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British gourmet Fuchsia Dunlop's posts on WeChat or Instagram, serve up a diet of humor. Most of the posts are about her experience with food from around the world. But since the COVID-19 pandemic broke out in London last February, cooking has become a way for her to cope with the "endless lockdown". She says she cooks in a very relaxed way, going to the farmers' market at the weekend to buy seasonal products for everyday cooking — a mixture of Jiangnan, Hunan, Guangdong, and Sichuan dishes.

英国美食家扶霞·邓洛普的微信朋友圈和Ins都非常有趣，大多都在分享自己在世界各地品尝的美食。去年二月新冠疫情在伦敦暴发后，做饭就成了扶霞度过“难挨的封锁”的一种方式。她会在周末去菜市场买一些时令食材，然后每天做饭，这对她来说是一种非常放松的方式。她会做各种菜系，江南菜、湘菜、粤菜、川菜都手到擒来。

"For me, there are so many wonderful things about Chinese food. The thing that I find is greatest about it is that you can eat food that is both really delicious and incredibly healthy," Dunlop says. "The Chinese are experts at cooking vegetables, so it's very easy for me to eat Chinese food almost every day."

扶霞感慨道：“对我来说，中国食物太让人惊叹了！最妙的就是中国食物真正实现了健康和美味的统一。中国人都是烹饪专家！所以我几乎每天都能吃到地道的中国菜。”

Growing up in a household in Oxford, Dunlop dreamed of becoming a cook when she was little. However, her dream did not start to materialize until she came to Chengdu, capital of Sichuan province, as a university student in 1994. That was when she began learning local cooking skills at the Sichuan Higher Institute of Cuisine.

扶霞在牛津长大，从小就梦想成为一名厨师。1994年，她来到成都留学，这一梦想才逐渐开始实现。也是在这个期间，她开始在四川烹饪高等专科学校学习川菜烹饪方法。

Always keeping a notebook on hand wherever she went, she wrote down the recipes of the dishes she tasted. Based on her knowledge of Sichuan cuisine, Dunlop published her first book, Sichuan Cookery, in 2001, which was hailed by the Observer Food Monthly as "one of the top 10 cookbooks of all time".

扶霞到哪儿都会拿着笔记本，每次吃到好吃的菜，都会把菜谱记下来。基于对川菜的了解，2001年，她出版了自己的第一本书《川菜》，夺得英国著名饮食杂志《Observer Food Monthly》大奖，被评为”史上最佳十大烹饪书籍“。

扶霞的川菜笔记

图源：上海译文出版社

Since then, she has published four books about Sichuan cuisine, and one in 2016 about recipes from Jiangnan, called Land of Fish and Rice.

后来，扶霞陆续出版了四本烹饪书，都是关于川菜。而出版于2016年的《鱼米之乡》则主要介绍江南菜。

Now, a Chinese version of Land of Fish and Rice, translated by He Yujia, is available. In the book, Dunlop displays her profound understanding of the food culture that runs deep in the blood of Chinese people.

《鱼米之乡》已经由何雨珈译为中文版。在书中，扶霞分享了她对深淌在中国人血液中的饮食文化的深刻理解。

《鱼米之乡》中文版封面

Having studied Chinese food culture for nearly two decades, she regards the Jiangnan region as the heartland of the nation's gastronomy.

经过对中国饮食文化近二十年的研究，扶霞把江南地区看作中国烹饪的“心脏”。

"Although you have really interesting and delicious food all over China, in this region, particularly, people wrote about it and discussed it. Many of the old classic food books came from this region, for example. So, if you talk about gastronomy, and not just about good food, then Jiangnan is a really important region," she says.

扶霞表示：“尽管全中国都有有趣、美味的食物，但在江南地区，人们会把食物记录下来，不断地讨论。很多历史悠久又经典的食物著书就是这个地方出来的。所以，真正谈到烹饪，而非美食的话，江南地区就很重要了。”

Dunlop spent 10 years researching the book.

扶霞花了十年时间观察探索江南饮食文化，才著成此书。

The decisive moment was in 2008 when she went to Longjing Caotang, or the DragonWell Manor, a restaurant in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, where the whole approach to ingredients, seasoning, cooking and tradition was so moving and impressive that, at that moment, she decided to write a book about the region, she says.

2008年，当扶霞走进浙江杭州的一家餐馆”龙井草堂“之时，她的心中萌生了写一本江南食谱的想法。这家餐馆对食材的讲究、对料汁的精心搭配，独到的烹饪方法和烹饪师傅对传统的坚守都让扶霞心向往之。

By then, she had published three books about Sichuan and Hunan cuisine, both of which are famous for being stimulatingly spicy. But in Hangzhou and Yangzhou, she encountered food that was calm, peaceful, soothing and delicate.

在那之前，她已经出版了三本川菜和湘菜的烹饪书。这两种菜系都以辣闻名，非常刺激味蕾。但在杭州和扬州，扶霞邂逅了另一种美味，清远收敛、柔和淡然、抚慰人心、精巧雅致。

To better understand the context of the food in Jiangnan, Dunlop started reading Chinese classics like The Dream of the Red Chamber which contained detailed descriptions of dishes eaten by literati and aristocratic families in ancient China.

为了更好理解江南食物的文化内涵，扶霞开始阅读中国典籍，比如《红楼梦》，里面细致刻画了古代中国文人学士、达官贵族所吃的菜肴，琳琅满目。

"Jiangnan food is connected with Chinese literature. Lots of dishes have quite literary names or stories behind them," she says.

扶霞说：“江南食物和中国文学密不可分。很多菜肴的名字都很有文化韵味，背后也有其起源故事。”

As a result, when introducing food in the book, besides tracing the history of the dishes, she also tells stories like how Su Dongpo, a great poet during the Song Dynasty (960-1279), invented Dongpo Pork in the 11th century, or quotes his poem that praises delicious sea bass.

因此，在扶霞的书中，除江南菜小史，其背后的美食掌故读者亦能窥见几许。书中有中国宋代诗人苏东坡发明东坡肉的故事，也有苏东坡赞誉鲈鱼美的传世诗句。

After collecting all the recipes, Dunlop tested them at her home in London to make sure they worked for people in the West.

收集完所有菜谱后，扶霞会在伦敦的家中做“试验”，以确保菜品符合西方人的口味。

"What I want to do is to try to describe the recipes accurately. If I make a change, I explain it," she says.

“我想用一种精确的方式诠释这些菜谱。如果我要对菜品做出一些调整，我会有所解释。”

In total, there are more than 160 recipes that cover the typical food and dishes that people in Jiangnan eat, either at a banquet or at home every day.

书中共囊括了江南人日常或宴会时经常吃的160多道菜品。

However, because Jiangnan is a large region, it was not easy for her to decide which dishes should be presented in the limited number of pages.

但是，对扶霞来说，这是丰饶多样的江南，在有限的篇章里选出可以代表它的菜品不是件容易事儿。

"In the end, it's just a matter of personal choice and judgment," she says, adding that she wanted to include as many as possible of the really essential famous dishes like Dongpo Pork, Westlake vinegar fish, and lion-head meatballs, "the really classic dishes".

扶霞说：“其实，就是个人的选择和判断。我想要尽可能囊括那些真正值得留下来的著名菜肴，比如说东坡肉、西湖醋鱼、狮子头等等，那些真正经典的菜品。”

"But I also like to include dishes that I've enjoyed, or that have a particular meaning for me, like maybe a simple dish that someone cooked for me that I thought was lovely and that I want to cook at home.

“我还想把那些我喜欢吃的或对我有特别意义的菜放到书里。可能就是别人特地为我做的一道简简单单的鱼，但我认为非常好吃，或者说我也想在家自己做。”

"It's like trying to paint a picture of the region and show its many different sides, from the banquet to the street food," she says.

“写这本书就像是给江南临摹一幅画，多方位地展示它，既集结珍馐佳肴，也收录街头小吃。”

编辑：陈月华 周婵 商桢

记者：杨阳

录音：Stephanie Stone

实习生：申乐 舒好 李蕤 陈励澄

美国新冠死亡人数突破80万,多数死亡“本来可以避免”| “A Terrible Tragedy”: US Passes 800,000 Covid Deaths – Highest in the World

The US death toll from Covid-19 has passed 800,000, a once-unimaginable figure seen as doubly tragic given that more than 200,000 of those lives were lost after vaccines became available last spring.

美国新冠死亡人数日前突破80万，考虑到其中超20万人是在今春疫苗上市后丧生的，这个一度难以想象的数字看起来格外可悲。

The figure represents the highest reported toll of any country in the world, and is likely even higher.

这一数字代表着美国成为全世界新冠死亡人数最多的国家，而且真实死亡人数可能更多。

The US accounts for approximately 4% of the world’s population but about 15% of the 5.3 million known deaths from the coronavirus since the outbreak began two years ago.

美国人口只占世界人口的4%左右，但是自从两年前暴发疫情以来，美国因此死亡的人数却占据了全球新冠死亡总人数（530万人）的15%。

The grim milestone comes as the world braces for rise in cases of the new Omicron variant, with the World Health Organization (WHO) warning it was spreading at an unprecedented rate.

在这一严峻关口下，世界各地正忙于应对不断增加的奥密克戎新变种毒株感染病例。世界卫生组织警告称奥密克戎病毒正在以史无前例的速度传播。

WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told reporters on Tuesday the variant had been detected in 77 countries and was probably present in most countries worldwide.

世卫组织总干事谭德塞12月14日告诉记者称，已在77个国家发现了奥密克戎毒株，该毒株很可能已经传播到了全球多数国家。

Omicron, first detected by South Africa and reported to the WHO on 24 November, has a large number of mutations, which has concerned scientists. The new variant is posing a fresh threat as it gains a foothold in the US, though experts are not yet sure how dangerous it is.

最早发现于南非并于11月24日报告给世卫组织的奥密克戎毒株含有大量突变，科学家们对此感到担忧。新毒株入侵美国后形成了新的威胁，而专家们还不确定这一毒株到底有多危险。

The number of Covid deaths in the US, compiled and released by Johns Hopkins University on Tuesday, is about equal to the population of Atlanta and St Louis combined, or Minneapolis and Cleveland put together. It is roughly equivalent to how many Americans die each year from heart disease or stroke.

约翰斯·霍普金斯大学12月14日编纂发布的报告显示，美国新冠死亡人数大致相当于亚特兰大和圣路易斯两个市的人口总和，或者明尼阿波里斯市和克利夫兰市的人口总和，同美国每年死于心脏病或中风的人数差不多。

A closely watched forecasting model from the University of Washington projects a total of over 880,000 reported deaths in the US by 1 March.

华盛顿大学一个密切关注疫情的预测模型显示，到明年3月1日，美国报告的新冠死亡人数将会超过88万。

The deadly milestone comes as cases and hospitalizations are on the rise again in the US, a spike driven by the highly contagious Delta variant, which arrived in the first half of 2021 and now accounts for nearly all infections.

在美国新冠死亡人数突破80万之际，美国的确诊病例数量和住院人数再次上升，罪魁祸首是2021年上半年入侵美国的传染性超强的德尔塔变种毒株。目前美国几乎所有病例都是被德尔塔病毒感染的。

Health experts lament that many of the deaths in the US were especially heartbreaking because the widely available and effective vaccines made them preventable.

卫生专家痛惜地表示，美国的许多死亡病例尤其令人感到心碎，因为有效的新冠疫苗已经分发到各地，这些死亡本来是可以防止的。

About 200 million Americans are fully vaccinated, or just over 60% of the population. That is well short of what scientists say is needed to keep the virus in check.

目前约有2亿美国人完成疫苗接种，也就刚过美国人口的60%。这一接种率远远低于科学家认为遏制病毒传播所需的水平。

“Almost all the people dying are now dying preventable deaths,” said Dr Chris Beyrer, an epidemiologist at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. “And that’s because they’re not immunized.”

约翰斯·霍普金斯大学布隆博格公共卫生学院流行病学家克里斯·贝伊勒尔博士称：“现在几乎所有新冠病毒导致的死亡本来都是可以避免的，而这正是因为这些人没有接种疫苗。”

When the vaccine was first rolled out, the country’s death toll stood at about 300,000. It hit 600,000 in mid-June and 700,000 on 1 October.

新冠疫苗刚推出时，美国新冠死亡人数大约为30万。6月中旬死亡人数达到了60万，10月1日死亡人数突破了70万。

Beyrer recalled that in March or April 2020, one of the worst-case scenarios projected upwards of 240,000 American deaths.

贝伊勒尔回忆道，2020年3、4月份时，预测显示的最糟情况是24万美国人死于新冠。

“And I saw that number, and I thought that is incredible – 240,000 American deaths?” he said.

他说：“当时，我看到这一数字觉得不可思议——24万美国人死亡？”

“And we’re now past three times that number.” He added: “And I think it’s fair to say that we’re still not out of the woods.”

“而现在死亡人数已经超过了那个数字的3倍，”他补充道，“我认为完全可以说我们尚未脱离险境。”

重点词汇：

brace

英 [breɪs]；美[breɪs]  

n. 箍子；夹子；支架；（儿童）牙箍；吊裤带；背带

vt. （为困难或坏事）使作准备；使防备；使（身体或身体部位）顶住，抵住（以免跌倒等）；（做费劲的事之前）绷紧（身体部位）的肌肉

mutation

英 [mjuːˈteɪʃn]；美[mjuːˈteɪʃn]  

n. 突变；（生物物种的）变异；（形式或结构的）转变；改变

foothold

英 [ˈfʊthəʊld]；美[ˈfʊthoʊld]  

n. 立足处（攀登时足可踩的缝、洞、树枝等）；（可以此发展或取得成功的）稳固地位，立足点

lament

英 [ləˈment]；美[ləˈment]  

n. 哀叹；挽歌；哀诗；悼词

v. 痛惜；对…感到悲痛；对…表示失望

epidemiologist

英 [ˌepɪˌdi:mɪ'ɒlədʒɪst]；美 [ˌɛpɪˌdi:mɪ'ɒlɑdʒɪst]

n. 流行病学家

社评：中俄是维护国际公平正义的中流砥柱｜China and Russia Promote Justice

In their virtual meeting in June, President Xi Jinping and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin agreed to extend the China-Russia Treaty of Good-Neighborliness and Friendly Cooperation that was signed 20 years ago and strengthen the two countries' practical cooperation.

在今年六月的视频会晤中，中国国家主席习近平与俄罗斯总统普京同意延长20年前签署的《中俄睦邻友好合作条约》并加强两国务实合作。

Building on this consensus, in their virtual meeting on Wednesday, the two leaders highlighted that the two countries will further deepen and advance the development of their "back-to-back" strategic cooperation and all-round pragmatic cooperation based on mutual trust.

在此共识的基础上，两国领导人在本周三的视频会晤中强调，这次视频会晤必将增进双方的高水平互信，有力推动中俄“背靠背”战略协作和全方位务实合作。

After reviewing the outcomes of the two countries' relations and cooperation this year, the two leaders laid out the top-level designs for the development of bilateral relations next year, and compared notes on key international and regional issues of common concern.

两国元首总结了今年中俄关系和各领域合作成果，并对明年双边关系发展作出顶层设计，就共同关心的重大国际地区问题交换意见。

Over the past year, Sino-Russian ties have withstood the tests of the COVID-19 pandemic, and have reached an all-time high in all aspects. And by cooperating on energy security, cybersecurity and other security issues, the two sides are contributing to the stability of the international situation.

过去一年，中俄关系经受住了新冠疫情的考验，在各方面都达到了前所未有的高度。通过在能源安全、网络安全和其他安全问题上的合作，双方正为国际局势的稳定做出贡献。

It is not only their expanding common interests in bilateral pragmatic cooperation, but also their shared belief in the principles of the UN Charter and relations based on mutual respect that have prompted them to come closer to each other and other like-minded countries. With a common resolve to uphold multilateralism and safeguard the international system with the United Nations at its core and the world order based on international law, the two countries have firmly supported each other on issues concerning each other's core interests and major concerns, and conducted in-depth consultations and candid exchanges on major issues of mutual concern in a timely manner. The two leaders made clear that the two sides will strengthen their efforts in these regards.

中俄两国在双边务实合作中的共同利益不断扩大，且两国共同信仰《联合国宪章》原则以及建立在相互尊重基础上的国际关系，这一切促使双方和其他志同道合的国家走得更近。两国共同坚持多边主义，维护以联合国为核心的国际体系和以国际法为基础的国际秩序，在涉及彼此核心利益和重大关切的问题上坚定相互支持，及时就共同关心的重大问题进行深入磋商和坦诚交流。两位领导人明确表示，双方会加强在上述方面的努力。

The high global attention paid to Wednesday's meeting attests to the hopes many countries have that China and Russia would uphold the UN-centered international order and counterbalance the efforts of the United States and its "valued followers" to shape it to their will.

国际社会对周三中俄元首视频会晤给予了高度关注。这表明许多国家希望中俄双方能够维护以联合国为核心的国际秩序，制衡美国及其拥趸为自身利益而破坏国际秩序的行径。

Despite the unceasing efforts of the US-led club of tricksters to defame and stigmatize China and Russia, the two countries will continue to serve as indispensable ballast for the UN system and oppose the remodeling of the international order that is heavily weighted to favor the exploitative practices of the West and firmly oppose the hegemonic moves and Cold War mentality that are disguised as "multilateralism" and "rules-based".

尽管以美国为首的“骗子俱乐部”不断诽谤、污蔑中国和俄罗斯，中俄两国仍会继续作为联合国系统的“压舱石”，反对重塑偏袒西方剥削行为的国际秩序，坚决反对披着“多边主义”和“规则”外衣的霸权行径和冷战思维。

As President Xi said, the two countries should carry out more joint actions to safeguard their security interests more effectively and further strengthen collaboration and cooperation to have a bigger say in global governance and international affairs.

习近平指出，中俄双方要开展更多联合行动，更加有效维护双方的安全利益。双方要加强在国际事务中的协调和配合，在全球治理上发出更加响亮的声音。

重点词汇：

counterpart

英 [ˈkaʊntəpɑːt]；美[ˈkaʊntərpɑːrt]  

n. 对应方；职位（或作用）相当的人；对应的事物

uphold

英 [ʌpˈhəʊld]；美[ʌpˈhoʊld]  

vt. 维护；支持（正义等）；维持；确认（原判、裁决等）

candid

英 [ˈkændɪd]；美[ˈkændɪd]  

adj. 坦率的；坦诚的；直言不讳的；抢拍的，偷拍的（照片）

trickster

英 [ˈtrɪkstə(r)]；美[ˈtrɪkstər]  

n. 骗子

stigmatize

英 [ˈstɪɡmətaɪz]；美[ˈstɪɡmətaɪz]  

vt. 污名化；使感到羞耻；侮蔑

盘点：2021年发生的暖心好事 | Illustration of the Best News from 2021

Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, we have been bombarded byvarious negative news almost every day. Nevertheless, in the past year, there have been some good news tobe happy about, bringing us warmth and courage.

自从新冠疫情爆发以来，我们几乎每一天都会被各种负面新闻轰炸。尽管如此，在过去一年里，还是发生了一些值得开心的好事，给我们带来温暖和勇气。

Mexico just banned animal testing for cosmetics! It's the first country in North America to outlaw the practice.

墨西哥前不久禁止了化妆品动物实验，成为北美第一个立法禁止化妆品动物实验的国家。

How to stop illegal net fishing? With sculptures! An Italian activist dropped 39 huge marble sculptures in the sea. The sculptures created both a physical barrier for nets and a heaven for underwater life.

如何阻止非法捕鱼？用雕塑！一位意大利活动家将39尊巨型大理石雕塑投入大海，这些雕塑不仅为非法网鱼造成巨大的物理障碍，还成为了水下生物的天堂。

Portugal have been given a massive win in work-related mental health as a new law says it's illegal for your boss to phone, email or text you after work hours.

葡萄牙近日在职场心理健康领域取得了重大胜利。新法律规定，老板在工作时间以外给员工打电话、发电子邮件或短信都是违法行为。

The Great Barrier Reefbursts with new life as millions of "coral babies" are born! A very happy coral reef news after three bleaching events in past years.

大堡礁迸发出新的生命力——数百万“珊瑚礁宝宝”出生了！在过去几年大堡礁出现3次大规模珊瑚白化后，这是一个令人开心的消息。

In an efforts to combat beauty and appearance pressures, Norway's new law mandates that social media influencers disclose when they've retouched or added a filter to a photo.

为了抗击容貌焦虑，挪威新法律规定，网红发布修过或添加了滤镜的照片都要有所标注。

Basel, Switzerland has become the first city in the world to make green roofs mandatory on new buildings. More than 1 million square metres of green spaces have been constructed!

瑞士巴塞尔成为世界上第一个强制要求所有新建筑搭建绿色屋顶的城市。如今已打造出了超100万平方米的绿色空间。

Amazing news! The UK will soon be the first country to comprehensively ban the import and export of shark fins and any products containing them.

好消息！英国很快将成为第一个全面禁止鱼翅及含鱼翅产品进出口的国家。

A startup is using Artificial Intelligence in supermarkets to dynamically change prices. The closer a product is to its best before date, the cheaper it will be to buy. This could reduce food waste by 40%!

一家初创公司正运用人工智能技术在超市动态调整价格。越临近保质期的产品，价格会越便宜。这种方式可以将食品浪费降低40%。

A German animal shelter is using dating app Tinder for a good cause. It created "dating" profiles of cats and dogs to match them with their forever human.

德国的一家动物收容所用约会软件Tinder做了件好事。他们为猫咪和狗狗创建“交友”简介，通过配对为它们找到合适的主人。

Big news for the big cats! ln a major move, South Africa will finally ban the breeding of lions in captivity for trophy hunting or for tourists to pet.

对狮子们的大好消息！南非终于要禁止以狩猎和吸引游客为目的圈养狮子行为了。

A half-mile installation by nonprofit The Ocean Cleanup just took 20,000 pounds of plastic out of the Pacific, proof that ocean garbage can be cleaned!

非盈利机构“海洋清理”用一个长达半英里的巨大装置从太平洋捞出2万磅塑料垃圾，证明海洋垃圾能被清理。

Groundbreaking vaccine for malaria, the biggest cause of childhood illness and death in sub-Saharan Africa, is approved and could be rolled out to billions.

在撒哈拉以南的非洲地区，疟疾是造成儿童死亡的最大病因。不过就在今年，世界上首款疟疾疫苗已获批准，数十亿人有望得到接种。

Lab-grown diamonds are forever. The world's largest jewelry maker will no longer use mined diamonds and focus on more sustainable, lab-grown gems.

实验室培育的钻石也是永恒的。世界上最大的珠宝制造商将不再使用开采的钻石，今后只使用更可持续的实验室培育钻石。

European Parliament overwhelmingly voted in favour of phasing out caged animal farming in response to a petition signed by 1.4 million EU citizens.

为回应140万欧盟民众签名的请愿，欧盟议会以压倒性投票通过法案，将逐步淘汰将动物关在笼子里饲养的做法。

The first "retirement home" in Europe for elephants from zoos or circuses has opened its doors in France. 52-year-old elephant Gandhi is their first resident.

欧洲第一家“大象退休之家”在法国开业，专门收留那些从动物园和马戏团退休的大象。52岁的大象甘地是这里的第一位居民。

Spain has announced plans to ban single-use plastic wrap for fruit and vegetables as of 2023 in an effort to reduce waste and plastic pollution.

为减少塑料污染，西班牙宣布计划在2023年前禁止蔬菜和水果使用一次性塑料包装。

Making history: Chile is creating the world's first constitution to be drafted by an equal number of women and men. A new global standard for gender equality

智利的下一部宪法将由人数相等的男女代表共同起草。此举创造了历史，为世界首例，也立下了性别平等的全球新标准。

重点词汇：

Portugal

英 [ˈpɔːtʃəgəl]；美[ˈpɔrtʃəgəl]  

n. 葡萄牙（欧洲西南部国家）

mandatory

英 [ˈmændətəri]；美[ˈmændətɔːri]  

adj. 强制性的；强制的；法定的；义务的

n. 受托者

trophy

n. 奖杯；（为竞赛获胜者颁发的）奖品；（尤指狩猎或战争中获得的）纪念品；战利品

adj. 炫耀的；摆阔的；招摇的

malaria

英 [məˈleəriə]；美[məˈleriə]  

n. 疟疾

习近平给广大文艺工作者提出5点希望｜Xi emphasizes culture must serve the people

President Xi Jinping has urged Chinese writers and artists to strengthen their cultural confidence, present the world with fine works and make contributions to building China into a socialist cultural power.

Xi, who is also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, made the remark on Tuesday while addressing a national conference of the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles and the China Writers Association.

▲ Photo/Xinhua

While asking them to shoulder their responsibilities in promoting the prosperity and development of socialist culture, Xi said that cultural workers across the country enjoy promising prospects for their work in the new era.

He stressed the need to ensure that Chinese culture serves the people and also serves socialism, follows the principle of "letting a hundred flowers bloom and a hundred schools of thought contend", and encourages creative transformation and development.

Efforts should be made to uphold socialism, rally public support for the cause of the Party and State, foster a new generation with sound ethical values, develop Chinese culture and build a positive image of China in order to boost momentum for national rejuvenation, Xi said.

Noting that the Chinese people always have a global vision, Xi said contemporary Chinese literature and art should embrace the world and humanity.

Cultural workers need to have firm confidence and ambitions to create fine works that help present Chinese values and philosophies to the rest of the world and reflect the common values of humanity, he added.

Xi urged artists and writers around the country to tell China's stories to the world in a proper manner, create more Chinese cultural images that can become popular in the world and strive to present the world with a multidimensional and panoramic view of China in order to write a new chapter for advancing the building of a community with a shared future for mankind.

▲ The 11th National Congress of China Federation of Literary and Art Circles and the 10th National Congress of China Writers Association open at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, Dec. 14, 2021. Rao Aimin/Xinhua

He also called for developing exchanges between Chinese and foreign writers and artists.

Xi underlined the importance of raising ethical standards among cultural workers, encouraging them to improve their conduct, value their social influence and seriously consider the impact of their work on society.

A writer or an artist engaging in bad conduct or misbehaving will not be accepted by the people, he said, calling for a sound and clean environment in the whole sector.

While stressing the importance of the Party's leadership in the flourishing and development of socialist literature and art, Xi urged the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles and the China Writers Association to leverage their organizational strength to innovate their work and guide writers and artists in creating literary and artistic works.

记者：曹德胜

1. 沙特超40头骆驼因整容被踢出选美大赛︱Dozens of Camels Disqualified From Beauty Pageant Over Alleged Botox Injections

In an attempt to keep artificially-enhanced camels out of official beauty pageants, Saudi authorities recently disqualified 43 camels over the use of Botox and other cosmetic procedures.

因注射肉毒杆菌和使用其他医美手段，43头骆驼近日被沙特官方取消参加一年一度的阿卜杜勒-阿齐兹国王骆驼节选美比赛的资格。

Saudi Arabia’s King Abdulaziz Camel Festival is one of the several annual events that features a camel beauty pageant. This sort of competitions is such a big deal that some breeders reportedly resort to Botox injections and other cosmetic touchups to make their animals prettier.

阿卜杜勒-阿齐兹国王骆驼节是沙特阿拉伯几个一年一度的骆驼选美活动之一。这类比赛在沙特阿拉伯是大事，据报道，一些饲养者为了让骆驼更漂亮，会给它们注射肉毒杆菌和使用其他医美手段。

Using collagen lip fillers, artificially increasing the animals’ muscles with hormones, and inflating body parts with rubber bands have all been documented in the past.

此外，过去还出现过给骆驼使用胶原蛋白丰唇，用激素让骆驼肌肉更发达，垫橡胶圈来塑造体型的案例。

The animals are checked both physically and clinically before the pageant, using X-ray machines and sonar devices. Offenders risk fines as high as 100,000 riyals per camel for procedures like Botox or hormone injections.

赛前，组织者会用X光机和声纳设备对骆驼进行身体检查和临床检查。给骆驼注射肉毒杆菌素或激素的违法者可能被处以每头骆驼高达10万沙特里亚尔（约合人民币17万元）的罚款。

Camel breeding is big business in the Middle East, and good placing at beauty pageants can have seriously beneficial implications for the owners. And then there is the prize money. This year breeders at the King Abdulaziz Camel Festival are competing for about $66 million.

骆驼养殖在中东是一项大生意，在骆驼选美比赛中取得好成绩对饲养者非常有利。同时比赛还设有奖金，今年骆驼节的奖金约为6600万美元（约合人民币4.2亿元）。

2. 日本研发出新型口罩 遇新冠病毒能在紫外线下发光︱Japanese scientists are developing face masks that glow under UV light if the wearer has COVID-19

A team of Japanese scientists has created a prototype for a mask filter that glows under ultraviolet light and reveals traces of the COVID-19 virus if the wearer is infected.

日本的一个科学家团队日前研发出了一款口罩过滤片样品，如果佩戴者感染了新冠病毒，这款口罩就会在紫外线灯照射下发光，提示病毒的存在。

Scientists from the Kyoto Prefectural University say that the masks they've made contain an additional filter within its layers. When removed and sprayed with a fluorescent dye containing antibodies, the filter will glow when placed under UV light if traces of the COVID-19 virus are detected.

京都府立大学的科学家称，他们制作出的这款口罩内含有一层额外的过滤片。把这层过滤片取出来喷上含有新冠抗体的荧光染料后，如果接触到新冠病毒，这层过滤片就能在紫光灯照射下发光。

Speaking to Japanese news outlet Kyodo News, researcher Yasuhiro Tsukamoto said that he conducted experiments with 32 people infected with COVID-19 over a 10-day timeframe. The researchers found that the masks worn by these 32 testers glowed brightly and showed traces of the COVID-19 virus after being sprayed with the antibody spray and held under a UV light. Tsukamoto's team also noted that the glow faded over time as the patients recovered and their viral load decreased.

研究员冢元安弘告诉日本共同社说，他在10天时间内对32名新冠病毒感染者开展了实验。结果发现，32名测试者佩戴过的口罩在喷洒过抗体喷雾后能在紫外灯下发出亮光，表明口罩上有新冠病毒。冢元安弘的团队还指出，随着患者康复，病毒载量降低，口罩发出的光也会减弱。

Tsukamoto intends to trial the mask on 150 participants in the team's next round of testing, and hopes to get the green light from the Japanese government to sell the masks in 2022.

在研究团队的下一轮测试中，冢元安弘计划让150名参与者试用这种口罩，他希望日本政府能批准这款口罩在2022年上市。

3. 推特：未经许可禁止分享个人影像︱Twitter removes images posted without consent

Twitter has updated its privacy policy so it can remove images of people that have been posted without their consent, the company said in a blog post. Under its current policy, the social media giant prohibits the publication of people's private information, including addresses, phone numbers, identity documents and medical records.

近日，推特更新隐私政策，表明推特官方有权删除未经本人同意发布的人物图片。根据现行政策，推特禁止用户发布他人隐私信息，包括地址、电话号码、身份证件和医疗记录。

Now, it says it has added "private media" to the list, because the sharing of such material could be used to "harass, intimidate, and reveal the identities of individuals."

现在，推特称已经将“个人影像”加入隐私条款，因为分享这些信息可能被用来“骚扰、恐吓和揭露个人身份”。

Before removing the image or video, Twitter said, it would require a first-person report or a report from an authorized representative to establish whether or not the individual had consented to it being shared.

推特表示，在删除私人图像或视频之前，需要当事人举报或授权代表的举报，以确定该个人是否同意共享该图像或视频。

Once Twitter establishes the media had been shared without permission, it would then proceed to remove it from the platform, the company said.

推特表示，一旦平台确定个人影像的发布未经当事人许可，便会将其从平台上删除。

It added the policy changes do not apply when there is public interest at stake, or in an emergency situation.

推特补充道，这项新政策不适用于涉及公共利益的情况或紧急情况。

pageant

英 [ˈpædʒənt]；美[ˈpædʒənt]  

n. 选美大赛；比拼盛会；游行庆典；大场面

riyal

英[rɪ'jɑːl]；美[riː'ɑːl]

n. （货币）里亚尔，沙特里亚尔

ultraviolet

英 [ˌʌltrəˈvaɪələt]；美[ˌʌltrəˈvaɪələt]  

n. 紫外线；紫外光；紫外线辐射

adj. 紫外线的；紫光的

(be) at stake

英 [æt steɪk]；美[æt steɪk]  

濒临险境；危如累卵

“天宫课堂”正式开讲！这可能是你看到的“网课天花板”

Chinese astronauts conducted a science lecture 400 kilometers above Earth to millions of students on Thursday afternoon, as they orbited in the Tiangong space station.

12月9日下午，神州十三号乘组航天员在离地球400公里的天宫空间站里，为数百万学生开了一堂科学网课。

Major General Zhai Zhigang, Senior Colonel Wang Yaping and Senior Colonel Ye Guangfu, all members of the Shenzhou XIII mission crew, greeted students, teachers and other participants when the lecture started at 3:54 pm. They showed viewers how they live and work inside the space station, which currently consists of a core module, a spacecraft and two robotic cargo spaceships.

15点54分，网课开始，神舟十三号飞行乘组航天员翟志刚、王亚平、叶光富向所有学生、老师和其他参与者问好。航天员展示介绍了在轨工作、生活的场景。天宫空间站目前包括一个核心舱、一艘载人飞船与两艘货运飞船。

The astronauts displayed their exercise equipment and a specially designed space suit, and conducted demonstrations on physical phenomena in microgravity, such as "disappearing buoyancy" and a "water ball". Ye, who is on his first spaceflight, showed how he rotated his body in the weightless environment. The astronauts also answered questions from students during the lecture.

三位航天员展示了他们的运动设备以及特制的“企鹅服”，演示了微重力环境下“浮力消失”、“水成球”等神奇的物理现象。首次航天旅行的航天员叶光富还向大家展示如何在失重状态下转身。三位宇航员还回答了学生们提出的各种问题。

Tens of millions of primary and middle school students across China watched the hourlong televised event hosted by the China Manned Space Agency, the Ministry of Education and other government departments.

“天宫课堂”共66分钟，由中国载人航天局、教育部与其他政府部门主办，全国各地数千万名中小学生参与观看。

A total of 1,420 invited students in Beijing; Nanning, capital of the Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region; Wenchuan, Sichuan province; and the Hong Kong and Macao special administrative regions were present at "ground class venues", with some taking part in video chats with the crew members during the lecture.

北京市的中国科技馆为地面主课堂，有1420名学生受邀参加。此外，在广西南宁、四川汶川、香港、澳门等地设置了地面分课堂，航天员们通过视频通话与地面课堂师生开展实时互动交流。

It was the first lecture of the Tiangong Class, or Heavenly Palace Class, China's first extraterrestrial lecture series to popularize space science.

“天宫课堂”是国内首部太空科普教育系列课程，此次太空授课是“天宫课堂”的第一课。

More lectures will be held based on the country's manned spaceflights and will also be presented by Chinese astronauts, the manned space agency said. Such activities are intended to spread knowledge about manned spaceflights and spark enthusiasm for science among young people, it added.

载人航天局表示，将结合本国载人航天飞行任务，推出多期“天宫课堂”课程，由中国航天员担任“太空教师”，弘扬载人航天知识，激发青年对科学的热情。

Shi Yi, deputy head of teaching and a physics teacher at the Beijing No 101 Middle School, said the space lecture was an eye-opening experience that would ignite students' interest in science.

北京一零一中学物理组教研组长、物理教师史艺表示，“天宫课堂”很有启发性，激发了学生探究科学的兴趣。

Wang Yihan, a fifth-grade student at the Yuxin School Attached to Capital Normal University, said: "The astronauts' experiments really intrigued and surprised me. I have great interest in spaceflight and would like to take part in our country's space exploration program in the future."

来自首都师范大学附属育新学校一位五年级学生说：“航天员做的实验很有趣，好神奇。我觉得太空航天都非常有趣，以后我也想加入中国的太空探索计划。”

Vincent Wong Wai-shing, deputy principal of Hong Kong's Pui Kiu College, said after watching the lecture that the event gave Hong Kong students an opportunity to communicate with the astronauts while stimulating their interest in space and science.

香港培侨书院副校长黄腾达表示，此次活动为香港学生提供了一个与宇航员交流的窗口，也激发了学生对太空和科学的兴趣。

"It also helped to enhance their sense of national identity as they saw the rapid development of our country's space technology," he said.

他补充说，“这也有助于增强学生们的民族认同感，因为他们看到了我国太空技术的飞速发展”。

microgravity

英 [ˈmaɪkrəʊˌɡrævɪtɪ]；美[ˈmaɪkroʊˌɡrævɪtɪ]  

n. 微重力

weightless

英 [ˈweɪtləs]；美[ˈweɪtləs]  

adj. 失重的；无重量的

extraterrestrial

英 [ˌekstrətəˈrestriəl]；美[ˌekstrətəˈrestriəl]  

adj. 外星的；宇宙的；外星球的

n.天外来客，外星生物

intrigue

英 [ˈɪntriːɡ]；美[ˈɪntriːɡ]  

v.激起兴趣；密谋

 1. 南京大屠杀死难者国家公祭仪式举行︱Nanjing holds national memorial ceremony for Nanjing Massacre victims

In front of the darkly-dressed crowd, China's national flag flew at half-mast as the country held its eighth national memorial ceremony Monday for the victims of the Nanjing Massacre.

2021年12月13日是第八个南京大屠杀死难者国家公祭日，公祭仪式在侵华日军南京大屠杀遇难同胞纪念馆集会广场举行，现场庄严肃穆，国旗下半旗。

At exactly 10:01 a.m., sirens started to blare and the city came to a halt. Drivers in the downtown area stopped their cars and honked; pedestrians paused for a minute of silence in remembrance of the victims.

上午10点01分，南京市拉响防空警报，全场向南京大屠杀死难者默哀，汽车停驶鸣笛，行人就地默哀。

The Nanjing Massacre took place when Japanese troops captured the city on Dec. 13, 1937. Over six weeks, they killed more than 300,000 Chinese civilians and unarmed soldiers in one of the most barbaric episodes of World War II.

1937年12月13日，侵华日军制造了南京大屠杀惨案。六周时间里，大量平民及战俘被日军杀害，无数家庭支离破碎，遇难人数超过30万，是日军在二战中最惨绝人寰的暴行，是人类历史的至暗时刻。

In 2014, China's top legislature designated Dec. 13 as the national memorial day for the victims of the Nanjing Massacre.

2014年，国家最高立法机关通过决定，将12月13日确定为国家公祭日。

2. 全球人口预计在2064年达到顶峰︱World population set to decline for the first time in centuries says study

According to a new study published in theLancet journal, the world population will decline for the first time in the next century.

发表在《柳叶刀》杂志上的一项新研究表明，下个世纪全球人口将首次下降。

The world’s population is currently estimated to be at 7.8 billion people. According to the estimate, the global population would peak at around 9.7 billion in 2064. Then it will fall to 8.79 billion in 2100.

目前，全球人口约为78亿。据预测，全球人口将在2064年达到峰值，约为97亿。然后在2100年下降到87.9亿。

Due to low birth rates and aging populations, up to 23 countries, including Japan, Thailand, Italy, Spain, Portugal, South Korea, and others, might see their populations fall by more than 50%.

由于低出生率和人口老龄化，包括日本、泰国、意大利、西班牙、葡萄牙、韩国等在内的多达23个国家的人口可能会下降50%以上。

China is the world’s most populated country. But it will see its population drop from 1.4 billion in 2017 to 732 million in 2100.

中国是目前世界上人口最多的国家。而到2100年，国内人口将从2017年的14亿下降到7.32亿。

Lead study author and Professor of Global Health at the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME), Stein Emil Vollset, told IFLScience, “The last time that global population declined was in the mid 14th century, due to the Black Plague. If our forecast is correct, it will be the first time population decline is driven by fertility decline, as opposed to events such as a pandemic or famine.”

研究牵头人、华盛顿大学健康指标与评估研究所全球健康教授斯坦因·埃米尔·沃尔赛特指出：“全球人口上一次下降是在14世纪中叶，是黑死病导致的。如果预测正确，这将是第一次由生育率下降而导致人口下降，而不是由于疫情或饥荒等原因。”

The worldwide total fertility rate is likely to steadily drop, from 2.37 in 2017 to 1.66 in 2100. It is significantly below the minimum rate (2.1 live births per woman) necessary to maintain population levels, he added.

全球总生育率或将稳步下降，从2017年的2.37下降到2100年的1.66，远低于维持人口水平所需的最低生育率——平均每位女性2.1的生育率。

3. 疫情期间美国离职潮引发“劝留”面谈︱Employers roll out 'stay' interviews as record number of Americans walk off the job

Americans are walking away from their jobs in record numbers as remote work has uncoupled jobs from geography, and droves of employees are re-evaluating the relationships they have with their employers.

自从远程工作让员工摆脱了地域限制，美国的离职人数创下了历史新高，大批员工开始重新评估他们和雇主之间的关系。

To keep workers happy and on the job, more companies are turning to “stay interviews,” one-on-one meetings with top performers to give those key people the chance to talk about what works, and what doesn’t work, about their current jobs.

为了让员工快乐地留下来工作，越来越多的公司开始进行“劝留面谈”，与业绩最突出的员工进行一对一会面，让这些业务骨干有机会谈一谈现在工作中哪些方面是有成效的，哪些是行不通的。

Managers who conduct stay interviews are coached to ask workers open-ended questions about what they like most about their jobs, what they dislike and under what events or circumstances they might leave.

开展劝留面谈的主管人员会按照培训内容询问员工一些开放式问题，比如这份工作让他们最喜欢的是什么，他们不喜欢什么，以及在什么情境下他们会离职。

Sometimes workers switch jobs in pursuit of higher salaries, but recruiters say a significant factor is the higher expectations of job candidates today when it comes to feeling seen and supported by their bosses.

有时候员工跳槽是为了追求更高的薪酬，但是招聘人员指出了另一个重要因素，那就是现在求职者对于得到老板重视和支持的期待更高了。

Other departures are spurred by chances to have more flexible hours, remote work or professional development opportunities.

其他离职原因还包括想获得更多弹性工作时间、希望远程工作或谋求职业发展机会。

Dave Carvajal, the CEO of Dave Partners, a tech industry recruiting firm, said small businesses, which struggle to compete with huge companies in salaries and benefits, have more at stake and tend to use processes like stay interviews more frequently.

技术行业招聘公司Dave Partners的首席执行官戴夫·卡瓦哈尔表示：“对小公司来说，薪酬和福利竞争不过大企业，人才流失风险更高，劝留面谈次数往往更为频繁。”

halt

英 [hɔːlt]；美[hɔːlt]  

n. 停止；暂停

half-mast

英 [ˌhɑːf ˈmɑːst]；美[ˌhæf ˈmæst]  

n. 半旗；下半旗

v. 下半旗

adj. 半旗的

fertility

英 [fəˈtɪləti]；美[fərˈtɪləti]  

n. 生育力；富饶；丰富

uncouple

英 [ˌʌnˈkʌpl]；美[ˌʌnˈkʌpl]  

v. 使（二者）分离，分开；脱钩

one-on-one

英 [ˌwʌn ɒn ˈwʌn]；美[ˌwʌn ɑːn ˈwʌn]  

adj. 面对面的；一对一的

2022年经济工作关键在“稳”| Economic Stability to be Focus in 2022

Economic stability will be the top priority of China's policymakers next year, as they are expected to roll out supportive measures ahead of schedule to shore up growth against strong headwinds and will likely set 5 percent as the bottom line for GDP growth for 2022, experts said on Sunday.

当地时间12月12日，多位专家表示，明年经济工作关键在“稳”，预计提前推出支持性措施，抵御强劲阻力，且预测2022年GDP增长底线为5%。

Policymakers will intensify fiscal spending to boost domestic demand and increase infrastructure investment and are likely to fine-tune regulatory measures in the energy sector to stabilize production and growth, they said.

专家表示，决策者将加大财政支出以提振内需，增加基础设施投资，且预计微调能源部门监管措施以稳定生产和增长。

China's top leadership acknowledged that the country is facing threefold pressure from contraction of demand, supply shocks and weaker expectations, and it pledged to safeguard economic stability amid rising domestic and external challenges at the tone-setting annual Central Economic Work Conference, which concluded on Friday.

中国最高领导层表示“中国经济面临需求收缩、供给冲击、预期转弱三重压力”，并于年度定调中央经济工作会议上承诺，在国内外挑战不断加剧的情况下维持经济稳定。中央经济工作会议于当地时间12月10日结束。

Top policymakers at the meeting decided that supportive policies should be implemented ahead of schedule, and all regions and departments should actively roll out policies, according to a statement released after the meeting.

据会议结束后发布的声明，与会最高决策者决定，支持性政策要提前实施，各地区和部门应积极出台政策。

Experts said that the emphasis on economic stability signals that China will pursue a more pro-growth policy to avoid deep economic slowdown, as the world's second-largest economy is likely to face strong downward pressure in the first half of next year before rebounding in the second half.

专家们表示，明年上半年，中国可能面临强大下行压力，下半年好转，而“稳字当头”表明中国将采取更有利于增长的政策以避免经济明显放缓。

Most economists agreed that setting a reasonable growth target for next year is important for the government to better anchor the weakened market expectations. Policy support needs to be further intensified, because the Chinese economy may continue to be threatened by weaker growth of consumption and investment, disruptions of the supply chain, resurgence of the COVID-19 pandemic and the negative spillover effect of developed economies exiting their ultra-loose policies, they said.

大多数经济学家认为，为明年设定合理的增长目标，对政府更好地锚定疲软的市场预期非常重要。专家表示，中国经济可能继续受到以下威胁：消费和投资增长放缓、供应链中断、新冠疫情再次爆发以及发达经济体退出超宽松政策所带来的负面溢出效应，政府需要进一步加大财政支持力度。

Zhang Lianqi, a member of the Standing Committee of the 13th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, China's top political advisory body, said China may set next year's GDP growth target at around 5.5 percent year-on-year, with 5 percent growth expected to be the bottom line.

政协十三届全国委员会常委张连起表示，预计将明年中国GDP增长目标定为同比增长5.5%左右，而5%的增长预期是底线。

"Stability will be the top focus of economic policies in 2022," Zhang said.

张连起表示，2022年经济工作关键在“稳”。

The key economic meeting also stressed the importance of strengthening policy coordination, sticking with a systemic approach and improving policy effectiveness, which were seen as signs that policymakers will work to avoid any negative effect of its regulatory policies that could weigh on economic growth, experts said.

专家表示，中央经济工作会议还强调了必须加强统筹协调，坚持系统观念，确保政策有效，突显了政策制定者在努力避免监管政策对经济增长产生任何负面影响。

Han Wenxiu, a senior official with the Central Committee for Financial and Economic Affairs, said on Saturday that the government should be cautious about unveiling policies that could trigger economic contraction. The government should also avoid launching policies that are reasonable separately but could have negative effects as a whole, he added.

当地时间12月11日，中央财经委员会办公室分管日常工作副主任韩文秀表示，在公布可能引发经济收缩的政策时，政府应保持谨慎。他补充说，政府还应“避免局部合理政策叠加后造成负面效应”。

Wu Chaoming, chief economist at Chasing Securities, said that the country is expected to fine-tune regulations in areas such as the property market and capital expansion in certain sectors to foster well-regulated and healthy development, instead of launching stern regulatory moves that could trigger contractions of economic activities.

财信证券首席经济学家伍超明表示，预计中国会微调对房地产市场等领域和某些行业资本扩张的监管以促进市场规范发展，而不会采取可能引发经济活动收缩的严厉监管措施。

It is necessary to prevent industrial regulations from diluting macro policy support and aggravating economic downside risks, Wu said.

伍超明表示，有必要防止行业监管削弱宏观政策的支持效果和加剧经济下行风险。

Looking forward, a more proactive fiscal policy can be expected as the government will launch additional tax and fee cuts to alleviate financial burdens on smaller enterprises and ensure stable employment. Public spending and the issuance of local government bonds will also be accelerated to boost infrastructure investment, said Wen Bin, chief researcher at China Minsheng Bank.

未来，政府预计将出台更加积极的财政政策，推出更多税费减免措施，减轻小型企业的财务负担并保障就业稳定。民生银行首席研究员温彬表示，将会加快发行公共支出和地方政府债券以促进基础设施投资。

China's monetary policy will maintain a flexible stance to ensure ample liquidity, and additional reduction of banks' reserve requirement ratio and interest rate cuts remain viable options of the Chinese central bank if the economy further decelerates in the first half of next year, Wen said.

温彬表示，中国的货币政策将保持灵活立场，确保充足的流动性。如果明年上半年经济继续减速，央行会进一步降准降息。

重点词汇：

fine-tune

英 [ˌfaɪn ˈtjuːn]；美[ˌfaɪn ˈtuːn]  

vt. 对…微调

dilute

英 [daɪˈluːt]；美[daɪˈluːt]  

vt. 稀释；冲淡；削弱；降低；使降低效果

adj. 稀释了的；冲淡了的

stance

英 [stæns]；美[stæns]  

n. 立场；（公开表明的）观点；态度；（尤指体育运动中的）站立姿势

viable

英 [ˈvaɪəbl]；美[ˈvaɪəbl]  

adj. 可行的；能独立发展的；可生长发育的

潘通发布2022年度色彩：仙女紫 | Pantone Unveils Color of the Year for 2022

While many of us will spend the final days of 2021 reflecting on its whirlwind events, global color authority Pantone has already been busy looking ahead -- to decide on the shade that will best encapsulate 2022.

2021年到了尾声，许多人都在回顾过去一年接踵而至的纷繁事件，全球色彩权威机构潘通却早已开始展望未来，决定出最能代表2022年的颜色。

On Wednesday it unveiled Very Peri, a periwinkle hue that the company says combines the steady tranquility of blue with an energetic infusion of red. It's the first time the company has manufactured a color instead of delving into their pre-existing archive.

12月8日，潘通发布了2022年度色彩，仙女紫。据称这种长春花紫色是将宁静蓝和活力红混合而成。这是潘通首次选用自己调制的新颜色，而非像以往那样选用色库里已有的颜色。

"It was really important for us to come up with a new color, because we have a very new vision of the world now," said Pantone Color Institute's Executive Director Leatrice Eiseman in a video call.

潘通色彩研究所的执行总监丽特里斯·艾斯曼在视频会议中讲道：“选用新颜色作为年度色彩对我们来说真的很重要，因为我们现在对世界的看法已经焕然一新。”

"It is literally the happiest and the warmest of all the blue hues," she added, describing the shade. "Because of that red undertone, it introduces an empowering feeling of newness, and newness is what we're looking for."

她在描述这一颜色时说道：“这是所有蓝色调中最快乐也最温暖的颜色。加入的红色给人带来一种强烈的新感觉，而这种新感觉正是我们要寻找的。”

The pandemic has heavily impacted how we normally live and work -- posing obstacles that have forced people to think outside the box.

疫情深深影响了人们正常的生活和工作方式，也带来了重重阻碍，迫使人们跳出固有思维模式。

"We've gone through so many challenges over this time, we don't know what's going to pop up from one day to the next," said Pantone's vice president Laurie Pressman, who was also on the call. "It's curiosity that's helping people to get through these difficult times. What we would call courageous creativity."

潘通色彩研究所副所长劳里·普雷斯曼在视频会议中说：“这段时间我们经历了这么多挑战，我们不知道明天还会发生什么事。正是好奇心帮助人们度过了这些艰难时刻，或者可以称之为勇敢的创造力。”

"The color symbolizes the future," Eiseman adds. "(It) has that sprightly, joyous attitude that we're talking about, that carefree confidence, and creative spirit."

艾斯曼补充道：“这一颜色象征着未来。它包含着我们谈论的那种活泼欢乐的态度，那种无忧无虑的自信，还有创新精神。”

Each year, Pantone attempts to interpret the zeitgeist through the lens of color theory -- mining the likes of fashion, design and interiors for clues.

每一年，潘通都试图通过颜色理论来解读时代精神——从时尚、设计和室内装修等各个领域去找寻线索。

And it's no stranger to making unconventional picks: In 2016, the company chose a gradient made out of two shades, Rose Quartz and Serenity, to reflect a year defined by shifting gender politics. In 2020, not one but two colors -- Ultimate Gray and Illuminating (a vibrant yellow) -- were selected to capture both the resilience and optimism shown during the first year of the pandemic.

在挑选年度色彩方面，潘通惯于打破常规。2016年，潘通选择了水晶粉和宁静蓝两种色彩的渐变组合来反映性别政治变迁的一年。2020年，潘通选择了两种颜色——极致灰和荧光黄——来表达人们在疫情第一年所展现出的坚韧和乐观。

The annual task of forecasting the color that will best reflect the year ahead has been a more than 20-year endeavor, beginning as a desire to cultivate conversations around the power of color, says Eiseman.

艾斯曼指出，潘通每年都要选出最能代表下一个年度的色彩，这项任务已经持续了20多年，它的初衷是为了引发人们关于色彩力量的对话。

"We first did color of the year to get people talking about (the role of) color," she said. "And once you get them talking about it, you then create a buzz and the realization hits them: color is such an integral part of our everyday lives, but we take it for granted."

她说：“最初我们发布年度色彩是为了让人们谈论颜色的作用。一旦讨论开始，就会产生热度，然后人们会意识到，颜色是我们日常生活中如此不可缺少的一部分，但我们却往往视而不见。”

重点词汇：

whirlwind

英 [ˈwɜːlwɪnd]；美[ˈwɜːrlwɪnd]  

n. 旋风；旋流；一片忙乱

adj. 快速的；匆匆忙忙的；旋风似的

encapsulate

英 [ɪnˈkæpsjuleɪt]；美[ɪnˈkæpsjuleɪt]  

vt. 概括；压缩；简述

empower

英 [ɪmˈpaʊə(r)]；美[ɪmˈpaʊər]  

vt. 授权；给（某人）…的权；增加（某人的）自主权；使控制局势

zeitgeist

英 [ˈzaɪtɡaɪst]；美[ˈzaɪtɡaɪst]  

n. 时代精神；时代思潮

gradient

英 [ˈɡreɪdiənt]；美[ˈɡreɪdiənt]  

n. （尤指公路或铁路的）坡度，斜率，倾斜度；（温度、压力等的）变化率，梯度变化曲线

adj. 倾斜的；步行的