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I watched the video and I was like, what a crazy sound. And then after it ended, I like heard the sound in the background.我看了视频，心想这声音也太不可思议了。 视频结束之后，我好像听到了背景里的声音。It's quite loud actually. Since then, I've been hearing it almost every afternoon or evening.其实声音很大。从那以后，我几乎每天下午或者晚上都能听到。The Golden Gate Bridge has started to sing. The new musical tones that are coming from the Golden Gate Bridge are a known and inevitable phenomenon that stem from our wind retrofit project.金门大桥又开始唱歌了。从金门大桥传来的新乐声是我们防风改造工程导致的一种已知且不可避免的现象。It happens during very high winds. We've been replacing handrail on the west sidewalk with new railing that has thin vertical slats that are designed to run more air to flow through them.一般发生在风力较强的时候。我们一直在更换西侧人行道的扶手，新安装的栏杆采用细长垂直板条设计，这种结构能让更多气流穿过。One effect of that is that the bridge now at very high winds and with specific angles sings or hums.这样改进的一个结果是，这座桥现在在强风和特定角度下会发出鸣响或嗡嗡声。We knew going into the replacement that the bridge would sing during high wind events, but what we didn't know was just how loud that might be.我们事先就知道更换后的桥梁在大风天气中会发出声响，但没想到声音会这么大。Some people love it and find it soothing and meditative. Others have found it somewhat unpleasant.有些人喜欢这种声音，觉得它能让人放松且有冥想的效果。也有人觉得它有点让人不舒服。I moved to America like five or six years ago to pursue my music career, which is basically DJ-ing and writing electronic music and playing it at clubs and stuff like that.我大约五六年前搬到美国追求音乐事业，主要是做DJ、创作电子音乐，然后在俱乐部之类的地方演奏。So, I rode my bike like right into the middle of the bridge and then I just took a field recorder with me and recorded it and then turned it into music.我骑着自行车径直来到桥中央，随身带了一台便携录音机，录下周围的声音，接着将其制作成了音乐。I was just working on a few tracks at the time and that one just happened to be slightly closer to being in the key of the bridge.当时我正在写几首曲子，其中有一首跟大桥声音的主音调特别接近。I'm not sure, I might use the sample like here and there and a few other tracks maybe.我可能会用一些大桥声音样本，或许还会用其他一些音轨。The thing that I found the most interesting about it was that they were doing all this construction and didn't realize until the very end that it was gonna make this huge resonance.我认为最有趣的是，他们进行了所有这些施工，却直到最后才意识到这将引发巨大的共振效应。And now it's just like this hum that just emanates through the immediate vicinity of the city around us.现在就好像有一种嗡嗡声，从我们周围城市的近邻区域散发出来。

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is perhaps the most famous person to survive pancreatic cancer.美国最高法院法官露丝·巴德·金斯伯格或许是胰腺癌幸存者中最著名的人物了。She's actually done it twice. Ginsburg's cancer was found early, which is rare.她实际上两次战胜了病魔。金斯伯格的癌症发现得很早，这种情况实属罕见。Chemotherapy is one treatment for a pancreatic cancer. But only 9 percent of those who are diagnosed with it are alive five years later.化疗是胰腺癌的一种疗法。但确诊后五年存活率的患者仅有9%。The location of the pancreas makes the cancer difficult to detect. The pancreas is at the back of the abdomen.胰腺的位置使得癌症难以被发现。胰腺位于腹部后方。It's covered by the stomach and the liver. So cancerous tumors or cysts can't be seen or felt.它被胃和肝脏所覆盖。癌性肿瘤或囊肿既看不见也摸不着。And there is one more thing. The cancer doesn't produce any symptoms early on.此外，早期胰腺癌没有任何症状。Patricia Beatty had a pain in her stomach. During a sonogram, the doctor found a cyst.Patricia Beatty感到胃疼。在超声波检查中，医生发现了一个囊肿。He told me that you know that the cyst was there and that it was precancerous.大夫告诉我囊肿在那里，而且是癌前病变。Doctors can test fluid from inside the cyst, but it's hard to tell which cysts will become cancerous.医生可以检测囊肿内的液体，但很难判断哪些囊肿会癌变。Dr. Somashekar Krishna at Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center led a study of a new diagnostic method俄亥俄州立大学韦克斯纳医学中心的Somashekar Krishna博士领导了一项新诊断方法的研究，that gives the doctors a microscopic view of the cyst wall, a virtual biopsy that turns out to be highly accurate.该方法能让医生观察到囊肿壁的微观视图，这种虚拟活检技术被证明具有极高的准确性。We can diagnose cysts with the accuracy of 96 percent to 97 percent.我们诊断囊肿的准确率能达到96% 至97%。The procedure uses a tiny scope that lets the doctor see inside of the cyst.该手术使用一个微型内窥镜，让医生能够观察囊肿内部的情况。Looking at the image pattern which comes from the cyst wall, which comes as a direct video feed in real time, we can conclude what the diagnosis is.通过实时视频直接观察囊肿壁的图像模式，我们可以得出诊断结果。With this new tool doctors can save lives. But pancreatic cysts or tumors still have to be found first with imaging tests that are ordered for something else.有了这个新工具，医生可以挽救生命。但胰腺囊肿或肿瘤仍需先通过因其他原因安排的影像学检查来发现。These tests are expensive and can't be used for routine screening. So this doesn't help the majority of people diagnosed with pancreatic cancer.这些检测费用昂贵，不能用于常规筛查。所以这对大多数被诊断为胰腺癌的人没有帮助。Krishna says the most logical way to diagnose pancreatic cancer early on is with the blood test. Researchers are working on developing one but they aren't there yet.Krishna表示，早期诊断胰腺癌最合理的方法是进行血液检测。研究人员正在研究一种验血的方法，但目前尚未成功。Meantime, Beatty is cancer-free because a new diagnostic tool found her cyst before it became malignant. 同时，Beatty已无癌症困扰，因为一种新型诊断工具在她的囊肿恶变之前就发现了它。

Start with small things: changing over your water bottle to reusable, then do maybe your coffee cup, then work on weaning yourself off paper towels.从小事做起：把水瓶换成可重复使用的，然后可以换咖啡杯，接着努力戒掉使用纸巾。And there's different ways, you know. Then, maybe you want to start buying local food and eating less meat.有不同的方法。也许你会想开始购买本地食材并减少肉类摄入。I mean, don't think that you have to do everything at one time, to take one step at a time and then it's not as insurmountable or scary.别想着必须一次性完成所有事情，要一步一步来，这样就不会显得那么难以克服或可怕了。This is our semi-annual textile drive. So, we run two a year. We also run two e-waste drive, so electronic waste drives, four drives a year.这是我们每半年举行一次的纺织品促销活动。一年两次。我们还会举办两次电子废物促销活动，也就是一年总共四次活动。And this one, for this one we partner with Wearable Collections to properly recycle all of the unwanted textiles so that they don't wind up in the waste stream.而这场活动， 我们与Wearable Collections合作，妥善回收所有不需要的纺织品，这样它们就不会最终成为废品。The goal is that 50 percent of it will be reused, so it'll be up cycled and worn again, either here in the United States or in other countries where it may be needed.目标是其中50%将被重复利用，这样它们会被升级改造后再次被使用，无论是在美国本土，还是在其他有需求的国家。It's one of our zero waste workshops. It's part of a new series that we're partnering with as you met Nicole and Sandra who lead the New York City Zero Waste Meetup.这是我们的零废弃工作坊之一。这是我们正在合作的一个新系列活动的一部分，就像你见到的妮可和桑德拉，她们是纽约市零废弃聚会活动的负责人。And it's basically a workshop for everyday New Yorkers to come and learn how they can live a more, as we call it, zero waste这基本上是一个面向普通纽约市民的工坊，他们可以来这里学习如何在生活中实现零浪费——but a lifestyle in which they're throwing fewer things into landfill and doing more recycling, composting这种生活方式意味着减少填埋垃圾，增加回收和堆肥，and actually being mindful of the products they purchase so that they can purchase items that have a beneficial reuse.并且真正留意所购买的产品，从而选择那些有益于重复使用的物品。Hi, people. I don't need my coat. Is this OK to leave it here with you people? Thank you very much! I'm from Australia and I've had the coat for too long.大家好。我不需要这件外套了。可以把它放在你们这里吗？非常感谢!我来自澳大利亚，这件外套我已经穿了很久了。It's summer over there. We're already swimming. Everybody brings in all of the clothes that they're not using anymore, a lot of partners' clothes, kids' clothes.那边是夏天了，我们已经开始游泳了，大家把不再穿的衣服都带过来，有很多伴侣的衣服，还有小孩的衣服。And we all trade and switch and people end up with new items and then everything else gets donated.我们互相交换，最终大家都有了新物品，其余的东西则全部捐出去。We've had a huge number of people coming from all different Broadway shows and from the neighborhood and offices in the community to bring their textiles.大量来自百老汇不同演出、周边社区以及办公楼的人们带来他们的纺织品。We've had people coming from Wicked, from Aladdin, from Harry Potter.我们接待过来自《魔法坏女巫》、《阿拉丁》和《哈利·波特》的访客。I think the more we bring the public into our work and the more efficient it will be, the more kind of amicable that relationship and just the larger strides we can make.我认为，我们越让公众参与我们的工作，效率就会越高，关系也会越融洽，我们就能取得更大的进展。You know,the more people that participate in our compost and recycling, that builds on itself.参与堆肥和回收的人越多，就越能形成良性循环。We can expand the program. We can start to do kind of the next big thing. 我们可以扩展这个项目，我们可以开始着手做下一件大事。

No peeing on plants or mailboxes, that's my rule. This is Gretl, she's just a puppers.不准在植物或邮箱上撒尿，这是我的规矩。这是格蕾特，她是只小狗。She is a cavalier king poodle mix. The five most important things to be successful in the dog walking business to me, number one, integrity.她是一只骑士贵宾犬混血。对我来说，在遛狗业务中取得成功的五个最重要因素，第一是诚信。It's what you do when nobody is looking. So just you have to be where you are when you say you're gonna be there and follow through.无人注视时的举动才见真章。你只需言出必行——说到何处便在何处现身，且贯彻始终。Two, kind of ties into, it is reliability. Where's my girls at? I can't tell somebody I'm gonna be at their house by 2 and show up at 2:30.第二点和第一点有一些联系，那就是可靠。我的小宝贝们在哪？我不能告诉别人我两点到他们家，结果两点半才出现。So I'm in constant contact with my clients. I send pictures. I use live Facebook to comfort my clients that are my friends on Facebook 'cause they love it.我一直与客户保持联系。我会发送照片，还会在Facebook上直播，让那些加了我好友的客户安心，因为他们很喜欢这种方式。It really makes them happy and I get a lot of comments and likes. Look both ways when you cross the street boys and girls.这真的让他们很开心，我也收到了很多评论和点赞。宝贝们，过马路的时候要看两侧。Three, ou have to have a business sense and savvy. You can't spend money you don't have. I lost a lot of money the first year I did this.第三，你得有商业头脑和见识。你不能花你没有的钱。我第一年干这一行就亏了很多钱。The love and passion I have for it helped me pick up more clients and better market myself.我对遛狗的热爱和热情帮助我吸引了更多客户并更好地推销自己。The fourth thing I think it's very important. You have to have interpersonal skills.我认为第四点非常重要，你必须具备人际交往能力。Yes, you're working with animals, but you have keys and access to people's homes. They've got a Redskins key.你是在和动物打交道，但你拥有钥匙并能进入人们的家。So you really have to know how to talk to people and listen to people and understand what their needs are especially when you're in their home with their pet.你真的必须知道如何与人交谈、倾听并理解他们的需求，尤其是在他们家里和他们的宠物在一起时。Five, patience. Patience on the road, patience in the house, patience with the pet, patience with the client, patience with the neighbors, patience with the construction guys.第五，要有耐心。在路上要有耐心，在家里要有耐心，对宠物要有耐心，对客户要有耐心，对邻居要有耐心，对施工人员要有耐心。You just have to be very patient and choose your words wisely. Writing a note right now for a client. Just letting them know what I did and what Axel did.你只需要非常有耐心，并且措辞得当。我现在正在给一位客户写便条，只是让他们知道我做了什么，以及阿克塞尔做了什么。He number one and number two. Again, it's always gonna come back to integrity which encompasses all five of those things. 他大小便了。归根结底，这始终会回到诚信上，而诚信涵盖了那五个方面。

This is what your brainwaves look like at any given moment. To the untrained eye, it's just a jumble of lines.这就是你大脑在任何时刻的脑电波形态。在外行人看来，这不过是一堆杂乱无章的线条。For AJ Keller and Alex Castillo, it's a treasure trove of data.对AJ·凯勒和亚历克斯·卡斯蒂略来说，这是一个数据宝库。The pair have created Notion, a 900-dollar wearable device that captures and processes brainwave signals, transforming thoughts into action.两人共同研发了Notion这款价值900美元的可穿戴设备，它能捕捉并处理脑电波信号，将思维转化为行动。There are eight sensors that are imaging the brain 250 times a second.有八个感应器每秒对大脑进行250次成像。All of that is instantaneously being processed on the actual headset. Notion is a so-called brain computer.所有这些数据都会在头戴设备上即时处理。Notion是一种所谓的脑机。So traditionally brain computer interfaces, they relay their raw data to a computer that would receive this data, would make sense out of it, and then the computer will communicate with any end device.传统上脑机接口会将原始数据传输到一台计算机，这台计算机接收这些数据，对其进行解读，然后计算机再与任何终端设备进行通信。The Notion is the first autonomous device that has enough computing power to be able to autonomously communicate with any device, whether that is your computer, whether that is a drone.Notion是首款具备足够算力的自主设备，能够与任何设备自主通信，无论是你的电脑还是无人机。Anything your computer can control, Notion can control. Why lift a finger to scroll down when you can do it with your thoughts?你的电脑能控制的任何东西，Notion都能控制。既然动动念头就能向下滚动，何必亲自动手呢？If you're thinking of a motor base movement, such as pinching your left hand, Notion is able to detect it, and you're able to map that to a computer command.如果你在思考一个基础运动，比如捏左手，Notion能够检测到它，你可以将其映射为计算机指令。Do you feel like a superhero? Absolutely. But this superhero power takes focus and concentration. To that end, Notion provides users with an attention score.你觉得自己像个超级英雄吗？当然。但这份超能力需要专注与投入。为此，Notion为用户提供了注意力评分功能。When you're really focused and you're in the zone, that number increases.当你全神贯注并进入状态时，这个数字就会增加。The developers say it can even help them measure and improve productivity.开发人员说，这甚至可以帮助他们衡量和提高生产力。We know that there are times when we lose focus programming. We want a tool that allows us to understand when and where we're writing our best code.我们知道有时编程会分心。我们想要一个工具，能让我们了解自己在何时何地写出了最好的代码。And in a world full of distractions, being able to focus truly is a superpower.在这个充满干扰的世界里，能够专注确实是一种超能力。

The 24-carat gold pendant features the Tudor rose and a pomegranate bush, the personal symbol of Katherine of Aragon.这枚 24K 纯金吊坠上刻有都铎玫瑰和石榴树丛纹饰，后者是 “阿拉贡的凯瑟琳” 的个人象征。Discovered by a metal detectorist in a field in Warwickshire in 2019, it's believed to be the only surviving piece of jewellery directly linked to Henry VIII's 24-year marriage to Katherine.这枚吊坠由一位金属探测寻宝爱好者在 2019 年于沃里克郡的一处田野中发现，它被认为是唯一一件存世的、与亨利八世和凯瑟琳 24 年的婚姻有直接关联的珠宝。The British Museum raised hundreds of thousands of pounds to help pay for the piece through a public appeal. Its director, Nicholas Cullinan, says the response shows how strongly people value Britain's past.大英博物馆通过公众募捐筹集了上百万英镑以支付购买这件珠宝。大英博物馆馆长尼古拉斯·库里南表示，公众的响应显示出人们对英国历史的高度珍视。The pendant will join the museum's collection later this year and is expected to tour the UK.这枚吊坠将在今年晚些时候加入到大英博物馆的藏品行列中，并计划在英国各地巡回展出。

From singing at concerts to singing 'Happy birthday'. Around the world, humans have been singing in unison for millennia. Some anthropologists even think our ancestors may have sung before they could speak. "Lullabies are sung to children, and then songs are sung at funerals", says Alex Street, from the Cambridge Institute for Music Therapy Research, who thinks that our positive response to music is no accident. Music is not only enjoyable, but beneficial for our health.从在音乐会上唱歌到唱“生日快乐”。 在世界各地，人类几千年来一直在齐声歌唱。 一些人类学家甚至认为我们的祖先可能在会说话之前就已经唱歌了。 剑桥音乐治疗研究所的亚历克斯·斯特里特说：“给孩子们唱摇篮曲，然后在葬礼上唱歌曲”，他认为我们对音乐的积极反应并非偶然。 音乐不仅令人愉悦，而且对我们的健康有益。There is growing evidence that singing can energise us, improve immune function and increase feelings of happiness, according to 'A Review of the Physiological Effects and Mechanisms of Singing', published in 2018. It's thought that the repeated and controlled breathing that singing requires releases endorphins, which are chemicals released by the brain associated with pleasure and wellbeing. It may even provide a physical workout comparable to a brisk walk. And singing as part of a group or choir may have additional effects. Researchers in 'The ice-breaker effect: singing mediates fast social bonding' found that singing together accelerated faster social cohesion among strangers.根据 2018 年发表的《歌唱的生理效应和机制综述》，越来越多的证据表明，歌唱可以让我们充满活力、改善免疫功能并增加幸福感。人们认为，唱歌所需的重复和受控呼吸会释放内啡肽，内啡肽是大脑释放的与愉悦和幸福感相关的化学物质。 它甚至可以提供与快走相当的身体锻炼。 作为团体或合唱团的一部分唱歌可能会产生额外的效果。 研究人员在“破冰效应：唱歌能促进快速社交”中发现，一起唱歌可以加速陌生人之间更快的社交凝聚力。Some studies have also found that regular musical activity can help to delay the onset of various neurological conditions such as Parkinson's disease and dementia. And it's not too late for those already living with such conditions. Cathy McGlynn is a music therapist based in Ireland who leads a choir of people with Parkinson's. The disease can lead to respiratory and vocal problems, both of which are benefited by singing practice. For those suffering with dementia, singing can enhance the type of memory which helps us recall names and specific personal experiences, according to a literature review on singing and cognitive health called 'A Song for the Mind'. Music therapist Grace Meadows watched as a woman with dementia got up out of her chair and started dancing at a musical performance. "It was the first time the carers had ever seen her move, unaided."一些研究还发现，定期的音乐活动有助于延缓帕金森病和痴呆症等各种神经系统疾病的发作。 对于那些已经生活在这种情况下的人来说还不算太晚。 凯茜·麦克格林 (Cathy McGlynn) 是爱尔兰的一名音乐治疗师，她领导着一个由帕金森氏症患者组成的合唱团。 这种疾病会导致呼吸和声音问题，而唱歌练习对这两种问题都有好处。 根据一篇名为《心灵之歌》的关于歌唱和认知健康的文献综述，对于患有痴呆症的人来说，唱歌可以增强记忆力，帮助我们回忆起名字和具体的个人经历。 音乐治疗师格蕾丝·梅多斯 (Grace Meadows) 看着一名患有痴呆症的妇女从椅子上站起来，开始在音乐表演中跳舞。 “这是护理人员第一次看到她在没有帮助的情况下移动。”Music may not be a medicine in the traditional sense, but one thing seems clear: humans are wired for connection, and music helps to create it. So, if you're sceptical about the power of music, it may be time to change your tune.音乐可能不是传统意义上的良药，但有一点似乎很清楚：人类生来就有联系，而音乐有助于创造这种联系。 因此，如果您对音乐的力量持怀疑态度，那么也许是时候改变您的态度了。

OK, I'm not proud of it, but sometimes when I'm watching TV, I might not actually be watching. Sometimes I'm just more tempted by my phone. Be honest, do you do the same? If you do, then we're not alone, lots of us watch TV with our phones in our hands. How is TV changing to accommodate this?好吧，我并不为此感到自豪，但有时当我看电视时，我可能实际上并没有在看。 有时我只是对手机更感兴趣。 说实话，你也这样做吗？ 如果您这样做，那么我们并不孤单，我们很多人都拿着手机看电视。 电视如何改变以适应这一点？Let's start by looking at the data. Studies have investigated different countries across the world and many of them reported that most people use their phone while watching TV. While the classic stereotype is that it's younger people who find it hard to put their phone down, the data actually shows that second-screening is common in most age groups under 55. Younger age groups are more likely to be looking at social media or food delivery apps, while older age groups prefer banking, e-commerce and travel.让我们首先查看数据。 研究调查了世界各地不同的国家，其中许多国家报告称，大多数人在看电视时使用手机。 虽然人们普遍认为很难放下手机的是年轻人，但数据实际上显示，在 55 岁以下的大多数年龄组中，二次筛选很常见。年轻年龄组更有可能关注社交媒体或食品配送应用程序，而年长年龄组则更喜欢银行、电子商务和旅游。How are producers dealing with this? A number of screenwriters have reported being told that they need to make programmes easier to follow for distracted viewers. Reports say that showrunners have asked for more exposition in dialogue, repetition of plot points and increased use of voice-over to make things clearer for those who aren't looking. Some critics and viewers have complained that this could be making series less complex and dialogue less natural.生产商如何处理这个问题？ 据许多编剧报告，他们需要让分心的观众更容易看懂节目。 报道称，剧集制作人要求在对话中进行更多阐述、重复情节点并增加画外音的使用，以便让那些没有看的人更清楚地了解事情。 一些评论家和观众抱怨说，这可能会使剧集变得不那么复杂，对话也不那么自然。Second screens are not the only reason that these things happen. Television drama writing developed from radio drama writing, which has to use dialogue to compensate for the lack of visuals. When books are adapted for TV or film, one challenge is how to tell the whole story with less narration. All this means that exposition has often been a feature of TV writing. As series became more prestigious and cinematic since the early 2000s, this clear signposting of plot points had become less common.第二屏幕并不是发生这些事情的唯一原因。 电视剧写作是从广播剧写作发展而来的，广播剧写作必须用对话来弥补视觉效果的不足。 当书籍被改编成电视或电影时，一个挑战是如何用更少的旁白讲述整个故事。 所有这些都意味着，阐述往往是电视写作的一个特点。 自 2000 年代初以来，随着剧集变得越来越有声望和电影化，这种清晰的情节点路标已经变得不那么常见了。Of course, TV viewers and TV programmes are not all the same. There is space for both casual and more complex programmes. Maybe the most important thing is for us to remember when to put our phones down.当然，电视观众和电视节目并不完全相同。 休闲项目和更复杂的项目都有空间。 也许对我们来说最重要的是记住何时放下手机。

In central Kenya, local say people are being driven away from their homes by a cactus.肯尼亚中部地区有传言称，一种仙人掌正迫使当地居民背井离乡。Many people have moved out because their goats and cattle are dying. The people of Il Polei and Muneshwara are fleeing to other places. Many have left.很多人因为山羊和牛不断死亡而搬离，伊尔波莱和穆内什瓦拉的居民正逃往其他地方，许多人已经离开。The opuntia cactus are spread like a weed, killing off thousands of acres of grassland. Rancher Margaret Mamai says it has destroyed her livelihood.仙人掌像杂草一样蔓延，毁掉了数千英亩的草原。牧场主玛格丽特·马迈说，这毁了她的生计。If goats eat the cactus and its fruit, their eyes and mouth are affected. The most effective one is sheep.如果山羊吃了仙人掌及其果实，它们的眼睛和嘴巴会受到影响。最可怜的是绵羊。If it eats the cactus, there is no treatment. It dies. Now there is no place for them to graze.如果它们吃了仙人掌，就无药可医了。它们就死定了。现在它们没有地方吃草了。Mamai is fighting back by breeding microorganism that feed on the cactus.马迈正在通过培育以仙人掌为食的微生物进行反击。But Kenyan authorities say they will need to use laboratories to produce the quantities required to wipe out the problem plant.但肯尼亚当局表示，他们需要利用实验室来生产所需数量的物资，以根除这种有害植物。That's what we are lacking. The producers are making microorganisms so that they can be spread all over for them to reduce the opuntia. But it's a very slow method.这正是我们所缺乏的。生产者正在培育微生物，以便将它们播撒到各处来减少仙人掌的数量。但是这个方法要花很长时间。But it is not just microorganism that can feed on the cactus. At this community center, the cactus fruit are crushed to make juice and wine.但并非只有微生物能啃食仙人掌。在这家社区中心，仙人掌果被压榨成汁，酿成美酒。The seeds are dried and the oil extracted for making cosmetics.种子经过干燥后提取油脂用于制造化妆品。The plant for human use is good. The only problem is for the animals. Their spines, it's stuck in the animals.这种植物对人类有益，唯一的问题是对动物而言，它们的刺会扎进动物体内。But for the trees and the fruits, you can also eat the fruits good for human use.除了树木，还有果实，你也可以食用对人类有益的果实。But getting enough consumers to see the cactus as a food source is a challenge.但要让足够多的消费者将仙人掌视为食物来源是一项挑战。Meanwhile, for ranchers like Mamai, the opuntia is simply a way to be destroyed.与此同时，对于像马迈这样的牧场主来说，仙人掌只是一种需要被铲除的东西。

Millions of people flock to the Trevi Fountain every year to take photos and make a wish as they flip a coin into the water, but there have long been complaints from locals about overcrowding. Now two lanes are being set up: one for residents, who get free access to the fountain, and another for tourists, who have to buy a ticket. The fees will go towards upkeep of the fountain and managing visitors.每年都有数百万计的游客涌向特雷维喷泉，合影留念并向水中投硬币许愿。然而，当地居民长期以来一直对过度拥挤的人群有所怨言。现在，那里设立了两条专用通道：一条为居民通道，当地居民可免费进入喷泉区域；另一条为游客通道，游客需购买门票方可进入。门票收入将用于喷泉的修缮维护以及游客流量管理。Tourists will also start paying for access to five other attractions across Rome, including the Napoleonic Museum. Venice already charges some visitors an entry fee on certain days, and with a boom in global tourism, other European cities are considering similar ideas.游客前往罗马的其它五个景点也将开始付费，包括拿破仑博物馆。威尼斯已经在特定日期向部分游客收取 “进城费”，而随着全球旅游业的迅速增长，其它欧洲城市也在考虑推行类似的收费政策。

You may have heard of the idiom 'once in a blue moon' to describe an event that doesn't happen often. But can the Moon really be blue? Our closest neighbour in this vast galaxy, the Moon, orbits the Earth like a natural satellite. Unlike many of the other planets in our Solar System, ours only has the one moon. If you flew to it, you would land on grey rocks. This is because the lunar surface is made from mostly magnesium, iron and other minerals of that colour. But, if you're lucky to have clear skies under the curtain of night, you may be able to admire its luminosity. You might even see that it seems to change shape and hue.您可能听说过“once in a blue Moon”这个成语，用来描述不经常发生的事件。 但月亮真的可以是蓝色的吗？ 在这个广阔的星系中，我们最近的邻居是月球，它像一颗天然卫星一样围绕地球运行。 与太阳系中的许多其他行星不同，我们的行星只有一颗卫星。 如果你飞过去，你会降落在灰色的岩石上。 这是因为月球表面主要由镁、铁和其他该颜色的矿物质组成。 但是，如果您幸运地在夜幕下拥有晴朗的天空，您也许可以欣赏到它的光度。 您甚至可能会看到它的形状和色调似乎发生了变化。It's important to understand that the Moon reflects light from the Sun as it orbits the Earth, and that light bounces back to the Earth. The position of the Moon, Sun and the Earth determines how much of the Moon we see. The new Moon appears almost invisible in the sky as it is in total darkness. This is the opposite to the full Moon which is completely lit up. There are eight different phases to the lunar cycle between a full Moon and a new Moon, each lasting around 28 days. In fact, the word 'month' takes its root from 'Moon' because it was almost equal to the lunar phases.重要的是要了解，月球绕地球运行时会反射来自太阳的光，然后光会反射回地球。 月球、太阳和地球的位置决定了我们能看到月球的面积。 新月在天空中几乎看不见，因为它处于完全黑暗的环境中。 这与完全照亮的满月相反。 满月和新月之间的月球周期有八个不同的阶段，每个阶段持续约 28 天。 事实上，“月”这个词的根源是“Moon”，因为它几乎等于月相。The other phases include the crescent, quarter and gibbous phase. Crescent originates from the Latin verb 'crescere', meaning 'to increase', and so it is the phase just before and after a new Moon as it takes a concave shape. The quarter will show half of the Moon. 'Gibbous' gets its root from the Latin term 'gibbus' which applied to the Moon's convex shape. These shapes are determined by the adjectives 'waning', to get smaller, and 'waxing', to get bigger.其他阶段包括新月期、四分之一期和凸月期。 新月起源于拉丁语动词“crescere”，意思是“增加”，因此它是新月前后的阶段，因为它呈凹形。 该四分之一将显示月球的一半。 “Gibbous”一词源自拉丁语“gibbus”，指的是月球的凸面形状。 这些形状由形容词“逐渐变小”和“逐渐变大”来决定。So now you know how we've named the shapes, what about those mesmerising colours? The light waves that reach our eyes can vary due to the Moon's position on the horizon and pollution. This is known as Rayleigh scattering. When the Moon is low, light travels through the densest part of the atmosphere and shorter waves of blue scatter away. This leaves only the red and orange light waves to reach us. A warmer atmosphere, as well as smoke from wildfire, may increase the scattering effect as well, making the Moon appear less dull in spring and summer. This is why it's more likely for you to look up and see a pink Moon in April, a golden Moon in May and July, and even a red coloured Moon in the month of June.现在您知道我们如何命名这些形状了，那么那些迷人的颜色呢？ 由于月球在地平线上的位置和污染，到达我们眼睛的光波可能会有所不同。 这称为瑞利散射。 当月亮较低时，光线穿过大气层最密集的部分，较短的蓝色波会散射开来。 这样就只剩下红色和橙色光波到达我们这里了。 温暖的大气层以及野火产生的烟雾也可能会增加散射效果，使月球在春季和夏季显得不那么暗淡。 这就是为什么您更有可能在四月抬头看到粉红色的月亮，在五月和七月看到金色的月亮，甚至在六月看到红色的月亮。

Cave art is seen as a key evolutionary moment, marking the point that humans began to think in truly abstract, symbolic ways. The kind of imagination that underpins language, religion, and science.洞穴艺术的出现被视作进化史上的一个关键时刻，它标志着人类从这个时间点开始用真正抽象和象征性的方式思考。正是这种想象力，构成了语言、宗教和科学的基石。Uranium dating confirms that the latest discovery is more than a thousand years older than the previous oldest artwork. It adds to the view that there was no single creative awakening for humanity in a small part of Western Europe, which then spread. Rather, creativity was innate. Evidence for which stretches back to Africa where our species of humans, Homo sapiens, evolved.铀系测年法确认，最新的发现比先前认为最古老的画作还要早 1000 多年。这一发现进一步支持了这样一个观点：人类创造力的觉醒并非源于西欧的一小块地区，而后扩散传播开来。恰恰相反，创造力是与生俱来的。证明这一点的证据可以追溯到非洲，我们人类的物种——智人最初进化出来的地方。

Thanks to data collected by satellites, scientists have a good understanding of Antarctica's icy surface, but what lies beneath has remained more of a mystery. In fact, more is known about the surface of some planets in our solar system than much of what's under the continent's ice.得益于人造卫星采集到的数据，科学家们对南极洲的冰层表面有良好的认识，但潜藏其下的部分则一直更像是一个谜题。实际上，人类对我们太阳系中一些行星表面的了解甚至超过了对这片大陆冰下世界的认识。Now, researchers have used a new approach to create what they believe to be the most detailed map of the landscape yet. The ridges, mountains, and channels shape how fast the glaciers above move, and understanding the topography could help scientists work out how quickly the ice might retreat in a warming climate.现在，研究人员采用了一种新方法，绘制出了他们认为迄今为止最详尽的描绘这片景观的地形图。冰下的山脊、山脉和沟槽决定了上方冰川移动的速度，了解这些地形细节能帮助科学家计算出冰层随着不断变暖的气候可能会以多快的速度消退。The scientists say more research is needed to give greater confidence in their findings, but they hope the new map will ultimately improve understanding of the potential impact on sea levels from Antarctica's melting ice.科学家们表示，他们需要展开更多研究以提高这些发现的可信度，但他们希望这幅新地图最终能提升人类对南极冰层融化对海平面潜在影响的认识。

Many of us grew up learning that humans have five senses: sight, hearing, taste, smell and touch – an idea dating back to the Ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle. But what if this list is incomplete? A sense is anything that can give your body information about the outside world, and some of these don't neatly fit into the traditional five. Modern scientists estimate there may be up to 33 different senses.我们中的许多人在成长过程中都知道人类有五种感官：视觉、听觉、味觉、嗅觉和触觉——这个想法可以追溯到古希腊哲学家亚里士多德。 但如果这个列表不完整怎么办？ 感觉是任何可以为你的身体提供有关外部世界信息的东西，其中一些并不完全符合传统的五种感觉。 现代科学家估计可能有多达 33 种不同的感觉。One sense that doesn't fit into one of the five boxes is proprioception. This is the sense of where your body parts are in space. Thanks to this sense, you can touch your nose with your eyes closed and walk around in the dark – you know where your legs are without looking. Then there's interoception which helps you sense things inside your body, like hunger and an increased heart rate. And don't take your sense of balance for granted. Balance relies on fluid in your inner ear to help you stay upright – this is what's called vestibular perception.本体感觉是一种不属于这五个框之一的感觉。 这是你的身体部位在空间中的位置的感觉。 多亏了这种感觉，你可以闭上眼睛摸鼻子，在黑暗中走来走去——不用看就知道你的腿在哪里。 然后是内感受，可以帮助您感知体内的事物，例如饥饿和心率加快。 并且不要认为你的平衡感是理所当然的。 平衡依靠内耳中的液体来帮助您保持直立——这就是所谓的前庭感知。And the traditional five senses might not be as simple as they seem. Touch, the sense we associate with our hands and tactile sensations, also encompasses the sensation of pain, temperature and itch. To perceive the flavours in food and drink, you need a combination of taste, smell and touch to get the full experience – it's not all about the taste buds on your tongue! It is actually smell that contributes most of what we perceive as taste, so when a person suffers olfactory loss, they often can't enjoy food as much, according to a 2022 study published in Foods by Fjaeldstad and Smith.传统的五种感官可能并不像看上去那么简单。 触觉是我们与手和触觉联系在一起的感觉，也包括疼痛、温度和瘙痒的感觉。 要感知食物和饮料的味道，您需要味觉、嗅觉和触觉的结合才能获得完整的体验——这不仅仅是舌头上的味蕾！ 根据 Fjaeldstad 和 Smith 于 2022 年在《食品》杂志上发表的一项研究，实际上，我们所感知的味觉大部分是由气味决定的，因此，当一个人丧失嗅觉时，他们通常无法充分享受食物。Until recently, philosophers and scientists have studied each of the traditional five senses in isolation, but researchers at the University of London's Centre for the Study of the Senses have more of a multisensory approach – the senses are all working together to create an overall picture. In their 'Rethinking the Senses' project, they found that our perception of salt, sweet and sour flavours is reduced when there is white noise, but our perception of umami is not. This means that sound can enhance flavour, and that umami-rich foods like tomato juice might taste better on a plane.直到最近，哲学家和科学家们还单独研究了传统的五种感官，但伦敦大学感官研究中心的研究人员更多地采用了多感官方法——所有感官一起工作以创建一个整体图景。 在他们的“重新思考感官”项目中，他们发现，当存在白噪音时，我们对盐、甜和酸味的感知会降低，但我们对鲜味的感知却不会。 这意味着声音可以增强味道，而番茄汁等富含鲜味的食物在飞机上可能味道更好。So, perhaps humans are far more sensory creatures than Aristotle ever imagined. From balance and body awareness to the way sound can change flavour, our senses are constantly working together in ways we rarely notice.所以，也许人类是比亚里士多德想象的更加感性的生物。 从平衡和身体意识到声音改变味道的方式，我们的感官以我们很少注意到的方式不断地协同工作。

72-year-old Samaila Adamu is repairing this faulty generator using very unique tools.72岁的Samaila Adamu正在用非常独特的工具修理这台有故障的发电机。After losing his vision 26 years ago, Adamu learned to spot motorized faults through sound and touch.26年前失明后，Adamu学会了通过声音和触觉来识别机动故障。When people bring generators for repairs, I touched the parts and feel them, then I know what's wrong with them.当人们把发电机送来维修时，我触摸并感受那些零件，就能知道问题出在哪里。Adamu makes less than five dollars on every generator repair, nearly enough to provide for his three wives and 19 children. But he says it keeps him from begging on the streets.Adamu每修好一台发电机只能赚不到五美元，勉强够养活他的三位妻子和十九个孩子。但他说这至少让他不必上街乞讨。It helps me provide food to feed myself, my wives and children. I don't receive assistance from anyone.这帮助我提供食物养活自己和妻儿，我不接受任何人的援助。There are over 1 million blind Nigerians and about 3 million living with visual impairments.尼日利亚有超过100万盲人以及约300万视力障碍者。The Nigerian Association for the Blind says many are living in abject poverty.尼日利亚盲人协会表示，许多人生活在赤贫之中。You can't separate disability with poverty because most of those of us that have visual impairment are from poor homes.残疾与贫困无法分割，因为我们大多数视力障碍者都来自贫困家庭。And even with our parents who are well-to-do, maybe we would have gone to better hospitals for better treatment. We wouldn't have been blind.即便我们的父母家境优渥，或许我们本可以去更好的医院接受更优质的治疗，也不至于失明。President Muhammadu Buhari in January 2019 signed into law the Discrimination Against Persons with Disabilities Act,2019年1月，总统穆罕马杜·布哈里签署了《禁止歧视残障人士法案》，for Nigeria's visually impaired like special education teacher Liki Idris says, they still face bias when looking for work.但对于像特殊教育教师利基·伊德里斯这样的尼日利亚视障人士来说，他们在求职时仍会遭遇偏见。When I go to any place to, I mean to apply for a job and they turn me down, you know, I feel so dejected.每当我前往某处求职却被拒绝时，我感觉非常沮丧。What I feel those people are looking at is the impairment I'm going all about with.我感觉那些人所关注的是我一直以来所面临的缺陷。Nigerian authorities plan to follow up on the Disabilities Act by establishing a National Commission for the disabled to ensure access to education and work.尼日利亚当局计划通过设立国家残疾人委员会来落实法案，以确保残疾人能够接受教育和获得工作机会。

Are you one of those people that sees faces in inanimate objects? Researchers at the National Institutes of Health have been trying to find out why this is. They have pinpointed a circuit in an evolutionarily ancient part of the brain. It's called the superior colliculus, and it helps us recognise facial features. It triggers movement of the eyes, turning of the head and enables us to detect faces.您是那些在无生命物体中看到面孔的人之一吗？ 美国国立卫生研究院的研究人员一直试图找出其中的原因。 他们在大脑中一个进化古老的部分中找到了一个回路。 它被称为上丘，它帮助我们识别面部特征。 它会触发眼睛的运动、头部的转动，并使我们能够检测面部。This study helps us understand face pareidolia – the common psychological phenomenon where the brain perceives illusions of faces in objects, like seeing faces in the clouds, exteriors of houses or even in a slice of toast. A study carried out by Susan Wardle showed that the parts of the human brain that respond to faces are sensitive to the shapes of other objects, and that our visual system is optimised for detecting face-like structures.这项研究帮助我们理解面部空想症——一种常见的心理现象，大脑在物体中感知到面部的幻觉，例如看到云中、房屋外部甚至一片吐司中的面孔。 苏珊·沃德尔 (Susan Wardle) 进行的一项研究表明，人脑中对面部做出反应的部分对其他物体的形状很敏感，而且我们的视觉系统针对检测类似面部的结构进行了优化To test whether the superior colliculus might help in face detection specifically, researchers assembled a collection of images, including faces, biological non-face objects, like hands and arms, and other miscellaneous items. They then showed these images to adult monkeys in their peripheral field and recorded neural responses in the superior colliculus. It was found that detection of faces was much faster and preferred by neurons. This explains how our brains do it.为了测试上丘是否有助于面部检测，研究人员收集了一系列图像，包括面部、生物非面部物体（例如手和手臂）以及其他杂项。 然后，他们将这些图像展示给成年猴子的外周视野，并记录上丘的神经反应。 研究发现，面部检测速度要快得多，并且受到神经元的青睐。 这解释了我们的大脑是如何做到这一点的。But why do our brains do it? Well, it's mainly for survival. According to Dr Amanda Robinson at the University of Queensland, face pareidolia tells us a lot about how we recognise social cues. We can determine whether the person or thing looking at us is a threat because of their facial expression. Richard Krauzlis, senior author of the study, explained that "quick recognition is a key skill in humans and other primates", such as gorillas and chimps. Additionally, biologists have observed human facial recognition and neural developments among species ranging from dogs, sheep, birds and even some insects.但是我们的大脑为什么要这么做呢？ 嗯，主要是为了生存。 昆士兰大学的阿曼达·罗宾逊博士表示，面部幻想性错觉告诉我们很多关于如何识别社交线索的信息。 我们可以通过面部表情来确定看着我们的人或物是否构成威胁。 该研究的资深作者理查德·克劳兹利斯（Richard Krauzlis）解释说，“快速识别是人类和其他灵长类动物（例如大猩猩和黑猩猩）的一项关键技能”。 此外，生物学家还观察了狗、羊、鸟类甚至一些昆虫等物种的人类面部识别和神经发育。What we know about recognition of faces and expression can further inform research on conditions such as autism, where face detection and recognition are often impaired from early childhood. It also helps us understand why we think we saw a friendly face in the living room wallpaper.我们对面部和表情识别的了解可以进一步为自闭症等疾病的研究提供信息，自闭症等疾病的面部检测和识别能力往往从幼儿时期就受到损害。 它还可以帮助我们理解为什么我们认为在客厅壁纸中看到了一张友好的面孔。

As a puppeteer, I make puppets as well. I build my own puppets. I perform.作为一个木偶师，我也制作木偶。我自己做木偶，自己表演。If it's my own production, then I have to write the story.如果是我自己的作品，那我就得写故事了。People love puppeteers. Whenever I tell people, people ask me, "What do you do?"人们喜欢木偶师。每当我和别人交流时，他们就会问我：“你是做什么的？”I say, "I'm a puppeteer." And everybody's first reaction, "Oh."我说“我是个木偶师。”他们的第一反应都是“哇。”Puppetry is such a magical art form because it brings things to life just by moving it.木偶戏是一种神奇的艺术形式，因为它仅仅通过动作就能赋予木偶生命。And the reason why it's so magical, it not only depends on my own imagination, but it also depends on audience's imagination,木偶戏的神奇之处，不仅取决于我自己的想象力，也取决于观众的想象力。because if I am moving these things and then as if this is moving by itself,因为如果我操纵木偶，就好像是它们自己在动，but as the audience, I am using my imagination when I move it because I'm looking at you.但作为观众，我在操纵木偶时运用了想象力，因为我必须看着观众。I'm looking at myself, but the trick is the audience, they have to invest their own imagination.我也在审视自己，但关键在于观众得投入自己的想象力。You have to buy it in order to make it reasonable, right, make it real. I think this imagination, the day when you were born, is in you.你需要相信我的表演，然后才会觉得合理，觉得真实。我认为人类天生具备想象力。Everybody can imagine, like when you look at the clouds, "Oh, it's a bird. It's a butterfly." It's just a piece of cloud, but everybody has the imagination.每个人都会想象，比如说看着云朵时会想：“这朵云像一只鸟，那朵像一只蝴蝶。”那只是一朵云而已，但是每个人都会发挥自己的想象力。But creatively, people forget about it because, you know, when you are growing up and people say, "This is just a pair of glasses, leave it there", you know, and for many different reasons.但人们往往会忘记自己具有想象力，因为在你成长的过程中，人们会说：“这不过是一副眼镜，把它放在那儿就行。”当然其中的原因有很多。But puppetry really stirs up all your internal, you know, imagination, creativity.但木偶戏可以激发你所有内在的想象力和创造力。This comes out with simple movements, simple dialogue, simple music, sound, and then put it together.木偶戏通过简单的动作、对话、音乐和音效呈现出来，然后组合在一起。And right away, audience understands what you tried to tell them. So, it's fascinating. I'm still learning it. I'm still discovering new things every day.观众立刻就能明白你想传达的内容，这非常有趣。我仍在学习，每天都在发现新事物。What can be better than you do something and people love it and pay you for it? That's the best. 还有什么比你做某件事、人们喜欢它并为此付钱给你更好的呢？

Aggressive medication used during a clinical trial paralyzed her left arm and leg.临床试验期间使用的强效药物导致她的左臂和左腿瘫痪。As a nurse, Gersh knew she had to take action quickly in order to get moving again.作为一名护士，格什知道她必须迅速采取行动，以便恢复行动。Everything was totally limp and flaccid on the left side. She found Neofect, a tech company that uses games to retrain the brain through physical therapy.左边的身体软弱无力。她找到了Neofect，一家通过物理疗法利用游戏来重新训练大脑的科技公司。After six months of daily play, she regained most of the movement in her arm.经过半年的每日练习，她手臂的活动能力已基本恢复。Neofect CEO Scott Kim leaned on his own experience with rehab as a young child born with spina bifida.Neofect首席执行官ScottKim借鉴了自己幼时因脊柱裂接受康复治疗的经历。I had a major surgery on my back, and after the surgery, I had to go through the rehabilitation process, getting up, you know, lying down, getting back and just repeat this.我背部动了一场大手术，术后必须经历康复过程，起床、躺下、翻身，就这样不断重复。Kim said repetition is most important part of physical therapy, but it is also boring, monotonous.金表示重复是物理治疗中最重要的部分，但它也很无聊、单调。To change that, Neofect developed its flagship product, the smart glove.为了改变这一现状，Neofect研发了其旗舰产品——智能手套。It sits on your hand like a light exoskeleton, filled with sensors to track movement.它像一个轻便的外骨骼一样戴在你的手上，里面布满了用于追踪动作的传感器。It becomes virtual controller, so all the motions that you're making with the glove on are recognized by the software.它变成了虚拟控制器，因此你戴着手套做出的所有动作都会被软件识别。Software keeps track of progress and uses artificial intelligence algorithms to encourage patients to try greater challenges as they improve.软件会跟踪康复进度，并运用人工智能算法在患者病情好转时鼓励他们尝试更具挑战性的训练。Now you can say with the software that or you gain, like three degrees on pronation and 15 degrees in you know supination.现在你可以用这个软件说，比如你获得了三度的旋前和十五度的旋后。Neofect's latest product is called the Neomano, meaning new hand.Neoffect的最新产品叫做Neomano，是新手的意思。Kim says it will actually flex a patient's fingers in cases with no movement at all, further using tech and video games to help patients through tough recoveries.金表示，对于完全丧失活动能力的患者，该设备能实际弯曲他们的手指，并通过科技与电子游戏进一步帮助患者度过艰难的康复过程。

Humans do it, chimpanzees do it, even polar bears do it. And now a study has shown that kissing likely evolved about 21 and a half million years ago.人类会接吻，黑猩猩也会接吻，甚至北极熊都会接吻。而如今，一项研究表明，接吻很可能是 2150 万年前出现的。The mouth-on-mouth kiss is actually something of a biological puzzle, with no obvious survival or reproductive benefits, so the Oxford University-led team gathered evidence of animals that kiss each other on the mouth and worked out their evolutionary relationship to each other and to humans. This revealed that kissing probably evolved in the last common ape ancestor of humans, chimps and bonobos嘴对嘴的接吻其实是一个生物学谜题，这个行为对生存和繁殖并没有明显的益处。所以，一个由牛津大学主导的团队收集了动物互相之间会亲吻嘴部的证据，然后找到了它们彼此之间以及和人类之间的进化关系。这一研究发现接吻很可能是在人类、黑猩猩和倭黑猩猩的最后一个共同猿类祖先身上进化出来的。The study suggested that Neanderthals probably kissed too, and that they may have smooched with modern humans when the two species lived alongside each other. The researchers hope that the insight will encourage more scientists to gather data that could finally help solve the evolutionary mystery of why we and many other animals kiss.这项研究认为尼安德特人很可能也会接吻，并且他们和现代人类在共同生活的时候可能接吻过。研究人员希望这个发现能鼓励更多科学家收集资料并最终解开为什么我们和许多其它动物会接吻这个进化谜题。

Laughter is so important. Laughter is medicine. Laughter is the shortest distance between two people, one of the best gifts we've ever been given.笑是如此重要。笑是良药。 笑是两个人之间最短的距离，是我们最好的馈赠。I've been doing stand-up for 15 years. So, I've seen all different kinds of laughers.我做脱口秀已经15年了。我看过各种各样的笑法。There's the inside laugher, they don't make any noise, they're always just like.有内向的笑，不发出任何声音，就像这样。Insecure touchy laughers, they always need reassurance. They always, "Did you see that?" Like, "Yeah, I heard that. We're at the same show."有不安而敏感的笑，时常需要别人的肯定。他们总是问“你看到了吗”，然后别人会说，“我听到了，我们看的是同一个表演。”Oh, the snorter, my favorite, you know. It's like such a compliment when you get a snort except you feel bad for their spouse.还有我最喜欢的笑出猪叫。当别人对你笑出猪叫的时候，事实上是一种褒奖，只不过你会为他们的配偶感到难过。You're like dang, you're like every morning, "Honey," I'm like, "Oh my God."比如你每天早上都说“亲爱的。”我就会想“我的天呐。”I was born and raised in Burbank, California, right here over the mountain and I'm the last of five kids. Two older brothers, two older sisters.我在加州伯班克出生长大，就在那座山那边，我是五个孩子中最小的。有两个哥哥，两个姐姐。They're all two years apart and I'm the fifth. I'm 10 years apart. So, I'm an accident, pretty obvious.他们年龄都相差两岁，而我是老五，和他们相差10岁。很明显，我是个“意外”。You know, so when I was a kid, I asked my dad, you know, "Papa, am I an accident?"小时候我会问爸爸，“我是个意外吗？”And he said, "There are no accidents in God's Kingdom, only regret." My dad disciplined us.然后他就说，“上帝的世界里没有意外，只有懊悔。”我爸爸很严格。You guys know, you know, some of you guys, "It hurts me more than it hurts you."有些人会说，“我比你更痛苦。”My dad was the pastor of a huge church. So, being a preacher's kid, you're not allowed to listen to the radio, watch, you know, certain kinds of TV.我爸爸是一个大教堂的牧师。 作为传教士的孩子，我不能听收音机，和看某些电视节目。So, the first time my friend let me listen to Eddie Murphy Delirious on tape, and he's cursing and he's just making everybody laugh, I was like, "Wait, what is this?"我朋友第一次让我听《艾迪·墨菲:精神错乱》磁带时，他满嘴脏话却把所有人逗得哈哈大笑，我当时就想，“这是怎么一回事？”Preachers always said what you're supposed to say. You have to stick to the guidelines.传教士总是言行得体，必须遵循规章制度。But comedians always said what people are thinking but were afraid to say.但谐星往往就是说我们敢想不敢说的话。A lot of times I was the only Asian amongst a lot of white kids. I was really skinny. They called me Chopsticks, Indiana Bones, Chicken Legs.很多时候，我是众多白人孩子中唯一的亚洲人。我那时非常瘦，他们叫我筷子，印第安纳骨头和鸡腿。You know, like I was the skinniest kid, like, you could just tie a string around me and I would just fly away like a kite. I was so skinny, I was bullied.我当时是最瘦的孩子，瘦到只要在我身上绑根绳子，我就能像风筝一样飞走。我太瘦了，因此被人欺负。Always made to feel inferior, even though they weren't even doing it on purpose.我总是觉得很自卑，虽然有时别人不是故意的。That's how I started doing comedy because I could take away the power of that, them making fun of me, by being funny.这就是我开始从事喜剧的原因，因为我可以通过展现幽默，消除他们对我的嘲笑。I have kids. My last name is Kim. I really wanted my son to be a leader, so I was going to name him Martin Luther Kim.我有孩子，我姓金，我很希望孩子可以成为领袖，所以我原本想取名为马丁·路德·金。My second choice was Abraham Linkim, but we don't want to put pressure, so we named him Lion. He's the Lion Kim.第二个选择是亚伯拉罕·林金，但是我们给孩子施压，所以就取名Lion Kim。I have the best parents and the best older brothers and sisters ever. I've had so many conversations with friends who've had just so many bad family situations, like most.我有世界上最好的父母和哥哥姐姐。我总是听朋友抱怨他们糟糕的家庭关系，大多数人都是这样。My dad was worried but I'm always going to be thankful because he came to one comedy show and then he died suddenly after. So, I'm always gonna have that memory of him. He came.我爸爸总是很担心我，但我会永远心怀感激，因为他来看了一场喜剧表演，之后就突然去世了。我永远会记得他来过。And you know, when you do talk about your ethnicity a lot, a lot of comedians, a lot of comments that like, "See, it's all they do, they talk about", you know.当你经常谈论自己的族裔身份时，很多喜剧演员会有很多类似这样的评论，“又来了，他们只会讲这个，整天就聊这些。”But just because a lot of them, they don't understand what it's like to be the only one of a different color in the room. They have never felt that.但这是因为他们不明白在房间里成为唯一一个不同肤色的人是什么感觉。他们无法感同身受。When I walked onto the stage, I used to get butterflies, but I have performed for so long now, I don't feel that anymore.我以前走上舞台时还会很紧张， 但是表演经验多了之后，就没有这种感觉了。But it's the best rush and by far, making people laugh and helping them forget about their problems is the best drug. 迄今为止，逗人发笑是帮他们忘掉烦恼的灵丹妙药。

My name is Ethan. I'm 10 years old. I worked on some robots and a game. It's kind of difficult. I hope I can make five or to seven games by the end of this week.我叫伊森，今年10岁，我做过一些机器人和一款游戏，有点难。我希望在本周末之前能制作出五到七款游戏。Code Ninjas is a center where children, ages 7 through 14, learn how to code. We want to leverage screen time and make it productive.Code Ninjas是一个供7至14岁儿童学习编程的中心。我们希望利用屏幕时间并使其富有成效。Kids love video games. That's why we have built our curriculum around learning how to code.孩子们喜欢电子游戏，这就是我们围绕学习编程构建课程的原因。By building video games, the kids are engaged. When they're engaged and having fun, they're going to learn.通过制作电子游戏，孩子们会投入其中。当他们投入并乐在其中时，他们就会学到东西。We also had a drone station where the drones were being coded so that they would code the flight path, test it out through the hoops and then adjust as necessary.我们还设有一个无人机站点，无人机在那里进行编程以规划飞行路线，通过圆环测试后根据需要调整。Our Code Senseis have a variety of background. The first thing that we look for is that they're good with children.我们的编程导师们背景各异，我们首要关注的是他们是否擅长与孩子相处。That looks awesome. My name is Andrea Hatcher. I am a Code Sensei here. It's a real traffic light. I am a junior at Penn State, studying cybersecurity.看起来棒极了。我叫安德里亚·哈彻，是这里的编程老师。这是一个真的红绿灯。我是宾夕法尼亚州立大学的大三学生，主修网络安全。Girls are something in STEM that I'm very, very passionate about, always have been.我对女孩在STEM领域的发展充满热情，一直如此。And the girls, you know, they stay with the boys. They love it. The cyber and technology field is the fastest growing industry in the world.女孩和男孩一起学习，她们非常这样。网络和科技领域是全球发展最快的行业。The United States is far behind it. The earlier you learn, the more time you have to develop and hone in on those skills.美国远没有跟上其发展，学得越早，就有越多时间来培养和磨练这些技能。And at this age is when they're really soaking up information like a sponge.这个年龄段的孩子，吸收信息就像海绵吸水一样快。Parents are happy because the kids are happy and at the end, they're able to show Mom and Dad what they built.父母很开心，因为孩子们很开心；最后，孩子们还能向父母展示他们搭建的东西。I have an eight-year-old daughter Marion, who has been coming to Code Ninjas for a bit now.我有个八岁的女儿玛丽安， 她来Code Ninjas学习已经有一段时间了。Last week, she created a video game where her creative dinosaur would follow the mouse around and catch the mouse.上周她制作了一款电子游戏，游戏中她设计的恐龙会跟随鼠标移动并抓老鼠。So, each week she is creating video games on a very small scale that will eventually build to more advanced.她每周都在小规模地制作电子游戏，这些游戏最终会发展得更加高级。Coding would be a very useful skill for her to see the back end of the video games that she loves playing编程对她来说会是一项非常有用的技能，可以让她深入了解自己喜爱的电子游戏的幕后运作，and help her kind of formulate the necessary skill set to see if that is something that she wants to do.并帮助她逐步掌握必要的技能组合，从而判断这是否是她未来想要从事的方向。She's only eight. So, it's really fun right now.她才八岁。现在学习这个真的很有趣。

I'd say that I was always a person that liked to tinker with stuff, tinker with Legos, so on and so forth.我是个喜欢修修补补的人，也喜欢拼乐高之类的。But it wasn't really until I got here to UVA, had access to the woodshop, that I realized that I really liked, you know, woodworking.但是我是来了弗吉尼亚大学之后，才开始接触木工活，然后才意识到我非常喜欢木工活。I've been just following the plans and the instructions that I found and that should hold up for a good while. These are a little, there you go. There's some 'shorties.'我一直都按照说明和指南进行拼装，这些应该能维持相当长一段时间。这里有一个小的，给你。这里有一些比较短的。This is about a year into an idea to try and make something out of the logs that are, you know, already coming down across campus and to mill some wood.大概是在一年前，我尝试用那些已经在校园里砍伐下来的原木做一些东西，然后把一些木材加工一下。All the insides of the kiln will be painted black, but the roof is clear. So, it's going to let the sunlight in and heat up that space a lot.窑内所有部分都将涂成黑色，但顶部是透明的。这样就可以让阳光照进来，增加窖内的温度。But at the same time, we need fans to be moving that heated and now more humid air.但同时，我们也需要风扇来吹动那些已经变热且更加潮湿的空气。So, we're actually going to have some solar panels out in the front and those will power the fans and push that hot air out and through vents in the doors.我们会在前面安装一些太阳能电池板，它们将为风扇供电，把热空气通过门上的通风口排出去。You get that power from the commercial kiln of really, kind of, 'cooking' the wood.你能从商用窖中获得能源，有点像“烤”木头，But you get that same kind of heat-and-cool cycle that you get with air drying outside. Alright, here are two more.但是这种冷热循环和在室外自然风干是一样的。好的，这里还有两个。She's been awesome. She's been a great support. And a lot of things, I think, she's pretty comfortable with.她一直很棒，帮了我很多。她对很多事情都得心应手。She actually also worked in the woodshop this last year while she was enrolled in a program here at the university.去年她在大学参加一个项目期间，就开始干木工活了。But before that she was, I think, a little bit on the edges of what all of this was.但是一开始她确实什么都不懂。But as I've just come home every day and been really excited about it and talked about what we're doing, I think she's gotten more comfortable with it all.但是每次回家的时候我都非常激动，还会聊起我们正在做的事情，然后慢慢地她也就熟练了。Yeah, she's been a great help here. Sure, I can come cut a piece. 她在这帮了大忙。当然，我可以来切一块。It's been a few weeks now and we've made some more progress.已经过了几个星期了，我们也取得了一些进展。We've got the outside coated with some good exterior paint and we've also got the roof on and a few coats of this black paint.我们把外面涂了很好的油漆，窖顶也已安装完毕，还刷了几层这种黑色涂料。And let me tell you, it sure is dang hot in here. All we've got left to do is to put some vents in the doors because the fans will be hanging down about here, right?这里面肯定非常热。我们要做的就是在门上放些通风口，因为风扇会挂在这里，对吧？And so those will suck air in and push it down and through the stack and that will vent out.这些风扇会把空气吸进来，然后向下推动空气，使其通过通风口，接着空气就会排出。You know, basically we'll get quite a few logs in here. They'll come up to, you know, about this height, right?这里我们也会装一些木头。大概这个高度，对吗？So, about waist-height and we'll stack those really nicely and we'll monitor those as they dry.堆到齐腰高就行，我们会把木头堆得整齐划一，看着它们晾干。In this kind of heat, we'll probably see a load of poplar, which you can dry pretty fast.在这种高温下，即便是一大堆白杨也可以立刻风干。We could probably get that out of here in five weeks, which would be great.我们可能会在五周之后完成，这样就太棒了。Yeah, hopefully we'll start munching through our good log pile here.希望可以好好利用这些原木。

Paradise in peril. As the world battles a pandemic, large swaths of the African continent have been submerged by floods.天堂岌岌可危。当全世界都在与疫情作斗争时，非洲大陆大片地区被洪水淹没了。This is the scene in the eastern Ugandan city of Jinja along the shores of lake Victoria.这是乌干达东部金贾市维多利亚湖沿岸的场景。Since march flooding has left more than 400 people dead in east Africa.自三月以来，东非洪水已造成四百多人死亡。In Uganda catholic relief services estimates that as many as 580 000 people are affected,在乌干达，天主教救援机构估计，多达58万人受到影响，from nice lakeshore homes in Kampala to small farms along the Kenya border.从坎帕拉风景优美的湖边住宅到肯尼亚边境沿线的小农场都未能幸免。And you're a smallholder farmer who normally benefits from farming on a riverbank.小农户通常只能从在河岸耕种中获益。And suddenly there's this raging flash flood that comes down the hills and mountains, because of this very intense rainfall, you know, you lose everything.突然间，由于这场异常猛烈的降雨，从山上倾泻而下一场汹涌的山洪，一切都被冲走了。In the town of Jinja, radio host and environmental activist John Hillary says flooding doesn't just destroy homes, it ruins the very fabric that holds society together.在金贾市，电台主持人兼环保活动家约翰·希拉里（John Hillary）表示， 洪水不仅摧毁了房屋，还摧毁了将社会团结在一起的结构。The public hospital, the only public hospital in the Chilean region, you know completely destroyed.智利地区唯一的公立医院完全被摧毁。So people, as a result of the floods, got sick, but they could not get anywhere else to go to, because the hospital had been destroyed.人们因洪水而生病，但他们无法就诊，因为医院已被摧毁。De Goeij says heavy rainfall is normal in east Africa. What isn't is the frequency and intensity seen lately.德休伊（De Goeij）说，暴雨在东非是正常的。不正常的是最近出现的降雨频率和强度。He says Uganda is facing a triple threat that's making it even harder for groups to help.他表示，乌干达正面临三重威胁，这使得组织更难提供帮助。We have the locusts, we have all the floods, and then on top of everything else, we have go with 19.我们遭遇了蝗灾，还不断受洪水侵袭，除此之外，我们还要对抗新冠疫情。And so it's been, for the affected people, it's been an especially hard year you know to be on the lockdown and be affected by floods,对受灾民众来说，这是格外艰难的一年，既要忍受封锁措施，又要应对洪灾影响，and then because of the lockdown, accessing the support and the relief that they are entitled to.而且由于封锁措施，他们难以获得应得的援助与救济。Hillary who has a radio show speaks often about climate change. He grew up on a farm, so for him this is personal.希拉里有一个电台节目，经常谈到气候变化。他从小在农场长大，所以他对这件事有非常切实的体会。Over time we have noticed the tab because of what I think is negligence we have done.随着时间的推移，我们注意到了这个问题，我认为这是由于我们的疏忽造成的。We've been involved in practices that have completely destroyed our rain cycle. Our climate is deteriorating every other day.我们的做法完全破坏了降雨周期，气候正日益恶化I'm only 26. I have seen over time weather deteriorating. I don't want to see the same for my children.我才26岁，却已目睹气候逐渐恶化，不想让我的孩子也经历同样的境况。This he says is a living nightmare. This is his home and he wants future generations to see its beauty, too. 他说这简直是一场活生生的噩梦。这是他的家乡，他希望子孙后代也能看到这里的美景。

Ada Tembeli is amongst a number of entrepreneurs who didn't get a formal education, but found a new and easier way to do business with the help of an app.Ada Tembeli是许多没有受过正规教育的企业家之一，但她借助一款应用程序找到了一种全新且更便捷的经商方式。Here are your lovely fruits. We have nice ripe oranges, apples, bananas. Without forgetting to mention the pineapples.为你们准备了美味的水果。我们有熟透的橙子、苹果、香蕉，当然还有菠萝。Today we have almost everything to keep you satisfied. To find us, go to the third bridge, and you will see me.今天，我们几乎拥有一切让你满意的东西。要找到我们，走到第三座桥那里，你就会看到我了。Armed with a smart phone, she attracts clients by sending an ideal message in Bambara with her stall's location, as well as photographs of the goods she has available.她手握一部智能手机，通过用班巴拉语发送包含摊位位置和待售商品照片的信息来吸引顾客。She says the Lenali app is user-friendly for someone like her.她说，Lenali应用程序对她这样的用户来说很友好。I installed it myself because Lenali has Bambara, Soninke and almost all the languages.我自己安装的，因为Lenali有班巴拉语、索宁克语等各种语言。The developer Mamadou Gouro Sidibe, an IT engineer from Mali, says he wanted to serve people who couldn't read or write,开发者Mamadou Gouro Sidibe是来自马里的IT工程师，表示自己希望为不识字的人群提供服务，as well as help those who need to share information in French but haven't gone to school to learn it.同时帮助那些需要用法语分享信息但未接受过正规教育的人。A lot of people get applications installed for them because they cannot do it themselves.很多人因为自己不会安装应用程序，所以需要别人帮忙安装。So it was with that in mind that we created vocal guides, vocal instructions in the local language, so people can understand what they are doing.正是出于这样的考虑，我们制作了本地语言版本的语音引导和语音提示，这样人们就清楚如何操作了。Sidibe says simple things such as setting up a profile can be challenging for some.Sidibe说，对一些人来说，创建个人信息等简单的事情可能具有挑战性。If you know how to write you can put it in writing, and if not you speak into the application and record it.如果你会写字就写下来，不会的话就用应用录音。And after that you can publish vocally, you can comment vocally, and really you can do everything in this application without ever having to write a single word.你可以语音发布内容，也可以语音评论，实际上在这个应用程序里你不用写一个字就能完成所有操作。Most small business owners in Mali relied on friends, family and word of mouth to keep them going.马里的大多数小企业主依靠朋友、家人和口碑维持经营。For Boubacar Sidiki Koita who owns a motorbike shop in Bamako, the app has been a game changer.对于在巴马科拥有一家摩托车店的Boubacar Sidiki Goita来说，这款应用程序带来了巨大的改变。Since I have been using Lenali, my turnover has gone up, and now I can sell 20 motorbikes a day, whereas before it was hard work selling just 5 a day.自从使用Lenali以来，我的营业额大幅提升，现在每天能卖出20辆摩托车，而以前每天卖5辆都很吃力。According to the United Nations, only one third of Malians are literate.根据联合国的数据，马里只有三分之一的人识字。Sidibe says the free app, available since January 2017, has a little over 73,000 users, and is expected to become profitable when it reaches 200,000 users. [解析]Sidibe表示，这款免费应用自2017年1月上线以来已拥有7.3万余名用户，预计用户数达到20万时即可实现盈利

Kevin Mbenza keeps smiling despite a setback. A flat tire just as he was ready to start training.尽管遭遇挫折，凯文·本扎仍然保持微笑。就在他准备开始训练的时候，他的轮胎爆了。I came here to train with my friends, so that you know I'll be ready when they announce the competition.我来这里和朋友们一起训练，这样当他们宣布比赛时我会做好准备。The 16-year-old dreams of becoming a cycling champion as well as a computer engineer.这位十六岁的年轻人梦想成为一名自行车冠军和一名计算机工程师。He says he will return with the new tire and renewed determination to befriend the pain of a tough workout.他说，他会带着新轮胎回来，并重新下定决心，会艰苦训练。The pain you feel today will transform into joy, once you have to climb those mountains and feel they are not that difficult to climb anymore.今日你所承受的痛苦将化作未来的喜悦，待你攀登过那些高山后便会发觉它们已不再难以逾越。Kevin belongs to La Suisse, one of a handful of cycling clubs in the DRC's capital and part of the Kinshasa provincial cyclist leagues.凯文属于La Suisse， 这是刚果民主共和国首都为数不多的骑行俱乐部之一，也是金沙萨省级骑行联赛的一部分。Its members are enthusiastic despite limited resources.尽管资源有限，但其成员仍然热情高涨。We have no means, not even to buy a 10 to 15 dollar wheel.我们没有钱，甚至连十到十五美元的车轮都买不起。We have become beggars because our federation and our league are not taking care of us.我们成了乞丐，因为我们的联合会和联盟没有照顾我们。Club members typically don't have the means to buy equipment. Instead it is the club presidents who often are the owners who cover the cost.俱乐部成员通常没有资金购买设备。相反，支付费用的往往是俱乐部主席。La Suisse's Cesar Kitoko leads a team of 12 riders, seven women and five men, who are part of a tight Congolese community devoted to cycling.俱乐部主席Cesar Kitoko带领着一个由七名女性和五名男性组成的团队，他们来自于一个热衷于骑行、紧密团结的刚果社区。People do want cycling, the problem is the system doesn't work. We would like to emulate other countries where the bicycle world is well structured.人们确实想骑行，问题是这套体系行不通。我们希望效仿那些自行车行业体系完善的国家。Cycling is hard, harder than soccer, no half time, no rest, if you stop, you're disqualified for quitting.骑自行车比足球还难，没有中场休息，如果你停下来，你就会因为退出而被取消资格。Mathis Sumbu has been training Congo's national cycling team for more than 20 years.Mathis Sumbu已经训练刚果国家自行车队二十多年了。He says Congolese cyclists have performed well in the past, but are now being eclipsed by riders from other African countries, such as Eritrea and Rwanda that better support their teams.他表示刚果车手过去表现优异，但如今已被厄立特里亚、卢旺达等更注重车队建设的非洲国家选手超越。For the national team, we need everything. We can go out there for 125 miles.国家队需要一切。我们可以骑行125英里。It is necessary to have a motorcycle in their car to follow with the technical director and the mechanic.有必要在他们的车里备一辆摩托车，以便技术总监和机械师跟随。Because with cycling, the technical breakdowns and falls, you really need to have support by your side.因为在骑行过程中，技术故障和摔车时有发生，确实需要有人陪伴在侧给予支持。A competition bike alone costs nearly 12,000 dollars, and the clubs don't seek business sponsors.仅一辆比赛自行车就要花费近12000美元， 而且俱乐部不寻求商业赞助商。Still, coach Mathis gathers his riders to work on speed and endurance,教练Mathis仍然召集车手训练速度和耐力，with the hope that the DRC ministry of sports might back his cyclists for pan-African races.希望刚果民主共和国体育部可以支持他的自行车运动员参加泛非比赛。

It's the robotic version of man's best friend. The four-legged robot from Boston Dynamics is being put to work at Ford Motor Company in Michigan.这是机器人版的人类最好的朋友。波士顿动力公司的这款四足机器人正在密歇根州的福特汽车公司投入使用。We were looking at a way to get into tight spots within our facilities, and spot who we nicknamed Fluffy came up as a brainstorming idea.我们当时正在想办法进入设施内的狭窄区域， 集思广益之后想到了Fluffy。We could mount a 360 high resolution camera onto it as well as a laser scanner.我们也可以在上面安装一台360度高分辨率相机以及一台激光扫描仪。Fluffy works with an autonomous robot named Scatter to help create a 3D map of the factory floor.Fluffy与名为Scatter的自动机器人合作，帮助创建工厂车间的三维地图。They autonomously go through the plant and then stop, scan, move, stop, scan to waypoints like a GPS.它们像GPS一样自主穿过工厂，然后停下、扫描、移动、停下、扫描，依次到达各个路径点。Fluffy goes where Scatter can't helping create a more complete map of the space,Fluffy可以去到Scatter无法到达的地方，从而帮助绘制更完整的空间地图，which in turn helps engineers as they retool floor plans for production of new car models.这反过来又能协助工程师重新规划生产新车型的车间布局。In some of our final assembly areas, the facility is changing monthly.在我们的一些总装区域，工厂设施每月更换一次。The robotic dog can be customized with a variety of sensors for different jobs.这只机器狗可以配备多种传感器以适应不同的工作任务。Chemical manufacturing, you want a gas sensor to see if there's a leakage in the environment, so that you can fix the leak faster.化工生产中，你需要气体传感器来检测环境中是否存在泄漏，以便更快地修复泄漏问题。Other customers need a thermal camera, so that they can look at the performance of some of their industrial equipment and say, oh that is overheating and that could potentially cause a problem.其他客户需要热成像仪，这样他们就能观察一些工业设备的运行情况，并判断出哪个部位过热了，可能会引发问题。Ensuring worker safety in dangerous environments is one of the main benefits of using this robot. So is collecting more kinds of data.在危险环境中确保工人安全是使用这款机器人的主要优势之一，收集更多类型的数据也是如此。We're creating all of these systems to interpret and collect and analyze big data.我们正在创建所有这些系统来解释、收集和分析大数据。The problem is that we can only get a very narrow set of data into those systems.问题是我们只能将非常有限的一组数据输入到这些系统中。Unlike a fixed sensor, this robot can collect data wherever it's programmed to go.与固定传感器不同，这台机器人可以按照程序设定前往任何地点采集数据。Boston Dynamics is currently leasing the technology so companies can find ways to use it.波士顿动力公司目前正在出租这项技术，以便各公司能找到使用它的方法。For some this robot dog could turn out to be a very good boy indeed.对一些人来说，这只机器狗可能会成为一个非常棒的朋友。

When her employer cut her hours, Maria Hernandez, a healthcare worker turned to driving for Lyft, the ride-hailing firm to make up lost income.当雇主削减了她的工作时间后，医疗工作者玛丽亚·埃尔南德斯转向为网约车公司来福车开车，以弥补失去的收入。She likes it, meeting people and picking up work when she can.她喜欢这份工作，既能结识人，又能在有机会的时候揽些活儿干。I think the flexibility is a wonderful thing because it has helped me a lot with my other job.我认为灵活性是一件很棒的事情，因为它对我的其他工作帮助很大。The so-called gig economy which uses apps to connect people like Hernandez to jobs, is under threat in the golden state.所谓的零工经济通过应用程序使得像赫尔南德斯这样的人能够工作，在这个黄金州正受到威胁。Voters are deciding on proposition 22, a ballot initiative sponsored by companies like Uber, Lyft, DoorDash and others.选民们正在决定二十二号提案，这是一项由优步、来福车、DoorDash等公司发起的投票倡议。They have spent nearly 200 million dollars on it, the most ever for a state initiative.他们已经在这项提案上花费了近两亿美元，这是有史以来州政府倡议的最高金额。A lot is at stake. If prop 22 passes, it would keep drivers like Hernandez as independent contractors.很多事情都岌岌可危。如果二十二号提案获得通过，它将保留像赫尔南德斯这样的司机作为独立承包商的权利。Opponents include major labor unions who argue that there is already a state law which the firms are challenging requiring them to treat workers as employees with protections, such as sick leave, overtime and other benefits.反对者包括主要的工会，他们认为已有州法律要求企业将员工视为享有病假、加班费及其他福利等权益的正式雇员，而相关企业正试图挑战这项法律。Among Uber and Lyft drivers, there's a divide over the initiative, says Chris Gerace, a contributor to the Rideshare Guy, a media outlet for gig economy workers and an Uber driver in Buffalo, New York.零工经济从业者媒体Rideshare Guy的撰稿人、纽约布法罗的优步司机克里斯·杰雷斯表示，优步和来福车司机群体对这一提案存在分歧Full-time drivers tend to support the initiative, he said, while the majority of drivers, part-timers like himself, value flexibility. He has one idea that would make more drivers happy.他说，全职司机倾向于支持这一举措， 而像他这样的大多数兼职司机则重视灵活性。他有一个想法会让更多的司机高兴。Better pay rates would probably be the way to erase the majority of these issues,提高薪酬标准或许是解决这些问题的关键所在，that we're having between the minority of drivers who wanted employee status, versus the vast majority who are doing it part time.目前少数希望获得员工身份的司机与大多数兼职司机之间的矛盾正源于此。At a recent protest against the initiative in San Francisco, some drivers said they had had enough.在旧金山最近一场反对该提案的抗议活动中，部分司机表示已经受够了。I'm here because I'm a rideshare driver, I've given close to 20,000 rides.我来这里是因为我是一名网约车司机，我已经接了将近两万单。And so I'm very familiar with the exploitation that these companies put us through. We have low pay, we have no access to benefits, it's just unjust.我非常熟悉这些公司对我们进行的剥削。我们薪水微薄，享受不到福利待遇，这太不公平了。Ken Jacobs, the chair of the labor center at the university of California Berkeley,加州大学伯克利分校劳工中心主席肯·雅各布斯认为，argues that if the ballot initiative passes, it will send a signal to other governments seeking to get the companies to comply with labor laws.若这项投票提案获得通过，将向其他试图迫使企业遵守劳动法的政府释放信号。If it passes, then they send a very strong signal to other states in the US, who are looking to enforce their own wage and hour laws and other countries如果该法案通过，他们将向美国其他试图执行自身工资与工时法规的州、以及向其他国家传递一个极其强烈的信号——that not only will they not abide by the laws, but that they've amassed enough money that they have the power to change laws, that do not allow them to do whatever they want to do.这些企业不仅拒绝遵守法律，更通过积累巨额财富获得了篡改法律的力量，从而扫清一切阻碍其肆意妄为的障碍。One thing is certain, the stakes are high for workers and customers in this battle over the future work. 有一点是肯定的，在这场关于未来工作的争夺战中，员工和客户的利益攸关。

This is what your brainwaves look like at any given moment.这就是你的脑电波在任何时刻的样子。To the untrained eye, it's just a jumble of lines.对未经训练的人来说，这只是一堆杂乱的线条。For AJ Keller and Alex Castillo, it's a treasure trove of data.对AJ·凯勒和亚历克斯·卡斯蒂略来说，这是一个数据宝库。The pair have created Notion, a 900-dollar wearable device that captures and processes brainwave signals, transforming thoughts into action.两人共同研发了Notion这款价值900美元的可穿戴设备，它能捕捉并处理脑电波信号，将想法转化为行动。There are eight sensors that are imaging the brain 250 times a second.有八个感应器每秒对大脑进行250次成像。All of that is instantaneously being processed on the actual headset.所有这一切都在头显设备上即时处理。Notion is a so-called brain computer. So traditionally brain computer interfaces. They relay their raw data to a computer,Notion是所谓的脑机。传统的脑机接口会将原始数据传递给计算机。That would receive this data, would make sense out of it and then the computer will communicate with any device.它会接收这些数据，对其进行解析，然后计算机将与任何设备进行通信。Notion is the first autonomous device that has enough computing power to be able to autonomously communicate with any device.Notion是首款具备足够计算能力的自主设备，能够与任何设备自主通信。Whether that is your computer or that is a drone, anything your computer can control, Notion can control.无论是你的电脑还是无人机，任何你的电脑能控制的设备，Notion都能控制。Why lift a finger to scroll down,when you can do it with your thoughts?既然能用意念来滚动页面，何必还要动手指呢？If you're thinking of a motor base movement such as pinching your left hand, Notion is able to detect it, and you're able to map that to a computer command.如果你想到的是捏左手这样的动作，Notion可以检测到，并能将其映射为电脑指令。Do you feel like a superhero? Absolutely. But this superhero power takes focus and concentration.你真的觉得自己是个超级英雄吗？当然了。但是这个超级英雄的力量需要专注和集中。To that end, Notion provides users with an attention score.为此，Notion为用户提供了一个注意力评分。When you're really focused and you're in the zone, that number increases.当你全神贯注并进入状态时，这个数字就会增加。The developers say it can even help them measure and improve productivity.开发人员说，这甚至可以帮助他们衡量和提高生产力。We know that there are times when we lose focus programming, we want a tool that allows us to understand when and where we're writing our best code.我们知道，有时在编程时会分心，我们需要一个工具来帮助我们了解自己在何时何地写出了最好的代码。And in a world full of distractions, being able to focus truly is a superpower.在一个充满干扰的世界里，能够专注确实是一种超能力。

This rocket is a rideshare to space for small satellites. We are the Uber and Lyft of low-earth orbit spacelift.这枚火箭可以让小卫星搭便车进入太空。我们是低地球轨道太空运输的传送者。Instead of passengers, the Rocket Lab vehicle carries small satellites.火箭实验室运载的是小型卫星， 而不是乘客。This is the amount of space each rocket has for satellites. It's about the size of the back of a pickup truck or the trunk of an SUV.这是每枚火箭为卫星预留的空间，大约相当于皮卡车或SUV的后备箱。Just like packing different sized suitcases for a trip, the number of satellites on each rocket varies depending on the size and type.就像旅行时打包不同大小的行李箱一样，每枚火箭上搭载的卫星数量也取决于大小和类型。The satellites can be as small as a tissue box, or as big as a dishwasher.卫星可以小到纸巾盒大小， 或者和洗碗机一样大。Rocket Lab's Lars Hoffman says, unlike some other rockets on the market, Rocket Lab's vehicle is smaller, and comes with some advantages for satellite delivery.火箭实验室的拉尔斯·霍夫曼表示，与市场上其他一些火箭不同，火箭实验室的运载火箭体积更小，在卫星运输方面具有一些优势。If they ride with a larger launch vehicle, it's more like riding a city bus, where it is a little bit different riding.如果它们搭载在更大的运载火箭上，就更像是乘坐城市公交车，体验会略有不同。You may not be dropped off exactly where you want to be. For us, where that custom ride takes you exactly where you want to be.你可能不会被准确传送到想去的地方。对我们来说，定制的乘坐路线会带你到达想去的地方。Once in low-earth orbit, the satellites are either released or stay attached to a section of the spacecraft called a Photon, which can stay in orbit and becomes its own satellite.一旦进入低地球轨道，卫星要么被释放，要么附着在名为“光子”的航天器部件上。光子可以留在轨道上，成为独立的卫星。Commercial customers and US government agencies want to put satellites in low-earth orbit for different reasons.商业客户和美国政府机构出于各种原因希望将卫星送入低地球轨道。The communications, earth observation, maybe they're taking images, maybe they're tracking radio signals, tracking ships.通讯、地球观测、 也许他们还可以拍照， 或者追踪无线电信号和船只。We build all of our rockets from scratch. We do print the engines using 3D printers.我们所有的火箭都是从零开始制造的。我们使用3D打印机打印发动机。Rocket Lab says the engines weighing 35 kilograms are the first 3D printed and electric-pump-fed engines launched to space.火箭实验室表示，这些重达35公斤的发动机是首批进入太空的3D打印电动泵送发动机。The rocket bodies are made of carbon fiber composite, and are manufactured in New Zealand by the same people who build boats.火箭主体由碳纤维复合材料制成，在新西兰由造船的同一团队制造。The vehicle is then assembled in New Zealand, and launched from there once a month.火箭随后在新西兰组装，每月从那里发射一次。Hoffmann expects to launch more rockets in the future, as the demand for satellites in low-earth orbit increases, for faster communications and Internet connection.随着对低地球轨道卫星的需求不断增长，为了实现更快的通信和互联网连接，霍夫曼预计未来将发射更多火箭。

My name is Helen D'Ann Dorris. I'm 76 years old. I live here in Geneseo, Kansas.我叫海伦·丹·多里斯，今年76岁，现居堪萨斯州杰纳西奥。I ended up taking this position as the librarian, which is a part-time position. I come from a family of nine children.我现在兼职图书管理员。我们家有9个兄弟姐妹。I have always said, I wouldn't trade that for the world. I learned a lot of things growing up in a large family.我常说，这是世界上任何东西都无法替代的。在一个大家庭中长大，我学到了很多东西。But I wouldn't have that many children of my own. So I only had two children.但我不会自己生那么多孩子。我只有两个孩子。My first child was a Down syndrome child. He still lives with us. He is now 53, and it was a learning experience from day one.我的第一个孩子患有唐氏综合症。他现在还和我们住在一起，他现在53岁了。从他出生第一天开始，我们什么都要学习。It makes you grow as a person and learn to look at things from a different perspective.整个过程促进我们成长，并学会从不同的视角看待事物。I probably would have pursued my education much earlier. I did try. I went to business school. My parents gave up quite a bit to even to do that.我本应该更早去继续深造。我确实试过了。我去了商学院。我父母为此付出了很多。There really weren't finances to put all of our children, my brothers and sisters, through school.当时确实没有足够的经济条件能让我们所有人都上学。So, I probably now realize that I probably could have done better on that on my own than.我现在大概明白了，我当时靠自己本可以接受更多的教育。But you know, as a young person, you want to explore the world and you want to see what's out there and you want to try things you've never tried before and some of them aren't always good things.但是年轻时，你渴望探索世界，想看看外面有什么，想尝试从未体验过的事物，而其中有些并不总是好的。But you still try them, and you learn. I got married. Unfortunately, that did not work out. It was very brief.但你还是会去尝试，然后从中学习。我结过婚。遗憾的是，这段婚姻没能维持下去，非常短暂。So, I went back home, and I worked just around where my parents lived, and I met my husband there.于是我回家了，在我父母住的附近工作，在那里遇见了我丈夫。Actually I met him because I babysat the lady that he was going on a date with.其实我认识他是因为他请我帮他照顾当时他约会对象的孩子。I babysat her son so they could go on a date. That's how I met my husband. The next week, he was at my door asking me out.我帮忙照看她儿子，这样他们就能去约会了。我就是这样认识我丈夫的。隔周他就来我家门口约我出去了。Two years ago, we renewed our wedding vows on our 50th wedding anniversary. My granddaughter officiated a ceremony. That was pretty neat. 两年前，在我们结婚50周年纪念日上，我们重新宣誓了婚姻誓言。我的孙女主持了仪式，那真是太棒了。

I'm not the fastest milker in the world. The cow really is the central part for my homestead anyway, because she does so many things.我不是世界上挤奶最快的人。不管怎么说，奶牛确实是我家的重心，因为她能做很多事情。She provides the milk. She gives me one calf a year that will go in the freezer.她能产奶，她每年给我生一头小牛，可以度过冬天。This isn't for everybody, even people who want a homestead. You know, milking, not everything is for everybody. You need to love it and I do.这并非适合所有人，哪怕是那些想要宅地的人。挤奶这活儿不是人人都适合干的，你得真心喜欢才行，而我就是这样。I'm Pa Mac. I live in Caddo Gap, Arkansas. My wife and daughters and I live on a 52-acre homestead that were pretty much developing.我是帕·麦，住在阿肯色州的卡多加普。我和妻女们住在一块52英亩的宅地上，这块地当时正处于开发阶段。I have developed from scratch, and what we try to do is grow a lot of our own food.我是白手起家，我们试着自己种植大量的食物。Of course, being self-sufficient is kind of an ideal that may not really be fully attainable, but it's the goal.当然，自给自足有点像一个可能无法真正完全实现的理想，但这就是目标。I've always been really proud of my dad in his show, because he enjoys what he's doing.我一直为爸爸的节目感到非常骄傲，因为他乐在其中。And it's fun to watch him enjoy it and teach other people about it because he likes it and wants to keep the old way alive.看他乐在其中并向他人传授这些技艺很有趣，因为他真心喜爱并希望将古老的传统延续下去。I'm the creator of the Farm Hand's Companion Show on YouTube.我是油管上Farm Hand's Companion Show的创作者。That's a show that's dedicated to the celebration, the preservation and the developing of the old-time traditional farm.这是一档致力于庆祝、保存和发展古老传统农场的节目。That's something I'm real passionate about, and I love showing and teaching other people old-time skills that in a lot of instances are being forgotten.这正是我真正热衷的事情，我热爱向他人展示并传授那些在许多情况下正被遗忘的古老技艺。You want to hear the only word I would probably ever say on my videos. The main reason I do this is I love it.你想听我可能在视频里说的唯一一句话。我这么做的主要原因是我喜欢它。I can't not do it, and when people watch somebody talking or teaching about something they love, it's contagious to me.我无法不去做这件事，当人们看到某人谈论或教授他们热爱的事物时，那种热情对我而言极具感染力。To be able to work with your hands and then enjoy the fruit of your labor, that sparks things in people that really not much else can.能够亲手劳作并享受劳动果实，这能激发人们内心深处其他事物难以触及的感动。When you have individuals who are given the freedom to be and do what they want to do, it ends up helping society,当人们被赋予自由去做自己想做的事时，最终会造福社会，and it ends up bringing us closer together than it otherwise would in any other way.并以其他任何方式都无法企及的力量让我们更加紧密相连。

Is your house at its tidiest when you've got a deadline coming up? Do you have a list of jobs that you really need to do, but you really don't want to start doing? Procrastination can mean that we spend more time putting off a job than we'd ever actually spend completing it. Understanding why we do it might help us to understand how to stop doing it.当截止日期临近时，你的房子是最整洁的吗？ 您是否有一份确实需要做但又不想开始做的工作清单？ 拖延可能意味着我们花在推迟某项工作上的时间比实际完成它所花的时间还要多。 了解我们为什么这样做可能有助于我们了解如何停止这样做。There are different reasons why people procrastinate. Some people avoid tasks if they can relate them to traumatic situations in their past. Sometimes we don't do certain tasks because we're swamped with other things. If people are unhappy about being asked to do something, they might put it off to feel like they are regaining some control. Another common reason for procrastination is just the worry that doing something will be unpleasant or that we will not be able to do it well enough to satisfy ourselves.人们拖延的原因有很多。 有些人如果能将任务与过去的创伤情况联系起来，就会逃避任务。 有时我们不做某些任务是因为我们被其他事情淹没了。 如果人们对被要求做某事感到不满，他们可能会推迟去做，因为他们感觉自己正在重新获得一些控制权。 拖延的另一个常见原因是担心做某事会令人不愉快，或者我们无法做得足够好来满足自己。This last kind of procrastination can be a result of our mindset. People with a perfectionist mindset are likely to have a very rigid idea of what success in a task looks like. This is coupled with being anxious not to fail at that task. Psychology lecturer Annemiecke Apergis-Schoute points out that procrastination can be the result of a struggle between our brain's reward and threat systems. If the threat of failure or discomfort is greater than the potential reward from doing the task, we're likely to avoid it.最后一种拖延可能是我们心态的结果。 具有完美主义心态的人可能对任务的成功是什么样子有非常僵化的想法。 与此同时，我们还渴望不让这项任务失败。 心理学讲师 Annemiecke Apergis-Schoute 指出，拖延可能是我们大脑的奖励系统和威胁系统之间斗争的结果。 如果失败或不适的威胁大于完成任务的潜在回报，我们很可能会避免它。Cognitive flexibility could help us to avoid procrastinating. If we change the way that we think about a task, it can be easier to start working on it. If we can challenge our expectation of what succeeding could be, and how uncomfortable working on the task will be, it can seem less threatening. Breaking down tasks into small components also makes them less daunting as well as providing a feeling of achievement when each of these steps is completed. It can also be useful to consider what triggers procrastination for you. Having a better understanding of this can help you get things done.认知灵活性可以帮助我们避免拖延。 如果我们改变思考任务的方式，就会更容易开始处理它。 如果我们能够挑战我们对成功的期望，以及完成这项任务会有多不舒服，那么它看起来就不那么具有威胁性了。 将任务分解为小组件也可以让它们不那么令人畏惧，并且在完成每个步骤时提供一种成就感。 考虑一下是什么引发了你的拖延也很有用。 更好地理解这一点可以帮助您完成工作。

Last year, global temperatures were cooled slightly by a natural weather pattern in the Pacific called La Niña. That meant it wasn't quite as hot as 2024, but the long-term trend is clear. The last 11 years were the hottest of all those recorded since the mid-19th century. And scientists fear that the planet could soon breach the long-term target of limiting the rise in global temperatures to 1.5 degrees above pre-industrial levels, possibly by the end of the decade.去年，全球气温受到太平洋地区一个被称为 “拉尼娜” 的自然气候模式的影响而略有下降。这意味着虽然去年全球气温并没有 2024 年热，但长期趋势显而易见。过去的 11 年是自 19 世纪中叶有记录以来最热的年份。科学家们担忧地球的气温可能很快就会突破限制全球气温较工业化前水平上升 1.5 度的长期目标，而这很可能会在本年代末发生。Scientists say there's no doubt that this warming is caused by humanity's vast carbon emissions, mainly from burning fossil fuels.科学家们表示，毫无疑问，气候变暖的趋势是由人类活动所导致的大量碳排放造成的，这类排放主要源于化石燃料的燃烧。

My friends and family have always been like, I don't want to say they've been unsupportive, but they definitely did not understand what I was doing.我的朋友和家人总是这样，我不想说他们一直不支持我，但他们肯定不理解我在做什么。There are so many people who, for whatever reason, believed that they are not capable of practicing yoga.很多人出于各种原因都认为自己没有能力练习瑜伽。And I just thought that was wild, because the yoga practice is really meant for everyone. It's meant for every stage of life, no matter what happens to you.我觉得这太疯狂了，因为每个人都可以练习瑜伽。它适合人生的每个阶段，无论你发生了什么。But we have this very limited idea of what a yoga practitioner looks like.但是我们对瑜伽练习者的认知非常局限。We think that it's only a white, slender-bodied, cisgender, heterosexual person, usually a woman, usually wealthy, usually traditionally educated.我们认为瑜伽练习者只能是白人，身材苗条，顺性别，异性恋，通常是女性，通常很富有并且受过传统教育。And if we're not in that bubble, then we think it's not for us. And I've realised that through being visible on social media, there's a way to really shift that paradigm.如果我们不在这个圈子里，我们就会认为瑜伽不适合我们。我意识到，通过在社交媒体上展现自己的影响力，可以真正改变这种观念。Yoga is key for my life. When you were practicing something that really pushes you out of your comfort zone, there's something magical about seeing who you really are.瑜伽是我生活的关键。当你练习一些真正能让你突破舒适区的动作时，你会看到真正的自己，这会带来一种神奇的感觉。Exhale, forward fold, over your legs. Take it in, breathe it in, inhale, lengthen it out, through the spine to the chest. Exhale, clamp the hands down, step back, high point.呼气，向前躬身，越过双腿。吸气，舒展身体，从脊椎到胸部全部舒展开来。呼气，双手向下，后退，抬到高点。It's definitely something that wasn't a goal of mine, like I never wanted to be a yoga teacher. People would ask me to come teach them.这绝对不是我的目标，我从来没想过成为一名瑜伽老师。人们会让我来教他们。I would just be like, you should try this teacher, you should do this thing, because like there are literally thousands of yoga teachers.我会说，你应该试试跟这位老师学。你应该这样做，因为有成千上万的瑜伽老师。Why do you need for me to come teach you? But I didn't realize how important it is to have a lot of different voices speaking about this experience.你为什么要我来教你？但我当时没有意识到，听到不同的声音来讲述这段经历是多么重要。Because we're not all speaking the same language, whether that's like, a metaphorical language, or a literal language.因为我们说的并非同一种语言，无论是比喻性的语言，还是字面意义上的语言。And while my message can't resonate for everyone and it won't, it could resonate for at least one person. And that has really motivated my whole teaching practice.虽然我的理念不可能引起所有人的共鸣，但至少可以引起一个人的共鸣。这确实激励了我的整个教学实践。It's just wanting to reach the one person who needs to hear what I'm saying. [解析]我只是想找到那个需要倾听我的人。

My name is Chelle Dalager and I coach the boys varsity basketball team at Churchill County High School.我叫切尔勒·达拉格，在丘吉尔郡高中执教男子校队篮球。In the state of Nevada, I'm the first female coach to coach a boys varsity program.在内华达州，我是首位执教男子校队项目的女教练。There's really more to basketball than just the game of basketball. It really is about life lessons.Your life is full of wins and losses you know.篮球的意义远不止于比赛本身，它蕴含着生活的哲理。人生充满了成败得失。You feel like you've done something great and sure enough somebody will knock you down, or you feel like you're maybe not so great, and then something picks you up.你觉得自己做了件了不起的事，但是肯定有人会打倒你，或者你感觉自己可能没那么出色，然后又会有事情让你振作起来。Teaches kids discipline, teaches them about work ethic and teaches about being able to rely upon somebody and about a commitment to a family.我教孩子们遵守纪律，教导他们树立职业道德，教导他们懂得能够依靠他人以及对家庭承担责任。First off, you're not always going to reach your goal, right? You're not always going to make it. That's just part of life and part of basketball.首先，你并非总能实现目标，对吧？你并非总能成功。这就是生活的一部分，也是篮球的一部分。What you should never do is stop or quit playing hard or stop you know trying to at least get the highest number you can get.你永远不应该停下或放弃努力，至少也要尽力争取能达到的最高目标。We made lots of good progress when we were early, right? So then, you all went home and had turkey legs. And then I don't know what happened, right?我们早期取得了许多不错的进展，对吧？然后你们都回家吃了火鸡腿。接着我就不知道发生了什么，对吧？Like our minds aren't focused on basketball anymore. And really this is where we should be the most focused we can be. Understand?好像我们的心思已经不在篮球上了。这才是我们应该最专注的地方，明白吗？So talk to your pals and get them out. Okay? Questions? Collin? Guys? All right. Let's go. Let's go. Let's go.跟你的伙伴们说说，把他们叫出来。好吗？有问题吗？科林？伙计们？好了，咱们走吧。

At this ilicon valley high school, teachers are locking up students'phones.在硅谷的这所高中，老师们把学生的手机都锁了起来。Checking their phones and texting and going on social media, and I would confiscate the phone over and over and over.他们不停地看手机、发短信、刷社交媒体，我就得一遍又一遍地没收他们的手机。We were just playing for a night, like on top of the desks with their phones, like in the middle of class.我们只是晚上玩，在课堂上玩手机。We did see some students upwards of like 11, 12 hours of screen time a day.我们确实看到一些学生每天的屏幕使用时间长达11、12个小时。Each student now has to stow their phone in this small cloth pouch with a magnetized lock.每个学生现在必须把手机放在这个配有磁带锁扣的小布袋里。This pin, and go right in here, and now it's kind of locked for the day. And then at the end of the day, they find one of these. And all they have to do is really tap it.这个插销直接插到这里，然后这一整天手机就锁在里面了。一天结束后，他们会拿到一个这个东西。而他们要做的只是轻轻敲一下。It is called a Yondr Pouch. Yondr is used at concerts and art venues for a phone free experience, but it is quickly found its way into schools in the U.S.and Europe.这叫做Yondr袋。Yondr一开始用于音乐会和艺术场所，以提供无手机体验，但它迅速进入了美国和欧洲的学校。The students are very engaged this year, instead of just taking selfies or looking at their phones. But some students struggle with smartphone separation.今年学生们参与度很高，而不是只顾着自拍或者看手机。但有些学生难以与手机分离。People put stuff on the needle. They'll break the needle. Or they'll even buy magnets online so they can unlock it.人们往针上放东西，把针弄坏。或者他们会网购磁铁来解锁。The school has wellness counselors available and support groups for those experiencing stress without their phones.学校提供健康顾问服务，并为那些因没有手机而感到压力的人设立了支持小组。It's harder to escape like our problems and our anxiety and depression when we don't have our phone sometimes.有时没有手机，就会难以摆脱焦虑和抑郁这些状况。What starts over this type of screen dependency is what motivated Yondr CEO Graham Dugoni, a former pro soccer player to create Yondr.正是这种对屏幕的依赖促使前职业足球运动员格雷厄姆·杜戈尼创立了Yondr公司。People primarily digesting the world through a screen 8 to 10 hours a day.人们一般每天花8到10个小时浏览手机，了解这个世界发生的事情。For me, it became very clear that the idea of device-free spaces in every modern urban setting is something that probably needs to happen and would be helpful.对我来说，在每一个现代都市环境中设立无设备区域的想法显然很有必要实施，而且会大有裨益。The cost of rent equipment is around 20,000 dollars per year or 12 dollars a student, which Gelb says so far seems more than worth it to the staff.租赁设备的成本约为每年2万美元或每名学生12美元，格尔布表示目前教职员工们认为这钱花得很值。It's tough to imagine what a classroom with cell phones would look like now.如今很难想象教室里人手一部手机会是什么样子。The greatest benefit they are hoping for is a big boost in grades once report cards come out.他们最期待的好处是成绩能大幅提升。

The giant iceberg split off the Antarctic ice shelf in 2017. Named by scientists as A68a, it has since drifted towards South Georgia, a remote British island in the south Atlantic.这座巨大的冰山于2017年从南极冰架崩离。这座被科学家命名为A68a的冰山随后向南大西洋上的偏远英属岛屿南乔治亚岛漂去。Satellite images show it is still largely intact, some 150 kilometers long and 48 kilometers wide.卫星图像显示它基本完好无损，长约150公里，宽约48公里。It's on course to hit South Georgia in around 30 days. Its shallow depth means it could drift very close to the island.它将在约30天后抵达南乔治亚岛。吃水浅意味着它可能会非常靠近岛屿漂流。This video from the organization Penguins International shows the island's huge penguin colonies.这段来自国际企鹅组织的视频展示了岛上庞大的企鹅群落。Key feeding grounds for penguins and seals could be blocked off, says scientist Geraint Tarling of the British Antarctic Survey.英国南极调查局的科学家杰兰特·塔林指出，企鹅与海豹的关键觅食区域可能遭到阻断。That means they have to go a lot further, they need to go around the iceberg, or to actually go further to find sources of food.这意味着它们必须走得更远。它们需要绕过冰山，或者真的要走得更远才能找到食物来源。And that time is quite critical at this particular period of their life cycle.在它们生命周期的这个特定时期，这段时间相当关键。They have to get back to their chicks and pups in short amounts of time so that they don't starve in the interim.它们必须在短时间内回到幼崽身边，以免它们在此期间挨饿。The iceberg could stick around for a decade and change the entire ecosystem.这座冰山可能会停留十年之久，并改变整个生态系统。These are globally significant populations of these species. If these species fail in this particular area, then the numbers globally are going to go down quite dramatically.这些物种的种群数量在全球范围内具有重要意义。如果这些物种在这一特定领域灭绝， 那么全球的数量将会大幅下降。Iceberg carving in Antarctica is a natural process but it's changing with global warming, says Tarling.塔林说，南极洲的冰山崩解是一种自然过程，但这一现象正随着全球变暖而发生变化。The rate at which this is happening is increasing. And so, this might become more of a usual thing into the future.这种情况发生的速度正在加快。因此，在未来这可能变得更加常见。The iceberg could also damage South Georgia's valuable fishing industry.冰山还可能破坏南乔治亚州宝贵的渔业。The hope is that changing weather patterns could yet divert it into the open ocean. 人们希望，不断变化的天气模式或许能将这座冰山引向开阔海域。

Zimbabwe is hoping to one day regain its former title as the bread basket of southern Africa.津巴布韦希望有朝一日重新获得南部非洲粮食之乡的称号。52-year-old George Nyamakawa is one of millions of farmers authorities are training under a UN-backed program called Pfumvudza.52岁的乔治是数百万农民中的一员，政府正通过联合国支持的"Pfumvudza"计划对他们进行培训。Pfumvudza, which means early shoots in Shona, is a method of conservation agriculturePfumvudza在修纳语中意为“初生的嫩芽”，是一种保护性农业耕作方式，that focuses on small plots that retains water longer, and is more efficient than large scale plowing.专注于经营能更长时间保持水分的小块农田，相比大规模耕作更高效。It is easy to maintain. At the same time, it gives more food to the nation.它易于维护，同时还能为国家提供更多食物。The U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has trained government officials on the method to help combat food shortages that have plagued Zimbabwe for over a decade.粮农组织(FAO)已就相关方法对政府官员进行培训，以帮助应对困扰津巴布韦十余年的粮食短缺问题。Zimbabwe's government has touted the program as a possible food security solution,津巴布韦政府已将该项目宣扬为一种可能的粮食安全解决方案，but the U.N. World Food Program knows it is still providing food aid to about eight million Zimbabweans--more than half the population.但联合国世界粮食计划署知道它仍在向大约800万津巴布韦人提供粮食援助，这一数字超过该国人口的一半。I think it will take a bit of more time to really work towards zero hunger and eradicate the problem all together.我认为要真正实现零饥饿并彻底解决这一问题还需要多花一点时间。Early shoots farming has its limitations, says Mandivamba Rukuni, a former agriculture economics professor who now directs a charity focused on farming innovation.前农业经济学教授曼迪万巴·鲁库尼表示，早期芽苗农业存在局限性。他目前负责一家专注于农业创新的慈善机构。The main one is it's very labor intensive. In Zimbabwe, like most other countries, labor is becoming more and more scarce, especially in rural areas, people are moving to urban areas.主要原因是它非常耗费人力。津巴布韦和其他大多数国家一样，劳动力正变得越来越稀缺，特别是在农村地区，人们都在往城市迁移。Farmers like Nyamakawa say are willing to do the extra work if the yields are higher and if they can count on authorities for support. 像尼亚马卡瓦这样的农民表示，如果产量更高且能指望当局提供支持，他们愿意多做些额外的工作。

Investing in art is something beyond what many people can afford, but that may no longer be the case thanks to New York startup called Masterworks.投资艺术是许多人负担不起的事情，但纽约初创公司Masterworks或许能改变这一现状。Very simply investors can come to our website. They can view different works of art that we have available for investment.很简单，投资者可以访问我们的网站，浏览我们可供投资的不同艺术作品。And they can invest amounts as small as $500 or as large as thousands of dollars in a particular painting.他们可以对某一幅特定的画作投资少至500美元、多至数千美元的金额。Scott Lynn, a collector who in 2017 founded the startup called Masterworks, says the concept of fractional ownership gives people lots of opportunities that used to only be available to the super rich.收藏家斯科特·林恩于2017年创立了一家名为Masterworks的初创公司，他表示，部分所有权的概念为人们提供了许多过去只有超级富豪才能拥有的机会。It's part of a new trend on the market called the democratization of luxury.这是市场上奢侈品大众化的新趋势的一部分。But Lynn says part of his job is to look out for investors without that much money.但林恩表示，他的部分职责是关注那些资金并不充裕的投资者。For example, many people use IRA or retirement accounts to invest in these paintings.例如，许多人使用IRA或退休帐户投资这些画作。So we want to make sure that the returns are as predictable as possible and the risk is reasonable.我们要确保收益尽可能可预测，并且风险处于合理范围。When a masterpiece is sold at an auction to a collector, it usually disappears from the public sight.当一幅杰作在拍卖会上被收藏家买下时，它通常就会从公众视野中消失。But in case of fractional ownership, the art piece continues its journey from one museum to another.但是如果有部分所有权，艺术品会继续从一个博物馆流转到另一个博物馆。We like the idea of once we purchase these paintings and then sell them off to investors to reload them out to museums, so they can be seen in the public.我们喜欢这样的想法：先买下这些画作，然后卖给投资者，再由投资者租借给博物馆，这样公众就能欣赏到这些作品。The coronavirus-inspired quarantine has amplified the investor's appetite for art.新冠疫情引发的隔离措施激发了投资者对艺术品的兴趣。Since the pandemic hit the US in mid-March, Masterworks has been attracting over 10,000 new investors a month.自从3月中旬新冠疫情袭击美国以来，Masterworks每月吸引了10000多名新投资者。All in all, people have invested over 30 million dollars in 15 world masterpieces.总的来说，人们已在15件世界杰作上投资了超过3000万美元。In the last two years, only five works of art have been purchased.过去两年间，仅购入了五件艺术品。In Masterworks, our perspective has been that art is an uncorrelated asset class,在MasterWorks中，我们的观点是艺术品是一种非关联性资产类别，meaning that it doesn't necessarily go in the same direction as the stock market or other asset classes.这意味着它不一定会与股市或其他资产类别同向波动。So what we've seen with COVID is that although there's been a large decrease in the total volume of sales by roughly half, we've actually seen our prices increase.我们在疫情期间看到的是，尽管销售总量大幅下降了约一半，但实际价格却有所上涨。And I think in June alone, we saw 22 artists that set price records.仅在六月，我们就见证了22位艺术家创下价格纪录。Oil and gold prices as well as company shares are prone to ups and downs depending on the situation in the world and changing politics.石油、黄金价格以及公司股票容易随着国际局势和政治变化而起伏波动。But even the Dow Jones Index is powerless when it comes to world masterpieces. 但即便是道琼斯指数，面对世界级杰作时也束手无策。

The biggest movie project of all time will soon launch on a remote mountaintop in Chile with a cast of billions. The subject nothing less than the entire visible universe.有史以来规模最大的电影项目即将在智利一座偏远山顶启动，参演阵容达数十亿之众。主题不亚于整个可见宇宙。We knew we needed an enormous camera, bigger than anybody had ever even conceived a building before.我们知道我们需要一台巨大的相机，比任何人之前构想过的建筑还要大。Steven Kahn is directing construction of a camera with a resolution of 3 billion pixels,史蒂文·卡恩正在指导建造一台分辨率高达30亿像素的相机，about 300 times the size of a smartphone image, which will create a time lapse record of the night sky over 10 years.其成像尺寸约为智能手机照片的300倍，该设备将在10年时间里对夜空进行延时记录。If you do this continuously for 10 years, then you'd have something like a thousand images of every part of the sky.如果你连续拍摄10年，你将会拥有天空每个部分大约一千张的图像。By comparing the images, you would see everything that changes in the sky and you would see everything that moves in the sky.通过对比这些图像，你会看到天空中所有发生变化的事物，也会看到天空中所有移动的事物。The unprecedented data collected by the camera funded by the US government will help probe two great scientific mysteries, dark matter and dark energy.美国政府资助的摄像机收集到的前所未有的数据将有助于探索两大科学奥秘：暗物质和暗能量。The researchers chose something more mundane for the camera's first test, a romanesco broccoli.研究人员为相机的首次测试选择了更为普通的物体——罗马花椰菜。It had a lot of structure on different scales. As you zoomed in you would see more things.它有许多不同规模的结构，随着镜头不断放大，更多细节会逐渐显现。Displaying the broccoli image at full size would require 378 ultra high definition TV screens.要完整显示这颗西兰花的图像需要378台超高清电视屏幕。Scientists around the earth will be analyzing the camera's data along with citizen scientists.全球科学家将与公民科学家一同分析该相机传回的数据。Kahn says there are enough galaxies for each classroom on earth to adopt one, giving students the potential to discover a supernova.卡恩表示地球上的每个教室都能分到一个星系，学生们有望发现超新星。The school kids could be the first humans to actually see that brightening star. The camera is expected to begin collecting images in 2023. 学校里的孩子们可能会成为第一批亲眼目睹那颗变亮恒星的人类。预计该相机将于2023年开始采集图像。

New York city's eight million residents are known for staying busy, but with the abundance of people comes plenty of waste and the need to recycle.纽约市八百万居民以忙碌著称，但人口众多也带来了大量垃圾和回收需求。Compliance is a big challenge, and in a city as diverse as New York, it's always been a challenge.合规是个很大的挑战，在纽约这样多元化的城市里，这一直都是个难题。New York city produces a 12,000 tons of waste each day, but manages to recycle just 17% of it.纽约市每天产生12000吨废物，但却只能回收其中的17%。There's no city in the United States that is winning with recycling right now.目前，美国没有一座城市在回收利用方面做得很成功。It turns out that it's become a money loser for municipalities around the country, and in the past they'd actually been shipping it abroad to be dumped.结果全国各地的市政当局都在往里砸钱，而过去他们实际上一直将其运往国外倾倒。In the past companies that recycle plastic, paper, glass and metal would pay municipalities for their trash.以前，回收塑料、纸张、玻璃和金属的公司会向市政当局支付垃圾处理费用。More recently the cities started paying the companies to pick up their material,最近，城市开始向这些公司付费，让他们回收材料，sometimes hauling the trash far away before dumping it, worsening its environmental footprint.有时这些公司会把垃圾运到很远的地方再倾倒，这进一步加重了对环境的影响。Now both municipalities and business owners have started to adapt.现在，市政当局和企业主都开始适应。This new facility one hour south of New York city hopes to divert more trash through its doors.这座位于纽约市以南一小时车程的新设施希望能回收更多垃圾。When things get handled many times and there's a lot of waste in the stream, it becomes more costly for the community to recycle.当垃圾被多次处理且流程中存在大量浪费时，社区回收的成本就会变得更高。The building with state-of-the-art optical sorters, screening and sizing means less wasted labor and material.配备先进光学分选机、筛分和尺寸分级系统的建筑减少了劳动力和材料的浪费。We project a savings to the taxpayers and municipalities of Monmouth County of over 2 million dollars in our first year.我们预计第一年为孟莫斯县的纳税人和市政当局节省200多万美元，But municipal solid waste accounts for no more than 3% of the nation's waste stream.但城市生活垃圾在全国垃圾总量中的占比不超过3%。Experts say making headway in recycling more agricultural, industrial and electronic waste could require more investment from the companies that manufacture the products.专家表示，要在农业、工业及电子废弃物回收领域取得进展，可能需要产品制造商加大投资力度。If corporate powers were willing to take responsibility for the end result of the materials that they put into the marketplace,如果企业权力机构愿意为其投放市场的产品原料的最终结果负责，so that their relationship to the market and to us as consumers would be more of a circular model instead of a linear model. That would be a really big step.这样他们与市场和消费者之间的关系将更趋向于循环模式而非线性模式。那将是非常重要的一步。If we aren't focusing on leaving the world either equal to when we started or better, then we are not doing a service to our children and future generations.如果我们不注意让世界变得和我们开始时一样或者更好，那么我们就是在辜负子孙后代。Local governments are still adjusting to the loss of China as the country's preferred recycler.地方政府仍在适应失去中国这一首选回收国的局面。But experts say they expect a renaissance of recycling in the coming years, with new policies and technological advances that turn more trash into a useful resource. 但专家表示，他们预计未来几年回收利用将迎来复兴，新政策和技术进步会将更多垃圾转化为有用资源。

For many worldwide, smartphones are used for everything from financial transactions to social media.对全球许多人来说，智能手机的用途广泛，从金融交易到社交媒体无所不包。So when screens break or crack, it can feel like life itself comes to a halt.当手机屏幕破裂时，我们会感觉生活都停止了一样。Long-time US glassmaker Corning has spent more than a decade making smartphone glass stronger.美国老牌玻璃制造商康宁公司花了十多年时间致力于提升智能手机玻璃的强度。These devices are typically a much higher percentage of a person's GDP.这些设备通常占个人国内生产总值的很大一部分。In emerging regions so durability and longevity of that phone becomes a much more critical feature than other developed countries.在新兴地区，手机的耐用性和使用寿命比在其他发达国家成为了更为关键的特性。Corning founded in 1851 has pivoted with the times. In 1879 Thomas Edison went to Corning for glass for his light bulb.康宁公司成立于1851年，一直与时俱进。1879年，托马斯·爱迪生去康宁为他的灯泡买玻璃。Corning's glasses used in the windows for NASA's space shuttles.美国宇航局航天飞机窗户上使用的是康宁玻璃。In the 1950s Corning became a household name with Corningware cookware, and Steve Jobs used it for the iphone.20世纪50年代，康宁凭借康宁餐具成为家喻户晓的品牌，史蒂夫·乔布斯还将其技术应用于iPhone手机。Now Corning dominates the worldwide smartphone glass industry.现在康宁在全球智能手机玻璃行业占据主导地位。Its latest product Gorilla Glass Victus is even tougher, says the company.该公司表示，其最新产品“大猩猩玻璃Victus”更加坚固耐用。Whenever we develop a new glass, we set the bar high. The new glass must be clearly better than our current flagship product, and far superior to the competition.每当研发一款新玻璃时，我们都会设定很高的标准。新玻璃必须明显优于我们目前的旗舰产品，并且远超竞争对手。Corning said they were able to improve both drop and scratch performance at the same time at first in the industry.康宁公司表示，他们首次在行业内同时提高了抗摔和抗刮性能。Gorilla Glass Victus can drop from two meters in height which is taller than I am onto a rough surface like asphalt and has 2x better scratch performance than our previous glass.“大猩猩玻璃Victus”能从比我身高还高的两米处跌落至类似沥青的粗糙表面，而且其抗刮性能比我们之前的玻璃强两倍。So the next time you drop your phone and it miraculously doesn't shatter, it's most likely thanks to this company in upstate New York. 下次你手机摔了却奇迹般地没碎，很可能要感谢纽约州北部的这家公司。

I grew up in Dalton, Massachusetts. Once I graduated and I had my degree, you know you really just try to get settled in somewhere with working with the species that you want to work with.我在马萨诸塞州的道尔顿长大。毕业后我拿到了学位，想找个地方安定下来，从事自己真正想研究的物种相关工作。I really love working with water birds, birds like pelicans for instance.我真的很喜欢和水鸟一起工作，比如鹈鹕。I knew of this place and have known about this place for quite a few years.我知道这个地方，而且已经知道好几年了。Thankfully this position had opened up. Now I just work with birds all the time.幸好这个职位空缺了，现在我整天都和鸟儿打交道。The birds that we see down here in the Keyes are fish eating birds, marsh birds a lot of the time.我们在基斯这儿看到的鸟类大多是食鱼鸟，很多都是湿地鸟类。We take an injured, orphaned wildlife and we rehabilitate them until they are to the point where they can be released, and then we do that at that point in time.我们救助受伤、失去双亲的野生动物，对它们进行康复治疗，直到它们能够被放归自然，届时就会放生。So I don't know what I'm gonna need. So I'm just gonna get a bunch of stuff.我不知道需要什么，所以就买了很多东西。So we are a non-profit organization. We are split into two different facilities.我们是一个非营利性组织，有两个不同的设施。The hospital location is where we take in injured, orphaned wildlife. They really don't have anyone on their side but us.我们在医院收治受伤、无依无靠的野生动物。除了我们，没人可以帮助它们。My, I guess, purpose in being here is to really try to be the best advocate I can be for the birds that come through.我想，我在这里的目的就是尽我所能为这些鸟儿争取最好的权益。We received a double-crested cormorant a few days ago. He was admitted and was very thin. He was not standing very well, very lethargic.几天前我们收治了一只双冠鸬鹚，它被送来时非常瘦弱，站都站不稳，无精打采的。One of the possibilities that we wanted to rule out was the case of an internal hook.我们想要排除的可能性之一是身体内部吞入了钩子的情况。We're putting him under anesthesia so we can get an X-ray and so that he's not flailing around while we're trying to get the X-rays.我们给他打了麻醉，这样就能给他拍X光片了，在拍片时他就不会乱动了。There are quite a few cases we see for a year that are hooked birds, ingested hooks.我们每年都会遇到不少鸟误食鱼钩。Ripped pouches for pelicans, we see a lot with fish carcasses. So that is a human impact there.鹈鹕的袋子被撕破了，我们经常看到里面塞满鱼骸。这显然是人为影响所致。

A major new exhibition in the heart of Washington celebrates the artistic achievements of native American women with more than 80 works of art.华盛顿市中心举办了一场大型新展览，展出了80多件艺术作品，以颂扬美国原住民女性的艺术成就。Hearts of Our People: Native Women Artists is the first exhibit of its kind,Hearts of Our People: Native Women Artists是该类型的首个展览，says Anya Montiel, curator of American and Native American Women's Art and Crafts at the Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum.史密森尼美国艺术博物馆伦威克美术馆的美洲及原住民女性艺术与工艺策展人安雅·蒙蒂尔表示。There have been other exhibitions in the past that have featured only native women artists, but those exhibitions tended to feature contemporary art.过去也曾有其他展览专门展示原住民女性艺术家的作品，但这些展览往往以当代艺术为主。So the curators of this show, they wanted to make sure that this exhibition is comprehensive in the timespan as well as including many different artistic mediums as possible.本次展览的策展人希望确保展览在时间跨度上全面涵盖，并尽可能包含多种不同的艺术媒介。Those mediums range from paintings, textiles and sculptures to baskets and even wearable art.这些媒介包括绘画、纺织品、雕塑、篮子，甚至还有可穿戴艺术。The exhibit explores three central themes: legacy, relationship and power.该展览探讨了三个核心主题：传承、关系和权力。Legacy is really talking about continuum. A lot of these artists have learned these traditions from their ancestors.传承实际上是在探讨延续性。许多艺术家从他们的祖先那里继承了这些传统。Adorned with teeth from hunted elk, it took many years to gather enough to decorate a single dress.这件衣服用猎获的麋鹿牙齿装饰，要花好多年才能收集到足够数量来点缀一件衣裳。So you have this dress that is put together by the women of the family, but with this beautiful decoration, that really shows the legacy of the entire family.你有一件由家族女性共同缝制的连衣裙，而且上面有精美的装饰 ，这真的展现了整个家族的传承。The theme of relationship represents the connection between humans and the earth.关系的主题象征着人类与地球之间的纽带。This one is called Wisdom of the Universe by Christi Belcourt. And it looks like beadwork, but it's actually all painting in acrylic.这幅作品名为《宇宙的智慧》，作者是克里斯蒂·贝尔科特。它看起来像珠绣作品，但实际上全是丙烯画。And upon closer inspection, the insects, the birds and the plants are actually endangered species, and so it's really presenting to us what are we gonna do about this.再仔细观察就会发现，这些昆虫、鸟类和植物实际上都是濒危物种，这真的向我们展示了我们该怎么做。The theme of power speaks to the authority of native women within their nations.权力的主题体现了原住民女性在其民族内部的权威。Especially for the Muscogee Creek, they are matrilineal nation. The women were the ones who made the decisions, especially about whether or not they were gonna go to war.尤其是穆斯科吉人，他们是母系社会。做决定的是女性，尤其是关于是否要发动战争的决定。Visitors to the exhibit had an emotional response. The last piece I was just looking at had a scar from a woman's shoulder to her hip, and the trauma of the culture that has been really traumatized by another was extremely impactful.参观展览的观众产生了情感共鸣。我刚才看的最后一件作品描绘了一个女人从肩膀到臀部的伤疤，而那种深受另一种文化创伤影响的文化所带来的冲击极其强烈。The one over there with the girl and the scar in the back that was really powerful. I don't know. It's just like, I almost wanted to cry when I saw it.那边有个女孩，后背有一道伤疤，真的给我很强烈的冲击。不知道为什么，我看到它的时候差点哭了。And that's the point of this exhibit, expose people to the variety of artwork created by native American women who may never have received the credit they deserve.这就是本次展览的意义所在，让大众有机会欣赏到那些可能从未获得应有认可的原住民女性艺术家所创作的丰富多样的艺术作品。This exhibition has so many testaments of these women saying that despite everything that's happened to native women, the cultures and the traditions are still so strong.这场展览中有许多来自这些女性的证言，她们表示尽管原住民女性遭遇了种种磨难，但文化与传统依然坚韧不衰。This touring exhibit remains in Washington until May. 该巡回展览将在华盛顿展出到五月。

Whether in a fire emergency or a controlled burn like this one, firefighters put themselves in harm's way.无论是大火蔓延，还是火情像这样得到控制，消防队员总是处于危险之中。Until recently there was no real process in place to pull them out of a fire should the flames jeopardize their health.直到最近，还没有真正可行的流程能在火势危及他们健康时将他们从火灾中救出。That changed with an artificial intelligence system envisioned by firefighter Joan Herrera.这一情况因消防员琼·埃雷拉构想的人工智能系统而改变。We noticed and are more conscious about the fact that we are dealing with toxic elements we need to identify.我们注意到并且更加清楚地意识到，我们正在处理需要识别的有毒物质。In other words, we need to understand what happens to us by detecting smoke concentration and carbon monoxide.换句话说，我们需要通过检测烟雾浓度和一氧化碳来了解周围的情况。The AI device these firefighters tested comes from Spanish start-up Prometeo.这些消防员测试的人工智能设备来自西班牙初创公司Prometeo。They outfitted the cellphone-sized devices with sensors that relay conditions to a remote command center.他们为手机大小的设备配备了感应器，这些传感器能将消防员的状况传送到远程指挥中心。What we'll see in our control center is a series of green, yellow and red alerts on the state of each firefighter on the environmental conditions that each one experiences.我们将在控制中心看到一系列关于每位消防员状态的绿色、黄色和红色警报，这些警报反映了各自所处环境状况。The funding for all of this came when Prometeo distinguished itself from other competitors when IBM's Call for Code $200,000 grand prize in 2019.当Prometeo在2019年获得IBM代码行动大赛20万美元大奖，从而在众多竞争对手中脱颖而出时，所有这些项目的资金就有了着落。Their team of five individuals, I included not only a firefighter who knew about the wildfire and what's needed,这个五人团队不仅包括一名了解野火情况及所需应对措施的消防员，but a nurse Neum Tim that's able to understand the challenge of wildfires on firefighters here in Spain, but also three IT technology specialists.还有一位名叫诺姆·蒂姆的护士，她能理解西班牙消防员在应对野火时面临的挑战，此外还有三名信息技术专家。And today we're able to understand what the real problem is and how they can come up with a technology solution that was gonna make a real difference.今天我们终于能理解真正的问题所在，以及他们如何提出一项能带来实质性改变的技术解决方案。IBM's Call for Code is part of a five-year, 30 million dollar philanthropic project.IBM代码行动大赛是一个为期五年，价值达3000万美元的慈善项目。Prometeo's five-person volunteer team beat competitors from more than 165 countries.Prometeo的五人志愿者团队击败了来自超过165个国家的竞争对手。They look to deploy their cutting-edge technology to protect the health of those on the front lines. 他们致力于运用尖端技术来保护一线人员的健康。

There were oyster reefs in Belfast Lough until the early 20th century, when overfishing and pollution all but destroyed them.贝尔法斯特湾曾经有牡蛎礁，直到 20 世纪早期，人类的过度捕捞和污染几乎完全毁灭了它们。Over the last four years, oyster nurseries have been set up on the coasts of counties Antrim and Down. Now conservationists have placed 2,000 adult European oysters and more than 30,000 juveniles on the seabed of the lough. Scientists hope the shellfish will form a natural reef and improve the water quality because they remove pollutants.在过去四年间，一些牡蛎繁殖场被设立在了安特里姆郡和唐郡的海岸线上。目前，自然保护工作者已经在海湾中投放了 2000 只成年欧洲牡蛎和超过 3 万只幼年牡蛎。科学家希望这种贝类动物能够形成天然礁石并改善水质，因为它们能去除水中的污染物。Northern Ireland's devolved government is supporting the project. It's led by the charity Ulster Wildlife, which has said the latest stage is a huge step forward in helping to restore a small but mighty ocean superhero.北爱尔兰自治政府支持这个项目。该项目由慈善机构阿尔斯特野生动植物组织牵头，该组织称项目的最新阶段是朝着实现帮助恢复这种体型小、实力强的海洋超级英雄的目标迈出的一大步。

"Say cheese!" That's what the person behind the camera might shout when they want you to smile for a photo. 2025 marked the 50th anniversary of digital photography. Steve Sasson, inventor of the first digital camera in 1975, told the BBC that it looked like a 'toaster with a lens' – not like the stylish cameras we see today! By 2005, more people were buying digital cameras than film cameras, which meant that a process which used to be slow and laborious, was now quick and easy.“说奶酪！” 当相机后面的人希望你微笑拍照时，他们可能会这么喊。 2025 年是数码摄影诞生 50 周年。 1975 年第一台数码相机的发明者 Steve Sasson 告诉 BBC，它看起来像一个“带镜头的烤面包机”，与我们今天看到的时尚相机不同！ 到 2005 年，购买数码相机的人比购买胶片相机的人多，这意味着过去缓慢而费力的过程现在变得快速而简单。The 2000s brought a snap-happy era, with people now able to take hundreds, even thousands of photos a year. But what they hadn't quite worked out yet was how to store them. Back then, people used a mishmash of hard drives, USB sticks and CDs – physical storage that was at risk of loss or theft. Later came online photo sharing via social media or free online photo galleries where you can upload photos to 'the cloud'. The problem is that if you chose just one of these options for photo storage, such as an old laptop that's now broken, or a social media website that no longer exists, you may have what's called a 'black hole' in your photographic record, with no photos of life in the noughties. So, what's the advice?2000 年代带来了一个热衷于拍照的时代，人们现在每年可以拍摄数百甚至数千张照片。 但他们还没有弄清楚如何存储它们。 当时，人们使用的是硬盘驱动器、USB 记忆棒和 CD 的混合体，这些物理存储存在丢失或被盗的风险。 后来出现了通过社交媒体或免费在线照片库进行在线照片共享，您可以将照片上传到“云端”。 问题是，如果您只选择其中一种照片存储选项，例如一台已经坏了的旧笔记本电脑，或者一个不再存在的社交媒体网站，您的摄影记录中可能会出现所谓的“黑洞”，没有上世纪九十年代生活的照片。 那么，有什么建议呢？After losing an external hard drive with all her family photos, Cathi Nelson set up The Photo Managers, a company which helps people manage their photo collections. They say the best protection is their '3-2-1' rule of photo storage which involves having three copies of each photo, all in different places. One in the cloud, the second on a hard drive, and a third on a drive in a separate location, like someone else's house. If that sounds like too much work, just make sure your smartphone automatically uploads photos to the cloud, and then spare some time once a month to upload those to a hard drive. And if you're someone who takes hundreds of photos per month, it's also a good idea to regularly curate your camera roll – keep the best ones and delete the rest, so you feel more in control.在丢失了装有所有家庭照片的外部硬盘后，Cathi Nelson 成立了 The Photo Managers，这是一家帮助人们管理照片集的公司。 他们表示，最好的保护是照片存储的“3-2-1”规则，即每张照片都有三份副本，并且都位于不同的地方。 一个在云中，第二个在硬盘上，第三个在单独位置的驱动器上，比如别人的房子。 如果这听起来工作量太大，只需确保您的智能手机自动将照片上传到云端，然后每月抽出一些时间将这些照片上传到硬盘即可。 如果您每月拍摄数百张照片，那么定期管理您的相机胶卷也是一个好主意 - 保留最好的照片并删除其余的，这样您会感觉更有掌控力。The key takeaway here is that each storage method has its pitfalls, so it's better to always use two methods over just one in order to have a backup. Online platforms can be shut down, and hard drives can be lost. Just make sure your memories don't fade into the digital black hole.这里的关键要点是，每种存储方法都有其缺陷，因此最好始终使用两种方法而不是仅使用一种方法来进行备份。 在线平台可能会被关闭，硬盘可能会丢失。 只要确保您的记忆不会消失在数字黑洞中即可。

Producing Cambodian silk ikat is a time-consuming, expensive and difficult process.制作柬埔寨丝绸伊卡特是一个耗时、昂贵且困难的过程。The results are undeniably beautiful. But the challenges in the creation are driving this traditional craft towards extinction.结果无疑是美的。但创作过程中的挑战正将这一传统技艺推向消亡。Keiy Khmer Association with a team of eight weavers in Takeo province is one of the few Cambodian non-profits struggling to preserve this traditional silk ikat handicraft.位于茶胶省的Keiy Khmer Association拥有八名织工团队，是柬埔寨少数致力于保护传统丝绸伊卡特手工艺的非营利组织之一。We use imported dyes and silk. When we create a silk ikat from these materials, it is no longer Cambodian.我们使用进口染料和丝绸，当我们用这些材料制作丝绸伊卡特时，它就不再是柬埔寨风格的了。So I started this association, hoping to create something truly Cambodian by using Cambodian natural dyes from the nests of Khmer lac insects, the bark of prohut tree, malabar tree, and indigo, also known as plae.于是我创办了这个协会，希望利用高棉紫胶虫的巢穴、普罗树皮、马拉巴树皮，以及靛蓝等柬埔寨天然染料，创造出真正具有柬埔寨特色的东西。These are the four primary colors we use to mix and produce textiles and silk ikat.这些是我们用来混合制作纺织品和丝绸伊卡特染织的四种原色。The Cambodian Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts says very few remaining Cambodians know how to produce traditional Cambodian silk ikat.柬埔寨文化和艺术部表示，目前会制作柬埔寨传统丝绸伊卡特的柬埔寨人已经寥寥无几。If they are old people who know how to bend the silk and tie the knot, that's very good. They are valuable human resources for our country.若是懂得缫丝结绳的老人，那便再好不过了，他们可是我国宝贵的人力资源。But the biggest existential threat is the disappearing natural raw materials.但最大的生存威胁是自然原材料的消失。Before people raised lac insects in Stung Treng province near the Laotian border, but they stopped already.以前人们在靠近老挝边境的上丁省养殖紫胶虫，但现在已经停了下来。Khmer lac may go its thing and malabar trees in various communities are being cut down and thrown away because they think there is no use for the trees.高棉紫胶虫或许能自生自灭，但各社区的马拉巴树却因人们认为其毫无用处而遭砍伐丢弃。

In the late 1920s, Hollywood producers liked coming here to the fancy Millennium Biltmore Hotel to hold business meetings.20世纪20年代末，好莱坞制片人们喜欢来这家豪华的千禧碧丽宫酒店举行商务会议。The story goes that it was here in 1927 that the studio's designer first sketched the outlook of the Oscar Statuette.据说1927年正是在这里，该工作室的设计师首次画出了奥斯卡小金人的草图。During the preliminary session of planning the Oscars, there were a couple of people in conversation talking about this event.在奥斯卡颁奖礼的策划预备会议上，有几个人在交谈中提到了这件事。And this started to scribble on a napkin and kind of draw a design above what is now the Oscar Statuette.一开始只是在餐巾纸上涂鸦，大致画出了如今奥斯卡小金人的设计草图。No one knows where the historical napkin ended up. Director of Marketing at Biltmore Hotel, Ana Segura, believes that was lost nearly hundred years ago.没人知道那张餐巾纸最后去哪里了。碧丽宫酒店营销总监安娜·塞古拉认为那张餐巾纸早在近百年前就已遗失。But the Oscar design endured. And in 1929, the first Academy Awards ceremony took place at the Roosevelt Hotel.但奥斯卡的设计经久不衰。1929年，第一届奥斯卡颁奖典礼在罗斯福酒店举行。Yet years later, the ceremony moved to where it all began, the Biltmore Hotel.然而几年后，典礼举办地点转移到了碧丽宫酒店。This hall hosted the ceremony eight times, though back then, it looked a little different.这个大厅曾举办过八次典礼，不过当时它的样子和现在有些不同。This ballroom originally was built to cater to the Oscars with a grand stage.这个宴会厅最初是为了举办奥斯卡颁奖典礼而建造的，里面有一个宏大的舞台。And because of the reconstruction, the hotel went through a renovation, and so they had to downsize the ceiling.由于重建，酒店进行了翻修，因此他们不得不降低天花板的高度。Pompous receptions, breathtakingly beautiful evening gowns and tuxedos, this was the place to see and be seen in legendary old Hollywood.奢华的招待会、美轮美奂的晚礼服和燕尾服，这里曾是传奇老好莱坞名利场中争奇斗艳的秀场。Visitors can still see glimpses of it today on the pictures that adorn the hotel walls.如今，游客们仍能在装饰酒店墙壁的图片中一窥其昔日风采。This picture, that's the one with Walt Disney and Shirley Temple. The beauty about this picture is the Oscar. It's the most iconic because of the Seven Dwarfs nomination.这是华特·迪士尼和秀兰·邓波儿的合影。这张照片的亮点在于那座奥斯卡奖杯。它之所以最具标志性是因为《白雪公主和七个小矮人》的提名。Obviously he got his award, so you have seven little Oscars and then the big Oscar trophy.显然他获得了奖项，所以有七个小奥斯卡奖杯，然后还有一个大的奥斯卡奖杯。But not just Hollywood stars frequented the Biltmore Hotel.但不仅仅是好莱坞明星经常光顾碧丽宫酒店。During prohibition, the time between 1920 and 1933 when the sale and manufacture of alcohol was illegal, this place drew very different crowds.在1920年至1933年禁酒令期间，出售和生产酒是非法的，那时这个地方吸引了许多截然不同的群体。Everyone from gangsters to politicians came here to meet in a secret bar that was hidden behind this wall.从黑帮成员到政客，所有人都曾来到这堵墙后隐藏的秘密酒吧会面。High name profile ranking officials, whether there were government celebrities, it was a combination of just, you know, highly renowned name people .高知名度的高级官员，不管是不是政府政要，都是一些很有名的人。And of course, because of the prohibition era and having such a great time at some point, somebody had to get out and get away, right? And so that was the secret passage.当然，由于禁酒令的存在，人们在某个时刻玩得太过尽兴，总得有人溜出去躲一躲，对吧？于是就有了这条秘密通道。Even today, actors and producers love coming here. Jaime has been a barman here for over half a century.即使在今天，演员和制片人也喜欢来到这里。海曼在这里当酒保已经50多年了。All this time, he's been collecting autographs, pictures and incredible stories.他一直在收集签名、照片，以及许多不可思议的故事。His favorite is about how he met Al Pacino, who decided to take a stroll around the hotel wearing a black cape.他最喜欢讲的是他如何遇见阿尔·帕西诺的，当时阿尔·帕西诺披着一件黑色披风在酒店周围散步。Mr. Pacino, I almost called securities on you. He said why, because look at you. And he said well, I'm rehearsing a play at Aquinas. Oh my god! So later on, I asked him for his autograph.帕西诺先生，我差点叫保安过来。他问为什么，我说因为看看你那副样子。他说他在阿奎那排练一部戏剧。天哪！后来我向他要了签名。The Academy Award ceremony hasn't been held here for years. Its venue of choices has long been Hollywood's Dolby Theatre.奥斯卡颁奖典礼已多年未在此地举办。其首选场地一直是好莱坞的杜比剧院。But to commemorate the early days of Oscars, every February, a special themed party is held within the walls of the legendary Biltmore Hotel .但为了纪念奥斯卡的早期岁月，每年二月，传奇的碧丽宫酒店内都会举办一场特别主题派对。

ECHO was instituted in 1975, and it originally stood for "Every Citizen Has Opportunities".ECHO成立于1975年，全称是"Every Citizen Has Opportunities"。And we provide skill-building, job placement, day support, and transportation to individuals with disabilities.我们还为残疾人提供技能培训、就业安置、日间支持和交通服务。Our mission is to empower each individual to achieve their optimal level of personal, social and economic success.我们的使命是助力每个人在个人、社交及经济层面实现最佳成就。Today, we are working here at MAC Aerospace. We're working on their inventory, which is one of the jobs that we have here for our participants.如今我们在MAC Aerospace工作。我们正在清点他们的库存， 这是我们为参与者准备的工作之一。And we count the inventory, we label it, and if it needs to be re-boxed, we can re-box it as well.我们清点存货，贴上标签，如果需要的话，我们也可以重新装箱。Today, we're counting screws. Everybody has a process. Everybody does it differently.今天，我们要数螺丝钉。每个人都有自己的一套流程。每个人的工作方式都不同。So I have to come in and learn the process, and then I teach the process to the participants.我必须来学习这个过程，然后再把这个过程传授给参与者。They're capable of anything. They can do anything as long as they trained properly. And that's my job.他们什么都能做。只要训练得当，他们就能做任何事。而训练他们就是我的工作。Becky, how's it going? Are you finding every piece? Yeah? So make sure some of the smaller pieces tend to fall at the very bottom.贝基，怎么样了？每个都找到了吗？要确认一些较小的，它们通常会落在最底部。So if you need to, you can take things out and move them around, but I promise you every piece is in there,okay?如果你需要的话，可以把东西拿出来重新摆放，但我保证每一样东西都在里面，好吗？I was in Phoenix, Arizona with my parents until my parents passed away. I moved here in October, last October.在我父母去世之前，我一直和他们待在亚利桑那州的凤凰城。我是去年十月搬到这里的。We currently serve around 207 individuals with disabilities. The assessment center helps determine different aptitudes and interests.我们目前为大约207名残疾人提供服务。评估中心帮助确定人们不同的能力和兴趣。It has a number of different modules, for which we put people through in various industries.它有很多不同的模块， 我们让不同行业的人去体验这些模块。And as you saw, Amy was very good at that. She's quite skilled at rolling napkins, silverware into napkins.如你所见，艾米很擅长这个。她非常熟练于将餐具卷进餐巾里。So for instance, she might be a good fit for our hospitality, our dish washing and restaurant services.因此她可能非常适合接待、洗碗和餐厅服务工作。What is something that's not appropriate to wear to work? A bathing suit or a swim suit not appropriate.什么东西不适合穿去上班？泳衣不适合。Finding a job is a desire and a goal of theirs, not everyone. So a lot of the participants that we work with here in the Academy have expressed a desire to get a job.找工作是他们的愿望和目标，虽然不是每个人都是这样想。我们学院合作的许多参与者都表达了找工作的意愿。So we kind of work on a lot of the soft skills that is required when one gets a job. 我们主要培养一些求职时所需的软技能。

This is a slime mold. Cat Chang is an urban designer. But in her spare time, she likes to examine other life-forms.这是一种黏菌。张凯特是城市设计师。但在业余时间，她喜欢研究其他生命形式。Ever since I was a little girl, I've been interested in the natural world. We're native Hawaiian.从小我就对自然界充满兴趣，我们是夏威夷原住民。Our family and my grandmother would take me around her yard. She would show us all the plants and how you use them.家人和祖母会带我参观她的院子。她会向我们展示所有的植物以及它们的用途。And later when I was interested in learning about fungi, I didn't have anybody to help me with it. Someone suggested iNaturalist to me, and it's on your cell phone.后来我对真菌产生了兴趣，却没有人能在这方面帮助我。有人向我推荐了iNaturist，可以装在手机上。iNaturalist is a joint initiative of National Geographic and the California Academy of Sciences.iNaturalist是美国国家地理学会与加利福尼亚科学院联合发起的项目。Essentially people can take a photo of anything living, plants, animal, fungus, slime mold, put it on the website and other people identify it.本质上，人们可以给任何有生命的东西拍照，比如植物、动物、真菌、黏菌，然后把照片上传到网站上，然后由其他人来识别。The app compares the image with those already in the database to begin the identification process. But ultimately, human experts weigh in.该应用将图像与数据库中已有的图像进行比较以启动识别过程，但最终仍需由人类专家进行判断。The best part of it is there's a community of people that can also participate.最棒的是，还有一个可以参与其中的群体。It's used by scientists to collect data, and actually write papers, as well as just amateur people who are really interested in getting more involved, and caring more about nature.科学家用它来收集数据并撰写论文，同样也有纯粹出于兴趣想更深入参与、更关心自然的业余爱好者使用它。This time of year, I'm particularly looking for salamanders. And I always like to see mammals, they're one of my favorites, and birds of course. I have almost 55,000 observations. It's a lot.每年的这个时候，我特别想找到蝾螈。我一直很喜欢观察哺乳动物，它们是我最喜欢的动物之一，当然还有鸟类。我已经有近55000次观察记录了，这可不少。iNaturalist has observations from every country in the world. Right now, I believe we have over 26 million observations and about 700,000 active users.iNaturalist拥有来自世界各国的观察记录。目前，我认为我们有超过2600万条观测数据和约70万活跃用户。This collaboration across continents led recently to a surprising discovery in California:这种跨大洲的合作最近在加利福尼亚州有了一项惊人的发现：the type of giant sunfish whose normal habitat is thousands of miles to the south, an indication perhaps of a rapidly changing world.一种通常栖息地在数千英里以南的巨型翻车鱼出现在这里，这或许预示着世界正在迅速变化。