All That Is Hot

2018-09-12 11:33翻译铭扬
疯狂英语·初中天地 2018年7期
关键词:独角幼崽高尔夫球

翻译:铭扬

我们与动物之间的关系是怎么样的?同学们有认真思考过这个问题吗?小编最近在看一部英剧《梦想动物园》(Our Zoo),该剧根据真实故事改编,讲述二十世纪三十年代,英国的一家人建立切斯特动物园的故事。细心读本期新闻,你会找到这个动物园的影子。切斯特动物园不仅是英国最大和最热门的动物园之一,也是欧洲最好的动物园之一。了解了它背后的故事,小编更是对它肃然起敬。大家一定还记得上期新闻里的最后一头北部雄性白犀牛Sudan,这期我们喜迎一头珍稀的新生大独角犀。这头新生幼崽来之不易,我们在庆祝的同时,更应该重视对动物的保护和尊重。

1 93-Year-Old Makes First Hole-in-One in 65 Years of Golfing93岁老人在他65年高尔夫球生涯中完成了他的第一次一杆进洞

A 93-year-old Ohio man put an end to his 65 years ofgol fing[打高尔夫]with his firsthole-in-one[一杆进洞].

Ben Bender told us this was his lastround[局,场].

Benderaced[发球得分]the 152-yard[码,1码=3英尺]third hole at Green Valley Golf Course in Zanesville with a5-wood[5号木球杆].

Bender says he began playing when he was 28. He says he hates giving up the game, but knows he can’t play forever.

一位来自俄亥俄州的93岁高龄老人,以他人生中第一次一杆进洞结束了他65年的高尔夫球运动生涯。

本·本德尔告诉我们这次是他最后一次参加高尔夫球运动。

在赞斯维尔的绿谷高尔夫球场中,本德尔以5杆的成绩取得了152码第三洞的成绩。

这位高龄高尔夫球手告诉我们他从28岁就开始从事高尔夫球这项运动。本德尔表示根本不想放弃高尔夫球,但是他知道自己无法一直做这项运动。

Read And Guess:What does a hole-in-one mean?

2 EU Votes for a Total Ban on Bee-Harming Pesticides欧盟投票全面禁止使用对蜜蜂有害的农药

Countries across theEuropean Union[欧盟]– including the UK –vote[投票]toban[禁止]the outdoor use of three bee-harmingpesticides[农药].

The outdoor use of imidacloprid,clothianidin and thiamethoxam注will be banned from all fields in EU member states within six months.

“This is a major victory for science, common sense and our under-threat bees.” said Emi Murphy, acampaigner[活动家]for bees at Friends of the Earth.

注:imidacloprid(吡虫啉)、clothianidin(噻虫胺)和thiamethoxam(噻虫嗪)为三种广泛使用的杀虫剂。

欧盟的各个成员国——包括英国——投票通过禁令,禁止在户外使用三种对蜜蜂有害的农药。

吡虫啉、噻虫胺以及噻虫嗪这三种杀虫剂将在6个月之内被禁止在欧盟成员国所有户外田野上使用。

“对科学、对常识以及对饱受威胁的蜜蜂来说,这是一次值得纪念的胜利。”来自环保组织“地球之友”的蜜蜂保护者艾米·墨菲说道。

Read And Guess:Can the three pesticides be used in a greenhouse?

3 Robot Fast-Food Chefs机器人快餐厨师

Spyce is a new restaurant in Boston. It is powered by arobotic[机器人的]kitchen that cooks your food in three minutes or less.

Known as the “Spyce Boys,”MIT[麻省理工学院]graduates Michael Farid, Brady Knight, Luke Schlueter, and Kale Rogers created the robotic technology and restaurantconcept[概念]while in college. They wereinspired[激发]by their experiences as hungry students.

The robotic kitchen is designed to prepare the food, cook it, and even clean up.

斯派西是一家波士顿新开的餐厅。这家餐馆最大的特点就是全机械厨房,可以在三分钟甚至更短的时间内为客人煮好食物。

被称为“斯派西男孩”的麻省理工毕业生迈克·福瑞

德、布莱迪·奈特、鲁克·石鲁特和卡尔·罗杰斯在大学时就有了这家概念餐厅的想法并且开发了机械人科技。上大学时经常饿肚子的经历启发了他们。

餐厅的机械人厨房可以准备食材、烹调并且自动清洁。

Read And Guess:What kind of people will visit Spyce the most?

4 New Hope: Baby One-Horned Rhino Was Born新的希望:独角犀牛宝宝诞生

At the Chester Zoo, arare[珍稀的]greater one-hornedrhino[大独角犀]calf[幼崽]was born.The birth took 20 minutes and the calf weighed 60 kilogrammes. Now, he has come out to the public.

The healthy calf is going to support thebreeding[饲养]programme[计划]for this kind of rhino. The zoo is also working in Asia to help this rhino and its naturalhabitat[栖息地].

在柴斯特动物园,一只极其稀有的独角犀牛幼崽出生了。整个生产持续了大概20分钟,小犀牛崽重约60公斤。小家伙现在已经出现在公众视野中。

这只健康的幼崽将对这一特定种类动物的养育工程提供巨大的帮助。动物园也在亚洲帮助这只独角犀牛寻找它的自然栖息地.

Read And Guess:Can people see the baby rhino now?

5 Poo Museum In England英国的粪便博物馆

There is an interesting museum on the Isle of Wight, which is in England. It is the NationalPoo[大便]Museum.

The creator of the museum was walking with some friends in thewilderness[荒野]of Northern Sweden when they came across a poo. They all stopped andguessed[猜测]the animal. He noticed how excited everyone was and this gave him the idea to open his museum.

You can see 20 different types of poo at the museum. It is not just for fun. Poo can tell experts a lot about animals. It tells them if the animals are healthy.

Theexhibition[展览]will go on tour around the UK, so more people can take a look.

在英国的怀特岛有一所很有意思的博物馆,国家粪便博物馆。

博物馆的馆长之前和几个朋友在瑞典北部的旷野里行走的时候看到了一坨粪便,他们全都停下来去猜测这是哪个动物留下的。馆长注意到所有人都很兴奋,所以就有了开一家这样的博物馆的想法。

这家博物馆保存着超过20种不同的粪便。这些粪便并不是只有娱乐意义,对于专业人士来说他们能从这些残留物中得到很多关于动物的信息,包括动物的健康情况。

博物馆将会在全英国举办巡回展览,让更多的人来观看和了解。

Read And Discuss:What is the most interesting museum that you have heard or visited?

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