26岁的时候会因为回忆伤感，等到76岁的时候那岂不是会被各种各样的伤感埋得透不过气来。想来也不会。感伤主义的巅峰之作—少年维特之烦恼里面，维特最终用手枪结束了自己的生命，多少读者为了这段感情而疯狂。可44年以后，当歌德和”夏洛特”再次会面的时候，两个人的对话乏味而平静。莫罗西说 “歌德博士早就死了，最爱跳舞和日光下散步的夏洛蒂·布夫小姐也不在了。这个故事的一切人物之中，只有可怜的维特还活着。”


拐卖人口—human trafficking


Human Trafficking,这个词实在不知道对应哪个中文术语，依据定义，并和偷渡比较，我想应该是拐卖人口。

根据Article 4 of the Councilof Europe Convention给出的定义，

“Trafficking in persons” shall mean the recruitment, transportation, transfer,harbouring, or receipt of persons, by means of threat or use of force or other forms of coercion, of abduction, of fraud, of deception, of the abuse of power or of a position of vulnerability or of the giving or receiving of payments or benefits to achieve the consent of a person having control over another person, for the purpose of exploitation. Exploitation shall include, at the minimum, the exploitation of the

prostitution of others or other forms of sexual exploitation, forced labour or services,slavery or practices similar to slavery, servitude or removal of organs”.


联合国报道，英国现在已经成为贩卖人口的主要目的国家。很多女性被贩卖/诱拐到英国从事性工作。英国政府现在对于拐卖人口这事儿很郁闷。据内务部消息，2003年英国有至少4000女性人口是通过贩卖入境的。十年以前，在brothel工作的女性中85%是英国人，现在85%是外籍人。造成这种局面可能有至少三个原因，一个是大批英国女性下岗或者转业；或者，从国外来英国的女性，加入性工作比例提高；或者拐卖/偷渡来的总人口增多，导致这一black market竞争激烈。





2007年10月30日，南安大学机房大火，无人员伤亡，预计经济损失50 million英镑。

Fire destroys top research centre


The fire broke out in the early hours of the morning

Investigations are continuing into what caused a massive fire that destroyed a leading computer science research unit at the University of Southampton.

Gas canisters exploded inside the Mountbatten building on Salisbury Road, Highfield, which was engulfed by a 100ft plume of smoke on Sunday morning.

No-one was hurt but the building, which housed valuable equipment for research, was gutted.

It has been estimated that the fire caused £50m worth of damage.

A spokesman said some of the world’s most advanced research was carried out there and its loss was devastating.

The laboratory, part of the school of Electronics and Computer Science, was completely destroyed, and a nearby office building was damaged.


John Lauwerys, secretary and registrar at the university, said: “Some of the most advanced research work in the country, and indeed the world was carried out in this facility.”

He said it would be some time before they could assess how much work has been lost.

“We probably will have to start from scratch, and it will take a couple of years to rebuild the facility,” he added.

People living in the area were warned of potentially harmful fumes and told to stay inside and keep windows and doors shut. Flats above a nearby building were evacuated.

It took more than 100 firefighters nearly ten hours to bring the fire under control.

Resident Sarah May, who lives near the campus, said her family was woken up by a loud bang.

“There was a huge explosion, and literally seconds later there were police sirens everywhere.

“We looked outside and the sky was black. It seems to be lessening now, it’s more of a grey colour, but the smoke is unbelievable.”

Francis Chee, a postgraduate student at the university, was at the scene of the fire.

He said: “There are a lot of liquid nitrogen tanks outside the building and they use liquid nitrogen heavily there.

“I did hear several explosions sounding like gas canisters going off.”

Police forensics officers and fire investigators have started to look for the cause of the fire which, at this stage, is not thought to be suspicious.