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When I was young,


小时候的我


I had one wish:


一直有一个愿望


that the sun could shine at night


如果太阳在晚上


as well as day.


也能亮起该多好


I'm Liz


我是栗子


Today I'll try to realize


今天来动手实现


my childhood dream.


这个童年愿望


In Dunhuang, Gansu,


在甘肃敦煌


super mirror has turned


一座超级镜子已经让


my dream into reality.


“复制”太阳成为现实


Today, let's replicate this mega project.


今天我们一起来复刻一下这个超级工程


Duplicating a sun for the nighttime


把太阳“复制”到晚上


means capturing the sun's energy


那就是收集太阳的能量


and releasing it at night.


到晚上再释放


We need to


那么我们需要


collect the energy,


收集能量


store the energy,


储存能量


and release the energy.


最终释放能量


When it comes to collecting solar energy,


说到收集 没有什么


mirrors are key.


比镜子更适合的了


The mirror reflects the sunlight


通过镜子的反射


onto a milk powder can


阳光汇聚到这个


filled with water,


装入水的奶粉罐上


thus creating enough energy to boil the water


集中热量把水烧开


and generate enough steam.


产生足够多的水蒸气


The steam will spin a small fan,


我们就可以推动小风扇


turning a small motor,


连接小马达


and completing the transition


最终完成从


from solar energy, to mechanical energy,


太阳能再到机械能


to electrical energy.


再到电能的转化


Let's first paint the milk powder can


我们把奶粉罐刷上


with black, heat absorbing paint


黑色的吸热涂料


to help it gather heat.


帮助更好地吸热


Now we add water to it


现在我们给它加水


and seal it up,


然后把它密封起来


leaving only a small exit.


留一个小孔


Then we fix the can


把奶粉罐固定到


at the center of the platform.


平台的最中心


The steam will escape from the exit,


水蒸气从小孔冒出


and blow through the fan blades.


吹动风扇叶片


If the light bulb is lit,


只要灯泡亮起


our experiment succeeds.


我们的实验就成功了


To make the most of the sunlight,


为了充分利用太阳光


we need every mirror to


我们需要每一面镜子反射的


concentrate reflected light on the can.


光斑汇聚到奶粉罐的表面


In reality, the sun keeps moving.


实际上太阳光是会移动的


So we need to adjust the platform,


我们需要调整平台的角度


and mirrors can keep reflecting the moving light


来保证镜子能够自然地


onto the surface of the can.


把太阳光捕获到罐子上


Now we leave everything


剩下的就交给


to the sun and time.


太阳和时间了


The blades have moved a bit


它（风扇）因为水蒸气变得多


with more steam coming out!


而开始进行缓慢的转动


Now the fan is spinning faster and faster.


现在它转得越来越快了


Let's check out the bulb.


我们看下灯泡的情况


Oh, the bulb is lit!


灯泡已经亮了


This means our experiment


说明我们290面的小镜子


to light up a bulb with 290 mirrors is successful!


发电的实验已经成功了


We can light a small light bulb


这290面镜子


with 290 mirrors.


可以点亮一个小灯泡


What if we had 12,000 mirrors?


如果我们有1.2万面镜子呢


This super mirror power plant


这个位于甘肃戈壁滩上的


in the Gobi Desert of Gansu


超级镜子才真正做到了


can truly duplicate a sun for night.


把太阳“复制”到晚上


This real super mirror


现实中的超级镜子


also has tools to collect energy,


同样有收集的工具


store energy


储存的容器


and release energy.


和释放的工具


Every mirror spans 115 square meters.


这里的一面镜子有115平方米


Around 12,000 mirrors make up


1.2万面镜子一共形成了


a mirror field of over 1.4 million square meters.


140多万平方米的镜场


A unique program is written for each mirror,


通过给每面镜子单独设定的程序


so they can automatically chase the sun


它们可以自动追逐太阳


and reflect the sun's rays to the


把太阳光反射到


heat absorbing section at top of the tower.


塔尖的吸热器上


This energy storing and power generating station


接下来 这个位于圆心的


at the center of the plant


储能发电装置 让超级镜子


stores and releases energy.


完成了能量的储存和释放


Instead of directly boiling the water


超级镜子不是直接


with solar energy,


用太阳能烧水发电


super mirrors have gathered energy


它聚焦的能量


first heat up a salt.


先是加热一种盐


The hot salt then exchanges heat with water.


再用烧热的盐与水完成换热


This special salt is called molten salt.


这种特殊的盐被称为熔盐


Molten salt keeps flowing


熔盐靠不停流动


to complete the task of storing energy.


来完成储存能量的任务


It flows to the top,


流动到塔尖


absorbs energy and heats up.


吸收能量升温


It flows down to the bottom,


流动到塔底


releases energy and cools back down.


释放能量降温


Because the molten salt


正是因为熔盐


can stay liquid


在一定温度区间之内


within a certain temperature range,


都能够保持流动状态


a temperature difference of nearly 300 degrees


接近300度的温度差


allows the super mirror to


让超级镜子实现了储能自由


store large amounts of energy.


让超级镜子实现了储能自由


Super mirror's capability


也是储能


to store energy sets it apart


让超级镜子与其他


from other clean forms of power generation.


清洁能源发电方式区分开


When the sun is shining,


太阳光充足时


super mirrors can store solar energy.


超级镜子将太阳能储存起来


When cloudy days persist,


碰上连日无光


the power plant can release energy at any time.


它又可以随时完成能量的释放


The energy is released in the same way


能量释放的过程跟我们


that we saw in the experiment:


在实验当中看到的步骤相同


heat from molten salt boils water,


熔盐释放的热量将水烧开


which drives a steam turbine


水蒸汽推动汽轮机


and generates electricity.


最终完成发电


In this way, the super mirror is like


这么看来 超级镜子就像是一块


a power bank gifted by nature.


大自然馈赠的充电宝


This power bank with 1,100,000 kWh power


这块充电宝有110万度电


can support a city of 180,000


可以供一个18万人口的城市


for two days.


使用两天


Asia's largest


这个亚洲最大的


molten-salt concentrated solar power plant


熔盐塔式光热电站


could annually yield


每年可以稳定输出


clean and adjustable electricity


清洁 可调节的电力


that equals to cutting down


相当于可以减少


350,000 tons of carbon dioxide emissions.


35万吨二氧化碳排放量


From Yumen in Gansu, Delingha in Qinghai


而在甘肃玉门 青海德令哈


to Hami in Xinjiang,


新疆哈密


in the vast Gobi Desert of northwestern China,


中国西北的茫茫戈壁中


tens of thousands of giant mirrors


还有几万面镜子完成着


are also "duplicating" the sun.


“复制太阳”的工作


Using science that we are all familiar with,


运用我们都熟悉的原理


the super mirror fulfills


超级镜子完成着我们


our childhood aspiration.


“种太阳”的童年愿望


It also helps China achieve its goal of


也帮助中国实现


peaking carbon emissions and


碳达峰 碳中和的目标


reaching carbon neutrality.


碳达峰 碳中和的目标


It is a mega project.


它是超级工程


It is from our everyday life.


它也来自于我们的生活

英语知识｜研究：吃超加工食品会导致认知能力下降

Eating ultraprocessed foods for more than 20% of your dailycalorie intake every day could set you on the road to cognitive decline, a newstudy revealed.

一项新研究发现，如果每日摄入的卡路里中超加工食品占比超过20%，就会导致你的认知能力下降。

We all know eating ultraprocessed foods that make our liveseasier -- such as prepackaged soups, sauces, frozen pizza and ready-to-eatmeals -- isn't good for our health. Nor is gobbling up allthe pleasure foods that we love so much: hot dogs, sausages, burgers, frenchfries, sodas, cookies, cakes, candies, doughnuts and ice cream, to name just afew.

我们都知道吃方便的超加工食品对身体没好处，比如即食汤、调味酱、冷冻披萨和熟食。那些我们很爱吃的带来快感的食品也不利于健康，比如热狗、香肠、汉堡、炸薯条、汽水、曲奇饼、蛋糕、糖果、甜甜圈、冰淇淋，这里就不一一列举了。

Studies have found they can raise our risk of obesity, heart andcirculation problems, diabetes and cancer. They may even shorten our lives.

研究发现，吃超加工食品会提高患肥胖、心脏和血液循环问题、糖尿病和癌症的风险，甚至可能缩短我们的寿命。

Now, a new study has revealed eating more ultraprocessed foodsmay contribute to overall cognitive decline, including the areas of the braininvolved in executive functioning -- the ability to process information andmake decisions.

如今，一项新研究揭示，吃更多超加工食品可能会导致认知能力全面下降，包括对负责执行功能（处理信息和做决定）的大脑区域造成负面影响。

In fact, men and women who ate the most ultraprocessed foods hada 28% faster rate of global cognitive decline and a 25% faster rate ofexecutive function decline compared with people who ate the least amount ofoverly processed food, the study found.

事实上，摄入最多超加工食品的男性和女性整体认知能力和执行功能的下降速度比摄入最少超加工食品的人分别快28%和25%。

"While in need of further study and replication, the newresults are quite compelling and emphasize the critical role for propernutrition in preserving and promoting brain health and reducing risk for braindiseases as we get older," said Rudy Tanzi, professor of neurology atHarvard Medical School and director of the genetics and aging research unit atMassachusetts General Hospital in Boston. He was not involved in the study.

没有参与该研究的哈佛医学院神经学教授、位于波士顿的麻省总医院遗传学和衰老研究中心主任鲁迪·坦齐称：“尽管还需要进一步研究和再试验，但是新研究结果相当有说服力，并且强调了适当的营养对于保持和增进大脑健康以及降低大脑老化疾病风险的关键作用。”

Tanzi, who has written about ultraprocessed foods in his book"The Healing Self: A Revolutionary New Plan to Supercharge Your Immunityand Stay Well for Life," said the key problem with ultraprocessed foods isthat "they are usually very high in sugar, salt and fat, all of whichpromote systemic inflammation, perhaps the most major threat tohealthy aging in the body and brain.

坦齐曾在他的著作《自我修复：快速增强免疫力和保持终身健康的革命性新计划》中写过超加工食品，并指出超加工食品的关键问题在于“它们通常糖、盐和脂肪含量都很高，所有这些都会加剧全身炎症，也许对于身体和大脑的健康老化是最大的威胁。”

"Meanwhile, since they are convenient as a quick meal, theyalso replace eating food that is high in plant fiber that is important formaintaining the health and balance of the trillions of bacteria in your gutmicrobiome," he added, "which is particularly important for brainhealth and reducing risk of age-related brain diseases like Alzheimer'sdisease."

他补充道：“与此同时，因为超加工食品都是很方便的快餐，所以取代了富含植物纤维的食物，后者对于保持肠道菌群中数万亿细菌的健康和平衡很重要，而这对于保持大脑健康和降低患阿尔茨海默症等与年龄相关的脑部疾病的风险尤为重要。”

The study, presented on August 1 at the 2022 Alzheimer'sAssociation International Conference in San Diego, followed over 10,000Brazilians for up to 10 years. Just over half of the study participants werewomen, white or college educated, while the average age was 51.

8月1日在圣地亚哥举行的2022老年痴呆症协会国际会议上展示的这一研究在十年间跟踪调查了1万多名巴西人。刚过半数的研究参与者为女性，这些女性是白人或接受过大学教育，平均年龄为51岁。

Cognitive testing, which included immediate and delayed wordrecall, word recognition and verbal fluency were performed at the beginning andend of the study, and participants were asked about their diet.

该研究在开头和结尾开展了认知测试，包括即时和延时词语回忆、词语识别和口头表达流利度，并询问了参与者的饮食习惯。

"In Brazil, ultraprocessed foods make up 25% to 30% oftotal calorie intake. We have McDonald's, Burger King and we eat a lot ofchocolate and white bread. It's not very different, unfortunately, from manyother Western countries," said coauthor Dr. Claudia Suemoto, an assistantprofessor in the division of geriatrics at the University of So Paulo MedicalSchool.

该研究的合著者、圣保罗大学医学院老年病学系助理教授克劳迪娅·末元博士称：“超加工食品在巴西人摄入的卡路里总量中占了25%到30%。在巴西，人们吃麦当劳、汉堡王的快餐，还吃很多巧克力和白面包。不幸的是，许多其他西方国家的饮食也大同小异。”

"Fifty-eight percent of the calories consumed by UnitedStates citizens, 56.8% of the calories consumed by British citizens, and 48% ofthe calories consumed by Canadians come from ultraprocessed foods," Suemotosaid.

末元教授指出：“超加工食品在美国人、英国人和加拿大人摄入的卡路里总量中分别占据了58%、56.8%和48%。”

Ultraprocessed foods are defined as "industrialformulations of food substances (oils, fats, sugars, starch, and proteinisolates) that contain little or no whole foods and typically include flavorings,colorings, emulsifiers, and other chemical additives," according to thestudy.

该研究对超加工食品的定义是“食物成分（油、脂肪、糖、淀粉、分离蛋白）的工业配方，其中几乎不含全天然食物，通常包括调味料、色素、乳化剂和其他化学添加剂”。

"People who consumed more than 20% of daily calories fromprocessed foods had a 28% faster decline in global cognition and a 25% fasterdecline in executive functioning compared to people who ate less than20%," said study coauthor Natalia Gonalves, a researcher in the departmentof pathology at the University of So Paulo Medical School.

研究的另一位合著者、圣保罗大学医学院病理学系研究员娜塔莉亚·贡萨尔维斯称：“和加工食品摄入量不到每日摄入卡路里总量20%的人相比，每日摄入加工食品超过卡路里总量20%的人整体认知能力和执行功能的衰退速度分别要加快28%和25%。”

For a person who eats 2,000 calories a day, 20% would equal 400or more calories -- for comparison, a small order of fries and regular cheeseburgerfrom McDonalds contains a total of 530 calories.

对于一个每日摄入2000卡路里的人而言，20%相当于至少400卡路里。作为对照，麦当劳的一小份薯条和中等大小的芝士汉堡总热量达530卡路里。

Those in the study who ate the most ultraprocessed foods were"more likely to be younger, women, White, had higher education and income,and were more likely to have never smoked, and less likely to be currentalcohol consumers," the study found.

研究发现，摄入最多超加工食品的研究参与者“更多的是年轻人、女性、白人、受过高等教育者、高收入者、从不抽烟者，而且不太可能有饮酒的习惯”。

"People need to know they should cook more and preparetheir own food from scratch. I know. We say we don't have time but it really doesn't takethat much time," Suemoto said.

末元教授称：“人们要知道，自己应该多下厨做饭，从头开始烹饪。我知道，大家都说自己很忙，但是做饭其实没那么费时间。”

"And it's worth it because you're going to protect yourheart and guard your brain from dementia or Alzheimer's disease," sheadded. "That's the take-home message: Stop buying things that aresuperprocessed."

她补充道：“而且这么做很值得，因为你是在保护你的心脏，防止大脑患痴呆症或阿尔茨海默症。这就是研究的终极结论：不要买超加工食品。”

编辑：丹妮

英文来源：美国有线电视新闻网

gobble

英[ˈgɒbl]；美[ˈgɑbl]

v. 狼吞虎咽地吃

inflammation

英[ˌɪnfləˈmeɪʃn]；美[ˌɪnfləˈmeʃən]

v. 使做好准备

from scratch

英[skrætʃ]；美[skrætʃ]

从头做起，从零开始

The four-day seventh plenary session of the 19th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, which concluded in Beijing on Wednesday, decided that the Party's 20th National Congress will open on Sunday, according to a communique issued after the meeting.

Xi Jinping, general secretary of the CPC Central Committee, made an important speech at the meeting, which was attended by 199 members and 159 alternate members of the CPC Central Committee. Members of the CPC Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and leading officials of related departments were also present in a nonvoting capacity.

The meeting, presided over by the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, analyzed the current situation and tasks the nation is facing, discussed a number of major issues about upholding and developing socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era and building a modern socialist country in all respects, and made full preparations for the opening of the Party's 20th National Congress, the communique said.

The upcoming 20th CPC National Congress is considered as crucially important, as the Party is expected to unveil its road map for the next five years and beyond, a key period for China to realize national rejuvenation and achieve its modernization goals.
Entrusted by the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, Xi delivered a work report at the meeting.

A report to be made by the 19th CPC Central Committee to the 20th National Congress, a work report of the CPC Central Commission for Discipline Inspection to the 20th National Congress, and an amendment to the Party's Constitution were discussed and approved at the meeting. It was decided that the three documents will be submitted to the upcoming Congress for examination and deliberation, according to the communique.

The plenary session fully affirmed the work of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee since the sixth plenary session of the 19th CPC Central Committee last year.

The meeting's participants reached the consensus that in the face of the complex and grave international landscape and arduous tasks in terms of ensuring the nation's reform, development and stability, the Political Bureau united and led the whole Party, the armed forces and all the Chinese people to make significant achievements in advancing the various causes of the Party and State, the communique said.

While commending the accomplishments in coordinating COVID-19 response and socioeconomic development, improving people's well-being, pushing for ecological conservation and exercising rigorous governance over the Party, the meeting's participants highlighted the nation's efforts in resolutely fighting secessionist attempts and foreign interference, and in properly coping with the risks and challenges arising from the Ukraine crisis.

The plenum also summarized the work over the past five years since the 19th CPC National Congress and said that those five years were "extremely extraordinary and momentous".

Over the past five years, the CPC Central Committee with Xi at the core has united and led the whole Party, armed forces and all the Chinese people in effectively responding to the huge risks and challenges arising from the grave and complex international situation, advanced socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era, addressed long-lasting difficulties and problems, and achieved success on issues that matter to the nation's future development, the communique said.

The CPC Central Committee has coordinated development and security, comprehensively advanced the process of building a moderately prosperous society in all respects, made consistent efforts to implement the new development philosophy, and built a new development paradigm to pursue high-quality growth, it said.

The plenary session affirmed efforts to promote major-country diplomacy with Chinese characteristics and the work in poverty alleviation and environmental protection, in safeguarding national security, preventing and defusing major risks and maintaining social stability, as well as efforts in fighting the COVID-19 pandemic to protect people's lives and health.

It also recognized work related to Hong Kong and Taiwan. The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region has returned from chaos to governance, and on the Taiwan question, the one-China principle and the 1992 Consensus have been upheld to demonstrate the nation's strong determination and its ability to oppose secessionist elements and to safeguard national sovereignty and territorial integrity, the communique said.

The communique emphasized that the Party has established Comrade Xi Jinping's core position on the Party Central Committee and in the Party as a whole, and has defined the guiding role of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era. This reflects the common will of the Party, the armed forces and Chinese people of all ethnic groups, and is of decisive significance for advancing the cause of the Party and the country in the new era and for driving forward the historic process of great national rejuvenation.

Bearing in mind national interests and giving priority to domestic politics, the CPC Central Committee has been endeavoring to safeguard the nation's dignity and core interests and has firmly taken the initiative in terms of the country's development and security, it added.

The plenum promoted three alternate members of the 19th CPC Central Committee to full members. It also endorsed the decisions made by the Political Bureau to expel former minister of justice Fu Zhenghua and two other former senior officials from the Party. Another former senior official was removed from Party posts, according to the communique.

记者：曹德胜

英语新闻｜囤木柴、烧马粪、抢购炉子…… 欧洲“绝望”在升温

Not far from Berlin’s Tempelhof airport, Peter Engelke isputting up a new security gate at his warehouse because of concerns aboutdesperate people pilfering his stock. The precious asset at risk is firewood.

在距离柏林坦佩尔霍夫机场不远的地方，彼得·恩格尔克正在给自家仓库安装新的防盗门，因为担心有人走投无路来偷他的存货。这些有被盗风险的珍贵资产其实是木柴。

Engelke’s actions reflect growing anxiety across Europe as thecontinent braces for energy shortfalls, and possibly blackouts, this winter. 

从恩格尔克的举动可以看出，欧洲各地对今年冬天能源短缺和可能停电的担忧与日俱增。

At a summit in Prague on Friday, European Union leaders fellshort of agreeing on a price cap for gas amid concerns that any such move couldthreaten supplies to the region. As much as 70% of European heating comes fromnatural gas and electricity, and with Russian deliveries drastically reduced,wood — already used by some 40 million people for heating — has become asought-after commodity.

10月7日在布拉格举办的峰会上，欧盟领导人未能就天然气价格上限问题达成一致，因为担心类似举动可能影响对该地区的天然气供应。欧洲70%的供暖系统依靠天然气和电力，而由于俄罗斯对欧洲的天然气供应急剧下降，木材已经成为抢手货。已经有大约4000千万人靠木材取暖。

Prices for wood pellets have nearly doubled to 600 euros a tonin France, and there are signs of panic buying of the world’s most basic fuel.Hungary even went so far as to ban exports of pellets, and Romania capped firewood prices for six months. Meanwhile, wood stoves can now take months todeliver.

在法国，木屑棒作为最初级的燃料价格翻了一番，每吨接近600欧元，且存在抢购现象。匈牙利甚至禁止出口木屑棒，而罗马尼亚对木柴价格设置了半年的限制。此外，现在订购柴火炉要等几个月才能到货。

Aside from concerns about shortages, the energy crisis isintensifying a surge in living expenses, with euro-zone inflation hittingdouble digits for the first time ever in September. Strapped households acrossthe region are increasingly faced with choosing between heating and otheressentials. 

除了担心供应不足外，能源危机还在加剧生活成本的上涨，9月份欧元区通胀率首次达到两位数。越来越多捉襟见肘的欧洲家庭面临在供暖和其他生活必需品之间的取舍。

“It’s back to the old days when people wouldn’t have the wholehouse heated,” said Nic Snell, managing director at British wholesale firewoodretailer Certainly Wood. “They’d sit around the fire and use the heat from thestove or open fire and go off to bed. There will be a lot more of that thiswinter.”

英国木柴批发零售商Certainly Wood总经理尼克·斯纳尔说：“人们回到了没有全屋供暖的日子，需要靠近火坐着，靠炉子或篝火取暖然后再去睡觉。今年冬天这样的情况会更多。”

The trend has meant a boom in demand for Gabriel Kakelugnar AB,a manufacturer of high-end tiled stoves costing an average of 86,000 Swedishkronor ($7,700). The stoves can keep a room warm for 24 hours because of itsintricate construction using different channels that hold and distribute theheat.

对于Gabriel Kakelugnar AB来说，这一趋势意味着订单激增，该公司是一家高端瓷片炉具制造商，其炉具平均售价为86000瑞典克朗（约合人民币55000元）。由于炉子的结构复杂，使用不同的管道来保存和分散热量，因此可以使房间24小时保持温暖。

“During the pandemic, people started to invest more in theirhomes. That has now of course escalated,” said Jesper Svensson, owner andmanaging director of the company. 

该公司老板兼总经理杰斯珀·斯文森称，“疫情期间，人们开始增加对家的投资，现在当然更是如此了。”

Orders have surged more than fourfold, and customers now have towait until March for delivery, compared with as little as four weeks a yearago.

订单激增超四倍，现在顾客得等到明年3月份才能收到货，而相比之下，一年前等待的时间仅为1个月。

For many Europeans, the key concern is doing whatever it takesto stay warm in the coming months. The worry has become ever more pressing asthe winter chill gets nearer, and the desperation for heat could create healthand environmental issues.

对于许多欧洲人来说，他们最关心的是未来几个月如何取暖。随着寒冬临近，人们越来越担忧，而对供暖的迫切需求可能会引发健康和环境问题。

“We are worried that people will just burn what they can gettheir hands on,” said Roger Sedin, head of the air quality unit at the SwedishEnvironmental Protection Agency, warning against poor ventilation and trying toburn wet firewood. “We can see very high pollution levels when you have peopleburning wood who don’t know how to do it correctly.”

瑞典环境保护署空气质量部门负责人罗杰·塞丁警告：“我们担心人们会把他们能烧的东西都烧了。当人们不知道如何正确燃烧木材时，制造的污染会非常严重。”

Particulate matter can end up deep in the lungs and cause heartattacks, strokes and asthma, he said, adding that the risk is particularlyacute in urban areas.

他说，微粒物质最终会被吸入肺部，导致心脏病发作、中风和哮喘，城市地区居民面临的风险尤其严重。

Inexperience is also evident in Germany, where the country’sassociation of chimney sweeps is dealing with a flood of requests to connectnew and old stoves, and customers are inquiring about burning horse dung andother obscure fuels.

德国民众也十分缺乏相关经验，该国的烟囱清扫协会正在处理大量接通新旧炉子的请求，客户开始咨询有关燃烧马粪和其他不知名燃料的问题。

There are also signs of hoarding. In France, Frederic Coirier,chief executive officer of Poujoulat SA, which makes chimney flues and produceswood fuels, said some clients have bought two tons of wood pellets, when lessthan one ton is normally enough to head a home for a year.

还有迹象表明，有人在囤积木材。在法国，烟囱烟道和木材燃料生产商Poujoulat SA公司首席执行官弗雷德里克·科伊勒表示，一些客户已经购买了两吨木屑棒，而通常一个家庭一年需要的木屑棒不到一吨。

“People are desperate for wood, and they are buying more thanusual,” said Trond Fjortoft, founder and CEO of Norwegian wood seller KortreistVed. “Usually it happens when it starts to get cold, ‘someone says, oh weshould order some wood.’ This year, that started in June.”

挪威木材销售商Kortrist Ved创始人兼首席执行官特隆德·福约托夫特表示：“人们迫切需要木材，他们比平时采购更多。这种情况通常发生在天气开始变冷的时候，有人说，‘哦，我们应该订购一些木材’。而今年这种情况从6月就开始了。”

编辑：董静

英文来源：福布斯

pilfer

英[ˈpɪlfə(r)]；美[ˈpɪlfɚ]

v. 偷窃（一般指小偷小摸）

brace

英[breɪs]；美[breɪs]

v. 使做好准备

cap

英[kæp]；美[kæp]

v. 限定（预算）

英语新闻｜社论：这十年“人民至上”的发展

Years from now, history will record how much unfair criticism China hasreceived in sticking to its dynamic clearing policy to fight the still raging,but intentionally ignored by some countries, COVID-19 pandemic, and thecountless lives that have been saved by doing that.

尽管新冠疫情仍然肆虐，许多国家将其故意忽视。为抗击疫情，中国坚持动态清零政策。多年以后，历史将记录下中国受到了多少不公正的批评，以及这一政策拯救了多少生命。

The commitment to putting people's lives and health first is a testamentto the people-first principle that has been the touchstone for the country's development over the past 10 years. There are plentyof data from the past decade that tell the same story of how development hasboosted people's income, improved their livelihoods and created jobs.

承诺将人民群众的生命安全和身体健康放在第一位，正是过去十年间我国发展坚持“人民至上”原则的证明。过去10年的大量数据表明，发展提高了人民的收入水平，改善了民生，也创造了就业机会。

From 2013 to 2021, China's gross domestic product grew at an averageannual rate of 6.6 percent, higher than the average of 2.6 percent for theworld and 3.7 percent average of developing economies in the same period. Chinanow ranks among upper-middle-income countries and is close to the threshold of high-income countries as classified by the World Bank.

2013年至2021年，中国国内生产总值年均增长6.6%，同期世界年均增长为2.6%，发展中经济体年均为3.7%。中国目前稳居中上等收入国家行列，接近世界银行划分的高收入国家门槛值。

China's economy accounted for 18.5 percent of the world economy in 2021,up 7.2 percentage points from 2012, and China's average contribution rate toworld economic growth over the past decade has exceeded 30 percent.

2021年，中国经济总量占世界经济的18.5%，比2012年提高了7.2个百分点。过去十年，中国对世界经济增长的的平均贡献率超过30%。

Last year, China's average per capita GDP reached 80,976 yuan ($11,329),an increase of 69.7 percent over the figure in 2012. This representedan average annual growth rate of 6.1 percent after deducting pricefactors. And the per capita disposable income of Chinese residents was35,128 yuan, an increase of 18,618 yuan over 2012, representing an averageannual real growth rate of 6.6 percent and 0.5 percentage points faster thanthe average annual growth rate of per capita GDP in the same period.

去年，中国人均GDP达到80976元（11329美元），比2012年增长69.7%。扣除价格因素，年均增长率为6.1%。居民人均可支配收入35128元，比2012年增加18618元，年均实际增速6.6%，快于同期人均国内生产总值年均增速0.5个百分点。

In particular, nearly 100 million rural residents were lifted out of abject poverty over the past decade through a national poverty alleviationcampaign that was seamlessly docked with ongoing rural vitalization effortsaimed at narrowing the urban-rural development gap. The number of employedpeople in the country has remained stable at more than 740 million over thepast decade, with more than 11 million jobs created each year.

十年间，国家脱贫攻坚战让近1亿农村人口摆脱了赤贫。为缩小城乡发展差距，乡村振兴战略持续推进，与脱贫攻坚无缝衔接。过去十年，全国就业人数稳定在7.4亿人以上，每年新增就业岗位1100多万个。

At the same time, the country has accelerated the construction of itsmulti-level social security system, and built the world's largest socialsecurity system. By the end of 2021, the number of people covered by basicold-age insurance and basic medical insurance had reached 1.03 billion and 1.36billion, respectively.

同时，中国加快多层次社会保障体系建设，建成了世界上规模最大的社会保障体系。截至2021年底，基本养老保险和基本医疗保险参保人数分别达到10.3亿人和13.6亿人。

That the average life expectancy in China has increased from 35 years in1949 to 78 last year speaks volumes of the remarkable achievements the countryhas made in implementing its people-first development policies.

1949年至今，中国的人均预期寿命从35岁提升至78岁，充分说明“人民至上”的发展政策取得了显著成效。

The upcoming 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China willprove to be another historical springboard to carry on that developmentphilosophy and adapt it better to the fast changing circumstances of the times.

即将召开的中国共产党第二十次全国代表大会，将是我们发扬这一发展理念、更好适应快速变化的时代形势的又一个历史跳板。

touchstone

英[ˈtʌtʃstəʊn]美[ˈtʌtʃstoʊn]

n.试金石，（检验）标准

threshold

英[ˈθreʃhəʊld]  美[ˈθreʃhoʊld]

n.门槛

abject

英  [ˈæbdʒekt]  美  [ˈæbdʒekt]

adj.悲惨绝望的，凄惨的

英语新闻∣虚拟数字人进军时尚直播领域前景广阔

A group ofdigital models dressed in sports outfits strutted down the runway in an onlinevirtual fashion show during China Fashion Week in September. Led by Xijiajia,tech company Baidu Inc's virtual spokesperson, they presented the latestgarments by homegrown sportswear maker Anta Sports in different virtualscenarios — stadiums, snowfields, the GobiDesert and even outer space.

今年9月，在中国国际时装周期间，一群穿着运动装的数字模特在一场在线虚拟时装秀上昂首阔步地走上T台。在百度公司旗下的虚拟代言人希加加的带领下，他们在不同的虚拟场景中——体育场、雪地、戈壁沙漠甚至外太空——展示了国产运动服装制造商安踏体育的最新服装。

Virtualhumans and fashion shows, unbounded by time and space in the way a physicalevent would be, offer myriad benefits to the fashion industry, bringing toaudiences a fresh, immersive and interactive experience.

虚拟人及虚拟时装秀不像实体活动那样受时间和空间的限制，为时尚产业带来了无数好处，给观众带来全新的沉浸式互动体验。

Thanks to AIadvances, digital avatars bearing a close resemblance to real humans in appearance andbehavior have been put to service in not only fashion and livestreaming, butalso a wide range of other activities, industry experts said.

行业专家表示，由于人工智能的进步，在外表和行为上与真人非常相似的数字人不仅在时尚和直播中得到了应用，还广泛应用于其他领域。

Li Shiyan,head of Baidu's digital human and robotics section, said that by leveraging thereal-time calculation and animation rendering technologies offered by Xiling — the company's digital avatar platform — the production cost of virtualclothing has been reduced dramatically, and production periods shortened frommore than one month to just a week.

百度数字人与机器人业务负责人李士岩表示，通过利用该公司的数字云平台”曦灵”的实时计算和动画渲染技术，虚拟服装的制作成本大幅降低，生产周期从一个多月缩短至短短一周。

Li noted thatan increasing number of brands are looking to use virtual beings inlivestreaming and other marketing campaigns, which is expected to helpenterprises reduce at least 50 percent of operational costs by cutting spendingon brick-and-mortarlivestreaming locations, hardware andhiring real human anchors.

李士岩指出，越来越多的品牌正在寻求在直播和其他营销活动中使用虚拟人，这有望帮助企业通过削减实体直播场所、硬件和雇佣真人主播的支出，减少至少50%的运营成本。

"Thevirtual human industry is still in an early stage, and there are somechallenges, such as how to produce low-cost digital assets and digital content,and how to make digital humans interact with real people more naturally,"Li said.

李士岩说：“虚拟人产业仍处于早期阶段，还存在一些挑战，比如如何生产低成本的数字资产和数字内容，以及如何让数字人与真人更自然地互动。”

Resolvingthese issues relies on iteration oftechnologies such as natural language processing and computer vision, Li said,adding that the company will continue to pour capital and manpower into thedigital human industry.

李士岩说，解决这些问题依赖于自然语言处理和计算机视觉等技术的迭代。他补充说，公司将继续向数字人产业投入资金和人力。

The size of China'svirtual human market is forecast to reach 270 billion yuan by 2030, accordingto an industry report released by Qbit-AI, an industry services platformfocusing on AI and other cutting-edge technology.

根据专注于人工智能和其他前沿技术的行业服务平台Qbit-AI发布的一份行业报告，到2030年，中国虚拟人市场规模预计将达到2700亿元。

According toexperts, the fashion landscape is rapidly expanding its virtual horizon toprepare for a future populated by digital avatars, and the most accessible wayfor fashion brands to engage with virtual replicas is by dressing them in theirlatest collections.

据专家称，时尚界正在迅速扩大其虚拟视野，为数字人的未来做准备，而数字人在时尚品牌中得以应用的最便捷方式是让他们穿上最新系列的品牌服装。

"Theapplication of virtual humans in the fashion field has distinctive advantages.Holding virtual fashion shows doesn't just mean moving real-world shows online;more importantly, we can utilize digital space to expand our interpretation offashion and imagination for what is possible," said Chen Duan, director ofthe Digital Economy Integration Innovation Development Center at the CentralUniversity of Finance and Economics.

中央财经大学数字经济融合创新发展中心主任陈端说：“虚拟人在时尚领域的应用具有独特的优势。举办虚拟时装秀不仅仅意味着把现实世界的时装秀搬到网上，更重要的是，我们可以利用数字空间扩展我们对时尚的解读，以及对可能性的想象。”

Chen said,for example, people can make use of textures that do not exist in the physicalworld, and digital humans are able to go beyond the physiological limits ofreal humans and present new fashion styles in new ways.

陈端说，例如，人们可以利用真实世界中不存在的布料，数字人也能够超越真实人类的生理极限，以新的方式呈现新的时尚风格。

Digitalhumans are increasingly being used in brand promotion, advertisement,livestreaming, gaming and entertainment, said Zhu Xiaowen, an analyst atLead-Leo Research Institute. However, she added that a new set of problems havealso emerged, such as personal privacy protection and data security. Expertssaid unregulated use of digital humans might open a way for fraud, given that digital humans can bedifficult to distinguish from real people.

Lead-Leo研究所的分析师朱晓文（音）表示，数字人正越来越多地用于品牌推广、广告、直播、游戏和娱乐。但她补充说，这也导致了一系列的新问题，比如个人隐私保护和数据安全。专家表示，不受监管地使用数字人可能会导致欺诈，因为数字人可能很难与真人区分开来。

China's firstvirtual influencer Ayayi, who debuted on social media platform Xiaohongshu inMay 2021 and garnered over 20,000followers overnight, has attracted the attention of well-renowned fashionbrands such as Louis Vuitton and Guerlain.

中国首位虚拟网红Ayayi于2021年5月在社交媒体平台小红书上亮相，一夜之间吸引了两万多粉丝，引起了路易威登和娇兰等知名时尚品牌的关注。

Pan Helin,co-director of the Digital Economy and Financial Innovation Research Center atZhejiang University's International Business School, said he is optimisticabout the business prospects of virtual humans in fashion and livestreaming,and called for more efforts to improve 3D modeling, rendering and motioncapture technologies to bolster the development of the country's digital humansector.

浙江大学国际联合商学院数字经济与金融创新研究中心联席主任盘和林表示，他对虚拟人在时尚和直播领域的商业前景感到乐观，并呼吁付出更多努力改进3D建模、渲染和动作捕捉技术，以支持我国数字人领域的发展。

resemblance

英[rɪˈzembləns] 美[rɪˈzembləns]

n.相似，形似

avatar

英[ˈævətɑ:(r)] 美['ævətɑr]

n.化身

iteration

英[ˌɪtəˈreɪʃn] 美[ˌɪtəˈreʃən]

n.反复；重述

fraud

英[frɔːd] 美[frɔːd]

n.欺诈；骗子

garner

英[ˈɡɑːnə(r)] 美[ˈɡɑːrnər]

vt.获得；贮藏，积累

英语新闻︱普京称将对乌方任何进一步攻击做出严厉回应

Russian President Vladimir Putin warned Ukraine on Mondaythat there would be a harsh response if there were any further attacks such asthat on the Crimean Bridge.

周一，俄罗斯总统普京警告乌克兰，如果再发生类似克里米亚大桥袭击事件，俄罗斯将做出严厉回应。

"If attempts to carry out terrorist attacks on ourterritory continue, Russia's responses will be harsh and, in terms of theirscale, will correspond to the level of threats posed to the Russian Federation.No one should have any doubts about this," Putin said at the opening of ameeting of Russia's Security Council.

普京在俄罗斯安理会会议开幕式上强调，“如果恐怖主义阴谋继续在俄罗斯领土上进行，我们的反应将是严厉的，其规模与对俄罗斯联邦造成的威胁程度相称。没有人应该对此有任何怀疑”。

"Forensic and other data, as well as operationalinformation, indicate that the explosion on Oct 8 was a terrorist attack — aterrorist attack aimed at destroying Russia's critical civilian infrastructure.It is obvious that the Ukrainian secret services ordered, organized and carriedout the terrorist attack aimed at destroying Russia's critical civilianinfrastructure."

“来自法医和其他鉴定数据以及行动信息表明，发生在10月8日的爆炸是一次恐怖主义行为，旨在摧毁俄罗斯联邦重要民用基础设施。同样清楚的是，恐袭的主谋、组织者和实施者是乌克兰特工机构。”

The Russian president accused the Ukrainian government ofputting "itself on a par with international terrorist groups".

普京指责乌克兰政府“将自己与国际恐怖组织相提并论”。

Loud explosions rocked the Ukrainian capital Kyiv as airraid sirens sounded across the country on Monday morning, a day after theRussian leader denounced the Crimean Bridge explosion as terrorism.

周一上午，也就是普京谴责克里米亚大桥爆炸是恐怖主义的后一天，乌克兰首都基辅响起巨大的爆炸声，全国各地都响起了空袭警报。

Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said the capital came underattack after at least five explosions were heard near the city center justafter 8 am.

基辅市长维塔利·克利钦科说，早上8点刚过，首都遭到袭击，市中心附近至少响起五次爆炸声。

Subway services have been suspended, according to anofficial alert from the city's metro system. Stations across Kyiv have beencrowded with residents taking shelter since the first strikes began.

根据地铁系统的官方警报，地铁服务已经暂停。自第一次空袭开始以来，基辅各地的车站都挤满了寻求庇护的居民。

Ukrainian public broadcaster Suspilne quoted emergencyservices as saying there were dead and wounded in Kyiv, but gave no furtherdetails of casualties. Explosions were also reported in Lviv, Ternopil andZhytomyr in Ukraine's west, and in Dnipro in central Ukraine.

乌克兰公共广播公司Suspilne援引乌克兰国家紧急服务部门的表示称，此次恐袭导致人员伤亡，但没有提供更多细节。据报道，乌克兰西部的利沃夫、特尔诺皮尔和日托米尔以及乌克兰中部的第聂伯罗也发生了爆炸。

The Ukrainian Ministry of Defense vowed on its Twitteraccount to issue a strong response.

乌克兰国防部在推特上称会做出强硬回应。

In Russia, Reuters news agency reported that a loudexplosion was heard on Monday morning in the Belgorod region, near the borderwith Ukraine.

路透社报道称，周一上午，在靠近乌克兰边境的俄罗斯别尔哥罗德地区听到了巨大的爆炸声。

Of the bridge attack and a vehicle seen in video footage,Russian Investigative Committee chairman Alexander Bastrykin said: "Wehave already established the route of the truck which exploded. It drovethrough Bulgaria, Georgia, Armenia, North Ossetia and the Krasnodar Territory.

对于在克里米亚大桥上爆炸的卡车，俄罗斯调查委员会主席亚历山大·巴斯特里金表示：“我们已经确定了卡车的路线。它驶过了保加利亚、格鲁吉亚、亚美尼亚、北奥塞梯和克拉斯诺达尔地区。”

"We have also identified the carriers... Withthe help of FSB (Federal Security Service) agents, we were able to identifysuspects from among those who could have arranged the terrorist attack andthose who are active within the Russian Federation."

“我们也已经确认了运输者的身份……在联邦安全局特工的帮助下，我们能够从那些可能安排恐怖主义行动的人和那些活跃在俄罗斯联邦内部的人中确定嫌疑人。”

The bomb attack at the Crimean Bridge was a specialoperation carried out by the Security Service of Ukraine, the Interfax-Ukrainenews agency cited a source in Ukraine's law enforcement agencies as saying.

乌克兰国际文传电讯社援引乌克兰安全局消息人士的话称，克里米亚大桥的炸弹袭击是乌克兰安全局实施的一次特别行动。

The SSU hasn't commented on the incident. But theUkrainian postal service has already announced a series of stamps celebratingthe destruction of the bridge over the weekend.

乌克兰安全局尚未对此事发表评论，但乌克兰邮政部门已经发布了一系列邮票，庆祝这座桥在周末被毁。

Images of the stamps were released just hours after theattack on the bridge along with a giant replica stamp featuringan artist's rendition of the attack, the Russian state news agency TASSreported.

据俄罗斯国家通讯社塔斯社报道，这些邮票的图片是在大桥遇袭事件发生几小时后发布的，同时发布的还有一枚巨大的仿制邮票，上面印有一位艺术家对袭击事件的复现。

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov did not assert on Sundaythe possibility of Russia using nuclear weapons in retaliation for the bridgeexplosion, Russia's RIA Novosti news agency reported.

据俄新社报道，周日，克里姆林宫发言人德米特里·佩斯科夫并未声称俄罗斯会使用核武器来报复桥梁爆炸事件。

Still, Putin held an operational meeting of his SecurityCouncil on Monday. The meeting itself isn't out of the ordinary, as Putinregularly holds operational meetings with the Security Council, usually on aweekly basis, according to TASS.

尽管如此，普京还是在周一召开了一次安理会行动会议。据塔斯社报道，这次会议本身并没有什么不同寻常之处，因为普京通常会与安理会每周举行一次行动会议。

US President Joe Biden spoke with German Chancellor OlafScholz by phone on Sunday, discussing sanctions on Russia as well as assistanceto Ukraine.

周日，美国总统乔·拜登与德国总理奥拉夫·朔尔茨通了电话，讨论对俄罗斯的制裁以及对乌克兰的援助。

In a statement from the White House, Biden and Scholzexpressed their "commitment to hold Russia accountable for its brutalactions and to provide security and economic assistance to Ukraine".

在白宫发表的一份声明中，拜登和朔尔茨表示，他们“致力于让俄罗斯为其野蛮行径负责，并向乌克兰提供安全和经济援助”。

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning said onMonday, after the explosions in Kyiv, that it is important for all parties tostick to dialogue and negotiations and work together to de-escalate tensions.

外交部发言人毛宁星期一在基辅发生爆炸事件后表示，希望各方能通过对话协商妥善解决分歧，共同努力缓和紧张局势。

China has maintained communications with all parties, Maosaid, adding that the country hopes to play a constructive role in promoting de-escalation.

中方一直与各方保持着沟通，愿意继续为推动局势缓和发挥建设性作用。

记者：任奇 王青云

replica

英[ˈreplɪkə]；美[ˈreplɪkə]

n. 复制品

retaliation

英[rɪˌtæliˈeɪʃn]；美[rɪˌtælɪˈeʃən]

n. 报复，反击

de-escalation

英[ˌdi:eskə'leɪʃən]；美[ˌdieskə'leɪʃən]

n. 减低战争的范围或强度

英语故事｜狗狗的嗅觉有多灵敏？能闻出你是否紧张

Whether it’s a trickymaths problem or an unexpected bill, daily life is full of stressfulexperiences. Now researchers have found that humans produce a different odourwhen under pressure – and dogs can sniff it out.

无论是棘手的数学题还是意想不到的账单，日常生活中总是有各种事让人压力山大。如今研究人员发现，人类在压力下会产生一种不同的体味，而狗狗可以嗅到这种味道。

While previousstudies have suggested canines might pick up on human emotions, possiblythrough smell, questions remained over whether they could detect stress and ifthis could be done through scent.

先前的研究表明，狗可以识别人类的情绪，可能是通过气味，但是对于狗狗能否通过气味识别人的精神压力还未有定论。

"This study hasdefinitively proven that people, when they have a stress response, their odour profile changes,” said Clara Wilson, a PhD student at Queen’sUniversity Belfast, and first author of the research.

该研究的第一作者、贝尔法斯特女王大学的博士生克拉拉·威尔逊说：“这项研究明确证实了人们在应对压力时体味会改变。”

Wilson added thefindings could prove useful when training service dogs, such as those thatsupport people with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

威尔逊说道，这一研究结果在训练服务犬尤其是协助创伤后应激障碍患者的狗狗时会很有用。

Writing in thejournal Plos One, Wilson and colleagues report how they first constructed astand bearing three containers, each topped by a perforated lid.

这份发表在《公共科学图书馆期刊》上的研究报告中写道，威尔逊和她的同事搭建起一个放着三个容器的台子，每个容器的盖子上都有孔。

The researchersreport they were able to train four dogs to indicate the container holding aparticular breath and sweat sample, even when the line-up included unused gauze, samples from another person, or samples from the same persontaken at a different time of day.

研究人员报告称，他们训练四只狗识别装有特殊气味和汗液样本的容器，其他容器中则盛放着没用过的纱布、另一个人的气味和汗液样本，或在不同时间段从同一个人身上采集的样本。

Then the team turnedto breath and sweat samples collected from 36 people asked to count backwardsfrom 9,000 in units of 17. The participants reported feeling stressed by thetask and, for the 27 who carried it out in the laboratory, their blood pressureand heart rate rose.

然后研究团队要求36个人从9000开始以17为单位倒数并从他们身上采集了气味和汗液样本。参与者报告称这个任务让他们感到紧张，其中在实验室执行任务的27人的血压和心率都有所上升。

The dogs were taughtto pick out samples taken just after the task from a line-up that included twocontainers holding unused gauze.

在任务结束后，研究人员让狗从三个容器中挑出装有样本的容器，另外两个容器装的是没用过的纱布。

The researchers thentested whether the dogs could do the same when the line-up included not onlyunused gauze but samples taken from the same participant just before the task,when they were more relaxed. Each set of samples was shown to a single dog in20 trials.

接着，研究人员又测试了这些狗能否在其他容器不止装有未用纱布的情况下还能挑出有目标样本的容器。研究人员在装有未用纱布的容器中放入了同一个参与者在执行任务前精神较为放松时被采集的样本，然后用每一组样本对每只狗进行了20次测试。

The results revealthat the dogs chose the “stressed” sample in 675 out of the 720 trials.

结果显示，狗狗们在720次测试中共有675次选择了“压力”样本。

The team say while itwas unclear what chemicals the dogs were picking up on, the study shows humansproduce a different odour when stressed.

研究团队表示，尽管尚不清楚这些狗嗅到了什么化学物质，但是研究表明，人类在情绪紧张时确实会产生不同的体味。

编辑：丹妮

英文来源：卫报

perforated

英['pɜ:fəreɪtɪd]；美[ˈpɚfəˌretɪd]

adj. 穿孔的

gauze

英[gɔ:z]；美[ɡɔz]

n. 纱布（包扎伤口用）

odour

英[ˈəʊdə(r)]；美[ˈoʊdər]

n. 气味

英语新闻｜冷空气带来大风降温沙尘雨雪

A cold front is forecastto bring down temperatures in eastern and central China, leading to early snowand heavy rain.

据预测，冷锋将降低中国东部和中部的气温，带来早雪和大雨。

Temperatures are expected to drop by between 6 C to 10 C, and in someparts by 12 C, by Monday, according to the National  Meteorological  Center.

中央气象台数据显示，10月10日气温预计将下降6摄氏度至10摄氏度，部分地区将下降12摄氏度。

It will drop to 0 C in Shanxi, Hebei and Liaoning provinces. The InnerMongolia autonomous region is forecast to have snow and sandy weather fromSaturday on, the center said.

在山西、河北和辽宁，气温将降至零度。中央气象台表示，内蒙古自治区预计从周六起将出现降雪和沙尘天气。

The center issued a warning on Oct 2 for coldair — meaning a drop by more than 8 C a day, or more than 10 C in two days —the earliest since the warning system began in 2010.

中央气象台在10月2日发布了寒潮预警，这意味着日最低气温24小时内下降8摄氏度及以上，或48小时内下降10摄氏度及以上。这是自2010年警报系统启动以来最早发布的寒潮预警。

According to Qilu Evening News based inShandong, cold air during the holiday caused economic losses for tourism spotsin Weifang city.

据山东《齐鲁晚报》报道，国庆期间的冷空气给潍坊市旅游景点造成了经济损失。

Four days of rain stopped tourists fromsightseeing, caused traffic jams, and led to tourism site operators cancelingfestival shows.

受四天持续降雨影响，观光游客大幅减少。雨水造成交通堵塞，许多景区的运营部门取消了国庆演出。

Zhang Tao, chief forecaster of the center,said that the cold air delivered an extremely rare plunge in temperatures nationwide over the past week.

中央气象台首席预报员张涛说，过去一周里，冷空气使全国气温极端罕见地骤降。

During the first three days of the NationalDay holiday, 610 national stations among the total of 2,400 broke records forhigh temperatures, he said.

张涛称，国庆假期前三天共有610个国家级气象站（全国共有2400多个国家站）打破了10月上旬的历史最高气温纪录。

For example, on Oct 3, Lu'an city in Anhuiprovince reached a high of 40.7 C, up 4.1 C from the previous record for theperiod.

比如安徽六安，在10月3日冲到了40.7摄氏度的历史同期最高位，将之前的历史纪录提升了4.1摄氏度之多。

Against this background, a round of strongcold air swept from north to south, causing huge drops in temperature that exceeded 20 C, he said.

张涛表示，在此背景下，一轮强冷空气自北向南掠过，导致超过20度的大幅降温。

Meteorological

英[ˌmiːtiərəˈlɒdʒɪkl]美[ˌmiːtiərəˈlɑːdʒɪk(ə)l]

adj.气象学的

plunge

英[plʌndʒ]美[plʌndʒ]

n.（价值或数量的）骤然下跌

Exceed

英[ɪkˈsiːd]美[ɪkˈsiːd]

v.超过，超出

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