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We felt we were completely empty. Go reserve tickets now and leave him standing there alone on the stage. What do you say? 我们感觉自己完全空虚了。现在就去订票，让他一个人站在舞台上。你说呢？ Call it the TikTok phenomenon. A call to action on the social network may have contributed to lower than expected turnout at a recent Trump rally. 这可以称为TikTok现象，社交网络上的行动号召可能导致近期特朗普...

For Rear Admiral (Sel.) Putnam Browne and his daughter Francesca, the Navy isn't just a career, it's the family business. 对海军少将普特南·布朗和他的女儿弗朗西斯卡来说，海军不仅仅是一份职业，还是家族事业。 I definitely think he has a major influence on me whether he meant to or not. 我绝对认为他对我有重大影响，无论他是否有意为之。 But he taught me so much and I knew that it was the right choice fo...

So, here we have me graduating from the police academy. This is my chief at the time. Quite happy to have a gun and abadge. 这是我刚从警校毕业时的样子。这是当时的局长。当时拿到警徽和配枪的时候非常高兴。 I was working on the bus. We used to wear plain clothes on the bus. And that's me with the general manager. I had just made sergeant. 我当时在公交车上工作。以前在公交车上我们都穿便服。这是我和总干...

We are approximately 11 miles away from Fort Monroe, where the first African-Americans arrived approximately 400 years ago. 我们距离门罗堡大约11英里，那里是大约400年前第一批非洲裔美国人抵达的地方。 I am Robin Hunt-Crenshaw, the principal here at George P. Phenix Pre-K through 8 school. The school is predominantly African-American. 我叫罗宾·亨特·克伦肖，是乔治·P·菲尼克斯学前至八年级学校的校长。这所...

Fans have been gathering across the US, Canada and Mexico, as well as the world's TV screens, to watch the 2026 men's football World Cup kick off . However, experts have been increasingly worried about the effect of summer heat and humidity on the competing players. High levels of both have been predicted for a number of the tournament venues . 球迷们聚集在美国、加拿大和墨西哥以及世界各地的电视屏...

European farmers are still counting the cost of last year's drought , which saw plummeting yields of crops like maize and corn. 欧洲农民们仍在承受去年那场大旱带来的损失，那场干旱导致玉米和谷物类作物的产量骤降。 But France today reported it's already short of water, and the European Environment Agency expects this to become a continent-wide problem.  而就在今天，法国已经报告出现水资源短缺的消...

Aboard this custom adult-sized tricycle called the Hamba, village healthcare worker Pamhidzi Mutunya delivers medical care that may very well save lives. 在这辆名为“Hamba”的定制成人三轮车里，乡村医护人员帕姆希齐·穆通亚(Pamhidzi Mutunya)运送着救命的医疗物资。 The Hamba made it easier to take patients to and from the hospital. Hamba使接送病人往返医院变得更容易。 Now fewer women give birth at home du...

Hi, I'm Dr. Aarthi Vemana, co-director of the Pediatric and Adolescent Sleep Center. 我是阿尔蒂·韦马纳医生，儿科与青少年睡眠中心的联合主任。 The COVID-19 pandemic has had a huge impact on everyone's daily lives. 新冠肺炎疫情对每个人的日常生活都产生了巨大的影响。 Now, we do have more time at home to focus on sleep, but sleep is really difficult in stressful periods. 现在，我们确实有更多的时间待在家...

Thanksgiving Farms is 57 acres. We like to grow a little bit of the odd and unusual. So, we grow pretty much everything. 感恩节农场占地57英亩。我们喜欢种植一些稀奇古怪的作物。我们基本上什么都种。 The only thing we do not grow is corn. We're ladies. Corn is heavy and we're not picking it. I run the garden center part. 我们唯一不种的就是玉米。我们是女士。玉米太重了，我们收不起来。我负责经营园艺中心...

Virtual reality's immersive experience is a sensation for the eyes and ears. 虚拟现实带来的沉浸式体验是一种全新的视听体验。 Now Aerobanquets RMX will target your taste buds. 现在，Aerobanquets RMX将瞄准了人的味觉。 It's one of the first experiments where we are mixing VR and food. 这是我们首次将虚拟现实与食物相结合的实验之一。 At the James Beard House in New York, Mattia Casalegno has created a VR...

Julie Kent, formerly a principal dancer with the American Ballet Theatre, recalls her last role as Juliet after announcing in 2015 she would no longer perform on stage. 朱莉·肯特曾是美国芭蕾舞剧院的首席舞者，她回忆起自己在2015年宣布不再登台表演后出演的最后一个角色——朱丽叶。 Thousands came to see the last performance at New York's Lincoln Center. 数千人前来观看在纽约林肯中心的最后一场演出。 It was...

My name is Eric Morris and I am an avid hunter and outdoorsman. 我叫埃里克·莫里斯，是一名狂热的猎人兼户外运动爱好者。 I like to hunt because it releases a primal urge that I've always had since I was a child to go out and pursue something. 我喜欢打猎，因为它能释放一种我从小就有的原始冲动，即走出去追逐某些东西。 Hunting reconnects you with nature and reconnects you with how life used to be back in...

It's written in Positive Psychology and Tourism that recreational travel is essential for our happiness, well-being and quality of life. It may also increase creativity by giving people permission to break free of ordinary patterns, helping them to conceptualise new ideas, as studied by American psychologist, JP Guilford. According to the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, those who tra...

Research shows that 15 years after college, US mothers earn 11% less than women without children and 42% less than fathers. This is called the “motherhood penalty.” 研究显示，在大学毕业 15 年后，美国母亲的收入比没有孩子的女性低 11%，比父亲（有孩子的男性）低 42%。这种现象被称为“母职惩罚”（motherhood penalty）。 Many women who became mothers told The New York Times that having kids forced them to le...

The celebrated British artist David Hockney has died at his home in London at the age of 88, just a month before his 89th birthday. 英国著名艺术家大卫·霍克尼（David Hockney）在伦敦家中去世，享年 88 岁，距离他 89 岁生日仅一个月。 Hockney was widely recognized as one of the most influential figures of the modern era and a key leader of the 1960s pop art movement. 霍克尼被公认为现代最具影响力的艺术家...

The rise of AI influencers is sparking ethical debates. AI 网红（AI Influencer）的崛起正引发一系列伦理争议。 AI models like Aitana, with pink hair and thousands of followers, generate significant income from brand endorsements, especially in the beauty and fitness sectors. Although Aitana doesn’t exist, her agency in Barcelona makes her appear lifelike through advanced editing techniques. AI influ...

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has announced a strict new plan to ban social media sites for children under 16 to protect them online and give kids their childhood back. 英国首相基尔·斯塔默（Keir Starmer）宣布了一项严格的新计划，禁止16岁以下儿童使用社交媒体平台，以保护他们的网络安全，并让孩子们重新拥有属于自己的童年。 The far-reaching restrictions will completely block under-16s from popular...

A new report by the European Union Drugs Agency reveals that cocaine use is rising fast across Europe. 欧洲联盟毒品管理局（European Union Drugs Agency）最新发布的一份报告显示，可卡因的使用量正在欧洲各地迅速上升。 Based on drug residues found in city wastewater. Spanish and Belgian cities recorded the largest samples; the Spanish town of Lleida topped the continent’s chart. 根据对城市污水中毒品残留...

A year ago, Harry Heasman couldn't climb the stairs and had to enter an old age home. But then, the 98-year-old decided he'd like to fulfil a childhood dream. As a teenager during the Second World War, Harry worked in a factory making aircraft[s] used in the D-Day landings. He wondered what it would be like to fly in one of the planes. 一年前，哈里·希斯曼还爬不动楼梯，不得不住进养老院。但随后，这...

Isn't yoghurt an ultra-processed, sugar-laden snack that we should avoid buying when we're in the supermarket? The truth is a bit more complicated, and it all depends on the yoghurt. Some do have a high sugar and fat content and offer few other health benefits. But when it comes to yoghurt, they are not the whole story. 酸奶不是一种经过超加工、含糖量高的零食，我们在超市时应该避免购买吗？ 事实有点...

NASA recently ordered five astronauts on the International Space Station (ISS) to take shelter inside their docked SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft. 美国国家航空航天局（NASA）近日要求国际空间站（ISS）上的五名宇航员进入已对接的SpaceX“龙”飞船内避难。 This safety action was taken while two Russian crew members worked to repair new air leaks in a transfer tunnel of the Russian service module. 这一安全措...

Friday the 13th is a date that many people around the world connect with bad luck. “13号星期五”是世界各地许多人认为与厄运相关的一个日期。 This idea comes from a superstition, a belief that something can bring good or bad luck even if there is no proof. 这种观念来自迷信——即认为某些事物会带来好运或厄运，即使没有任何证据支持。 People have long considered both the number 13 and the day Friday unlucky....

The viral internet horror series The Backrooms, created by 20-year-old YouTuber Kane Parsons, has successfully transitioned into a film. 由20岁的YouTuber Kane Parsons创作的网络病毒式恐怖系列《The Backrooms》已经成功被改编成电影。 Produced by the famous studio A24, the movie has already broken box office records in the UK and Ireland. 该电影由知名制片公司A24出品，并已在英国和爱尔兰打破票房纪录。 Th...

A US judge has dismissed Justin Baldoni’s 400-million-dollar defamation lawsuit against Blake Lively. 一名美国法官驳回了贾斯汀·巴尔多尼（Justin Baldoni）针对布蕾克·莱弗利（Blake Lively）提起的4亿美元诽谤诉讼。 Baldoni claimed Lively wrongly accused him of sexual harassment during the filming of It Ends with Us. However, the judge said Lively’s complaint to a California agency was privileged, meani...

People are social creatures who have a deep need for real-world community and connection. 人类是社会性生物，对现实世界中的社群归属感和人与人之间的联系有着深层次的需求。 However, the modern phone-based childhood, which began in the early 2010s, has shifted young people’s social lives online and taken away essential physical bonding experiences such as sharing food, laughter, and touch. 然而，自 201...