今天，双语君（微信ID：Chinadaily_Mobile）就通过一组漫画带大家领略一下眼镜侠们的辛酸日常。

Karina Farek, an American artist, has created a short series illustrating some of the issues that the spectacled folk experience.

美国艺术家卡里纳·费克创造了一组短漫画，生动揭示了眼镜侠们的烦恼。

扶好眼镜，上图啦！

Your glasses will never be clean. Ever.

你的眼镜想干干净净是不可能的了，永远不可能干净了。

How.

到底要我怎样。

✰ 热心网友心声

哈哈哈！这完美诠释了我的日常烦恼之朦胧眼镜。

Or anything involving water, really.

或任何涉及水的经历，真的。

It’s so beautiful, isn't it?

这儿景色真美，是吧？

...Yeah...?

……是的吧……（朦胧美）？

✰ 热心网友心声

最糟糕的是跳入水中前忘记摘下眼镜。

When well-meaning friends want to try on your glasses...

当纯良的朋友想要试戴你的眼镜……

Wow, your vision is so bad. Do I look weird? I can barely see!

哇，你的视力好差呀。我看上去奇怪吗？我几乎啥都看不到啦！

Ha Ha Ha, same.

哈哈哈，一样一样（我还能说啥？！）。

✰ 热心网友心声

学校的孩子们总是让我摘下眼镜，看看我长什么样子。

我总会说，“不不，我会看起来很奇怪的。”

孩子们说，“不，你不会的！我确定你看上去很好的！”

然后我说，“不，相信我，每个人都说我看上去很奇怪。”

他们仍坚持，“摘下眼镜吧！你会好看的！”

这些对话会一直持续，直到我放弃抵抗摘掉眼镜。

这时孩子们会说，“我的天哪，你看上去真奇怪！”

哎，我只好叹口气无奈离开。

Rain is always a problem.

下雨总是个问题。

At least it’s light！

还好只是小雨！

（小雨对眼镜侠的杀伤力也很巨大啊！）

✰ 热心网友心声

而当你擦拭眼镜后，只会变得完全模糊不清。

But you’re still not getting contacts.

但是你还是没戴隐形。

Why don’t you just get contacts?

你为什么不戴隐形呢？

Hahaha yeah. Maybe.

哈哈哈是啊，或许……

（隐形不是你想戴，想戴就能戴啊）

✰ 热心网友心声

一些人可以不费吹灰之力戴好隐形。他们是怎么做到的！你是在直接往眼球上放东西呀！难道进化没有告诉我们这是决不能发生的事吗？

Breaking your glasses can be quite the ordeal.

弄坏眼镜会是相当痛苦的折磨。

Well, I can just get these fixed tomorrow...

我只能明天修好眼镜了……

Just gotta survive until then.

只要能平安活到明天。

哪幅漫画最戳中你的痛点？

编辑：唐晓敏

实习生：宋安康

来源：boredpanda

本周的新闻热词有：

1.习近平勾勒新时代中阿'战略伙伴关系'蓝图

2.我抗议美'贸易霸凌主义'

3.文旅部排查'自助游产品'

4.我国加强'通信账单管理'

5.C罗正式'转会'尤文图斯

1. 战略伙伴关系

strategic partnership

请看例句：

President Xi Jinping delivered a speech at the opening ceremony of the eighth ministerial meeting of the China-Arab States Cooperation Forum on Tuesday morning at the Great Hall of the People. Xi announced that China and Arab countries had agreed to establish a "future-oriented strategic partnership of comprehensive cooperation and common development."

中阿合作论坛第八届部长级会议10日上午在人民大会堂开幕。国家主席习近平出席开幕式并发表重要讲话，宣布中阿双方一致同意，建立全面合作、共同发展、面向未来的中阿战略伙伴关系。

Here are the highlights of Xi's speech.

以下为习近平讲话要点：

中阿双方将签署《中阿合作共建"一带一路"行动宣言》

Xi said that China-Arab cooperation declaration will be signed for the Belt and Road Initiative.

习近平宣布，中阿双方将签署《中阿合作共建"一带一路"行动宣言》。

He said the initiative has garnered great support from the Arab world and China stands ready to work with Arab states on the initiative.

习近平表示，"一带一路"倡议得到了阿拉伯世界的广泛支持。中方愿同阿方携手推进"一带一路"建设。

"Arab states are natural partners of China," Xi said.

习近平说，阿拉伯国家是共建"一带一路"的天然合作伙伴。

中方将向阿拉伯国家提供200亿美元贷款额度

Xi pledged that China will provide $20 billion in loans to help Arab states in economic reconstruction.

习近平宣布，中方将提供200亿美元贷款额度，同有重建需求的阿拉伯国家加强合作。

China will help Arab states with transportation infrastructure, speed up cooperation in oil and gas, finance, high-tech fields, the digital economy and artificial intelligence, Xi said.

中方愿参与阿拉伯国家基础设施建设，积极推动油气合作、金融合作、高新技术合作，加强双方数字经济、人工智能等领域合作。

China will also build financial platform for industrial cooperation.

中方支持建立产能合作金融平台。

中方将推进自贸区谈判

China plans to import goods worth over $8 trillion from Arab states in five years and this would bring huge opportunities to Arab states, Xi said.

未来5年，中国将从阿拉伯国家进口超过8万亿美元商品，这将给阿拉伯国家带来更多合作机会。

China will press ahead with FTA talks with Arab states and invite hundreds of Arab elites to China over the next three years, Xi said.

中国将推进同阿拉伯国家的自由贸易区谈判。未来3年，中国将再从阿拉伯国家邀请数百位精英来华研讨。

[相关词汇]

"一带一路"倡议 the Belt and Road Initiative

天然合作伙伴 natural partner

金融平台 financial platform

数字经济 digital economy

2. 贸易霸凌主义

trade hegemony and bullying

请看例句：

China denounced the US' latest threat to impose tariffs on an extra $200 billion worth of Chinese imports as "totally unacceptable" trade hegemony and bullying.

对于美国拟对我2000亿美元输美产品加征关税的最新威胁，我国11日表示严正抗议，称此举乃贸易霸凌主义，完全不可接受。

美国贸易代表办公室(Office of the US Trade Representative)当地时间10日发表声明，称美方将对2000亿美元从中国进口的商品加徵10%的关税，清单涉及6031项产品，包括数百种食品以及香烟、煤炭、化学制品、轮胎、猫狗粮(cat and dog food)和电子元件(electronic components)等消费电子产品(consumer electronics)。

商务部对此发表声明称，美方以加速升级的方式公布征税清单(publish a tariff list in a way that escalates tensions)，是完全不可接受的。为了维护国家核心利益和人民根本利益(to defend the core interests of the nation and its people)，中国政府将一如既往(as always)，不得不作出必要反制(be forced to impose necessary countermeasures)。

商务部称，中方还将呼吁国际社会共同努力(call on mutual efforts from the international community)，共同维护自由贸易规则和多边贸易体制(maintain the practice of free trade and the multilateral trading system)，共同反对贸易霸凌主义(trade hegemony and bullying)。与此同时，中方将立即就美方的行为向世界贸易组织追加起诉(tack on the case to its suit against the US at the World Trade Organization)。

[相关词汇]

贸易战 trade war

贸易保护主义 trade protectionism

反倾销 anti-dumping

反补贴 anti-subsidy

市场情绪 market sentiment

3. 自助游产品

self-guided tour products

请看例句：

The Ministry of Culture and Tourism of China required online travel agencies and platforms to examine self-guided tour products on sale and remove those with unacceptable risks.

文化和旅游部要求在线旅游企业和平台对在售的自助游产品进行排查，对风险过高的产品进行下架处理。

根据旅游文化部网站7日信息，针对本月5日泰国普吉岛发生的翻船事件，旅游文化部已印发了关于做好暑期旅游安全工作(ensure summer travel safety)的通知和关于进一步加强出境自助游相关工作的紧急通知(urgent circular)。

5日下午，载有127名中国游客的两艘游船在泰国普吉岛附近海域遭遇暴风雨，发生倾覆(capsize in a storm off the coast of Phuket Island in Thailand)，造成47人死亡。事故发生后，文化和旅游部开展暑期旅游市场紧急排查工作，要求各地各景区深入开展安全隐患排查治理(carry out security checks against hidden risks)，坚决防范各类涉旅突发事件的发生。文化和旅游部要求，全国各地旅游部门应加强与气象、海洋、国土资源等部门的联系(strengthen connections with meteorological, ocean, land and resources and other departments)，从而及时、准确地预测预报严重水情及恶劣天气(deliver accurate forecasts and timely alerts for severe water and weather conditions)。

文化和旅游部同时要求在线旅游企业和平台(online travel agencies and platforms)、旅行社开展紧急排查，下架不合格的自助游产品(suspend unqualified self-guided tour products)，要求在线旅游企业和平台、产品供应商(online travel companies, platforms and product suppliers)在宣传销售高风险的出境自助游项目时加强风险提示(better inform travelers of risks)，完善出境自助游应急机制(improve their emergency response mechanisms)并明确相关责任(clarify responsibilities)。

[相关词汇]

散客 individual traveler

自由行 independent travel

跟团游 package tour

深度游 in-depth travel

自驾游 self-driving tour

旅游保证金 travel deposit

4. 通信账单管理

management of telecommunication charges

请看例句：

China will take strong measures to curb spam and nuisance phone calls, and strengthen the management of customers' telecommunication charges, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology said on Wednesday.

工信部11日表示，我国将采取强有力的措施整治垃圾短信、骚扰电话，并加强对用户通信账单的管理。

Spam就是"垃圾短信"，这个词在互联网中很常见，意为unwanted e-mail(usually of a commercial nature sent out in bulk) ，即(出于商业目的批量发送的)收件人不想要的邮件，也就是"垃圾邮件"。另外，"发送垃圾邮件"这个动作也可以直接用spam来表示，比如：This program lets you spam the newspapers(这个程序能让你向各报发送垃圾邮件)。Nuisance phone calls就是"骚扰电话"，也可以简写成nuisance calls或用unwanted calls表示。其实，上面的垃圾短信也可以用nuisance texts表示。

针对媒体报道的手机不明扣费、垃圾短信、骚扰电话等问题，工信部已组织相关通信管理局、各基础电信企业着手开展三方面的工作：

一是督促电信企业立即纠正错收费行为(immediately correct mistaken charges)，并要求基础电信企业从下月起以短信方式按月向用户推送通信账单信息(send detailed billing information to users through SMS beginning next month)，让用户明明白白消费。

二是立即核实报道所涉具体问题和典型案例，已关停发送垃圾短信的短信端口(SMS portals)31个，关停涉嫌营销扰民的电话号码及关联号码82个(shut down 82 telephone numbers linked to harassing calls)，约谈涉事企业，责令其全面自查整改。情况查明后，将依法处理违规企业，问责涉事人员。

三是举一反三，深入剖析问题根源，堵塞管理漏洞(plug up loopholes in management rules)，全面提升运营服务水平(strengthen telecom services and management)，努力为广大人民群众营造良好的信息通信环境。

[相关词汇]

群发短信 mass texting

短信诈骗 SMS phishing

伪基站 pseudo base station

电信诈骗 telecom fraud

响一声就挂的电话 abandoned calls

5. 转会

join

请看例句：

Cristiano Ronaldo is joining Juventus after the Italian club agreed a 100 million euros fee for the Portugal forward with Real Madrid.

葡萄牙前锋克里斯蒂亚诺·罗纳尔多将转会意大利足球俱乐部尤文图斯，后者同意向皇家马德里支付转会费1亿欧元。

C罗与尤文图斯签约至2022年6月底，为期4年(the contract for Ronaldo is for four years, until the end of June 2022)，其年薪(annual salary)约为3000万欧元。在意大利，俱乐部同时还要支付等额的税款(pay the same amount in tax)，因此，C罗此次转会的总价(the total cost of the transfer)将高达3.4亿欧元，即1亿欧元的转会费(transfer fee)加上2.4亿欧元的薪资及税款。

"转会"可用"transfer"来表达。转会指职业足球运动员(professional soccer player)转至另一足球俱乐部。有时，依据上下文具体语境，join或sign(a contract)也可表达"转会"的意思，比如上面的例句就用了Cristiano Ronaldo is joining Juventus(C罗转会尤文图斯)这个表达。此外，日常生活中，"转学"也可用transfer来表达，如：Some of these students have transferred elsewhere(其中一些学生已转学到别处了)。

顺带一提，在阅读有关"transfer(转会)"的文章时，我们还会经常看到"transfer window"，这个词组是指国际足联(Federation Internationale de Football Association, FIFA)所允许的"球员转会期"。国际足联夏季转会为期两个月，于欧洲当地时间7月1日正式启动，到8月31日午夜12点结束；冬季转会期为期一个月，于欧洲当地时间1月1日正式启动，到1月31日午夜12点结束。

C罗2008年以8000万英镑转会费从曼联转会皇马，创下当时的最高转会费纪录(join Real from Manchester United in 2008 for a then world record of 80 million pounds)。在皇马期间，C罗共出场438场比赛，打入451球，是皇马史上的最佳射手(Real's record scorer)。他一共随球队获得了16座冠军奖杯，其中最为重要的是帮助俱乐部两次获得西甲联赛冠军，4次欧冠冠军(help the team win two La Liga titles and four Champions League trophies)。此外，C罗还获得了数不清的个人荣誉，在皇马期间他获得的最具影响力的荣誉莫过于4次国际足联金球奖(FIFA Ballons d'Or)和3次金靴奖(Golden Boots)。

[相关词汇]

世界杯 World Cup

意大利足球甲级联赛 Serie A

欧洲冠军联赛 UEFA Champions League

顽强拼搏的精神 the spirit of indomitable struggle

中国足协 Chinese Football Association

足球改革 soccer reform

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“我，MagidMagid，这座城市的市长，宣布唐纳德•J•特朗普不仅是一名废人，而且从此也被禁止进入谢菲尔德这座伟大的城市！我还宣布7月13日为墨西哥团结日！”

在他色彩鲜明的推文中，Magid还“特此声明”，美国总统是一个wasteman，还在他的T恤上传递同样的信息。

当然，Magid并不是说特朗普是一名煤矿工人，负责确保煤矿中废弃矿井内的正常通风，这就是Wasteman一词在19世纪时的含义。他在这里使用的英式俚语，表示“fool傻子”或“loser失败者”的意思，也就是指无所事事或浪费生命的人。在Green's Dictionary of Slang（《格林俚语词典》）中，我们可以发现这种俚语的使用证据，在《城市词典》中至少在2006年就开始有这一词条了。

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就比如之前在李小璐出轨事件中，应采儿微博力挺李小冉，这就是“站队”。

所以说，不管是面对网络上的热门事件，还是在现实生活中，人们都离不开“选择”和“支持”，离不开“站队”。

1. take sb's part

这个短语的意思是支持（某人），站在（某人）一边。

For once, my brother took my part in the argument.

只有一次我哥哥在争论中站在我这边。

2. speak in sb's favor

这多指公开表示支持，而favor的相关表达“be in favor of sth/doing sth”就有表示赞同之意。

Are you in favor of a ban on smoking?

你赞同禁烟吗？

3. side with sb

If ever there was any sort of argument, she'd always side with my father against me.

只要有争论，她就总是站在我父亲一边反对我。

这个短语形容在争论中支持某人或某方，站在（某人）一边，英语君认为这是最能表示“站队”的英语啦。

side作名词形容多个相互对立的团队中的一方，take sides就表示（在争论或战争中）表明立场，支持一方。

My mother never takes sides when my brother and I argue.

我和弟弟吵架时，我母亲从不偏袒任何一方。

4. stand up for sth/sb

stand up意思是起立；站得住脚，这个短语就表示支持，维护（想法、遭受指责或攻击的人）。

It's high time we all stood up for our rights around here.

我们大家现在急需行动起来，维护我们在这里的权利。

5. back sb up

这是口语中常用的表达，用来表示支持，帮助（某人）。

My family backed me up throughout the court case.

打官司期间，我的家人一直在支持我。 而这个短语也有“为（某人）作证”的意思。

Will you back me up if I say that I never saw him?

如果我说从未见过他，你会为我作证吗？

5. follow the crowd

这个短语意思比较消极，意思是随大流，随波逐流，人云亦云。

Think for yourself, don't just follow the crowd.

要独立思考，不要只是人云亦云。

【拓展】

“站队”和加油支持有很大的联系哦，这里再分享一些“加油”口语！

1. Hang in there!

坚持住；挺住

2. You can make it!

你能做到！

make it有“达到预期目的，获得成功”的意思。

3. What do you have to lose?

反正你又不吃亏。

关系比较亲密的人之间才用这句话哦。担心失败？别担心，你看你还有什么可失去的？

4. I've got your back.

我支持你。

Don't worry. I've got your back.

别担心，我支持你。

5. This is your moment.

这是属于你的时刻。

be having a moment的意思是在某个时刻非常受欢迎（或时髦），这句话用来激励别人，倒是很燃哦。

6. Everything happens for a reason.

凡事皆事出有因。

7. Follow your heart.

跟随你的心。

8. Nothing is ever too late.

永远不算晚。

9. I'm rooting for you.

我支持你。

root for sb表示给某人以支持，为某人助威，声援。

Good luck! We're all rooting for you.

祝你好运！我们都支持你。

也可以表示支持某个运动队或运动员。

Who do you root for in the Super Bowl?

超级碗中你支持谁？

10. Have faith!

别泄气！

这句话用于鼓励某人保持信念或自信。

Have faith! Everything will work out.

别气馁！最后一切都会好起来的。

（来源：沪江英语 编辑：Julie）

US President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump are met by British Prime Minister Theresa May and her husband Philip at Blenheim Palace, where they are attending a dinner with other specially invited guests and business leaders, near Oxford, Britain, July 12, 2018. Geoff Pugh/Pool via REUTERS

President Donald Trump arrived at Blenheim Palace ahead of a gala dinner with US and UK business leaders.

美国总统特朗普12日抵达英国布莱尼姆宫，随后与美国和英国商界领袖共同参加晚宴。

在特朗普到来前，伦敦民众先是为他定制了一个“特朗普宝宝”，这个宝宝还会飞！

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London's mayor on Thursday gave a group permission to fly a 20-foot-tall balloon depicting President Donald Trump as an angry baby over London when the president visits the city later this month.

伦敦市长7月5日批准了人们放飞“特朗普宝宝”的请求。这个气球有20英尺（约合6米）高，把特朗普描绘成了一个愤怒的宝宝的形象。在特朗普稍晚到访伦敦时，气球会飞上伦敦的天空迎接他。

Mayor Sadiq Khan described the stunt as a "peaceful protest."

伦敦市长萨迪克-汗形容说，这是一次“和平的抗议”。

The group's plan is to suspend the balloon above Parliament Square, beside the Houses of Parliament and Big Ben, when Trump visits on July 13.

人们计划7月13日特朗普到访时，在英国国会广场上空放飞气球，这里毗邻英国国会大厦和大本钟。

但计划赶不上变化，特朗普在伦敦的停留非常短暂，他的周末活动安排在了苏格兰。于是抗议者决定把气球运到苏格兰去。

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Organisers have also applied to fly it over his Turnberry golf course in South Ayrshire on Saturday, where they hope it will be seen by the president.

组织者们还申请周六在其南艾尔郡的特恩贝里高尔夫球场上空放飞气球，他们希望特朗普能看见它。

Mr Trump plans to spend the weekend at the resort.

特朗普计划在这里度过周末。

The balloon, which depicts the American leader as an angry infant wearing a nappy and clutching a mobile phone, is intended to be a symbol for all those campaigning against Mr Trump’s controversial policies.

愤怒的“特朗普宝宝”身穿尿布，手拿手机，成为所有反对特朗普有争议政策的活动的象征。

尽管有7000人签名要求批准这次放飞活动，但遭到苏格兰警方的拒绝。

12日当晚，数百人在伦敦举行示威抗议特朗普来访。示威者聚集在伦敦美国驻英国大使馆前，特朗普及夫人周四晚在这里度过。示威民众高呼“特朗普不受欢迎”并制造各种噪音以示不满。他们抗议特朗普在移民、气候及武器等各方面的政策。

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Hundreds of demonstrators have led noisy protests across the country to express their alarm and opposition to the visit of Donald Trump.

英国有数百名示威者制造噪音以示抗议，表达他们对特朗普来访的惊慌和反对。

As the US President and First Lady Melania dine at Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire, people marched with placards in the county as well as crowding the streets of London and Cardiff.

特朗普和夫人梅拉尼娅在牛津郡的布莱尼姆宫参加晚宴时，人们涌上伦敦和加的夫街头，手举标语游行示威。

There are a total of 54 protests against the US president's visit planned across the country over four days.

英国民众共举行了54次抗议活动。按照计划，特朗普将对英国展开为期4天的访问。

A wide range of campaigners, including unions, faith and environmental groups came together to unite in opposition to Mr Trump's visit to the UK, organisers said.

组织者称，来自工会、信仰和环境组织等不同团体的抗议者聚集在一起，联合反对特朗普访英。

Protesters shouted 'shame on you', waved anti-Trump placards and banged on pots and pans.

抗议人群高喊“为你感到耻辱”，挥舞着反对特朗普的标语牌，还敲打着盆盆罐罐。

据英国《快报》报道，“阻止特朗普对英国进行国事访问”的在线申请，签名者已达186万人。

英国人为何不喜欢特朗普？媒体提及最多的原因包括：特朗普提出“禁穆令”；2017年伦敦桥恐袭事件发生后，他在推特上对伦敦市长萨迪克·汗的咆哮；他转发英国极右翼组织“英国优先”的反穆斯林视频。

美国有线电视新闻网11日整理了特朗普上台以来的“英国语录”，今年的就有：5月，嘲笑英国持刀犯罪严重，将伦敦医院比作“战区”；4月，批评美国新的驻英使馆搬到了一个“恶心的地方”；2月，称英国医疗体系崩溃。

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President Trump on Thursday reportedly said he feels "unwelcome" in London due to expected protests during his visit to the United Kingdom.

据报道，本周四特朗普表示，之前就预料到访英期间会遇到抗议，他感到“不受欢迎”。

"I used to love London as a city," Trump continued in the interview published on Thursday. "I haven't been there in a long time. But when they make you feel unwelcome, why would I stay there?"

在周四公布的这次采访中，特朗普继续说道：“我以前很喜欢伦敦。我也很久没来过这里了。但如果人们让你觉得自己不受欢迎，为什么还要呆在这里？”

Trump's schedule only has him in London for one night and will largely avoid planned protests.

按照特朗普的计划，他只会在伦敦停留一晚，尽量避开有计划的抗议活动。

来源：每日邮报、msn、商业内幕网、人民网、环球时报

翻译&编辑：yaning

Please explain “ice breaker” in this: “When I have a new class we play this game as an ice breaker. You have to say five things about yourself, only one of them has to be a lie. Everyone has to guess which is the lie.”

My comments:

Here, the teacher askes his or her new class to play a game, whereby the students get to introduce and know each other in a relaxed and fun atmosphere.

Usually, the teacher just asks each and every one of the students to stand up and tell the rest of the class who they are, where they come from, what they like, etc. Sometimes the students are reluctant to talk because they’re bashful or get too nervous to speak in front of strangers or whatever. When this happens, the classroom can feel awkward. After each student speaks, there’ll be a prolonged period of silence. The teacher will have to goad and coax the next speaker to open their mouth.

So, in our example, the teacher asks the students to play a game instead. All students love game playing and so the atmosphere livens up and the conversations get going smoothly.

Conversations get going smoothly and continuously, without the usual awkward interruptions of prolonged silence – during which period everyone looks down at their shoes and refuses to lift their head.

Oh, ice breaker.

The ice breaker is a ship strong enough to break ice sheets covering a river or seawater. With the ice sheets broken to pieces, the fleet of vessels following the ice breaker can resume their sailing.

Hence, the metaphor. An ice breaker in conversation is a story or activity that helps break the icy silence, warm up the atmosphere and start a conversation or get the conversation flowing again.

Icy silence because when nobody speaks, it can feel chilly, cold and icy.

Anyways, that’s why they’re called ice breakers or icebreakers (one word). The verbal phrase is: break the ice.

Here’s a good explanation on “break the ice” from Phrase.org.uk:

The earlier meaning of this phrase, that is, ‘to forge a path for others to follow’, alludes of course to the breaking of ice to allow the navigation of boats. The figurative use is quite old and was recorded by Sir Thomas North in his 1579 translation of Plutarch’s Lives of the noble Grecians and Romanes:

“To be the first to break the Ice of the Enterprize.”

It wasn’t until the latter part of the 17th century that it took on its current meaning of ‘establish a relaxed relationship in socially awkward situations’; for example, Samuel Butler's Hudibras, 1678:

“The Oratour - At last broke silence, and the Ice.”

Moving forward another two hundred years ‘breaking the ice’ reverts to its original usage, when specialist ice-breaking ships were introduced. These ships, known as ice-breakers, were equipped with strengthened hulls and powerful engines and were employed in the exploration of polar regions.

Soon after these ships were introduced the term ‘ice-breaker’ began to be applied to social initiatives intended to get strangers acquainted with one another. In 1883, Mark Twain used the phrase that way in Life on Mississippi:

“They closed up the inundation with a few words - having used it, evidently, as a mere ice-breaker and acquaintanceship-breeder - then they dropped into business.”

All good, here are a few recent examples of icebreakers or breaking the ice:

1. By 1938, clarinetist Benny Goodman was already known as “The King of Swing” — the leader of the most popular dance band in America at a time when swing jazz was America’s most popular music. But nobody knew how it would be received in Carnegie Hall, America’s temple to classical music.

“That January 16th back in 1938 was a Sunday, and a cold one,” Goodman recalled in a commentary recorded 12 years later. “We didn’t quite know what would happen. How we would sound. What the audience would think of us. Until they got there, we didn’t even know how many people would be on hand. So we just went out and played.”

The concert was recorded, but there were no plans to release it.

“Benny Goodman’s Carnegie Hall Concert of January 16th, 1938, historically, is the most important concert in jazz history,” says Phil Schaap, curator of Jazz at Lincoln Center. Schaap produced the Columbia Records album reissue of the 1938 concert and says the event – with no dancing and no booze — elevated jazz to an art form.

“The Goodman concert at Carnegie Hall is the cornerstone to jazz having performance space in the concert hall,” Schaap explains. “But most importantly, aesthetically, it establishes that jazz has value for listening purposes only.”

The musicians sensed the importance of the event that night and they were nervous. Schaap says drummer Gene Krupa knew how he broke the ice.

“Krupa senses something’s wrong,” Schaap says, quoting the drummer. “‘I knew I had to do something. So I had my drum breaks. So I just hit everything I possibly could. Made a lot of noise. It woke everybody up. From then on it was smooth sailing.’”

The concert turned out to be such a hit that Goodman went back to Carnegie Hall a few months later, and again the following year. There have been re-creations over the years, including one last week at New York’s Jazz at Lincoln Center and another planned later this week by the Sacramento Jazz Orchestra. At a 30th anniversary celebration in 1968, Goodman insisted that for him, the Carnegie concert was just another gig.

“So it never crossed our mind to think that on the night of January 16 we would give a jazz concert that would turn out to be a historic occasion,” Goodman said.

Outside of music, the concert was culturally historic. In 1938, music venues were segregated. But Goodman took more than half a dozen African American musicians with him onto the Carnegie Hall stage, including pianists Teddy Wilson and Count Basie, vibraphonist Lionel Hampton and saxophonist Lester Young. Benny Goodman made a stand for integration onstage nine years before Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in baseball.

“Benny Goodman deserves a lot of credit because he did this not with the idea of being commercial or for any money,” Lionel Hampton said at the 30th anniversary celebration. “He did it for the feeling in the heart. He said we need the white keys and the black keys to play together to make good harmony. And that’s what he did.”

But at that same celebration, Benny Goodman said it was a once-in-a-lifetime event. He didn’t think the concert could be re-staged with the same effect.

“I think it was a particular time, a particular thing. And that was it,” he said.

When Benny Goodman’s The Famous 1938 Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert was finally released in 1950, it became one of the first LPs to sell more than one million copies.

- How Benny Goodman Orchestrated ‘The Most Important Concert In Jazz History’, NPR.org, January 16, 2018.

2. Stormy Daniels wants to make clear that her experience with Donald Trump shouldn’t be lumped in with the #MeToo movement. “This is not a Me Too,” she told “60 Minutes” reporter Anderson Cooper. “I was not a victim. I’ve never said I was a victim. I think trying to use me to further someone else’s agenda does horrible damage to people who are true victims.”

Cooper’s long-awaited chat with Daniels — the adult film actress whose real name is Stephanie Clifford — finally aired on Sunday night, but didn’t shed much more light on what has already been reported and discussed in the press.

But nonetheless, it was the first time that Daniels, on camera, gave details regarding her brief affair with Trump. In previous TV appearances, Daniels had been coy about their relationship. But on “60 Minutes,” she made it clear: They had sex in 2006, soon after meeting at a celebrity golf tournament in Lake Tahoe.

Beyond the talk with Daniels, Cooper’s report investigated the potential legal ramifications for Trump. Trump lawyer Michael Cohen says he used $130,000 of his own money to pay Stormy Daniels, just days before the 2016 election. But that payment could have very well run afoul of campaign laws, as an illegal campaign contribution. Cohen has denied that it was any such thing.

Here are a few highlights from Cooper’s report on Stormy Daniels:

Daniels broke the ice by suggesting she spank Trump with a magazine. He obliged.

The adult film actress said Trump was showing her a picture of himself on the cover of a magazine. “I was like, ‘Does this normally work for you?’ And he looked very taken back… I was like, ‘Someone should take that magazine and spank you with it.'”

Daniels said she didn’t think anyone had ever spoken to him like that before. “I was like, turn around, drop ’em… So he turned around and pulled his pants down a little — you know had underwear on and stuff, and I just gave him a couple swats,” she said. “From that moment on, he was a completely different person. He was like, ‘Wow, you– you are special. You remind me of my daughter.’”

- Stormy Daniels on ’60 Minutes’ Details Her Donald Trump Affair: Here Are The Key Details, IndieWire.com, March 25, 2018.

3. Speaking engagements have become standard practice for many businesses. Whether it is a 10-minute presentation at the local Chamber of Commerce meeting or a TED Talk, start your presentation off properly with a solid self-introduction. Although a self-introduction must provide meaningful credential information, it should also captivate your audience. Don’t ignore professional standards when presenting a creative self-introduction.

Find the Creative Angle

Find a creative angle that works for you. Using jokes or other personal anecdotes are commonly used as introduction methods, and these remain strong opportunities for creative engagement when done appropriately. This means you are telling your audience information that’s not just relevant to yourself and your topic, but also keeping the content, like a joke, clean and appropriate for the audience.

While icebreakers are generally reserved for team meetings and team building, it is possible to use an icebreaker to start a presentation if it smoothly leads into the topic. For example, a presentation about overcoming limiting self-beliefs might start with having the audience members stand and touch their toes, then incorporate a tip or trick to help them reach further on a second attempt. This is a creative way to get everyone’s blood flowing, capture their attention and segue into your experience and concepts about overcoming mindset limits.

Find a unique way to relate to your audience. Speaking about a pet is something easily relatable. Perhaps show a picture of your pets and ask the audience to share their pet's names. This engages the audience by hitting a positive trigger topic.

Dress the Part

Always dress appropriately when making a presentation to any group. This doesn't always mean a suit and tie, but don't show up in dirty or wrinkled clothing. It is possible to be a bit creative with your attire. For example, assume you regularly speak at local business venues. If you always wear a short-sleeved button-downed shirt with a green bow tie, audience members will recognize you immediately upon taking the stage.

This tactic becomes part of a speaker’s persona. While your attire isn’t discussed in the introduction, it nevertheless becomes part of the introduction by creating your unique reputation. Audience members might remember you and continue to refer to the “green bow-tie guy.”

- How to Give a Creative Self-introduction, June 28, 2018.

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China's Ministry of Commerce (MOC) released a statement Thursday regarding the Statement by the US Trade Representative on Section 301 Action released on July 10. The following is the full text of the statement.

一、美方污蔑中方在经贸往来中实行不公平做法，占了便宜，是歪曲事实、站不住脚的。美方出于国内政治需要和打压中国发展的目的，编造了一整套歪曲中美经贸关系真相的政策逻辑。事实上，美国社会经济中的深层次问题完全是美国国内结构性问题造成的，中国经济的成功从来不是对外推行“重商主义”的成功，从来不是实行所谓“国家资本主义”的成功，而是坚定推进市场化改革和不断扩大对外开放的成功。第一，关于“中美贸易不平衡”问题。美方称对华存在大量贸易逆差，其数字是被高估的，且主要原因不在中国，而在于美国国内储蓄率过低以及美元发挥着国际主要储备货币的职能，在于产业竞争力和国际分工差异，也在于美方出于冷战思维，对自身享有比较优势的高科技产品出口实施人为限制。第二，关于所谓“盗窃知识产权”问题。中国政府已建立了相对完整的知识产权法律保护体系，并不断发挥知识产权司法保护主导作用，推进设立知识产权法院和专门审判机构。2017年，中国对外支付的知识产权使用费达到286亿美元，比2001年加入世贸组织时增长了15倍之多。第三，关于所谓“强制技术转让”问题。中国政府没有对外资企业提出过此类要求，中外企业的技术合作和其他经贸合作完全是基于自愿原则实施的契约行为，多年来双方企业都从中获得了巨大利益。第四，关于“中国制造2025”等产业政策。在市场经济条件下，中国政府实施这些政策主要是指导性、引领性的，并且对所有外资企业都是开放的。具有讽刺意义的是，美国自身在农业和制造业都存在大量补贴。

I. The slander of the United States against China about gaining extra advantage through unfair trade practice is a distortion of facts and hence is groundless.

For the purpose of meeting its political need at home and containing China, the US side produced a whole set of policy logics that distorted the truth of China-US economic and trade relations. As a matter of fact, underlying problems in the American economy and society are purely caused by domestic, structural reasons in the United States. The success of the Chinese economy has never been a success of practicing mercantilism outside China or the success of practicing the so-called state capitalism. Rather it is a success of the commitment to market-oriented reform and continuous opening-up. First, China-US trade imbalance. The US side claims that it has massive trade deficit with China, but its number is over estimated, and the main reason for the deficit does not lie on the Chinese side. Rather it is because saving rate in the United States remains low, the US dollar serves as international reserve currency, and the two countries differ in industrial competitiveness and international division of labor. Besides, the United States, due to its cold-war mentality, imposes restrictions on the export of hi-tech products which has comparative advantage. Second, the so-called theft of intellectual property. The Chinese government already put in place a full-fledged legal system to protect intellectual property rights, allowed judicial system to play a leading role in IPR protection, and promoted the establishment of IPR courts and dedicated IPR tribunals. In 2017, China paid 28.6 billion US dollars worth of IPR royalty, a 15-fold increase from 2001 when China joined the World Trade Organization. Third, the so-call "forced technology transfer". The Chinese government did not make this kind of request to foreign companies, and cooperation between Chinese and foreign companies in technology and other economic and trade field is contract behavior purely based on voluntary principle. Both sides have reaped huge benefit from the cooperation over the years. Fourth, "Made in China 2025" and other industrial policies. Under market economy conditions, these policies implemented by the Chinese government are guiding documents in nature, and are open to all foreign-funded companies. The irony is that the country providing massive trade subsidy in agriculture and manufacturing happens to be the United States itself.

二、美方指责中方漠视中美经贸分歧、没有进行积极应对，是不符合事实的。美方声称“一直耐心地”对中方做工作，而中方置之不理。事实上，中方始终高度重视双方存在的经贸分歧，从维护中美经贸合作大局出发，从满足中国人民日益增长的美好生活需要和推动中国经济高质量发展要求出发，一直在以最大诚意和耐心推动双方通过对话协商解决分歧。仅今年2月至6月，中方就与美方进行了四轮高级别经贸磋商，并于5月19日发表《中美联合声明》，就加强双方经贸合作、不打贸易战达成重要共识，但美方出于国内政治需要，反复无常、出尔反尔，竟公然背弃双方共识，坚持与中方打一场贸易战。中方为避免经贸摩擦升级尽了最大的努力，事情发展到今天这一步，责任完全在美方。

II. The United States' accusations that China neglects differences in trade and has not taken active measures are not true.

The United States claims that it has "patiently urged China" and that China ignored the US request, but the truth is that trade differences have always been an important issue to China, who has been promoting the resolution of differences through dialogue and consultations with maximum sincerity and patience, with the hope to protect China-US trade and economic cooperation, satisfy the growing needs for a better life of the Chinese people, and promote quality growth of the Chinese economy. From February to June this year alone, China engaged in four rounds of high-level economic talks with the United States, and has announced the China-US Joint Statement with important consensus reached on strengthening trade and economic cooperation and avoiding a trade war. But due to domestic politics, the United States has gone back on its words, brazenly abandoned the bilateral consensus, and insisted on fighting a trade war with China. China has done its utmost to prevent the escalation of trade frictions. The United States is fully responsible for the current situation.

三、美方指责中方反制行动没有国际法律依据，其实恰恰是美方单方面发起贸易战没有任何国际法律依据。2017年8月，美方不顾中方和国际社会反对，单边对华发起301调查。2018年3月，美国炮制出所谓301调查报告，不顾征求意见中高达91%的反对声音，于7月6日对中国340亿美元输美产品加征25%关税。7月11日，美国变本加厉，公布拟对中国2000亿美元产品加征关税的清单。美国301调查既在国内法项下违反其总统向国会作出的行政声明，又在国际法项下违反其在1998年欧盟诉美世贸争端案中作出的承诺。美国的征税措施公然违反世贸组织最惠国待遇基本原则和约束关税义务，是典型的单边主义、贸易保护主义、贸易霸凌主义，是对国际法基本精神和原则的公然践踏。

III. The United States accused China's countermeasures have no international legal basis, but in fact it is the US unilateral initiation of a trade war that has no international legal basis at all.

In August 2017, the United States unilaterally launched the Section 301 investigation against China despite opposition from China and the international community. The United States released a Section 301 investigation report in March 2018 and imposed 25 percent tariff on 34 billion US dollars of Chinese exports to the United States on July 6 in disregard of 91-percent opposition in the comments it received. On July 11, the United States further escalated the situation by announcing a tariff list of Chinese products worth 200 billion US dollars. Domestically, the 301 investigation runs counter to the US President's Statement of Administrative Action approved by Congress; internationally, it has violated its commitment made in the resolution of the GATT trade dispute with the European Community in 1988. The tariffs are typical unilateralism, protectionism and trade bullying. They are a clear violation of the basic WTO principle of most-favored-nation treatment as well as the basic spirit and principles of international law.

四、中方被迫采取反制行动，是维护国家利益和全球利益的必然选择，是完全正当、合理合法的。对于美方一再发出的贸易战威胁，中国政府反复申明“不愿打、不怕打、必要时不得不打”的原则立场。中方坚持不打第一枪，但在美方率先打响贸易战的情况下，被迫采取了对等反制措施。中方这么做，完全是为了捍卫国家尊严和人民利益，捍卫自由贸易原则和多边贸易体制，捍卫世界各国的共同利益。中国政府已经将美国单边主义行为诉诸世贸组织争端解决机制。中国政府针对美国单边做法所造成的紧急情况，被迫采取相应的双边和多边应对措施，完全符合国际法的基本精神和原则。

IV. That China was forced to take counteractions is an inevitable choice to defend national interests and global interests, and is perfectly rightful, reasonable and lawful.

In facing repeated threats of a trade war by the United States, the Chinese government repeatedly stated its principled position of "not wanting a trade war, not being afraid of one, and having to fight one when necessary". The Chinese side insisted on not firing the first shot, and was forced into taking reciprocal countermeasures after the United States first started the trade war. China did this entirely for defending its national dignity and people's interests, defending the principles of free trade and the multilateral trading system, and defending the common interests of the countries across the world. The Chinese government has already taken the unilateralist actions of the United States to the Dispute Settlement Mechanism of the WTO. The Chinese government's measures, both bilateral and multilateral, to respond to the emergent situations resulting from the US unilateral actions are in full compliance with the fundamental spirit and principles of international law.

五、美国打贸易战不仅针对中国，还以全世界为敌，将把世界经济拖入危险境地。美方打着“美国优先”旗号，以一己之私，随意“退群”，四面树敌，不仅以知识产权为名对中国发起301调查，还以国家安全名义对全球主要经济体发起232调查，针对钢铁、铝、汽车等重要产业制造贸易摩擦。目前，已有多个世贸成员对美国采取反制措施，并将美诉诸世贸组织争端解决机制。可以说，美方发起的这场经济史上规模最大的贸易战，不是中美之间的贸易战，而是一场全球范围的贸易战。美国这么做，将会把世界经济带入“冷战陷阱”“衰退陷阱”“反契约陷阱”“不确定陷阱”，会严重恶化全球经贸环境，戕害全球产业链和价值链，阻碍全球经济复苏，引发全球市场动荡，殃及世界上众多的跨国公司和普通消费者利益。

V. The United States is not only launching a trade war with China, but also with the whole world, dragging the world economy into danger.

When the United States willfully exits from groups based on its own interests under the pretext of "American First", it becomes an enemy to all. It not only initiates the 301 investigation against China based on IPR, but also launches the 232 investigation against key global economies in the name of national security and creates trade frictions in steel, aluminum, automobile and other key industries. At present, many WTO members have already taken countermeasures against the United States and requested consultations with the United States under the WTO dispute settlement mechanism. It is fair to say that this largest trade war in the economic history launched by the United States is not a trade war between the United States and China, but a global trade war. Such US practices will drag the world economy into the "cold war trap", "recession trap", "anti-contract trap" and "the trap of uncertainty", seriously worsen global economic and trade environment, destroy global industrial chain and value chain, hinder global economy recovery, trigger global market fluctuations and hurt the interests of numerous multinationals and average customers in the world.

六、中方将继续按照既定部署和节奏，坚定不移地推动改革开放，并与世界各国一道，坚定不移地维护自由贸易原则和多边贸易体制。今年是中国改革开放40周年，过去40年中国经济高速增长靠的是改革开放，未来推动经济高质量发展仍然要靠改革开放。不管外部环境发生什么变化，中国政府都将坚持发挥市场在资源配置中的决定性作用，保护产权和知识产权，发挥企业家的重要作用，鼓励竞争、反对垄断，继续推动对外开放，创造有吸引力的投资环境，坚定支持经济全球化，坚定维护国际经贸体系，与世界上一切追求进步的国家共同发展、共享繁荣。

VI. China will continue to firmly push ahead with reform and opening according to the plans and pace that are set, and work with the rest of the world to firmly uphold free trade and the multilateral trading system.

This year marks the 40th anniversary of China's reform and opening-up. Its high-speed economic growth in the past four decades hinged upon reform and opening-up, so will high-quality growth in the future. No matter how things change outside, the government of China will stay determined to let the market play a decisive role in resource allocation, protect property rights and intellectual property rights, give play to the major role of entrepreneurs, encourage competition and oppose monopoly, continue with opening-up, create an attractive business climate, provide solid support for economic globalization, safeguard international trade and economic system, and grow and prosper with all countries in the world that seek progress.

（来源：新华网，编辑：Helen）

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Often referred to as South Korea's "second city," coastal Busan has taken a giant step out of Seoul's shadow.

号称韩国“第二城”的海滨城市釜山向前迈了一大步，总算是走出了首尔的阴影。

Lonely Planet just named it the number one destination on its 2018 Best in Asia list.

《孤独星球》刚刚将釜山评为2018亚洲最佳旅行地的第一名。

Busan, about a 2.5-hour journey from Seoul, is the country's second largest city and a popular summer destination famous for delicious seafood and picturesque beaches.

距离首尔约2.5小时车程的釜山是韩国第二大城市，也是以美味海鲜和风景如画的海滩著称的夏季旅游胜地。

"A stunning confluence of scenery, culture and cuisine, Busan packs an eclectic offering of activities to suit all travelers: hike hills to Buddhist temples, settle into sizzling hot springs and feast on seafood at the country's largest fish market," reads Lonely Planet's top 10 list.

《孤独星球》的榜单上写道：“釜山荟萃了风景、文化和美食的精华，这里五花八门的活动足以让所有旅行者心满意足：登山游寺，泡热乎乎的温泉，或是在韩国最大的鱼市大嚼肥美的海鲜。”

"Poised to steal the spotlight, Busan is East Asia's Culture City for 2018 and will be at its most vibrant with colorful events showcasing the country's cultural heritage, from street art festivals to traditional dance shows."

“荣获2018东亚文化之都称号的釜山今年将成为最具活力的地区，这里汇集了丰富多彩的活动，从街头艺术节到传统舞蹈表演，全力呈现韩国的文化遗产，这座城市似乎随时准备抢镜头。”

Lonely Planet's annual Best in Asia list, now in its third year, features the travel guidebook publisher's top 10 recommended destinations to visit in the year ahead.

这是旅游指南杂志《孤独星球》第三年发布亚洲最佳旅行地年度榜单，推荐了未来一年最值得一去的亚洲十大旅行地。

"Asia is such a vast and diverse continent for anyone dreaming of an escape," says Lonely Planet Asia-Pacific media spokesperson Chris Zeiher in a statement.

《孤独星球》亚太媒体发言人克里斯•柴尔在一份声明中说：“亚洲这块广袤而多样化的大陆适合任何渴望远方的人。”

"Our experts have combed through thousands of recommendations to pick the best destinations to visit over the next 12 months."

“我们的专家从数以千计的推荐中选出了未来12个月的最佳旅行地。”

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Coming in behind Busan is Uzbekistan -- cited for its mosaic-clad mosques and Silk Road lore. Third place goes to Vietnam's Ho Chi Minh City, which it calls "a supercity that somehow keeps getting cooler."

榜单上仅次于釜山的是乌兹别克斯坦，入选理由是马赛克镶嵌的清真寺和丝绸之路的传说。第三名是越南的胡志明市，入选理由是“越来越酷的特大城市”。

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Much of the list highlights destinations that aren't considered travel hotspots. For instance, Sri Lanka's Arugam Bay -- a surf town on the east coast -- is applauded for managing to "retain its cool as holidaymakers swarm the rest of the country's ancient citadels and hiker-strewn hill stations."

入选榜单的不少地方都不是热门旅行地。比如斯里兰卡东海岸的冲浪小镇阿鲁加姆湾，因为“在斯里兰卡的古堡和避暑山庄都被度假者和徒步者挤满时还能保持高冷”而受到赞赏。

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Or India's Western Ghats, which offers "an atmospheric mirror to Shimla and Darjeeling, with added jungle appeal."

还有印度的西高止山脉，“气候与西姆拉和大吉岭相似，还拥有独具魅力的丛林”。

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But there are some more-than-familiar inclusions, too, such as Chiang Mai. Long one of Thailand's most popular destinations, this northern city has added a few new attractions in recent years that make it worth a repeat visit. Among these are the newly opened, award-winning MAIIAM Contemporary Art Museum.

不过上榜的也有一些我们非常熟悉的地方，比如清迈。作为泰国长久以来最受欢迎的旅游地之一，这个北部城市在近年来又增加了几个新景点，可以故地重游。新开放的景点中包括获奖的MAIIAM当代美术馆。

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Other places were lauded for their improved infrastructure. For example, Indonesia's Komodo National Park, number 10 on this year's list, is more accessible than ever thanks to new flight connections.

还有一些上榜旅行地因为基础设施改善而受到赞赏。比如在今年榜单上排名第十的印尼科莫多国家公园，因为开通了新航班而让前往这座公园更为便捷。

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来看看《孤独星球》的2018亚洲最佳旅行地完整榜单以及上榜理由：

1. Busan, South Korea 韩国釜山（上榜理由：海滨度假胜地、丰富多彩的文艺活动）

2. Uzbekistan 乌兹别克斯坦（上榜理由：马赛克镶嵌的清真寺和丝绸之路的传说）

3. Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam 越南胡志明市（上榜理由：时尚的超级都市、推陈出新的景点）

4. Western Ghats, India 印度西高止山脉（上榜理由：生物多样性）

5. Nagasaki, Japan 日本长崎（上榜理由：东西荟萃的独特面貌）

6. Chiang Mai, Thailand 泰国清迈（上榜理由：沧桑感和青春气息交融）

7. Lumbini, Nepal 尼泊尔蓝毗尼（上榜理由：安宁平和的佛教圣地）

8. Arugam Bay, Sri Lanka 斯里兰卡阿鲁加姆湾（上榜理由：高冷的冲浪天堂）

9. Sìchuan Province, China 中国四川（上榜理由：九寨沟国家公园、乐山大佛、峨眉山、大熊猫）

10. Komodo National Park, Indonesia 印尼科莫多国家公园（上榜理由：自然爱好者的天堂）

英文来源：CNN

翻译&编辑：丹妮

Shark Near Us 鲨鱼来了

Give And Take 互相帮助

Free Apple 免费苹果

Fishing 钓鱼

Tattoo 刺青

Champion Runner 跑步冠军

The Artist 艺术家

Tossing Champion 把冠军抛向空中，结果……

Frisbee Time 飞盘变飞碟

Help 救命

Winter Storm 暴风雪

Happy Birthday 吹蜡烛

Victory 胜利

Jump Queue 插队

（来源：Boredpanda 编辑：丹妮）

今年初，“秀水街英语”因为一则视频火了，该视频来自YouTube频道Collin Abroadcast，记录了美国小伙Collin在中国秀水街商场用英语和商家讲价的场面。

视频中，某鞋店女老板全程用英文碾压前来砍价的Collin，这气场，你们感受一下。

虽然她的语法并不标准，但胜在输出流畅，气势十足。一边说着外语，一边时刻带着节奏，看这缜密的讲价思维和多变的套路。

如此野路子的英语流派，网友们纷纷感叹：社会，社会！

其实这位女老板的英语只是秀水街商户的平均水平。不要太过惊讶，因为北京的秀水街就是这样卧虎藏龙的存在！

秀水街市场自发成市于1978年，在一些“倒爷”的带领下，很快成为北京人气最旺的假货市场。1987年许多商户开始做丝绸服饰，因此被老外们称为Silk Street，秀水街的叫法就是由此而来。

2005年1月，老秀水市场闭市修整，同年3月新秀水街正式开业 ，建筑面积28000平方米，有着1500个摊位，从品牌服装、工艺品、珍珠丝绸、古玩等中国特色产品，到北京烤鸭店、西式咖啡厅及快餐厅及便利的超级市场，一应俱全。

2008年奥运会时，美国前总统老布什都忍不住来逛逛。秀水街享誉中外，美国福克斯电台说：奥运会应该多一个项目，到秀水街去砍价。

2017年，“一带一路”高峰论坛在北京召开期间，希腊总理夫人、巴基斯坦总理夫人、土耳其总统夫人等多国领首夫人也曾到这里打卡。

由于秀水街的顾客多是外国人，这里逐渐成为了小小商业联合国，英语已经是商户的标配。

秀水街的喊价远远要高于商品的数倍以上，所以计算器便成了各家的爆款产品。当店员把它递给你的时候，一场博弈便开始了。

关于秀水街的砍价套路，《纽约时报》是这样描写的：

Any tourist who has stepped foot in this city's famous silk street market can testify that it is home to some of the wiliest, most tenacious vendors who ever tried to palm off a fake handbag on a naive foreigner.

游客只要踏入北京著名的秀水街市场，就会知道，这里有最口齿伶俐的、锲而不舍的店主，把假冒的包包卖给天真的老外。

还有外国网友专门写了秀水砍价攻略，介绍了“避开其它顾客小声跟老板砍价”等套路，并且还记录了自己的砍价成果。

视频来源：youtube 编辑：董静

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England soccer manager Gareth Southgate is launching a revival.

英格兰队主帅盖雷斯•索斯盖特带动了一波复兴潮。

Not only has he rejuvenated an England side that had previously not reached a World Cup semi-final in 28 years, but he's also brought the waistcoat back from the dead.

他不仅率领已28年无缘世界杯半决赛的英格兰队成功打入四强，还带火了已经在时尚圈沉寂已久的马甲。

British retailer Marks & Spencer (M&S) says its waistcoat sales have doubled since the World Cup began on June 14, and searches for the garment on its website are up over 100%.

英国玛莎百货称，自从世界杯6月14日开赛以来，马甲销量已经翻倍，官网上马甲搜索量也已经翻番。

Some customers even reported that M&S waistcoats had sold out in some sizes.

还有些顾客说玛莎百货一些码的马甲已经缺货。

"Gareth's sideline style has meant our waistcoats are really scoring with our customers with sales doubling since the World Cup began," an M&S spokesperson said. "We've got enough different styles in stock for everyone to show their support for the boys."

玛莎百货一位发言人说：“索思盖特在球场边的着装带火了马甲，自世界杯开赛以来，马甲销量已经翻倍。我们的马甲款式足够多，所有人都可以以此表达他们对英格兰队的支持。”

EBay has also reported a 25% increase in searches for waistcoats and tailoring retailer TM Lewin tweeted that sales were "going through the stadium roof."

易趣网上马甲的搜索量也已经增长了25%，制衣公司TM Lewin也在其推特上表示，马甲销量已经“直冲云霄”。

England's semi-final clash against Croatia has been dubbed "Waistcoat Wednesday" by leading blood cancer charity Bloodwise.

血癌大型慈善机构“智慧血液”把英格兰队与克罗地亚队的半决赛之战称为“马甲星期三”。

"As the whole country is gripped by football fever, and with Gareth's waistcoat-wearing having elevated him to the level of footballing fashionista, we thought that urging people to wear waistcoats on Wednesday would be a way of getting behind the boys at the same as raising money for a good cause," said Gemma Peters, chief executive of Bloodwise.

该机构董事长吉玛•彼得斯说：“整个英国都在为足球疯狂。索斯盖特身穿马甲的形象让他成为绿茵场的时尚偶像。我们认为鼓励大家在周三穿马甲既可以对英格兰队表示支持，还可以以此为慈善募捐。”

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Southgate is something of an unlikely fashionista, though. On his new role as a style icon, Southgate told the BBC's Gabby Logan: "As a centre-half with a face like I've got, then that's a very rare position to be in. I'm not David Beckham, so, we're in trouble Gabby!"

但索斯盖特看起来不像是个时尚咖。在成为时尚偶像后，他告诉英国广播公司的加比•洛根说：“作为一个其貌不扬的中卫，成为时尚界新宠不太寻常。我不是大卫•贝克汉姆，所以现在你看，我遇到麻烦了。”

So popular is the manager's sartorial look, though, that the craze has transcended English buyers.

索斯盖特的马甲着装也让英国之外的人们着迷。

"I saw him at England versus Colombia and I thought: 'He looks good,'" Ivan Novikov, a Moscow tax consultant, told The Telegraph. "I don't even know his name."

莫斯科一位税务顾问伊万•诺维科夫告诉《每日电讯报》说：“英格兰对阵哥伦比亚的比赛中我就注意到他了，我当时就想，‘他看上去太帅了’。我连他的名字都不知道。”

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如何把马甲穿出时尚范？

怎样才能把马甲穿出英格兰主帅的时尚范？商业内幕网为此采访了杰克•戴维森定制服装店的制衣商。

1. 确保马甲的长度能盖住衬衫。

"When wearing a waistcoat, the key things to look out for are making sure that it's long enough to cover your shirt entirely — with no gap between the waistcoat and trousers," Jack Stammers and Will Davison, the men behind the London tailors, said.

这家伦敦时装店的老板杰克•斯塔莫斯和威尔•戴维森说：“穿马甲关键是要注意确保马甲够长，能盖住整个衬衫，这样马甲和裤子之间不会有衬衫露出来。”

Many fans have been caught out breaking this golden rule — here's a good example of how not to wear it:

很多马甲粉的穿着方式都是不对的，下面就是个错误的例子：

Not so chic. REUTERS / Henry Nicholls

2. 不要系腰带

Davison and Stammers also say you shouldn't wear a belt if you're opting for a waistcoat as "this can add unneeded bulk to the waist with the extra layer and also break up the line of the suit."

戴维森和斯塔莫斯还说，穿马甲时不要系腰带，因为“这会让腰部肥上一圈，根本没必要，还会毁掉服装的线条。”

3. 马甲要合身，但不要太紧

The fit is also very important. Eagle-eyed viewers will notice that Southgate's vest is fitted without being tight, which Davison and Stammers say is key. "[It] can be a tricky balance. If having your suit made, request a tonal lining for the back to avoid looking like a snooker player or waiter."

合身也很重要。眼尖的观众会注意到，索斯盖特的马甲很合身，但又不紧，戴维森和斯塔莫斯都说这很关键。“这个度不太好把握。如果你专门定制，就要求在背部加一条配色线，这样就不会看起来像是斯诺克台球选手或者服务生了。”

The tailors say prospective waistcoat-wearers should look to another former footballer Rio Ferdinand for inspiration, who's recently been extolled by GQ for his style.

他们还说，想把马甲穿出范儿的人还应该向前球星里奥•费迪南德取取经，最近GQ杂志还称赞了他的衣品。

4. 留一颗扣子

One piece of waistcoat etiquette that both Southgate and Ferdinand fail to observe, though, is leaving one button on the vest unfastened — either top or bottom. It's not clear when this rule was developed, but one theory suggests it was King Edward VII who popularised the style because he was too portly to do all the buttons up.

但索斯盖特和费迪南德都没有做到的是，应该留一颗扣子，最上面或者最下面的一颗都行。人们并不清楚这种穿衣风格由何而来，但有一种说法认为，英国国王爱德华七世是这种穿法的普及者，因为他太胖，系不上所有的扣子。

英文来源：thisisinsider

翻译&编辑：yaning

单词 win 的意思是“获胜、赢”。但英语里还有一些更为生动的表达和单词可用来描述“赢了”。你知道“wipe the floor with、thrash、scoop”之间的共同点是什么吗？来学习说“她赢了”。

（来源：BBC英语教学  编辑：Julie）

A woman in Beijing shows spam messages on her mobile phone. Wang Jing / China Daily

China will take strong measures to curb spam and nuisance phone calls, and strengthen the management of customers' telecommunication charges, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology said on Wednesday.

工信部11日表示，要严厉整治垃圾短信、骚扰电话等问题，并加强对用户通信账单的管理。

Spam就是“垃圾短信”，spam 这个词在互联网中很常见，就是unwanted e-mail (usually of a commercial nature sent out in bulk) ，即（出于商业目的批量发送的）收件人并不需要的邮件，即“垃圾邮件”。另外，“发送垃圾邮件”这个动作也可以直接用spam来表示，比如：This program lets you spam the newspapers.（这个程序能让你向各家报纸发送垃圾邮件。）

Nuisance phone calls就是“骚扰电话”，也可以简写成nuisance calls，或者用unwanted calls表达。其实，上面的垃圾短信也可以用nuisance texts表示。

针对这些问题，工信部已组织相关通信管理局、各基础电信企业着手开展三方面的工作：

一是督促电信企业立即纠正错收费行为（immediately correct mistaken charges），并要求基础电信企业从下月起以短信方式按月向用户主动推送通信账单信息（send detailed billing information to users through SMS beginning next month），让用户明明白白消费。

二是立即核实报道所涉具体问题和典型案例，已关停发送垃圾短信的短信端口31个（31 SMS portals have been closed），处置涉嫌营销扰民的电话号码及关联号码82个（82 telephone numbers linked to harassing calls have been shut down），约谈涉事企业，责令其全面自查整改。情况查明后，将依法处理违规企业，问责涉事人员。

三是举一反三，深入剖析问题根源，堵塞管理漏洞（plug up loopholes in management rules），全面提升运营服务水平（strengthen telecom services and management），努力为广大人民群众营造良好的信息通信环境。

【相关词汇】

群发短信 mass texting

短信诈骗 SMs phishing(smishing)

伪基站 pseudo base station

电信诈骗 telecom fraud

响一声就挂的电话 abandoned calls

（中国日报网英语点津 Helen）

Photo: Alvarado municipal government

Police officers in the Mexican town of Alvarado were recently stripped of their firearms and armed with slingshots and rocks instead, after most of them failed their control tests and were deemed unfit for service.

墨西哥阿尔瓦拉多市的警员最近被解除了配枪，代之以弹弓和石子。原因是他们中的大多数人没通过自控力测试，被认为不适合执行公务。

After only 30 officers of the 130-member police department in Alvarado managed to pass their control tests for the use of firearms, Miguel Ángel Yunes Linares, governor of the Mexican state of Verracruz, decided to strip the entire department of firearms.

阿尔瓦拉多市警察局的130名警员中只有30名通过了使用枪械的自控力测试，墨西哥韦拉克鲁斯州州长米格尔•安赫尔•尤尼斯•利纳雷斯决定解除整个警察局的武器装备。

The governor’s office has confirmed that similar actions have been taken in other municipalities. However, some local officials have accused Yunes Linares of stripping local law enforcement of what little protection they had against the criminal organisations in Verracruz. In Alvarado, the officers were armed with slingshots and rocks.

州长办公室已证实，其他城市也采取过类似的措施。但是，当地的一些官员指责尤尼斯•利纳雷斯将当地执法机关对抗韦拉克鲁斯州犯罪组织非常有限的防卫工具给剥夺了。于是，阿尔瓦拉多市给警员们配备了弹弓和石子。

Bogar Ruiz Rosas, the mayor of Alvarado, protested the decision to have his local police force disarmed by organizing a symbolic handover event where he issued police their new sidearms – slingshots and rocks. During this event, Rosas argued that most of those officers who failed their control tests did so because the department is currently made up of mostly newly recruited officers.

阿尔瓦拉多市市长伯葛•鲁伊斯•罗萨斯在发给警察新“武器”——弹弓和石子时还组织了一个象征性的交接仪式，以抗议州长解除本市警察武装的决定。在仪式上，罗萨斯表示，大多数警员没能通过自控力测试是因为目前警局内大多是新招进来的员工。

Photo: Alvarado municipal government

"Today we delivered slingshots to our municipal police,” the mayor told reporters present at the handover event. “The citizen governor made the decision to take all the weapons, which disqualified him completely, as it violates our autonomy. It’s clear to us that this is a totally political issue and we have to be prepared to carry out our work, professionally, as you have seen us do it.”

在交接仪式上，市长对到场的记者们说：“今天我们向本市的警察发放弹弓。州长决定解除警局的所有武装，这说明他是个完全不合格的州长，因为这侵犯了我们的自治权。对我们来说这完全是一个政治问题，我们必须准备好开展我们的本职工作，正如你们所看到的。”

Photos of the Alvarado police officers wearing their unusual sidearms and videos of Mayor Ruiz Rosas handing them out went viral on Mexican social media, and prompted a response from the Verracruz government. In an official statement, governor Ángel Yunes Linares warned policemen in Alvarado that they cannot continue doing their job unarmed and that continuing to do so would be against the law, and they could be subject to prosecution.

阿尔瓦拉多市警察佩戴不寻常的武器装备的照片和鲁伊斯•罗萨斯向他们发放弹弓的视频在墨西哥社交媒体上传疯了，促使韦拉克鲁斯州政府做出反应。在一份官方声明中，州长利纳雷斯警告阿尔瓦拉多市的警察说，没有武器就不能继续执行公务，如果继续执行公务将是违法的，并会被起诉。

But don’t slingshots count as weapons in the right hands? Plus, this wouldn’t be the first time Mexican police would have to fight crime with slingshots. In 2007, over 60 slingshots were issued to officers in the violent border city of Tijuana, after their firearms had been confiscated by army soldiers, on allegations of collusion with drug traffickers.

不过，弹弓到了行家手里也能算作武器，不是吗？况且，这也不是墨西哥警察第一次被迫用弹弓打击犯罪。2007年，在暴力犯罪猖獗的边境城市提华纳，因当地警员被指控和毒贩勾结，被军队没收了武器，当地政府就向警员发放了60多个弹弓。

英文来源：Oddity Central

翻译&编辑：丹妮

（来源：中国日报网 编辑：丹妮）