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为什么你听的歌通常都在3分钟左右？| Why are so many pop songs roughly three minutes long?

No matter where you usually hear today’s top hits—the radio, Spotify,  a mixtape on your Sony Walkman—you’ve probably noticed that they tend to be around three minutes long.

无论你习惯上哪听歌——在收音机、流媒体音乐服务平台还是在随身听上——你应该能注意到现在的流行歌曲通常都是三分钟左右。

As Vox explains, the custom dates back to the early 20th century, when shellac records first appeared in the market. The rates at which these records spun varied, but 78 revolutions per minute (RPM) quickly became the norm. The most popular record sizes were 10 inches—which could hold about three minutes of music per side—and 12 inches, which held roughly four to five minutes per side. To get radio stations to broadcast their music and get people to buy it, musicians pretty much had to accommodate those time limits.

Vox公司解释道，这一惯例源自20世纪早期，当时虫胶制作的黑胶唱片（粗纹唱片）刚刚在市场上出现。这些唱片的转速各有不同，但是每分钟78圈的转速很快便成了业内标准。最流行的唱片大小是10英寸（25.4厘米）和12英寸（30.48厘米），前者每一面可以播放3分钟音乐，后者每一面可以播放四到五分钟音乐。为了让电台播放以及让人们购买他们的唱片，音乐人基本上都必须迎合这些时间限制。

The late 1940s saw the birth of the 45 RPM record: a smaller, cheaper disc made of vinyl that couldn’t manage much more than three minutes of music per side. Long-playing records (LPs) were introduced around the same time, but it was much easier for radio stations to play single tracks from 45s—which hordes of listeners then went out and bought. While 10-inch 78s had originated the three-minute trend, 45s really helped make it a necessity for radio singles throughout the mid-20th century.

20世纪40年代晚期45转的唱片诞生了，乙烯基塑料制作的更小更廉价的黑胶唱片每一面只能播放三分钟左右的音乐。大概在同一时间密纹唱片也上市了，但是电台播放45转的单声道唱片要容易得多，大批听众在听过电台的音乐之后就会去购买这种唱片。尽管3分钟的潮流是由78转的10英寸唱片引发的，但是45转的唱片却让20世纪中叶的电台单曲不得不控制在3分钟以内。

There were definitely exceptions to the rule. Bob Dylan’s 1965 song “Like a Rolling Stone” runs more than six minutes, and fans overwhelmed radio stations with calls demanding the full version. It worked: “Like a Rolling Stone” became an unlikely radio hit. If you wanted to hear the full six minutes, you could buy the LP.

当然，肯定也存在例外。鲍勃·迪伦1965年的歌曲《像一块滚石》时长超过6分钟，粉丝们纷纷打电话要求电台播放完整版本。结果奏效了，这首歌意外成为电台的热门歌曲。那时候如果人们想听6分钟的完整版，就可以购买密纹唱片。

As music technology evolved over the years, from records to cassette tapes to CDs, three minutes didn’t fall out of fashion as the de facto estimate for pop songs. According to Classic FM, this is partly because radio stations could fit more commercials into a program if the songs stayed relatively short. Record labels may have favored shorter singles, too, since longer songs didn’t mean fatter royalty checks. It’s also likely that pop music listeners just preferred concision; after all, it’s what the last several decades had taught them to expect. As Thomas Tierney, director of the Sony Music Archives Library, told Mashable, “it’s embedded in our DNA.”

过去这些年音乐技术不断进步，从唱片到磁带再到光盘，然而3分钟作为流行歌曲实际长度的标准并没有过时。据Classic FM电台介绍，一部分原因是如果歌曲相对较短，电台就能在节目中插播更多商业广告。唱片公司应该也青睐较短的单曲，因为时间长的单曲并不能给他们带来更多版税。不过也可能是因为流行歌曲的听众就是喜欢简短的歌，毕竟，过去几十年他们已经养成了这种听歌习惯。索尼音乐资料图书馆馆长托马斯·蒂尔尼告诉博客网站Mashable说：“这已经根植于我们的DNA中了。”

Today, many tracks come in under three minutes long. Justin Bieber’s “Ghost” is just two minutes and 33 seconds, and Lil Nas X’s “That’s What I Want” is a tidy two minutes and 23 seconds.

如今，许多单曲时长都不到三分钟。贾斯汀·比伯的《幽灵》只有2分钟33秒，李娜叉的《这就是我想要的》只有2分钟23秒。

Shorter attention spans and social media’s influence might explain the trend toward brevity, but it’s not the only factor: The compensation model matters, too.

人们的注意力持续时间变短以及社交媒体的影响或许可以解释流行歌曲为什么越来越短，但是除此之外，还有报酬机制的因素。

"Instead of getting paid by physical sales, you’re getting paid in a stream, which only counts if someone listens to 30 seconds of a song,” songwriter Charlie Harding told The Verge. “It actually makes sense if you can have more songs streamed at a time, which means that you want to pack your album full of much shorter songs.”

作曲人查理·哈尔丁告诉The Verge网站说：“现在不是依照唱片销量，而是依照流量来收费，一首歌收听时间达到30秒才能计入流量。这样一来，你会想在流媒体平台上一次播放更多歌曲，这意味着你会在专辑中收录更多短歌。”

In other words, success is now less about sales and more about number of streams. Today’s pop stars are making music that reflects the shift—not unlike how 20th-century musicians learned to work within the confines of the original three-ish-minute limit.

换言之，如今一张唱片成功与否，与销量关系没那么大，而流量则重要得多。现在的流行歌手在制作音乐时也会反映当下形势的变化，这与20世纪的音乐人学着在3分钟的原有限制内创作并无不同。

王毅谈化解乌克兰危机的四点主张｜FM emphasizes dialogue in Ukraine crisis

China is prepared to continue playing a constructive role in the ongoing Ukraine crisis to facilitate dialogue for peace and work alongside the international community when needed to carry out necessary mediation, State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Monday. Speaking at a news conference on the sidelines of the fifth session of the 13th National People's Congress, Wang said China believes to resolve the current crisis, countries must uphold the United Nations Charter and respect the sovereignty and territorial integrity of all countries.

十三届全国人大五次会议3月7日举行记者会，国务委员兼外交部长王毅在回应乌克兰局势问题时表示，中方愿继续为劝和促谈发挥建设性作用，也愿意在需要的时候同国际社会一道开展必要的斡旋。王毅表示，中方认为要化解当前的危机，必须坚持《联合国宪章》，尊重和保障各国的主权和领土完整；

"We must adhere to the principle of indivisible security and accommodate the legitimate security concerns of the parties involved. We must settle disputes by peaceful means through dialogue and negotiation. And we must keep in mind the long-term peace and stability of the region and put in place a balanced, effective and sustainable European security mechanism," Wang said.

必须坚持安全不可分割的原则，照顾当事方的合理安全关切；必须坚持通过对话谈判，以和平方式解决争端；必须着眼地区长治久安，构建均衡、有效、可持续的欧洲安全机制。

最高检：2021年未成年人保护公益诉讼立案6633件｜China strengthens public interest litigation to protect minors

China has strengthened its public interest litigation to protect the lawful rights and interests of minors, the Supreme People's Procuratorate (SPP) said on Monday .

最高人民检察院第九检察厅厅长那艳芳3月7日在新闻发布会上表示，最高检积极履行公益诉讼检察职责，依法保护未成年人合法权益。

Prosecutors across the country opened 6,633 public interest cases concerning the protection of underage people in 2021, SPP prosecutor Na Yanfang said at a press conference. That is 4.2 times the figure seen in 2020, or 3.3 times the total seen between 2018 and 2019.

2021年，全国检察机关未成年人保护公益诉讼立案6633件，是2020年的4.2倍，是2018、2019两年总和的3.3倍。

While less than 30 percent of the cases are traditional, mainly concerning food and drug security, more than 70 percent are new types of cases involving tobacco or liquor sales, online gaming, facility security, on-demand cinemas and e-sports hotels, the SPP said.

其中，食品药品安全等传统领域公益诉讼案件占比不足30%，新类型公益诉讼案件占比超70%，涉及向未成年人销售烟酒、网络游戏、未成年人活动场所和设施安全、点播影院、电竞酒店等新兴业态治理。

shellac

英 [ʃəˈlæk; ˈʃelæk]; 美 [ʃəˈlæk; ˈʃelæk]

n.虫胶（清漆）

v.用虫胶清漆涂刷；使大败；殴打

vinyl

英 [vaɪnl]; 美 [vaɪnl]

n.乙烯基（化学）；黑胶唱片

horde

英 [hɔːd]; 美 [hɔːrd]

n.一大群，群；游牧部落

concision

英 [kənˈsɪʒən; 美 [kənˈsɪʒən]

n.简洁，简明

brevity

英[ˈbrevəti];美[ˈbrevəti]

n.简洁，简短；短暂，短促

mediation

英[ˌmiːdiˈeɪʃn];美[ˌmiːdiˈeɪʃn]

n.调解，仲裁

litigation

英[ˌlɪtɪˈɡeɪʃn];美[ˌlɪtɪˈɡeɪʃn]

n.诉讼，起诉

外交部：在乌克兰的绝大多数中国公民已撤离｜Most Chinese citizens evacuated, Foreign Ministry says

Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said on Wednesday that the vast majority of Chinese citizens in Ukraine have been evacuated, including more than 100 students from Sumy, a Ukrainian border city with heavy fighting.

外交部发言人赵立坚9日说，目前，在乌克兰的绝大多数中国公民已撤离，

包括被战火困在乌克兰边境城市苏梅的百余名中国留学生。

"Once again, I want to remind the few Chinese citizens that remain in Ukraine to stay safe, strengthen security precautions and preparations, and stay in touch with the Chinese embassy and Consulate General there," said Zhao, adding that the Chinese diplomatic and consular missions will continue to provide consular protection and assistance.

“我再次提醒少数留乌中国公民务必注意安全，加强防范和应对准备，同时和中国驻乌使领馆保持联系。驻乌使领馆将继续提供领事保护与协助。”赵立坚说。

He also announced at a regular news briefing that at the request of Ukraine, the Red Cross Society of China will send humanitarian aid worth 5 million yuan ($791,815) to the country, including food and daily necessities.

赵立坚同时在外交部例行记者会上宣布，应乌克兰方面请求，中国红十字会将向乌克兰红十字会提供一批人道主义援助物资，包括食品、生活必需品等，价值500万元人民币。

The first batch of aid, which has 1,000 relief packages that include blankets, tableware and torches, has been sent from Beijing through a flight on Wednesday and will be used by the Ukrainian Red Cross Society to help displaced people.

1000个赈济家庭包作为首批物资已经于3月9日搭乘航班从北京启运。家庭包主要包括毛毯、餐具、手电等物资，将帮助乌克兰红十字会救助受冲突影响的流离失所者。

When asked about the ban on Russian oil and gas imports announced by the United States and the United Kingdom as well as the European Union's decision on cutting back on its imports from Russia, Zhao said China firmly opposes unilateral sanctions without a basis in international law.

当被问及美、英宣布禁止从俄罗斯进口石油、天然气以及欧盟欧盟委员会宣布削减俄罗斯天然气进口时，赵立坚表示，中方坚决反对没有国际法依据的单边制裁。

Instead of peace and security,welding the big stick of sanctions will only cause severe difficulties for the economy and livelihood of relevant countries. "Everyone will lose from this scenario, and sanctions will only intensify division and confrontation," he said.

赵立坚称，动辄挥舞制裁大棒换不来和平与安全，只会给相关国家的经济和民生造成严重困难，带来“双输”或“多输”局面，进一步加剧分裂和对抗。

Zhao said China and Russia have been maintaining their sound energy cooperation, and the two sides will continue to conduct normal trade cooperation, including in oil and gas, in the spirit of mutual respect, equality and mutual benefit.

赵立坚表示，中俄两国一直保持良好的能源合作关系。双方将继续本着相互尊重、平等互利精神开展包括油气领域在内的正常贸易合作。

Zhao also expressed firm opposition to any form of unilateral sanctions and long-arm jurisdiction carried out by the US after White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said the US "clearly has means to take steps "if China does not abide by the sanctions that have been put in place on Russia.

此前美国白宫发言人普萨基威胁称，如果中国不遵守西方国家就乌克兰问题对俄罗斯的制裁，就可能遭到美方“报复性措施”。对此，赵立坚回应道，中方坚决反对美方任何形式的单边制裁和“长臂管辖”。

He warned the US that it should seriously consider China's concerns when dealing with the Ukraine issue and US-Russia relations, and must refrain from undermining the Chinese rights and interests in any way.

赵立坚警告称，美方在处理乌克兰问题和对俄关系时，应严肃认真对待中方关切，不得以任何方式损害中方权益。

"China will take all necessary measures to resolutely safeguard the lawful rights and interests of Chinese companies and individuals," Zhao said.

“中方将采取一切必要措施，坚决维护中国企业和个人的合法权益。”赵立坚表示。

precaution

英 [prɪˈkɔːʃn]; 美 [prɪˈkɔːʃn]

n.预防措施，防备；避孕措施

consular  

英 [ˈkɒnsjələ(r)]; 美 [ˈkɑːnsələr]

adj.领事的

batch

英 [bætʃ]; 美 [bætʃ]

n.一批，一批生产量

v.分批处理

unilateral

英 [ˌjuːnɪˈlætrəl]; 美 [ˌjuːnɪˈlætrəl]

adj.单方的，单边的；单侧的，单面的；（父母）单系的；舌边音

refrain

英[rɪˈfreɪn];美[rɪˈfreɪn]

v.克制，避免

n.（诗歌的）叠句，（歌曲的）副歌；叠歌部分的音乐伴奏；经常重复的评价（或抱怨）

100多年前就有“粉丝”，原来这些流行语早就在用了！｜Words That Are Much Older Than They Seem

Friend, as a verb

A common lament in pieces about “kids these days and their social whatsawhozits” is “when did friend become a verb?” The answer is: Sometime in the 1400s, if not earlier. In the earliest examples of the verb friend from the OED, it just means "to make friends." You could go to a place, and friend some people there. It also had the meaning of helping someone out, being a friend to them, e.g., “Reports came that the King would friend Lauderdale,” an example from 1698.

当代年轻人的社交活动，让人不禁感慨，“friend（成为好友）什么时候变成动词了？”答案是：不晚于14世纪。Friend做动词的例子最早出现在《牛津英语词典》中，表示“交朋友”。你可以去一个地方，和那里的人交朋友。Friend还有帮助别人，成为朋友的意思，例如1698年的一个例子，“有报道说国王会帮助劳德代尔”。

Unfriend

If you could friend someone, it was only natural, according to the productive rules of English word formation, that you could unfriend them, too. The word shows up in this example from 1659: “I Hope, Sir, that we are not mutually un-friended by this difference which hath happened betwixt us.”

如果能用friend表示“成为好友”，那么根据英语词汇构成规则，自然也可以用unfriend表示“移除好友”。这个关于unfriend的例子出现在1659年：“先生，我希望我们不会因为已经存在的分歧而绝交。”

Hangout

Hang out has been used as a verb for passing the time since at least the 1830s. In the Pickwick Papers (1837), Charles Dickens wrote: "I say, old boy, where do you hang out?"

至少从19世纪30年代起，“hang out（闲逛）”就用作打发时间的动词。查尔斯·狄更斯在《匹克威克外传》（1837）中写道：“我说，老家伙，你在哪里闲逛？”

Funky

The application of funky to music came around the 1930s, but the “strong smell” sense had been around long before that. Since the 1600s, funk was slang for the stale smell of tobacco smoke, and by extension, anything that stank. Cheeses, rooms, and especially ship’s quarters could be described as funky.

20世纪30年代，人们开始用funky（放克风格的）形容音乐，但早在那之前，funky就表示“强烈的气味”相关的感觉。自17世纪以来，funk作为俚语，指烟草的陈腐气味，并由此引申为任何有臭味的东西。奶酪、房间，尤其是船舱，都可以用funky（恶臭的）来形容。

Fanboy and fangirl

The application of fanboy to comics and science fiction had to wait until the '70s, but before that, there were sports fans, and in 1919 the paper in Decatur, Illinois, reported that, “it was a shock to the fan boys when Cincinnati ... beat the Chicago White Sox.” The first citation for fangirl is from 1934: “Mary ... dashed out through the rain so swiftly that only two of the fan-girls caught her.”

上世纪70年代，漫画和科幻小说开始拥有“粉丝”，但在此之前已经出现体育粉，1919年，伊利诺伊州迪凯特的报纸报道，“辛辛那提击败芝加哥白袜队时，男粉丝们感到震惊。”1934年，女粉丝（fangirl）第一次被引用：“玛丽……不顾雨水迅速冲了出去，以至于只有两个女粉丝发现了她。”

美国新冠感染人数或超1.4亿｜More than 140M COVID-19 infections in the US

The true number of Covid infections in the United States may be double the official figures according to the country’s Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

美国疾病控制和预防中心报告称，美国实际新冠感染人数可能是官方公布数字的两倍。

After analyzing findings, the CDC said as of Jan 31, 140,018,000 people have been infected in the US.

经过分析调查，美疾控中心报告称，截至1月31日，美国已有140018000人感染新冠病毒。

This is just under half of the nation's total population, 43 percent, and nearly double the official case count. The total also includes reinfections.

这一数字占美国总人口的43%，几乎是官方公布确诊病例数的两倍，其中还包括再感染病例。

Severe undercounting of Covid cases has long been expected by health experts, as currently only people that get tested are included in figures.

长期以来，卫生专家一直认为新冠病毒感染人数存在严重漏报，因为目前官方数据只包括经过检测的人。

There are many people that might know they are sick and likely have Covid, but don’t bother to get tested.

还有很多人可能知道自己生病了，可能感染了新冠病毒，只是懒得去做检测。

Around a third of Covid cases are also asymptomatic, meaning a person could be actively infected and have no idea.

大约三分之一的感染者是无症状感染者，这意味着有人可能并未察觉自己感染了新冠病毒。

中国空间站今年将全面建成| Tiangong scheduled for completion this year

China's Tiangong space station is scheduled to be completed before the end of this year and will become a massive spacecraft with a combined weight of nearly 100 metric tons, according to a program leader. Zhou Jianping, chief designer of the nation's manned space program, said the assembly phase of the Tiangong program will begin in May and will involve the launch of two astronaut crews, two space labs and two cargo ships. Zhou made the remarks on Friday at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing before the opening of the fifth session of the 13th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. The scientist is a member of the CPPCC National Committee, the top political advisory body in China.

全国政协委员、中国载人航天工程总设计师周建平3月4日在全国政协十三届五次会议首场“委员通道”上表示，中国空间站今年将全面建成，总质量接近100吨。周建平介绍，从5月起，我国空间站工程将进入建造阶段。今年年内将发射2个空间站实验舱、2艘载人飞船、2艘货运飞船。

"We will send six astronauts in the Shenzhou XIV and XV mission crews. The Shenzhou XIV crew will be responsible for monitoring the docking between the Tianhe core module and the two space labs and then configuring the two labs," he said. "The Shenzhou XV crew will fly to the station around year's end to meet their Shenzhou XIV peers and that will be an exciting moment all of us are eager to see."

我们今年将再把6名航天员送入中国空间站，神舟十四号乘组在轨期间将迎来两个实验舱的到来。我们的神舟十五号乘组将在今年年底前飞向中国空间站，与神舟十四号乘组"会师"太空，这将是一个非常令我们期待的时刻。

lament

英 [ləˈment]; 美 [ləˈment]

n.挽歌，悼文；表达哀伤（或痛惜）之情的言辞；抱怨

v.对……感到悲痛，对……表示失望；抱怨

stale

英 [steɪl]; 美 [steɪl]

adj.（食物）不新鲜的，变味的；气味不清新的，难闻的；没有新意的，老掉牙的

stank

英 [stæŋk]; 美 [stæŋk]

n.池塘；水沟；小水坝

v.发出恶臭（stink的过去式）

undercount

英 [ʌndəˈkaʊnt]; 美 [ˌʌndərˈkaʊnt]

v.少计（尤指人口统计数）

 n.少计（额）

asymptomatic

英[ˌeɪsɪmptəˈmætɪk];美[ˌeɪsɪmptəˈmætɪk]

adj.无症状的

configure

英[kənˈfɪɡə(r)];美[kənˈfɪɡjər]

v.安装，装配；（计算机）配置，设定

Xi urges joint support for talks

President Xi Jinping called on Tuesday for France and Germany to jointly support peace talks between Russia and Ukraine to resolve tensions, and urged concerned parties to exercise maximum restraint to avoid a massive humanitarian crisis.

In a video summit with French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Xi said in Beijing that the current Ukraine situation isworrisomeand China deeply regrets the outbreak of war again on the European continent.

HereiteratedChina's position on the Ukraine crisis, saying the pressing task at the moment is to prevent the current tensions from escalating and getting out of control.

China maintains that the sovereignty and territorial integrity of all countries must be respected, the purposes and principles of the UN Charter fully observed, the legitimate security concerns of all countries taken seriously, and all effortsconduciveto the peaceful settlement of the crisis supported, Xi said.

He commended themediationefforts of France and Germany on the Ukraine issue, and emphasized the need to encourage Russia and Ukraine to keep up themomentumof negotiations, overcome difficulties, keep talks going and bring about peaceful outcomes.

"We need to call for maximum restraintand prevent a massive humanitarian crisis," Xi said, adding that China has proposed an initiative on the humanitarian situation in Ukraine and stands ready to provide Ukraine with further humanitarian aid supplies.

He called for joint efforts to reduce the negative impact of the Ukraine crisis. "Relevant sanctions will affect global finance, energy, transportation and the stability of supply chains, anddampenthe global economy, which is already ravaged by the pandemic. And this is in the interest of no one," he said.

Xi also stressed the need to actively advocate a vision of common, comprehensive, cooperative and sustainable security.

China supports France and Germany in promoting a balanced, effective and sustainable European security framework for the interests and lasting security of Europe, and by upholding its strategic autonomy, Xi said.

"China will also be pleased to see dialogue on an equal footing among the European Union, Russia, the United States and NATO," Xi added.

China will continue communicating and coordinating with France, Germany and the EUand, in light of the needs of the parties involved, work actively with members of the international community to resolve the Ukraine issue, he said.

Both French and German leaders gave briefings on their positions on the current Ukraine situation, saying Europe is confronting its most serious crisis since World War II. France and Germany support resolution of the crisis through negotiations to give peace a chance, they said.

Both leaders expressed appreciation to China for its initiative on the humanitarian situation in Ukraine, saying their countries stand ready to intensify communication and coordination with China on the Ukraine crisis to facilitate peace talks in order to prevent the tense situation from escalating and avoid a severe humanitarian crisis.

The three leaders also exchanged views about China-EU relations as well as theIraniannuclear issue.

On China-EU ties, Xi said that China and the EU have a lot in common in promoting peace, development and cooperation. He called for both sides to take greater responsibility to inject more stability and certainty into a turbulent world by strengthening dialogue and staying committed to cooperation.

Saying China's development will create broader the space for its collaboration with the EU, Xi stressed the need to deepen pragmatic cooperation in the fields of green development and digital partnerships, based on the principle of mutual benefit and win-win results.

He also urged both sides to continue to uphold multilateralism and jointly advance the global agenda.

reiterate

英 [riˈɪtəreɪt]；美 [riˈɪtəreɪt]

vt. 重申;反复地做

conducive

英[kənˈdjuːsɪv]；美[kənˈduːsɪv]

adj.有助于…的;有益于…的

mediation

英 [ˌmi:dɪ'eɪʃn]；美 [ˌmidɪ'eɪʃn]

n. 调停，调解，斡旋

momentum

英 [məˈmentəm]；美 [moʊˈmentəm]

n. 势头；冲劲；动力

dampen

英 [ˈdæmpən]；美 [ˈdæmpən]

v. 弄湿;减弱，抑制（热情、激动等）

一、China releases 5-year plan on elderly care | '十四五'健康老龄化规划发布

China has released a five-year plan on elderly care for the 2021-2025 period, aiming to boost the health of the country's aging population.

《“十四五”健康老龄化规划》近日发布。

Over 78 percent of China's senior population has at least one chronic disease, and the number of incapacitated elderly individuals continues to grow, calling for more institutions, personnel, services and policies to meet their needs.

规划说，我国78%以上的老年人至少患有一种以上慢性病，失能老年人数量将持续增加。老年人对健康需求的增加，则需要更多健康老龄化机构、队伍、服务和政策的支持。

The plan pledges efforts to improve the preventive health service system for elderly people, reducing or delaying the occurrence of disability and dementia.

规划提出，完善老年人预防保健服务体系，减少、延缓老年人失能（智）发生。

It underlines the accelerated development of barrier-free environments, elderly friendly renovations of residential buildings, and the installation of automated external defibrillators at public venues.

加快无障碍环境建设和住宅适老化改造。推动在老年人集中场所安装自动体外除颤仪（AED）。

二、China has nearly 300 million students in 2021 | 教育部：2021全国在校生2.91亿

By the end of 2021, there were about 291 million students in school in China, the country's Ministry of Education said, as it released a series of education-related statistics on Tuesday. According to the ministry, in 2021, the country had a total of 529,300 schools and academic institutions of all levels. The ministry added that there were roughly 18.44 million full-time teachers in China by the end of 2021, a 500,000-some increase from 2020.

2021年全国教育事业统计主要结果3月1日发布。截至2021年底，全国共有各级各类学校52.93万所，在校生2.91亿人，专任教师1844万人，较2020年增加约50万人。

三、China to further optimize government service | 国务院：加快推进政务服务标准化规范化便利化

China is looking to further optimize its government services, standardizing and normalizing the services and making them more convenient, according to a guideline released by the State Council.

《国务院关于加快推进政务服务标准化规范化便利化的指导意见》日前公布。

The guideline laid out major tasks in the area, including standardizing detailed lists of government service items and their implementation, and modifying the standard system for services.

意见部署了推进政务服务事项和实施清单标准化、健全政务服务标准体系等重点工作任务。

It called for the normalization of services, including those related to examination and approval, those involving intermediaries, and online services, urging efforts to enhance the quality of intelligent, targeted and customized services.

意见提出，推进政务服务规范化，规范审批服务行为和中介服务，规范网上办事服务，提升智慧化精准化个性化服务水平。

The guideline also stressed the need for efforts to improve the national integrated government services system, and enhance its data sharing capabilities.

加强全国一体化政务服务平台建设统筹，提升数据共享能力。

四、Leading cause of trauma-related deaths in US | 枪击成美国人创伤致死的首要原因

Firearm-related deaths are continuing their rapid rise in the US, with a new study finding they have overtaken car crashes as the leading cause of "years of potential life lost" due to trauma.

一项新研究发现，因美国的枪击死亡人数持续激增，枪击已经超过车祸，成为该国创伤致过早死亡的主要原因。

The study found that suicides accounted for most of the deaths by firearms -- and those deaths had been increasing.

这项研究发现，自杀占与枪支有关的死亡人数的大部分，而且这一数字一直在增加。

The number of suicides by firearm rose from fewer than 19,000 in 2009 to over 24,000 in 2018.

持枪自杀的人数从2009年的不到19000人上升到2018年的24000多人。

Across the 10 years studied, white men made up the majority of suicide-related firearm deaths, with 4.95 million years of potential life lost.

在研究的10年中，持枪自杀身亡的大多数是白人男性，他们的潜在寿命损失年数为495万年。

Meanwhile, the majority of homicide-related firearm deaths were among Black men, with 3.2 million years of potential life lost, the study found.

同时，该研究发现，大多数持枪凶杀案的死者是黑人男性，他们的潜在寿命损失年数为320万年。

pledge

英 [pledʒ]；美 [pledʒ]

v. 保证，许诺，发誓（做）；保证给予

dementia

英 [dɪˈmenʃə]；美 [dɪˈmenʃə]

n.痴呆

optimize

英 [ˈɒptɪmaɪz]；美 [ˈɑptɪmaɪz]

vt. 使最优化，使尽可能有效

firearm

英 [ˈfaɪərɑːm]；美 [ˈfaɪərɑːrm]

n. 火器，尤指手枪或步枪

中国航天员王亚平：愿每一位女性能在自己的星空采撷最璀璨的星| Chinese Female Astronaut Sends International Women's Day Greetings from Space

Wang Yaping, China's second female astronaut who is now on a six-month mission onboard the country's Space Station, has recently recorded a video message for the United Nations office in Geneva, Switzerland, sending her greetings to women around the world on the occasion of International Women's Day on March 8.

在“三八”国际妇女节到来之际，应联合国（日内瓦）广播电视中心邀请，正在太空执行飞行任务的中国第二位女航天员王亚平日前录制视频，在空间站向全球女性致以节日祝福。

"I hope all girls with space dreams guard your vision of going to the sea of stars. One day, before you know it, when you look up, you will see that your dream is already within reach," Wang said.

王亚平说，“希望所有怀揣太空梦想的女孩守护好自己走向星辰大海的愿景。总有一天，在不知不觉中，你抬头一看，发现梦想已经触手可及。”

She said that space has never changed its environment or lowered its threshold because of the arrival of women, and that ample flight data show that there are no significant differences in the ability of the sexes to adapt and work in space.

王亚平在视频致辞中说，太空从不会因为女性的到来就改变它的环境、降低它的门槛。大量的飞行数据表明，两性在太空中的适应能力和工作能力并无明显差异。

Women "can all complete the same training and assessment as male astronauts at a high standard. And many physical and psychological characteristics of women can play an advantage in space, being complementary to male astronauts," she said.

“女性可以高标准地完成与男性航天员同样的训练、考核。而且，女性的很多生理、心理特征能在太空中发挥优势，和男性航天员形成互补。”

"It is conceivable that more and more women will participate in manned spaceflight missions. It will have a very important impact on the large-scale and long-term human exploration of space in the future," she said.

她说，“越来越多的女性参与到载人航天飞行任务中，对于今后人类大规模、长期探索太空将产生非常重要的意义。”

"Ladies, although our nationalities, ethnicities and occupations are different, but women all over the world are making the world more vibrant and more harmonious and warmer through their own efforts," she said.

王亚平强调，“尽管国籍、民族、职业各不相同，但全世界的女性都在通过自己的努力，使这个世界充满活力、更加和谐温馨。”

"I would like to take this opportunity to thank every female for their selfless dedication, I also wish every female would pick the brightest stars for the lives and careers we love in our own starry sky."

“借此机会，我要感谢每一位女性同胞的无私奉献，也祝愿每一位女同胞在自己的星空中，为我们所爱的生活和事业采撷最璀璨的星!”她说。

Wang and two other astronauts went into space onboard the Shenzhou-13 spaceship and entered the space station on October 16, 2021, embarking on the six-month space mission.

2021年10月16日，王亚平和另外两名航天员乘坐神舟十三号载人飞船进入太空，并在空间站开始为期六个月的太空任务。

The trio has been in orbit for more than 130 days, with Wang setting a record for the most days in space by a Chinese astronaut.

截至目前，3名航天员在轨时间均超过130天，王亚平也成为在轨时间最长的中国航天员。

In her first space mission, Wang, who once dreamed of being a teacher, delivered a 40-minute open class, China's first live space lecture, in the Shenzhou-10 spaceship on June 20, 2013, to over 60 million schoolchildren nationwide.

2013年6月20日，在王亚平的首次太空之旅期间，曾经梦想成为一名教师的她化身“太空教师”，在天宫一号里为全国6000余万名师生成功进行了一堂长达40分钟的太空授课，这也是中国的首个太空课堂。

"I love to be a space teacher, facing the lovely children in front of the screen, including my daughter," Wang said in the video message.

“我喜欢成为一名太空老师，可以面对屏幕前可爱的孩子们，其中也包括我女儿。”王亚平在视频中说。

Eight years later, she delivered another live space lecture in China's space station on December 9, 2021.

八年后，2021年12月9日，王亚平再次以“太空教师”的身份，在中国人自己建造的空间站里为广大青少年带来了一场精彩的太空科普课。

threshold

英 [[ˈθreʃhəʊld]; 美 [ˈθreʃhoʊld]

n.门槛，门口；阈，界，起始点；开端，起点，入门；机场跑道入口，跑道头

complementary

英 [ˌkɒmplɪˈment(ə)ri]; 美 [ˌkɑːmplɪˈmentri]

adj.相互补充的，相辅相成的；互补色的；（基因序列、核苷酸等）互补的；（与）补充医学（有关）的；余角的，互为余角的

dedication

英 [ˌdedɪˈkeɪʃn]; 美 [ˌdedɪˈkeɪʃn]

n.献身，奉献；献辞；落成典礼

研究：睡前玩手机8分钟兴奋1小时！网友：因为手机砸脸吗？ | Screen-Time Before Bed Can Disrupt Sleep

Digital screen time before bed can have a negative impact on the quality of your sleep. A US study found that as little as eight minutes of exposure to blue light keeps you mentally stimulated for over one hour, which tends to throw off the body's circadian rhythm or biological clock, Beijing Youth Daily reported.

睡前玩手机会降低你的睡眠质量。据北京青年报报道，美国近日一项调查显示，视网膜的内生感光视神经细胞只要受到蓝光8分钟刺激，就会让身体持续兴奋超过1小时，造成生物钟的混乱。

The blue light from the screen suppresses melatonin

电子设备发出的蓝光抑制褪黑素合成

Exposure to blue light suppresses the production of melatonin, a hormone that induces sleepiness. Melatonin release in the evening helps you relax before bedtime. Suppression of melatonin can cause you to stay up later and sleep less than you normally would.

蓝光会抑制人体褪黑素的合成。褪黑素是一种诱导自然睡眠的体内激素，在夜间分泌时，能帮助身体在睡前放松。褪黑素被抑制会让人迟迟无法入睡，从而减少正常睡眠时间。

The alerting properties delay REM sleep

思维过于活跃导致入眠时间推迟

Seeing something right before bed that either makes you upset or happy can trigger a response that prolongs falling sleep, which consequently delays REM (rapid eye movement) sleep. These emotions can leave you staring at the ceiling for hours feeling wide awake.

睡前看到的内容，无论是糟心的还是开心的，都会延长你入睡的时间，从而推迟快速眼动睡眠的到来。这些情绪可能让你几个小时盯着天花板，清醒无比。

Studies have also found that exciting or violent video games increase heart rate, make it harder to fall asleep, and impair sleep quality.

研究发现令人兴奋的暴力电子游戏会提升心率，使人难以入睡，并损害睡眠质量。

revenge bedtime procrastination

报复性睡眠拖延症

A writer named Daphne K. Lee was the first one to tweet about the whole word "revenge bedtime procrastination" saying, "a phenomenon in which people who don’t have much control over their daytime life refuse to sleep early in order to regain some sense of freedom during late-night hours".

一位名叫Daphne K. Lee的作者是第一个在推特上提出报复性睡眠拖延症这个术语的，它指的是这样一种现象，即“人们在白天无法掌控自己的时间，所以拒绝早睡，从而在夜里重获支配时间的自由”。

Generally, people who are under great pressure and constantly resist the temptation to do other things in the daytime are more likely to have“revenge bedtime procrastination”. It is most common among women and students.

一般来说，白天工作压力越大，越是经常压抑自己想要做的事情的人，越容易产生报复性睡眠拖延。人群中，女性和学生最常见。

Although“revenge bedtime procrastination” could leave people an illusion of“life-control”, putting off bedtime won’t cause any benefit but side effect like the decline of decisive skills and cognitive abilities.

不过，报复性睡眠拖延症虽然给人一种“生活控制权”的错觉，但事实是，睡眠时间减少会导致决策能力下降、认知能力下降等一系列副作用，并没有任何积极效果。

As a result, it’s better to sleep on time and maintain a work-life balance.

所以，还是按时睡觉，科学地调节压力和休息吧。

To stop“revenge bedtime procrastination”, you can keep abedtime and wake-up time,avoid using electronic devices, and do some relaxing activities such as reading, meditating and stretching before sleep.

改善报复性睡眠拖延症，可以试着制定规律的作息时间，在睡前避免使用电子设，或将睡前时间安排为读书、冥想、拉伸等有助于神经放松的活动。

circadian

英 [sɜ:ˈkeɪdiən]；美 [sɜrˈkeɪdiən]

adj. <生理>昼夜节奏的，生理节奏的 （即大约每天一次的）

melantonin

英 ['meləntəʊni:n]；美 ['meləntoʊnin]

n. 褪黑素

rapid eye movement

英 [ˈræpid ai ˈmu:vmənt]；美 [ˈræpɪd aɪ ˈmuvmənt]

n.快速眼动（睡梦中眼球的快速转动）

impair

英 [ɪmˈpeə(r)]；美 [ɪmˈper]

vt.损害，削弱

procrastination

英 [prəʊˌkræstɪ'neɪʃn]；美 [proʊˌkræstɪ'neɪʃn]

n. 延迟，拖延

'This kid never gives up!'｜ 张梦秋教练：这孩子就是有股不服输的劲儿

Zhang Mengqiu admits she was a slow learner when she first hit the slopes six years ago. Her determination and persistence to succeed, however, paid off at the Beijing 2022 Paralympic Winter Games on Saturday.

张梦秋承认6年前，当她刚接触高山滑雪项目时，自己学动作很慢。但她对成功的坚定信念和永不言弃的精神，在北京2022冬残奥会上得到了回报。

Zhang won China's first gold medal in para Alpine skiing by winning the women's Super-G standing at the National Alpine Skiing Centre on Sunday. France's Marie Bochet claimed silver,and Alana Ramsay of Canada taking bronze.

3月6日，在国家高山滑雪中心，张梦秋在残奥高山滑雪女子超级大回转（站姿）比赛中摘得金牌，这是中国代表团在本届冬残奥会高山滑雪项目中的首枚金牌，法国选手玛丽·博歇获得银牌，加拿大选手阿兰娜·拉姆齐获得铜牌。

Zhang has already bagged two medals at the Beijing Winter Paralympics, after winning silver on Saturday in the downhill standing.

继5日在本届冬残奥会残奥高山滑雪项目女子滑降（站姿）比赛中获得银牌之后，张梦秋在本届冬残奥会上已经获得了两枚奖牌。

"I'm so excited and so happy," said Zhang, who will turn 20 on Wednesday.

马上就要20岁的张梦秋表示：“我现在感觉特别开心、激动。”

Zhang faced stiff competition from Bochet and Ramsay, and the Chinese skier admitted that she was nervous after seeing her rivals' times.

面临着来自法国选手博歇和加拿大选手拉姆的强大竞争压力，张梦秋承认她在看到对手滑雪的时候很紧张。

"I kept a close eye on them, and yes, I skied under pressure," she said.

“我一直密切关注着她们，确实，我滑得时候压力很大。”

"But I think winning the silver medal really boosted my confidence for future races."

获得银牌之后，张梦秋表示：“今天的比赛让我有了信心，后边的比赛把正常水平发挥出来，就没问题了。”

Zhang, who has motor dysfunction as a result of cerebral palsy, was introduced to Alpine skiing in 2016 and selected to the national team a year later. Because of her physical disadvantage, Zhang's reaction speed is slightly slower than others and needs to put in extra hours in practice to master the sport's skills.

2016年，因患小儿脑性瘫痪导致身体具有一定运动功能障碍的张梦秋第一次接触高山滑雪，并在一年后被选入国家队。因为身体原因，张梦秋的反应速度比其他人慢，别人一个小时就能学会的动作，她需要花两三倍的时间才能掌握。

"This kid never says die or gives up during practice and competitions," said Zhang's coach, Xie Anhui. "She has that type of personalityandbelieves success will eventually come one day."

教练谢安惠在接受媒体采访时曾表示：“她非常要强，不怕苦，只要安排了计划就一定完成，一遍一遍去做，直到达到我的要求。这孩子就是有股不服输的劲儿！”

Indeed, Zhang's slow start and physical challenges did not stop her from making rapid progress.

虽然起步晚、反应慢，但这些都没有阻挡她飞速进步的步伐。

Two years after becoming a national team member, she began to shine at international competitions, winning numerous major titles, including at the Para Alpine Skiing World Cup series.

进入国家队后的两年，张梦秋开始在国际赛场上大放异彩，取得了残奥高山滑雪世界杯等国际大赛6枚金牌。

Now, Zhang is already eyeing more glory over the coming days.

现在，张梦秋要在接下来的几天继续冲击奖牌。

"I hope to perform to my usual level in the following competitions," said Zhang, who will participate in the women's slalom, giant slalom, and super combined.

“我希望在接下来的比赛中发挥出自己的正常水平。”张梦秋即将参加残奥高尚滑雪女子回转、大回转、全能的比赛。

Her message to other athletes and people with disability is simple: "Just work hard!"

当记者问到她想通过这个冠军给人们传递怎样的价值观时，她说：“想让更多人知道，只要努力，就会有收获。”

China's Zhang Wenjing, who took bronze in the women's Super-G sitting on Saturday, heaped praise on her teammate's achievements, saying: "Mengqiu and I are close friends and we stick together all the time. We go up to the mountainsto train together, and we hang out together in our leisure time. I will learn from her and hopefully make progress under her inspiration."

在3月6日夺得高山滑雪女子超级大回转（坐姿组）铜牌的张雯静，对她的队友表示祝贺：“我和梦秋是好闺蜜，天天黏在一起，我们会一起上山训练，休息时间一起出去玩。我会向她学习，在她的激励下取得进步。”

"It is a milestone and a huge breakthrough," Zhang Wenjing added. "It has taken so much effort. We all cheered for her after she won the gold."

“这是一个里程碑式的突破。”张雯静补充道，“这需要很多努力，梦秋获得金牌的时候我们都在为她欢呼。”

stiff

英 [stɪf]；美 [stɪf]

adj.艰难的；严厉的；激烈的

dysfunction

英[dɪsˈfʌŋkʃn]；美[dɪsˈfʌŋkʃn]

n. 机能障碍，机能失调

palsy

英[ˈpɔ:lzi]；美[ˈpɔlzi]

n.瘫痪，麻痹，中风

heap

英[hiːp]；美[hiːp]

v.（对…）极力（赞扬或批评）

Xi to announce start of Winter Paralympics

President Xi Jinping will attend the opening ceremony of the Beijing 2022 Paralympic Winter Games on Friday night at the National Stadium and declare the Games open.

China's 96 best Paralympic athletes will compete for the highest honor in their sport during the 10-day sports event and aim to inspire over 85 million people with disabilities in the country to reach beyond their limits.

To enable disabled people to live up to their potential has been a centerpiece of a wide-ranging support campaign initiated by the nation's top leadership over the past decade, which made disabled people a focus of poverty relief campaigns and job creation measures.

"The disabled are just as capable of leading rewarding lives as able-bodied people," Xi, who is also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, said when he visited disabled people at a rehabilitation center in Tangshan, Hebei province, in 2016.

He emphasized that disabled people are equal members of society and an important force for the development of human civilization and upholding and developing Chinese socialism.

Xi pledged during the visit that no disabled individual will be left behind in the nation's push to build itself into a moderately prosperous society in all respects by the end of 2020.

As the nation scaled up its poverty relief efforts, the government included 10.76 million people with disabilities into its social assistance programs and lifted another 7.1 million out of extreme poverty.

The government also issued lifelong subsidies for 12.1 million poverty-stricken disabled people and subsidized care and rehabilitation for 14.73 million people with severe disabilities.

Yang Lixiong, a professor of social security studies for disabled people at Renmin University of China, said Xi has elevated the importance of ensuring equal rights for disabled people to an unprecedented height since he took office, and the nation has made remarkable headway in this area over the past decade.

"With a stronger social security net, the nation has now pulled all disabled people from absolute poverty and ensured more equal access to opportunities in society," Yang said.

China's nine-year compulsory education covers over 95 percent of disabled children, and the number of children who study at special education institutions increased to 880,000 in 2020 from 440,000 in 2015. Over 50,000 disabled children were admitted to higher education institutions between 2015 and 2020, according to the State Council.

More disabled people have now embraced sports activities, and their participation in community cultural and sports activities rose from 6.8 percent in 2015 to 23.9 percent in 2021.

Yang said the nation is set to ramp up measures to support disabled people as part of the drive to achieve common prosperity.

In its latest move to beef upsupport for the disabled, the State Council published a five-year plan to guarantee the well-being of disabled people and promote their development until 2025.

"There is still room to bridge the regional divide between eastern and western areas in guaranteeing the rights of disabled groups and between people with different disabilities," Yang from Renmin University of China said.

centerpiece

英 ['sentəpi:s]；美 ['sentəˌpis]

n.中心装饰品（餐桌中央的摆饰）

scale up

英[skeil ʌp]；美[skel ʌp]

增大；增加；提高

headway

英[ˈhedweɪ]；美[ˈhedweɪ]

n.前进；取得进展

ramp up

英[ræmp ʌp]；美[ræmp ʌp]

加强，加大;斜坡上升

beef up

英[bi:f ʌp]；美[bif ʌp]

改善；加强；改进；提高

The past four years may just be the most unforgettable of Jiang Yufan's life, not only because they saw her become the designer of a Paralympic mascot, but also because the process has been fulfilling and helped her grow.

过去的四年，可能是姜宇帆生命中最难忘的四年，因为这段时间见证了她成为北京2022年冬残奥会吉祥物“雪容融”的设计者，也见证了她的成长。

In 2018, responding to a call from her teachers, the then junior student at the Jilin University of Arts submitted a design for the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics－a Chinese knot and a red lantern. "My original design was a deer, but I later discovered that many of my peers were also using deer in their designs, so I changed it and drew a Chinese knot and a dumpling, instead," Jiang said.

2018年，当时还是吉林艺术学院设计学院本科生的姜宇帆提交了自己为北京2022年冬奥会设计的吉祥物——一个中国结和一只红灯笼。“最初也打算找一个代表中国的动物，选择了麋鹿，但我看到参赛同学选用麋鹿的比较多，我就换成了中国结、饺子的元素。”姜宇帆说道。

Her teacher, however, did not feel that a knot and a dumpling went together well, so Jiang revised her design again and submitted the first draft of her now winning entry, a Chinese knot and a red lantern.

指导老师冯犇湲看过设计方案后，觉得饺子与中国结不太搭，于是姜宇帆再次修改了设计方案，提交了红灯笼和中国结的组合作为初稿，这也是姜宇帆成为北京2022年冬残奥会吉祥物设计者的起点。

"They are both objects that refer to Chinese culture, and I like them," she said.

“它们都是代表中国文化的元素，而且我很喜欢。”

Born in 1998 in Yichun, Heilongjiang province, Jiang was influenced by the strong festive atmosphere in her hometown, where red lanterns hang everywhere.

1998年生于黑龙江省伊春市的姜宇帆深受家乡浓厚节日气氛的影响。她的家乡，每到春节，大街小巷都会挂起红灯笼和中国结。

They became the inspiration for her design, but the process of revising and improving it was demanding.

姜宇帆说，记忆中红红火火的中国年，是她创意的来源。但修改和完善吉祥物设计的过程也十分必要。

"We shuttled between Changchun and Beijing more than 30 times between late 2018 and 2019, to show the Beijing Organizing Committee for the 2022 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games our drafts, and we often worked late into the night," Jiang said.

“我们在2018年末到2019年往返北京近30次，给北京冬奥组委看我们的修改稿，修改到深夜是常有的事。”

One difficulty was how to make a lantern look more alive.

其中一个难题，就是如何让灯笼看起来更有生命力。

"Many of the former Olympic mascots have been animals, and so the organizing committee also wanted my design, Shuey Rhon Rhon, to look more lively and dynamic," she said.

“以前很多届奥运会的吉祥物都是动物，所以奥组委也想让雪容融看上去更有活力和动感。”

Ideas to add antlers and wings to the lantern failed to satisfy either the designer or her team.

团队尝试加入了动物元素：鹿角、翅膀等，但效果并不满意。

Finally, they decided to make the lantern patterned, adding doves and the outline of the Temple of Heaven in Beijing.

最后，大家决定在红灯笼的顶部加上鸽子元素和天坛元素，构成了连续图案。

They didn't stop there.

他们并没有止步于此。

To make its eyes stand out, the team added a splash of snow across Shuey Rhon Rhon's face. And the area around the Olympic emblem is able to glow.

为了让雪容融的眼睛更加突出，团队在雪容融的脸上加了一道雪块。肚子的位置还会发出暖黄色的光。

"Lanterns glow, so we wanted Rhon Rhon to glow as well. It also suggests the lighting of people's dreams and warmth," Jiang said.

姜宇帆说，她希望雪容融可以温暖世界，点亮人们的梦想。这也能体现冬残奥运动员的拼搏精神和激励世界的冬残奥会理念。

For 300 days, Jiang and her team worked on the design, but she never thought of giving up.

经历了300多个日夜，姜宇帆和团队从没想过放弃。

Then last August, she and her team got the good news from Beijing. Their hard work had paid off, and Shuey Rhon Rhon was to be the official mascot for the 2022 Beijing Paralympic Games. "My body went numb when I heard it," she said.

2019年8月，姜宇帆和团队接到来自北京冬奥组委的好消息。他们的努力终于得到回报，北京冬奥组委已确定选用“雪容融”为冬残奥会吉祥物。“那一刻，我激动到全身都是麻的。”姜宇帆说。

Referring to her 15 team members, teachers and former principal who ran the school until September of last year, she added, "I want to sincerely thank my supervisor Feng Benyuan, who encouraged me and gave me advice, as well as our principal, Guo Chunfang."

谈及团队的15名成员还有前院长时，她补充道：“我要衷心感谢我的导师冯犇湲，她鼓励我，给我建议，还有我们的院长郭春方。”

Jiang said that she hopes her lantern will warm the world and light up people's dreams. It's a sentiment in line with the spirit of the Olympics and a necessary function of a good design.

姜宇帆说，她希望雪容融可以温暖世界，点亮人们的梦想。雪容融体现了冬残奥运动员的拼搏精神和激励世界的冬残奥会理念。

The word "shuey" is pronounced the same way as the Chinese character for snow. The first "rhon" implies inclusiveness, and the second implies integration.

“shuey”的发音和中文中“雪”的发音相同，后两个“rhon”发音虽相同，但在中文中，第一个 “rhon” 是包容的“容”，第二个“rhon” 是融合的“融” 。

"The Paralympic mascot Shuey Rhon Rhon will become the face of the 2022 Beijing Paralympic Winter Games, lighting up the lives of billions around the world who will watch its athletes inspire and excite," said Andrew Parsons, president of the International Paralympics Committee.

国际残奥会主席安德鲁·帕森斯说：“雪容融将成为2022年北京冬残奥会的吉祥物，它会照亮世界各地数十亿人的生活，一起见证运动员们的激动时刻。”

The Paralympic Games are scheduled to start on March 4.

北京2022年冬残奥会将于3月4日开幕。

Jiang hopes that once the Games open, Shuey Rhon Rhon will become just as popular as Bing Dwen Dwen, this year's Winter Olympic mascot.

姜宇帆希望冬残奥会开幕后，雪容融也能像冰墩墩一样，一“容”难求。

编辑：陈月华

记者：叶子蓁

录音：Stephanie Stone

参考来源：光明网 京报网 红星视频