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This is how these young engineers envision Jacksonville, a coastal city in Florida in the next 100 years.

这就是这些年轻工程师对佛罗里达州沿海城市杰克逊维尔未来百年的设想。

The model called Agua Prope, meaning clean water, was presented by a team of middle school students from Houston at the Future City Nationals in Washington DC.

这款名为Agua Prope的模型寓意为"洁净之水"，由休斯顿中学生团队在华盛顿特区举办的未来城市全国总决赛中展示。

The students' goal was to build a city with a clean and reliable water supply.

学生们的目标是建造一座拥有清洁可靠供水系统的城市。

Many members on the Houston team have roots in Karachi, Pakistan's largest and most populated city, where water shortages and access to clean water are a persistent problem.

休斯顿队的许多队员都来自巴基斯坦最大且人口最多的城市卡拉奇，那里长期面临水资源短缺和难以获得清洁用水的问题。

Karachi right now is very behind, unlike America. A lot of people are on the streets, they don't have w

Small wooden boxes like these have become a common sight in American neighborhoods. Visitors can take a book or leave a book.

像这样的小木盒在美国社区已变得随处可见。访客可以取走一本书或留下一本书。

In Indonesia, free libraries are rare, especially in rural communities. But they seemed like a great idea to Nining Dwi Astuti, a civil servant who lives in central Java.

在印度尼西亚，免费图书馆很罕见，尤其是在农村社区。但对于住在爪哇岛中部的公务员宁宁·德维·阿斯图蒂来说，这些主意似乎很不错。

With the support of local officials and fellow villagers, she built the only registered Little Free Library in the area.

在当地官员和乡亲们的支持下，她建成了该地区唯一注册的免费小图书馆。

Many people asked how do we borrow a book, who do we return the book to. I said just take it and if you want to returned it, just put it back. They were kind of surprised.

很多人问我们如何借书，把书还给谁。我说拿着就好，如果想还回来，放回去就行。他们有点惊讶。

Her little blue box was a hit with villagers. It is now a learning hub for local chil

As in any large metropolis, mornings in New York City start like this: small coffee and one bagel please.

和任何大城市一样，纽约市的早晨是这样开始的：一小杯咖啡和一个贝果。

They come to work rain or shine and are always welcomed by busy New Yorkers: the food cart vendors. Two dollars will buy you a breakfast.

无论晴雨餐车小贩都会来工作，而且总是受到忙碌的纽约人的欢迎。花两美元就能买一份早餐。

Another popular morning destination is the deli, short for delicatessen, usually a small store that has everything one might need: a small snack selection, some hot food and the obligatory coffee-to-go.

另一个受欢迎的早餐去处是熟食店，通常是一家小商店，里面应有尽有：有各种小吃可供选择，还有一些热食，当然也少不了外带咖啡。

We've had a lot of famous people come in. All these people are coming so restless alone. And Howard Stern is a customer, but he doesn't drink the coffee.

这里很多名人光顾。所有这些人都是行色匆匆，霍华德·斯特恩就是常客，但他不喝咖啡。

Coffee first came to New York in the early 1600s, back when the city was called New Amsterdam b

I love my sharks and I start seeing them coming in with these hooks. The hook removal started like anything would start when you love someone.

我爱我的鲨鱼，我开始看到它们带着这些鱼钩游过来。当你爱上一个人时，任何事情都会有个开端，摘除鱼钩这件事也不例外。

I just wanted to make their lives a little bit better to relieve their pain. With foggy eye, one day she showed up and she had one that was actually inside.

我只是想让它们的生活稍微好一点，减轻它们的痛苦。有一天她出现了，眼神迷蒙，原来她体内有一个东西。

I would open her jaw and see the hook. And at a certain moment I decided to basically stick my hand in and I pulled the hook out.

我会掰开她的嘴，看到鱼钩。在某个时刻，我决定直接把手伸进去，然后把鱼钩拔了出来。

But then as soon as she came back, she allowed me to pet her, and from that day on became a shark that would just show up on the dive.

但后来她一回来，就允许我抚摸她了，从那天起，她变成了一条会在我潜水时现身的鲨鱼。

And all of a sudden I'd feel a pressure on my hip. And I would turn around and she would be

I am Larry Meade. I am President of the Northern Virginia Bird Club.

我是拉里·米德。我是北弗吉尼亚鸟类俱乐部的主席。

I've always been interested in birding, but I've been seriously birding, keeping track since 2002.

我一直对观鸟感兴趣，但从2002年起我才开始认真观鸟并持续记录。

The connotation of bird watching is that all we do is watch the birds.

观鸟的内涵在于全心全意地看鸟。

But birding is more of an all-encompassing concept because not only do we look at them, we study them. We do scientific surveys.

但是观鸟是一个更包罗万象的概念，因为我们不仅观察鸟类，还研究它们。我们进行科学调查。

Looked like a juvenile to me because I saw an adult fly to the right.

这只看起来像只幼鸟，因为我看到一只成鸟飞向了右边。

We study their behavior. The one behind me in the pine tree. We travel to see them. We are at Huntley Meadows Park.

我们研究它们的行为。我身后松树上的那只。我们跋山涉水去看他们。我们在亨特利草地公园。

Stonehenge was built to mark the movements of the Sun. The huge stones were placed precisely to line up with the sunrise on the summer solstice and sunset on the winter solstice. 

巨石阵是为了标示出太阳的运动轨迹而建造。这些巨石经过精准排列，与夏至日出的方位和冬至日落的方位相对齐。

The discovery in the nearby village of Bulford was a much more simple construction. All that's left of it are two pits in the ground, about 120 metres apart, which archaeologists believe held large wooden posts. 

而在附近的巴尔福德村发现的这处遗址结构则简单得多。如今，它只剩下了地面上两个相距 120 米的土坑。考古学家们认为，这两个土坑里曾经竖立着大型木柱。

The holes were discovered about 10 years ago, but a new analysis examining how the posts were positioned, with the reconstruction of the ancient landscape, sky and horizon, reveals that they accurately lined upwith the Sun on the solstices.

这两个土坑早在十年前就已被发现，但一项新的分析通过研究木柱的排列方式，并结合对远古时期地形、天空和地平线的重建，发现它们与夏至和冬至时太阳的位置精确对齐。

Many young Brits are buying binoculars in hopes of encountering one of nature's most physically and audibly beautiful creatures - birds. You might think of birdwatching as an old-fashioned pastime most often enjoyed by the generations before you, but surveys conducted by the RSPB show a 47% increase in participation overall, with an even higher 1,088% surge by Gen Zers. So why do so many young people want to flock to the park to watch birds?

许多英国年轻人购买双筒望远镜，希望能邂逅自然界中最美丽、最美丽的生物之一——鸟类。 您可能认为观鸟是您的前几代人最常享受的一种老式消遣，但 RSPB 进行的调查显示，观鸟总体参与度增加了 47%，其中 Z 世代的参与度增幅甚至更高，高达 1,088%。 那么为什么这么多年轻人愿意涌入公园观鸟呢？

A group leader at RSPB Bristol highlighted how many students have joined his outings. He mentioned that some who join have 'never been out in their local nature spaces' and 'want to explore'. He added that the diversity of species you can find is impressive 'considering it's so urban' around the city. There is also the rise of a desire to disconnect from tech...

Researchers at this camp overlooking Greenland's Helheim Glacier have some bad news.

俯瞰格陵兰赫尔海姆冰川的营地研究人员带来了一些坏消息。

This glacier has retreated more than 10 kilometers or so in the last decade or so, from that position far off and to my left to where you see it today.

这条冰川在过去十多年间已退缩了10公里左右，从我左侧远处的位置退到了如今你们所见的地方。

It was here in 2018 that researchers captured this footage of large chunks of ice breaking away in a process called calving.

2018年，研究人员正是在这里拍摄到了大块冰体断裂脱落的画面，这一过程被称为裂冰作用。

Scientists like New York University's David Holland measured and observed climate change. This summer Holland saw record-shattering heat and ice melt.

纽约大学的戴维·霍兰德等科学家对气候变化进行了测量和观察。今年夏天霍兰德目睹了破纪录的高温和冰层融化现象。

Large glaciers are retreating. We can detect this with satellite, with effectively cameras in space.

大型冰川正在消退，我们可以通过卫星，也就是太空中的高效摄像头，观测到这一现

Sibongile Zulu is among the 7.7 million south Africans who are HIV positive.

西邦吉莱·祖鲁是770万感染艾滋病毒的南非人中的一员。

She takes a cocktail of antiretroviral drugs to suppress the virus.

她服用了一组抗逆转录病毒药物来抑制病毒。

When south Africa imposed a coronavirus lockdown in March, Zulu lost her job.

当南非在3月份实施新冠疫情封锁措施时，祖鲁失去了工作。

Weeks later her local clinic began to run short of some medication.

几周后，当地的诊所开始出现药物短缺。

I think for two months, I was using only one that I was supposed to use two. And if I don't use both of them, it's a big risk and I can get sick.

我想有两个月的时间，我只服用了一种药物，而我应该服用两种。如果我不同时服用两种药物，风险很大，我可能会生病。

Across the world doctors say the coronavirus pandemic and the subsequent lockdowns will

A busy summer of space travel came to a soft splashing end this week for astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley.

对于宇航员鲍勃·本肯和道格·赫尔利来说，他们忙碌的夏季太空旅行在本周以柔和的溅落着陆画上了句号。

It was the first splashdown by US astronauts in 45 years.

这是美国宇航员45年来首次溅落着陆。

As we descended through the atmosphere, the thrusters were firing almost continuously.

当我们穿过大气层下降时，推进器几乎一直在点火。

And I think this the sound that makes, I did record some audio of it, but it doesn't sound like a machine, it sounds like an animal.

我认为这是它发出的声音，我确实录下了一些音频，但听起来不像机器发出的，倒像是动物发出的。

The reentry is a fairly dynamic event and you can see from you know just an overall view of the capsule that reentry is a pretty demanding environment, you know with the different scorches on the vehicle and the windows were not spared any of that.

再入大气层是一个相当动态的事件，从太空舱的整体情况来看，再入大气层是一个相当严苛的环境，飞行器上有不

The challenge is to treat everyone involved in that call neutrally and not have any predisposed thoughts or…

我们面临的挑战是中立地对待电话中的每一个人，并且不要有任何先入为主的想法或……

In her film Women In Blue, data official chronicles some of the challenges female police officers face as they help train fellow officers against excessive use of force in the male-dominated Minneapolis police department.

在她的电影《蓝衣女性》中，数据官员记录了女警官面临的一些挑战，她们在男性主导的明尼阿波利斯警察局帮助培训同事避免过度使用武力。

Officer Alice White is one of the trainers. We interact with people who are rapists, murderers. It's sometimes hard to show respect to someone like that.

爱丽丝·怀特警官是训练师之一。 我们和强奸犯、杀人犯打交道。有时候很难对这样的人表示尊重。

So in my mind I had to switch this to professionalism. As long as you're being professional, you're gonna look respectful.

在我看来，我得把这转变为专业态度。只要保持专业，你就会显得得体。

The film echoes findings won as early as the 1970s by the National Police Foundation that female police officers act less aggressively and

You never know when at any second something might happen that you might need it. That's the point.

你永远不知道什么时候会发生一些事让你用到枪。这才是重点。

It's not that you think it's going to. It's that you recognize the possibility that it can.

不是说你认为它会发生，而是你必须意识到，有需要用到枪的可能性。

You recognize the possibility that there are evil people in the world who do evil things and you have to be able to protect yourself against that.

你要认识到世界上存在作恶之人这种可能性，而且你必须有能力保护自己免受其害。

I think I'm an average gun owner because, I mean, I'm an average guy.

我想我是个普通的持枪人，因为我就是个普通人。

I mean, there's nothing really special about me. From an early age, Dad would go out hunting, I went with him.

我并没有什么特别之处。从很小的时候，爸爸就会带我一起去打猎。

You know, I was always in the woods with him shooting and you know, at the range sho

It's never been easy for fishermen in England's southwest to make a living, but now they face a competitor: around 200,000 octopuses, probably coming from the Mediterranean. Climate change is blamed for this migration, and the animals are apparently gobbling up the crab, lobster and other marine life which many fishermen depend on.

对英格兰西南部的渔民来说，谋生从来都不容易，而如今他们面临新的 “竞争对手”——大约 20 万只可能来自地中海的章鱼。人们将这次章鱼迁徙归咎于气候变化。而这些动物似乎正在大量吞食螃蟹、龙虾以及其它渔民赖以谋生的海洋生物。

A report published on Monday found octopuses spotted further north and in Wales, and said fishermen are having to adapt, hunting for the octopuses themselves. One market town recently saw 100 tonnes of octopus sold in a single day.

Around the world, summers are getting hotter. Day and night temperatures are increasing. What impact could that be having on how we sleep?

在世界各地，夏季越来越热。 白天和晚上的气温都在升高。 这会对我们的睡眠产生什么影响？

Temperature and sleep are closely linked. Typically, our bodies cool themselves down before we sleep. One of the main ways that we do this is by widening blood vessels near the skin to allow heat to dissipate. In hot weather, this process becomes less effective as it is more difficult for heat to be transferred. One of the body's mechanisms to speed up this process is by allowing sweat to evaporate. However, in humid conditions it's harder for evaporation to take place. If the bod...

So it's a 3D-printed cowl or helmet. It's like a mask basically but it's specifically designed and tailored to fit my face exactly.

这是一个3D打印的头罩或头盔。它基本上就像一个面罩，但它是专门设计并量身定做，以完全贴合我的脸型。

Because of that, it's kind of difficult to get on because it is a rigid, hard plastic.

因为它是一种坚硬的塑料制成的，所以很难戴上。

But the amount of time that it takes to make something like this is, and cost even is far superior than it would be to sculpting it, molding it, casting it.

但是制作一个这样的面具要花费的时间和成本，都比雕刻、塑形、铸造要高得多。

We are cosplayers. We are comic book nerds and fans of comic book culture and everything like that. So we are naturally inclined to craft things and creativity.

我们是角色扮演者。我们是漫画书虫和漫画文化的粉丝。我们自然就很喜欢手工制作和创意发挥。

That led me to a job at the Long Beach Public Li...

This statue of the 26th president of the United States, Theodore Roosevelt, who served from 1901 to 1909, depicts Roosevelt on horseback with a native American and a black man standing alongside him.

这是美国第26任总统西奥多·罗斯福的雕像，他从1901年到1909年担任总统，雕塑中的罗斯福骑在马上，身旁站着一位美洲原住民和一位黑人。

To those who object to it, the statue suggests colonialism and white supremacy.

对那些反对它的人来说，这座雕像意味着殖民主义和白人至上主义。

It is one of a few statues around New York that protestors want removed, including one of Christopher Columbus.

这是纽约周边抗议者希望移除的少数雕像之一，其中包括克里斯托弗·哥伦布的雕像。

Christopher Columbus being pedestalized and lionized like that is similar to Roosevelt being on a high horse.

克里斯托弗·哥伦布被如此抬高和颂扬，这和罗斯福高高在上的情形类似。

And just like he needs to come down off his high horse, we need to take Columbus off of his pedestal, because he doesn't represent what this land was once representative of. This was the island of Manhattan.

正如罗斯福需要放下高傲的姿态一样，我们也得把哥伦布从神坛上拉下来，因为他并不代表这片土地曾经所代表的东西。这里曾是曼哈顿岛。

I think a lot of people

We felt we were completely empty. Go reserve tickets now and leave him standing there alone on the stage. What do you say?

我们感觉自己完全空虚了。现在就去订票，让他一个人站在舞台上。你说呢？

Call it the TikTok phenomenon. A call to action on the social network may have contributed to lower than expected turnout at a recent Trump rally.

这可以称为TikTok现象，社交网络上的行动号召可能导致近期特朗普集会上的到场人数低于预期。

In Nashville, six teenagers organized a march against police brutality that drew a crowd of nearly 10,000.

在纳什维尔，六名青少年组织了一场反对警察暴行的游行，吸引了近万人参加。

How did they get the word out? Instagram. Today's youth are speaking up using what they know best: social media.

他们是如何传播消息的？Instagram。如今的年轻人正运用他们最熟悉的方式发声：社交媒体。

I think overall technology has really been a driving force for us, having those things that already connect us and then kind of trying to f

For Rear Admiral (Sel.) Putnam Browne and his daughter Francesca, the Navy isn't just a career, it's the family business.

对海军少将普特南·布朗和他的女儿弗朗西斯卡来说，海军不仅仅是一份职业，还是家族事业。

I definitely think he has a major influence on me whether he meant to or not.

我绝对认为他对我有重大影响，无论他是否有意为之。

But he taught me so much and I knew that it was the right choice for me because of him.

他教会了我很多，我知道这对我来说是因为他而做的正确的选择。

Francesca attended the prestigious US Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland. Like her father, she rode on a Navy crew team.

弗朗西丝卡曾就读于马里兰州安纳波利斯著名的美国海军学院。和她父亲一样，她曾效力于海军赛艇队。

When a sudden hip injury kept her from rowing, Francesca switched to steering a boat as a coxswain for the men's team, making them the team's first-ever father-daughter duo.

当弗朗西斯卡突然髋部受伤，无法再划船时，她转而担任男子队的舵手来指挥船只，这使他们成为该队有史以来第一对父女组合。

That was another very cool transition because

So, here we have me graduating from the police academy. This is my chief at the time. Quite happy to have a gun and abadge.

这是我刚从警校毕业时的样子。这是当时的局长。当时拿到警徽和配枪的时候非常高兴。

I was working on the bus. We used to wear plain clothes on the bus. And that's me with the general manager. I had just made sergeant.

我当时在公交车上工作。以前在公交车上我们都穿便服。这是我和总干事的合影。那时我刚刚晋升警长。

I remember being the only African-American female in that group of promotees.

我记得自己是那批晋升者中唯一的非裔美国女性。

I remember the levels of competitiveness and the gratification that I was able to compete at that level and excel.

我记得当时的竞争很激烈，我也很感激，能在那种级别的竞争中脱颖而出。

My name is Tracie Simmons and I am a retired Deputy Chief of the Metro Transit Police Department.

我叫特蕾西·西蒙斯，是地铁交通警察局的退休副局长。

I served there for ov

We are approximately 11 miles away from Fort Monroe, where the first African-Americans arrived approximately 400 years ago.

我们距离门罗堡大约11英里，那里是大约400年前第一批非洲裔美国人抵达的地方。

I am Robin Hunt-Crenshaw, the principal here at George P. Phenix Pre-K through 8 school. The school is predominantly African-American.

我叫罗宾·亨特·克伦肖，是乔治·P·菲尼克斯学前至八年级学校的校长。这所学校的学生以非裔美国人为主。

Today, I will be meeting with 3rd and 4th grade students to discuss the issues of slavery, what they know about slavery.

今天，我将与三年级和四年级的学生会面，讨论奴隶制的问题，以及他们对奴隶制的了解。

We need to learn about slavery because in the upcoming generations we can't all just believe that this country was always different races combined together.

我们需要了解奴隶制，因为在未来的几代人中，我们不能都认为这个国家一直都是不同种族融合在一起的。

We have to know what our history was. There was land taken from different races because they were that race.

我们必须了解我们的历史。曾有不同种族的土地被夺走，只因为他们属于那个种族。

And I don't fee

Fans have been gathering across the US, Canada and Mexico, as well as the world's TV screens, to watch the 2026 men's football World Cup kick off. However, experts have been increasingly worried about the effect of summer heat and humidity on the competing players. High levels of both have been predicted for a number of the tournament venues.

球迷们聚集在美国、加拿大和墨西哥以及世界各地的电视屏幕上，观看 2026 年男足世界杯的开赛。 然而，专家们越来越担心夏季炎热和潮湿对参赛选手的影响。 预计许多比赛场馆的这两项指标都将达到高水平。

Previous competitions held in similar conditions have caused difficulties for players and officials. Assistant referee Humberto Panjoj collapsed during a Copa America game in Kansas City in 2024. In a game in Miami in the same competition, Uruguayan defender Ronald Araujo was substituted, complaining of dehydration and dizziness. Players also complained about conditions at the 2025 Club World Cup in the US. Both thes

European farmers are still counting the cost of last year's drought, which saw plummeting yields of crops like maize and corn.

欧洲农民们仍在承受去年那场大旱带来的损失，那场干旱导致玉米和谷物类作物的产量骤降。

But France today reported it's already short of water, and the European Environment Agency expects this to become a continent-wide problem. 

而就在今天，法国已经报告出现水资源短缺的消息。欧洲环境署预计，这将演变成一个影响整个欧洲大陆的问题。

Paradoxically, this will also lead to worse flooding as more water evaporates and then eventually falls back to Earth.

看似矛盾的是，干旱还会导致更严重的洪涝，因为更多的水分蒸发后，最终会以降水的形式回到地面。

The agency's report also warns there'll be about 60 days each year so hot they're dangerous, and that European healthcare needs to adapt to cope with consequent rises in cardiovascular and respiratory illness.

该机构的报告还警告称，未来每年将

Aboard this custom adult-sized tricycle called the Hamba, village healthcare worker Pamhidzi Mutunya delivers medical care that may very well save lives.

在这辆名为“Hamba”的定制成人三轮车里，乡村医护人员帕姆希齐·穆通亚(Pamhidzi Mutunya)运送着救命的医疗物资。

The Hamba made it easier to take patients to and from the hospital.

Hamba使接送病人往返医院变得更容易。

Now fewer women give birth at home due to lack of transportation like it used to be.

现在，由于不像过去那样缺乏交通工具，很少有女性在家分娩了。

Mutunya drives an average of four people per day to a health clinic while also picking up medicine for others.

穆通亚平均每天载四个人去诊所，同时也为其他人取药。

She started using a Hamba last year and says women pay about fifteen dollars a month as a group to lease the ride.

她去年开始驾驶Hamba，并提到女性们以团体形式每月支付大约十五美元的租用费。

Hamba pilot coordinator Fadzai Mavhuna: Women in the rural areas c

Hi, I'm Dr. Aarthi Vemana, co-director of the Pediatric and Adolescent Sleep Center.

我是阿尔蒂·韦马纳医生，儿科与青少年睡眠中心的联合主任。

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a huge impact on everyone's daily lives.

新冠肺炎疫情对每个人的日常生活都产生了巨大的影响。

Now, we do have more time at home to focus on sleep, but sleep is really difficult in stressful periods.

现在，我们确实有更多的时间待在家里专注于睡眠，但在压力大的时期，入睡真的很难。

So, I wanted to take a few moments to talk to you guys about having a good sleep schedule and how to maintain that sleep schedule during the quarantine period. Start off by having a good bedtime routine.

我想花点时间跟大家聊聊保持良好作息，以及在隔离期间如何维持这种作息。首先要养成一个良好的睡前习惯。

And that bedtime routine doesn't have to be anything complicated, but it should be the same few steps done in the same

Thanksgiving Farms is 57 acres. We like to grow a little bit of the odd and unusual. So, we grow pretty much everything.

感恩节农场占地57英亩。我们喜欢种植一些稀奇古怪的作物。我们基本上什么都种。

The only thing we do not grow is corn. We're ladies. Corn is heavy and we're not picking it. I run the garden center part.

我们唯一不种的就是玉米。我们是女士。玉米太重了，我们收不起来。我负责经营园艺中心的部分。

I have 20 grow houses full of plants right now. I grow everything from petunias to Calibrachoas to tropical plants.

我现在有20个种满植物的大棚。我种植矮牵牛花、百万铃、热带植物等植物。

I plant them at a certain time so that they get ready by Mother's Day. Mother's Day is our Christmas in the greenhouse industry.

我在特定时间种植它们，以便它们在母亲节前上市。母亲节相当于温室花卉行业的圣诞节。

That's when everybody brings their mom out. They get flowers.

那时每个人都带着他们的妈妈出来买花。

In normal years,we have ha

Virtual reality's immersive experience is a sensation for the eyes and ears.

虚拟现实带来的沉浸式体验是一种全新的视听体验。

Now Aerobanquets RMX will target your taste buds.

现在，Aerobanquets RMX将瞄准了人的味觉。

It's one of the first experiments where we are mixing VR and food.

这是我们首次将虚拟现实与食物相结合的实验之一。

At the James Beard House in New York, Mattia Casalegno has created a VR dining experience that lets guests taste food in a new way.

在纽约的詹姆斯·比尔德餐厅，马蒂亚·卡萨雷诺打造了一种虚拟现实用餐体验，让宾客以全新的方式品尝食物。

We are so much used to eat with our own eyes, of course. I start to have expectations.

当然，我们非常习惯用眼睛去判断食物。看到之后就会产生期待。

With this VR experience, guests should expect the unexpected.

有了这次虚拟现实体验，客人们将能够预料到以前那些想不到的方面。

In virtual reality, the qu

Julie Kent, formerly a principal dancer with the American Ballet Theatre, recalls her last role as Juliet after announcing in 2015 she would no longer perform on stage.

朱莉·肯特曾是美国芭蕾舞剧院的首席舞者，她回忆起自己在2015年宣布不再登台表演后出演的最后一个角色——朱丽叶。

Thousands came to see the last performance at New York's Lincoln Center.

数千人前来观看在纽约林肯中心的最后一场演出。

It was the most heartbreaking and beautiful experience that I had to date.

这是我到目前为止经历过的最令人心碎却又最美好的体验。

It was a huge sense of loss of life that I had known for three decades.

在我芭蕾舞事业的三十年历程中，这件事给我带来了巨大的失落感。

American Ballet Theater is considered to be one of the best dance companies in the country.

美国芭蕾舞剧院被认为是美国最好的舞蹈团之一。

Julie Kent has been part of it longer than anyone else, 29 years, and 23 of those 29 years, she was a prima ballerina.

朱莉·肯特参与其中的时间比任何人都长，有29年，在这29年里，有23年她都是首席芭蕾舞演员。

My name is Eric Morris and I am an avid hunter and outdoorsman.

我叫埃里克·莫里斯，是一名狂热的猎人兼户外运动爱好者。

I like to hunt because it releases a primal urge that I've always had since I was a child to go out and pursue something.

我喜欢打猎，因为它能释放一种我从小就有的原始冲动，即走出去追逐某些东西。

Hunting reconnects you with nature and reconnects you with how life used to be back in the day. A lot of people now have got a little softer.

狩猎让你与大自然重新建立联系，也让你重新感受过去的生活方式。如今许多人已经变得有些软弱了。

They are less independent, less self-sufficient. But hunting allows you to go out and do the things that our ancestors have done for centuries.

他们不那么独立，更不能自给自足。但狩猎能让你走出家门，去做我们的祖先几个世纪以来一直在做的事情。

We just turned off into paradise. There's not many things better than roaming through the woods, looking with

It's written in Positive Psychology and Tourism that recreational travel is essential for our happiness, well-being and quality of life. It may also increase creativity by giving people permission to break free of ordinary patterns, helping them to conceptualise new ideas, as studied by American psychologist, JP Guilford. According to the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, those who travel, even more so, travel abroad, tend to be more open, aware and emotionally stable.

《积极心理学和旅游》中写道，休闲旅行对于我们的幸福、福祉和生活质量至关重要。 美国心理学家 JP 吉尔福德 (JP Guilford) 的研究表明，它还可以通过允许人们打破常规模式来帮助他们构思新想法，从而提高创造力。 根据《人格与社会心理学杂志》的研究，那些旅行过的人，尤其是出国旅行的人，往往更加开放、有意识、情绪稳定。 

But for some, summer is a project. A mood board. A glowing expectation that hangs over the few months making it something to live up to. It can carry a pressure to be optimised and remembered. A Holiday Mental Health Report from 2025 found that nearly 69% of Americans feel pressure to appear happier than they actually are, with many describing events as obligations rather...

Research shows that 15 years after college, US mothers earn 11% less than women without children and 42% less than fathers. This is called the “motherhood penalty.”

研究显示，在大学毕业 15 年后，美国母亲的收入比没有孩子的女性低 11%，比父亲（有孩子的男性）低 42%。这种现象被称为“母职惩罚”（motherhood penalty）。

Many women who became mothers told The New York Times that having kids forced them to leave careers or take part-time jobs. Child care was too expensive, and some had children with special needs. One woman said motherhood should come with a warning label. Another said she lost 750,000 dollars in potential earnings. Mothers said they were tired, stressed, and left out of promotions or special projects. While men with kids often advanced, women with kids disappeared from the workplace. Many stopped saving for retirement or lost job b...

The celebrated British artist David Hockney has died at his home in London at the age of 88, just a month before his 89th birthday.

英国著名艺术家大卫·霍克尼（David Hockney）在伦敦家中去世，享年 88 岁，距离他 89 岁生日仅一个月。

Hockney was widely recognized as one of the most influential figures of the modern era and a key leader of the 1960s pop art movement.

霍克尼被公认为现代最具影响力的艺术家之一，也是 20 世纪 60 年代波普艺术运动（Pop Art）的重要代表人物。

Throughout his long career, he was a creative genius who loved to experiment with different mediums. He constantly innovated by using traditional paint, photography, and even digital iPads to capture the world around him. Hockney is perhaps best known for his stunning, sun-drenched paintings of swimming pools in California, which explored light, water, and joyful colors. In 2018, one of thes...

The rise of AI influencers is sparking ethical debates.

AI 网红（AI Influencer）的崛起正引发一系列伦理争议。

AI models like Aitana, with pink hair and thousands of followers, generate significant income from brand endorsements, especially in the beauty and fitness sectors. Although Aitana doesn’t exist, her agency in Barcelona makes her appear lifelike through advanced editing techniques. AI influencers appeal to many, especially young people who might not always realize they are unreal. Critics are concerned these AI models promote unrealistic beauty standards, leading young people to compare themselves with digital images of perfection.

像拥有粉红色头发、数千名粉丝的 AI 模特 Aitana，凭借品牌代言获得了可观的收入，尤其是在美容和健身领域。尽管 Aitana 并不存在，但她位于巴塞罗那的经纪公司通过先进的图像编辑技术，让她看起来与真人几乎无异。AI 网红对许多人，特别是年轻人，具有很强的吸引力，而他们有时甚至意识不到这些形象是虚构的。批评者担心，这类 AI 模特会宣扬不切实际的审美标准，导致年轻人拿自己与...

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has announced a strict new plan to ban social media sites for children under 16 to protect them online and give kids their childhood back.

英国首相基尔·斯塔默（Keir Starmer）宣布了一项严格的新计划，禁止16岁以下儿童使用社交媒体平台，以保护他们的网络安全，并让孩子们重新拥有属于自己的童年。

The far-reaching restrictions will completely block under-16s from popular platforms like TikTok, Snapchat, and Instagram. Furthermore, the government will impose tough restrictions on gaming and livestreaming services, where strangers can currently contact young children unchecked. Starmer explained that the government already has the power to start this process, with new regulations coming by the end of the year and a full ban starting next spring.

这项影响深远的限制措施将全面禁止16岁以下未成年人使用TikTok、Snapchat和Instagram等热门社交平台。此外，政府还将对游戏平台和直播服务实施严格限制，因为目前陌生人仍然可以在这些平台上不受限制地...

A new report by the European Union Drugs Agency reveals that cocaine use is rising fast across Europe.

欧洲联盟毒品管理局（European Union Drugs Agency）最新发布的一份报告显示，可卡因的使用量正在欧洲各地迅速上升。

Based on drug residues found in city wastewater. Spanish and Belgian cities recorded the largest samples; the Spanish town of Lleida topped the continent’s chart.

根据对城市污水中毒品残留物的检测结果，西班牙和比利时的城市检测到了最多的可卡因残留。其中，西班牙城市莱里达（Lleida）的检测结果位居全欧洲首位。

Spain has become the main hotspot for the drug, as Barcelona and Lleida saw the steepest increases in consumption. Other growing areas were discovered in Denmark and Slovenia. While wastewater shows where the most drugs are used, a population survey showed that Norway and the Netherlands actually have the highest consumption rates among adults.

西班牙已成为可卡因使用最严重的热点地区，其中巴塞罗那（Barcelona）和莱里达（Lleida）的消费量增幅最大。此外，丹麦和斯洛文尼亚也发现了使用量持续增长的趋势。虽然污水检测能够反映哪些地区的毒品使用最为普遍，但一项针对居民的...

A year ago, Harry Heasman couldn't climb the stairs and had to enter an old age home. But then, the 98-year-old decided he'd like to fulfil a childhood dream. As a teenager during the Second World War, Harry worked in a factory making aircraft[s] used in the D-Day landings. He wondered what it would be like to fly in one of the planes.

一年前，哈里·希斯曼还爬不动楼梯，不得不住进养老院。但随后，这位 98 岁的老人决定去实现他童年的梦想。二战期间，还是一名少年的哈里在一家工厂工作，参与制造用于诺曼底登陆的飞机。他一直很好奇，乘坐这样一架飞机飞上蓝天会是什么感觉。

On Saturday, after more than eight decades, Harry stopped wondering. The 98-year-old was strapped to the wing of a 1940s biplane as it took to the skies. In doing so, he broke the Guinness World Record for the oldest person ever to complete a wing walk.

上周六，在历经了八十多年后，哈里终于不用再好奇了。这位 98 岁的老人被固定在了一架 20 世纪 40 年代的双翼飞机机翼上，随之飞上了蓝天。他也因此打破了吉尼斯世界纪录，成为有史以来完成机翼行走最年长的人。

In preparat...

Isn't yoghurt an ultra-processed, sugar-laden snack that we should avoid buying when we're in the supermarket? The truth is a bit more complicated, and it all depends on the yoghurt. Some do have a high sugar and fat content and offer few other health benefits. But when it comes to yoghurt, they are not the whole story.

酸奶不是一种经过超加工、含糖量高的零食，我们在超市时应该避免购买吗？ 事实有点复杂，这一切都取决于酸奶。 有些糖和脂肪含量确实很高，并且几乎没有其他健康益处。 但说到酸奶，它们并不是全部。

Let's look at some of the potential benefits. Yoghurt is made by fermenting milk, which produces a number of live bacterial cultures. These helpful bacteria interact with our gut flora and have been associated with better digestive health. It's possible that this could lead to reduced symptoms in people with conditions such as irritable bowel syndrome. It's also been suggested that regularly consuming yoghurt c...

NASA recently ordered five astronauts on the International Space Station (ISS) to take shelter inside their docked SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft.

美国国家航空航天局（NASA）近日要求国际空间站（ISS）上的五名宇航员进入已对接的SpaceX“龙”飞船内避难。

This safety action was taken while two Russian crew members worked to repair new air leaks in a transfer tunnel of the Russian service module.

这一安全措施是在两名俄罗斯宇航员正在修复俄罗斯服务舱转移通道中新出现的空气泄漏时采取的。

An expert explained that while the situation was serious enough to prepare for a potential evacuation, it was handled as a standard, practiced safety procedure.

一位专家解释称，尽管情况严重到需要准备潜在撤离，但实际上是按照标准的、已演练过的安全程序处理的。

The problem is that the ISS is an elderly spacecraft, and some parts have been operating since 1998, well beyond their original design life.

问题在于国际空间站已经是一艘“老旧”航天器，其中一些部件自1998年以来一直在运行，远超其原始设计寿命。

Over the years, the structure has been stressed, especially when Russian Soyuz spacecraft dock with significant fo

Friday the 13th is a date that many people around the world connect with bad luck.

“13号星期五”是世界各地许多人认为与厄运相关的一个日期。

This idea comes from a superstition, a belief that something can bring good or bad luck even if there is no proof.

这种观念来自迷信——即认为某些事物会带来好运或厄运，即使没有任何证据支持。

People have long considered both the number 13 and the day Friday unlucky.

人们长期以来都认为数字13和星期五这一天是不吉利的。

The number 12 is often viewed as complete or balanced, so 13 feels unusual or unlucky in comparison.

数字12通常被视为完整或平衡的象征，因此与之相比，13显得不寻常甚至不吉利。

That is why some buildings skip the 13th floor, and people avoid making big plans on that date.

这也是为什么一些建筑会跳过13层，以及人们会避免在这一天做重要计划。

In history, Friday was linked with sad or serious events, such as the crucifixion of Jesus.

The viral internet horror series The Backrooms, created by 20-year-old YouTuber Kane Parsons, has successfully transitioned into a film.

由20岁的YouTuber Kane Parsons创作的网络病毒式恐怖系列《The Backrooms》已经成功被改编成电影。

Produced by the famous studio A24, the movie has already broken box office records in the UK and Ireland.

该电影由知名制片公司A24出品，并已在英国和爱尔兰打破票房纪录。

The production was very intense. A small team in Vancouver worked until the very last minute to finish the project.

制作过程非常紧张。一支位于温哥华的小团队一直工作到最后一刻才完成该项目。

This success highlights a growing trend of digital creators successfully moving into traditional film and TV.

这一成功凸显出一个日益增长的趋势：数字内容创作者正在成功进入传统影视行业。

YouTube serves as a highly accessible platform for talented filmmakers without large budgets, where they can test their ideas and build a community before scaling up.

YouTube为没有大预算的有才华电影创作者提供了一个高度可及的平台，他们可以在这里测试想法并建立社区，然后再扩大规模。

A US judge has dismissed Justin Baldoni’s 400-million-dollar defamation lawsuit against Blake Lively.

一名美国法官驳回了贾斯汀·巴尔多尼（Justin Baldoni）针对布蕾克·莱弗利（Blake Lively）提起的4亿美元诽谤诉讼。

Baldoni claimed Lively wrongly accused him of sexual harassment during the filming of It Ends with Us. However, the judge said Lively’s complaint to a California agency was privileged, meaning it was legally protected.

巴尔多尼称，莱弗利在拍摄电影《It Ends with Us》期间对他提出了不实的性骚扰指控。然而，法官指出，莱弗利向加州某机构提交的投诉属于“特权信息”，也就是说在法律上受到保护。

The judge also dismissed Baldoni’s 250-million-dollar lawsuit against The New York Times, which had reported on the conflict.

法官还驳回了巴尔多尼针对《纽约时报》（The New York Times）提起的2.5亿美元诉讼，该媒体此前曾报道过这一纠纷。

The judge said Baldoni didn’t give enough facts to support the claim that Lively and others tried to ruin his reputation on purpose.

法官表示，巴尔多尼未提供足够事实来支持其主张，即莱弗利及其他人有意试图破坏他的声誉。

He may still file another lawsuit based on their contract. Meanwhile, Lively’s lawsuit against Baldoni continues. She is asking for more damages, and a t