2016注定是不平凡的一年，美国大选川普希拉里年度大戏，英国脱欧，各国签证重磅政策都将对留学党产生深远的影响，那么2017又有什么大事件？近日《经济学人》（The Economist）总结了一份2017即将发生的大事件日历，来和留学君一起看看2017哪些大事件与留学党相关！
- JANUARY -
It’s ten years since Steve Jobs of Apple unveiled the iPhone.
苹果创始人史蒂夫·乔布斯推出第一款iPhone十周年。
America’s 45th president, Donald Trump, takes office.
美国第45任总统，唐纳德·特朗普，上任就职。
For Chinese, the year of the rooster begins: those born in rooster years are said to be straightforward, sociable and punctual.
中国人迎来了农历鸡年。鸡年生人据说性格直爽、热爱社交、准时守信。
- FEBRUARY -
A giant television audience tunes in to American football’s Super Bowl LI, played in Houston, Texas.
美国橄榄球超级碗年度冠军赛在德州休斯顿举行，将吸引海量收视。
Sapporo in Japan hosts the Asian Winter Games.
日本札幌举办亚洲冬季运动会。
It’s red-carpet time as Hollywood revels in the Academy Awards.
一年一度红毯季到了，好莱坞颁出奥斯卡金像奖。
- MARCH -
Same-sex marriage becomes legal in Finland.
芬兰同性婚姻合法化。
The Dutch vote in a general election.
荷兰大选。
The championship game of the World Baseball Classic, a 16-nation tournament held once every four years, is played in Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles.
世界棒球经典赛，每四年一届的由十六个国家代表队进行的赛事， 将在洛杉矶道奇体育馆举行。
- APRIL -
Some 1 billion people celebrate Earth Day, the largest secular holiday in the world.
10亿人庆祝地球日，这是世界上最大的世俗节日。
- MAY -
France picks its president, in the runoff round of voting. Iran also holds a presidential election.
法国总统大选最后一轮投票举行。伊朗也将举行总统选举。
The leaders of the G7 big Western economies gather in Taormina, Sicily.
七国集团，或称“西方七大工业国”（即：加拿大、法国、德国、英国、意大利、日本、美国），在意大利西西里岛陶尔米纳举行首脑会议。
Contemporary-art lovers also head to Italy, where the Venice Biennale opens.
当代艺术爱好者也会聚集到意大利参加威尼斯双年展。
- JUNE -
Europe’s football season reaches its climax with the final of the UEFA Champions League in Cardiff, Wales.
欧洲冠军联赛决赛在英国威尔士的卡迪夫举行，欧洲足球季进入高潮。
Europeans rejoice as the EU abolishes roaming charges for mobile phones.
欧洲人将为欧盟取消手机漫游费欢欣雀跃。
- JULY -
Germany welcomes leaders of the world’s biggest economies to Hamburg, for the annual G20 summit.
一年一度的G20峰会在德国汉堡举行。
“What are men to rocks and mountains?” –or to Jane Austen, who died 200 years ago.
“和高山大石相比，人是多么渺小？”或者说，和简·奥斯汀相比吧。7月是她逝世200周年纪念。
- AUGUST -
Americans can see a total eclipse of the sun on August 21st.
2017年8月21日，罕见的日全食景观将会在美国上演。
Princess Diana died 20 years ago.
戴安娜王妃逝世20周年。
- SEPTEMBER -
Prince Charles becomes Britain’s longest serving Prince of Wales, overtaking Prince Albert Edward’s 59 years and 45 days.
查尔斯王子将成为英国拥有威尔士亲王这一头衔最长王子，超过阿尔伯特·爱德华王子的59年45天。
General elections are due in Germany, Norway and New Zealand.
德国、挪威、新西兰迎来大选。
China will host the ninth BRICS leaders' summit in Xiamen, a coastal city in southeast China's Fujian Province.
中国将在福建省厦门市举办金砖国家领导人第九次会晤。
- OCTOBER -
Revolutionaries of the world unite to hail Che Guevara, who died 50 years ago.
全世界的革命者集体纪念切·格瓦拉逝世50周年。
- NOVEMBER -
Leaders of 21 Asia-Pacific countries fly into a newly built international terminal in Da Nang, Vietnam, for the 29th APEC summit.
21个亚太国家领导人将飞往越南岘港，召开第29次亚太经济合作组织（APEC）会议。
- DECEMBER -
South Korea votes for a new president.
韩国将选举出新总统。
The latest “Star Wars” movie, the eighth in a franchise that began in 1977, is released.
始于1977年的《星球大战》迎来了最新一部，即第八部续集的上映。
The first human-heart transplant was performed 50 years ago, in South Africa.
第一例人类心脏移植手术在南非获得成功50周年。
And the first text message was sent 25 years ago: it said “Merry Christmas”.
25年前，人类发出了第一条短信，上面写着，“圣诞快乐”。
