UN envoy to Syria Mokhtar Lamani
联合国驻叙利亚使者Mokhtar Lamani。
In one of the biggest deals in corporate history, the British telecoms firm Vodafone has confirmed that it's agreed to sell its stake in the US company Verizon Wireless for $130bn. Vodafone says it plans to use some of the proceeds to increase its investment in fourth-generation mobile technology. However, most of the money will be distributed to the company's shareholders with British shareholders getting about $34bn.
英国电信公司沃达丰达成该公司历史上最大的交易之一,还说已同意以1300亿美元出售其美国公司威讯无线的股份。沃达丰称计划利用部分资金加大对G4无线技术的投资。然而,大部分资金将分配至该公司股东,英国股东将得到约340亿美元。
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The American endurance swimmer Diana Nyad has become the first person to swim from Cuba to the United States without a shark cage. The 64-year-old arrived at Key West in Florida 53 hours after she began her swim in Havana. Sarah Rainsford reports.
美国耐力游泳者Diana Nyad成为不带鲨鱼窟从古巴游至美国的第一人。这位64岁的游泳者从古巴的哈瓦那启程,53小时后抵达佛罗里达的基韦斯特。Sarah Rainsford报道。
There were big crowds cheering on the beach in Florida as she took the last exhausted strokes of her record-breaking swim from Cuba. This was her fifth attempt at making the crossing. The first was over three decades ago and she used a shark cage then. This time there was a team of divers on hand to lure any sharks away. But there was no sign of them or of the huge storms, fierce currents and deadly box jellyfish that had foiled her previous efforts. The swimmer took a special face mask this time for extra protection. But the jellyfish were nowhere to be seen.