After it was launched in 1990, the Hubble space telescope, a $1.5 billion orbiting observatory, was found to have a glitch in its giant lens -- rendering Earth's first orbital observatory short-sighted.
哈勃太空望远镜造价达10.5亿美元，围绕地球旋转，在于1990年发射之后，人们发现哈勃的巨大透镜上有一微小的故障，该故障使得哈勃--第一个环绕地球的太空望远镜变得“近视”。

But after an audacious Shuttle repair mission, when Hubble was fixed with what is effectively a pair of eyeglasses to correct its sight, the telescope has returned some of the most stunning images ever captured by science.
但是，在太空飞船的一次冒险维修任务中，维修人员对哈勃对其本应有效工作的一对镜片矫正了其视力，在此之后，这台太空望远镜发回了天文学家捕捉的一些效果极佳的图片。

And now astronomers have voted for the best pictures taken by Hubble in its 16 years in orbit.
现在，天文学家投票选出了哈勃太空望远镜在环绕轨道上运行16年中拍摄得最好的一些图片。

Hubble's Top 10 illustrate that our universe is not only strange, but also impossibly beautiful.
哈勃的10大发现表明，我们的宇宙不仅奇特，而且美丽得难以置信。

It transmits about 120 gigabytes of information every week. That's equal to about 1100m of books on a shelf.
哈勃每周传回1200亿字节的信息，和1100米长的书架装载的书籍的信息量一样多。

By putting a telescope into space, astronomers can get views of distant objects without having to look through Earth's thick atmosphere.
通过把哈勃发射至太空，天文学家不需要通过地球厚厚的大气层就可以观察到遥远的物体。

Henry Lambright, science and technology professor at Syracuse University, New York, says: "The beautiful pictures that we see Hubble produce are gripping to everyone who looks at them. They transmit the magic of space in a way that words cannot."
纽约雪城大学(Syracuse University)科学与技术教授亨利•拉姆布莱特称,“哈勃望远镜拍摄的绚丽图片无论对谁而言都极具吸引力，传送空间的奥妙之处是言语无法描述的。”

President Bush is showing support for the government of Indonesia, the nation with the world's largest Muslim population and a key ally in the war on terror. During the six-hour visit to the hill town of Bogor, Mr. Bush conferred with Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono.
布什总统对印尼政府表示支持，该国拥有世界最多的穆斯林人数，也是反恐战争中美国重要的同盟国。在对山城茂物(Bogor)的六小时访问中，布什总统与印尼总统苏西洛•班邦•尤多约诺(Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono)交换了意见。

They met Monday in a presidential palace in Bogor - a scenic town about 60 kilometers from Jakarta. The talks ended with words of cooperation from the American and Indonesian leaders. But the warm welcome Mr. Bush got at the presidential palace was not matched in the streets of Indonesia. In Bogor and elsewhere, there were protests against the presidential visit.
两位总统于周一在茂物的总统府进行了会面，茂物是一个风景优美的小镇，离雅加达(Jakarta)有60公里远。会谈以两国领导人的联合宣言结束。然而，与总统府得到的热情欢迎相比，印尼各街头的气氛却显得与其格格不入。在茂物和其他各地，人们对布什总统的造访表示了抗议。

Indonesia is a country with a democratic government, and practices a mostly moderate form of Islam. But there is anger here over U.S. policy in Iraq and Afghanistan, and a perceived American bias in favor of Israel. President Bush has been portrayed by some here as anti-Islam.
印尼是一个民主政体的国家，通常对伊斯兰教者履行温和的政策。但是，抗议者的愤怒之处在于美国对伊朗和阿富汗的政策，他们认为美国更偏爱以色列。布什被形容成是一位反对伊斯兰教的总统。

Mr. Bush tried to put the protests in the most positive light, saying they were a sign of a vibrant democracy
布什总统把抗议活动尽量往好的地方想，他说这次抗议表示印尼的民主气氛非常活跃。

不好意思，在这里出现了理解错误，多谢mg1000guo的指正。
重译：警方称，这位少年的汽车可能贴着校车行驶或撞上校车，致使其冲出立交桥护栏，并坠落达30英尺。

Iraq and Syria are restoring diplomatic ties for the first time in about twenty five years. They've been trading partners since 1997 and Iran's President has invited the leaders of both nations to Tehran for a summit on the violence in Iraq.
伊拉克和叙利亚正首次恢复中断25年之久的外交关系。两国自1997年起就是贸易合作伙伴，伊朗已邀请双方领导人前往德黑兰(Tehran)参加在当地举行的关于伊拉克暴力事件的首脑峰会。

The President is on his way home to Washington via Hawaii. He and the First Lady had dinner with the head of US Pacific Command last night.
布什总统在返回华盛顿的日程中途径夏威夷，昨晚，他和第一夫人与美国太平洋司令部(US Pacific Command)首领一道共进晚餐。

News Corporation has changed its mind. Chairman Rupert Murdoch says the OJ Simpson book and TV special will not happen.
美国新闻集团(News Corporation)已改变主意，其主席鲁伯特•默多克(Rupert Murdoch)称，将取消辛普森(OJ Simpson)的电视采访及出书。

For the first time in 75 years icebergs are visible from the New Zealand shoreline. Tourists are even hiring helicopter pilots to take them out for a closer look.
从新西兰海岸线就可以看见各种冰山，这可是75年来的头一回。游客们甚至雇用飞行员驾驶直升飞机，以便更近距离的观看冰山。

NEW DELHI, Nov. 20 — A 40-year border dispute remains unresolved. Tibetan refugees continue to pour across the Himalayas. The memory of India’s bruising military defeat by China in 1962 remains fresh in the minds of a certain generation.
11月20日，新德里讯---- 40年之久的边境争端问题仍未取得进展，西藏难民不断翻越喜马拉雅山涌入印度，1962年印度军队被中国击败的惨痛情景仍在一代人的脑海里记忆犹新。

But as the president of China, Hu Jintao, arrived here Monday night to shore up relations between his nation and India, the territorial disputes were no longer the main focus of their relationship.
但是，在中国主席胡锦涛于周一晚抵达新德里，意欲稳定两国关系之时，领土争端不再是两国关系焦点之所在。

As India and China tend to their flourishing economies and strive to expand their global reach, they increasingly find themselves scrambling for natural resources and political influence around the world. At times these two giants of Asia appear to be linking arms; at times they are in active competition.

在印度和中国在以经济发展为主，努力拓展全球影响力的过程中，两国逐渐发现，他们在各自争夺自然资源和全世界的政治影响力。有时这两个亚洲大国貌似盟友，有时处于积极竞争之中。

But it is not exactly a relationship of equals. India lags behind on virtually every indicator, with the notable exceptions of the size of its software industry and the number of billionaires, in which it is far ahead.

但是，两国关系并不完全平等。事实而言，除了印度的软件业规模和亿万富翁人数这两项指标明显领先中国之外，其他所有指标远远落后于中国。

Development of alternative livelihoods has become a popular policy to uplift the socio-economic status of small-scale fishers and to reduce fishing pressure on overexploited fisheries. Seaweed farming has been incorporated into many community-based coastal resources management projects and fisheries management initiatives as an alternative livelihood option for fishers in tropical developing countries. This is typically based on several assumptions,either unstated or explicit, of program designers, project managers senior policy makers.
各种替代性谋生谋生方式的发展已成为一项颇受欢迎的政策，不仅可提高少数渔民的社会经济地位，也能降低渔业过度开采的压力。在地处热带的发展中国家中，作为渔民替代性的谋生之道，海草种植已经纳入了许多以社群为基础的沿海资源管理项目和渔业创新管理项目中。一般而言，项目策划人，工程经理和高级政策制订者是基于若干假定做出的，这些假定或是直接的，或是未阐明的。

伊丽莎白•斯坦(Elizabeth Stein)是纽约亨特学院(Hunter College)学生报的主编，她每每读到报纸上在非洲发生的种种惨剧时总想哭泣。对于支票账户空空如也的斯坦女士而言，她不知道如何才能为解决非洲的饥荒问题尽一份力。

But then she discovered The Hunger Site (www.thehungersite.com), one of several websites where people can make a donation to a charity without spending a dime. The "it's free" tab is a welcome sign for Americans like Stein, whose hearts happen to be bigger than their wallets. "I love that I can help someone for free," she says.

不过，她发现了饥荒网(Hunger Site: www,thehungersite.com)，该网站是众多类似网站之一，人们在这里可以为慈善团体做出贡献，而不需要花一分钱。该网站的“免费”标签欢迎斯坦等美国人的到来，这些人的爱心胜于金钱。斯坦说，“在这里我可以免费帮助某人，我喜欢这里。”

Launched in 1999 and operated with five other similar sites by CharityUSA based in Seattle, The Hunger Site raises money for charities through sponsors whose ads appear after visitors click on certain links. After The Hunger Site became hugely successful, CharityUSA opened other sites, including The Breast Cancer Site and The Animal Site. CharityUSA sites primarily do not advertise their sites, but President Tim Kunin says they sometimes use Google ads to promote products the site sells to raise additional money for charities.

慈善美国(CharityUSA)总部位于西雅图，它在1999年创办了饥荒网站，并经营着其他五个类似的网站。赞助商在饥荒网发布广告，饥荒网通过访客点击这些广告的特定链接，来为慈善团体募集资金。在饥荒网获得极大的成功之后，慈善美国开通了其他网站，包括乳癌网(Breast Cancer Site)和动物网(Animal Site)。一般而言，各慈善网站并不会刊登广告，但总裁提姆•库林(Tim Kuni)表示，他们有时会用谷歌的广告来促销网站所出售的产品，以此为慈善团体募集更多的资金。