7. Airplane crash-lands into Hudson River; all aboard reported safe

　　7. 飞机迫降哈德孙河；乘客和机组人员无一伤亡

　　January 15: A US Airways plane with 155 people on board ditches into a chilly

　　Hudson River, apparently after striking at least one bird upon takeofffrom New York's LaGuardia Airport, according to officials andpassengers. Everyone on board is accounted for and alive, officials say。

　　1月15日：一架载有155名乘客的美航飞机迫降到了寒冷的哈德孙河中。根据官方和乘客的描述，飞机从纽约拉瓜迪亚机场起飞后遭遇鸟击，官方报告说机上乘客和机组人员无一伤亡。

　　小编短评：据说这次迫降能成功很大一部分原因是机长有滑翔机执照，这年头，有个爱好是多么重要的事情啊。

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　　8. U.S. celebrates as President Obama vows new era

　　8. 美国庆祝奥巴马宣誓就职开启新时代

　　January 20: Barack Obama launches his presidency before an estimated 1.5 million people on the National Mall with somber yet confident tones, saying the country will overcome its seriouseconomic and international challenges. "Today I say to you that thechallenges we face are real," Obama says in his inaugural address. "They are serious, and they are many. They will not be meteasily or in a short span of time. But know this, America: They will bemet."

　　1月20日：巴拉克·奥巴马在华盛顿特区，在150人面前，以低沉但是自信的语调发表了总统就职演说，说这个国家将迎接严重的经济和国际挑战。奥巴马在总统致辞里面说，“今天我要告诉你们，我们面对的这些挑战都是现实存在的，形势很严峻，挑战很多，短期内无法轻易解决。但是大家要知道，他们总会被解决的。”

　　小编短评：虽然奥巴马上任后得到了各种各样的评价，但是解决问题首先要正视问题，这确实是正确的方法。

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　　9. Police: As many as 20 present at gang rape outside school dance

　　9. 警方：约20人卷入校园舞会后的轮奸事件。

　　October27: Investigators say as many as 20 people were involved in or stoodand watched the gang rape of a 15-year-old girl outside a Californiahigh school homecoming dance。

　　10月27日：一名15岁小女孩在加州高中校园舞会后遭到轮奸，调查人员说大约有20人卷入事件或者袖手旁观。

　　小编短评：面对暴行，大家都觉得别人应该做点什么结果就是没有人做什么……

　　10. Actor David Carradine found dead

　　10. 演员大卫·卡拉丁死亡

　　June4: American actor David Carradine is found dead, hanging by a nylonrope in a hotel room closet in Bangkok, Thailand, according to a Thaipolice official. Carradine became famous in the 1970s when he starredin the television series "Kung Fu."

　　6月4日：美国演员大卫·卡拉丁被发现已经死亡，据泰国警方说，他在泰国曼谷的一家旅馆房间用尼龙绳吊在壁橱上身亡。卡拉丁在70年代因为出演电视剧《功夫》名声大振。

　　11. No survivors found in wreckage of Air France jet, official says

　　11.官方称，法航失事客机没有找到幸存者

　　June 2: Debris located in the Atlantic Ocean off the northeast coast of Brazil is wreckage from an Air France jet that disappeared, Brazil's Defense Minister Nelson Jobim says。

　　小编短评：这样一条新闻，粉碎了多少人的希望

　　12. Actors' son Jett Travolta dies at 16

　　12.演员之子杰特·特拉沃塔死亡，年仅16岁

　　January 2: The 16-year-old son of actors John Travolta and Kelly Preston dies after suffering a seizure while vacationing with his family in the Bahamas, Travolta's attorney tells CNN。

　　1月2日：特拉沃塔的律师告诉CNN说，约翰·特拉沃塔和凯莉·普瑞森16岁的儿子杰特·特拉沃塔和家人在巴哈马的度假屋中病发身亡。

　　13. Authorities: 'Balloon boy' incident was a hoax

　　13.官方：“气球男孩”事件是一场骗局

　　October 18: Three days after the world watched a giant balloon fly through the air as a tearful family expressed fears that their 6-year-old boy could be inside, authorities announce what millions suspected: The whole thing was staged。

　　10月18日：全世界都在关注一个飞上天的巨大的热气球和一个泪眼朦胧的家庭哭诉他们6岁的儿子可能在气球上，三天后，官方宣布：整个事情是一场骗局。