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A man in the Northeastern state of Massachusetts has regained his voice after a rare operation. 美国东北部马萨诸塞州的一名男子在一次罕见的手术后重新获得了声音。 Marty Kedian received a total transplant of his larynx, the organ responsible for speech, commonly called the “voice box.” 马蒂·基迪安接受了一个完整的喉头移植手术，喉头是负责发声的器官，通常称为“声箱”。 Transplants of the larynx are very u...

Richard: Yes, not very nice.   理查德：是的，不太好。 Jackie: Well, some are nicer than others but some are very unpleasant. Um… the laundry, Richard.   杰姬：嗯，有些比其他的好一些，但有些非常不愉快。那个……洗衣服，理查德。 Richard: Yes, washing the clothes.   理查德：是的，洗衣服。 Jackie: Not too bad.   杰姬：不算太糟。 Richard: Very easy, we have a washin...

Emily: Hello 艾米丽：你好 Jackie: So Emily, tell me first of all um… how many credit cards do you have? 杰姬：那么艾米丽，首先告诉我，你有多少张信用卡？ Emily: Well, Jackie, I don’t actually have a credit card um… but I’ve got a debit card. 艾米丽：嗯，杰姬，我其实没有信用卡，但我有一张借记卡。 Jackie: Ah… ok, so it means that the money comes… 杰姬：啊……好的，所以这意味着钱来自…… Emily: Um… it jus...

On the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, scientists have discovered the world’s oldest known cave painting. The researchers used a laser to date the painting. They found it was created at least 51,200 years ago. 在印度尼西亚的苏拉威西岛，科学家们发现了世界上已知最古老的洞穴绘画。研究人员使用激光对这幅画进行了年代测定，发现它至少是在51,200年前创作的。 The painting is inside a cave called Leang Karampu...

American farmers are using an ancient tree from India to produce beans for making protein-rich foods and biofuels. 美国农民正在使用一种来自印度的古老树木来生产用于制作富含蛋白质的食品和生物燃料的豆类。 The tree is called pongamia. It is native to India, Southeast Asia and Australia. But farmers in the southern state of Florida have found the tree grows well there too. 这种树叫做水黄皮。它原产于印...

He was an unknown 23-year-old working at a Cambridge bookstore when Thomas Taylor got a commission for the cover of a children's book. The author JK Rowling was as little known as he was.  在接到委托为一本儿童书籍绘制封面画前，23 岁的托马斯·泰勒只是剑桥一家书店里名不见经传的店员。书的作者 J·K·罗琳和他同样鲜为人知。  As the illustrator, Mr Taylor read the manuscript, so he was one of the...

Did you know that in your gut you have a teeming colony of microorganisms? You have literally trillions of them in your body. They include bacteria, viruses and fungi, and are collectively known as your microbiome. And while some microorganisms cause disease, many are crucial to your health, helping your immune system, digestion and even...

Experienced gardeners have likely learned to look out for poison ivy, a common plant found across North America, Europe and East Asia. 经验丰富的园丁可能已经学会了留意毒藤，这是一种在北美、欧洲和东亚常见的植物。 While this green, leafy plant is not life-threatening, it can cause severe skin reactions in many people. 虽然这种绿色多叶植物不会危及生命，但它可能会导致许多人出现严重的皮肤反应...

Deep brain  stimulation  has been tried before to treat childhood epilepsy, but the device is usually placed in the chest with  electrodes  running up the neck. The hope is by putting a rechargeable  neurostimulator  in a patient's skull, it will reduce  complications  such as the  leads  breaking or eroding. 虽然此前尝试过用脑深部刺激来治疗儿童癫...

Almost all of us have them in our body, they  accumulate  throughout our lives and they may be causing serious health conditions. They've been called 'forever chemicals', but what are they, where do they come from, and what can we do about them? 几乎我们所有人的体内都有它们，它们在我们的一生中不断积累，可能会导致严重的健康问题。 它们被称为“永远的化学物质”，但它们是什么，它们从哪里来，我...

Such  superbugs  now kill more than a million people around the world each year. 目前这种超级细菌每年导致全球一百多万人死亡。 The test works in  urinary tract infections . Put a  sample  in the machine and within 15 minutes, it says whether the infection is caused by  bacteria . And within 45 minutes, it tells doctors the best treatment to use. 该测试适用于泌尿道感染...

Have you ever wondered what your unique  body odour  says about you? Turns out, quite a lot! From your health to your genetics, we can learn a lot from  taking a whiff  of your odour. Your  scent  is a complex mix of information, and we humans are pretty good at reading it. So, what secrets are revealed from our scent, and why do we mostly choose to ignore them? 您是...

Han Seung-hoon is an assistant professor at the Academy of Korean Studies, a research center under the Ministry of Education. Han says that younger shamans who live in the city connect well with their younger followers. These people are facing economic difficulties and are looking for help. 韩承勋是韩国学研究院的一名助理教授，这是一所隶属于教育部的研究中心。韩说，居住在城市的年轻巫师与他们的年轻追...

In South Korea, the prayer table of Lee Kyoung-hyun looks similar to those of Korean shamans from hundreds of years ago. It has statues of Buddha and local gods, candles, and incense. 在韩国，李京贤的祈祷桌看起来与几百年前韩国巫师的祈祷桌类似。桌上有佛像和地方神祇的雕像、蜡烛和香。 The 29-year-old shaman may use traditional prayer objects, but Lee reaches her followers in a modern way: through soc...

Researchers are seeking to learn why bird flu kills some animals quickly but causes only moderate illness in others. 研究人员正在寻求了解为什么禽流感会迅速杀死某些动物，而对其他动物只造成轻度疾病。 In recent years, bird flu is believed to have killed millions of wild and domestic birds worldwide. Other animals such as seals, cats, dogs, and cows have also been infected. 近年来，据信禽流感已经在全...

The city of Denver built a total of 160 small structures. Denver’s mayor Mike Johnston told the Associated Press (AP) that it took about six months to complete them. Each unit costs $25,000, he said. One thousand converted hotel units cost about $100,000 each. 丹佛市共建了160个小型结构。丹佛市市长迈克·约翰斯顿告诉美联社，这些建筑大约花了六个月时间完成。他说，每个单元花费25000美元。一千个改造后的酒...

Some U.S. cities are building housing, called “micro communities,” that is meant to combat increasing homelessness. The housing units in these communities are small and built quickly. 一些美国城市正在建设名为“微社区”的住房，旨在应对日益严重的无家可归现象。这些社区的住房单元很小并且建造迅速。 Unlike group shelters, micro communities give each homeless person his or her own living space. Officials s...

A species of wild cat in Europe that was almost extinct, or about to disappear, over 20 years ago has returned.   二十多年前，欧洲的一种几近灭绝或即将消失的野猫物种已经回归。 Last week, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) declared that the Iberian lynx is no longer an endangered species. Native to Spain and Portugal, the wild cats are medium-sized with different sha...

A mysterious rising structure has been discovered in a rural desert area in the western American state of Nevada. 在美国西部内华达州的一个农村沙漠地区发现了一个神秘的上升结构。 The tall, pillar-shaped object is being described as a monolith. Images suggest it is made of metallic material and its surface is reflective. 这个高大的柱状物体被描述为一块独石。从图片上看，它似乎是由金属材料制成，表面具有...

Researchers have made what they call a “spectacular” finding at the Mount Vernon home of America’s first president: almost 30 bottles of preserved fruit. 研究人员在美国第一任总统的家——弗农山庄发现了他们称之为“壮观”的发现：近30瓶保存完好的水果。 The bottles of cherries and berries were preserved in storage areas in the cellar of George Washington’s home near the Potomac River. 这些瓶装的樱桃和浆果...

A common subject for British mystery stories is a death at a seaside community. 英国悬疑故事的一个常见主题是海滨社区的死亡事件。 But in the northeastern state of Maine, mysterious, real deaths happened — although the victims were trees that blocked the view from a wealthy family’s summer home. 但在美国东北部的缅因州，发生了一些神秘的真实死亡事件——不过受害者是一些挡住富人度假屋视线的树木。 The stor...

The American space agency NASA says a huge star explosion is expected to light up the night sky later this year. NASA describes it as a “once-in-a-lifetime” event. 美国航天局NASA表示，预计今年晚些时候会有一次巨大的恒星爆炸，将照亮夜空。NASA将其描述为“一生一次”的事件。 The event is known as a nova. It happens when changes to a star cause it to release a large amount of energy and it becomes very br...

The  profile  and popularity of women's football has  soared  in recent years. But most products are still  predominantly  designed for men. This even includes football boots. 近年来，女子足球的受关注程度和人气都大幅上升。但大多数足球产品仍主要为男性设计，其中还包括足球靴。 Women's feet are not the same shape as men's – they also move differently on the pitch – so wea...

Today we continue our series of expert suggestions for academic writing. Our guest is Jennifer Ahern-Dodson, assistant professor of the Practice in Writing Studies at Duke University in North Carolina. 今天我们继续我们的学术写作专家建议系列。今天的嘉宾是来自北卡罗来纳州杜克大学的写作研究实践助理教授珍妮弗·埃亨-多德森。 Ms. Ahern-Dodson starts a conversation with both students and professors planni...

When voters go to the polls in Brighton, England on July 4, they will get the chance to elect what some people are calling the first artificial intelligence (AI) lawmaker. 当英国布莱顿的选民在7月4日去投票时，他们将有机会选举出被一些人称为首位人工智能（AI）议员的人。 Businessman Steve Endacott is running to represent his area as a member of Britain’s Parliament. During his campaign, he has used AI...