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Climbers reach highest peak

北大登山队成功登顶珠峰

A team of mountaineers from Peking University reached the top of the world's highest mountain on Tuesday in celebration of the university's 120th anniversary. 

15日，北京大学登山队成功登上世界最高峰珠穆朗玛峰的峰顶，以庆祝北大成立120周年。

Fourteen climbers - seven students from the Mountaineering Association of Peking University, two teachers and five alumni - made it to the top of Qomolangma at around 10 am. 

登山队14名队员中包括来自北大山鹰社的七名学生、两名教师和五名校友，他们于上午10点左右成功登顶。

The youngest was 21 and the oldest 55. They had trained rigorously for two years for their climb to the summit. 

其中最年轻的21岁，最年长的55岁。登珠峰前，他们已经严格训练了两年。

PKU alumnus Huang Nubo, who led the team, said reaching the summit of the mountain was not the only goal. "It's more important to focus on how the team overcomes difficulties when climbing high, which reflects the spirit of the university," he said.

登山总指挥、北京大学校友黄怒波说，登顶不是唯一的目标，更重要的是团队在攀登高峰时如何克服困难，这体现了北大的精神。

Train leaves 25 seconds early

日本火车早走25秒致歉

A Japanese railway operator has issued a formal apology for the "great inconvenience" placed upon its customers caused by a train departing 25 seconds early. 

近日，日本一家铁路公司因其一列火车提前了25秒发车，对给旅客带来的"极大不便"郑重致歉。

Early Friday morning, a train en route to the Nishi-Akashi Station departed Notogawa Station at 7:11:35 am instead of 7:12 am on the dot. 

11日早上，这趟发往西明石车站的列车本该于7时12分从能登川站开出，但在7时11分35秒提前发车。

There was no complaint from customers over this incident, but the West Japan Railway Company, or JR West, has issued a humble apology for its "inexcusable" mistake. 

虽然没有旅客投诉该事件，但西日本旅客铁道公司为犯下这一"不可原谅的"错误真诚致歉。

Japanese railway services, including shinkansen bullet trains, are famous for their world-beating punctuality. 

包括新干线在内的日本铁路服务向来以百分百准时著称。

With trains running the same route every few minutes to cope with huge numbers of passengers, even brief delays can back up the whole network, causing overcrowding.

为了提高运力，相同线路每隔几分钟都会有多辆列车同时运行，即便是小小的延误都会影响整个铁路系统，导致"塞车"。

Zuckerberg earns $6M a day

扎克伯格日赚600万美元

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg turns 34 Monday, capping one of the more difficult years of his career at Facebook, as the company deals with fallout around privacy and fake news concerns. 

脸书首席执行官马克•扎克伯格14日迎来34岁生日，目前他正处于职业生涯中最艰难的时刻，因为脸书正受到隐私和假新闻问题的影响。

But because he started his company in college, he's already amassed quite a fortune despite his young age. According to Forbes, his net worth is around $74 billion, which means he's amassed an average of $5.97 million per day. 

但由于扎克伯格在大学里就创立了自己的公司，年轻的他已经积累了相当多的财富。根据福布斯，他的净资产约为740亿美元，这意味着他平均每天入账597万美元。

That's second only to Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, whose approximate $132 billion fortune averages out to about $6.8 million each day of his life.

这一成绩仅次于亚马逊创始人杰夫•贝佐斯，后者的身家约为1320亿美元，平均每天赚680万美元左右。

Time travelers invited

霍金追悼会邀未来人类

Members of the public have been invited to apply for tickets to attend a celebration of Professor Stephen Hawking's life at a memorial service in Westminster Abbey on June 15, with visitors from the future welcome to apply. 

史蒂芬•霍金教授的追悼会将于6月15日在威斯敏斯特大教堂举行，主办方邀请公众，也欢迎那些来自未来的人们申请入场门票以参与对霍金生命的礼赞。

Applicants need to fill in a form online and state their date of birth. The application allows people born more than 20 years in the future to come. Up to now, over 10,000 people from more than 50 countries have applied for tickets. 

申请人需在网上填写一份表格，说明自己的出生日期。申请表允许未来20年以后出生的人参与其中。截至目前，来自全球50多个国家逾1万民众已申请了门票。

Hawking once held a "time traveler party" back in 2009, to see if any would turn up if he posted the invite after the party, but no one turned up at that time. 

霍金曾在2009年举办过一场"时间旅行者的派对"，等派对结束后他再发出请柬，看是否会有人出现，但那时并没有人到场。

A legendary figure in the modern history of physics, Hawking, who died on March 14 this year, is known for his work with black holes and relativity. 

现代物理学史上的传奇人物霍金于今年3月14日去世，他以黑洞和相对论方面的研究闻名。

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