| Chicken came first |
先有雞，后有蛋！ |
| British scientists say they have finally discovered the answer to a mystery: What came first the chicken or the egg? They found a protein called ovocleidin (OC-17) they say is crucial to the formation of eggshells. It is produced in the pregnant hen's ovaries, so the correct reply to the egg riddle must be that the chicken came first. |
先有雞，還是先有蛋？英國科學家們終于找到了這一難題的答案。他們發現，有一種叫做卵黃鈣蛋白的蛋白質對于蛋殼的形成至關重要，而這一物質生成于受孕母雞的卵巢之中。所以，正確的答案是先有雞。 |
| School smoking ban |
各類學校全面控煙 |
| The Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Health issued a notice Tuesday, banning sales of cigarettes in all schools, the Beijing Daily reported. Schools have also been asked to set up a smoking control mechanism. No one is allowed to smoke in middle and primary schools. Also, smoking is banned outside of designated smoking areas in colleges. In addition, college teachers were asked not to smoke in the presence of students. The report pointed out that it has a long way to go to ban smoking in colleges. |
據《北京日報》報道，昨天，教育部和衛生部聯合下發加強學校控煙工作的意見，包括高校在內的任何學校均被禁止在校內出售香煙。在中小學實行全面禁煙；在高校內，任何人不得在校園指定吸煙區以外區域吸煙。高校教師不得在學生面前吸煙。報道還指出，高校禁煙任重道遠。 |
| ※ Background: China now has more than 300 million smokers, and more than 540 million people affected by passive smoking, among them, 180 million are children under 15. About 1 million people die of smoking triggered disease every year. |
※ 背景：目前，我國有超過3億“煙民”，被動吸煙受害人群高達5.4億，其中1.8億是15歲以下的兒童。每年我國約有100萬人死于吸煙導致的疾病。 |
| Qingdao–Happiest city in China |
最具幸福感城市：青島居首 |
| In a rank called "The 10 Happiest Cities in China 2010," Qingdao claims the top place, followed by Hangzhou, Chengdu, Dalian, Jinhua, Weihai, Wuxi, Changchun, Huizhou and Ningbo. The China Institute of City Competitiveness released the rankings on July 8. |
7月8 日，中國城市競爭力研究會主辦的“2010中國城市分類優勢排行榜”發布，青島在2010 中國十佳最具幸福感城市排行榜中，榮登榜首，其后依次為杭州、成都、大連、金華、威海、無錫、長春、惠州、寧波。 |
| Shell-PetroChina ready for Arrow |
殼牌和中石油聯合收購阿羅能源公司獲批 |
| China has approved the AU$3.44 billion (US$3.05 billion) bid from Royal Dutch Shell and PetroChina for Australian coal-seam gas firm Arrow Energy, clearing the deal's last major regulatory hurdle. |
中國國家發改委通過了對荷蘭殼牌石油公司與中石油收購澳大利亞煤層氣企業阿羅能源的審核，為這項交易掃除了最后一個政策阻礙。此項競購涉及款項34.4億澳元。 |
| Obama film to open |
奧巴馬走上大銀幕 |
| "Little Obama," a fictionalized film based on the U.S. president's childhood in Indonesia is scheduled to open in Jakarta Wednesday night. The film is based on Damien Dematra's novel "Obama the Menteng Kid." Dematra also wrote the screenplay and co-directed the film. The novel and film are fictionalized accounts of Obama's time in Jakarta and are based on Dematra's interviews with people he describes as childhood friends and neighbors of Obama. |
電影《兒時的奧巴馬》將于周三晚在印度尼西亞的雅加達首映。這部虛構的影片講述了現任美國總統在印尼度過的童年時光。電影改編自達米恩?德瑪特拉的小說《奧巴馬-曼藤的孩子》。德瑪特拉不僅撰寫了劇本，還與他人合導了本片。小說和電影均為對奧巴馬雅加達生活的演繹，基于德瑪特拉對奧巴馬的童年伙伴和鄰居的采訪。 |
