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10658000 16:35:00 : viewimage@C:\Users\lee\AppData\Local\Temp\PC Suite\temp\mms\1810-0-preview-source@ Friday December 3, 2010 农历十月二十八 【环球趣图】 Mini replicas of luxury cars 微型豪华跑车惊艳亮相 【报刊选读】 Scalpers bustle before New Year 婚宴黄牛垄断明年吉日 【口语练兵】 Hes usually right on the money. 英语中关于钱的常用语 【百科全书】 Memory erasing may come true 忘记过去或不再是梦 【习语典故】 On the Greek calends 习语永远不会出现那天 【心灵鸡汤】 Money is a good servant but a bad master. 人要支配金钱，而非让金钱支配。 【环球趣图】 Mini replicas of luxury cars 微型豪华跑车惊艳亮相 These ￡10,000 miniature replicas of a Jaguar E-Type and a Porsche Speedster are perfect for squeezing into the tightest parking spaces - and can still reach impressive top speeds of 46 miles per hour. Engineering firm Pocket Classics also makes tribute versions of the Mercedes 300SL, Willys Jeep and Bugatti Type-35. The replicas are fully serviceable and most come with working lights, horn, indicators, adjustable seats and disc brakes, the Daily Mail of London reported. Their makers claim they are designed to be the best toy in the world and, at 7 feet 6 inchs long and 3 feet wide, they are just big enough for an adult. 对于这些价值1万英镑的微型版捷豹E级轿车和保时捷Speedster来说，钻进窄得不能再窄的的停车位是再适合不过了。虽然身形娇小，但这些迷你豪车最高时速可达每小时46英里。而梅赛德斯奔驰300SL，威利斯吉普和布加迪威龙Type-35这些很赞的车型也在名为口袋著作工程公司的制造之列。据英国《每日邮报》报道，这些7英尺6英寸长，3英尺宽的豪车复制品用起来完全没问题，而且大部分带有车灯、喇叭、仪表盘、可调节式座椅和盘式制动器。制造商称，这些微型轿车是世界上最好的玩具，而且车内空间足够大，连成人也可以过把瘾。 tribute [n.礼物，贡物] brake [n.煞车] 下图：微型豪车 viewimage@C:\Users\lee\AppData\Local\Temp\PC Suite\temp\mms\1810-3-preview-source@ 【报刊选读】 Scalpers bustle before New Year 婚宴黄牛垄断明年吉日 As the New Year approaches, wedding scalpers are snapping up next years wedding reservations, earning up to several thousand yuan in each buy-and-sell business, Qianjiang Evening News reported Friday. Resellers mostly post messages in online forums, saying they need to rearrange their wedding date or change their plans. They ask for different transfer fees according to wedding dates and hotel grades, with a RMB500 markup for a 3-star ho