1. 在圣诞和新年来临之际,祝福你平安、快乐、幸福!
Wishing you peace, joy and happiness through Christmas and the coming year。
2. 圣诞节一年只有一次,但每次来临都带来喜悦。
Christmas comes but once a year。 But when it comes it brings good cheer。
3. 篮球迷的圣诞节愿望在星期天实现了。推迟已久的美国NBA职业篮球联赛在长期的劳资纠纷后终于开始了新赛季。
Basketball fans got their Christmas wish Sunday when the long-postponed National Basketball Association season finally opened after a lengthy labor dispute.
4. 有人指称12月的议会选举中有舞弊现象,这导致出现20年前苏联解体以来的最大规模的抗议活动。
Alleged voter fraud in the December 4 Russian parliamentary elections has spurred the largest protests since the collapse of the Soviet Union 20 years ago.
5. 数以万计痛哭流涕的朝鲜人星期三参加长期领导人金正日的葬礼。一辆黑色的灵车穿过平壤的街道,把灵柩送到葬礼地点。
Tens of thousands of weeping North Koreans bade a final farewell to longtime leader Kim Jong Il Wednesday as a black hearse carried his coffin through the capital Pyongyang