>￡9,999 in-time delivery charge
亞馬遜被曝天價快遞費

24-year-old Danielle Long from Northern Ireland was stunned when Amazon wanted to charge her ￡9,999 for delivery so she would get her ￡4.99 gift in time for Christmas.
24歲的北愛爾蘭女子丹妮爾·朗在亞馬遜上為自己訂購了一件4.99英鎊(約合人民幣45元)的圣誕禮物，但令她震驚的是，如果她希望禮物準時送達，竟需要支付9999英鎊(約合人民幣9萬元)的天價快遞費。

The standard delivery charge on the Nifogo Bedside Pocket - a holder for phones and tablets that clips onto your bed - was just ￡2.99. However, that would not arrive until Jan 11 at the earliest.
她選購的商品是Nifogo床頭收納掛袋，可以把手機和平板電腦裝進去并掛在床邊。這件商品的標準快遞費只有2.99英鎊(約合人民幣27元)，但最早要到明年1月11日才能送達。

Amazon offered her next day delivery, for ￡9,999. But that was still a risk because it would arrive between Christmas Eve and Dec 27.
亞馬遜提供了次日達送貨服務(wù)，但費用為9999英鎊。不過即便選擇了次日達，貨物還是有可能在平安夜和12月27日期間才能送達。

Long posted the hiked charges on Facebook. She quipped: "That's a tough one. I wish it was a joke, really wanted it before Christmas."
丹妮爾把天價快遞費的事兒發(fā)到臉書上，她風(fēng)趣地說道："這太難了。我希望這是亞馬遜和我開的玩笑，我真心想在圣誕節(jié)前收到它。"

She later added: "I was shocked, but I found it funny. I don't know why the postage was so high. But I think it's from a secondary seller through Amazon."
隨后她又補充道："當時我很震驚，但又覺得很好笑。我不明白為什么郵費會那么高。我想這件商品來自亞馬遜第三方賣家。"

>Youths prefer sharing apartment
逾八成年輕人合租住處

More than 85% of young tenants in China prefer sharing an apartment to save on living costs, according to a recent report by online rental service platform Baletu.
在線租房平臺巴樂兔近日發(fā)布的報告顯示，為節(jié)省開支，國內(nèi)85%以上的年輕人青睞合租模式。

The rent on a bedroom grew by 10% on average across the country in 2019, according to the report.
報告稱，2019年全國一間臥室的租金平均增長10%。

Beijing recorded the highest rents this year - over 2,000 yuan for a bedroom, followed by Shanghai, Hangzhou and Shenzhen, with average rent between 1,800 to 2,000 yuan.
今年北京一間臥室的租金超過2000元，為全國最高，上海、杭州、深圳緊隨其后，租金在1800-2000元之間。

The most preferred size of a bedroom was 18 to 20 square meters.
租住面積為18-20平米的臥室最受歡迎。

The top three factors that influenced young tenants' selection of rooms were the rent, transportation and safety, the report said.
報告稱，年輕人選擇租住房源的三大決策因素分別為租金、交通和安全。

>Flights added for festival
兩岸確認春節(jié)增加航班

Civil aviation authorities on the mainland and Taiwan agreed to add extra flights across the Taiwan Straits for Spring Festival to meet the demands of Taiwan residents on the mainland to return home during the holiday, the Civil Aviation Administration of China said on Tuesday.
中國民航局24日表示，為滿足臺灣同胞返鄉(xiāng)過節(jié)需求，兩岸航空主管部門于近日就春節(jié)加班事宜進行了確認。

Air regulators on the two sides came to an agreement that airlines on both sides could arrange additional Spring Festival flights across the Straits from Jan 11 to Feb 8 to meet the needs of cross-Straits travelers.
雙方同意兩岸航空公司可在1月11日-2月8日期間安排春節(jié)加班，滿足兩岸民眾需求。

The total number of the additional flights is not unlimited, CAAC said in a statement.
民航局稱，加班總量不予限制。

Due to limits on availability of mainland airspace, the number of additional flights is capped at a few busy mainland airports. Airports in Beijing will not arrange additional flights, and the maximum number is 147 for airports in Shanghai, 9 for Guangzhou, 23 for Shenzhen, and 17 for Hangzhou, CAAC said.
考慮到大陸空域資源緊張，大陸個別繁忙機場設(shè)有上限，即各方北京不安排加班、上海147班、廣州9班、深圳23班、杭州17班。

Specific plans for extra flights will be approved by air regulators of the two sides before the last day of the year to facilitate passengers' booking and scheduling, according to the statement.
雙方計劃最遲于2019年12月31日前批復(fù)全部加班計劃，便利旅客訂座安排行程。

>College students read too little
調(diào)查:五成大學(xué)生讀書少

China's college students don't spend enough time reading, according to a survey conducted by youth.cn, a news outlet under the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League.
共青團中央主辦的中國青年網(wǎng)的一項調(diào)查顯示，我國大學(xué)生花在讀書上的時間太少。

The survey, which polled 864 college students across the country, shows that 45% of respondents read less than one book each month, and nearly half read for less than 30 minutes each day.
對全國864名大學(xué)生進行的問卷調(diào)查結(jié)果顯示，45%的受訪者每月讀書不足一本，近一半受訪者每天讀書不足半小時。

The survey shows 43% of students read one to three books a month, and only 12% read more than three books per month.
調(diào)查顯示，43%的大學(xué)生每月讀書1-3本，僅12%的大學(xué)生平均每月讀書3本以上。

Nearly 60% of students are not satisfied with their reading habits, according to the survey.
近六成大學(xué)生對自己讀書的情況不滿意。

As for the types of books favored, popular fiction tops the rankings, with 61% of respondents choosing this genre, followed by literary works (56%) and biographies (37%).
至于大學(xué)生最喜歡什么類型的書，通俗小說類最受歡迎，61%的受訪學(xué)生選擇了這一項，其次選擇文學(xué)名著類(56%)和人物傳記類(37%)。

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