Betty & Tim were killed in an auto accident on the eve of their wedding. When they reached the pearly gates, St. Peter met them. They asked if they could still be married in Heaven. "Well, let me find out if this is possible. Stay here and I will be right back."

贝蒂和提姆在他们的婚礼的前一天双双死于车祸。当他们来到天国之门的时候，天神圣比特问召见了他们。于是他们问天神，上天是否会为他们在天堂里举行婚礼。“恩，让我去看看是有这个可能，你们在这里等我的消息，我很快就回来。”于是天神就走了。

Six months passed and finally Peter returned.

等了六个月，天神终于回来了。

"Yes, we can do this for you."

“可以，我们可以在天堂为你们举行婚礼。”天神说。

"Well, as we have spent so much time together waiting for your answer, we need to know that if things don't work out there's a possibility that we could be divorced?' To which St. Peter answered "It took me six months to find a priest up here...how long do you think it will take me to find a lawyer?" 

“呃，因为我们两个一起等你的答案，等太长时间了。所以，现在我们想，如果我们真的结婚了，我们还有机会离婚吗？” 贝蒂和提姆说。天神很快就回答：“为了帮助你们结婚，我花了六个月去找一个牧师，那么你想，我再去找一个律师回来要花多少时间呢？”

Health authorities play down China SARS case

世卫专家为中国“非典”危机减压

Health authorities in Australia say there is no need for heightened quarantine measures in light of a confirmed case of SARS in southern China.

来自澳大利亚的卫生专家日前表示：尽管中国南方的疑似“非典”病例得到了确认，但是，澳大利亚并没有必要提高个方面的检验检疫措施。

The Chinese Health Ministry has confirmed that a man has the deadly respiratory illness, the first case since the worldwide outbreak of SARS was declared over.

中国卫生部部长目前证实了，目前南方发现的一名“非典”疑似病例患者，患的就是“SARS”疾病。这也是今年爆发的“SARS”疫情过后，再次复发的首例病例。

A spokesman for the Department of Health and Aged Care says Australian officials are receiving regular advice from the World Health Organisation (WHO) and will only boost quarantine efforts if there is evidence other people have been infected by SARS.

澳大利亚卫生部和老年医疗保险处发言人称：“澳大利亚政府已经接到了世界卫生组织发来的通知，一旦发现有人感染了‘SARS’，将会对其立即采取隔离措施。”

Iain Simpson from the WHO says at this stage it is an isolated case.

来自世界卫生组织的辛普森说，目前在中国出现的“SARS”病例仍旧处于个别阶段，不必惊慌。

"At this point we're not alarmed, we don't think that we're facing a growing new epidemic of SARS," he said.

他说：“目前，我们没有必要惶恐，我并不认为我们还会再次面临一场灾难性的‘SARS’疫情。”

"But of course any new case is concerning and we're doing everything we can to find out how this person became infected."

“但是，话又说回来，我们不能对任何一起‘SARS’病例掉以轻心，一定要尽一切力量弄清楚患者被感染的途径，找出解决问题的答案。”

On this day in 1782, the Bank of North America threw open its doors for business, making it the nation's first commercial bank. Based in Philadelphia, the bank was the brainchild of Robert Morris.

1782年1月7日，北美银行正式开张营业，成为了美国第一家专业性商业银行。北美银行总部设于费城，其生身之父则是美国银行家罗伯特.莫里斯。

Despite the bank's success, Philadelphia's run as America's leading home of private financial institutions was short-lived. Soon after the Bank of North America opened, the Pennsylvania legislature moved to outlaw private banks in the state, a decision that led scores of prospective bankers to set up shop in the nation's eventual financial center, New York City.

首先不谈这家银行是否成功，自从该银行成立以后，费城一跃成为了当时全美私人金融机构的龙头大哥。就在北美银行开张营业以后宾夕法尼亚州也很快改变了私人银行的非法地位。最终，一项政府决定令美国的银行家得以在美国的财政金融中心——纽约开设店铺！