Meghan Markle is not planning to pose with her newborn baby on the hospital steps like the Duchess of Cambridge Kate Middleton and Princess Diana, according to The Sun. It revealed that the Duchess of Sussex is expected to break a four-decade royal tradition. Royal Correspondent Emily Andrews reported that the mum-to-be wants a more private birth and to bond with her baby without the pressure of looking picture perfect.
據《太陽報》報導,蘇塞克斯公爵夫人梅根•馬克爾產後不打算像劍橋公爵夫人凱特•米德爾頓以及黛安娜王妃那樣,帶新生兒在醫院臺階上亮相。據透露,梅根將打破這個延續40年的王室傳統。據王室特派記者艾蜜莉•安德魯斯報導,即將成為媽媽的梅根想要保有更多私人空間,正常分娩、與寶寶建立情感紐帶,不願承受產後光鮮亮相的壓力。
American commentator Omid Scobie added that the photo-call would go against Meghan's "feminist" beliefs. Meghan is not expected to give birth at the luxury hospital wing where Kate and Princess Diana had their children. Instead, Harry and Meghan have opted for a private hospital closer to their Windsor home.
美國評論員奧米德•斯科比還表示,產後在媒體前亮相與梅根的"女權主義"信仰背道而馳。預計梅根不會在凱特和黛安娜王妃生產的豪華醫院生孩子,而選擇在離哈裡和她的溫莎住所更近的私立醫院生產。
重點詞彙
1、newborn
英 /njuː'bɔːn; 'njuːbɔːn/ 美 /'nubɔrn/
adj. 新生的;再生的
n. 嬰兒
2、reveal
英 /rɪ'viːl/ 美 /rɪ'vil/
vt. 顯示;透露;揭露;洩露
n. 揭露;暴露;門側,窗側
3、correspondent
英 /kɒrɪ'spɒnd(ə)nt/ 美 /,kɔrə'spɑndənt/
n. 通訊記者;客戶;通信者;代理商行
4、mum-to-be = mother-to-be
準媽媽,孕婦
5、commentator
英 /'kɒmənteɪtə/ 美 /'kɑmən'tetɚ/
n. 評論員,解說員;實況播音員;時事評論者
6、photo-call
/'fotokɔl/
n. (英)邀請名人照相的時間
7、feminist
英 /'femənɪst/ 美 /'fɛmənɪst/
n. 女權主義者
adj. 主張女權的
Pis to no longer waste water
比利時'尿童'換循環裝置
A famous statue of a boy peeing into a fountain in Brussels has finally become environmentally friendly after centuries of pouring clean water down the drain. The Manneken Pis, one of the Belgian capital's most popular tourist attractions, has been weeing fresh water into the city's sewers since the 17th century.
幾個世紀以來,比利時首都布魯塞爾舉世聞名的向噴泉撒尿的小男孩的雕像一直在將乾淨的水排放至下水道,近日,"尿童"終於變得環保了。"尿童"是一尊妙趣橫生的小型銅質雕像,高55釐米,是布魯塞爾最受歡迎的旅遊景點之一。自17世紀以來,"尿童"一直在向城市的下水道系統排放乾淨的水。
As much as 1,000 to 2,500 liters of drinking water a day - enough for around 10 households - has been wasted by the "peeing boy" statue, an expert has claimed. Energy technician, Regis Callens, spotted the potential waste after installing a water meter in the small bronze monument. If this calculation is correct then the statue has wasted more than 250 million liters of water over the last 400 years.
專家稱,尿童每天浪費1000至2500升的飲用水,相當於約十戶家庭一天的用水量。能源工程師瑞吉斯•賈倫思給"尿童"安裝水量計,測量後發現了這一潛在的浪費現象。如果這個測量結果準確的話,在過去400年裡,尿童已經浪費了超過2.5億升水。
As a result of this discovery a new system for delivering the water back to the playful 21 ins (55cm) youngster was devised. Now the Manneken Pis will no longer pass clean fresh drinking water, but instead use water recycled from a closed circuit.
發現這個"浪費大戶"之後,當地政府設計了一個把水重新引導回雕像的新系統。如今,尿童撒出的"尿"不再是乾淨的飲用水,而是經迴圈利用過的水。
重點詞彙
1、statue
英 /ˈstætʃu:/ 美 /'stætʃu/
n. 雕像,塑像
vt. 以雕像裝飾
2、pee(into)
英 /piː/ 美 /pi/
n. 尿;撒尿
vi. 撒尿
vt. 小便
3、fountain
英 /ˈfaʊntən/ 美 /'faʊntn/
n. 噴泉,泉水;源泉
4、sewer
英 /'suːə; 'sjuːə/ 美 /'suɚ/
n. 下水道;陰溝;裁縫師
vt. 為…鋪設汙水管道;用下水道排除…的汙水
vi. 清洗汙水管
DHS Secretary Nielsen quits
美國國土安全部長辭職
US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen will be leaving her position, President Donald Trump said on Twitter on Sunday. The president said Kevin McAleenan, the current US Customs and Border Protection commissioner, would become the acting DHS secretary. Nielsen did not resign willingly, a person close to her told CNN, but was under pressure to do so. Nielsen did not fight nor grovel to keep her job, the source said.
美國總統川普7日在推特上表示,國土安全部長克爾斯滕•尼爾森即將離任,現任美國海關和邊境保護局局長的凱文•麥卡倫南將成為國土安全部代理部長。與尼爾森關係密切的消息人士向美國有線電視新聞網表示,尼爾森並非自願辭職,而是迫於壓力,但她本人未積極尋求留任。
Trump has vented privately that Nielsen hasn't adequately secured the border or enacted stricter immigration rules, and Nielsen had grown increasingly frustrated by what she saw as a lack of support from other departments, according to people familiar with details of her resignation.
據了解尼爾森辭職內幕的知情人士透露,川普曾私下吐槽稱,尼爾森未採取適當舉措確保邊境安全和實施更嚴格的移民條例,而尼爾森則因為她的工作沒有獲得其他部門足夠支持而日益心灰意冷。
重點詞彙
1、acting
英 /'æktɪŋ/ 美 /'æktɪŋ/
adj. 代理的;裝腔作勢的
n. 演技;演戲;假裝
3、adequately
英 /'ædikwitli/
adv. 充分地;足夠地;適當地
4、enact
英 /ɪ'nækt; e-/ 美 /ɪ'nækt/
vt. 頒布;制定法律;扮演;發生
5、frustrated by
被.挫敗;因.而灰心喪氣;因.而沮喪
Antarctica could go green
氣候變化或讓南極變綠
Man-made climate change could turn Antarctica green, with plants colonizing the land as ice sheets shrink, scientists have warned. Carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere reached 400 parts per million (ppm) on average in 2015 for the first time since records began, World Meteorological Organization figures show.
科學家警告說,人為的氣候變化可能會讓南極洲變綠,隨著冰川消退,南極洲大陸上將會被植被覆蓋。世界氣象組織的數據顯示,2015年大氣中的二氧化碳平均水平達到了百萬分之400,是有記錄以來的最高水平。
Experts believe clues about the future of the planet can be gleaned from the Pliocene period three million years ago, the last time carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere were as high as they are today. Professor Dame Jane Francis, director of the British Antarctic Survey, said remnants of the forests of Antarctica have been found, which are probably dated to the Pliocene age.
專家認為,地球未來演變的趨勢可以從300萬年前的上新世時期找到線索,當時地球大氣中的二氧化碳水平和現在一樣高。英國南極觀測站的站長德蒙•簡•弗朗西斯教授說,南極洲森林的遺蹟已經被找到,這些森林很可能來自上新世時期。
"The really important significance of this is that we've got 400 ppm now, and if we had 400 ppm in the past, this is maybe where we are going back to," she said. "Which is the ice sheets are going to shrink at times, not all the time but at times... which may allow plants to colonize in Antarctic land again."
她說:"這些森林遺蹟之所以非常重要,是因為我們現在的二氧化碳水平已經達到百萬分之400,如果過去地球的二氧化碳水平也曾經達到百萬分之400,這也許就是地球將回歸的狀態。冰川時不時地會消退,不是一直消退而是偶爾消退,這可能會讓植被重新覆蓋南極洲大陸。"
重點詞彙
1、Man-made
美 /'mæn'med/
adj. 人造的;人工的;合成的
2、Antarctica
英 /æn'tɑːktɪkə/ 美 /æn'tɑrktɪkə/
n. 南極洲
3、colonize
美 /'kɑlənaɪz/
vt. 將…開拓為殖民地;移於殖民地;從他地非法把選民移入
vi. 開拓殖民地;移居於殖民地
4、shrink
英 /ʃrɪŋk/ 美 /ʃrɪŋk/
n. 收縮;畏縮;<俚>精神病學家
vt. 使縮小,使收縮
vi. 收縮;畏縮
5、dioxide
英 /daɪ'ɒksaɪd/ 美 /daɪ'ɑksaɪd/
n. 二氧化物
6、…… part(s) per million (ppm)
百萬分之…
7、meteorological
英 /,miːtɪərə'lɒdʒɪkəl/ 美 /,mitɪərə'lɑdʒɪkl/
adj. 氣象的;氣象學的
8、clue
英 /kluː/ 美 /klʊ/
n. 線索;(故事等的)情節
vt. 為…提供線索;為…提供情況
9、glean (from)
英 /gliːn/ 美 /ɡlin
vt. 收集(資料);拾(落穗)
vi. 收集;拾落穗
10、remnant
英 /'remnənt/ 美 /'rɛmnənt/
n. 剩餘
adj. 剩餘的
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