全通翻譯/翻譯社

◎張沛元

A California couple recently had an unexpected reunion with an old housemate： their pet cat who went missing more than 13 years ago.

一對加州情侶近日與一名老屋友意外重逢：他們走失超過13年的寵物貓咪。

◎張沛元

Police say three armed thieves stormed into a Long Island home to steal a water jug full of loose change. Suffolk County police said the masked suspects descended on the East Patchogue home around 2 a.m. Saturday.

警方表示，衝入長島一棟民宅的3名武裝搶匪，盜走了一個裝滿零錢的水瓶。薩福克郡警方表示，這些蒙面嫌犯在週六凌晨2點左右突然進入這棟位於東派奇歐格的民宅。

◎管淑平

A hen-pecked husband has been granted a divorce in Italy because his mother-in-law keeps nagging him.

義大利一名「妻管嚴」丈夫獲准離婚，理由是他的岳母一直對他嘮叨不停。

◎陳成良

Spending hours sat on your sofa playing console games isn’t just bad for your health--it’s bad for the environment and bad for your bank balance too.

花幾小時坐在沙發上玩電玩不僅不利自己健康，對環境以及對銀行存款餘額都不好。

◎胡立宗

Lithuania’s newly elected parliament has chosen as its new speaker a popular television talent show host once convicted of placing a prank call about a bomb in a hotel.

剛就任的立陶宛國會（議員）選出新任議長，這位議長是電視熱門才藝節目主持人，曾因在惡作劇電話中指旅館有炸彈而遭判刑。

◎魏國金

Italy’s Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi brushed aside international outrage from earlier this month on Sunday to make reference once again to US president-elect Barack Obama’s "suntan."

義大利總理席維歐．貝魯斯孔尼無視本月初的國際譁然，週日再度提及美國總統當選人巴拉克．歐巴馬「曬黑的膚色」。

◎管淑平

India’s government has faced mockery on social media for tweeting an apparently doctored photo of its image-conscious prime minister surveying the flood-hit southern state of Tamil Nadu.

印度政府在「推特」上發出一張該國很重視形象的總理勘察塔米爾納德邦水患災情的照片，但照片顯然經過修改，因而在社群媒體上受到嘲弄。

◎李信漢

Three-time world champion Mao Asada won the Cup of China on Saturday, completing a successful return to the Grand Prix series after taking a year off.

三次「世界花式滑冰錦標賽」冠軍淺田真央週六贏得中國站冠軍，在休息1年後，於大獎賽系列完成一次成功的復出。