1.Anationwide to pedestrians from running red lights has commenced, and the enforcement of the regulations has proven somewhat , the People's Daily quoted Wang Changjun, head of the ministry's research institute on traffic management, as saying on Wednesday. 4月10日，北京市开始重点治理“不看红绿灯，凑够一拨人就走”的“中国式过马路”行为。行人及非机动车的交通违法行为治理正式纳入交通秩序整治工作的重点，通过纠正、教育、批评和处罚等措施治理“中国式过马路”现象。从5月6日开始，北京将正式在全市范围内对“中国式过马路”的行人处以10元罚款。
discourage pedestrians from running red lights 就是劝阻行人闯红灯。
这也针对于“中国式过马路”（ Chinese-style street crossing ），即行人（ pedestrian ）过马路（cross the road ）“凑够一撮人就可以走了，和红绿灯无关。”闯红灯者（violator）经常说，他们已经等了很长时间绿灯了，或是绿灯的持续时间（duration）不够他们过马路。
3.A woman from New Hampshire, the US, was arrested for calling 911 because she wanted help Chinese food.
Police say 57-year-old Elizabeth Niemi called 911 to get medical help on March 15th. When the fire department arrived, they learned that she really just wanted help ordering food。
The police department investigated, and arrested Niemi almost two weeks later. She was charged with of Emergency-911.
She was released on $5,000 and will be back in court this month。
近日，美国新罕布什尔州警方逮捕了一名女子，原因是她拨打911电话请警察帮忙订中餐。 警方称这名女子名叫伊丽莎白-尼米，今年57岁。3月15日那天，她拨打911寻求医疗帮助。消防人员赶到后发现，她仅仅是想让他们帮忙订餐。
警方进行了调查，并于约两周后将尼米逮捕，罪名是滥用911急救电话。
她在交纳了5000美元保释金后获得保释，将于本月出庭受审。
盘点《少年派的奇幻漂流》最经典的5句台词
1》All of life is an act of letting go, but what hurts the most is not taking a moment to say goodbye.人生也许就是不断地放下，然而令人痛心的是，我都没能好好地与他们道别。
2》Pi : "Religion is a house with many rooms."
Writer : "But no room for doubt?"
Pi : "Oh yes! On every floor."
派 ：“信仰就像一座房屋，可以有很多楼层、很多房间。”
作家 ：“那有怀疑的空间么？”
派 ：“当然，怀疑在每一层都占了几间。”
3》I must say a word about fear. It is life's only true opponent. Only fear 这里必须说说恐惧，它是生活惟一真正的对手，因为只有恐惧才能打败生活。
4》If every unfolding we experience takes us further along in life, then, we are truly experiencing what life is offering...
如果我们在人生中体验的每一次转变都让我们在生活中走得更远，那么，我们就真正的体验到了生活想让我们体验的东西。
5》Then Richard Parker, companion of my torment, awful, fierce thing that kept me alive, moved forward and disappeared forever from my life.
然后，那个让我生存下来的理查德·帕克，那个让我痛苦、使我害怕的凶狠的伙伴，径直向前走没有回头，永远消失在我的生命里。
2．6,000 dead pigs found in river. Shanghai said it pulled hundreds more dead pigs out of its main river March 13, bringing the total to just over 6,600, triggering a public outcry in China where concerns over food safety and environmental pollution run high."
在中国上海的河道里发现了约6,000头死猪，上海官方报道3月13号在河里已打捞出数百头死猪，估计河中死猪总数超过了6,600头，这立刻引起了举国哗然，大家都表示对食品卫生和环境污染高度担忧。
1. Will and Bill were quarrelling about whose father was the stronger man. Will said, “Well, you know the Pacific Ocean ? My father's the one who dug the hole for it.”
Bill wasn't impressed, “Well, that's nothing. You know the Dead Sea ? My father's the one who killed it!”
谁的父亲更强壮
威尔和比尔在为谁的父亲更强壮而争吵。 威尔说： “ 喏，你知道太平洋吗？就是我爸爸为它挖的洞。”
比尔不屑一顾： “ 噢，那没什么。你知道死海吗？那是我爸爸杀死的。 ”
哪个英文字最长？
smile（笑），应为，smile的中间有一英里长（mile）
man who runs in front of car gets tired
一个人在车前跑会给车轮压扁（或者累）tired（车轮或者累的意思）
man who runs behind the car get exhausted
一个人在车后跑会吸很多车废气（或者累） exhausted (废气或者累的意思
Feel Unhappy.心里难受
Son: Is it wrong to give anyone mental or physical hurt when he felt unhappy?
Father: Of cause, it is
Son: Fine, now I am feeling so bad. I lost in two subjects this time. Father(angrily): What? You------
儿子：是不是当心里难受时，就不应该再给他精神或肉体上的刺激？
父亲：那当然！
儿子：那好，这次我有两门功课不及格，我现在心里很难受。
父亲(气愤地)：什么？你……
It’s not that. 不是那样的。
A: I saw seven girls share one umbrella and none of them got wet. B: Oh, that must be a very big umbrella.
A: No, it wasn’t raining.
A：我看见7个女孩共撑一把伞却没有一个被淋湿。
B：啊？那一定是把很大的伞吧！
A：不是，当时并没有下雨。
Compare other things？比一下其他？
Son: Mom, John has a pair of shoes with Gordon’s name signed
Mom: You just care about this? Haven’t you compared other things? Son: Yes, his mother is prettier than you.
儿子：妈妈，John有双乔丹签名的球鞋。
妈妈：你只关心这个吗？不会比一下其它东西
儿子：有啊，他妈妈比你漂亮
He Won
Tommy: How is your little brother, Johnny? Johnny: He is ill in bed. He hurt himself.
Tommy: That's too bad. How did that happen?
Johnny: We played who could lean furthest out of the window, and he won. 他赢了
汤姆：约翰尼，你小弟弟好吗？
约翰尼：他害病卧床了。他受了伤。
汤姆：真糟糕，怎么回事儿？
约翰尼：我们做游戏，看谁能把身子探出窗外最远，他赢了。
I Have His Ear in My Pocket
Ivan came home with a bloody nose and his mother asked,
What is the longest word in the English language?
SMILES: there is a mile between the first and last letters!"
Teacher: Here are two birds, one is a swallow, the other is sparrow. Now who can tell us which is which?
Student: I cannot point out but I know the answer.
Teacher: Please tell us.
Student: The swallow is beside the sparrow and the sparrow is beside the swallow.
两只鸟
老师： 这儿有两只鸟，一只是麻雀。谁能指出哪只是燕子，哪只是麻雀吗？
学生：我指不出，但我知道答案。
老师：请说说看。
学生：燕子旁边的就是麻雀，麻雀旁边的就是燕子。
2. The Fish Net
"Can you tell me what fish net is made, Ann?"
"A lot of little holes tied together with strings." replied the little girl. 鱼网
"你能告诉我鱼网是什么做的吗，安？" 老师发问道。
"把许多小孔用绳子栓在一起就成了鱼网了。" 小女孩回答道。
3. The New Teacher
George comes from school on the first of September.
"George, how did you like your new teacher?" asked his mother.
"I didn\'t like her, Mother, because she said that three and three were six and then she said that two and four were six too....."
新老师
9月1日， 乔治放学回到家里。
"乔治，你喜欢你们的新老师吗？" 妈妈问。
"妈妈，我不喜欢，因为她说3加3得6, 可后来又说2加4也得6。"
3.老师在黑板上写了一句：Time is money.
并让同学们翻译。有名学生答道：“汤姆是
玛丽。”
4.小明上英文课时跟老师说：May I go to the toilet?
老师说：Go ahead.
小明就坐了下来。过了一会儿，小明又跟老师说：May I go to the toilet? 老师说：Go ahead.
小明又坐了下来。他旁边的同学于是忍不住问：你不是跟老师说要上厕所吗？怎么不 去？明说：你没听老师说「去你个头」啊！
小【含有国名的常用习语】French window 落地窗；take French leave 不辞而别；French grey 浅灰色； India paper 印刷纸；Indian rubble 橡胶；Irish bull 自相矛盾的说法；Irish potato 马铃薯；India cedar 柳杉；Jordan almond 杏仁；Mexican bean beetle 瓢虫；Russian olive 沙枣【含有国名的常用习语】Russian dressing 蛋黄酱；Swiss roll 面包卷；Swiss cheese 一种硬干酪；Scotch broth 牛肉蔬菜汤；Scotch collops 洋葱肉片；Scotch cousin 远亲；Spanish athlete 好吹牛的人；Turkish bath 蒸汽浴；Turkish paste 拌砂软糖；go Dutch 各自付帐【地名成语】To meet Waterloo 灭顶之灾；It`s Greek to me我不知道；Greek Kalends 幽默；Castle in Spain白日做梦；Spoil Egyptians 迫使敌人提供自己所需要的东西；Do in Rome as Romans Do 入乡随俗；Carry Coa
ls to Newcastle 多此一举【含有国名的常用习语】American plan 包食宿； American cloth 彩色防水布；China ink 黑汁；Chinese cabbage 大白菜；Chinese checkers 跳棋；Dutch bargain 不公平交易；Dutch wife 枕头 ；double Dutch 莫名其妙的话；spoil the Egyptians 夺取敌人的财物 ； French fries 炸土豆条 There are so many things can make you happy．Don`t focus too much on things that make you sad．—— 生活中值得高兴的事情太多，别把目光都盯在那些让你不愉快的事情上. When you can`t remember why you`re hurt,that`s when you`re healed. 有一天，当你发现再也记不起为了什么而受伤，那就是痊愈之时
Life is never easy for those who dream. 对于那些有梦想的人来说，生活从来都不是那么简单You do not keep anything for a special occasion, because every day that you live is a special occasion. 不要将你的东西为了某一个特别的时刻而预留着，因为你生活的每一天都是那么特别。If you wait to do everything until you`re sure it`s right, you`ll probably never do much of anything. ——如果你等到每件事都确定是对的才去做，那你也许永远都成不了什么事。！Sometimes you need to step outside, clear your head, and remind yourself of who you are and where you wanna be. 有时候你需要退开一点，放空一下，然后提醒自己，我是谁，要去哪里。True friends are those who won`t feel embarrassed when stay together saying nothing rather than having endless words——真正的好朋友，并不是在一起就有聊不完的话题，而是在一起，就算不说话也不会感到尴尬。Giving up doesn`t mean you`re weak, sometimes it means you`re strong enough to let go. ~~~ 放弃并不代表你没本事，有时候正是因为你足够强大，才能够放开曾经紧握的手。Be the actor of your own life, not a spectator of others` lives. 做自己生命的主角，而不是别人生命中的看客。You don`t always have to be nice. Sometimes, just show your bad side and you will know who can accept the real you. 你不必时时刻刻都表现得那么完美。有的时候需要把自己不好的一面展现出来，这样你就会知道谁能接受一个真正的你。Sometimes God doesn`t give you what you want, not because you don`t deserve it, but because you deserve more. ~~~ 有时候，上天没有给你想要的，不是因为你不配，而是你值得拥有更好的！TIME doesn`t only make you find out more about people, it makes you find out more about who you`re. ---时间不仅让你看透别人，也让你认清自己。