Saudis in the northern areas drew on their imagination and sense of fun as they braved the cold weather to build snow camels in a rare tribute to the local culture.
沙烏地阿拉伯北部地區的民眾發揮想像力和幽默感，冒著冷冽天氣堆出雪駱駝，在這難得的機會中展現地方文化。
However, it was not all fun for Saudis.
Low oil prices present an opportunity to come to grips with our crumbling infrastructure and the cost of climate change.
低油價提供一個機會去處理我們毀壞的道路交通建設，還有氣候變遷的成本代價。
The lubricant of the global economy is having a fire sale: a barrel of crude oil in Texas now costs less than $50. Which makes now the perfect time to raise taxes on gas.
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry was slapped with a $50 fine for failing to have a side street adjoining his Boston home shoveled following the blizzard that dropped more than 2 feet (60 cm) of snow on Massachusetts this week, a spokesman said on Friday.
一場暴風雪本週在麻薩諸塞州下了超過兩英尺（60公分）的大雪後，美國國務卿凱瑞因沒有剷除其波士頓住家鄰近街道的積雪，而被開罰50美元，一名發言人週五表示。
The fine was issued on Thursday after a snow-removal company hired by Kerry and his neighbors in the city’s historic Beacon Hill neighborhood saw yellow tape blocking the sidewalk alongside the home and thought it was related to security for the top U.S. diplomat.
A 55-year-old Japanese university teacher stripped naked on campus in a bid to prove his love for a 21-year-old student, the school said Tuesday, only for his young amour to make off with his clothes.
校方週二說，一名55歲的日本大學教師在校園裡脫得一絲不掛，只為了證明他對一名21歲學生的愛，最後他的小女友帶著他的衣服逃之夭夭。
The older man, who taught computer sciences at Tokyo’s Taisho University, was left in the buff after de-robing in public at his live-in lover’s request.
Workers at a Chinese sugar refinery in Madagascar, where a long-simmering labor dispute boiled over into deadly riots last week that left at least four dead, are unequivocal about what it would take to get them back to work.
馬達加斯加的一家勞資關係惡劣、上週還爆發造成至少4人死亡的致命暴動的中國糖廠的勞工，挑明提出讓他們回去工作的條件。
"We don’t want the Chinese. We do not want to work with the Chinese," Leon Clement, a workers’ representative at Sucoma, said.
A man who dresses as the comic superhero Mr. Incredible has been sentenced to 3 years probation after pleading guilty to attacking a woman costumed as Batgirl in a Hollywood Boulevard turf dispute, prosecutors said on Tuesday.
檢方週二表示，一名穿著如同超級英雄漫畫（《超人特攻隊》）「超能先生」的男子，在承認於好萊塢大道地盤之爭攻擊一名「蝙蝠女」裝扮的女子之罪行後，被判3年緩刑。
Muhammet Bilik, 35, was also ordered to attend anger management therapy, perform 20 days of roadside cleanup and stay away from the so-called Hollywood Entertainment District where the spat erupted.
Nobody wanted the Zimbabwe dollar, so the southern African country dumped it for the U.S. dollar in 2009 to stave off economic collapse and sky-rocketing hyperinflation.
沒人想要辛巴威幣，所以這個南非國家在2009年揚棄辛巴威幣改用美元，以避免經濟崩潰與直衝雲霄的惡性通貨膨脹。
Now nobody wants the "bond coins" it put in circulation last month to replace the lollipops, chewing gum and pens that have been used in lieu of change for transactions in shops.
Falling oil prices could have a negative impact on global efforts to develop renewable energy sources, experts warned Saturday at a conference in Abu Dhabi.
專家在阿布達比召開的一場會議上警告，油價下跌可能對全球開發再生能源資源的努力帶來負面衝擊。
Oil prices have fallen by almost 60 percent since June, crashing on worries over global oversupply and weak demand in a faltering world economy.
