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>2021 festival travel rush
2021春運火車票今開售
China is expected to see 407 million railway passenger trips during the upcoming 40-day Spring Festival travel rush, according to the national railway operator. An average of 10.18 million railway trips will be made every day during the travel rush from Jan 28 to March 8 in 2021, China State Railway Group said Tuesday.
國鐵集團12月29日介紹稱，2021年鐵路春運自1月28日開始，3月8日結束，共40天，全國鐵路預計發送旅客4.07億人次，日均發送旅客1018萬人次。
Passengers can buy tickets as early as 30 days prior to their planned trip. On Wednesday, travelers can buy tickets for Jan 28, the first day of the travel rush.
按照火車票提前30天發售的安排，12月30日，鐵路部門開始發售1月28日春運首日的火車票。
Railway authorities will adopt epidemic prevention measures and arrange the journeys in an orderly manner. Such measures include preventing overcrowding and providing separate seating areas for passengers with fever symptoms, the company said.
據國鐵集團介紹，鐵路部門將採取疫情防控舉措，確保春運平穩有序，包括嚴格控制列車超員率，預留髮熱旅客隔離席位等。
Experts suggested that people cut down on unnecessary journeys or follow the government's advice and avoid peak travel times.
專家建議人們減少不必要的出行，或者遵循政府的建議，錯峰出行。
The country will increase its railway transport capacity during the period, with about 5,000 pairs of passenger trains to be put into operation on a daily basis, up 4.5 percent from a year ago.
春運期間，鐵路部門將增加運力。2021年春運將安排圖定旅客列車5000對左右，同比增長4.5%。
Spring Festival falls on Feb 12, 2021.
2021年春節是2月12日。
>737 MAX resumes flying
波音737MAX在美國復飛
American Airlines on Tuesday flew a Boeing 737 Max from Miami to New York with paying passengers on board, making the first commercial flight almost 2 years after the worldwide grounding of the troubled aircraft.
12月29日，美國航空公司執行波音737Max首次商業復飛任務，此前這款機型在全球範圍內遭遇了近兩年的禁飛。
American flight 718 carried about 100 passengers and landed Tuesday afternoon at LaGuardia Airport, according to an airline spokeswoman.
美國航空公司一位發言人表示，美航718航班由邁阿密飛往紐約，載有100名乘客，當日下午飛機降落在拉瓜迪亞機場。
Boeing's 737 MAX jets have been grounded across the globe since early March last year following more evidence emerging indicated that its key flight control software played a part in two deadly air crashes in less than one year.
去年3月初，波音737MAX機型在全球停飛，原因是越來越多證據顯示，飛機的關鍵飛行控制軟體出了問題，從而導致不到一年時間兩起致命空難的發生。
The US Federal Aviation Administration in November this year rescinded the order that halted commercial operations of Boeing 737 MAX, a move that allowed airlines under the FAA's jurisdiction, including those in the US, to take the steps necessary to resume service and Boeing to begin making deliveries.
美國聯邦航空管理局今年11月解除了波音737MAX的禁飛令，允許所有該局管轄下的航空公司，包括所有美國的航空公司，採取必要步驟重啟該機型的商業航班，允許其重新載客。
>Pierre Cardin dies aged 98
時尚泰鬥皮爾卡丹逝世
Legendary French fashion designer Pierre Cardin has died at the age of 98, France's Fine Arts Academy announced on Tuesday in a statement on Twitter.
法蘭西藝術院12月29日在推特發布聲明表示，法國傳奇時裝設計師皮爾•卡丹去世，終年98歲。
Cardin's creations adorned many stars of the day, among them Elizabeth Taylor, Barbra Streisand, Jeanne Moreau, Jackie Kennedy, Charlotte Rampling, the Beatles and the Rolling Stones.
皮爾•卡丹設計的服飾曾為許多當紅明星增光添彩，其中包括伊莉莎白•泰勒、芭芭拉•史翠姍、讓娜•莫羅、傑奎琳•甘迺迪、夏洛特•蘭普林、甲殼蟲樂隊和滾石樂隊。
Cardin was among the first designers to capitalize on the business side of fashion, becoming a household name thanks to powerful branding.
卡丹是最早投資商業化時裝的設計師之一，並藉助強大的品牌力量成為家喻戶曉的人物。
He also broke with tradition through his futuristic designs - and by producing landmark unisex and ready-to-wear collections at a time when both were effectively unheard of.
他還曾打破傳統，設計出未來主義風格時裝，生產出標誌性的中性化成衣系列，這兩者在當時都是聞所未聞的。
Displaying an early business nous, Cardin was among the first foreign designers to open shops in Japan, China and Russia.
卡丹早早地展現出了他的商業頭腦，成為最早在日本、中國和俄羅斯開店的外國設計師之一。
He pioneered modern branding by lending his name to a variety of products - including perfumes, watches, cigarettes and even frying pans.
他開創了現代品牌的先例，將品牌授權給香水、手錶、香菸甚至煎鍋等各種產品。
>Britons flee Swiss resort
英國遊客海外逃避隔離
British tourists fled the Swiss ski resort of Verbier "clandestinely" under cover of darkness rather than submit to a new quarantine imposed on UK visitors, a local official said on Monday.
瑞士官員12月28日稱，瑞士滑雪勝地韋爾比耶的一些英國遊客無視新的隔離要求，趁著夜色不告而別。
The exact number of tourists who left the resort has not been confirmed.
當地還沒有確認具體的逃離遊客人數。
Switzerland is one of dozens of countries to have banned travel from the UK over a new, potentially more transmissible coronavirus variant that was reported in the UK.
最近，英國報告了一種新的新冠病毒變體，可能傳播性更強，因此瑞士等數十個國家暫停了與英國的旅行往來。
On Dec 21, the Swiss Federal Council imposed an entry ban and a retroactive 10-day quarantine period on all travelers from the UK and South Africa, meaning anyone who entered Switzerland from the two countries since Dec 14 is required to quarantine.
12月21日，瑞士聯邦議會發布了針對所有英國和南非旅客的入境禁令和10天隔離期規則，凡是12月14日之後從南非和英國兩國來到瑞士的旅客，都必須完成10天的隔離期。
Asked about the run-away tourists, Health Minister Alain Berset said he didn't know the current whereabouts of the tourists, but suspected that they had gone home.
當被問及逃走遊客時，瑞士衛生部長阿蘭•貝爾塞表示目前不知道這些遊客的下落，懷疑他們已經返回英國。
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