长表示，自愿免费加班人数连续第二年增长并不是好现象；工作时间过长对健康不利，同时也会降低工作效率。
Five million Britons worked unpaid overtime last year because of a "long-hours" culture and concern that the economic downturn was putting their jobs at risk.
...Aiming for the moon? You can get a piece of it
China may be years away from a lunar landing but one company is offering a piece of "land" there right now.
The so-called Lunar Embassy, through which one can purchase an acre on the moon for 298 yuan (US$37), started operations yesterday in Beijing.
...Will the Himalaya Mountains, home to the world's highest peaks, continue to push up into the sky in future? Some Chinese scientists say no.
The Himalayas may have reached their highest altitude and in the centuries to come may even shrink a little, said Bian Qiantao, a researcher with the Institute of Geology and Geophysics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
...世界首例犀牛白内障手术
1、Heini was born in the Serengeti Park safari park in Hodenhagen near Hamburg in August 2006. He was blind from birth and relied on his mother for orientation.
...中国诗词《虞美人》唯美英译
When will there be no more moon and spring flowers
春花秋月何时了，
For me who had so many memorable hours?
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罕见的化石记录
The preservation of embryos and juveniles is a rate occurrence in the fossil record. The tiny, delicate skeletons are usually scattered by scavengers or destroyed by weathering before they can be fossilized. Ichthyosaurs had a higher chance of being preserved than did terrestrial creatures because, as marine animals, they tended to live in environments less subject to erosion. Still, their fossilization required a suite of factors: a slow rate of decay of soft tissues, little scavenging by other animals, a lack of swift currents and waves to jumble and carry away small bones, and fairly rapid burial. Given these factors, some areas have become a treasury of well-preserved ichthyosaur fossils.
...趣味双语：情人节女人最想收到什么礼物？
For most women, the choice between and a new wardrobe is simple -- they go for the clothes.
石油期货或成避险港湾
(Bet For Uneven Seas: Try Oil)
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