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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 time

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。

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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。

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 we...

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 enviro...

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。

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

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.

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 techno

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.

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...

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 Southwe...

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 d...

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。

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...

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 p

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 m

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...

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

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 cultur...

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。

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.

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

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

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

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

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 eve

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 b...

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

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.

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.

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

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 mor...

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.

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 th

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

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 preci

Britain is looking for new partners and it is eyeing Africa.

英国正在寻找新的合作伙伴，并将目光投向了非洲。

With 1.2 billion people and eight of the world's 15 fastest-growing economies, Africa offers world-beating returns on investment, according to a report from the Overseas Development Institute.

海外发展研究所的一份报告显示，非洲拥有12亿人口，全球15个增长最快的经济体中非洲占了8个，投资回报率全球领先。

In the past 20 years it's about 16% and this is much higher than in other countries.

在过去的20年中，这一比例约为16％，远高于其他国家。

Even if you look at returns in Latin America and other developing countries, this case of higher returns in Africa is definitely should encourage more UK investments in the continent.

即使你观察拉丁美洲和其他发展中国家的回报率，非洲这种更高回报的情况无疑会鼓励英国在非洲大陆进行更多投资。

Britain is playing catch-up. Data from agency the International Trade Center showed France and Germany export more than double the value of goods to Africa than Britain does.

英国正在奋起直追。国际贸易中心的数据显示，法国和德国向非洲出口商品的价值是英国的两倍多。