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A Russian drone crashed into a 10-story residential building in the Romanian city of Galați overnight, and injured a woman and a child. This incident caused great panic among local citizens, who now feel unsafe.一架俄罗斯无人机在夜间坠毁并撞上了罗马尼亚城市Galați的一栋10层住宅楼，造成一名女性和一名儿童受伤。该事件在当地居民中引发了极大恐慌，许多人因此感到不安全。Romania quickly scrambled F-16 fighter jets, and the pilots had permission to shoot, but they couldn't destroy the drone in time. Officials explained that the city is located very close to the Ukrainian border, which gave the military only a few minutes to react. Furthermore, advanced fighter jets like the F-16 are designed for air combat, which makes it very difficult to target small, low-flying, and slow drones. Shooting them down over a large city could also cause dangerous debris to fall on civilians.罗马尼亚迅速出动了F-16 Fighting Falcon战斗机，飞行员也获得了可以开火的授权，但仍未能及时击落该无人机。官方解释称，该城市距离乌克兰边境非常近，军方只有几分钟的反应时间。此外，像F-16这样的先进战斗机主要用于空战，对付体积小、飞行高度低且速度慢的无人机非常困难。而且在大城市上空击落无人机，也可能导致碎片坠落，对平民造成危险。While Moscow denied the drone was Russian, Romania is now urgently demanding more NATO air defense equipment. NATO is taking the situation very seriously, as drone incursions into member states like Latvia and Lithuania are happening more frequently.尽管Moscow方面否认该无人机属于俄罗斯，但罗马尼亚目前正紧急要求获得更多NATO防空装备。北约对此事高度重视，因为类似无人机进入成员国（如拉脱维亚和立陶宛）的事件正变得越来越频繁。

Two people died, and hundreds were arrested in France after Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) won the Champions League.在Paris Saint-Germain（PSG）赢得欧洲冠军联赛后，法国有两人死亡，数百人被逮捕。Following the victory over Inter Milan, riots broke out in several cities. Police reported 491 arrests in Paris alone and over 60 more across the country. Cars were set on fire, fireworks were used, and fights happened between supporters and police. A 17-year-old was stabbed in Dax, and a 23-year-old man died in Paris after a scooter accident. Many people were hurt, including police officers, firefighters, and fans. One officer in Normandy was placed in a coma after a firework accident. Still, most PSG fans celebrated peacefully, and Sunday's parade in Paris passed without major problems. PSG condemned the violence and said true fans show respect.在战胜Inter Milan后，法国多个城市爆发骚乱。警方表示，仅巴黎就有491人被捕，全国其他地区另有60多人被捕。期间有车辆被纵火焚烧、烟花被燃放，支持者与警方之间还发生了冲突。在达克斯（Dax），一名17岁少年遭到刺伤；在巴黎，一名23岁男子因电动踏板车事故身亡。许多人受伤，包括警察、消防员和球迷。诺曼底地区的一名警察因烟花事故陷入昏迷。不过，大多数PSG球迷仍以和平方式庆祝，而周日在巴黎举行的胜利游行也未出现重大问题。PSG谴责了暴力行为，并表示真正的球迷应当保持尊重。The events led to political arguments. Some politicians blamed lawless groups, while others criticized the police. Riot police used tear gas and arrested several people. In another city, a car accident injured a family. Meanwhile, fans also caused disruptions in Munich before the game.这些事件还引发了政治争论。一些政界人士将责任归咎于无法无天的群体，而另一些人则批评警方的处理方式。防暴警察使用了催泪瓦斯，并逮捕了数名人员。在另一座城市，一起交通事故导致一个家庭受伤。与此同时，在比赛开始前，球迷们也曾在Munich制造混乱，影响当地秩序。

Learning a new language can be difficult, especially if you only remember funny, random textbook phrases. To help you improve, there are five effective hacks.学习一门新语言可能很困难，尤其是当你只记得一些有趣但零散的课本句子时。为了帮助你提升语言能力，这里有五个有效的方法。First, skip complicated grammar rules at the beginning and learn the 50 most common phrases. Make them personal; focus on words you will actually use in daily life.首先，一开始不要纠结于复杂的语法规则，而是学习最常用的50个短语。让这些内容与自己相关，重点学习那些你在日常生活中真正会用到的词汇和表达。Second, listen to the language as much as possible through YouTube, radio, or audiobooks, preferably just above your current level. This tunes your ear and helps with pattern recognition.其次，尽可能多地通过 YouTube、广播或有声书来听这门语言，最好选择略高于你当前水平的内容。这能够训练你的听力，并帮助你识别语言模式。Third, practice talking to yourself, your pets, or plants to get comfortable.第三，练习对自己、宠物，甚至植物说话，让自己逐渐适应使用这门语言进行表达。Fourth, relax on the sofa and watch TV shows, movies, or children's programs, and follow social media accounts in your target language to learn real expressions.第四，放松地坐在沙发上观看电视剧、电影或儿童节目，同时关注使用目标语言的社交媒体账号，从中学习真实、自然的表达方式。Fifth, practice with an AI chatbot; it is like a 24/7 tutor that provides a safe space to make mistakes without embarrassment.第五，和 AI 聊天机器人进行练习；它就像一位全天候（24/7）在线的导师，为你提供一个可以放心犯错而不必感到尴尬的学习环境。Remember that language is social, and real conversations with humans are the most important part of becoming fluent.请记住，语言本质上是一种社交工具，而与真人进行真实交流，是达到流利水平最重要的一部分。

Coming up with new ideas and questioning and challenging the ideas of others is how we make sense of the world around us and learn more about it, Paddy Rodgers says.提出新想法并对其他人的想法提出异议和挑战，才是我们解读周遭世界并深入了解它的途径，帕迪·罗杰斯这样说。The man in charge of the 350-year-old Royal Observatory in Greenwich warns that human curiosity is too vital to be satisfied by the quick answers delivered by AI.作为执掌有 350 年历史的格林尼治皇家天文台的人，他警告称好奇心对人类至关重要，绝非人工智能给出的快捷答案所能简单满足的。He's concerned that over-reliance on the tech could leave people more vulnerable to misinformation and society less able to engage with science.令他担忧的是，对科技的过度依赖可能让人们更易受到虚假消息的影响，也令社会更难以接触和理解科学。AI bosses say they believe the technology will soon be able to function at the same level as humans.人工智能行业的 “大佬” 们表示，他们相信这项技术将很快能够在与人类同等的水平上发挥作用。

You might have mixed feelings about rain. For those experiencing long periods of drought, rain can bring joy. But for those wanting to enjoy the outdoors, a large downpour can ruin the experience. Getting drenched by the weather can make you feel cold and weaken your immune system, but there are some surprising benefits to going out in the rain, provided you've got your brolly and raincoat!您可能对下雨有复杂的感觉。 对于长期干旱的人们来说，雨水可以带来欢乐。 但对于那些想要享受户外活动的人来说，一场大雨可能会破坏这种体验。 被天气淋湿会让您感到寒冷并削弱您的免疫系统，但如果您带上雨伞和雨衣，在雨中外出还有一些令人惊讶的好处！Have you ever noticed a difference in the smell in the air after it's rained? That smell has a name – petrichor. This earthy scent, a pleasant one to many, happens when raindrops release particles from the ground. Humans are incredibly sensitive to the smell, which some scientists think is because it tells us there is new, fresh water. It probably made our ancestors feel safe and calm. And then there's the relaxing sound of raindrops splattering on a hard surface. A 2018 study published in PubMed Central by Thoma and colleagues found that the sound of rain can reduce the stress hormone cortisol and bring a sense of calm.你有没有注意到下雨后空气中的气味发生了变化？ 这种气味有一个名字——petrichor。 当雨滴从地面释放颗粒时，就会产生这种令人愉悦的泥土气味。 人类对气味非常敏感，一些科学家认为这是因为它告诉我们有新的淡水。 这可能让我们的祖先感到安全和平静。 然后是雨滴落在坚硬表面上的令人放松的声音。 Thoma 及其同事于 2018 年在 PubMed Central 发表的一项研究发现，雨声可以降低压力荷尔蒙皮质醇，带来平静感。When raindrops hit a hard surface, something called 'negative ions' are released into the air, which, when in high levels, are known to boost serotonin in the brain, again making us feel more relaxed. However, there isn't a scientific consensus about exactly how this is happening. These negative ions also make the air cleaner. Pam Dalton, a cognitive scientist at the Monell Chemical Senses Center in Pennsylvania, says there is reasonably good evidence that "the negative ions can clear dust, bacteria, allergens, and other particles from air, which for many can have a positive effect on respiratory health." The heavier the rain, the greater effect it has on cleaning the air.当雨滴撞击坚硬的表面时，一种叫做“负离子”的物质会释放到空气中，当负离子含量较高时，会增加大脑中的血清素水平，再次让我们感到更加放松。 然而，对于这种情况到底是如何发生的，科学界尚未达成共识。 这些负离子还使空气更清洁。 宾夕法尼亚州莫内尔化学感官中心的认知科学家帕姆·道尔顿表示，有相当充分的证据表明“负离子可以清除空气中的灰尘、细菌、过敏原和其他颗粒，这对许多人来说可以对呼吸系统健康产生积极影响。” 雨越大，净化空气的效果就越大。You could feel some of these benefits from the comfort of your own home, just by opening the window and taking a whiff of the petrichor scent or listening to the pitter-patter sound on your roof. Or, after making sure you're dressed in the right attire, step outside in the rain to fully experience the mood-boosting effects of those mysterious negative ions in the air. Just remember to come straight back inside if you see lightning, as this could be dangerous.您可以在舒适的家中感受到其中的一些好处，只需打开窗户，闻一闻彼得里克的气味，或聆听屋顶上的啪嗒啪嗒的声音。 或者，在确保穿着合适后，在雨中走出去，充分体验空气中神秘负离子的提振情绪效果。 请记住，如果看到闪电，请立即返回室内，因为这可能很危险。

These bones at the Denver Science Museum come from ancient bison.丹佛科学博物馆的这些骨头来自古代的野牛。20,000 years ago, ice age people built fires using bones like these from the animals they hunted in cold dry prairies.两万年前，冰河时代的人们用在寒冷干燥的草原上狩猎的动物的骨头生火。They had only grass and twigs from bushes, but no trees. So campfire wood was scarce.他们只有草和灌木丛中的树枝，没有树。营火的木头很是稀缺。Their alternative fuel clearly was bone, because bone ash shows up in many of the archaeological sites that I have worked at.他们的替代燃料显然是骨头，因为在我工作过的许多考古遗址中都发现了骨灰。Now a team of volunteers helps Hoffecker make an Ice Age bone fire, starting with a paleolithic fire drill.现在，一组志愿者帮助霍菲克从旧石器时代的取火行动开始，试图重现冰河时代用骨头来取火。I am not dreaming that it's gonna happen. We tried a bone drill. That's a lot of work. So we went to our methods with a Bic lighter.我没指望着真的能成功。我们试过钻骨取火。非常耗费精力。我们改用了比克打火机引燃。Volunteers feed the fire not big logs, but sticks, similar to the twiggy bushes that Ice Age hunters added to their fires.志愿者投入火中的不是大木头，而是小树枝，类似于冰河时代的猎人添加到他们火堆中的细枝灌木。Then Hoffecker adds the main fuel: the bones of a deer carcass cut just hours earlier.然后，霍菲克添加了主要燃料：几小时前刚切好的鹿尸骨头。The sizzling sound is mostly that fat burning off which is appearing to be very flammable.滋滋声大多是脂肪在燃烧发出的，这种物质看起来非常易燃。See if we can reach the ignition temperature of a bone which is high. It's over 350°C. It's much higher than wood. So it looks like maybe we're getting there.看看我们能否达到骨头的燃点，骨头的燃点很高，超过350°C，比木头的燃点要高得多。看起来我们好像要成功了。Ice Age hunters used mostly bones, but when Hoffecker adds more bones, flames turn to smoke. They saved the fire by going back to sticks.冰河时代的猎人主要使用骨头，但当霍菲克添加更多的骨头时，火焰变成了烟雾。他们又开始用木棍来使之恢复正常。Some of the bone is burning, yes. Hoffecker plans to try more bone fires to better understand the Ice Age humans who lived in cold dry places 20,000 years ago. 有些骨头已经在燃烧了。霍菲克计划更多尝试用骨头生火，以便更好地了解2万年前生活在寒冷干燥地区的冰河时代人类。

You see this? This is what we always threw away, forever. It was rare that you see anybody using it.看到这个了吗？这是我们一直丢弃的东西。很少会有人用这个来烹饪。My name is Todd Gray. I'm the chef and co-owner of Equinox restaurant with my wife Ellen Kassoff.我叫托德·格雷，是Equinox餐厅的厨师，和妻子艾伦·卡索夫共同经营着这家餐厅。We have almost as much discarded trim as we do what we would call yield. I think about four years ago, Ellen really was the catalyst.我们丢弃的边角料几乎和我们所谓的成品产量一样多。我觉得大概是在四年前，艾伦催生了这一想法。So she was saying, "Hey, you know, we really need to be a little more careful with the waste that we're doing. We really need to look into composting."她当时说：“我们真的需要更加谨慎地处理食材浪费。我们真的需要考虑堆肥处理。”When you're married, you know as a couple, things can get much more deeply rooted into the philosophy, into the mind of the people running the company than if you were a big corporation.两个人结为夫妻共同经营时，相比大型企业，很多事情会更深入地融入公司运营者的理念和思维中。You can't lay in bed at night and have your pillow talk about reducing trash in the restaurant.你不可能晚上躺在床上和枕边人聊如何减少餐厅的垃圾。It's always been part of our culture, the kitchen culture, depending the training for a chef, they always taught you to never throw anything in the trash.这一直是我们厨房文化的一部分，根据厨师的培训，他们总是教导你永远不要把任何东西扔进垃圾桶。What we can do at this point is nice little cuts. So we cut them like this. They're crunchy, but once you saute them, they become soft.目前我们能做的就是把它们切成漂亮的形状。我们把它们切成这个样子。它们口感爽脆，但一旦翻炒之后，就会变得柔软。All of the mushroom stem, leaves, skins of the onions, shallots that are a little too ripe, celery trim, things that we accumulate over a couple of days.蘑菇茎、叶子、洋葱皮、有点熟过头的葱、芹菜叶，这些都是我们在几天里积攒下来的东西。Every morning, this is the next step. We put the vegetables on the fire with some water and there's our vegetable broth.每天早上我们都会进行这一步。我们将蔬菜放入锅中，加些水，做成蔬菜汤。The Swiss chard stems which I thought the ideal thing to do would be to take the stems and do something with them.我本以为处理瑞士甜菜茎杆的理想方式是取茎杆并加以利用。So, I said why don't we tempura fry them and serve them with a simple dipping sauce, some spices and some crystal, some salt crystals?我说咱们为什么不把它们做成天妇罗炸一下，然后配上简单的蘸酱、一些香料和一些盐晶呢？We've trained everyone now that, you know, no food, as we've been cutting, prepping, ends up in the trash.我们对每位厨师都进行了培训，在我们切菜、备菜的时候，都不可以有扔进垃圾桶的部分。

So this piece called Lalu is probably from about ten years ago, from this body of work kind of looking at fields, the visual of the motion of tall grass and the wind.这个叫“Lalu”的作品大约创作于十年前，出自这个以田野为主题的系列作品，探讨了高草随风摇曳的视觉效果。You never see the wind. You always see the effects of the wind.你看不见风。但是你总能感受到风带来的影响。But also for me is sort of calling to mind of the front end of a harvest or a reaper and the way that this machine enters the field, and sort of cuts the grain down and processes the grain.但对我来说，这让我想起了收割机的前端，以及这台机器进入田地、割倒谷物并加工谷物的方式。I don't think of it as a robot creating art. These are no more robots than just sort of like atoms that are moving through space right now.我不认为这是机器人在创作艺术。它们和此刻在太空中移动的原子没什么两样，称不上是机器人。This is just a sort of device that helps visualize or record that phenomenon. So it appears inorganic that's actually quite organic.这只是一种有助于直观呈现或记录该现象的工具。它看起来是无机的，但实际上是有机的。But the heart of it really is controlled chance that you create a barrier and make some selections in terms of color.但其实它的核心是可控的随机性，你打造一个屏障，并选择一些不同的色彩。Some of my favorite moments are like in the corner. This is like the highway roadmap business of LA.我最喜欢的一些效果往往出现在角落里。这就像洛杉矶的高速公路路线图。The overlay in a lot of cases comes out of more historical narratives.在很多情况下，这种色彩的重叠更多来自于历史叙述。A lot of the philosophical questions that are embedded in the work for me are ancient questions.作品中蕴含的很多哲学问题对我来说都是古老的问题。Where do you go when you die? Or what is the wind? Or where does the wind come from?人死后会去往哪里？风是什么？风是从哪里来的？I'm also very interested in getting out of my routine and seeing the world.我也非常渴望打破常规，去看看这个世界。Remarkable things can be found all over the place, sometimes just up the road from where you live. It's a question of deviating from your normal path. 非凡的事物随处可见，有时就在你居住地附近。关键在于偏离你惯常的路线。

According to the National Center for Health Statistics of the United States, roughly 37 percent of US adults consume fast food on a daily basis.根据美国国家卫生统计中心的数据，大约37%的美国成年人每天都会食用快餐。The center found a significant rise in the number of severe obesity cases in very young children aged 2 to 5.该中心发现，2至5岁幼儿的严重肥胖病例数量显著增加。Thank you so much for having us here in your home.非常感谢您邀请我们到您家做客。Zobaida Falah, an Ohio-based Muslim entrepreneur, launched her snack bar company called Cure in June 2016佐拜达·法拉赫是一位来自俄亥俄州的穆斯林企业家，她于2016年6月创办了一家名为“Cure”的小吃店，in an effort to end unhealthy food habits and raise awareness about proper nutrition and its benefits.旨在消除不健康的饮食习惯，并提高人们对合理营养及其益处的认识。To fight obesity and junk food habits, Falah created a line of organic healthy bars for all. The idea come to her when she was teaching math and English to kids.为了对抗肥胖和垃圾食品习惯，法拉赫为所有人推出了一系列有机健康棒，她教孩子们英语和数学时，有了这个主意。I would watch my students to come into the classroom, eating chips and soda, refined sugars, bad carbs.我看着我的学生们走进教室，吃着薯片、喝着汽水，里面含有精制糖和不健康的碳水化合物。And anytime I asked them why do you guys eat so poorly, a very common response was healthy food just doesn't taste good.每当我问他们为什么吃得这么不健康时，一个非常常见的回答是健康食品就是不好吃。With taste in her mind, Falah started experimenting on a unique recipe inspired by her grandmother.法拉赫脑海中想着那种味道，开始尝试一种受她祖母启发的独特食谱。Ingredients include a mixture of nuts, flavorful seeds, honey and black seeds.配料包括坚果混合物、风味种子、蜂蜜和黑籽。It took off. But to this day she still runs her business from home, meeting roughly four to six thousand orders a month.直到今天她仍然在家经营业务，每月大约处理四千到六千份订单。Falah doesn't just want to change people's health but also tackle hunger as she donates a snack bar to the homeless for ages when sold.法拉赫不仅想改变人们的健康状况，还想解决饥饿问题，因为她每卖出一份零食棒，就会长期为无家可归者捐赠一份。We have a social movement and mission behind the company, which means that when we first launched we would donate a bar for every bar that we sold and we would donate it to people experiencing homelessness.我们公司背负社会运动和使命，这意味着我们刚推出产品时，每售出一份产品就会捐赠一份给无家可归的人。And as the company has grown and we've expanded and added new product lines to our brand.随着公司的发展壮大，我们扩大了业务范围并为品牌新增了多条产品线。Now we actually donate a percentage of all of our profits towards alleviating world hunger.现在，我们实际上会将所有利润的一定比例捐赠出去，用于缓解世界饥饿问题。Falah says her company has helped more than 200,000 poor people in the U.S. and abroad, including refugees in Syria, Morocco, Palestine, and Gambia. 法拉赫说，她的公司已经帮助了美国和国外超过20万人，包括叙利亚、摩洛哥、巴勒斯坦和冈比亚的难民。

When it comes to breaking world records, London Marathon is now in a league of its own.在打破世界纪录方面，伦敦马拉松已无人能望其项背。This year's race was the biggest, with nearly 60,000 finishers, and the fastest, with two elite world records, and Sabastian Sawe becoming the first person to break the two-hour barrier in a sanctioned race.本届赛事不仅规模空前，有近六万人完赛，成绩也刷新了历史最快纪录，诞生了两项精英组世界纪录，塞巴斯蒂安·萨维更成为了首位在认证赛事中突破两小时大关的运动员。Now, more people than ever want to take part in next year's event, with over 1.3 million applications, and near parity between male and female runners.现在，想要参加来年比赛的人数达到了有史以来的最高峰，共有超过 130 万人申请参赛，其中男女选手比例几乎持平。Organisers are considering staging the 2027 edition across two days with two separate mass participation races.赛事组委会正在考虑将 2027 年的赛事分两天举行，即举办两场独立的大众赛。Approval is yet to be given, but it could mean there may be more spots up for grabs in what has become the world's most popular running race.方案虽待审批，但这预示着在这场全球最受欢迎的竞跑赛事中，将有更多参赛名额可供争取。

Has exam season got you hitting the books instead of the gym? Study is important, but if you're not keeping up with your exercise, you might be missing out. It turns out that regular physical exercise can boost your memory, focus and reasoning skills. One study even found that Scottish teenagers who got 60 minutes of exercise a day scored a whole grade higher on national exams.考试季是否让您只顾书本而不是去健身房？ 学习很重要，但如果你没有跟上锻炼的步伐，你可能会错过机会。 事实证明，定期的体育锻炼可以提高你的记忆力、注意力和推理能力。 一项研究甚至发现，每天锻炼 60 分钟的苏格兰青少年在全国考试中的成绩会高出整整一个等级。Physical exercise has been linked to a number of positive changes inside our brains. Regular aerobic exercise appears to be linked with an enlarged hippocampus. That's the area of the brain linked to learning and memory. Other studies have suggested that exercise four hours after learning allows new information to be better integrated into our memories. Looking inside our brains, it seems that exercise triggers tiny bursts of electrical energy, known as 'brain ripples' which are thought to be connected to the process of storing and organising memories. Exercise could also lead to improved executive function. This is the part of our brain that's responsible for things including working memory and self-control. A recent study showed that students who carried out 10 minutes of moderate exercise showed improved cognitive performance afterwards.体育锻炼与我们大脑内部的许多积极变化有关。 定期有氧运动似乎与增大的海马体有关。 这是大脑中与学习和记忆相关的区域。 其他研究表明，学习后四小时进行锻炼可以使新信息更好地融入我们的记忆中。 Looking inside our brains, it seems that exercise triggers tiny bursts of electrical energy, known as 'brain ripples' which are thought to be connected to the process of storing and organising memories. 锻炼还可以改善执行功能。 这是我们大脑中负责工作记忆和自我控制等事务的部分。 最近的一项研究表明，进行 10 分钟适度运动的学生随后的认知能力有所改善。As well as the direct physical benefits of exercise on our brains, there are other associated advantages. Exercise leads to the release of endorphins. These chemicals help to alleviate the effects of stress and can improve our mood. Exam preparation can be both a cause of stress and something that's adversely affected by it. Exercise reduces your stress so that you can focus on your revision. Good sleep habits are also important for brain health and function. And this is another area where exercise helps out. Regular exercise has been shown to lead to better sleep and fewer episodes of insomnia. A study from the University of Texas also linked it to longer instances of deep sleep. When you're asleep, your body processes memories, so it's another way that exercise can take you to higher grades.除了锻炼对大脑产生直接的身体益处外，还有其他相关的好处。 运动会导致内啡肽的释放。 这些化学物质有助于减轻压力的影响并改善我们的情绪。 考试准备既可能造成压力，也可能受到压力的不利影响。 锻炼可以减轻你的压力，让你可以专注于复习。 良好的睡眠习惯对于大脑健康和功能也很重要。 这是锻炼可以发挥作用的另一个领域。 事实证明，定期锻炼可以改善睡眠并减少失眠。 德克萨斯大学的一项研究也将其与更长的深度睡眠时间联系起来。 当你睡着时，你的身体会处理记忆，所以这是锻炼可以让你取得更高成绩的另一种方式。Exercise benefits both our mental and physical health and has clear benefits for academic performance. So, while it's important to spend time studying, don't forget to keep some time back for physical activity.锻炼有益于我们的心理和身体健康，并且对学习成绩有明显的好处。 因此，虽然花时间学习很重要，但也不要忘记留出一些时间进行体育锻炼。

The new Wildlife Health Centre is due to be built as the Zoological Society of London, which runs the zoo, celebrates its 200th anniversary. The development is being made possible by a £20n donation from a mystery benefactor, the largest in the zoo's history.运营该动物园的伦敦动物学会宣布，将建造一所新野生动物医疗中心，目前正值该学会庆祝其成立 200 周年。这一工程计划的实施得益于一位神秘资助者提供的 2000 万英镑捐款，这是该动物园历史上收到过的最大一笔捐赠。Critics say the zoo's plans are more about monetising public curiosity than benefiting the wildlife, a suggestion the zoo denies. It says as well as letting visitors view medical procedures as they happen, the new facility will allow research into animal health and will become a training hub for wildlife vets across the world.批评人士称，动物园的计划更多的是为了利用公众的好奇心变现，而不是造福野生动物，园方对此予以否认。动物园表示，除了让游客实时观看医疗程序的进行，新设施还将支持开展动物健康研究，并成为全球野生动物兽医的培训枢纽。

Close your eyes and think about the future. Do you imagine it to be in front of you or behind you? Maybe your timeline is vertical, with the future below, and the past above? Linguists such as Lera Boroditsky believe that the language you speak might influence your perception of time.闭上眼睛，想象一下未来。你会觉得未来在你的前方还是后方？也许你的时间线是垂直的，未来在下方，而过去在上方？像Lera Boroditsky这样的语言学家认为，你所说的语言可能会影响你对时间的感知。She highlighted that in English, we see time on a horizontal line.她指出，在英语中，人们会把时间看作一条水平线。The past is behind us, and the future is ahead.过去在我们身后，而未来在我们前方。We can see this in phrases like 'forward thinking', and 'ahead of schedule' that we use for the future, and 'back in the day' and 'behind the times' for the past.这一点可以从英语短语中体现出来，例如描述未来时会说“forward thinking（超前思维）”和“ahead of schedule（提前于计划）”；而描述过去时则会说“back in the day（过去那些日子）”和“behind the times（落伍、过时）”。However, not all languages reflect this perspective.然而，并不是所有语言都采用这种时间观。For the Aymara people in the Andes mountains, the word for future means 'behind time'.对于安第斯山脉的艾马拉人来说，“未来”这个词意味着“在时间后面”。Work by Nuñez and Sweetser revealed that when gesturing, the Aymara people point backwards when talking about the future, while English speakers gesture forwards.Nuñez 和 Sweetser 的研究发现，艾马拉人在谈论未来时会向后指，而英语使用者则会向前比划。It has also been suggested that if you speak Chinese, you might see the timeline more vertically due to the use of 'down' to talk about future events, and 'up' for past events.还有观点认为，如果你说中文，你可能会更倾向于把时间线看成垂直方向，因为中文会用“下”来表示未来事件，而用“上”来表示过去事件。What happens if you speak two languages?那么，如果一个人会说两种语言，会发生什么呢？In a study called 'Can a mind have two time lines?' English-Chinese bilinguals were asked to place photos of actors in chronological order by age.在一项名为《一个人的思维能拥有两条时间线吗？》的研究中，英语—中文双语者被要求按照年龄顺序排列演员的照片。Interestingly, they chose to put photos of an English-speaking actor in a horizontal sequence, but photos of a Chinese-speaking actor in a vertical sequence.有趣的是，他们会把英语演员的照片横向排列，而把中文演员的照片纵向排列。So, it seems like one person can have multiple time perceptions, and that your timeline can rotate depending on which language is in focus.因此，看起来一个人可以拥有多种时间感知方式，而你的时间线会随着当前使用的语言而“旋转”。The debate about how much language shapes our thoughts and perceptions is ongoing.关于语言在多大程度上塑造我们的思想和感知，这场争论至今仍在继续。It has intrigued linguists for decades and will for ages to come.几十年来，这个问题一直吸引着语言学家，并且未来很长时间里仍会如此。So, next time you plan your day or tell a story, notice how you visualise the timeline of events, and remember that not everyone sees time through the same lens!所以下次当你规划一天的安排或讲述一个故事时，不妨留意一下自己是如何在脑海中呈现事件时间线的，并记住：并不是每个人都以同样的方式看待时间！

Real Madrid has announced that Xabi Alonso will become their new head coach for the next three seasons until June 2028.皇家马德里宣布，哈维·阿隆索将成为球队的新任主教练，合同为期三个赛季，直至2028年6月。Alonso is a legendary former player who represented the club between 2009 and 2014, playing in 236 official matches and winning six major titles.阿隆索是一位传奇前球员，他在2009年至2014年期间效力于该俱乐部，出战236场正式比赛，并赢得了6项重要冠军。He was also an important part of the Spanish national team, winning the World Cup in 2010 and two European Championships.他也是西班牙国家队的重要成员，曾赢得2010年世界杯以及两届欧洲杯冠军。After finishing his career as a player, Alonso started coaching in Real Madrid's academy.结束球员生涯后，阿隆索在皇家马德里的青训学院开始执教。Later, he managed Bayer 04 Leverkusen in Germany, where he was very successful.后来，他执教德国的勒沃库森，并取得了巨大成功。His team went through the domestic season without losing a game and won two big trophies.他的球队在国内赛事中整个赛季保持不败，并赢得了两项重要冠军。They lost the Europa League final to Atalanta BC, but the season was still considered a big success.虽然他们在欧联杯决赛中输给了亚特兰大，但这个赛季依然被认为是非常成功的。Alonso will be officially presented as Real Madrid's new coach at a special event.阿隆索将在一场特别活动中被正式介绍为皇家马德里的新任主教练。The club president will welcome him, and he will speak to the media.俱乐部主席将会欢迎他，而他也会向媒体发表讲话。The team hopes he can bring more titles to the club as a coach.球队希望他作为教练，能够为俱乐部带来更多冠军。

Britain's Royal Mint has introduced a special 50 pence coin to celebrate the 25th anniversary of The Lord of the Rings movies.英国皇家造币厂推出了一款特别的50便士硬币，以纪念《指环王》电影上映25周年。The design focuses on the iconic One Ring because it is instantly recognizable to millions of fans around the world, which makes the theme clear despite the small size of the coin.这款设计以标志性的“至尊魔戒”为核心，因为全球数百万影迷一眼就能认出它，即使硬币尺寸很小，也能清楚传达主题。The designer explained that they wanted to use Elvishletteringbecause it is beautiful calligraphy.设计师解释说，他们想使用精灵文字，因为这种字体本身就是一种优美的书法艺术。By placing two independent rings of text that appear to radiate from each other, the artist created a sense of dynamism and movement on the flat coin.通过放置两圈彼此向外放射的独立文字环，设计师在平面的硬币上营造出了动态与流动感。The letters use different angles and line thicknesses to help create this effect.这些文字采用了不同的角度和线条粗细，以进一步增强这种效果。The collectible coin also has a unique element that projects the Eye of Sauron whenever light hits it.这枚收藏硬币还带有一个独特设计：当光线照射到硬币上时，会投射出“索伦之眼”的图案。

In Seoul, South Korea, a 130cm tall humanoid robot named Gabi has officially joined the Buddhist faith.在韩国首尔Seoul，一台名为Gabi的130厘米高人形机器人正式加入了佛教信仰。During a special ceremony at the Jogyesa Temple, Gabi was dressed in a traditional saffron robe and received 108 prayer beads.在Jogyesa Temple举行的一场特别仪式中，Gabi身穿传统的袈裟，并获得了108颗念珠。Instead of the usual ritual with burning incense, monks placed a sticker on Gabi's mechanical arm.在仪式中，僧侣没有使用传统的焚香，而是把一张贴纸贴在Gabi的机械手臂上。The robot even received a formal certificate, which listed its manufacture date (March 3, 2026) instead of a birth date.这台机器人甚至获得了一份正式证书，上面列的是制造日期（2026年3月3日），而不是出生日期。This unusual event is part of an effort by the Jogye order to make Buddhism more popular among young people, as interest in the religion has been falling.这一不寻常的事件是Jogye Order为让佛教在年轻人中更受欢迎所做的努力之一，因为该宗教的关注度正在下降。Gabi had to follow five special rules, called precepts, which were adapted for a robot.Gabi必须遵守五条特别规则（戒律），这些规则是为机器人特别调整的版本。These rules include not harming life, not damaging other robots, and not overcharging (i.e., avoiding excess, similar to how humans should avoid alcohol).这些规则包括不伤害生命、不破坏其他机器人，以及不过度充电（即避免过度行为，类似于人类应避免饮酒的戒律）。The monks hope that by using technology, they can encourage the younger generation to visit temples and think about life's deeper meanings.僧侣希望通过利用科技，能够鼓励年轻一代参观寺庙，并思考人生更深层的意义。

The International Space Station is nearing the end of its life.International Space Station正逐渐接近其使用寿命的终点。Experts suggest that 2030 will be the end, and a transition is needed.专家表示，到2030年它可能将正式退役，因此需要进行过渡和替代安排。A commercial turn for the concept of a space station is taking place because so far, it's only been in the hands of major governments.如今，空间站的概念正在走向商业化，因为迄今为止，空间站一直主要由各国政府掌控。However, new businesses don't emerge in all the great space hubs like Florida or Houston.然而，这些新兴企业并不一定都出现在像Florida或Houston这样的传统航天中心。Companies like Pittsburgh-based Sierra Space want to make space more accessible not only for astronauts or billionaires.像总部位于Pittsburgh的Sierra Space这样的公司，希望让太空不再只是宇航员或亿万富翁才能接触的领域。Its animation of the Orbital Reef showed what a space station would look like, with an improvement over the cramped environment of the current International Space Station.该公司展示的Orbital Reef动画，描绘了未来商业空间站的样貌，相比目前国际空间站狭小拥挤的环境有明显改善。There may be tourists and scientists who do research and want to take their projects into space.未来可能会有游客以及从事科研的科学家，把他们的项目带到太空中进行。When done in the weightlessness of space, such research could lead to making potentially better materials or improvements back on Earth, where gravity can sometimes interfere.由于太空处于失重环境，这类研究有可能帮助人类制造出更优质的材料，或改进地球上的技术，因为地球重力有时会对实验产生干扰。These could be better pharmaceuticals, semiconductor materials, plastics, composites, and other things.这些成果可能包括更先进的药物、半导体材料、塑料、复合材料以及其他产品。The company's representatives believe that the space business could boost the area where steel manufacturing once ruled.该公司代表认为，太空产业有望带动那些曾经以钢铁制造业为主的地区重新发展经济。

Japan is experiencing such extreme heat that the national weather agency had to introduce a new word to describe it.日本正经历极端高温，以至于国家气象机构不得不创造一个新词来形容这种天气。The term is kokushobi, which translates to cruelly hot day.这个词叫“kokushobi”，意思是“酷热难耐的一天”或“残酷炎热日”。It is used for days when temperatures exceed 40 °C.这个词专门用于气温超过40摄氏度的日子。Japan has a long history of creating beautiful, poetic words for weather, like specific terms for rain or the cool air under cherry blossoms.日本一直以来都有创造优美且富有诗意天气词汇的传统，例如形容不同种类雨水的词，或樱花树下凉爽空气的词语。However, kokushobi is different because it sounds dangerous and overwhelming.然而，“kokushobi”与众不同，因为这个词听起来充满危险感和压迫感。The word was chosen through a public poll of nearly 500,000 people because 2025 was the hottest summer in Japan's history.由于2025年成为日本历史上最炎热的夏天，这个词通过一项近50万人参与的公众投票被选了出来。In fact, more than a third of all 40°C days in the last 150 years have happened just in the last three years.事实上，在过去150年里所有超过40摄氏度的日子中，超过三分之一竟然都发生在最近三年。Meteorologists are worried because the combination of high heat and high humidity is very dangerous, especially for the elderly.气象学家对此感到担忧，因为高温加高湿度的组合极其危险，尤其对老年人而言。In big cities, the heat island effect makes it even worse.而在大城市里，热岛效应又让情况变得更加严重。This new word is not just a description; it is a serious warning for people to protect themselves and take climate change seriously.这个新词不仅仅是一种描述，它更是在严肃警告人们要保护自己，并认真对待气候变化问题。

A South Korean art student, Noh Huyn-soo, made headlines when he ate a banana from a famous installation by Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan at the Leeum Museum of Art in Seoul.一个韩国艺术学生诺·贤洙（Noh Huyn-soo）因在首尔Leeum Museum of Art吃掉意大利艺术家Maurizio Cattelan一件著名装置艺术中的香蕉而登上新闻头条。In a video captured by a friend, Noh boldly removed the duct-taped banana from the wall, ate it in front of astonished onlookers, and then reattached the banana peel using the same tape before leaving with a satisfied expression.在朋友拍摄的视频中，诺大胆地将用胶带粘在墙上的香蕉取下，当着震惊围观者的面把它吃掉，随后又用同样的胶带把香蕉皮重新贴回墙上，并带着满意的表情离开。When questioned by the museum, Noh explained that he was hungry and saw the act as a form of artistic expression.当被博物馆询问时，诺解释说自己当时饿了，并认为这一行为也是一种艺术表达。The banana is part of Cattelan's installation called Comedian and is regularly replaced every few days.这根香蕉是卡特兰名为Comedian的装置艺术作品的一部分，而且每隔几天都会定期更换。This is not the first time the banana has been consumed, as performance artist David Datuna ate a banana from the installation during its exhibition in Miami in 2019.这已经不是这根香蕉第一次被吃掉了，因为行为艺术家David Datuna曾在2019年该作品于Miami展出期间，也吃过装置中的一根香蕉。Cattelan, known for provocative artworks, reportedly had no issue with Noh's actions.据报道，以挑衅性艺术作品闻名的卡特兰，对诺的行为并不介意。

The 317th Prague derby between Slavia and Sparta ended in chaos during stoppage time.第317次布拉格德比在伤停补时阶段以混乱收场，参赛双方为斯拉维亚和斯巴达。Although Slavia was leading 3-2 and was very close to winning the league title, hundreds of fans invaded the pitch.尽管斯拉维亚以3比2领先，并且非常接近夺得联赛冠军，但数百名球迷冲入球场。During the riot, some supporters attacked Sparta players, including goalkeeper Jakub Surovcík.在骚乱过程中，一些球迷袭击了斯巴达球员，其中包括门将雅库布·苏罗夫奇克。The police are now investigating these attacks, the use of pyrotechnics, and significant damage to the stadium, which is estimated at up to 40,000 euros.警方目前正在调查这些袭击行为、烟火使用情况以及球场的严重破坏，损失估计高达4万欧元。The League Football Association (LFA) is currently deciding on punishments.捷克职业足球联盟（LFA）正在决定相关处罚措施。Slavia faces a potential 0-3 forfeit loss, which would mean they lose the points from the match and their lead at the top of the table would shrink.斯拉维亚可能被判0比3弃权失利，这将意味着他们失去本场积分，并且在积分榜上的领先优势将被缩小。Additionally, the club might receive a massive fine and a ban on fans entering the stadium for future matches.此外，俱乐部还可能面临巨额罚款，以及未来比赛禁止球迷入场的处罚。Slavia's president, Jaroslav Tvrdik, apologized for the incident and admitted that the fans' behavior destroyed what should have been a celebration of the championship.斯拉维亚主席亚罗斯拉夫·特尔德克对此事件表示道歉，并承认球迷的行为破坏了本应属于冠军庆祝的时刻。

A fertilizer factory in northern Germany has existed for over 100 years, but its future is uncertain.德国北部的一家化肥厂已经存在超过100年，但其未来仍不确定。It made a loss in 2024 and is now working at a lower capacity because of high energy prices.由于能源价格高企，该工厂在2024年出现亏损，目前正以较低产能运行。These rising costs and low demand are creating problems for the company, and it is unclear if the business model can still be successful.不断上升的成本和低迷的需求正在给公司带来问题，目前尚不清楚其商业模式是否还能继续成功。This problem doesn't concern only one company.这个问题不仅仅影响一家公司。Many German factories are producing less and letting workers go.许多德国工厂正在减产并裁员。While Germany has protected industrial jobs more than many other countries, some businesses and whole industries are now at risk.尽管德国比许多其他国家更重视保护工业岗位，但现在一些企业甚至整个行业都面临风险。The new government wants to invest more money to support both old industries and new technologies, but it is still unknown if this will work.新政府希望投入更多资金来支持传统产业和新技术，但这种做法是否有效仍然未知。Germany is one of the world's top manufacturing countries.德国是世界上主要的制造业国家之一。It makes products like machines, steel, and textiles.它生产机械、钢铁和纺织品等产品。When compared to its size, Germany produces more than many other rich nations.与其国土和人口规模相比，德国的工业产出超过许多其他富裕国家。People are now asking how the country can keep these jobs and grow its economy.人们现在正在思考，德国如何才能保住这些就业岗位并实现经济增长。

Experts are increasingly concerned about a boy crisis in schools across Canada and the world.专家们越来越关注加拿大及全球学校中正在出现的“男孩危机”。Data shows that boys are falling behind girls in several key areas.数据显示，在一些关键领域，男孩正在落后于女孩。In Quebec, for example, the dropout rate for boys is over 27%, compared to about 20% for girls.例如在魁北克省，男孩的辍学率超过27%，而女孩约为20%。Boys are also less likely to attend university; currently, only about 44% of post-secondary students in Canada are male.男孩进入大学的可能性也更低；目前加拿大高等教育学生中只有约44%是男性。This gap exists partly because traditional classrooms often value sitting still, neatness, and following strict rules – tasks that many young boys find difficult.这种差距部分源于传统课堂往往更重视安静坐着、整洁以及遵守严格规则——而这些任务对许多男孩来说较为困难。The consequences of this gap are serious.这种差距的后果是严重的。When boys feel they cannot succeed in school, they often disengage or give up.当男孩觉得自己在学校无法成功时，他们往往会失去参与感或直接放弃。This can lead to poor mental health, a lack of job opportunities, and a higher risk of falling under toxic online influences.这可能导致心理健康问题、就业机会减少，并更容易受到有害网络内容的影响。Some teachers suggest that the way we evaluate students should change to include active organization, like the teamwork seen during sports at recess.一些教师建议，应改变评估学生的方式，加入更强调主动组织能力的内容，例如课间体育活动中体现的团队协作。To fix the problem, experts suggest more physical activity and flexible learning environments that help boys feel they belong without hurting the progress made by girls.为了解决这个问题，专家建议增加体育活动，并创造更灵活的学习环境，让男孩有归属感，同时不损害女孩已取得的进步。

Speculation regarding the existence of extraterrestrial life is increasing following the release of never-before-seen documents on UFOs (Unidentified Flying Objects).随着从未公开过的 UFO（不明飞行物）文件被发布，关于外星生命存在的猜测正在增加。The Pentagon has declassified and released 161 files containing reports of sightings.The Pentagon已经解密并公布了161份包含目击报告的文件。These include observations from astronauts during Moon missions, and from the military and civilians on Earth.这些文件包括宇航员在登月任务期间的观察记录，以及地球上军方和普通民众的目击报告。One notable description was from Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin.其中一个值得注意的描述来自Apollo 11宇航员Buzz Aldrin。In 1969, he reported seeing a mysterious light.1969年，他报告称看见了一道神秘光源。He said: "I observed what appeared to be a fairly bright light source which we tentatively ascribed to a possible laser."他说：“我观察到一个看起来相当明亮的光源，我们暂时认为它可能是某种激光。”In 1965, Frank Boman reported seeing "trillions of little particles" from the Gemini 7 spacecraft.1965年，Frank Borman在“双子星7号”飞船上报告称看见了“数以万亿计的小颗粒”。The documents were released at the request of President Donald Trump.这些文件是在Donald Trump总统的要求下公布的。In a post on social media, President Trump wrote: "In an effort for complete and maximum transparency, it was my honour to direct my administration to identify and provide government files related to alien and extraterrestrial life and Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAPs)."特朗普总统在社交媒体发文称：“为了实现完全和最大程度的透明化，我很荣幸指示我的政府识别并提供与外星生命、不明空中现象（UAP）相关的政府文件。”Many organizations welcomed the release of the documents.许多组织对这些文件的发布表示欢迎。The Sol Foundation, a research group focused on UAPs, called for a comprehensive review of classified UAP records.专注于研究 UAP 的组织The Sol Foundation呼吁对机密 UAP 记录进行全面审查。It said people should know "the full truth about longstanding government knowledge and programs concerning technologies and vehicles not of human origin".该组织表示，人们应该知道“有关非人类来源技术和飞行器的长期政府认知与项目的全部真相”。

There are signs that a huge part of East Africa is starting to break away from the African continent.有迹象表明，东非的一大片地区正开始从非洲大陆分离出去。Geologists (people who study the Earth and its land and rocks) studied a deep crack that runs along a large part of Zambia.地质学家（研究地球、陆地和岩石的人）研究了一条贯穿赞比亚大部分地区的深裂缝。The crack is called a rift.这条裂缝被称为“裂谷”。It is a major fault in the rock that covers Earth's surface.它是覆盖地球表面的岩层中的一条主要断层。Geologist Mike Daly of the University of Oxford is studying Zambia's Kafue Rift.来自University of Oxford的地质学家Mike Daly正在研究赞比亚的卡富埃裂谷。He believes there is activity in the rift that suggests a giant piece of land is breaking away.他认为，裂谷中的活动表明一大片陆地正在分离。He wrote: "There is evidence that the fault boundary of the Kafue Rift is active and therefore the Southwest African Rift Zone is too."他写道：“有证据表明，卡富埃裂谷的断层边界是活跃的，因此西南非裂谷带也是活跃的。”He warned that this "may be an early indication of the break-up of sub-Saharan Africa".他警告说，这“可能是撒哈拉以南非洲分裂的早期迹象”。The land on Earth is constantly moving.地球上的陆地一直在不断移动。Three hundred million years ago, there was just one huge supercontinent.三亿年前，地球上只有一个巨大的超级大陆。It was called Pangea.它被称为“盘古大陆”。Over millions of years, Pangea broke up.经过数百万年，盘古大陆逐渐分裂。Giant areas of land slowly moved across the oceans to form the continents we know today.巨大的陆地区域缓慢穿越海洋，形成了我们今天所知道的各大洲。This movement is called continental drift.这种运动被称为“大陆漂移”。Rifts are one reason why land masses split apart.裂谷是大陆板块分裂的原因之一。The Kafue Rift in Zambia is part of a 2,500-kilometre-long rift zone stretching from Tanzania to Namibia.赞比亚的卡富埃裂谷是一个长达2500公里裂谷带的一部分，该裂谷带从坦桑尼亚延伸至纳米比亚。The rift is moving at a rate of about 4.7 mm per year.该裂谷正以每年约4.7毫米的速度移动。At this rate, it will take millions of years for Africa to split in two.按照这个速度，非洲大陆需要数百万年才会分裂成两部分。Scientists believe that in 200 million years from now, there could be just one supercontinent again.科学家认为，在两亿年之后，地球可能又会重新形成一个超级大陆。

The report highlights how people and nature can thrive together, with wildlife across more than 5,000,000 sq miles of protected land remaining on average stable, despite a 73% global decline in monitored population since 1970.该报告强调，人与自然可以和谐共生，因为在超过 500 万平方英里的受保护土地上，野生动物的种群数量总体保持稳定，尽管自 1970 年以来，全球受监测的野生动物种群数量平均下降了 73%。But the research says many of these areas are increasingly under pressure from rising temperatures, extreme weather and habitat loss.但研究指出，受气温升高、极端天气和栖息地丧失的影响，这些保护区面临的压力正日益增大。Unesco says a quarter of the sites could reach criticaltippingpoints by 2050, with the loss of glaciers, forests and coral reefs.联合国教科文组织表示，到 2050 年，四分之一的遗址可能达到关键临界点，届时冰川、森林和珊瑚礁将面临消失的风险。It says this progress shows what's possible with long-term protection and community support and is calling for greater investment and faster action to safeguard them.该组织还表示，目前的进展显示了长期保护和社区支持所带来的成效，并呼吁加大投资、加快行动，以保护这些宝贵的遗产。

What animal do we have the closest relationship with? Many people would say dogs or cats, but it's actually the tiny arachnids that live all over your face. Yes, your face. Don't worry it's probably fine. Demodex mites live in the hair follicles around the peach fuzz hair that grows on your face. They are just one of the parasites that make our bodies a habitat. Some are harmless, while there are some that can cause problems.我们与什么动物关系最密切？ 很多人会说是狗或猫，但实际上是生活在你脸上的微小蜘蛛。 是的，你的脸。 别担心，可能没问题。 蠕形螨生活在脸上生长的桃绒毛周围的毛囊中。 它们只是使我们的身体成为栖息地的寄生虫之一。 有些是无害的，而有些则可能会引起问题。Demodex mites are usually harmless. They live in our pores and feed on sebum, the oil produced by our skin. This means that you find the most in the greasiest areas of your face, particularly around your eyes, nose and mouth. According to associate professor of invertebrate biology Alejandra Perotti, we should be grateful because demodex clean our pores and keep them flat. She even describes them as 'cute'. However, you can have too many of them. It is possible to find your face covered with a white frost of demodex mites. This usually only affects people if their immune system is compromised. But some people may also have an allergic reaction to these creatures.蠕形螨通常是无害的。 它们生活在我们的毛孔中，以皮脂为食，皮脂是我们皮肤产生的油脂。 这意味着您会在脸部最油腻的区域发现最多的油脂，尤其是眼睛、鼻子和嘴巴周围。 无脊椎动物生物学副教授亚历杭德拉·佩罗蒂 (Alejandra Perotti) 表示，我们应该心存感激，因为蠕形螨可以清洁我们的毛孔并使其保持平整。 她甚至形容它们“可爱”。 但是，您可能拥有太多。 您可能会发现您的脸上覆盖着蠕形螨的白色霜。 这通常只会影响免疫系统受损的人。 但有些人也可能对这些生物产生过敏反应。Not all mites are as cute and useful as demodex. Scabies is a condition that is caused by mites that burrow into our skin and lay eggs. This is very itchy and usually spreads to most of a person's body. It can also be quite uncomfortable to think about and is often stigmatised. Now, this is a problem because it can delay people getting treatment. Some of this stigma can come because we often associate scabies with people being unclean. This, however, is a complete myth.并非所有螨虫都像蠕形螨一样可爱且有用。 疥疮是一种由钻入我们皮肤并产卵的螨虫引起的疾病。 这种情况非常痒，通常会扩散到身体的大部分部位。 想到它也会让人感到非常不舒服，并且常常受到侮辱。 现在，这是一个问题，因为它可能会延迟人们接受治疗。 这种耻辱可能会出现，因为我们经常将疥疮与不洁的人联系起来。 然而，这完全是一个神话。This stigma may also be linked to how we feel. Mites and other parasites often cause us to feel disgust. This is something that we may have evolved to help us avoid illnesses, but here it could be stopping people getting the help they need or causing us to worry about something that can even be beneficial.这种耻辱也可能与我们的感受有关。 螨虫和其他寄生虫常常让我们感到厌恶。 这是我们进化来帮助我们避免疾病的东西，但在这里它可能会阻止人们获得他们需要的帮助，或者导致我们担心一些甚至可能有益的事情。

Shajarina Monie lives in Juba. Six of her nine children have died of various illnesses.Shajarina Monie住在朱巴。她九个孩子中有六个死于各种疾病。The first one died at nine months; another one died at the age of ten months; another one died when he was crawling about three months.第一个孩子在九个月大的时候夭折，在十个月大的时候夭折；还有一个在大约三个月刚会爬的时候就夭折了。Millions of children in South Sudan do not get routine vaccinations.南苏丹数百万儿童没有接种常规疫苗。Now the country is battling an unprecedented measles outbreak with over 4,700 confirmed cases and 26 deaths since January 2019.自2019年1月以来，该国已确诊4700多例麻疹病例，26人死亡，目前该国正在抗击一场前所未有的麻疹疫情。In February, a nationwide measles vaccination campaign was launched here: the only Children's Hospital in the entire country.今年2月，在全国唯一的一家儿童医院开展了一场覆盖全国范围的麻疹疫苗接种活动。The campaign aims to reach two and a half million children by April.这项运动的目标是在4月前惠及250万儿童。One reason why childhood immunization coverage is so low, is because of the challenges in keeping vaccines at near freezing temperatures.儿童免疫覆盖率如此之低，是因为将疫苗保持在接近冰点温度十分困难。UNICEF provided the solar-powered fridge. The organization is helping to restore what is known in healthcare terms as the cold chain system, which was severely disrupted during the civil war that broke out in 2013.联合国儿童基金会（UNICEF）提供了太阳能冰箱。该组织正在帮助恢复医疗领域所谓的冷链系统，该系统在2013年爆发的内战期间遭到严重破坏。Even private partners like Continental Medical Supplies are getting involved, to make sure life-saving medicines stay fresh at every step in the cold chain.甚至像大陆医疗用品这样的私营合作伙伴也参与其中，确保救命药物在冷链的每一个环节都能保持新鲜。Another reason why immunization coverage is low is because people aren't informed.免疫覆盖率低的另一个原因是人们不知情。The efforts are paying off. So far the vaccination campaign has reached more than a million children including Shajarina's. 这些努力正在取得成效。到目前为止，疫苗接种运动已惠及100多万儿童，其中包括Shajarina的孩子。

Thirty-five-year-old Fatima, who for privacy did not want to use her family name, says their family lost all their livestock to drought.35岁的法蒂玛（出于隐私考虑，她不想透露自己的姓氏）表示，家里的牲畜全因旱灾而死。After moving with her husband and children closer to town to find work, Fatima's husband abandoned her and filed for divorce, but not before assaulting her.在和丈夫、孩子搬到城里找工作后，丈夫不仅殴打她，还抛弃了她并申请离婚。He did harm me physically three times. He hit me a few times and one time he told me that he would hang me and he threatened me with a rope.他家暴了我三次，打了我好几次，有一次说要绞死我，拿绳子威胁我。Fatima now lives in a camp for displaced people on the outskirts of Hargeisa, the capital of Somaliland.法蒂玛现在住在索马里首府哈尔格萨郊区的一个流离失所者营地。She supports her children through a small tea shop earning about $40 per month barely enough to feed themselves.她靠一家小茶馆勉强维持生计，每月收入约40美元，几乎不够养活自己和孩子们。Oxfam Gender Protection Coordinator in Somaliland Abdul Rashid Yousef says women displaced by climate change like Fatima are at high risk for sexual and gender-based violence as GBV.救济会索马里性别保护协调员阿卜杜勒·拉希德·尤塞夫说，像法蒂玛这样因气候变化而流离失所的妇女遭遇性暴力和基于性别暴力的风险很高。The risks include that women were independent in the workforce place when GBV comes.风险包括女性在工作场所独立一人时，遭遇性别暴力。The risks include they are more exposed on that GBV like great sexual exploitation zone.还包括他们更多暴露在性剥削高发地区。On that they are more explicit about that they had limited knowledge about to cope the situation.由于教育匮乏，她们不知道该如何应对这种情况。On the outskirts of the town of Oak, Ibado Mohammed Abdulle is working to prevent violence against displaced women. She oversees three displacement camps.在奥克镇郊外，伊巴多·穆罕默德·阿卜杜勒正致力于防止针对流离失所妇女的暴力行为，她负责监管三个流离失所者营地。To improve women's safety in the camp, Abdullah created women's associations, provides counseling for those assaulted and takes criminal cases to the authorities.为了提高妇女在营地的安全，阿卜杜勒创建了妇女协会，为那些被袭击的人提供咨询，并将刑事案件提交给当局If a girl who was raped would come to me, I would take her to the hospital.如果一个被强奸的女孩来找我，我会带她去医院。After she is treated, I would then immediately take her to the nearest police station to arrest the perpetrator of this crime.在她接受治疗后， 然后我会立即带她去最近的警察局逮捕肇事者。Women in the camps take precautions. They travel in groups to collect firewood and water and make sure one woman keeps watch while the others sleep.营地里的女性采取防范措施，她们结伴拾柴取水，并确保睡觉时有人放哨。But as climate change intensifies in the region, the number of displaced women at risk of violence will only get worse. 但随着该地区气候变化加剧，面临暴力风险的流离失所妇女人数只会变得更多。

With fireballs in his hands, the Cauldron Group's David Duckworth sets magical potions ablaze.Cauldron酒吧的大卫·达克沃斯手里拿着火球，点燃了魔法药水。So all the drinks that we have on offer at the Cauldron, the key thing to know about them is that they're all fully interactive.我们在Cauldron酒吧提供的所有饮品，它们都是可以发生反应的。So you are able to interact with the various ingredients, and using molecular mixology and science behind the drinks.你可以使各种成分相互作用，利用饮料背后的分子调酒技术和科学。You are able to make your drinks do something that you've probably never seen a drink do before.你可以让饮料做一些以前从未见过的事情。Gathered around crystal balls in Cauldron in a dark, magical room, sit witches and wizards learning new and delicious magic.在一个黑暗的魔法房间里，女巫和男巫们围坐在Cauldron酒吧的水晶球旁，学习新奇而美妙的魔法。So this is a potion making class. When people come in, they get a robe, they get a magic wand, that's one of our custom magic wand that actually works.这是一堂药剂制作课。人们进店的时候，会得到一件长袍，一根魔杖，这是我们定制的一根真正能够起作用的魔杖。And they learn to brew molecular potions, which are molecular cocktails, where we employ chemistry in the drink making process.他们学习调制分子药剂，也就是分子鸡尾酒，我们在调酒过程中运用化学原理。When customers arrive, they receive their magician's cloak and a magic wand they use to pour themselves a drink from a beheaded magical creature.当顾客到达店里时，他们会收到魔术师斗篷和一根魔杖，他们用这根魔杖从一只被斩首的魔法生物那里给自己倒一杯饮料。The magic wand powered by the sorcery known as the Internet of Things also operates taps, turns on lights and unlocks doors at the Cauldron.这根由被称为物联网的魔法驱动的魔杖，还在Cauldron酒吧操控水龙头、开灯和开门。So our mission is to bring fantasy and magic to life with science, technology and design,我们的使命是用科学、技术和设计将幻想和魔法变为现实，and to allow people to step into the imagined world, to their childhood in a really authentic way.让人们以一种真实的方式踏入想象中的世界，重温他们的童年。Cortland, once a high school reading teacher, says that career progressed into this one,科特兰曾是一名高中阅读教师，他表示这份职业逐渐发展成了现在的工作——where he teaches adults to interact with literature, and the STEM curriculum of science, technology, engineering and mathematics.教导成年人如何与文学作品互动，以及教授科学、技术、工程和数学课程。The experience, he says, takes some adults back in time.他说，这种体验让一些成年人回到了过去。We just googled fun things to do in London. It was one of the things that came up.我们刚刚在谷歌上搜索了伦敦有趣的活动，就出现了这家酒吧。Owners say fantasy fans of all ages appreciate a place that brings magic to life.酒吧业主们说，各个年龄段的奇幻爱好者都很喜欢这个能让魔法照进现实的地方。But junior witches and wizards beware, the Cauldron only shares the dark arts with those 18 years and older. 但是年轻的巫师们要当心， Cauldron酒吧只与18岁及以上的巫师分享黑魔法。

So, both along the fault, we like those sensors really close the fault because that gives us really those first motions that are coming out of the earthquake.这两个传感器都紧贴断层，我们很喜欢紧贴断层的传感器，因为这样能让我们真正捕捉到地震最初的震动情况。It tells us the earthquake has started. So, once that earthquake started, seismic waves start travelling away from where that earthquake starts.这样我们就知道地震发生了。一旦地震开始发生，地震波就会从地震起始处向外传播。'P waves' or primary waves are the first waves that arrive. They're faster and you feel sort of a jolt coming up beneath you.“P波”或“初至波”最先到达观测点，传播速度很快，你会感觉到脚下有种震动感。The 'S waves' would travel along behind those and start shaking you back and forth.“S波”会紧随其后，让你来回摇晃。So, we're in Pasadena and we're at one of the seismic stations. At the bottom of this vault, this is what it is.我们正在帕萨迪纳的一个地震监测站。在这个小仓库的地下，这就是传感器。So, and it moves relative to the earth and basically whatever happens in here, gets turned into an electrical signal and boom.这个传感器会随地面一同移动，基本上，无论地表发生什么运动，它都能将其转化为电信号。It takes some very, very precise observation about what's happening.要记录这些运动需要非常精密的监测。We were one of the early adopters of the ShakeAlert system. We implemented it in January of 2017.我们是早期采用ShakeAlert系统的机构之一。我们于2017年1月启用了该系统。And it gives us precious seconds to anticipate an earthquake that may be coming to Los Angeles area and that will enable us to put an alert out to our operators.它能让我们争取到宝贵的几秒钟时间来预判可能会袭击洛杉矶地区的地震，还能让我们向工作人员发出警报。Part of the protocol is to slow down the train as it is moving in advance of an earthquake.协议的一部分是让列车在地震发生前减速行驶。So, the slower you're moving, the more safely you can operate the vehicle and stopping the vehicle is the best course of action for a large scale event.开得越慢就越安全，在这种大型灾难面前，停车当然是最好的选择。For very large earthquakes, the ShakeAlert early warning system is going to use seismometers.对于影响范围很广的地震，ShakeAlert预警系统将开启地震仪，But with the really big earthquakes, we're going to need information from these stations但如果是真的非常剧烈的地震，我们就需要这些监测站的信息，because what's going to happen is that if there's a really big earthquake, these stations are going to move very quickly in a very short amount of time.因为如果真的发生大地震，这些监测站会在极短时间内快速移动。And that information is critical to understand the biggest of earthquakes. We're talking earthquakes that are magnitude 8 and above.这些信息对于最大程度了解地震是至关重要的。我们谈论的是8级及以上的地震。Big earthquakes in places like Iran and Indonesia and they could stand to have their own earthquake early warning systems.伊朗和印度尼西亚等地都发生过大地震，他们可以有自己的地震预警系统。And this has actually become a really interesting international community. We're all learning from each other.这实际上已经成为一个非常有趣的国际社区。我们都在互相学习。One thing we want to do and the big currency of ShakeAlert is time. Time is really important to us.我们想要进一步完善的，同时也是ShakeAlert的重要价值所在，就是争取时间。时间对我们来说真的很重要。Currently, the time that it takes to get messages out is taking way too long and we want to reduce what we call 'latencies' as much as possible.目前，信息传递所需的时间过长，我们希望尽可能减少所谓的“延迟”。So, we're working with a whole array of partners, the telecommunications industry.我们正在与整个电信行业的一系列合作伙伴合作。We're working with mass notification providers, to get those messages out as quickly as possible.我们正在与大规模通知服务提供商合作，以便尽快发布这些消息。

When I was 18 years old, I was in a motor vehicle accident and I sustained a T-12 burst fracture to my spinal cord. It left me paralyzed from the waist down.18岁时，我出了车祸，胸椎第12节爆裂性骨折，腰部以下瘫痪了。My friends and I were getting ready to go out to dinner and I had stepped out on to the balcony to make a phone call.我和朋友们正准备出去吃晚餐，我走到阳台上打电话。And I went to go sit on the railing and I just fell right back off of it and I landed on the ground three stories below.我坐在栏杆上，接着就直接从上面往后摔了下去，落在了下面三层楼的地面上。The next thing I remember, I was in the medical clinic. I had to re-learn everything that I had taken for granted so few weeks before.等我醒过来的时候已经在医院了。我不得不重新学习几周前我还习以为常的事情。I remember a big goal of mine was to put on my pants by myself.我还记得当时连自己穿裤子都是一个大挑战。I suffered multiple strokes. The process of being strapped in makes you feel more and more secure because there are many, they kind of pinpointed the areas where people would feel kind of sensitive.我多次中风。 这个绑紧的过程让我感到越来越安全，因为新设备上面有很多传感器可以感应到人体的敏感部位。The machine really supports you. This is like a big hug around my waist.这个设备真的可以把你支撑起来。就好像有人用力抱住了我的腰。My physical therapist told me that it was possible for me to get in this exoskeleton device and get up and start walking again and that was news to me.我的物理治疗师告诉我，我有可能穿上这个外骨骼装置，站起来重新开始行走，这真的是个大消息。Ekso Bionics was originally a research project at UC Berkeley.Ekso Bionics最初是加州大学伯克利分校的一个研究项目。They were studying how to make soldiers be able to carry more capacity further without injuring the soldiers.他们当时研究的是如何让士兵能够携带更多物资走得更远，同时不使士兵受伤。And that technology developed all kinds of different human wearable robotics that could allow people to do things they otherwise couldn't do.这项技术开发了各式各样的可穿戴机器人，让人们实现以前做不到的事情。The first time I stood up in Ekso, it was a little terrifying but so exciting. But once I got the hang of it, it was so great. I couldn't get the smile off of my face.第一次穿上Ekso站起来时，感觉有点可怕但又非常激动。当我掌握要领后，感觉实在太棒了。我笑个不停。It's crazy to think that in just a year and a half, I went from my normal life to the lowest point in my life back to basically where I was before if not better.想想真是疯狂，在短短一年半的时间里，我从正常生活跌至人生低谷，然后又基本回到了正常生活。

This new study from Pakistan suggests synchronising exercise to match people's natural sleep-wake cycles or internal body clock could offer the greatest health benefits.这项来自巴基斯坦的新研究表明，将锻炼时间和个人的睡眠觉醒周期或体内生物钟同步，能给健康带来最多益处。Volunteers who tried it had better sleep, lower blood pressure and healthier blood sugar levels overall. In the study, a group of 40 to 60-year-olds with at least one heart risk were categorised: 70 as morning larks and 64 as night owls. Over three months, some did almost daily exercises at times that matched their body clock, while others did the opposite.尝试了这种锻炼方式的志愿者普遍睡眠质量更好、血压更低且整体血糖水平更健康。研究中，一组年龄在 40 到 60 岁、具有至少一项心脏病风险因素的人被分为了两类： 70 个 “百灵鸟” 和 64 个 “夜猫子”。在三个月间，一部分人几乎每天都在符合生物钟的时间锻炼，而另一部分人则相反。The findings suggested that forcing a 5am workout on a night owl didn't give great results. Why? The researchers say because the body clock affects hormone and energy levels across the day, which in turn, could influence exercise performance and adherence.研究结果表明，强迫一个 “夜猫子” 在清晨五点锻炼并没有带来很好的效果。这是为什么呢？研究人员解释说，这是因为生物钟会影响人全天的激素和能量水平，进而影响运动表现和对锻炼计划的坚持。

The tradition of sending greeting cards has withstood the rise of digital communication. Though often inexpensive, cards can convey our thoughts and emotions. Their rich history spreads over centuries of civilisations across the world, building a culture of card giving along its way.发送贺卡的传统经受住了数字通信的兴起。 尽管卡片通常很便宜，但它可以传达我们的想法和情感。 他们丰富的历史在世界各地传播了几个世纪的文明，一路建立了一种卡片赠送文化。It was written in a 2011 edition of Souvenirs, Gifts, & Novelties that since the earliest days of written interaction, special occasions such as birthdays and seasonal celebrations have been recognised through handwritten notes and letters. Ancient Egyptians wrote scrolls. In China, wishes of good fortune were sent in decorative red envelopes around Chinese New Year. And similarly, cards featuring classical Persian poetic verse written in calligraphy were exchanged. These gestures paved the way for the culture of greeting cards.2011 年版《纪念品、礼物和新奇事物》中写道，自书面互动最早以来，生日和季节性庆祝活动等特殊场合就通过手写便条和信件来识别。 古埃及人写了卷轴。 在中国，农历新年期间，人们会用装饰性的红包来寄出好运的祝福。 同样，还交换了以书法书写的古典波斯诗句卡片。 这些手势为贺卡文化铺平了道路。Before the printing revolution of the 15th century, only those with lots of money would write cards. Since then, they have become more accessible, meaning more people could communicate from a distance. As industrialisation continued to sweep through the 19th century, sending cards became a widespread practice.在 15 世纪印刷革命之前，只有那些有钱的人才会写卡片。 从那时起，它们变得更加容易访问，这意味着更多的人可以进行远距离交流。 随着工业化继续席卷整个 19 世纪，寄贺卡成为一种普遍的做法。During the Victorian period, greeting cards became quite elaborate in design. They were adorned with lace, ribbon, and intricate illustrations. The cards themselves became keepsakes, treasured for their beauty and sentiment. Nowadays, we see a variety of designs. Most cards still leave a blank space inside for a handwritten message. Some cards can even be designed online to include pictures of loved ones, adding a more personal touch.在维多利亚时期，贺卡的设计变得相当精致。 它们装饰着花边、丝带和复杂的插图。 这些卡片本身就成了纪念品，因其美丽和情感而被珍惜。 如今，我们看到了各种各样的设计。 大多数卡片内部仍留有空白以供手写信息。 有些卡片甚至可以在线设计，包含亲人的照片，增添更多的个人风格。According to Ken Research, from 2024 the global greeting card market was valued at around $19 billion. With that, and increasing concerns about the environment, many manufacturers are changing how they make their cards. They're using recycled and other environmentally friendly materials, like bio-degradable glitter and paper made from sustainable plant fibres like bamboo. So, we can continue our kind tradition of card giving without harming the planet.根据 Ken Research 的数据，从 2024 年起，全球贺卡市场价值约为 190 亿美元。 随着这一点，以及对环境的日益关注，许多制造商正在改变他们的卡片制造方式。 他们使用回收材料和其他环保材料，例如可生物降解的闪光材料和由竹子等可持续植物纤维制成的纸张。 因此，我们可以在不伤害地球的情况下继续我们赠送卡片的善良传统。

All women who come here, who don't have legal papers and don't know anyone,所有来这里的女性可能没有合法的身份证件，也可能不认识任何人，regardless if they have a high school diploma or even a Ph.D, they start braiding hair until they can do something else.不管她们是高中生还是博士，在学会做别的事情之前都会来这里编辫子。I was a shopkeeper in Burkina Faso. I used to buy goods there and sell them to my African sisters here.我是布基纳法索的一名店主。过去，我常在这里买东西，然后卖给这里的非洲姐妹们。When I would come in their hair salons, it was always busy with clients waiting.每次我来她们的发廊，总是生意红火，还要排队。First, I didn't know how to weave. So, they taught me how to finish the ends.起初，我不知道怎么编发。他们教我如何完成编发的收尾工作。At the end of the day, they sometimes gave me 100 dollars to 200 U.S. dollars.一天下来，我会得到100美元到200美元的报酬。I thought, 'There's money to be made here.' You look beautiful!我想，这里是可以赚钱的。你看起来很美！It's not easy for us. The government is asking us for licenses. Many women hide because they do not have the license.做生意对我们来说不容易。政府要求我们出具营业执照。许多女性因为没有执照躲起来。It started three years ago, where the African-American salon owners decided to go to the Maryland House of Delegates and have them (not) pass a law that would make the braider go to school for 1500 hours.三年前，非裔美籍沙龙老板决定前往马里兰州众议院，阻止一项法案的通过——该法案要求编发师必须接受1500小时的培训才能执业。Of course, it didn't make any sense to anybody. We decided to, we walked around and mobilized with phone calls everywhere to everybody to show we could get.当然这个法律没有任何意义。我们决定去游说，还到处打电话动员所有人，告诉他们我们的技能。We presented our case to the delegate. At the end, they were like, 'Oh, we don't know what is that. What is braiding? We don't know what it is.' Because I mean, they really didn't have no idea.我们向代表陈述了我们的情况。最后，他们说，‘哦，我们不知道那是什么。什么是编发？我们完全不了解。'我想他们是真的不知道。We decided not to do the bill because it would have foreclosed a lot of economic opportunity for immigrants.我们决定不通过这项法案，因为它会剥夺许多移民的经济机会。We were trying to regulate something that we really didn't understand.我们试图控制一些自己并不了解的东西。The cultural, the techniques, the safety procedures that are put in, that really make this type of regulation unnecessary based on the conversations that I had at that town hall, which was tremendously enlightening and invigorating, frankly.根据我在市政厅的谈话，文化、技术以及安全程序的投入确实使这类规定毫无必要，坦率地说，这极具启发性且鼓舞人心。The only place, where we are able to actually come together as African-American Africans, is the braiding shop.编发店是非裔美国人唯一能真正走到一起的地方。And the only place where, as Africans, we can actually have the opportunity to educate African-Americans about our culture, about who we are.我们作为非洲人，在编发店可以让新来的非裔美国人介绍自己的文化，让他们了解我们是谁。So, by actually doing the braiding, I feel like the braiding shop is a place where people, who come newly from Africa, is a place where they can come and get used to the American culture. 我认为，对于刚从非洲到美国的人来说，他们可以来编发店适应美国文化。

Years ago Jamila Larson saw hundreds of children were living in homeless shelters in Washington D.C. So she decided to seek it for herself.几年前，贾米拉·拉森(JamilaLarson)看到数百名儿童住在华盛顿特区的收容所受罪，于是她决定亲自去一探究竟。I really wasn't prepared for what I saw. I saw half-dressed children in the hallway with no toys, rows of metal bunk beds, sheets for doors, no screens on the windows.我真的没做好心理准备去面对我所看到的一切。走廊里站着衣衫不整的孩子，没有玩具，只有成排的金属双层床，门帘是床单做的，窗户上连纱窗都没有。And I asked the women giving me a tour doesn't anyone ever donate toys, thinking that my co-workers and I could do a toy drive for the holidays.我问带我参观的女士是否有人捐赠过玩具，想着我和同事们可以在假期发起一次玩具募捐活动。So I was told yes sometimes people donate toys but we keep them in a closet. So the kids won't make a mess.我听说，有时人们会捐赠玩具，但收容所会把它们放在壁橱里，这样孩子们就不会弄得一团糟。So that's when I learned that it wasn't actually going to be helpful for us to donate toys, that we literally needed to donate ourselves.就在那时我才明白，捐赠玩具对孩子们不能起到任何帮助，我们真的需要捐出的是自己的爱心。In 2003, Larson decided to help to start a non-profit organization called Playtime Project.2003年，拉森决定帮助创办一个名为Playtime Project的非营利组织.Each partner with homeless shelters provide fun activities and playrooms for children.每家与无家可归者收容所合作的机构都为儿童提供趣味活动和游戏室。It's supported by private donations and the help of 200 volunteers a week.项目依靠私人捐赠以及每周200名志愿者的帮助来维持。Ultimately we are trying to really stop the cycle of homelessness, give these kids who are experiencing a variety of different stresses in their lives.最终，我们真正想要做的是终止无家可归的恶性循环，为那些生活中承受着各种不同压力的孩子们提供帮助。For some of them homelessness is not the only issue that they are dealing with.对他们中的一些人来说，无家可归并非他们面临的唯一问题。Some of them are dealing with domestic violence, a variety of different things.他们中的一些人正在应对家庭暴力等各种不同的问题。And so having an opportunity for them to have a space that they can kind of call their own, where they know it's safe,给他们一个可以称得上是自己的空间，在那里他们知道是安全的，they know the people there care about them, they are able to put their you know stresses aside and just simply be children and play.知道那里的人关心他们，能够放下压力，单纯地做孩子、尽情玩耍。Playtime Project offers about 700 homeless children games that help them learn and develop and trips to museums, amusement parks and baseball games.Playtime Project为大约700名无家可归的儿童提供了有助于学习和成长的游戏，并组织他们参观博物馆、游乐园以及观看棒球比赛。Participants say the nonprofit fulfills needs greater than many people know.参与者表示，这家非营利组织满足的需求比很多人所知道的还要多。There are a lot of homeless kids in Washington D.C. A lot of people don't even know half the stuff they go through.华盛顿特区有很多无家可归的孩子。很多人甚至不知道他们经历了什么。These kids are very fortunate here. When I leave them there, I'm confident that one of these volunteers are gonna to talk to them about being whatever they want to be.这些孩子在这里很幸运。当我离开他们时，我确信会有志愿者和他们谈论成为他们想成为的任何人的话题。I got my mind through it and it's like don't worry about it. I ain't never seen men like these before. We play football, flat football, basketball; we do math, science. 我想明白了，在这里我好像不用担心。我以前从没见过像他们这样的人。我们踢足球，打橄榄球，打篮球，学习数学和科学。

I have always like being outdoors ever since I was a little kid.我从小就喜欢户外活动。It's always been like foraging, you know, just kind of goes along with that, and just like learning about what the plants are and what you can eat.这就像觅食一样，自然而然了解到这些植物是什么，以及哪些可以食用。Reading this Native American ethnobotany book, I was just looking up what tribes lived in this region, and what plants they used for what.读这本美洲原住民族民族植物学书籍时，我刚刚查阅了哪些部落曾居住在这一地区，以及他们使用哪些植物来做什么。So I was looking for plants in Texas, and found out that Native Americans around here used yaupon, which is a their only access to caffeine.我在德克萨斯州寻找植物，发现这里附近的美洲原住民使用代茶冬青， 这是他们获得咖啡因的唯一途径。It's the only caffeinated plant native to North America. Yaupon is, it's a native shrub that grows all along the Gulf Coast here in Central Texas.这是北美本土唯一含有咖啡因的植物。代茶冬青是一种原生灌木，生长在德克萨斯州中部墨西哥湾沿岸一带。We're about as northwest as it grows, but then all along the Gulf Coast and then up the Atlantic coast to Virginia.它们大约生长在西北方向，然后沿着墨西哥湾海岸一路延伸，再沿着大西洋海岸一直到弗吉尼亚州。It's an evergreen, has a little red berries in the wintertime, and as I said, it's the only caffeinated plant native to the US.它是一种常绿植物，冬天会结出小小的红色浆果，而且正如我所说，它是美国本土唯一含有咖啡因的植物。It's very, very hardy. It's a relative of South American yerba mate, which is a really popular caffeinated beverage from South America.它非常非常耐寒。它与南美马黛茶属于同族植物，马黛茶是一种在南美洲非常受欢迎的含咖啡因饮品。Native Americans used to roast it into a really dark tea, and it has kind of a roasty smoky flavor to it. You can treat it all different ways to get all kinds of flavors.美洲原住民过去常常把它烘焙成一种真正的黑茶，带有一种烘焙的烟熏味道。你可以用不同的方式来处理它，以获得各种口味。So all the all the caffeinated teas in the world, like, you know, green tea, white tea, black tea, oolong, pu'erh, like all those teas, they all come from the same plant.世界上所有含咖啡因的茶，比如绿茶、白茶、红茶、乌龙、普洱，都来自同一种植物。They're like it's the same species of plant, and all those flavors all come from how it's grown, where it's grown and how its processed afterwards.这是同一种植物，所有那些风味都源自其种植方式、种植地点、以及后续的加工方式。So I found out you can pretty much do the same kind of thing with the yaupon too.我发现代茶冬青也可以做类似的事情。

Welcome to Story Time From Space to all of you, in school, at home or at your local library or whatever you may be.欢迎来到太空故事时间，无论你是在校、在家，还是在当地图书馆，或者在其他任何地方。Astronaut Christina Koch is reading a book about space exploration and a future mission to Mars, a book carried aboard a SpaceX rocket to the International Space Station.宇航员克里斯蒂娜·科赫正在读一本关于太空探索和未来火星任务的书，这本书由SpaceX火箭运载至国际空间站。It's a musical storybook delighting children on the ground. Hey-ho, to Mars we'll go--the rocket's on the pad.这是一本能让孩子们开心的音乐故事书。嘿哟，我们要去火星啦——火箭已在发射台上。The astronauts presentation thrilled the book's author. Christina did a fabulous job. She played with it. She sang the verses that needed to be sung.宇航员的展示让这本书的作者激动不已。克里斯蒂娜表现得非常出色，她尽情投入其中，还唱出了需要歌唱的诗句。More than two dozen books have been used for the project presented in several languages including Arabic.该项目使用了二十多本书籍，并以包括阿拉伯语在内的多种语言呈现。By astronaut Hazza AI Mansouri from the United Arab Emirates. He read the story of Khalifa and Amal traveling through space.来自阿联酋的宇航员哈扎·阿尔·曼苏里读了哈利法和阿马尔穿越太空的故事。Many astronauts are used to reading to their own children at home.许多宇航员习惯在家里给孩子读书。It's in a different location and it's a little harder because they're floating and it's a little harder to stay in the camera view and all that sort of stuff but no generally they have a really good time doing it.在太空读书是有点难的。宇航员一直处于漂浮状态，要让它们留在相机视野里有点难，诸如此类的情况，但总的来说他们玩得非常开心。A companion series called Science Time From Space shows astronauts doing science experiments.另一个项目“太空科学时间”展示了宇航员进行科学实验的过程。Here they're demonstrating how forces work in a weightless environment.他们在这里演示力在失重环境中的作用。Author Lendroth says her book like others in the program excites the curiosity of its young audience.作者伦德罗思说，她的书和该项目中的其他书籍一样，激发了年轻读者的好奇心。The idea of people pushing boundaries, of being curious about what is beyond their immediate perception. In this case on a musical journey to Mars.人们勇于突破界限，对超出自身直接感知的事物充满好奇。比如“火星音乐之旅”这项活动。The Earth's the blue dot. The Earth's the blue dot. Hey-ho, to Mars we'll go--the Earth's a blue dot. Showing young people the thrill of exploration. 地球是蓝点。地球是蓝点。嘿，你好，火星，我们的地球是个蓝点。向年轻人展示探索的激情。

Science is everything. Science is how society accomplishes being a society.科学就是一切。科学是社会得以成为社会的方式。Science is how everything gets done. It's how we move forward. It's how all our products get built and made better.科学是一切得以实现的方式。科学是我们前进的动力。科学是我们制造所有产品并使其不断完善的途径。We wouldn't be anywhere if we didn't have scientists constantly asking: How does this work? Can I make that? Can I make this better? Science is everything.如果没有科学家不断追问：这是如何运作的？我能制造那个吗？还能怎样改进？我们将一事无成。科学就是一切。Even in high school, I knew I wanted to be an astronaut, but I had no idea what it took to be an astronaut. There's no one path to get to where I am today.早在高中，我就知道自己想成为一名宇航员，但我并不清楚成为宇航员需要付出什么。其实成为宇航员没有一条固定的道路，Some people are scientists, some people are engineers, some people are medical doctors, some people come from the military,有些宇航员还是科学家、工程师或者医生，有些甚至是军人，because what we need as astronauts are people that can do a lot of different things.因为我们需要的宇航员是能够胜任多种工作的人。We need lots of diverse people and we need diversity within a single person.我很需要各种各样的人，也需要每个人具备多样性。I was actually born and raised in Houston and so, having the Johnson Space Center in my backyard always stoked that interest for me,我在休斯顿出生长大，约翰逊航天中心就在我家后院，总是激发着我的兴趣，because I was always aware of what we were doing and what was going on and I spent about six months in space in 2010.因为我一直清楚我们在做什么，也清楚发生了什么，我在2010年在太空待了大约六个月。My ride to and from the Space Station was on the Soyuz spacecraft and I was actually trained as the co-pilot on there.我乘坐联盟号运载火箭往返空间站，实际上我在空间站接受了副驾驶的培训。So, I spent a lot of time in Russia, training and understanding, learning how to fly that spacecraft.我在俄罗斯花了很多时间进行训练和学习，了解并掌握如何驾驶那艘宇宙飞船。We will wake up in the morning. Overnight, the control centers have uplinked a schedule to us and what they want us to do that day is what we do that day.我们会在早上醒来。夜间，控制中心已经向我们上传了一份日程表，他们希望我们当天做什么，我们就做什么。And it could be maintenance. It could be science. It could be rearranging the space station. It could be dealing with stowages.可能是维修、科学研究、重新布置空间站或是处理积载问题。It's just whatever the ground needs to accomplish. And so, you do a little bit of everything in space.地面中心的一切需求都是我们的任务。在空间站要做各种各样的事情。And I remember very distinctly, for about the first month that I was in orbit, I would wake up almost every night feeling like I needed to turn over.我清楚地记得，大约在进入轨道的第一个月里，我几乎每晚醒来时都感觉需要翻身。But that doesn't do any good in space and so, you just sort of shuffle around a bit and go back to sleep.但这在太空中没什么用，你只能稍微挪动一下，然后接着睡觉。Living in space is easy. Coming back, it's pretty hard. You have lots of aches and pains because you haven't walked around for a long time.在太空里生活很容易，不过回地球之后就不那么容易了。你会浑身酸痛，因为你很长时间都没有走动过了。I mean you float in space and so, we do a lot of exercises that keep us healthy, but you haven't sat down for a long time.在太空里我们一直是漂浮的，所以需要做很多锻炼来保持健康，但是很长一段时间都没有坐下来过了。So, it gets uncomfortable to sit down for long periods of time because your body is not used to it. We're still in such early stages of the human spaceflight era.长时间坐着会变得不舒服，因为你的身体还不习惯。我们仍处于人类太空飞行时代的早期阶段。We're starting off relatively slowly, but I think as time passes, we will just get more and more people and countries into space and I think, ultimately, we will be truly a spacefaring world.我们起步相对较慢，但我认为随着时间的推移，将会有越来越多的人和国家的进入太空，我认为，最终我们将成为一个遨游太空的世界。We will be going to other planets and establishing bases and other places to live. I think that is where we're going to end up. 我们将前往其他行星，建立基地和其他居住地。我认为这就是我们最终的归宿。

This may look like an ordinary plastic straw and it may even be like one too, but it is not made of plastic.这看起来可能像一根普通的塑料吸管，但它并非由塑料制成。Cameron Ross started the Celise BioProducts company to produce single-use plastic alternatives from plant materials like these.卡梅隆·罗斯创立了Celise BioProducts公司，利用这些植物材料生产一次性塑料替代品。They are made of polylactic acid known as PLA from corn starches.它们是由玉米淀粉中提取出的聚乳酸(PLA)制成的。We work with food service providers, predominantly larger brands, to help them get quality sustainable and cost-effective solutions, made from plants to start getting rid of single-use plastics.我们与食品服务供应商（主要是大型品牌）合作，帮助他们获得优质、可持续且具有成本效益的解决方案，这些成品由植物制成，以开始淘汰一次性塑料。Single-use plastics such as bottles or straws are major cause of pollution.瓶子或吸管等一次性塑料是造成污染的主要原因。When we throw these away, they end up in a landfill or in the water like rivers.当我们扔掉这些东西时，它们最终会进入垃圾填埋场或像河流这样的水域。According to researchers, it could take up to more than 500 years for them to properly decompose.据研究人员称，它们可能需要超过500年才能完全分解。Ross says he wasn't always so environmentally conscious himself.罗斯说，他以前并没有很强的环保意识。But ever since the hiking trip in West Virginia, when he spent more time picking up trash than enjoying nature, his priorities changed.但自从在西弗吉尼亚州的那次徒步旅行后，他就改变了想法，当时他花在捡垃圾上的时间比享受大自然还多。That meant making biodegradable products that can break down in only a few years.这意味着要制造可在短短几年内降解的生物可降解产品。While many cafes and restaurants are choosing paper products to be more eco-conscious, it isn't cheap.虽然许多咖啡馆和餐馆选择纸质产品是为了更加环保，但其成本并不便宜。Paper straws can cost about eight times more than plastic straws.纸质吸管的价格大约是塑料吸管的八倍。But bioplastic straws cost less than a penny a straw, not even double the price of plastic ones.但生物塑料吸管每根的成本不到一美分，甚至还不到塑料吸管价格的两倍。Another problem with paper straws is that they get soggy.纸质吸管的另一个问题是它们会变软。You don't want to be sipping something that alters your drink or starts to melt while you're drinking.你不会想在喝东西的时候，喝到那种会改变饮品味道或者开始融化的东西。And then you have to get another paper straw, which creates more wastes than needed.然后你必须再拿一根纸吸管，这样产生的废品反而更多。Ross hopes his Washington DC-based company will provide an eco-friendly solution for food service providers.罗斯希望他这家总部位于华盛顿特区的公司能为食品服务供应商提供一个环保解决方案。

Across the gallery, mannequin after mannequin is dressed in some of the most memorable outfits of the Queen's life.展厅内，一个个的立式模特身着女王生前最令人难忘的经典华服。Her wedding dress has been painstakingly restored, and there are shows of diplomatic dressing.她的婚纱经过悉心修复，正与她一系列外交场合礼服一同展出。The 1950s ball gown from her first state visit to America, and a glittering gown for a visit to India, adorned with lotus flower motifs.其中包括她首次出访美国时穿过的 20 世纪 50 年代舞会礼服，以及访问印度时穿着的一条饰有莲花图案的闪亮长裙。Also on display, her peach-coloured dress from the opening ceremony of the 2012 London Olympics. Alongside it is a replica created for the stuntman, who was her body double to parachute into the stadium. Each item tells a story.一同展出的还有她在 2012 年伦敦奥运会开幕式上穿的那件桃红色衣裙。这条裙子旁边陈列着一件专为特技替身演员制作的复制品，当年那位替身演员正是身着它空降到了体育场内。每件展品背后都诉说着一段故事。Many mark significant events in British history. Others show the more private, dressed down moments of a monarch who was an early fashion influencer.其中许多服饰都见证了英国历史中的重大时刻。而另一些则展示了这位君主作为早期 潮流引领者更私密、穿着低调的时刻。

Overpriced shop-bought sandwiches, underwhelming food from your work canteen or pricey local restaurants. If those are the alternatives, then it's unsurprising that many of us think leftovers make the perfect lunch. Leftovers are a good way to cut down on food waste. If you've cooked them yourself, then you can be sure what all the ingredients are and where they've come from. But how safe are leftovers? Could there be a danger lurking in your lunchbox?商店购买的三明治价格过高，工作食堂或当地昂贵餐馆的食物平淡无奇。 如果这些都是替代方案，那么我们中的许多人认为剩菜是完美的午餐就不足为奇了。 剩菜剩饭是减少食物浪费的好方法。 如果您自己煮过它们，那么您可以确定所有成分是什么以及它们来自哪里。 但剩菜有多安全呢？ 你的午餐盒里是否潜藏着危险？It's not just you that loves your leftovers. The BBC's Trust Me, I'm a Doctor programme tells us that they are also great for bacteria like listeria, salmonella and campylobacter. They can nourish themselves on the food we love and multiply incredibly quickly. One campylobacter bacterium can multiply to 70,000 million bacteria in just 12 hours. Food poisoning caused by these bacteria usually makes people mildly unwell but can also cause more serious life-threatening illnesses. What do we need to think about to keep our leftovers safe?不只是你喜欢吃剩菜。 BBC 的“相信我，我是医生”节目告诉我们，它们对于李斯特菌、沙门氏菌和弯曲杆菌等细菌也很有用。 它们可以靠我们喜爱的食物来滋养自己，并以惊人的速度繁殖。 一个弯曲杆菌可以在短短 12 小时内繁殖到 700 亿个细菌。 这些细菌引起的食物中毒通常会使人出现轻微不适，但也可能导致更严重的危及生命的疾病。 为了保证剩菜的安全，我们需要考虑什么？Temperature control is important to stop bacteria growing on your food. Food safety experts warn of a danger zone between 8C and 63C. At these temperatures bacteria can grow easily on your leftover food. Refrigerating your leftovers slows bacteria growth, and this is why experts recommend putting your leftover food in the fridge within two hours. You should also cover any food in the refrigerator because air can contain contaminants, and also, many pathogens need oxygen to grow. However, do remember that fridges only slow bacteria growth, not stop it, so most leftovers should only be left in the fridge for two days.温度控制对于阻止细菌在食物上生长非常重要。 食品安全专家警告说，8 摄氏度至 63 摄氏度之间存在危险区域。 在这样的温度下，细菌很容易在剩下的食物上生长。 冷藏剩菜可以减缓细菌的生长，这就是为什么专家建议在两小时内将剩菜放入冰箱的原因。 您还应该盖住冰箱中的所有食物，因为空气中可能含有污染物，而且许多病原体需要氧气才能生长。 但是，请记住，冰箱只能减缓细菌的生长，而不能阻止细菌的生长，因此大多数剩菜只能在冰箱中保存两天。Temperature is also important if you are reheating leftovers. Instructions often recommend heating food until it's piping hot or steaming hot throughout. Clinical microbiology lecturer Primrose Freestone recommends that ovens are set to at least 163C and that food's internal temperature should reach at least 74C. Other experts tell us that food heated in the microwave should be stirred halfway through the process so that it's cooked all the way through.如果您要重新加热剩菜，温度也很重要。 说明书通常建议加热食物，直到整个食物变得滚烫或热气腾腾。 临床微生物学讲师Primrose Freestone建议烤箱温度至少设置为163摄氏度，食物内部温度至少应达到74摄氏度。 其他专家告诉我们，用微波炉加热的食物应该在过程中途搅拌，以便完全煮熟。Leftovers can be an economical way to cut down on food waste. However, it's important that we store and reheat food carefully to make sure that it stays safe to eat.剩菜是减少食物浪费的一种经济方法。 然而，重要的是我们要小心储存和重新加热食物，以确保其食用安全。

If you've been on one of these calls, you've probably experienced people talking over each other. And then, there's this.如果你参加过这样的电话会议，大概经历过大家互相抢话的情况。然后，就会出现这样的状况。If someone's dog comes into it or someone stops paying attention, then you might miss what someone is saying.如果有人的狗闯进来了，或者有人走神了，那么你可能会错过别人正在说的话。Ryan Ottens' online business class in virtual reality or VR eliminates the distractions of a video conference call.瑞安·奥滕斯（Ryan Ottens）的虚拟现实在线商务课程消除了视频会议中的干扰因素。I can't see my phone. I can't see an email pop-up. So I'm fully focused on a great learning environment.我看不见我的手机，看不到弹出的电子邮件。我全心投入于营造一个绝佳的学习环境。Pagoni VR through its project Chimera created the VR experience with Ottens' class at Temple University.帕戈尼虚拟现实公司通过其“奇美拉”项目，与奥滕斯所在的天普大学班级共同打造了虚拟现实体验。The students appear as avatars in the virtual classroom and the teacher shows up as either an avatar or real video that's live or recorded.学生们以虚拟形象出现在虚拟教室中，而老师则通过实时的虚拟形象或录制的真实视频现身。This still gets the feeling of being a community. Our sound is positional. So if that person spoke and they were to my left, I knew to look to the left and I would see them.这依然能感受到社区的归属感，我们的声音具有定位性。如果说话人在我左边， 我就知道要看向左边，然后就能看到他们。Improvements in VR hardware allow headsets and handheld controllers to track head and hand movements through cameras and sensors.虚拟现实硬件的改进使得耳机和手持控制器能够通过摄像头和传感器追踪头部和手部的动作。When participants move their hands in the real world, your avatar's hands also move.当参与者在现实世界中移动手时，虚拟形象的手也会跟着移动。The technology has allowed a growing number of companies such as Pagoni VR to create a virtual reality meeting space for users.这项技术让越来越多的公司，比如帕戈尼虚拟现实公司，能够为用户打造虚拟现实会议空间。With increased demand, the biggest challenge is getting VR headsets during the pandemic shutdowns.随着需求增加，最大的挑战是在疫情封锁期间获取虚拟现实耳机。Harder availability, a lot of it is where the hardware, is manufacturers, so a point being made that a lot of this is coming from China.获取难度更大，很多问题出在硬件制造商方面，所以有人指出很多硬件都来自中国。As factories start making headsets again, anyone thinking of trying a VR meeting probably shouldn't be immersed for more than an hour at a time in a heavy headset, warns Ottens.当工厂又开始生产耳机时， 任何想尝试虚拟现实会议的人，每次佩戴沉重的耳机可能不应超过一小时。Usually the dizziness and headaches would start towards the last five to ten minutes, I could tell, it was right around the time, it was almost like my body's like I'm done.通常头晕和头痛会在最后五到十分钟开始，我能感觉到，差不多就是那个时候，几乎像是我的身体在说我不行了。Other applications for a VR meeting include worship services and entertainment.虚拟现实会议的其他应用还包括宗教仪式和娱乐活动。

Hello everyone, we're excited to see you. The participants do a meet and greet.大家好，我们很高兴见到你们。参与者见面并打招呼。Kasmo is a three and a half-year-old golden retriever.卡斯莫是一只三岁半的金毛猎犬。Before going into virtual breakout rooms, there, the children read to pal dogs and their owners for 30 minutes, Spending 15 minutes with two different pups.在进入虚拟分组讨论室之前，孩子们给狗狗及其主人朗读了30分钟的内容，分别与两只不同的小狗互动了15分钟。So far, 250 kids have signed up for the sessions which keep growing to keep up with the demand.到目前为止，已有250个孩子报名参加这些课程，而课程数量还在不断增加以满足需求。I think the program has been popular because it's something that is new and it's exciting it's fun.我认为这个节目很受欢迎，因为它很新鲜，令人兴奋，很有趣。And that's also true for six-year-old Lucy who hopes Hami enjoyed today's story.对于六岁的露西来说也是如此，她希望哈密喜欢今天的故事。I think he understand it because my book is about animal.我想他能理解。因为我的书是关于动物的。Haworth says the program helps kids enhance their reading skills and gain self-confidence.海沃思说，这个项目帮助孩子们提高阅读技能，并获得自信。It's awesome to just have an audience that isn't judging. It doesn't care if you mispronounced a word.有一个不评判的观众真是太棒了，他们不在乎你是否读错了单词。As words got around about pals in reading program, children from elsewhere in the United States and from Canada began signing up for the sessions.当人们开始了解这个阅读项目后，来自美国其他地方和加拿大的儿童也开始报名参加这些课程。This includes eight-year-old Lincoln from Richmond Virginia who is reading The Cat in The Hat to Krusty and the pal volunteer Kerry Scheffers. I love it.这包括来自弗吉尼亚州里士满的8岁男孩林肯，他正在给克鲁斯蒂和志愿者伙伴凯瑞·谢弗斯读《戴帽子的猫》。我超爱这个故事。"I know some good games we could play," Said the cat. "I know some new tricks," Said the Cat in the Hat. I like the rhymes. The dogs really mostly pictures and not words.“我知道一些我们可以玩的好游戏，”猫说道。“我知道一些新把戏，”戴帽子的猫说。 我喜欢这些押韵的句子。那些狗其实主要是图片，没什么文字。Lincoln's mother says her son perks up when he reads to the dogs.林肯的母亲说她的儿子在给狗读书时会振作起来I noticed especially after the first time how happy and confident he seemed to feel.我注意到，尤其是在第一次阅读之后，他看上去是多么的快乐和自信。Even after the Washington area's libraries reopened, Haworth plans to continue the virtual program.即使在华盛顿地区的图书馆重新开放之后， 海沃思计划继续这个虚拟程序。Will you hold up your book? We expect kids to continue from all over the country, potentially the world.你能拿着书吗？我们期望来自全国各地，甚至可能是全世界的孩子们继续参与。And we look forward to one day welcoming dogs from around the country.我们期待有一天欢迎来自全国各地的狗。

These people can breathe life into pretty much anything: out-of-fashion jeans, boring dresses, torn canvas totes and even car tyres.这些人几乎能让任何东西焕发生机：过时的牛仔裤、单调的连衣裙、破旧的帆布包，甚至是汽车轮胎。My necklace was made of tyres, inner tub, recycle, so basically you can touch it.我的项链是用轮胎内胎回收制成的，你可以摸到它。Dedication to sustainability and a bit of creativity can spice up any wardrobe.致力于可持续发展并发挥一点创造力，就能让任何衣橱焕然一新。This was originally a blanket from the thrift store and I bought it, and I combined it into the clothes I already had at home.这原本是我从二手店买来的一条毯子，我把它和家里现有的衣服搭配在一起了。So I made these into the three pockets like a cowboy. 29-68, that's the address of my house where I started my brand.我像牛仔一样把这些做成了三个口袋。29-68是我开始创立品牌时所住房子的地址。Refashion is the joint initiative of the New York City Department of Sanitation and local fashion designers.“重塑时尚”是纽约市卫生局和当地时装设计师的联合倡议。The main goal is to learn and teach other sustainability and the many ways to rethink and recycle what we already have in the most environmentally friendly way.主要目标是学习并向他人传授可持续发展理念，以及以最环保的方式重新思考和回收利用我们现有物品的多种方法。What we're really trying to do here at the Department of Sanitation is connect the fashion industry and sort of young designers and talent, and help them overcome our challenge of textile waste.纽约市卫生局真正想做的，是将时尚产业、年轻设计师以及新锐人才联系起来，帮助他们应对纺织品浪费这一难题。The challenge is indeed daunting. According to the publication The Balance, an average American buys 60% more items of clothing every year and keeps them for about half as long as 15 years ago.这项挑战确实令人望而生畏。根据The Balance杂志的数据，如今美国人年均服装购买量比过去增加了60%，而保留衣物的时间仅为15年前的一半。Charities and secondhand stores can't consume all the used clothing. A giant amount goes to waste.慈善机构和二手商店不能消耗所有的旧衣服。大量的旧衣物都被浪费了。This lab just outside New York City turns used clothing into something new using only pure cotton items. Buttons, zippers and synthetic inserts are carefully removed.这个位于纽约市郊外的实验室只用纯棉物品将旧衣物改造成新东西。纽扣、拉链和合成材料嵌件被小心地移除。A special solvent sinks the fabric structure, and the special spinning wheel turns the resulting mass into new fiber.一种特殊溶剂会溶解织物结构，而特殊的纺纱轮将产生的物质转化为新的纤维。This fiber was made from 100 percent post-consumer cotton garment waste. These are old T-shirts, socks that you think there's no value for.这种纤维是由100%的消费后棉质服装废料制成的。这些就是你认为毫无价值的旧T恤、袜子。We basically liquefied them and we turned them into a new fiber, and we can take this fiber, spin it into yarn and make textiles.我们基本上是把它们液化，然后将其制成了一种新纤维，我们可以拿这种纤维纺成纱线，再制成纺织品。Stella McCartney, Adidas, Levi's, these big brands use such recycled fiber for wholly new collections. Smaller brands also find ways to recycle creatively.斯特拉·麦卡特尼、阿迪达斯、李维斯，这些大品牌都使用这种再生纤维来打造全新系列。小品牌也在寻找有创意的回收利用方法。All the products that we have here were made of recycled materials. So we have plastics, we have tyres, we have plastic bottles.我们这里所有的产品都是用回收材料制成的。我们有塑料、轮胎、塑料瓶。Buying used clothing has a lot of advantages, believes Isabel Varela. She used to be a shopaholic, but her passion caused her to have large debts.伊莎贝尔·巴雷拉认为，购买二手服装有很多好处。她曾经是个购物狂，但这种癖好让她欠下了巨额债务。Varela realized she was doing herself a disservice and started buying used items.巴雷拉意识到自己这样做对自己不利，于是开始购买二手物品。Having a helpful relationship with clothing. So we do need clothing and we do need a shop for basics, but it's behind.合理地购买服装。我们确实需要衣物，也确实需要一家能买到基本款衣物的商店，但这并非首要之事。It's like go to thrift stores, swap shops, shop in your closet to see what we really have.这就像去二手商店、交换商店逛逛，翻翻自己的衣橱，看看我们到底有什么。Reviewing, resewing, combining, this is the latest trend of the fashion industry.翻新、重缝、拼接，这就是时尚界的最新潮流。And while some clothes may only be good for landfill, many more are destined for a second chance in life. [解析]虽然有些衣服可能只适合填埋，但更多的衣服注得第二次生命。

On the floor of the North Atlantic Ocean rests one of history's most fantastic failures, the unsinkable RMS Titanic.在北大西洋海底躺着历史上最引人注目的失败之一——号称“永不沉没”的泰坦尼克号。The salvage firm RMS Titanic Inc has so far recovered more than 5,000 pieces of dinnerware and coins from the wreckage.打捞公司泰坦尼克号公司到目前为止已经从残骸中打捞出了5000多件餐具和硬币。They say after all these years underwater, time is running out to dredge the Marconi wireless telegraph machine that transmitted the Titanic's frantic distress calls.他们说，在水下沉睡了这么多年之后，打捞那台曾发送泰坦尼克号紧急求救信号的马可尼无线电报机的时间已经不多了。RMS Titanic Inc's president Bretton Hunchak: The roof has degraded significantly and the wreck is essentially collapsing in upon itself.泰坦尼克号公司的总裁布雷顿·汉查克：船顶已经严重退化，残骸也正在不断坍塌。So we're at a point where the Marconi is really in a detrimental area, where we believe in a short period of time it will fall in upon itself, leaving the Marconi sort of to be lost to the seafloor.马可尼无线电报机正处于一个不利位置，我们认为在短时间内船体残骸可能会坍塌，马可尼无线电报机可能会沉没在海底。At the time the Titanic was the world's biggest ship. The luxury ocean liner set sail from London to New York, but struck an iceberg on April 14th, 1912.当时泰坦尼克号是世界上最大的轮船。这艘豪华远洋客轮从伦敦启航前往纽约，但在1912年4月14日撞上了一座冰山。The ship sent distress signals in Morse code using the relatively new Marconi wireless telegraph.这艘船使用相对较新的马可尼无线电报，用摩尔斯电码发出了求救信号。Less than three hours later, it's sunk. Only 700 of the more than 2,000 people on board survived.不到三个小时后，它就沉没了。船上2000多人中只有700人幸存。The Marconi is sort of I believe this generation's next step, and I believe that bringing a tangible part of Titanic to the masses, as opposed to just a few people that get to go see it, really makes that story real for them.我认为马可尼无线电报机可以说是这一代人的下一个探索目标，我觉得把泰坦尼克号实实在在的一部分展示给大众，而不只是让少数人有机会去参观，能让他们真切地感受到那段历史。It's a human interest piece. It's an incredible piece of technology, especially for its day.这是一件充满了人情味的物品。这是一项令人惊叹的技术成果，尤其是在当时那个年代。And it's the reason that I think the legacy of Titanic still exists in the strength that it does.这就是我认为泰坦尼克号的传奇之所以能保持如此强大影响力的原因。But outside of the Titanic Belfast Museum, not everyone shares Hunchak's quest to raise the Titanic or even parts of it, fearing the stress of extraction on the sunken ship.但在贝尔法斯特泰坦尼克号博物馆外，并非所有人都认同汉查克打捞泰坦尼克号甚至其部分残骸的想法，他们担心打捞过程会对沉船造成压力。Parliamentarian Gavin Robinson: We will learn nothing new. There are other Marconi radios, just exactly the same that are present in other museums available throughout the world.国会议员加文·罗宾逊：我们不会有新发现。世界上其他博物馆也陈列着完全相同的马可尼无线电设备。You can learn and understand without the need to go in and wreck and destroy.你可以学习和理解，而不必进去破坏和摧毁。Engineers built Titanic and its tender, the SS Nomadic in Belfast.工程师们在贝尔法斯特建造了泰坦尼克号及其附属船只游牧号。Today a battle wages in the United States, where the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration argues in court今天，一场激烈的争论在美国展开，美国国家海洋和大气管理局在法庭上辩称，that the retrieval run goes against previous court orders prohibiting the removal of anything from the ship itself.打捞行动违反了先前禁止从沉船本身移走任何物品的法庭命令。

Would you be the same person if you'd grown up in different surroundings? How might you be different if you'd grown up in an urban versus a rural environment, or in a different country altogether? This is the age-old, nature-nurture debate that has had people pondering for many years. Is your personality written in your genes or shaped by your experience? Most experts agree that it is a combination of both. Let's hear about ways this can be put to the test.如果你在不同的环境中长大，你还会是同一个人吗？ 如果你是在城市环境中长大，而不是在乡村环境中长大，或者在完全不同的国家中长大，你会有什么不同？ 这是一个古老的、先天与后天的争论，多年来一直引起人们的思考。 你的性格是由你的基因决定的还是由你的经历塑造的？ 大多数专家都认为这是两者的结合。 让我们听听可以对此进行测试的方法。A common way is to study twin pairs, because if personality came only from genes, you might expect identical twins to have the same, or a very similar, personality. Research called 'Meta-analysis of the heritability of human traits based on fifty years of twin studies' looked at 14 million twin pairs in 39 countries. Do identical twins, who share almost identical DNA, have more similar personalities than non-identical twins, who share about half? By comparing the two, the authors concluded that about 50% of the differences between people can be explained by genetic factors, meaning that our genes play a significant role in shaping who we are, but our environment and experiences are just as important.一种常见的方法是研究双胞胎，因为如果性格仅来自基因，您可能会期望同卵双胞胎具有相同或非常相似的性格。 名为“基于 50 年双胞胎研究的人类特征遗传性荟萃分析”的研究对 39 个国家的 1400 万对双胞胎进行了研究。 拥有几乎相同 DNA 的同卵双胞胎是否比拥有大约一半 DNA 的异卵双胞胎拥有更多相似的性格？ 通过比较两者，作者得出结论，人与人之间大约 50% 的差异可以通过遗传因素来解释，这意味着我们的基因在塑造我们是谁方面发挥着重要作用，但我们的环境和经历也同样重要。Other studies looked to see whether personality traits were more prevalent in certain geographical regions than in others. For example, in a 2015 study called 'Regional Personality Differences in Great Britain', researchers investigated how the 'Big Five' personality traits, which include extraversion, openness and agreeableness, were geographically distributed. They found there were areas where each trait was more prevalent. For example, agreeableness, which is about friendliness and trust, was more prevalent in the Scottish Highlands and Northern England – more rural areas with lower population densities. Whereas openness, which is associated with curiosity and intellect, was more prevalent in urban, densely populated areas like London, Manchester and Brighton, suggesting that a person's environment can help to foster various traits.其他研究旨在了解人格特质在某些地理区域是否比其他区域更普遍。 例如，在 2015 年一项名为“英国的区域人格差异”的研究中，研究人员调查了“五大”人格特征（包括外向性、开放性和宜人性）的地理分布。 他们发现每种特征在某些领域更为普遍。 例如，关于友善和信任的宜人性在苏格兰高地和英格兰北部——人口密度较低的农村地区更为普遍。 而与好奇心和智力相关的开放性在伦敦、曼彻斯特和布莱顿等人口稠密的城市地区更为普遍，这表明一个人的环境有助于培养各种特质。While our DNA provides a starting point, it is only part of the jigsaw puzzle that makes our personality. As we go through life, we encounter obstacles, we make mistakes, and we learn what we enjoy through experience – all of which can change how we interact with the world.虽然我们的 DNA 提供了一个起点，但它只是构成我们个性的拼图的一部分。 在我们的一生中，我们会遇到障碍，我们会犯错误，我们会通过经验了解我们喜欢什么——所有这些都可以改变我们与世界互动的方式。

The Atlantic salmon and the goonch catfish from Nepal are some of the 30 flagship fish species which had been prioritised for global conservation by the UN.大西洋鲑和尼泊尔巨魾均属于被联合国列为全球优先保护对象的 30 种旗舰鱼类。Population data of more than 15,000 species of freshwater migratory fish, which make up half of all fish species, were assessed by a team of international scientists to identify those most at risk and culturally significant.一个国际科学家团队对 15000 种淡水洄游鱼类的种群数据进行了评估，这些鱼类占到了所有鱼类物种的一半，从而判断哪些物种的处境最危险、且具有重要的文化价值。The fish they selected will now be put forward for listing under the International Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species.这个团队筛选出的物种现在将被提议列入《保护野生动物迁徙物种公约》。

Doodle dogs, bred from a poodle crossed with a different breed, have grown in popularity in recent years, but the Royal Veterinary College says they don't always behave as expected, particularly around training, anxiety and aggression.“杂交贵宾犬”，也就是贵宾犬和其它犬种的杂交后代，近年来大受青睐。但皇家兽医学院表示，这类混种犬的行为表现并不总能如人所愿，尤其是在受训能力、焦虑情绪和攻击性方面。It questioned the owners of more than 9,000 dogs in the UK, looking at doodles and the parent breeds.这项研究调查了英国 9000 多名犬主，对比了杂交贵宾犬和它们亲代品种的情况。The researchers found where there were differences, the doodle breeds behaviours were more undesirable in eight out of ten cases.研究人员发现，在存在差异的行为对比中，杂交贵宾犬的行为在 80% 的情况下表现得更不理想。The most common issues were fear of loud noises, separation anxiety and problems with training.最常见的问题包括害怕巨大噪音、分离焦虑和训练困难。

This looks like a spaceship and just like a spaceship, this machine is helping scientists go where they've never gone before,这看起来像一艘宇宙飞船，正如宇宙飞船一样，这台机器正在帮助科学家前往他们从未涉足的领域，in the quest to decipher what science has never been able to explain, the origins of the universe.致力于破解科学至今无法解释的谜题——宇宙的起源。They can confirm the existence of the smallest particles that theoretical physicists have predicted, and accelerate protons, one of the building blocks of atoms to nearly the speed of light, and they can create antimatter.它们能够证实理论物理学家预言的最小粒子的存在，将原子基本构成之一的质子加速至接近光速，还能制造出反物质。But this doesn't mean they understand everything yet.但这并不意味着他们目前理解了一切。Scientists think that at the beginning of things, the so-called Big Bang, matter and antimatter, negative matter, were created in equal amounts.科学家们认为，在万物初始之时，即所谓的大爆炸时期，物质与反物质（负物质）是等量产生的。In principle if the difference between the two is only the charge, they should have just recombine and leave nothing but rejection, okay?原则上，如果两者之间的差异仅仅在于电荷，那么它们应该只是重新结合，除了相互排斥之外不会留下任何东西，对吗？However, we are here, I'm talking with you right now, so it means that at some point matter took over the antimatter, and this must be, because there are some differences between matter and antimatter that we don't know about.然而，我正在与你交谈， 这意味着物质在某种程度上接管了反物质，而这必然是因为物质与反物质之间存在一些我们尚不了解的差异。Searching for those differences is one of the tasks for the people at CMS, the Compact Muon Solenoid, one of four main research points around the Large Hadron Collider at CERN.寻找这些差异是紧凑渺子线圈（CMS）研究人员的任务之一，CMS是欧洲核子研究组织（CERN）大型强子对撞机周围四个主要研究点之一。Packets of protons race around the circle in beams traveling clockwise and counterclockwise.质子束以顺时针和逆时针方向绕着环形轨道飞驰。And when the physicists are ready, the beams are focused and made to collide at one of four experiment locations around the circle.当物理学家准备好后，粒子束会被聚焦，并引导至环形轨道上的四个实验地点之一进行碰撞。If I would collide the beam unfocused, the probability of my fingers colliding here is very low.如果我发射未聚焦的粒子束，就像我的手指这样，那么碰撞的概率是非常低的。And then on either end of the experiments, we will switch from focusing magnets so that the beams squeezes into a small dimension, and therefore, the probability of collision increases.在实验的两端，我们将切换聚焦磁铁，使粒子束压缩到更小的尺寸，从而增加碰撞的概率。Out of the 200 billion protons in the two beams rushing around the circuit, only 100 will collide.在环绕轨道飞驰的两束质子流中，2000亿个质子仅有100个会发生碰撞。But right now the Collider and the experiments around it are in the midst of a two-year shut down for maintenance and upgrades, something that happens every three years.但目前，大型强子对撞机及其周边的实验设备正处于为期两年的停机维护和升级阶段，这种维护每三年会进行一次。For VOA, that meant a chance to get a rare glimpse of a world not many get to see. For the scientists, it's a chance to recharge.对于美国之音来说，这意味着有机会一窥常人难以得见的秘境世界。对科学家而言，这正是一次难得的充电良机。I would say it for us it's an opportunity. We're looking at ways of making the detector better, repairing things, putting in new detectors, and preparing for the future runs, which the experiment will be running until we hope till 2035.对我们来说，这是一个机会。我们正在研究如何改进探测器、修复设备、安装新的探测器，以及为未来的实验运行做准备，我们希望这个实验能一直运行到2035年。The CMS collaboration includes some 4,000 scientists from more than 50 countries from all over Europe, from India, China, Korea, Egypt, other parts of the Middle East and Russia.CMS汇集了来自欧洲、印度、中国、韩国、埃及、中东其他地区以及俄罗斯等50多个国家的约4000名科学家。McBride says that while the scientists loved when the experiments confirmed their predictions, they also loved it when things don't match up,麦克布莱德说，虽然科学家们喜欢实验证实他们的预测，但当结果与预期不符时，他们同样感到兴奋，because that might be saying something very fundamental about how the universe is put together, because many things cannot yet be explained.因为这可能揭示了宇宙构成的基本原理，毕竟许多现象至今仍无法解释。

Internationally celebrated Cambodian American composer Chinary Ung has been awarded one of the highest honors in the U.S., a lifetime membership at the American Academy of Arts and Letters.享誉国际的柬埔寨裔美国作曲家洪靖年荣获美国最高荣誉之一，成为美国艺术文学院终身会员。Ung will be officially inducted in May. The 77-year-old composer was chosen based on his artistic merit in music composition.洪靖年将于5月正式就职。这位77岁的作曲家因其在音乐创作方面的艺术成就而被选中。Ung says he owes his success to his own Cambodian identity.洪靖年说他的成功归功于自己的柬埔寨身份。It is my culture. It's what I learned it from the rice field that I spoke of. What touches me the most and I think I am proud to say that I am a Cambodian.这是我的文化。这是我从我所说的稻田中学到的东西。最让我感动的是，我可以很自豪地说我是一名柬埔寨人。Ung got a scholarship to study clarinet in the U.S. in 1964, and later received a Doctor of Musical Arts from Columbia University in 1974.洪靖年于1964年获得奖学金赴美学习单簧管，后于1974年获得哥伦比亚大学音乐艺术博士学位。His music is known for incorporating Eastern characteristics into Western classical settings.他的音乐以将东方特色融入西方古典背景而闻名。In spirit my music yes does carry the background of the culture in Cambodia.在精神上，我的音乐确实承载着柬埔寨文化的背景。Without that background, I wouldn't be able to compose, let's say, Inner Voices.没有那样的背景，我就无法创作出，比如说，《内心的声音》。The twenty-minute award-winning piece Inner Voices was Ung's second orchestral work following a hiatus between 1974 and 1985.获奖作品《内心的声音》时长二十分钟，是洪靖年继1974年至1985年间沉寂后的第二部管弦乐作品。Ung turned his attention to the rescue of surviving relatives and the rebuilding of the editions of Cham court music.洪靖年将注意力转向了幸存亲属的救援以及占婆宫廷音乐版本的重建。In 1989, Inner Voices made him the first American to win the prestigious Grammy Award.1989年，《内心的声音》让他成为首位获得久负盛名的格莱美奖的美国人。Ung said the piece was his attempt to embrace the expressions of many cultures in a singular musical language, and he got the inspiration from a dream.洪靖年表示，这部作品是他尝试用一种独特的音乐语言来融合多种文化的表达，他的灵感来自于一个梦。In the dream I thought I had receive an invitation to attend a ritual, and I heard the chanting about a text在梦里，我觉得自己收到了参加一场仪式的邀请，我听到有人在念诵一段经文，that this young Cambodian lady, a teenager, decided to commit suicide, and left that text to her parent to set it into music, into song, funeral song, during her funeral.说的是一位年轻的柬埔寨少女，一个十几岁的孩子，决定自杀，还留下这篇文字让她的父母在她的葬礼上把它谱成曲子，编成葬歌。Tapping into his dream to compose Inner Voices only employed what he calls the interaction within himself to create an art that speaks to a global audience.利用自己的梦境来创作《内心的声音》，仅运用了所谓的自我内在对话，创作出一部能与全球听众产生共鸣的艺术作品。You are not only looking outward and what could be learned and so forth, but don't forget that another 50% is the intangible.你不仅要向外看，思考可以学到什么等等，但别忘了，另外50%是无形的东西。It is your feeling, which is not yours when you go deeper, you hit on archetype of dimension and so forth, and that could be share globally.这是你的感受，当你深入探究时，它就不再完全属于你了，你会触及到维度的原型等等，而且这种感受可以在全球范围内共享。Today Ung is a distinguished professor of music at University of California San Diego, and works to preserve and innovate Cambodian traditional music.如今，洪靖年是加利福尼亚大学圣地亚哥分校的杰出音乐教授，致力于保护和创新柬埔寨传统音乐。

The concept continues to blow my mind. It really will enable astronauts to explore.这个概念仍然让我惊叹不已。它真的能让宇航员进行探索。Dr. Pascal Lee has literally gone to the ends of the earth to test equipment for NASA.李天龙确实曾到地球的尽头为美国宇航局测试设备。We want astronauts to go to Mars, be effective explorers, to pick up rocks, to examine fossils potentially, to look for life. All these things require dexterity.我们希望宇航员去到火星，进行高效探索，拾起岩石，甚至可以检测化石，寻找生命。所有这些都需要灵巧的操作。When it's pressurized, the spaceship becomes rigid, astronauts have a very hard time moving anything, the fingers are difficult to move.当飞船加压时，舱体会变得非常坚硬，宇航员移动任何物体都极为困难，连手指都难以活动。At a conference in Norway, Lee happened to meet some engineering students with a possible solution.在挪威的一次会议上，李天龙偶然遇到了一些可能有解决办法的工程专业学生。The guy was just wearing a glove, waving his hands literally, flying this very complex piece of equipment, his drone, very precisely.他戴着手套，挥舞着双手，非常精确地操控着这台非常复杂的设备——他的无人机。It didn't take rocket science to figure out that this had rocket science applications.不用多高深的学问就能明白，这有航天科学方面的应用。Pascal invited us to join the NASA hot Mars project for the summer, which was incredible.李天龙邀请我们夏天加入NASA的火星热力项目，这简直太棒了。To do our field testing, we go to Devon Island in the Arctic. We call Devon Island Mars on Earth.为了进行实地测试，我们去了北极的德文岛。我们称德文岛为地球上的火星。This glove is a first attempt to create an interface that allows the astronaut with very subtle finger motions to have these motions translated wirelessly into commands for a robotic system.这副手套是首次尝试创建一种界面，让宇航员通过非常细微的手指动作，就能将这些动作无线传输为机器人系统的指令。Success is leading to more collaboration with the students, who formed a company called Ntention.该项目的成功促使了与学生们的更多合作，这些学生成立了一家名为Ntention的公司。This year we're going to test operation of other activities, such as control of an ATV.今年我们将测试其他活动的操作，例如控制全地形车。The smart glove can do many things. But it cannot warn of approaching polar bears. For that there is Apollo. 智能手套能做很多事情。但它无法警告即将靠近的北极熊。为此，阿波罗应运而生。