近日，在江苏省江阴市澄江中路上出现一辆与真车形状、大小、比例完全一致的砖砌宝马车。车身、轮胎、后视镜……除了车窗是玻璃，其他你能想到的一切都是用砖头砌成的。据了解，这辆“宝马”是一件名叫砖系列——《车》的艺术品，主要材质是红砖、水泥和钢铁，长5米、宽2.15米、高1.6米，重达6.5吨，造价达到60万元。

A car made of bricks is displayed on street in Jiangyin, a city of east China’s Jiangsu Province.
江苏省江阴街上，展示了一辆砖砌宝马车。
A car that is made of bricks and is the same size as a BMW was displayed on a street and attracted the attention of passersby in Jiangyin, a city of east China’s Jiangsu Province, recently.
这辆石头车和宝马的车型一样，吸引了过路行人的眼球。

女生要美貌还是学识？
      

My 15-year-old is disinclined to work for her GCSEs, saying her time is better spent preening herself in preparation for assignations with her delightful, diligent, privately educated, moneyed boyfriend. She insists the money spent on nail-painting, hair-colouring and the like is an investment and will be more than repaid when he marries her. Is she deluding herself?

　　A curious mother

　　我15岁的女儿不愿为拿到英国普通中等教育证书(GCSE)而努力学习，称自己把时间花在穿着打扮上更有意义，为的是与她那个讨人喜欢、勤奋、上私立学校的有钱男友约会。她坚称，花在美甲和染发等方面的钱是一种投资，在男友迎娶自己时就会获得更多的回报。她是在欺骗自己吗？
        
       一位好奇的母亲

　　Dear Curious Mother, 

　　Surprising as this may seem in the 21st century, your daughter’s strategy is not unusual. Evidence on speed-dating gathered by the economists Michèle Belot and Marco Francesconi shows that women are attracted by rich men, while men focus more on a woman’s physical appearance. Lena Edlund, another economist, has found that in the areas of her native Sweden where the wealthiest men live, women of prime marriageable age are over-represented.

随着全球化进程的深化，英文名对每个人，尤其是年轻人，变得越来越重要。但是，很多人并不知道如何起英文名，往往胡乱起，结果产生很多问题。

问题1：所起英文名太常见

第一种问题是起的英文名太常见，如：Henry, Jane, John, Mary. 这就像外国人起名叫赵志伟、王小刚、陈小平一样，给人牵强附会的感觉。虽然起名字并无一定之规，但给人的感觉很重要。

问题2：不懂文化差异而犯忌

此外，由于文化差异，有些名字引申义不雅，如：Cat, Kitty，在英语俚语中，它们指的是女性的阴部。Cat 宜改为Cathy，Kitty 宜改为Kate。

问题3：改名又改姓

一般来说，非英语国家的人到了美国，都可能改名，但没有改姓的。这关系到家族荣誉，将来还会关系到遗传基因。因此，无论自己的姓多么难读，都要坚持。常见有人起英文名时连姓也改了，如司徒健Ken Stone，肖燕Yan Shaw。下列英文姓尚可接受，但也最好不用，如：Young杨，Lee李。

Adapted from the popular novel Hawthorn Tree Forever, Zhang Yimou`s latest film Under the Hawthorn Tree previewed Wednesday and was acknowledged as a welcome return for Zhang to the art house genre.
张艺谋的新作《山楂树之恋》周三进行了试映。这部电影改编自畅销小说《永远的山楂树》，被认为是张导艺术片的回归之作。

Under the Hawthorn Tree is a pure love story full of sentiment and affection.
《山楂树之恋》是一部纯真、悲惋的爱情故事片。

双语阅读：白娘子和端午节的颇深渊源

传说屈原投江后，屈 原家乡的人们为了不让蛟龙吃掉屈原的遗体，纷纷把粽子、咸蛋抛入江中。一位老医生拿来一坛雄黄酒倒入江中，说是可以药晕鱼龙，保护屈原。一会儿，水面果真 浮起一条蛟龙。于是，人们把这条蛟龙扯上岸，抽其筋，剥其皮，之后又把龙筋缠在孩子们的手腕和脖子上，再用雄黄酒抹七窍，以为这样便可以使孩子们免受虫蛇 伤害。

据说这就是端午节饮雄黄酒的来历。

There is a very famous traditional Chinese story that has a close connection to the Dragon Boat Festival. Once upon a time on E-Mei mountain there lived two snake spirits, White Snake and Green Snake. These snakes, being magical, turned themselves into beautiful maidens and set off on a journey to the West Lake of Hang Zhou.

有一个与端午节息息相关的中国传统故事是“白蛇传”。从前，在伊眉山 上有两只蛇精，白蛇与青蛇。这两只蛇精运用法力将自己变成美丽的女子，并到杭州西湖游玩。

When they arrived at West Lake they met a man named Xu Xian. White Snake quickly fell in love with Xu Xian and they were soon married. A Buddhist monk, named Fa Hai, warned Xu Xian of his wife’s deceptive appearance and suggested to him a plan.

当她们在西湖游玩时，遇到一位名叫许仙的男子，白蛇与许仙很快的相恋并且随即结婚。当时一位名 叫法海的和尚，曾经警告许仙注意他妻子惑人的外表，并建议他一个揭开真相的计划。