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Familys Christmas lights used for 48 years with no bulb1 replacements

A British family said their string2 of Christmas tree lights has been used annually3 for 48 years without a single bulb being replaced.

Ross Shaddick， 38， said his mother， Vina， 68， was a teenager when she bought the fairy lights from Woolworths in 1969.

Shaddick said the lights are now adorning4 the tree at his home in Plymouth， England.

The family said the lights are believed to be the oldest in Britain to be continually used each Christmas season without replacing any bulbs.

48年沒(méi)換過(guò)的家庭圣誕燈泡

英國(guó)的一個(gè)家庭稱，他們圣誕樹上一串每年都在用的燈泡，連續(xù)48年都沒(méi)換過(guò)一只燈泡。

38歲的羅斯·沙迪克說(shuō)，他的母親維納現(xiàn)在68歲了。而1969年，她從沃爾沃斯買來(lái)這串彩燈時(shí)，還是一個(gè)小姑娘。

沙迪克說(shuō)這些彩燈現(xiàn)在正裝飾著他在英格蘭普利茅斯的家。

這一家人說(shuō)，這些可能是英國(guó)每年圣誕季持續(xù)使用，并且從未更換任何一只燈泡的最古老的圣誕彩燈了。

Daredevil5 breaks slackline6 world record at Eiffel Tower

A daredevil performer broke a slacklining world record by walking across a rope suspended7 from Trocadero Square in Paris to the Eiffel Tower.

Nathan Paulin， 23， crossed the 2，198-foot-long rope， which was suspended 230 feet over the River Seine.

Paulins stunt8 bested his own record of 2，171 feet for an urban-area slackline crossing.

The attempt took about half an hour. Paulin revealed that during a test run， he fell 262 feet before the end.

勇士在埃菲爾鐵塔打破走纜繩世界記錄

一位勇敢的表演者走完了懸掛在特羅卡迪羅廣場(chǎng)和埃菲爾鐵塔之間的纜繩，打破了世界記錄。

23歲的內(nèi)森·波林走完了懸掛在塞納河上空高230英尺，長(zhǎng)2198英尺的纜繩。

波林的該次行走超過(guò)了他自己在城郊的一次2171英尺長(zhǎng)的纜繩上的行走紀(jì)錄。

這次嘗試大約用時(shí)半個(gè)小時(shí)，波林透露說(shuō)在一次試走過(guò)程中，他在距離終點(diǎn)262英尺的地方摔了下來(lái)。

Missouri woman wins two lottery9 jackpots10 in one day

A Missouri woman ended up making two trips to the state lottery office in a single day when her winnings from a $1，000 jackpot turned into $100，000.

Veronica Buchanan said she went to the Missouri Lottery office in St. Louis on Nov. 29 to cash in a Monopoly Scratchers ticket that earned her a $1，000 prize.

Buchanan said she stopped on her way home at the store where she had purchased the ticket and decided to try her luck a second time with a $1，000，000 Fortune Scratchers ticket.

The second ticket sent her back to the lottery office to claim a $100，000 prize.

密蘇里女士一天贏得兩頭彩

密蘇里州一名女士一天兩次前往州彩票辦公室，她一千美元的彩票頭獎(jiǎng)變成了十萬(wàn)美元。

維羅妮卡·布坎南說(shuō)，11月29日，她去圣路易斯的密蘇里彩票辦公室兌現(xiàn)一張1000美元的大富翁彩票。

她說(shuō)，在回家的路上，她在買過(guò)彩票的店里停留了一下，決定再碰碰運(yùn)氣，于是又買了張有一百萬(wàn)美元大獎(jiǎng)的大富翁彩票。

第二張彩票讓她又回到了彩票辦公室去領(lǐng)取十萬(wàn)美元的獎(jiǎng)金。

Police stop car with massive11 Christmas tree on top

Police in a Massachusetts town are showing residents how not to transport their holiday trees.

Sudbury police posted a picture Friday of a vehicle with a large tree on top of it. Almost the entire car appears to be hidden.

Police say an officer stopped the vehicle on Route 20 in the town， located about 25 miles （40 km） west of Boston.

Police on Facebook reminded people to transport holiday trees “responsibly”.

警察攔下頂著碩大圣誕樹的汽車

馬薩諸塞州的一個(gè)小鎮(zhèn)上，警察正在向居民展示不該怎樣運(yùn)載圣誕樹。

薩德波利警方周五發(fā)布了一張照片：一輛汽車的頂部裝載了一棵碩大的圣誕樹，整個(gè)車身幾乎都被圣誕樹蓋住。

警方稱，一名警官在鎮(zhèn)上20號(hào)公路上，大概在波士頓西邊25英里（40千米）處，攔下了這輛汽車。

警方在臉書上提醒人們“認(rèn)真負(fù)責(zé)地”運(yùn)載圣誕樹。