Along with tips on jam-making and how best to discipline naughty boys, these are just a few of the bonkers requests being fired at British embassies around the world, the Foreign Office said Thursday.

英国外交部本周四称，英国驻世界各国的大使馆频繁受到愚蠢求助的骚扰，包括求教怎样做果酱，怎样管教淘气的男孩等等。

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Fans of the World Cup recently missed the start of the tournament due to a massive traffic jam.

IBM的调查称，因为堵车，很多世界杯的观众错过了球赛开场的时间。

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Navigating the world while in a traffic jam or at a boring meeting is possible with one movement of your finger.

堵车的时候、无聊的会议上，你大可用一根手指来一次环球旅行。

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That said, there are plenty of grandly rocking moments, well suited for this summer's many outdoor festivals: The slow-building jam of "World Sick" begins with a moody electronic soundscape and a clean groove, but climaxes with blissful orchestrated cacophony.

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Gilliam, a community organizer, is also partial to baggy jeans and Kangol caps and looks less like the leader of the free world than the latest signing of Def Jam Records.

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The firm's products, which include Tiptree Jam, are sold across the world.

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