◎我們往往忘了資訊和知識的差別。如果阿富汗發生炸彈爆炸事件，人們可以立即上Twitter瀏覽，但他們無法知道這意味著什麼。禍源來自何處？誰幹的？那裡到底發生了什麼事？這就是新聞專業可以做的。──莫耶汀

We're forgetting that there's a difference between information and knowledge. If a bomb goes off in Afghanistan, people can read about it instantly on Twitter but they won't be able to know what it means. Where did it come from? Who did it? What's happening over there? That is what journalism can do.

NBC外交新聞記者莫耶汀（Ayman Mohyeldin）認為，網路和報紙應扮演互補的角色，科技使新聞得以快速傳播，但深入報導仍要仰賴傳統媒體。

◎我們透過赫歇爾太空望遠鏡的觀察得知，彗星在帶給早期地球大量水上，可能扮演重大角色。──李斯

Our results with Herschel suggest that comets could have played a major role in bringing vast amounts of water to an early earth.

加州理工物理學家李斯（Dariusz Lis）在《自然》期刊發表研究，指出地球曾是個十分乾旱的地方，只要看看鄰近的水星和金星便可知一斑。地球今天能有這麼多水，全拜彗星之賜。

◎工程師估計，依目前的速度，大笨鐘要經過約4000年，傾斜的角度才會和義大利比薩斜塔相當。──伯蘭德

Engineers estimate that at the present rate Big Ben would take some 4,000 years to match the angle on the famous Italian structure.

倫敦帝國學院名譽教授兼資深研究員伯蘭德（John Burland）表示，英國倫敦的大笨鐘短期內還不至於成為斜塔，也不必採取任何行動「扶正」。

◎有趣的是坐在大廳的外國客人都沒感覺到晃動。直到有人高喊「地震」，他們才趕快跑開。──阿里揚提

The funny thing is that the foreign guests who were sitting in the lobby did not feel the shaking. They started running when hearing people say, “There's an earthquake.”

印尼巴里島發生規模6.2的地震，約50人受傷，一家旅館工作人員阿里揚提（Ariyanti）現場目擊。

◎把失業當成在愚蠢的老闆之間暫停休息就好啦。──賀軒賀卡

Think of it as a time-out between stupid bosses.

美國失業率居高不下，賀軒（Hallmark）新推出一款送給失業者的卡片，這是其中一句安慰詞。

◎在生活所有其他層面上，我們都主張性別平等，唯有在涉及最高公職的相關規則上我們繼續獨尊男性，這是一種不正常的現象。──卡麥隆

We espouse gender equality in all other aspects of life, and it is an anomaly that in the rules relating to the highest public officer we continue to enshrine male superiority.

英國首相卡麥隆（David Cameron）表示，他計畫革新王室繼承規則，目前王位繼承仍是優先傳子。