Are you sleeping?
妈妈们，清晨你是怎样叫醒熟睡中的宝宝? 宝宝在酣睡中被叫醒，会不会不高兴呢？这首短短的儿歌会让你的wake up call变得甜美有趣 。
Are you sleeping, are you sleeping
Brother John, brother John?
Morning bells are ringing!
Morning bells are ringing!
Ding, dong, ding.
Ding, dong, ding.
German Cradle Song
说不同的语言，妈妈一手摇着摇篮，一边唱摇篮曲的爱心应该是一样的。在这首德国妈妈唱的摇篮曲里，我们还听到了夜空下，树上鸟巢里的小鸟们，在听它们的妈妈唱那曲动听的催眠曲。
Lulla, lulla, lullaby, hush my babe and do not cry,
In your cradle now you swing, until you sleep I'll softly sing.
Lulla, lulla, lullaby, birds above you gliding high,
Wishing you a peaceful sleep, close your eyes and do not peek.
Lulla, lulla, lullaby, a nightingale will sing for thee
A song so soft upon your ear, 'tis only for a babe to hear.
Lulla, lulla, lullaby, robin redbreast in the sky
Lands upon the nest she built, and babe you snuggle in your quilt.
Lulla, lulla, lullaby, blessed is the babe so shy,
Baby birdies in the tree, snuggle up so merrily, lullaby, lullaby.
Target's huge data breach likely to be followed by more, experts warn
当今，人们已经习惯于用卡购物，很少人会怀揣大数额的现金出入商场。这种新的购物付款方式，一方面给我们的生活带来了方便，另一方面也给我们的生活带来了新的烦恼。最麻烦的是安全问题。比如，我自己就有信用卡三个半月连续被盗用多次的经历。又比如，近日爆出美国一家大零售店Target有4000万顾客卡的信息被盗，且在黑市被卖。无可置疑，偷盗变卖卡的信息，已经成了困扰百姓日常生活的一个新的犯罪行为；而不幸的是，有关部门尚且没有有效的防御措施来保护顾客的利益。更不幸的是，这一批利用网络和高科技的技术来作案的歹徒频频得手后，依然能美滋滋地挥霍他人的钱，逍遥法外地享受着。读读下面这篇文章，我们大家都应该加强防范意识，把自己的卡看护更紧些。
（Steve Johnson San Jose Mercury News - Friday, December 20, 2013）
Amid reports Friday that credit and de**-card information stolen from up to 40 million Target customers already is being sold on the black market, security experts warned that such attacks not only will continue but could worsen.
While businesses are experimenting with new ways to deter cyber-thefts, the experts noted, the crooks are getting smarter about exploiting vulnerabilities in the growing ranks of companies whose operations are linked across the world's vast computerized networks. "The reality is that these incidents are only going to increase," said Paul Lipman, CEO of Redwood City security firm Total Defense. "It's a result of the increasing connectivity of everything we touch."
South Africa holds state funeral for Mandela
今天，在曼德拉的家乡，在那个因为他而成为聚焦点的小村庄，一个伟人的葬礼无疑将永载史册。“一棵大树倒下了。如今，他回家了，和他的祖辈一起长眠。”我会记住这一时刻，与无数爱戴他的人一起献上敬意。
Associated Press - Sunday, December 15, CHRISTOPHER TORCHIA
QUNU, South Africa (AP) — Songs, speeches and the boom of artillery rang across Nelson Mandela's home village during his funeral Sunday as a tribal chief draped in animal skin declared: "A great tree has fallen."
South Africa was saying goodbye for the last time to the man who reconciled the country in its most vulnerable period.
Irish Lullaby
每个民族都有自己的摇篮曲，每个孩子最依恋的也应该是妈妈哄自己入睡时哼的摇篮曲吧。这是一首爱尔兰的摇篮曲，是不是也会唤起你孩提时代温馨而甜美的回忆呢？
Over in Killarney
Many years ago,
My mother sang a song to me
In tones so sweet and low.
Just a simple little ditty,
In her good Irish way,
And I'd give the world if she
could sing
That song to me this day.
