【Morning Buzz】
Of all our sunny world, I wish for a mere garden-bench, where a cat sleeps in the sun...That's where I'd sit, with a letter pressed against my heart, one single little letter, That's what my dream looks like...(Edith Irene Sodergran, Swedish-speaking Finnish poet, 1892-1923)
在這五光十色的世界，我想要的只是公園裡的一把長椅，有一隻貓在上面曬太陽。我坐在那兒，一封簡訊緊貼胸膛。這就是我夢想的生活。(伊迪特·伊蕾內·索德格朗，芬蘭瑞典語詩人，1892-1923)
早安，各位。
【Highlights】
>China publishes new maps
新版地圖展示南海諸島
>Cities levy tax on rent
多地將徵收房屋租賃稅
>Sony seeks to sell building
索尼考慮出售辦公大樓
>Decades of abuse revealed
BBC性侵主播惡行曝光
>Kate's portrait unveiled
凱特王妃畫像展出(圖)
>US won't build Death Star
美萬人請願造'死星'遭拒
【Cover Story】
>Air turns hazardous in BJ
京連續遭遇重度汙染天
Heavy polluted fog lingered over Beijing on Sunday. The Beijing Municipal Environmental Monitoring Center warned that the severe pollution was likely to continue until Tuesday. People are advised to stay indoors. Air quality in Beijing reached serious levels Saturday, with PM2.5 readings hitting a nearly off-the-chart high of 750, xinhuanet.com reported. Almost all regions of the capital were covered with dark brown particulates.
據新華網報導，籠罩京城的重汙染霧霾今天仍將持續。北京環境監測中心表示，重汙染在15日之前不會明顯改善，建議市民儘量選擇室內活動。12日北京PM2.5指數最高站點達到750，瀕臨"爆表"，北京幾乎所有區域都被意味著最嚴重汙染的"深褐色"覆蓋。
--PM2.5 are airborne particles with a diameter of 2.5 microns or less, which are small enough to deeply penetrate the lungs. The air is considered good when the index is at 50 or below, but hazardous when it reaches 301 to 500.
PM2.5指大氣中直徑小於或等於2.5微米的"可入肺顆粒物"。PM2.5指數在50以內意味著空氣品質良好，301-500之間則較危險。
【Top News】
>Cities levy tax on rent
多地將徵收房屋租賃稅
Following Shanghai, Shenzhen and Shenyang, more Chinese cities such as Wuhan, Xi'an and Hefei have launched a tax on rent income, cnr.cn reported. According to the rules, the tax is levied on landlords, but tenants are worried that the move will push up the cost of renting.
據中廣網報導，繼上海、深圳、瀋陽之後，武漢、西安、合肥等多個城市近日也都出臺了新的房屋租賃管理辦法，按照房租的一定比例徵收房屋租賃稅。雖然房租稅的繳稅主體是房東，但租客們擔心這種租賃稅會轉嫁到自己身上。
>Sony seeks to sell building
索尼考慮出售辦公大樓
Sony Corp is looking to sell one of its main buildings in Tokyo, as the Japanese electronics giant steps up its shedding of nonessential assets to raise cash, foreign media reported. The company is considering selling Sony City Osaki building for about $1.1b to $1.5b. Completed in 2011 and located in one of Tokyo's main office areas, the 124,000 sq m, 25-story building houses around 5,000 employees. Weakened by years of red ink and a sharp decline in its core consumer-electronics segment, Sony needs to bolster its finances to compete with leaner rivals.
據外媒報導，日本電子巨頭索尼正加緊剝離不必要資產以換取現金流，為此它打算出售其在東京的Sony City Osaki辦公大樓。大樓估價在11億美元到15億美元之間。大樓2011年完工，座落於東京最主要的寫字樓區域，高25層，佔地12.4萬平方米，目前有約5000名員工在此處辦公。由於連年虧損以及核心消費電子產品業務營收大幅下滑，索尼迫切需要增強自己的財務實力，以便與更有競爭力的對手抗衡。
【In Brief】
>China has inked for the 1st time South China Sea islands on its new official
maps in equal scale to that of the Chinese mainland. The new vertical-format maps of China was published by Sinomaps Press, Xinhua reported.
據新華社報導，新編官方豎版《中華人民共和國全圖》近日由中國地圖出版集團推出。這套地圖首次將南海諸島與大陸同比例展示出來。
>The death toll from a landslide that hit Gaopo village in the city of Zhaotong, Yunnan province, on Friday rose to 46 as bodies of the last 2 missing were found Saturday morning, Xinhua reported.
據新華社報導，11日發生的雲南省昭通市高坡村山體滑坡災害最後兩名失蹤者的遺體在12日上午被找到，遇難者人數最終確認為46人。
>Analyst Brian White of Topeka Capital claims that Apple is gearing up to launch the iPad 5 and iPad Mini 2 in March, citing sources at CES this week in Las Vegas, Business Insider reported.
據《商業內幕》報導，Topeka資本市場分析師布萊恩·懷特表示，根據本周拉斯維加斯消費電子展(CES)上消息人士的說法，蘋果將於3月份發布iPad 5和iPad mini 2。
【Newsmaker】
>Decades of abuse revealed
BBC性侵主播惡行曝光
Former BBC star Jimmy Savile was one of Britain's "most prolific" sex
offenders, committing at least 214 sex crimes against victims as young as 8, a police report detailing allegations over 50 years revealed Friday. It accused the late television and radio host of using his celebrity status to gain access to vulnerable children in hospitals, nightclubs and even a hospice. The revelations have triggered a scandal in Britain and prompted a string of public inquiries into how some allegations were not properly investigated while Savile was alive.
英國警方11日公布的英國廣播公司(BBC)已故主持人吉米·薩維爾性醜聞調查報告，報告稱薩維爾惡貫滿盈，在超過50年的時間裡犯下至少214樁性侵犯案件，其中最小的受害者年僅8歲。這位電視廣播雙棲紅星利用自己作為名人的便利，在醫院、夜店，甚至收容所裡，接觸毫無防備心的青少年實施犯罪。薩維爾性侵案的揭露在英國引發軒然大波，公眾強烈質疑此案為何在薩維爾生前沒有得到妥善調查。
>Kate's portrait unveiled
凱特王妃畫像展出(圖)
The first official painting of the Duchess of Cambridge was unveiled to mixed reviews Friday, the BBC reported. Paul Emsley's work took 3.5 months using a technique of building thin layers of oil and glazes (釉彩) on canvas. It is now on display at London's National Portrait Gallery. Sunday Times Art Critic Waldemar Januszczak said he was "disappointed" by the portrait because the Duchess' "eyes don't sparkle." But Alastair Adams, president of the Royal Society of Portrait Painters, said it's quite natural.
據英國廣播公司報導，英國王妃凱特的首幅官方肖像11日在位於倫敦的英國國家肖像館公布於眾，評價褒貶不一。這幅肖像由藝術家保羅·埃姆斯雷在畫布上運用薄層油和釉彩技術繪成，耗時3個半月。《星期日泰晤士報》藝術評論員瓦爾德馬·賈納斯扎克稱他很失望，因為王妃的"眼睛不夠有神"。但皇家肖像畫家協會主席阿拉斯泰爾·亞當斯卻認為這幅畫相當自然。
【Kaleidoscope】
>US won't build Death Star
美萬人請願造'死星'遭拒
The White House would like to be clear: It does "not support blowing up planets". That was the official statement released Friday in response to a petition calling on the federal government to build a Death Star–like battle space station modeled after the one in Star Wars. The more than 25,000 people who signed the petition argued that the project would spur job creation and strengthen national defense capabilities. The White House cited the prohibitive $850 quadrillion cost. "We're working hard to reduce the deficit, not expand it," said the statement.
白宮11日正式對一個打造"死星"的請願活動做出回應——政府不會支持炸毀行星。近日超過2.5萬美國人籤名呼籲聯邦政府建造一個類似《星際大戰》中"死星"的戰鬥空間站，稱能創造就業機會和強大國防。白宮稱，拒絕這一請願的重要一點在於成本，打造一顆死星要花費85兆億元。"我們在努力減少赤字，而不會擴大它"。
【Talk Show】
太無聊了啊
>I'm bored to death. Let's do something.
我太無聊了，咱們幹點兒什麼吧。
>I'm so bored, I could die.
我無聊得快要死掉了。
>I'm dying of boredom.
我感覺無聊死了。
(本期英文內容由英籍編輯Brian Salter潤色。)
【Weekly Topic】
Does South China need a central heating system? As the cold weather continues to freeze the South, people are strongly calling on the government to introduce North China's central heating model to South China, especially the vast areas along the Yangtze River. However, there are objections saying it would be difficult, energy-wasting, and therefore unrealistic. What's your opinion? Do you have any good ideas to deal with the problem?
我國南方大部近日寒潮連連，讓南方，尤其是長江沿線，像北方一樣集中供暖的呼聲高漲，但反對者認為，南方地區集中供暖難度大，能耗大，因此並不現實。您認為南方是否該集中供暖？可有良方來解"南方之冷"？
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浙江杭州137****7196
我是北方人，現在定居在杭州，初來南方時，總是對這裡的冬天怨聲載道，但我現在並不同意南方集中供暖。構建供熱管網是個大工程，真正需要供暖的時間一年最多也就三個月，可相關設施的運轉與維護是要全年進行的，南方供暖的成本相比北方要高多了。就居民而言，家中的取暖費並不比空調電費來的少。我們還是應該找尋更經濟環保的方式來解決南方的供暖問題。
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ShInE愛米：從國民幸福的角度考慮，我極力支持南方集中供暖。雖說南方很冷的時間不長，但那兩個多月的極度溼冷著實讓生活很痛苦。在北方呆了四年，備感有暖氣的生活真是幸福，南方人真的可憐！我現在選擇工作都不敢留在家鄉，一個主要原因就是受不住夏極熱冬極冷的氣候。如果有暖氣，中部內陸城市如長沙、武漢、成都等將更受歡迎，進而更加繁榮。期待政府早日出臺政策！
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莫欣:與其討論"供暖"，不如努力"保溫"。歐洲特別是比利時一直強調建築的保溫性能，防止熱能流失。我家08年裝修時對臥室一牆(背後為外牆且向西北)加了隔熱層。9平方多的牆面，淘寶上買了保溫材料和防潮鋁箔，加上人工花費兩千元不到，牆厚度增加4釐米，冬天室溫比樓下人家高2-3度。現在裝修房最方便的保溫措施是，將門窗改為中空隔熱，使用隔熱材料加裝室內隔斷或窗簾，減少玻璃窗面積(不超過牆三分之一面積)。
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