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仅有16岁的瑞典女孩Greta Thunberg近年来一次又一次地通过环保活动来提高人们对于全球气候变化的关注。
Swedish girl Greta Thunberg, who is only 16 years old, has raised people’s awareness of global climate change through her persistent effort in environmental protection activities.

今天，她当选了《时代》杂志的2019年风云人物。不得不说，她确实当之无愧。
She is announced today as 2019 Person of the Year of Time magazine. We must say that she totally earned it.

尽管新加坡进入雨季，近日阴雨连连，但大士弯48号的一处工业废料处理厂却发生了罕见的严重火灾。
Although perspiration has increased these days as Singapore moves into monsoon season, a rare severe fire broke out at a waste management site at Tuas Cresent 48.

火灾于凌晨6时发生，新加坡民防部队在接到举报电话后仅四分钟便火速赶到现场，共出动34辆紧急车辆和130名消防员。
The fire started around 6 in the morning. SCDF reached the scene in only 4 minutes after receiving the call. A total of 34 emergency vehicles and 130 firefighters were dispatched.

近日，美国迈阿密巴塞尔艺术展上的一件“香蕉艺术品”引起了极大关注。
Recently, a banana wall art on display at Art Basel in the US has raised a lot of attention.

该艺术品出自意大利艺术家Maurizio Cattelan之手，以用胶带固定在墙上的香蕉形象出镜。在它以天价12万美元被拍下来后，这根香蕉在网上引起了一波热议。
This wall art, in the form of a banana being taped to the wall, was done by Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan. It raised a lot of discussions online after it is sold at an insane price of US$120,000.

星期一12月9日，新西兰怀特岛火山爆发。该岛位于新西兰北部。
A volcano erupted at Whakaari Island on Monday, Dec 9, which is in the Northern part of New Zealand.

新西兰警方随即采取救援行动，有20余人被从岛上带离，其中5人死亡，20人左右受伤。
New Zealand police quickly acted and performed search and rescue missions. More than 20 were evacuated from the Island, amongst which five people were killed and around 20 were injured.

警方仍需时间确认一些外籍游客的国籍。
Police still need some time to identify the nationality of some foreign tourists.

世界反兴奋剂机构 今日宣布，因俄罗斯对测验数据的篡改，将会禁止俄罗斯在未来四年内参加奥林匹克和世锦赛等很多国际性运动赛事。
Russia will be banned from the Olympics and world championships among some other international sports competitions for four years due to their manipulation of laboratory data, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) announced today.

俄罗斯对这一禁令如有异议，则将需要在未来的21天内提起上诉。
If Russia objects to this ban, it needs to appeal to WADA in 21 days.

近日，一段由美国当地组织“Empty the tank”上传到社交网站上的视频正在疯传。在这段27秒的视频中，一只宽吻海豚连续9次用头撞上了池壁。
Recently, a video shared by US-based organisation Empty the Tank has gone viral. In the 27-second footage, an Indo-pacific bottlenose dolphin can be seen banging its head at the tank wall nine times.

据该组织称，这段视频是去年由一名普通游客在新加坡S.E.A.海洋馆参观时拍摄并发送给自己的。
According to the organisation, this video was shot and sent from a common visitor during his/her visit at S.E.A. Aquarium last year.

台湾艺人高以翔11月26日在参加《参与吧》节目录制时，突然倒地，失去意识。在经过现场医护人员和医院人士抢救两个多小时后，因抢救无效去世。
Taiwanese actor Godfrey Gao collapsed and lost his consciousness on Nov 26 during filming reality TV show Chase Me. After attempted resuscitating by medics at the scene and hospital staffs for more than two hours, he passed away.

节目东家浙江卫视表示将永久停播该节目。
The producer of this TV show, Zhejiang Television has made a statement that the show will end permanently.

高以翔的追悼会将于12日15日举行。
The memorial service for him will take place on Dec 15.

近日因连续两起与另一名司机和乘客发生冲突而火爆互联网的德士司机昨天在兀兰关卡被捕，他当时正在从新山驾车返回新加坡。
The taxi driver who has been trending due to his two confrontations with another driver and passengers respectively was arrested at Woodland Checkpoint yesterday. He was driving back to Singapore from Johor Bahru.

今早，他被控蓄意伤人以及刑事恐吓。据联合早报报道，他不认罪，将会抗辩。
He is charged with intentional assault and criminal intimidation this morning. According to Zaobao, he refused to confess to the charges and will take a plea.

由于香港莎莎国际公司在过去六年持续赤字，该公司决定关闭新加坡市场的22个店铺，在未来专注发展中国大陆、香港、澳门和马来西亚的市场以及电子商务。
Sasa International from Hong Kong has been facing a deficit in the past six years, hence the company decides to close 22 outlets in Singapore and focus in business in Mainland China, Hong Kong, Macao, Malaysia along with e-commerce.

该公司的170名员工将会被辞退，莎莎将会依照本地劳工法给员工合理弟弟赔偿。
The employment of 170 employees who are currently working for the company will be terminated. Sasa will provide reasonable compensation based on the local worker’s law.

美国总统特朗普本周三（11月27日）通过了《香港人权与民主法案》，尽管法案光要求美国总统对破坏香港的民主自治的香港和大陆高官进行制裁这一点就明显体现了插手他国内政，违背中国的意愿，特朗普总统坚称这项法案是处于尊重并会对促进大陆和香港的和平交流带来正面影响。