Texan foils burglary in Britain via webcam

　　小偷落网 网络摄像头立头功

　　ON August 25, a man from Texas, US helped foil a burglary 4,600 miles away in Liverpool, England whilst watching a Beatles-related webcam over the Internet.

　　The man was using a live camera link to view images of Mathew Street, the heart of the Beatles quarter in Liverpool and home to the Cavern Club where the band regularly played.

　　A few moments later, he was astonished to see three dark-clad figures set up a ladder and began climbing through the first-floor window of a sports store. Realizing that he was watching a burglary, he then alerted the local police. The police went to the scene and immediately arrested the three men on suspicion of burglary.

　　上月25日，美国得克萨斯州一名男子协助远在4600英里以外的英国利物浦警方破获了当地马修街上发生的一起入室盗窃案。

　　当时，这名美国男子通过互联网连上了利物浦马修街的一部在线监控摄像头，试图察看当年披头士乐队活动的中心，马修街的街景以及街道上乐队曾定期演出的“大洞穴俱乐部”。

　　几秒钟过后，这名美国网民吃惊地发现网络画面出现了3名身着黑衣的男子，他们正试图借梯子爬进一家体育用品商店一层的窗户行窃。这名美国男子当机立断，立即拨打越洋电话报警，英国警方迅速赶到现场，以盗窃罪为名逮捕了三位犯罪嫌疑人。

　　Nepali boy, world's smallest person ?

　　半米男孩申请最矮人纪录

　　LATE last month, a 14-year-old Nepali boy who is only 50 centimetres (20 inches) tall was put forward for a Guinness world record as the world's smallest person.

　　Fourteen-year-old Khagendra Thapa Magar weighs only 4.5 kilograms and stopped growing at the age of 11.

　　"We found out that a Jordanian boy holds a record in the Guinness Book of World Records and he is 65 centimetres (25.5 inches) tall. But Khagendra is 5.5 inches smaller than the Jordanian guy, so we sent an application to the Guinness Book of World Records," said an organizer of the foundation set up to collect funds for the boy.

　　上个月月末,尼泊尔一个14岁男孩向吉尼斯世界纪录委员会提出申请,希望创立吉尼斯世界最矮人的新纪录。

　　这位男孩来自尼泊尔西北部邦朗地区，名叫克哈根德拉萨帕马加，11岁时停止生长，至今身高仅为50厘米（20英寸），体重也只有4.5公斤。

　　一个专门帮助克哈根德拉筹集捐款的机构的负责人说:“我们发现，在吉尼斯世界纪录中，‘世界最小的人’是一个身高为65厘米（25.5英寸）的约旦男孩。克哈根德拉比这个约旦男孩矮5.5英寸，因此他很有可能改写这一矮人身高的世界纪录。”

　　Listener discovers real mum in radio contest

　　参加电台游戏 引出惊人巧合

　　RECENTLY, twenty-year-old Londoner Lizzie Dennis found out she was adopted and that her ice skating coach was her real mother after taking part in a radio competition. She made the stunning discovery while trying to win tickets to a Rolling Stones concert on a music radio station.

　　Listeners were asked to text anyone in their mobile phone book, "I've just heard a rumour about you, guess what it is?" The person with the best response won tickets to the concert.

　　When Ms Dennis sent the text to her close friend and coach, Katrina, she got a remarkable text which changed her life.

　　"I was going to tell you soon. But you're old enough now to know. I was just waiting for the right time," the text from Katrina said. "It was a stupid mistake a long time ago, but looking at you now I don't regret it all." She then phoned her daughter and explained the truth, i.e. she put up Ms Dennis for adoption when she was only 4 and kept a close relationship with her when Ms Dennis got older.

　　近日，20岁的伦敦女孩莉兹丹尼斯在参加英国一家音乐电台主办的短信竞赛中意外获悉自己是被人领养的，而亲生母亲竟是相识九年的密友，溜冰女教练。由于这一惊人的发现，莉兹在竞赛中获胜，不仅赢得了滚石乐队音乐会的入场券，而且还找到了自己的亲生母亲。

　　根据比赛规则，参赛者只需将这样一则短信，“我刚刚听说一个关于你的谣传，想知道是什么吗？”发给手机通讯录中的任何一位熟人，收到回复最巧妙者即和朋友一道成为优胜者，获得两张音乐会门票。丹尼斯将短信发给了她的密友兼教练卡特里娜，不料惊人的回复从此竟改变了她的人生。

　　卡特里娜在回复短信时写道，“我本打算不久后就告诉你的，因为你已经长大了，我只是在等待适当的时机而已。这件事关乎我多年前犯下的一个愚蠢错误，但看到现在幸福成长的你，我并不感到后悔。”随后，卡特里娜就在电话中向女儿解释了所发生的一切。

　　原来，卡特里娜在丹尼斯四岁时将其送与别人领养，并在女儿长大后一直以朋友的身份和她保持接触。