The 10 million Zimbabwean dollar banknotes. Picture taken on April 4, 2008. The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) introduced Friday two new bearer cheques with denominations of 25 million Zimbabwean dollars and 50 million Zimbabwean dollars. [Xinhua]
Harare, capital of Zimbabwe

2007年的七月，确实有蛮炎热，长沙的最高温度达到了41摄氏度。怎么用英文说“炎热的”的咧？

除了常用的 hot 以外，我们还可以用 scorching 或 sweltering.

scorch （动词）的意思是“烧焦”，scorching 的意思是“炎热的”；

swelter （动词）的意思是“感到闷热”，sweltering 的意思是“闷热的”.

1. The local temperature jumped to more than 30 Degree Celsius, forcing many locals to tour the Yellow River to escape the scorching heat.

当地的温度（兰州）超过了30度，迫使人们去游黄河以避开酷热。

Here in Houston, it was a scorching 99° today.

休斯敦今天的温度是93华氏度（=37摄氏度），好热的！

2. sweltering July days 闷热的七月天

Hundreds of children sweltering in the heat went to the neighborhood pool.

感到闷热的几百名孩子去了附近的游泳池。

我是打拼音的。今天打“掮客”这个词，顺手就打了“jian ke”，嗯？居然不出来？后来才发现应该念“qian2ke”，英文是 broker：someone who buys and sells things such as shares in companies or foreign money for other people. 为别人买卖股票或外币的经纪人

2007年7月，陪几个老外去成都，住在成都饭店。虽然号称三星级，但我大呼上当。住房和服务很差就不说了，今天单说我看到的中国式英语。

老外在入住登记的时候，总台上有个牌子“投诉电话”，还中英文对照：ACCUSE TELEPHONE。老外看不懂，就问我是什么意思，我解释了以后，老外不禁哑然失笑，他说这个英文实在厉害，让他这个说英文的人都看不懂。正确的说法是 COMPLAINT TELEPHONE.

过一会，他们要求老外填写一个登记表，老外一看，又一次笑了。我一看表格，原来是一个外国人入住登记表，专门给老外用的，有中英文对照，但把“外国人”翻译成了ALIENS（外星人）。老外苦笑着说： WE COME FROM THE MARS (我们来自火星）。 

Updated: 2007-07-30, 08:56

中国将成为世界第二大经济体

Experts predict China will likely surpass Japan in the coming decade to become the world's second largest economy.

专家称，中国将在未来十年内超过日本，成为世界第二大经济体。

A host of China's influential mainstream economists painted the rosy picture during the weekend at Tianheng Island in East China's Shandong Province.

周末，在中国东部的山东省田横岛（在青岛市），一批有影响的经济学家描绘了这个蓝图。

Experts said the economic outlook was conditional on whether the country could swiftly adjust itself to ever-evolving domestic and global circumstances.

专家们说，这个展望取决于中国是否能够迅速地自我调整，符合不断变化的国际和国内环境。

The members of Beijing-based China Economist 50 Forum gathered to debate the country's "big development topics of strategic importance" in the coming 10 years, ahead of the 17th Congress of the Communist Party of China, scheduled for autumn.

中国经济50人论坛的成员开会讨论了未来十年“中国发展的战略问题”，先于计划于秋天召开的中共十七大。

Some experts said they believed that China faced obstacles, including environmental problems and resource constraints, rising labor costs, imbalanced foreign trade, economic restructuring and an incomplete social security network.

有些专家说，他们认为中国面临很多困难，比如：环境问题、资源的限制、劳动力价格上升、外贸的不平衡、经济的重组和不完善的社会保障网络。

Updated: 2007-07-30, 08:56

Experts predict China will likely surpass Japan in the coming decade to become the world's second largest economy.

专家称，中国将在未来十年内超过日本，成本世界第二大经济体。

A host of China's influential mainstream economists painted the rosy picture during the weekend at Tianheng Island in East China's Shandong Province.

周末，在中国东部的山东省，一批有影响的经济学家描绘了这个蓝图。

Experts said the economic outlook was conditional on whether the country could swiftly adjust itself to ever-evolving domestic and global circumstances.

专家们说，这个展望取决于中国是否能够迅速地自我调整，符合不断变化的国际和国内环境。

The members of Beijing-based China Economist 50 Forum gathered to debate the country's "big development topics of strategic importance" in the coming 10 years, ahead of the 17th Congress of the Communist Party of China, scheduled for autumn.

中国经济学家50论坛的成员开会讨论了未来十年的“国家大发展的战略重要性”，先于计划于秋天召开的中共十七大。

Some experts said they believed that China faced obstacles, including environmental problems and resource constraints, rising labor costs, imbalanced foreign trade, economic restructuring and an incomplete social security network.

有些专家说，他们认为中国面临很多困难，比如：环境问题、资源的限制、劳动力价格上升、外贸的不平衡、经济的重组和不完善的社会保障网络。