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1、01. Graduate buys house for parentsA 21-year-old girl named Fan Shibei, who graduated from Sichuan Normal University, wants to borrow 2,000,000 yuan to buy a house and insurance保险for her parents by asking for the funds online. She promised to pay the debt in 15 years and to spend the rest of her lif

2、e with the creditor债主. The offer raised controversy on the Internet在互联网上引起争议. She received some supporting comments支持评论online while also obtained unsolicited advice不请自来的建议and criticism.02. Eggs sizzle in SH heat waveWhen the temperature hits nearly 40 degrees Celsius, some creative Shanghainese took

3、 the opportunity to fry some eggs on the scorching灼热的ground instead. An egg was half-cooked within 15 minutes on a stone fence石栏around the Bund上海外滩, at noon on Aug 4, 2015. Shanghai has experienced 10 days of continuous high temperatures, hitting a scorching peak of 39.2 degrees Celsius.03. Woman sn

4、aps salesgirls for her sonA woman in Chongqing desperate to find a wife for her 30-year-old son has been caught secretly taking photos of saleswomen at a supermarket. The woman said she just wanted to help her son find a girlfriend. She agreed to delete the photos删除照片after the police told her it was

5、 illegal to take photos of others without their permission and she could be detained 被拘留for up to 10 days for the offence被指控.04. Millionaire turns to monkLiu Jingchong, a native from Guangdong province, who gave up a million-yuan salary and lived on Zhongnan Mountain, Shaanxi province for two years,

6、 has become a monk after taking a tonsure剃度at Baochan Temple in Anhui province. Two years ago, he felt tired with the extravagant放纵的urban lifestyle and diverted转向 attention to his inner life by living a minimalist life极简生活on Zhongnan Mountain.05. Punishment for traffic violationsNever wear a green h

7、at in China! For men, it symbolizes being a cuckold绿帽子. But residents in Luohu, Shenzhen had no choice but to wear green caps if they broke the traffic rules and run the red light while crossing roads. According to this rule, anyone who is caught running the red lights has to direct traffic at the c

8、ity's intersections路口 while wearing a green hat, along with a green vest马甲.06. Massive umbrella sets world recordIt was quite a sight极少见的场面as a large and colorful umbrella covering over 400 meters was displayed in a county县in Jiujiang city, Jiangxi province. The record-breaking umbrella, made by

9、 a local company, measures 23 meters in diameter直径and is 18 meters tall. It can be opened and closed automatically自动地and can withstand承受a Level 10 hurricane. An event to challenge the Guinness World Record and the umbrella's record will be recognized承认.07. Dining in the sky in KunmingA restauran

10、t in Kunming, Yunnan Province offers a unique adventure that lets you dine high off the ground. The open air restaurant is elevated上升30 meters high off ground when customers enjoy their meals. The dining area has 10 fixed seats equipped with safety belts. It can accommodate供应eight customers at a tim

11、e, along with a chef厨师and a waitress to serve them. The dinner lasts for 1.5-2 hours.08. Novel way to escape heatAs most parts of China enter the hottest season of the year, some Chongqing residents居民 have discovered a novel way新颖的方法to escape the heat避暑: Play mahjong in a cave. The temperature insid

12、e the cave was 20 degrees Celsius, while the outside temperature hovered徘徊over 30 degrees Celsius all day long.09. Dancers welcome fitness dayMore than 1,000 people from nearly 100 square dance广场舞teams in Jiaozuo city, Henan province participated in a mass square dance performance to mark the sevent

13、h National Fitness Day全民健身日. In 2009, the State Council deemed视为 Aug 8 National Fitness Day to commemorate纪念the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.10. Dinosaur eggs seized213 dinosaur egg fossils化石, along with an intact 完整的fossilized dinosaur skeleton骨架were seized缴获 from a house in Heyuan city, Guangdong pr

14、ovince on July 30th. Heyuan is popularly known as the "Home of Dinosaurs." The city also holds the record for the largest collection of dinosaur egg fossils in the world, with 10,008, according to the Guinness Book of World Records.11. Man paints masks on egg shellsFei Yongquan, 77，a real

15、Peking opera fan in Shanghai, started learning egg painting since 2005. He completed many mask paintings depicting描摹characters in the classic Chinese novels, including Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Journey to the West and Water Margin. He chose egg shells because their shape is close to that of a f

16、ace. He said that drawing on eggs is not easy since the shell is fragile易碎的. 12. Couple fired for showing loveA couple working in the same company were fired for "disturbing the office by showing off their romance". According to video captured拍摄 by the company's surveillance camera监控摄像

17、头, the young woman was seen feeding her husband a corn cob玉米棒while at work. The girl, who's obviously infuriated激怒by this, couldn't help but complain online: "We just showed our love! What was wrong with those people in the company?"13. Family gets girl quadruplets 四胞胎After giving

18、birth to a daughter a year ago, a couple planned to have a second baby - specifically a son. However they have welcomed four more daughters. Zhao Yan, 29, gave birth to the quads in April. The family was happy although they had wanted a son, but the cost of the quartet has given them a headache. &qu

19、ot;In the first two months, diapers 尿片cost more than 1,000 yuan, and now they can finish a can of powdered milk奶粉in two days!" said Zhao.14. 'Fake policemen' on dutyPolicemen sometimes appear at the most unexpected places. A group of "policemen" in Taizhou, Zhejiang province,

20、is not an exception也不例外. A total of 17 mannequins modeled人体模型to look like police officers are on duty and set up on the south part of No. 74 Provincial Road. The police department said the mannequins serve as a warning for passing drivers to obey traffic rules.15. Fake car model discoveredCar show m

21、odels车模are so popular in China that some people not only want to see them, but are inspired激发to play that role. A woman impersonating冒充a model was discovered at an auto show车展on July 12 in Changchun, Northeast China's Jilin province, and later was asked to leave. The woman said she was serving a

22、s a car model for the day at the request of应.的邀请a friend who was in sales at the exhibition.16. Reality show denies fakingPopular singing competition The Voice of China has denied否认misleading viewers after some noticed the hairstyle of one of the judges changed while she was commenting on a performa

23、nce. Na Ying's hair at first appeared curly卷曲的but changed to straight after 16 seconds and then turned curly again after a further 30 seconds. The change aroused suspicion引起猜疑that the show was directed according to a script剧本rather than singers' real performances.17. Scholars saddle up for r

24、ideYoung people astride跨着horses and dressed in traditional Chinese costumes were spotted被发现at a park in Xiangyang, Hubei on Thursday. They turned out to be students with top gaokao scores. A local culture park in the city awarded 10,000 yuan to each of the province's top students in arts and sci

25、ence文理科in this year's national college entrance exam, while another 6,000 yuan was given to the student who placed second in science. The procession游行drew numerous spectators吸引了大量的观众, and while some thought it was funny, others believed it was just grandstanding哗众取宠, for the poor students to get

26、 more attention.18. Man arrested for illegal assembly集会A man who planned an elaborate精心制作的marriage proposal求婚 on a busy street in Chengdu, Sichuan province, was taken away by police just moments after the girl said yes. The man, surnamed Zhang, invited nearly 100 friends and family members to surpri

27、se his girlfriend as he popped the question求婚on Chunxi road in Chengdu. Zhang was taken away because he didn't apply for permission申请许可from the local police station to carry out the grand proposal, as such large public gatherings trigger safety concerns引发安全问题.19. Gangnam Style wakes up girlThe K

28、orean viral hit Gangnam Style woke up a ten-year-old girl who had laid in a coma for 258 days due to cerebral bleeding脑出血. Liu Ruixiang, the mother of the girl, said her daughter's face burst into a smile after hearing her hum哼曲子the Korean pop song, which the girl used to like a lot before the accident. One thing for sure is that Liu's devoted care精心照顾 has been a great help for her daughter's recovery as well. Liu messaged her daughter over four hundred times a day.20. Man sues subway for broken legThe Beijing subway is n