>Yale expels cheating student
耶魯率先清理行賄學(xué)生

The prestigious Yale University has expelled a student whose parents paid more than a million dollars in bribes to get her in, the first such move since a huge admissions scandal erupted earlier this month. Some 50 people have been indicted so far in a scam to help children of the American elite gain entry into top US colleges. In a statement published on its website on Tuesday, Yale said Rudy Meredith, former Yale women's head soccer coach, provided fraudulent athletic recommendations to the applicant. The student's relatives paid $1.2 million in bribes, and the coach received $400,000 from a go-between who organized the arrangement. "Yale investigated the allegations, and the admission of the student who received a fraudulent endorsement has been rescinded," the university said.
著名高校耶魯大學(xué)近日開除了一名學(xué)生，該學(xué)生的父母為使其進(jìn)入這所高校，行賄100多萬美元。耶魯大學(xué)成為自本月初美國(guó)大規(guī)模招生舞弊丑聞曝光以來首所采取此類行動(dòng)的學(xué)校。這場(chǎng)騙局中，許多人幫助美國(guó)精英階層子女入讀該國(guó)頂級(jí)學(xué)府，目前已有約50名相關(guān)人員遭到起訴。耶魯大學(xué)26日在官網(wǎng)發(fā)布的聲明中表示，耶魯大學(xué)女子足球前主教練魯?shù)?梅內(nèi)德斯為涉事學(xué)生提供虛假的體育推薦證明，學(xué)生親屬共支付了120萬美元賄金，梅內(nèi)德斯通過安排此事的中間人收受賄賂40萬美元。耶魯表示，學(xué)校對(duì)這些指控展開調(diào)查后取消了這名捏造虛假證明的學(xué)生的錄取資格。

>Flight lands in wrong city
英航一客機(jī)飛錯(cuò)目的地

A British Airways flight destined for Dusseldorf in Germany landed in Edinburgh by mistake, after the flight paperwork was submitted incorrectly. The passengers only realized the error when the plane landed and the "welcome to Edinburgh" announcement was made. The plane, which started at London's City Airport, was then redirected and landed in Dusseldorf. Sophie Cooke, a 24-year-old management consultant, travels from London to Dusseldorf each week for work. She said when the pilot first made the announcement that the plane was about to land in Edinburgh everyone assumed it was a joke. She asked the cabin crew if they were serious. The pilot then asked passengers to raise their hands if they wanted to go to Dusseldorf. Everyone raised their hands.
由于飛行文書遞交錯(cuò)誤，英航一架飛往德國(guó)杜塞爾多夫的航班錯(cuò)誤地降落到愛丁堡。乘客們?cè)陲w機(jī)著陸后，聽到飛機(jī)廣播通知"歡迎來到愛丁堡"，才發(fā)現(xiàn)目的地被搞錯(cuò)了。這架飛機(jī)從倫敦的城市機(jī)場(chǎng)起飛，在誤降愛丁堡之后重新導(dǎo)航，最終降落在杜塞爾多夫。24歲的管理顧問蘇菲?庫(kù)克因?yàn)楣ぷ骶壒拭恐芏家獜膫惗仫w到杜塞爾多夫。她說當(dāng)機(jī)長(zhǎng)首次通知大家飛機(jī)即將降落到愛丁堡的時(shí)候，大家都以為機(jī)長(zhǎng)是在開玩笑。她還問乘務(wù)員，是不是機(jī)組在故意搞笑。隨后，機(jī)長(zhǎng)讓想去杜塞爾多夫的乘客舉手，結(jié)果所有人都舉起了手。

>MPs OK Brexit date change
英國(guó)議會(huì)批準(zhǔn)延遲脫歐

British lawmakers on Wednesday overwhelmingly voted to change original Brexit departure date in law to April 12 or May 22 as British Prime Minister Theresa May was in an 11 hour appeal to Tory MPs to back her Withdrawal Agreement. MPs voted 441 to 105 in the House of Commons to bring the new Brexit date into law and remove the original plan for Britain to leave the European Union (EU) on March 29. MPs also voted 160 to 400 to reject to leave the EU with no deal on April 12, and voted 268-295 to reject the proposal to hold a fresh referendum on Brexit. Earlier Wednesday, May told MPs that she will quit as prime minister if the British parliament backs her Brexit plan, which was rejected twice by MPs since January. The prime minister did not set a firm date for her departure from the post, but her announcement sets the stage for a Conservative leadership election within the coming weeks or months.
英國(guó)議員27日以壓倒性的票數(shù)表決通過將原先英國(guó)脫歐的法律日期變更為4月12日或5月22日的動(dòng)議，英國(guó)首相特雷莎?梅仍在為使保守黨議員支持她的脫歐協(xié)議做最后的努力。議員在下議院以441票對(duì)105票投票通過將新的英國(guó)脫歐日期寫入法律，并取消了該國(guó)原定于本月29日的脫歐計(jì)劃。議員還分別以160票對(duì)400票、268票對(duì)295票的結(jié)果否決了4月12日無協(xié)議脫歐以及舉行新的脫歐公投的動(dòng)議。27日早些時(shí)候，梅曾向議員們表示，只要英國(guó)議會(huì)支持她的脫歐方案，她將辭去首相一職。自一月以來，梅的脫歐方案已遭到兩次否決。雖然梅尚未確定具體的離任日期，但其聲明為接下來數(shù)周或數(shù)月內(nèi)進(jìn)行的保守黨領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人選舉創(chuàng)造了條件。

>Perfume costs over $1M
全球最昂貴香水問世

An Emirati perfumery claims it has created the most expensive perfume in the world. Called Shamukh, the perfume priced at a nostril-flaring $1,295,000 for three liters. Its makers say it's the product of three years of research and 494 perfume trials. The scent is a combination of amber, sandalwood, musk, Indian agarwood, Turkish rose, patchouli, ylang-ylang and frankincense estimated to last 12 hours. It comes in an Italian Murano crystal bottle, which is adorned with a gold falcon, Arabian horses, roses and a globe, contains 3,571 diamonds - 38.55 carats in total - giant pearls, 2.5 kg of 18-karat gold and 5.9 kg of pure silver. What's more, the bottle sits on a cushioned leather stand nearly two meters tall.
一家阿聯(lián)酋香水制造商聲稱，做出了世界上最昂貴的香水。這款名為Shamukh的香水容量3升，定價(jià)高達(dá)129.5萬美元，其制造商稱花3年時(shí)間、進(jìn)行了494次的調(diào)試才研制出了這款產(chǎn)品。香水的氣味由琥珀、檀香、麝香、印度沉香、土耳其玫瑰、廣藿香、依蘭和乳香混制而成，據(jù)估計(jì)其香氣能持續(xù)12個(gè)小時(shí)。香水放在意大利穆拉諾水晶瓶中。香水瓶上飾有一只黃金獵鷹、數(shù)匹阿拉伯馬和幾枝玫瑰和一個(gè)球體，鑲嵌3571顆鉆石總計(jì)38.55克拉，還用了2.5公斤的18K金、5.9公斤的純銀和許多大珍珠裝飾。整個(gè)香水瓶置于一個(gè)近兩米高、襯墊皮革的座臺(tái)上。

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