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英语新闻｜因为这件事，英国人可能连炸鱼薯条也要吃不上了……

炸鱼薯条（fish and chips）是英国家喻户晓、备受欢迎的一道美食。英国首相鲍里斯也曾公开表示过他对炸鱼薯条的热爱。

然而，因为近日英国政府对俄罗斯的制裁，英国人可能连炸鱼薯条也要吃不上了……

据香港《南华早报》3月23日报道，由于对俄罗斯的制裁等因素，英国标志性的炸鱼薯条店可能面临数十年来最严重的打击。

代表炸鱼薯条行业的官方机构——英国“炸鱼工联合会”称，如果英国政府不提供帮助，英国10500家炸鱼薯条店中近一半的店，恐怕只能关店或者转型去卖炸鸡或烤肉串了。

The National Federation of Fish Friers (NFFF), the official body that represents the fish and chip industry, is warning that up to half the country's 10,500 operators may shut or convert into chicken or kebab takeaways unless the UK government helps.

3月15日，英国政府网发布声明，宣布对俄罗斯实施新的经济制裁，并将公布一份涵盖价值9亿英镑俄罗斯出口商品的初步清单，对清单上的商品加征35%的关税，这其中就包括俄罗斯鱼类。在这份声明中，英国政府写道，“所选的这些产品将对俄罗斯经济造成最大损害，同时使对英国的影响最小化（minimizing the impact on the UK）”。

These products have been selected to inflict maximum damage on the Russian economy while minimising the impact on the UK: Iron, steel, fertilisers,wood, tyres, railway containers, cement, copper, aluminium, silver,lead, iron ore, residue/food waste products, beverages, spirits and vinegar (this includes vodka), glass and glassware, cereals, oil seeds, paper and paperboard, machinery, works of art, antiques, fur skins and artificial fur, ships and white fish.

然而，这波制裁如今已经影响到了英国本土。

英国“炸鱼工联合会”主席克鲁克透露，炸鱼薯条所使用的原材料鳕鱼（cod）和黑线鳕鱼（haddock），其实有一半是从俄罗斯进口的。如今，他们确实无法找到合适的替代供应渠道。

“俄罗斯是巴伦支海的一个非常大的渔业国家，如果失去它（来自俄罗斯的白鱼进口），鱼类价格将大幅上涨，甚至超过当前已经破纪录的高价。”

英国“炸鱼工联合会”主席克鲁克说：“鱼类达到有史以来最高价格——这都是在制裁俄罗斯鱼类之前。我们的鳕鱼和黑线鳕一半都是从俄罗斯进口的。”

"The cost of fish is the highest it's ever been – and this is all before the effects of sanctions on the Russian fish, which constitute half of our cod and haddock," NFFF President Andrew Crook said.

不仅炸鱼薯条的鱼面临断货危机，用来炸鱼的葵花籽油也出现了类似的问题。

据《每日邮报》报道，俄罗斯和乌克兰是葵花籽油的重要出口国，在全球市场占比超过50%，如今这种油的价格正在飙升。此外，由于今年葵花籽油供应将大幅减少，替代食用油的价格也在迅速上涨。

The price of oil used in deep fat fryers is surging because Ukraine and Russia account for more than 50 per cent of the world's production of sunflower seeds.

With sunflower oil supply set to be squeezed dramatically this year, the price of alternative forms of cooking oil is also rising rapidly.

英国一家卖炸鱼薯条餐厅的老板艾伦·史蒂文森无奈感叹，“鱼和油的成本简直可以用巨大来形容，让人难以置信（it's unreal）。”

他透露，自己店里的鱼主要来自于俄罗斯和冰岛，过去12个月，一箱鳕鱼的价格上涨了50英镑（约合人民币421元）。

His shop's fish comes from both Russia and Iceland, but over the last 12 months the price of a box of cod has increased by £50.

去年3月，他购买一箱50条鳕鱼需要花费160英镑（约合人民币1346元），如今，他得花费210英镑（约合人民币1767元）。

This time last year, he was paying around £160 for a box of 50 fish. Now he pays £210.

其实，在乌克兰危机之前，英国的餐饮业就已经面临很大压力，如今可谓雪上加霜。据《南华早报》报道，英国脱欧及新冠疫情造成通货膨胀、营业成本飙升及关键食材难以获取等，这使得英国数百家餐馆关闭。

Even before the Ukraine crisis, UK restaurants and takeaways complained of pressures. Inflation, cost and availability of key ingredients as well as other Brexit and COVID-19 pandemic impacts have resulted in hundreds of restaurant closures in the UK.

cod

英[kɒd];美[kɑːd]

n.鳕鱼；愚弄；哄骗

vi.欺骗；愚弄

vt.愚弄；欺骗

haddock

英 [ˈhædək]; 美 [ˈhædək]

n. [鱼]黑线鳕（鳕的一种）

squeeze

英 [skwiːz]; 美 [skwiːz]

v.挤压，捏；挤出，榨出（液体等）；（使）挤入，塞入；为……挤出时间；排挤出；敲诈勒索，榨取；等

n.挤压，捏；拥挤，塞满；挤出来的少量事物；紧缩，拮据；

英语新闻|上海对这些人发放补助补贴！还有房租减免、退税减税

Shanghai released a 21-point document on Tuesday to assist businesses in the city and promote development while it fights its worst COVID-19 outbreak.

3月29日，为坚持统筹疫情防控和经济社会发展，上海市政府研究制订《全力抗疫情助企业促发展的若干政策措施》（以下简称《若干政策措施》）。

The document sets out tax rebates and reductions, fee reductions, rent reductions and exemptions, financial subsidies, and measures to stabilize employment, which are all part of the city's latest effort to help businesses through the challenging period in sectors including catering, retail, tourism, transportation and exhibitions.

综合了退税减税、降费让利、房租减免、财政补贴、金融支持、援企稳岗等多种助企纾困政策，助力零售、餐饮、运输、会展等行业恢复发展。

Official estimates showed that the tax-related measures alone can reduce the financial burden on related industries and businesses by 140 billion yuan ($22 billion) this year.

初步测算，仅税收相关政策2022年就可以为上海相关行业和企业减负1400亿元左右。

"The measures were issued under the principle of planning pandemic control and socioeconomic development as a whole, as we've continued to strive to achieve the best pandemic prevention and control effect at the least cost," said Ruan Qing, deputy director of the Shanghai Development and Reform Commission.

上海市发展改革委副主任阮青表示，为全力支持相关行业和企业克服困难、恢复发展，努力用最小的代价实现最大的防控效果，努力减少疫情对经济社会发展的影响。

He said the measures in Shanghai came after the release of similar national policies in mid-February, and these were updated to offer stronger support to businesses in the city.

他表示，“若干政策措施”一是全面落实国家助企纾困政策，二是针对本轮疫情对企业的影响研究制订更大力度的扶持政策。

For example, the national policy stipulated that retail and catering enterprises are given subsidies of no less than 50 percent of the cost of employees' nucleic acid tests. In Shanghai, this has been increased to 100 percent.

比如国家政策规定对零售和餐饮企业免费开展员工定期核酸检测费用给予补贴支持、比例不低于50%，上海市给予全额补贴支持。

Zhang Guohua, deputy director of the Shanghai Municipal Commerce Commission, explained that this policy applies to workers selling and processing imported cold-chain food at malls, supermarkets, farmers markets and catering enterprises, as well as logistics and delivery employees with e-commerce platforms.

市商务委副主任张国华指出，支持方向包括商场超市、农贸市场、餐饮企业直接从事销售、加工进口冷链食品的从业人员；主要批发市场中直接接触进口冷冻食品的固定摊位和仓储主要从业人员；电商平台一线物流配送工作人员和其他行业符合上述条件的从业人员。

Also, while the national policy stipulated that small and microsized enterprises in the service sector would benefit from rent reductions and exemptions, Shanghai has expanded this to all sectors.

近期，国家出台了服务业领域纾困扶持政策，提出对承租国有房屋的服务业小微企业和个体工商户，免除部分2022年租金，上海在落实国家政策的基础上，适当放宽了免租范围，覆盖到所有行业的小微企业和个体工商户。

"All such enterprises and self-employed people renting real estate from State-owned enterprises for production and business activities will be exempted from rent for three months in 2022," said Chen Dong, chief economist with the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of Shanghai.

上海市国资委总经济师陈东介绍，所有地区内承租上海国有企业房屋，从事生产经营活动的小微企业和个体工商户， 免除2022年3个月租金。

"Those located in medium- or high-risk regions or those whose business activities are severely affected by pandemic control measures can be exempted from rent for a total of six months this year," he said.

2022年被列为疫情中高风险地区所在的街镇行政区域内承租上海国有企业房屋的，或因落实防疫要求严重影响经营活动的小微企业和个体工商户，再增加免除3个月租金， 全年合计免除6个月租金。

In terms of tax reductions, Pang Wei, deputy director of the Shanghai Municipal Tax Service, said the related measures in the document are expected to especially benefit small and micro-sized businesses in the city.

市税务局副局长庞为表示，受疫情影响，本市一些企业，特别是中小微企业遇到困难。市税务局梳理了相关退税减税政策，纳入本市抗疫情助企业促发展“21条”中。

Shanghai reported having 4,477 new locally transmitted COVID-19 infections on Monday, including 96 confirmed cases.

3月28日，上海新增96例新冠肺炎本土确诊病例和4381例本土无症状感染者。

A total of 8.26 million residents in the regions east of the Huangpu River and key areas west of the river received nucleic acid tests on Monday as the municipality kicked off a new round of testing among its residents.

按照市委市政府统一部署，昨天起实施了浦东、浦南及毗邻区域的核酸筛查和区域管控工作。截至28日24时，共筛查超过826万人。

Those regions will be locked down from 5 am Monday to 5 am Friday. From 3 am Friday to 3 am on April 5, other regions west of the river will be locked down while residents are tested.

上海市人民政府宣布，3月28日5时起对浦东地区先行实施封控，开展核酸筛查，4月1日5时解封。4月1日3时起对浦西地区实施封控，开展核酸筛查，4月5日3时解封。

rebate

英[ˈriːbeɪt]；美[ˈriːbeɪt]

n. 折扣; 回扣

self-employed

英[ˌself ɪmˈplɔɪd]；美[ˌself ɪmˈplɔɪd]

adj. 自己经营的; 个体经营的; 自由业的; 自雇的

exempt

英[ɪɡˈzempt]；美[ɪɡˈzempt]

v. 免除，豁免

kick off

英[kik ɔf]；美[kɪk ɔf]

<口>（使）开始;  踢开;赶走

英语新闻集锦｜你是无聊的人吗？研究揭示全球最无聊的工作和爱好｜These are the 5 most 'boring' jobs in the world, according to a recent study

Researchers from the University of Essex in Colchester, England, asked more than 500 people across five different experiments about the careers and hobbies they considered the most “boring” — and what characteristics they associated with people who did those jobs. The study was lead by Wijnand Van Tilburg, a senior lecturer in the university’s psychology department and was published in the Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin earlier this month.

英国埃塞克斯大学的研究人员做了一项研究，对全球500多人进行了5项调查，试图找出全球最无聊的职业和爱好和从事这些工作的人的性格特点。这项研究由该大学心理学系高级讲师维南德·范·蒂尔伯格博士领导，于本月早些时候发表在《个性与社会心理学通报》上。

Finance was overwhelmingly tagged as the world's most boring industry, with finance-associated positions occupying four of the top five slots on the "most boring" list.

金融业力压其他行业，成为世界上最无聊的行业，金融业相关工作占据了“最无聊工作”榜单前五位中的四位。

Tilburg said that stereotypically "boring people" are generally disliked, and often avoided by the people around them — largely due to unfair preconceived notions.

蒂尔伯格称，刻板印象中“无聊的人”通常是不受欢迎的，周围的人往往会躲着他们，这主要是由于不公平的先入为主的观念造成的。

Your perceptions of people can certainly change over time, but folks dubbed as "boring" don't often get a chance to prove the stereotypes wrong, Tilburg said. "The very fact that people choose to avoid them can lead to social ostracization and increase loneliness, leading to a really negative impact on their lives," he said.

蒂尔伯格说，我们对人的看法肯定会随着时间的推移而改变，但被认为“无聊”的人往往没有机会证明这些刻板印象是错误的。他说：“人们选择避开无聊的人，这一事实可能会导致他们遭到社会排斥，孤独感增加，对他们的生活造成真正的负面影响。”

Tilburg said he launched the study to explore stigmas around boredom, and how it can impact the way humans perceive each other: "The irony is studying boredom is actually very interesting and has many real-life impacts."

蒂尔伯格说，他发起这项研究是为了研究无聊带来的耻辱感，以及它如何影响人类对彼此的认知：“讽刺的是，研究无聊其实非常有趣，并对现实生活产生了许多影响。”

Here are the results of the study:

以下是研究结果：

Top 5 most boring jobs

最无聊的5个职业

Data analysis

数据分析

Accounting

会计

Tax/insurance work

税务/保险工作

Cleaning

保洁

Banking

银行业

Top 5 most exciting jobs

最有趣的5个职业

Performing arts

表演艺术

Science

科学

Journalism

新闻

Health professional

健康专家

Teaching

教学

Top 5 most boring hobbies

最无聊的5个爱好

Sleeping

睡觉

Religion

宗教活动

Watching television

看电视

Observing animals

观察动物

Math

数学

Some of those "boring" jobs do tend to pay more than some of the "most exciting" ones. According to compensation software and data company Payscale, the average salary for a data analyst is around $62,754 per year. That's approximately $10,000 per year more than the average salary of someone in performing arts — roughly $52,522, according to Glassdoor.

有些“枯燥”的工作确实比一些“有趣”的工作薪水更高。薪酬数据库信息网Payscale的数据显示，数据分析师的平均年薪约为62754美元（约合399837元人民币）。根据Glassdoor网站数据，这比演艺行业人士的平均年薪大约高出1万美元（约合63715元人民币），他们的平均年薪约为52522美元（约合人民币334643元）。

And while "sleeping" ranked as the single most boring hobby anyone could have, getting regular amounts of high-quality sleep is essential to your productivity, health and mental sharpness, according to research.

研究表明，尽管“睡眠”当选任何人都可能拥有的最无聊爱好，但规律的高质量睡眠对工作效率、健康和思维敏捷性至关重要。

美国贫富差距进一步扩大｜Wealth gap widens in US

The roaring stock market and crypto gains created more than a million new millionaires in the US last year, according to a new report.

新报告称，去年的股市繁荣和加密货币升值在美国新创造出100多万个百万富翁。

The number of Americans with $1 million or more in investible assets surged to a record 14.6 million in 2021, up from 13.3 million in 2020 according to a report from wealth research firm Spectrem Group.

财富调研公司斯佩特兰集团的报告指出，2021年，可投资资产超百万美元的美国人数量从2020年的1330万人飙升至创纪录的1460万人。

The growth rate of over 10 percent was the strongest in years, boosted by trillions of dollars in wealth created by the stock market, crypto and other assets.

超10%的百万富翁增长率是近年来最高的，这得益于股市、加密货币和其他资产创造的数万亿美元财富。

Gains at the top also widened the wealth gap in the US.

顶级富豪财富的增长也扩大了美国的贫富差距。

The share of wealth held by the top 1 percent grew to a record 32 percent last year, according to the Fed.

美联储的数据显示，最富有的1%美国人拥有的财富在去年增长至创纪录的32%。

科学家诱导出人类全能干细胞｜Scientists breed youngest human cells

A team of researchers from China, Britain and Bangladesh converted pluripotent stem cells, or an "adult" version of early embryonic cells, back to a more "juvenile" version of cells with developmental potential, tantamount to fertilized eggs in their day 3 developmental stage.

由中国、英国和孟加拉国的科学家组成的研究团队将人类多能干细胞，即“成年”版本的早期胚胎细胞，转化成具有发育潜力的、更“年轻”的干细胞，即相当于受精卵发育3天状态的全能干细胞。

Totipotent 8-cell stage embryo-like cells recreate the embryonic state of a fertilized egg after only three divisions, making them the youngest human cells acquired in vitro ever known, Li Wenjuan from the Chinese Academy of Sciences said.

中国科学院的李文娟博士表示，这些全能性的8细胞期胚胎样细胞重建了受精卵仅分裂3次后的胚胎状态，这是迄今为止在体外诱导获得的“最年轻”的人类细胞。

Cells described as "totipotent" mean that they have the potential to create all types of cells within embryonic and extra-embryonic tissues, according to researchers.

据介绍，全能性细胞意味着它们有潜力分化出胚胎和胚胎外组织中所有类型的细胞。

"These cells can not only differentiate into placental tissue but also potentially develop into more mature organs," Li said.

李文娟博士说，这种细胞可以分化为胎盘组织，并可能发育为更成熟的各类身体组织。

Ethical review had given clearance to the relevant study.

该研究已通过伦理审查。

preconceived

英[ˌpriːkənˈsiːvd];美[ˌpriːkənˈsiːvd]

adj.（思想或观点）事先形成的

ostracization

英 [ˌɒstrəsaɪˈzeɪʃən]; 美 [ˌɒstrəsaɪˈzeɪʃən]

n.排斥（通过不与之交流不承认其存在的方式）， 放逐（古时指把某人从雅典城逐出10年）

stigma

英 [ˈstɪɡmə]; 美 [ˈstɪɡmə]

n.耻辱，污名；（植物花朵的）柱头；（病的）外在特征（或特点）；（皮肤上的）斑点，小斑；（基督教传统中的）圣痕 （stigmata）

crypto

英 [ˈkrɪptəʊ]; 美 [ˈkrɪptoʊ]

n.秘密赞同者；秘密党员

pluripotent

英 [ˌplʊərɪˈpəʊt(ə)nt]; 美 [pluə'ripətənt]

adj.多能（性）的

embryonic

英 [ˌembriˈɒnɪk]; 美 [ˌembriˈɑːnɪk]

adj. [胚]胚胎的；似胚胎的

tantamount

英 [ˈtæntəmaʊnt]; 美 [ˈtæntəmaʊnt]

adj.同等的；相当于……的

上海今起实施分区封控|East Shanghai under phased lockdown

Shanghai is kicking off a new round of nucleic acid testing for residents on Monday morning to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus, protect people's lives and achieve zero spread outside virus transmission chains as soon as possible.

3月28日上午，为遏制疫情扩散蔓延势头，保障人民群众生命安全，尽快实现社会面动态清零，上海在全市范围内启动新一轮核酸筛查。

The municipal government announced on Sunday night that the testing will begin in regions east of the Huangpu River. From 5 am Monday to 5 am Friday, the regions will be locked down while residents are tested.

上海市人民政府在3月27日晚宣布，以黄浦江为界分区分批实施核酸筛查。3月28日5时起对浦东地区先行实施封控，开展核酸筛查，4月1日5时解封。

The rules also apply to key subdistricts in Puxi, west of the river, which are already under lockdown and tested frequently.

对于已经处于封控状态下并且频繁开展核酸筛查的浦西地区重点区域采取同样的措施。

From 3 am Friday to 3 am April 5, other regions in Puxi will be locked down while residents are tested.

4月1日3时起对浦西地区实施封控，开展核酸筛查，4月5日3时解封。

Shanghai authorities said on Sunday that the city recorded 2,676 new locally transmitted COVID-19 infections, including 45 confirmed cases, on Saturday. Daily new infection numbers have climbed since the city's worst outbreak started early this month.

3月27日，上海相关部门通报，3月26日，上海新增45例新冠肺炎本土确诊病例和2631例本土无症状感染者。自本月初该市最严重的疫情暴发以来，每日新增感染人数都在攀升。

The city government will require all residential compounds within locked down regions to implement strict lockdown measures and all residents must stay at home. Residents and their cars will be allowed to enter neighborhoods, but they will not be allowed to leave. Express parcels will only be allowed to be delivered to the gates of neighborhoods.

市政府要求封控区域内，住宅小区实施封闭式管理，所有人员足不出户，人员和车辆只进不出，外卖、快递等不得进入住宅小区。

All enterprises in locked down regions must operate under closed-loop management or allow employees to work from home, except for those offering essential public services.

封控区域内，所有企业实施封闭生产或居家办公，公共服务类企业除外。

Buses, subways, ferries, taxis, and online car-hailing services will be suspended in locked down regions. Vehicles related to epidemic control measures, emergency medical services, security, urban operation and emergency response will be able to use roads after obtaining official approval, but the unnecessary use of other vehicles will be prohibited.

封控区域内，暂停公交、地铁、轮渡、出租汽车、网约车运行。疫情防控、紧急就医、生活保障、城市运行、应急处置等相关车辆，经各区政府或各行业主管部门认定核实后可通行，其余车辆非必要不上路。

The city government said those who do not participate in the nucleic acid screening will lose their green health QR codes and have difficulty accessing public venues later.

市政府表示，期间如未参加核酸筛查，随申码将被赋“黄码”，日后很难进入公共场所。

It also reiterated the necessity of ensuring sufficient supplies of daily necessities and food and emphasized the importance of green channels to meet the emergency medical needs of the public, especially pregnant women, patients undergoing hemodialysis, radiotherapy and chemotherapy, and others requiring special treatment.

市政府重申应确保生活必需品和食品供应充足，要畅通绿色通道，保障市民群众特别是孕产妇、血透、放化疗等特殊患者的应急就医需求。

Those who refuse to cooperate, hinder epidemic prevention and control, or cause other serious consequences will be investigated and held legally liable.

对无正当理由拒不配合、妨碍疫情防控或造成其他严重后果的，将依法追究其相应法律责任。

On Friday, the first central quarantine site renovated from an exhibition hall to receive mild confirmed cases and asymptomatic infections in the city was put into use and received more than 500 patients. The venue can accommodate 2,000 patients.

3月25日，上海市第一个临时集中隔离收治点投入使用，接收了500多名患者。该收治点由世博展览馆改建而成，用于接收新冠肺炎无症状感染者和轻型病例的集中隔离，可容纳2000名病人。

Four hospitals jointly dispatched an 840-member medical force to the site, including some people who aided Wuhan, the capital of Hubei province, during its epidemic peak in 2020.

四家医院联合向收治点派遣了一支840人的医疗队伍，其中还包括曾经在2020年参与援助武汉抗击疫情的医护人员。

Among them was Zha Qiongfang, a doctor with the respiratory medicine department at Renji Hospital who was a member of the first Shanghai medical contingent to arrive in Wuhan.

仁济医院呼吸科副主任医师查琼芳是当时第一批抵达武汉的上海医疗队成员。

"Two years ago, we traveled to help friends. Now, we feel the duty to safeguard our hometown when Shanghai's epidemic control is at its most critical juncture," she said.

她表示：“与两年前不同的是，那时候大家是去帮助朋友。如今，上海的防疫工作已经到了最关键、最吃劲的时候。保卫家乡更应义不容辞。”

Renji Hospital said that psychologists were also deployed to help patients regulate their emotions and reduce anxiety when quarantined in a relatively closed space.

考虑到在相对封闭的空间内，感染者易产生焦虑情绪，仁济医院还配备了心理科室医生，帮助患者调节情绪，减少焦虑。

Seven other such sites, including hospitals and indoor stadiums, have also been made ready after renovations, according to the city's health authority.

上海市卫生局称，包括医院和室内体育场在内的其他七个场所在改建完成后也将准备投入使用。

subdistrict

英['sʌbdɪstrɪkt]；美['sʌbˌdɪstrɪkt]

n. 分区，小区

suspend

英[səˈspend]；美[səˈspend]

v. 暂停; 延缓; 挂; 悬

reiterated

英[riˈɪtəreɪt]；美[riˈɪtəreɪt]

vt. 重申; 反复地做

liable

英[ˈlaɪəbl]；美[ˈlaɪəbl]

adj.有责任的; 有义务的; 有…倾向的; 易…的

Why do round pizzas come in square boxes?｜揭秘：圆形的披萨为什么装在方形的盒子里？

If you’re like most people, you’re too busy eating pizza to stop and consider the logistics of how it arrived on your kitchen counter. Ponder it long enough, though, and you may find it curious that pies usually come in square or other boxes that are a geometric departure from the round crust. So why don’t pizzas arrive in round cardboard boxes?

如果你和多数人一样，你一般会只顾着吃披萨而非关心披萨是怎么来到你的餐桌上的。但如果你好好思量一下，你可能会好奇为什么披萨往往都装在和圆形披萨形状不同的方形或其他形状的盒子里。那么为什么披萨不装在圆形纸板盒里呢？

It’s mostly because the pizza industry doesn’t really care to disrupt the cardboard industry. Cardboard boxes are usually manufactured with edges (i.e. square or rectangular) because they can be made in one piece as well as neatly stacked.

这很大程度上是因为披萨产业无意给纸板盒产业找麻烦。纸板盒一般都是有棱角的（比如正方形或长方形），因为这样的盒子可以一次成型，而且也容易堆放整齐。

The advantage of making a round pizza box would mainly be aesthetic. It’s not going to save space over an edged box. In the case of frozen pizzas, stacking pies vertically runs the risk of them rolling out of place. It’s just bad pizza management.

制作圆形披萨盒的主要优点是好看，但是它并不比有棱角的盒子节省空间。在存放冷冻披萨时，竖着堆放披萨盒会让披萨滚走，从而变得不好收拾。

Of course, there are exceptions. Many pizzerias offer sheet or Sicilian-style pizzas, which are served in a rectangular shape and better conform to a rectangular box. And some chains have toyed with the conventional pizza box shape. Domino’s has a six-sided design with tapered front edges intended to reduce the cardboard used and limit the company’s carbon footprint. (It also reportedly keeps the pizza from sliding around.)

当然也有例外。许多披萨店会提供长方形饼底的薄底披萨或西西里风格披萨，这样装在长方形纸盒里更合适。还有一些连锁店对传统披萨纸盒进行了改造。达美乐披萨推出了一种锥形边缘的六边形披萨盒，旨在减少纸板用量，限制企业的碳足迹。（据称还能防止披萨在纸盒中四处滑动。）

Pizza wasn’t always relegated to square cardboard. In the 1800s, street sellers carried pies in portable metal containers that kept them warm. When pizza started rising in popularity in postwar America, pizzerias used a single piece of cardboard as support and then slipped the pie into a paper bag. Eventually, corrugated cardboard struck a fine balance between retaining heat without trapping too much moisture.

披萨并不是一直装在方形纸盒里的。19世纪的街头小贩曾将披萨装在便携的保温金属容器中。后来，披萨在战后的美国变得越来受欢迎，披萨店就用一块纸板托起披萨放入纸袋里。最后，披萨店就采用了瓦楞纸板来做披萨盒，既可以保温，又不会让太多湿气留在盒子里。

Will we ever see a radical rethink of the pizza box? Some people have tried. In 2010, Apple filed for a patent for a round pizza container with holes so moisture can escape. It’s used in the company’s food courts. Another company, World Centric, designed a compostable round box in 2018 that can be used to reheat pizza. A similar product was test-marketed by Pizza Hut in 2019. All of the designs boasted of keeping pizzas warmer and crispier for longer, but none have become ubiquitous.

未来披萨盒是否会有大创新呢？有些人已经尝试过了。2010年，苹果公司给一种有孔的圆形披萨盒申请了专利，通过小孔可以散发掉披萨的湿气。这种披萨盒被用于苹果公司的食堂中。还有一家名为World Centric的公司在2018年设计出一种可以用来重新加热披萨的可降解圆形披萨盒。必胜客在2019年也试销过一款类似的产品。所有这些设计都声称可以让披萨保温更久，更长时间地保留酥脆口感，但是没有一款被成功推广。

For the most part, you’re still likely to encounter square boxes. Pizza is, after all, about finding comfort in the familiar.

大多数时候，你还是会见到方形的披萨盒。毕竟，吃披萨就是从熟悉的感觉中寻找慰藉。

ponder

英 [ˈpɒndə(r)]；美 [ˈpɑːndər]

v. 思索；考虑

geometric

英 [ˌdʒiːəˈmetrɪk]；美 [ˌdʒiːəˈmetrɪk]

adj. 几何图形的

tapered

英 ['teɪpəd]；美 ['teɪpəd]

adj.锥形的

corrugated

英[ˈkɒrəgeɪtɪd]；美[ˈkɔrəgeɪtɪd]

adj.（金属、纸板）瓦楞状的

compostable

英 [kəmˈpɒstəbl]；美 [ kəmˈpoʊstəbl]

adj.可降解的；可用作堆肥的

累计为357位遇难者家属提供心理辅导丨Psychologists support victims' families

Psychologists are working closely with family members of the victims of flight MU5735, and have offered help to 357 relatives as of Sunday noon.

心理学家正在与MU5735航班遇难者家属密切合作，截至3月27日中午，他们已经为357名遇难者家属提供了帮助。

However, long-time psychological assistance and sustained support will be needed to help them recover from the trauma, experts said.

然而，专家表示，为了帮助他们从创伤中恢复过来，需要对家属们进行长期的心理辅导，并为他们不断提供支持。

Ninety-nine psychologists are working in Wuzhou, Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, where the China Eastern Airlines jet crashed on March 21. They are divided into 12 teams, with 11 teams stationed in hotels where victims' relatives are staying and one at the crash site, said Yin Ping, the leader of the team of psychologists.

3月21日，东航MU5735航班在广西壮族自治区梧州市坠毁。目前，99位心理专业人员正在那里工作。心理救援专家组组长尹平说，心理援助队分为12个工作队，分别入驻11个家属安置酒店，和1个事发现场祭拜点。

"A special team with two psychologists is helping each of the families and has been offering psychological counseling services all the way through," he said at a news conference in Wuzhou.

尹平在梧州的新闻发布会上表示：“工作组以2人1小组对接1个家庭的方式提供全程心理服务。”

By Sunday noon, psychologists had offered professional counseling sessions 1,611 times.

截至3月27日中午，心理专业人员已经提供了1611次专业咨询。

Flight MU5735, with 132 people on board, crashed in a mountainous area after losing contact with air traffic controllers at 2:21 pm. All people on board were confirmed dead on Saturday night.

载有132人的MU5735航班于3月21日下午2点21分与空中交通管制员失去联系后在山区坠毁。国家应急处置指挥部26日晚间确认，机上人员已全部遇难。

Yin said offering psychological counseling to the victims' family members is one of the key tasks after the tragedy. Counseling started the evening of the crash.

尹平表示，对失事飞机乘客家属进行心理安抚，是事故发生后的重点之一。心理援助工作在事故发生的当天晚就开始了。

"It's been seven days. As many family members have started to accept the reality that they have lost their next of kin they're showing sorrowful emotions," Yin said.

“发生事故已经7天了，遇难人员的家属已开始面对和接受亲人遇难的事实，这个时候，他们会出现明显的悲伤情绪,”尹平表示。

Such feelings need to be understood and accepted, and people must accompany the relatives and help them release their pain, he said.

“这个情绪需要被理解，和暖心地陪伴，让当事人自然地宣泄内心痛苦的心情，并给予适当的支持，帮助当事人走过这一段艰难的路程。”

Although some relatives have left Wuzhou and returned home, psychological counseling will continue in the city, Yin said.

尹平表示，今天部分遇难人员的家属完成祭拜仪式后已陆续离开，我们对仍住在酒店的家属继续做好全程心理服务。

Zhu Zhuohong, a professor with the Chinese Academy of Sciences' Institute of Psychology, said dealing with an air crash is "very special".

中国科学院心理研究所教授祝卓宏表示，空难是“比较特殊”的一种灾难。

"Different from natural disasters, the aftermath (of an air crash) involves the search for remains, the identification of the cause of a crash and settlements of claims－all very complicated issues."

“它和地震、洪水等自然灾害不太一样，空难的调查处置包括寻找遗体、明确空难原因、保险赔付，都非常复杂。”

As long as these issues remain unfinished, the trauma will linger, he said in an interview with news website Paper.cn.

祝卓宏在接受澎湃新闻（www.thepaper.cn）专访时表示，只要这些问题没解决，这个创伤口就可能长期存在。

He said family members of air crash victims usually have to go through stages of acute distress, release of anger, and depression before they finally accept the reality of the situation and start to recover.

一般来说，空难乘客家属通常要经历急性应激阶段、愤怒情绪释放阶段、抑郁阶段，然后才会最终接受现实并开始恢复。

"Without adequate psychological intervention, many people may suffer lasting psychological trauma because of the sudden loss of their loved ones," he said.

祝卓宏表示：“如果不能得到适当的心理干预，对很多人来讲，亲人突然遇难造成的心理创伤可能是持久的。”

Wu Kankan, another psychologist with the institute, called for a support mechanism for psychologists in Wuzhou to enhance their capabilities to deal with problems they may not have encountered before. "Training should be organized for them as well," he said.

另一位心理专家吴坎坎呼吁建立一线心理援助专家队伍的督导机制，帮助成员们解决从未遇到的情况，“也要对共性问题开展专题培训。”

Relatives of passengers of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, which went missing eight years ago, are also offering support. On Sina Weibo they have started a hashtag called "words from family members of MH370 victims to next of kin of MU5735 victims", saying they are ready to help anytime they are needed.   

 8年前失踪的马航MH370航班上的遇难者家属也有意提供帮助，他们在微博上创建“马航MH370家属对东航MU5735乘客家属要说的话”话题，表示东航MU5735家属如果有任何需要，可以随时私信联系。

Jiang Hui, whose mother was on board MH370, initiated the hashtag. He said he hopes family members of MU5735 victims do not have to suffer alone.

姜辉是马航MH370一名失联乘客的儿子，他发布了这个话题，并表示希望东航MU5735家属不要独自承受。

It's better for them to accept psychological intervention and help from psychologists, as having them present and listening to them will help the family members recover, he said.

姜辉说，最好是让他们接受心理专家的干预和援助，陪伴和倾诉对他们的恢复很有效果。

The Beijing-bound MH370 left Kuala Lumpur in the early hours of March 8, 2014, with 239 peopleonboard, including 154 Chinese nationals. The flight vanished from radar screens and remains missing.

2014年3月8日凌晨，从吉隆坡飞往北京的马航MH370航班失踪，机上载有239人，包括154名中国乘客。这架飞机从雷达屏幕上消失，目前仍下落不明。

station

英 [ˈsteɪʃn]；美 [ˈsteɪʃn]

v.  派驻，(常指为某一特定目的)在…守候

kin

英[kɪn]；美[kɪn]

n.（统称）家属，亲属，亲戚

acute

英[əˈkjuːt]；美[əˈkjuːt]

adj. （情况）严重的；（感觉）强烈的

national

英[ˈnæʃnəl]；美[ˈnæʃnəl]

n.国民;国人

The Osaka Expo mascot revealed｜日本世博会吉祥物公布，日本网友“心态崩了”！

On 22 March, World Expo 2025, alternately called Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan,held a press conference to confirm the final image of the mascot.Since its release, many Japanese netizens called outthat"they are mentallycollapsed."

3月22日，2025年日本世界博览会协会举行记者招待会，确认了吉祥物最终形象。该吉祥物的形象一经发布，不少日本网友直呼“心态崩了”。

In March, the organizers unveiled three final candidates for the official mascot of the Expo 2025 and began soliciting public comments.

今年3月，该协会公布了2025年大阪世博会官方吉祥物的三个最终候选作品，并开始公开征求意见。

It’s easy to assume that this would be a difficult decision between a trio of instantly adorable, disarmingly cute characters, right?

你可能想当然地认为，在三个超级可爱的卡通形象中做选择一定很难，对吗？

Well……all three would-be goodwill ambassadors for Expo 2025 are pretty disturbing. OK, Candidate A looks like it could have a sort of quirky charm, but Candidates B and C, with their irregularly shaped rings of eyes, definitely show stronger concentrations of creepiness than cuteness.

但是，这三个候选设计都相当奇特。除了作品A似乎还有一些奇怪的魅力，作品B和作品C形状不规则的眼睛看起来肯定惊悚大于可爱。

And yet, after taking the past few weeks to sift through public reactions to the three candidates, Expo 2025’s organizers have made their decision, and it won’t be Candidate A representing the event, nor Candidate B, but Candidate C.

然而，在过去几周通过对三个候选设计的舆情分析，组委会已做出决定，最终脱颖而出的并不是设计A和设计B，而是设计C。

“We have decided on the character design,” tweets the Expo 2025 official Twitter account. “We will raise it as a character that people all over the world will love and feel a sense of attachment to,” the statement adds.

2025年世博会官方推特账号写道：“我们已经确定了吉祥物设计。”组委会表示，“将努力使它成为广受世界各国喜爱的形象”。

This image comes from the theme of the Expo 2025, "the bright light of life", and also reflects theimageofOsaka as the“city of water”, which will changeitsshape depending on the use. Themascot’sname has not been determined and will be publicly solicited in the future.

这一形象源自世博会的主题“生命的光辉”，同时也表现了大阪“水都”的形象，根据使用用途的不同，设计会改变形态。角色名称未定，今后将公开征集。

As soon as the mascot image came out, Japanese netizens"went crazy".Some of them twitted:

该吉祥物形象甫一出炉，日本网民就“炸”了。有推特网友评价道：

“When children see this character walking around, they’re totally going to start crying and screaming.”

“当孩子们看到这个东西四处走动时，可能会吓得大哭大叫。”

“So they’re prepared not to sell any merch, right?”

“所以他们是不打算卖吉祥物周边了，是吗？”

“No way I’d buy a plushie, or anything else with that character on it.”

“我不可能买这个吉祥物的毛绒公仔，或者任何有这个形象的东西。”

“It’s like they took [Sesame Street’s] Elmo, melted his body, [and put it on Cookie Monster].”

“这就像是把《芝麻街》里的埃尔莫的身体融化，（然后放在‘甜饼怪’身上）。”

However, while Twitter reactions to the chosen design have been overhwlemingly negative, there are a few dissenting, supportive opinions, like:

虽然推特上网友们对这个社交的评价较为负面，带还有一些一批粉丝持支持意见：

“What? I think it’s super cute…”

“什么？我觉得它超级可爱……”

“Candidate C was the most psychotic-looking of the three, and I want to thank them for going with something out of the ordinary.”

“设计C是三个选项中最疯癫的，我要感谢组委会做出了不同寻常的选择。”

How about you?

你觉得这个吉祥物的设计怎么样？

solicit

英 [səˈlɪsɪt]；美 [səˈlɪsɪt]

v. 征求(意见)

disarming

英 [dɪsˈɑːmɪŋ]；美 [dɪsˈɑːrmɪŋ]

adj. 使人消气的;消除敌意的;使人消除戒心的

quirky

英 ['kwɜ:kɪ]；美 ['kwɜkɪ]

adj. (事物或人)奇特的，离奇的，古怪的

sift

英[sɪft]；美[sɪft]

v.细查;详审

psychotic

英 [saɪˈkɒtɪk]；美 [saɪˈkɑtɪk]

adj.患有精神病的；精神错乱的

基本确定坠机事故主要撞击点|Debris, some remains found in center of crash site

The main impact point where the China Eastern Airlines jet crashed on Monday in the Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region was identified and the search area was further enlarged amid heavy rain and landslides on Thursday.

3月24日，在广西壮族自治区发生的“3·21”东航MU5735航空器飞行事故的主要撞击点已经基本确定。在暴雨和山体滑坡的环境下，搜寻范围在进一步扩大。

Most of the debris from the aircraft is scattered in the core area, a 30-meter radius around the main point of impact, Zhu Tao, head of the Civil Aviation Administration of China's aviation safety office, said at a news conference in Wuzhou, Guangxi, on Thursday afternoon.

3月24日下午，民航局航安办主任朱涛在广西梧州举行的新闻发布会上表示，飞机大部分残骸集中在主要撞击点周围半径30米左右的核心区域内。

"Some of the debris was about 20 meters underground. The search and rescue teams have recovered parts of the engine blades, horizontal tail and wings. Also recovered was debris from the cockpit, including crew manuals and identity cards and a rope for the crew to escape from the cockpit in an emergency," Zhu said.

朱涛表示，“（残骸）深度从地表向下延伸大约至20米左右。已经找到的主要残骸包括：发动机部叶片及涡轮残件、发动机吊架残件、左右侧水平尾翼残件、副翼自动驾驶作动器以及带有部分翼梢小翼的机翼残件。还发现了驾驶舱内的机组逃生绳和机组手册残片以及部分机组证件。”

Flight MU5735 left Kunming, the capital of Yunnan province, at 1:11 pm Monday and was scheduled to arrive in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, at 3:05 pm. Air traffic controllers lost track of the plane over Wuzhou at 2:21 pm.

MU5735航班原计划于3月21日下午13点10分从昆明长水机场起飞，15点05分到达广州白云机场。但飞机于下午14点20分左右同地面失去联系。。

Zheng Xi, head of the Guangxi Fire and Rescue Brigade, said the search area on Thursday was about 1.5 times that of Wednesday. "By 4 pm, we had found 21 items of passengers' belongings and 183 pieces of aircraft debris. Also, some victims' remains were found."

广西消防救援总队总队长郑西说，预计24日搜寻范围会比前一日扩大1.5倍。“截至16时，搜救人员共搜寻到遇难者遗物21件、飞机残骸183份和部分遇难者遗体残骸。”

Zheng added that a piece of what is thought to be aircraft debris was also found 10 kilometers from the main crash site near the village of Molang, Tengxian county.

郑西补充道，搜救人员在梧州市藤县藤州镇四旺村鸦塘组一农田发现一个疑似飞机残骸碎片，离事故核心现场约有10公里。

Heavy rain hampered the search for a second straight day, but the searchers continued to use life sensors and metal detectors to comb through the heavily forested, steep slopes amid occasional small landslides, Zheng said.

郑西说，大雨连续两天阻碍了搜寻工作，但搜寻人员仍在使用生命传感器和金属探测器，在覆满植被的陡峭山坡上搜寻，偶尔还会面临小型山体滑坡。

Meanwhile, Chinese investigators are working on decoding the information in the cockpit voice recorder, which was found at the crash site on Wednesday. They hope it will shed a light on the cause of the crash, which civil aviation accident experts have described as of a "rarely seen" nature, Zhu said.

与此同时，调查人员正在对3月23日在坠机现场发现的第一个黑匣子——驾驶舱语音记录器进行信息解码。朱涛表示，他们希望这份报告能揭示出飞机失事的原因，民航事故专家称这是一起极为罕见的空中撞机事件。

According to flight data, the aircraft was cruising in good weather conditions and suddenly began dropping sharply at high speed.

飞行数据显示，飞机在良好的天气条件下巡航，突然开始急剧下坠。

In accordance with international agreements, Zhu said, the CAAC has shared the basic crash information with the International Civil Aviation Organization and the US National Transportation Safety Board, the investigative authority of the country where the aircraft was manufactured.

朱涛表示，事件发生后，中国民航根据国际民用航空公约相关要求，将事故信息通报发了国际民航组织及航空器设计制造国的调查机构，美国国家运输安全委员会（NTSB）。

"Our key task now is still to conduct search and rescue operations and collect evidence for a preliminary investigation. We will invite relevant parties to join us when the case enters the stage of accident investigation, in accordance with international agreements," Zhu said.

朱涛说：“当前阶段工作重点仍在搜寻救援，同时开展事故调查前期的证据收集工作，待进入事故调查阶段后，我们将按照有关规定邀请需要参与的相关方参加事故调查工作。”

Information that China Eastern had made repairs on the "pickle forks"－which connect the wings and fuselage－of its Boeing 737-800 fleet has raised questions.

有消息称，东航曾开展自主维修737-800连接机翼和机身的部件“pickle fork”（拨叉），并猜测这与事故有关，这引发了人们的质疑。

The 737-800 is part of Boeing's 737 NG(Next Generation) series. In late 2019, that series made global headlines when the US Federal Aviation Administration ordered dozens of Boeing 737s that had seen heavy use to undergo safety inspections because of cracking in the "pickle fork".

波音737-800属于737NG系列客机。2019年末，美国联邦航空管理局下令对数十架机型较老的波音737飞机进行安全检查，原因是“拨叉”部件出现裂缝。

Liu Xiaodong, head of the airlines' publicity department said the suspicion is unfounded because the aircraft wasn't due for "pickle fork" repairs.

东航宣传部部长刘晓东表示，这种怀疑是没有根据的，因为这架飞机没有经历过“拨叉”部件的检修。

"The 6.8-year-old aircraft doesn't meet the requirement for 'pickle fork' repairs, which are required after 22,600 takeoffs and landings, so it isn't an issue," Liu said.

刘晓东表示：“本次事故中的B1791号飞机，机龄仅6.8年，共计飞行8986架次，没有达到机型适航指令标准中“拨叉”部件最严格的检修标准——22600个飞行起落。失事飞机不涉及该部件检修问题。”

debris

英 [ˈdebriː,ˈdeɪbriː]；美 [dəˈbriː]

n.（被毁物的）残骸;碎片;垃圾

cockpit

英[ˈkɒkpɪt]；美[ˈkɑːkpɪt]

n.驾驶舱，驾驶座

brigade

英[brɪˈɡeɪd]；美[brɪˈɡeɪd]

n. 旅;一帮人，族

comb

英[kəʊm]；美[koʊm]

v.在(信息)中仔细搜寻

cruise

英[kruːz]；美[kruːz]

v. 巡航

英语新闻集锦｜用公厕里的烘手机烘干头发？烘手都嫌脏！｜Expert warns against using hand dryers in public restrooms

An M.D. candidate explained why you should never use those automatic hand dryers in public bathrooms.

一位在读医学博士建议人们不要使用公共厕所内的自动烘手机，并做出了解释。

TikToker @madmedicine recently shared a video about how those super convenient, contactless hand dryers actually don’t stop the spread of bacteria. They make it worse.

TikTok用户名为madmedicine的这位博士生最近分享了一个视频，指出这些超级方便的无接触烘手机事实上非但不能阻止病毒传播，还会加剧病毒传播。

The medical student reacted to a popular TikTok trend where people use hand dryers to curl their hair.

这位医学博士生的这一建议是针对TikTok上流行起来的一股用烘手机卷发的潮流。

"I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but those hand dryers in public restrooms are extremely disgusting,” he explained. “There have been actual studies done on those hand dryers to see if they spread bacteria. Spoiler alert: They tend to spread more bacteria compared to just towels.”

他解释道：“我不想带来坏消息，但是公共厕所内的烘手机非常恶心。针对烘手机是否会散播病毒曾有人做过研究。剧透警告：烘手机散播的病毒比毛巾还要多。”

According to the Harvard Health blog, a 2018 study by the University of Connecticut and Quinnipiac University found that exposure to hot hand dryers exponentially grew bacteria colonies within a matter of seconds.

哈佛健康博客显示，康涅狄格大学和昆尼皮亚克大学2018年的一项研究发现，使用热风烘手机在短短数秒内就能以指数级的速度滋生出细菌菌落。

"Every time a lidless toilet is flushed, it aerosolizes a fine mist of microbes. This fecal cloud may disperse over an area as large as 6 square meters,” Harvard Health stated.

哈佛健康指出：“无盖马桶每次冲水，含有细菌的气雾就会升腾而起。这些含有粪便细菌的气雾可扩散至6平方米远。”

This means that each time someone flushes a toilet, particles of fecal bacteria spread through the air. When the bacteria comes in contact with a hot hand dryer, it multiplies. The best way to dry your hands and prevent bacteria from surviving on them is to use a paper towel.

这意味着每当有人冲马桶，粪便细菌颗粒就会通过空气传播。当细菌接触到烘手机的热风后，就会成倍滋生。把手弄干同时防止细菌在手上存活的最佳办法就是用纸巾擦手。

刷新你的认知：关于动物的10个鲜为人知的事实 | 10 lesser-known facts about animals that made people say ‘Aww’

1. Trained African giant pouched rats have found thousands of unexploded landmines and bombs. Researchers have also trained these rats to detect tuberculosis. And most recently they are training them to sniff out poached wildlife trophies being exported out of African ports.

经过训练的非洲巨囊鼠已经发现了数千枚未爆炸的地雷和炸弹。在研究人员的训练下，非洲巨囊鼠已经可以检测出肺结核。最近研究人员正在训练巨囊鼠在非洲港口嗅出偷猎的野生动物。

2. In most Western cultures, black cats are considered a bad omen. But in Scottish lore, the arrival of a strange black cat signifies prosperity.

在多数西方文化中，黑猫被视为不祥之物。但是在苏格兰传说中，神秘黑猫的到来预示着繁荣。

3. Cheetahs are so shy that zoos give them their own emotional “support dogs”.

猎豹天性十分害羞，所以动物园会给它们配备“狗狗朋友”陪伴其长大。

4. Opposums get a lot of hate, but they clear many unwanted bugs and parasites from the ecosystem.

很多人都很讨厌负鼠，但是它们会从生态系统清理掉大量烦人的虫子和寄生虫。

5. A sloth's claws work the opposite way that human hand does. The default position is a tight strong grip, and sloths must exert effort to open them up. This is why sloths don't fall out of trees when they're asleep.

树懒的爪子和人手的工作原理正好相反。树懒爪子的默认姿势是紧握，树懒必须用力才能将爪子打开。这就是为什么树懒睡着时不会从树上掉下来。

6. A University Of Chicago study found that rats are just as capable of empathy as humans.

芝加哥大学的一项研究发现，老鼠和人类一样有同理心，能够感同身受。

7. The Northern Cardinal is probably the most 'romantic' bird species: they mate for life, travel together, sing before nesting, and during courtship, feed seed beak-to-beak.

北美红雀很可能是最浪漫的鸟类，它们一生只有一个伴侣，两只鸟会一起旅行，筑巢前会唱歌，谈恋爱时还会嘴对嘴喂食。

8. Tigers are carnivores, but will eat fruit in order to ease digestion.

老虎是食肉动物，但是会吃水果来帮助消化。

9. The Mangalica is the only pig species covered in a long wool coat, similar to a sheep's.

曼加利察猪是唯一一种全身被长毛覆盖的猪，就和绵羊一样。

10. Secretary birds are famous for its snake-stomping legs; a single kick delivered some 195 newtons of force. They are also famous for their long eyelashes.

蛇鹫以能够踩死蛇的长腿而闻名，腿的踢力可达195牛顿。它们还以长长的眼睫毛著称。

exponentially   

英[ˌekspəˈnenʃəli];美[[ˌekspəˈnenʃəli]

adv.以指数方式

lidless

英 [ˈlɪdlɪs]; 美 [ˈlɪdlɪs]

adj.无盖的；注视的；无眼睑的

aerosolize

英 [ˈeərəsɒlˌaɪz]; 美 [ˈeərəsɒlˌaɪz]

v.（使）成气雾状喷洒，成气溶胶状喷洒

fecal

英 [ˈfiːkl]; 美 [ˈfiːkl]

adj.排泄物的；残渣的；糟粕的

tuberculosis

英 [tjuːˌbɜːkjuˈləʊsɪs]; 美 [tuːˌbɜːrkjəˈloʊsɪs]

n.结核病（尤指肺结核）

omen

英 [ˈəʊmən]; 美 [ˈoʊmən]

n.预兆，征兆；预兆性

vt.预示，预告；占卜

courtship

英 [ˈkɔːtʃɪp]; 美 [ˈkɔːrtʃɪp]

n.求爱；求婚；求爱期

英语新闻｜黑匣子已连夜发往北京丨Crashed aircraft's black box found

One black box of the China Eastern Airlines jet that crashed on Monday in the Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region was found on Wednesday. In addition, human tissue was found at the crash site.

21日，一架东航客机在广西壮族自治区境内坠毁。截至目前已经搜寻到第一个黑匣子。此外，救援现场还发现部分人体组织碎片。

The black box, one of two on the jet, was preliminarily identified as the cockpit voice recorder.

这是两部飞行记录器（黑匣子）中的一部，经初步判断为驾驶舱语音记录器。

It was found under surface soil 20 meters southeast of the point of impact at about 4:30 pm on Wednesday, Zhu Tao, head of the Civil Aviation Administration of China's aviation safety office, said at a news conference of the search and rescue command center in Wuzhou, Guangxi, on Wednesday evening.

3月23日晚，国家应急处置指挥部在广西梧州举行的新闻 发布会上，中国民用航空局航空安全办公室主任朱涛表示，在事故现场主要撞击点东南方向约20米处的表层泥土中发现了该记录器。

A preliminary examination at the crash site showed the black box's exterior to be severely damaged, Zhu said.

朱涛表示，在现场，调查人员对记录器进行了初步检查，记录器外观破损严重。

"Its data storage unit is intact but with damage. We believe it's the cockpit voice recorder," he said, adding that it has been sent to Beijing for decoding, which may take some time depending on the severity of the damage.

存储单元也存在一定程度的损坏，但相对比较完整，初步判定为驾驶舱语音记录器（CVR），我们已将其连夜送往北京的专业机构进行译码。所需时间视受损严重程度而定。

Flight MU5735 left Kunming, Yunnan province, at 1:11 pm on Monday with 132 people on board. It was scheduled to arrive in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, at 3:05 pm. Air traffic controllers lost track of the airliner over Wuzhou at 2:21 pm.

3月21日，东航MU5735航班载有132人，于13时11分从云南省省会昆明市起飞，原定于15时05分到达广东省广州市。14时21分，该航班在广西梧州市上空失联。

Pieces of the plane's wreckage and some human tissue were recovered at the crash site near the village of Molang, Tengxian county. They have been handed over to the investigation team, Zheng Xi, head of the Guangxi Fire and Rescue Brigade, said at the news conference.

广西自治区消防救援总队总队长郑西在发布会上通报，在位于藤县莫埌村附近的坠机现场，还发现了部分飞机残骸和人体组织碎片，已移交调查工作组。

Heavy rain on Wednesday had temporarily affected the search and rescue operations, Zheng said.

郑西表示，23日晚上开始的强降雨对事故调查工作造成了一定影响。

As of Wednesday evening, no survivors had been found.

截至23日晚间，尚未发现幸存者。

At an earlier news conference on Wednesday, Mao Yanfeng, director of the CAAC's disaster investigation agency, said the team hoped that by recovering both flight recorders as soon as possible, they could learn what caused the crash.

民航事故调查中心主任毛延峰在23日的新闻发布会上表示， 希望能够尽快找到机上两部飞行记录器，这对分析事故原因非常重要。

"This type of accident is rarely seen. The aircraft suddenly began to drop sharply at high speed while it was cruising." Mao said.

毛延峰表示，本次事故情形比较罕见，空管雷达显示飞机是在巡航阶段突然下降高度，且下降率很大。

Mao said the Boeing 737-800 had two black boxes, its flight recorders, which were made by Honeywell in the United States. One, the flight data recorder, located at the back the cabin, could record 25 hours of about 1,000 parameters of flight data, including altitude, speed, direction and how the crew operated the aircraft. The search continued for that black box.

毛延峰表示，波音737—800型号飞机装有两个美国Honeywell公司生产的飞行记录器，其中一部是数据记录器（FDR），安装在客舱尾部，记录时长25小时左右，记录参数详尽，约1000个左右，例如高度、速度、航向、以及机组的操作等重要参数。目前仍在搜寻中。

The other, he said, is a cockpit voice recorder, which would be at the back of the cargo hold. It could record for two to three hours anything said in the cockpit as well as ambient sounds.

另一部是驾驶舱话音记录器（CVR），安装在货仓尾部。 可以记录驾驶舱内所有对话和环境声音，记录时长大约两到三小时左右。

Mao said the weather was good along Flight MU5735's route. Before the airliner began to plunge, the flight crew maintained normal communication with air traffic controllers.

毛延峰说，飞机失事时，航路上天气适航，无危险天气。该机自昆明起飞一直到航路上突然下降高度之前，机组与空管单位均保持正常的通信联系。

Sun Shiying, chairman of China Eastern's Yunnan branch, said at the same news conference that the pilot and two co-pilots were in good health and qualified to fly the aircraft.

东航云南有限公司董事长孙世英在23日的新闻发布会上表示，该航班的机长和两位副驾驶健康状况良好、飞行经历完备，符合局方要求。

The pilot was hired as captain of the Boeing 737 in January 2018. He had 6,709 flight hours' experience. The first co-pilot had 31,769 flight hours and the second co-pilot 556 flight hours, Sun said.

机长在2018年1月聘为B737机型机长，飞行总经历时间6709小时，第一副驾驶飞行总经历时间31769小时，第二副驾驶飞行总经历时间556小时。

"In addition, the performance of the three pilots had been good in the past and their families were also harmonious," Sun added. "Also, the plane met all the maintenance requirements before takeoff."

孙世英补充说，目前了解到，3位飞行员平时的表现也都是很好的，家庭情况也都比较和睦。并且起飞前，失事飞机符合维修放行标准和适航要求。

tissue  

英[ˈtɪʃuː];美[ˈtɪʃuː]

n.纸巾，面巾纸；（动物或植物的细胞）组织；（用于包装易碎物品的）薄纸，绵纸；薄纱，薄织物；（罗织编造的）一套，一系列

v.用化妆纸揩去；饰以薄纱

exterior

英 [ɪkˈstɪəriə(r)]; 美 [ɪkˈstɪriər]

adj.外部的，外面的；外表的，表面的；（电影场景）外部拍摄的

n.外观，外部；外貌

wreckage

英 [ˈrekɪdʒ]; 美 [ˈrekɪdʒ]

n.残货，残骸；（计划等失败或遭到破坏后的）残余；（船只等的）失事

cruise

英 [kruːz]; 美 [kruːz]

n.巡游，乘船游览

v.乘船游览；以平稳的速度行驶；缓慢巡行，兜风；轻而易举赢得，轻取；<非正式>猎艳

ambient

英[ˈæmbiənt];美[ˈæmbiənt]

adj.环境的，周围的；（与）背景音乐（有关）的；（广告）利用环境来做的（区别于媒体广告）

n.环境音乐