天下奇闻

翻译：Crazier

天下奇闻

翻译：Crazier

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1 “Sound WaveTattoo” Lets You Listen to Your Body Art“声波文身”：聆听身体的艺术

A tattoo[文身]artist in Los Angeles has created an app—the“Skin Motion” app. It allows you to create designs from audio clips[音频片段]of noises, spoken words and music. And they can be played back on a smartphone.

Tattoos have long been a way to express yourself. Thanks to new technology, you can add an extra dimension[维（度）]—auditory sense[听觉]to your body art. The app allows users to memorialize[纪念]the lost loved ones by capturing[捕获]their voices from recordings[录音].

洛杉矶的一位文身艺术家开发了一款名叫“Skin Motion”的手机应用。该应用能通过嘈杂声、人声和音乐的音频片段设计文身图案。而且，这些被文上去的声波可以通过智能手机再次播放。

文身一直以来都是表达自我的一种方式。得益于新科技，你的身体艺术可以加入一个新的维度——听觉。该应用还能从录音中捕捉人声，用户可以把已故亲人的声音文在自己身上来缅怀他们。

2 Buy a Thousand-Pack of Beer in Finland去芬兰买千罐一箱的啤酒吧！

Nokian Panimo is a popular Finnish brewery[啤酒厂]. It realized every frat[大学里的兄弟会]boy’s dream—a 1,000-pack of beer.

Nokian Panimo said the idea was a “joke” after Karjala, another big brewery in Finland sold 100-packs of beer in April. But the packs were actually on sale in Finland. The pack consists of[由……组成]fve stacks[堆，叠]that are 12 beers wide and 18 long. So there are actually 1,080 cans. Some supermarkets broke down[拆开]the beer into packs[包，捆]. But the 1,000-pack is still available[可购得的]in some supermarkets.

Nokian Panimo是芬兰的一家啤酒厂，他们生产的啤酒很受欢迎。他们推出的千罐一箱的啤酒，使得每个兄弟会男生喝啤酒喝到饱的梦想得以成真。

Nokian Panimo 厂商说这个主意是针对芬兰另一家大啤酒厂Karjala所开的一个玩笑——Karjala在四月推出了百罐一箱的啤酒。但是这种千罐一箱的啤酒确实可在芬兰买到。一箱里有5层，一层宽12罐，长18罐。所以实际上一箱里总共有1080罐啤酒。一些超市会将它拆开了来卖。但在某些超市里仍然能买到千罐一箱的啤酒。

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3 Students Left a Pineapple in Exhibition and People Mistook It for Art菠萝竟成艺术品？

Ruairi Gray is a student at Robert Gordon University in Scotland. He and his friend left a pineapple at the Look Again Exhibition[展览会], hoping that it might be mistaken for[把……误认为]art.

When they returned four days later, they found that the pineapple had been put inside a glass display case[展示柜].

Gray said, “I saw an empty art display case and decided to see how long it would stay there for, or if people would believe it was art. I came in later and it had been put in a glass case—it’s the funniest thing that has happened all year!”

卢埃里·格雷是苏格兰罗伯特戈登大学的一名学生。他和他的朋友把一个菠萝留在了Look Again的展览上，希望它能被错当成为艺术品。

四天后，当他们回到展区时，发现那个菠萝已经被放在了玻璃展示柜里。

格雷说：“我看见一个空展柜，于是就决定把一个菠萝放上去，我想看看那个菠萝能在那儿呆多久，或者会不会有人相信它就是一个艺术品。后来我回到这里，发现菠萝竟然被放在了玻璃柜里——这真是我这一年中遇到的最有趣的事儿了！”

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4 The Dumbest Challenge Ever史上最愚蠢的挑战

A YouTuber called Hunter Hobbs said that he took on the “the dumbest challenge ever that someone had to do.” He wondered how long it would take to get from the top of a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet[电子数据表]to the bottom without using any keyboard shortcuts[快捷方式].

In his video, Hobbs presses[按，压]the down arrow[箭头]key and scrolls[滚动]through the 1,048,576 rows[行]without breaks. He reaches the bottom of the spreadsheet in 9 hours, 36 minutes, and 10 seconds.

He said he didn’t use “Ctrl+down” on purpose[故意地]or use something to hold it down, just wanted to make a challenge no one else has done!

YouTube用户亨特·霍布斯说，他进行了一项“史上最愚蠢的挑战”。他想知道，在不使用快捷键的情况下，从微软Excel表格的最顶端滚动到最底端需要多长时间。

在视频中，他按住向下箭，一共滚过了1,048,576行。整个过程中他都没有休息。最终他花了9小时36分10秒到达了表格底端。

他说他特意不使用“Ctrl+down”键的快捷方式或是借助外力按住向下键，只是想进行一项没有人挑战过的事！

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5 UAE Firm Dreams of Harvesting Icebergs for Water阿联酋公司梦想拉冰山止渴

The United Arab Emirates[阿拉伯联合酋长国]is a desert nation in the Middle East. A frm called National Advisor Bureau Limited[国家顾问局有限公司]has made a unique[独一无二的]plan to deal with its water needs.

The frm is planning to tow[拖]a iceberg from the Indian Ocean near Antarctica[南极洲]to their coast[海岸]. After that, they will turn the iceberg into drinking water. And they think the iceberg will change the weather pattern[模式]and bring more rain to the nation.

The project[项目]is set to begin in early 2018. The frm’s managing director said, “We want it mainly for the water. It could also be good for tourism[旅游业]and the weather.”

阿拉伯联合酋长国是位于中东的一个沙漠国家。有个叫做国家顾问局有限公司的企业提出了一个独一无二的计划来满足当地的水资源需求。

他们打算从印度洋靠近南极洲的地方，拖一块冰山到他们的海岸。然后，他们会将冰山处理为饮用水。他们认为冰山能改变当地的气候模式，带来更多的降雨。

该工程预计于2018年年初启动。该公司的总经理说：“我们主要是想通过冰山获得饮用水。当然它也会给旅游业和气候带来好处。”

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Answers：1. tattoo, the “Skin Motion” app, design, audio clips, play back, capture 2. Finnish brewery, a 1,000-pack of beer 3. pineapple, exhibition, mistake for art, display case 4. the dumbest challenge, Excel spreadsheet, down arrow key, 1,048,576 rows 5. the United Arab Emirates, water, tow a iceberg, early 2018

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