查維斯剃頭前後對比。圖/路透非報系英國首相卡梅倫(左)和倫敦市長強森(右)出席奧運倒數活動。圖/路透非報系薩拉與新婚夫婿。圖/美聯社非報系
◎還記得尤伯連納嗎?你們可以叫我尤查維斯。──查維斯Do you remember Yul Brynner? I'll be Yul Ch?vez.委內瑞拉總統查維斯(Hugo Chavez)罹癌接受化療後頭髮全掉光,他在57歲生日前夕以光頭影帝尤伯連納自況,查維斯曾誓言至少統治委國到2031年。◎現在,我們的婦女竟要為了穿著清涼而走上街頭爭取權利?──安妮爾.盧希拉Now our women are fighting for their right to wear less? 為了破除「婦女不應穿太暴露以免遭到性騷擾和家暴」的迷思,印度新德里舉辦「蕩婦遊行」(SlutWalk),參加遊行的安妮爾.盧希拉(Anil Ruhila)感到無奈。◎奧運場館已準備就緒,我們大可明天就搶先召開奧運會,讓世界其他地區措手不及。──強森The Olympic venues are already so ready we might as well call a snap Olympics tomorrow and catch the rest of the world napping. 距2012年倫敦奧運整整一年,倫敦市長強森(Boris Johnson)信心滿滿地表示進度超前,很多英國人已經買不到開幕門票。◎5年前,沒有人穿全身式罩袍「布卡」,今天已越來越常見。──史拜Five years ago, no one wore the burqa. Today there is always more.義大利總理貝魯斯柯尼所屬自由人民黨摩洛哥裔議員史拜(Souad Sbai)表示,國會將提出一項草案,禁止婦女穿戴覆蓋臉部的面紗。◎從穿舌環到戴花冠是條漫長曲折的路,但她已成功走過來。──珍.摩爾It is a long and winding road from tongue stud to tiara, but one that she has successfully negotiated.英國王室喜事頻傳,女王伊麗莎白二世外孫女薩拉(Zara Phillips)和橄欖球星丁達爾(Mike Tindall)在愛丁堡完婚。英國《每日郵報》專欄作家珍.摩爾(Jan Moir)有感而發。◎我上台後白髮多了點,除此之外,感覺良好。──歐巴馬I've got a little grayer since I took this job, but otherwise, I feel pretty good.美國總統歐巴馬(Barack Obama)8月4日50大壽感歎自己早生華髮。◎我的確認為這已恐怖地侵犯隱私,我也認為這已持續很長一段時間,我更認為比我們目前所知的更多人知情。──保羅麥卡尼I do think it is a horrendous violation of privacy, and I do think it's been going on a long time, and I do think more people than we know knew about it.披頭四成員保羅麥卡尼(Paul McCartney)表示,他和前妻希瑟.米爾斯(Heather Mills)都認為,他們夫妻倆一直被英國一家報紙竊聽。輯/黃裕美