◎連我那5歲大的孩子所上的學校,都不再是完全不受媒體騷擾的安全處所。我有多生氣,實非筆墨所能形容。──羅琳
It's very difficult to say how angry I felt that my five-year-old's school was no longer a place of complete security from journalists.
哈利波特作者羅琳(J.K. Rowling)赴英國媒體倫理委員會,為八卦媒體竊聽案作證時,怒指一名記者為了採訪新聞,竟在她年僅5歲的小女兒書包裡塞一張轉交給她的字條。
◎每一層岩石就像一本書的扉頁,只是它們很難打開翻閱。──韓德森
Every layer in the rock is like pages in a book. But they're hard to open.
加拿大卡加立大學地球科學教授韓德森( Charles Henderson)的團隊在中國南方的火山灰岩層中檢視晶體時,發現其中有1500種物種的化石,從而探知物種滅絕的確切時間。但他指出,他們的研究只局限於地球一小部分。
◎作為亞洲最古老的一家酒店,我們也希望,這項決定能激發其他餐飲業者跟進,使我們這行在幫助保護海洋生物多樣性上盡一分心力。──敦敬文
As Asia's oldest hotel company, we also hope that our decision will inspire other hospitality companies to do the same and that our industry will play a role in helping to preserve the bio-diversity of our oceans.
香港半島酒店做出重大決定,明年元旦起停止供應魚翅,酒店行政總裁敦敬文 (K.M. Kwok)希望其他飯店業者也能跟進。
◎他對我11歲女兒蘿西的啟發可能更勝過我……她幾乎玩遍他所有電玩。
──艾倫索金
He 's probably inspired [my 11-year-old daughter] Roxy more than he's inspired me … she plays with all his toys.
索尼花百萬美元買下艾薩克森的《賈伯斯傳》版權,並想找以《社群網站》一片獲得奧斯卡最佳改編劇本獎的天才編劇艾倫索金( Aaron Sorkin)撰寫劇本。索金證實他最近正在讀這本傳記,但還沒有決定是否接下這個重任。
◎10年來,這已成為我和好友的例行公事。黑色星期五比「感恩」更像這個節日的傳統。──卡西利亞斯
I've been doing this with my friends for about 10 years. Black Friday has become more of a tradition than Thanksgiving.
住在加州波特牧場的卡西利亞斯(Joe Casillas)坦承,每年感恩節(11月第4個星期四)次日的「黑色星期五」購物日,他一定揪團去排隊搶購大特賣商品。
◎她為女人走出一條示範道路,她從不放棄自己的價值觀,並卯足全力為她視為正義的戰爭奮戰到底。──沙科吉
She walked the exemplary path of a woman who never gave up on her values, and pursued to the end of her forces battles she considered just.
法國前前第一夫人達妮耶.密特朗(Danielle Mitterrand)逝世,享年87歲。法國總統沙科吉(Nicolas Sarkozy)推崇她一生為人權奔走。