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末日也疯狂

To be Charitable on Last Day

末日慈善心

A spokesman said they had handled 25 apocalypse-related cases in one 24-hour stretch. Most of the scam artists took advantage of credulous pensioners, encouraging them to hand over their savings for one last act of charity.

一个发言人说他们在一天内接到25宗跟末日有关的案件。很多骗子利用退休老年人对末日的轻信，鼓励他们把退休金及存款都交给他们做最后的善事。

In Shanghai, the police have had to issue a public warning about doomsday. “The end of the world is a rumour,” the police said, “Do not believe it and do not be swindled”.

在上海，公安不得不发布对末日的公众警告。警方说：“世界末日是谣言，不要相信，也不要受骗。”

In Nanjing, a 54-year-old university professor’s wife took out a £100,000 mortgage on her £300,000 home, saying she would donate the money to underprivileged children, saying she hoped to “do something meaningful before the world ended”.

在南京，一名54岁大学教授的妻子用她30万欧元的房子拿了10万欧元抵押，说她要把钱捐献出来给贫困地区的孩子，她希望“在末日之前想做些有意义的事情。”

Noah’s Ark for Last Day

末日造方舟

Last month, a man in the far west province of Xinjiang made news when he spent his life savings of £100,000 to build an ark for 20 people. He said if the apocalypse failed to materialise, he would use the boat to take tourists on sightseeing tours.