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Santa shot at in Rio. Electric eels light up Japanese Christmas tree.Singapore elephants get festive gift ofboots for jumbo pain. 圣诞老人在里约遭到枪击。日本用电鳗点亮圣诞树。新加坡的大象收到了圣诞礼物 止痛靴 Around the globe, Christmas invariably offers tales of the wacky,wild and downright weird-and the 2007 festivities are certainly no exception. 每到圣诞节，世界各地总会上演千奇百怪的圣诞故事，今年的圣诞节当然也不例外。 In a Rio de Janeiro slum, drug traffickers opened fire on a helicopter carrying Santa Claus to a Christmas party, apparently mistaking it for a police helicopter. 在(巴西的)里约热内卢的一个贫民窟附近，一架载有 圣诞老人 的直升飞机遭到贩毒分子的枪击。这架直升飞机送 圣诞老人 去参加圣诞晚会，显然被贩毒分子当作警察的直升机了。 Poor Santa is also under fire for being too fat. 不仅如此，可怜的圣诞老人还因体形过胖而遭到 炮轰 。 The acting US surgeon general said a thinner Santa would be a better role model for kids in a land battling obesity. 美国公共卫生署代理署长称，在一个与肥胖进行 艰苦斗争 的国度，圣诞老人如果能变得更苗条一些，也许能成为孩子们更为理想的行动榜样 | 
