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In 2014, California's King Fire blackened 400 square kilometers of forest, massive erosion followed. 2014年，加州国王大火烧毁了400平方公里的森林， 随后发生了大规模的水土流失。 One of Placer County's two reservoirs filled with sediment and had to be dredged, says county water chief Andy Fecko. 普莱瑟县主管安迪·费科表示，该县两座水库中有一座因泥沙淤积而不得不进行疏浚。 Every time we do that, it's a...

It's what they do when they don't want something to happen, filibuster, an effort to prevent a vote in the USSenateby extending debate. 这就是他们不想让某事发生时会采取的手段——冗长辩论，这是一种通过延长辩论来阻止美国参议院投票表决的做法。 TheSenateprides itself on being a deliberative body where debate is vital to decision making. 参议院以自己是一个审议机构而自豪，在那里辩论对决策至关重要。 Senate...

A moment that is filled with both happiness and worry for future parents. 对准父母来说，这是一个既充满幸福又夹杂着担忧的时刻。 It's like we're having a baby. Social networks are filled with such videos. 我们要迎来一个新生命了。社交网络中充斥着这样的视频。 However, it's pretty hard to find stories from the other end of the spectrum: families talking about miscarriages. 然而，要找到另一个极端的故事...

Researchers from universities in Edinburgh and Mexico spent seven years studying the behaviour of black-handed spider monkeys in the Yucatan Peninsula. They observed that the large groups the primates live in split into smaller subgroups when searching for food. Different combinations of monkeys would split off each time, meaning the same subgroup might never forage together twice. 来自爱丁堡和墨...

Less than a centimetre in size, these tiny snails had been pushed to thebrinkof extinction. 这些体长不足一厘米的小型蜗牛一度濒临灭绝。 Their home on the Madeira Archipelago had been grazed bare by invasive goats and rabbits, while mice saw the molluscs as a water source. 它们在马德拉群岛上的栖息地被入侵的山羊和兔子啃食殆尽，而老鼠则将这些软体动物当作水分的来源。 But after conservation work, includ...

We have four seasons in the UK. I like to think that spring gets its name from the flowers springing up to bloom. Next is my personal favourite – summer. I love the long, balmy evenings. Autumn, as some call fall, comes after. It's characterised by the orange and red leaves. Winter rolls around, and most of the vegetation is either decomposing or already dead, and the days are short and gloomy. 英...

Doctors said Pope Francis is no longer in imminent danger of death as a result of pneumonia, but have decided to keep him hospitalized for several more days to receive treatment. 医生表示，教皇方济各不再因肺炎而面临死亡危险，但决定让他住院几天接受治疗。 Francis on Monday followed the Vatican's week-long spiritual retreat via video conference. AP correspondent Charles De Ledesma reports. 周一，方济...

Hi, I'm VOA's Alexis Strope with your worldwide news update. 大家好，我是美国之音新闻记者亚历克西斯·斯特罗普（Alexis Strope），为您带来全球新闻。 Israel says it will send a delegation to Qatar on Monday in an effort to advance the negotiations around the cease-fire in Gaza. 以色列表示，将于周一派遣代表团前往卡塔尔，推动加沙停火谈判。 Hamas reports positive signals in talks with Egyptian and Qatari...

The International Criminal Court said former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte was taken into custody by the ICC on Wednesday following his arrest in Manila on murder charges linked to his war on drugs. 国际刑事法院表示，菲律宾前总统罗德里戈·杜特尔特周三在马尼拉因与禁毒战争有关的谋杀指控被捕，随后被国际刑事法院拘留。 Reuters correspondent Olivia Zollino reports. The 79-year-old arrived at Rotte...

The Glover Park Community Garden Association started around 1939 and then it slowly grew to become a victory garden in 1942 when the US was at war. 格洛弗公园社区花园协会大约在1939年成立，随后在1942年美国二战时期，它逐渐发展成为一个“胜利花园”。 It became essential for the folks that lived in the area here to grow their own vegetables as they were not able to purchase these things in the grocery st...

When the US government forced more than 60,000 native Americans to relocate to Oklahoma to make way for white settlers in the 1830s, their slaves came with them. 19世纪30年代，美国政府迫使6万多名美洲原住民迁往俄克拉荷马州 ，为白人定居者腾出土地 ，他们的奴隶也一同前往 。 After emancipation, the freed slaves, known as freedmen, settled and built their own towns. 解放后，获得自由的奴隶，即所谓的自由...

France has been gripped this month by the so-called Charlie Hebdo trial against the alleged accomplices of Islamists, who attacked a French satirical newspaper and a kosher supermarket in 2015. 本月，法国正深陷所谓的《查理周刊》案审判之中，该案针对2015年袭击一家法国讽刺报纸和一家犹太洁食超市的伊斯兰主义者的涉嫌同谋者。 It was the first of a string of terror attacks along with the Islamist insurgen...

Would you like to speak with a British accent? What if I told you that there is no singular 'British' accent? In fact, linguists estimate that there are 40-60 regional accents across the UK, some of which exist very close together geographically. For instance, you can listen to Manchester's 'Mancunian' accent and then Liverpool's distinct 'Scouse' accent after just a 50-minute car or train ride. S...

More hostages might be released in Gaza. VOA's Jeff Caster reports. 加沙可能会释放更多人质。美国之音记者杰夫·卡斯特（Jeff Caster）报道。 The U.S.-designated terrorist group Hamas said in a statement Friday it is willing to release an American-Israeli hostage, Eden Alexander, along with the bodies of four dual nationals who died in captivity. 被美国认定为恐怖组织的哈马斯周五在一份声明中表示，愿意释...

Britain's leader encouraged his global counterparts to continue pushing for a ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine at the start of a virtual meeting Saturday intended to end the fighting between the two countries. 英国领导人在周六旨在结束两国战斗的虚拟会议开始时鼓励全球同行继续推动俄罗斯和乌克兰停火。 British Prime Minister Keir Starmer told a virtual meeting of mostly European leaders that "soone...

Visitors come to the U.S. Botanic Garden to enjoy the variety of plants and the peace and serenity of nature. This woman works nearby. 游客们来到美国国家植物园观赏各类植物，享受大自然带来的和平与宁静。这位女士在附近工作。 "Feels like a forest in a city, so I can be thinking about something else that worked for almost for 5 minutes, which is sometimes very nice." “感觉就像城市里的森林，这样我能有大...

Candles, flowers, and handcrafted signs surround the United States Supreme Court in memory of justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg who died Friday. It just kind of crushed me. 蜡烛、鲜花和手工制作的标语环绕在美国最高法院周围，以纪念周五去世的大法官露丝·巴德·金斯伯格。这真的让我心碎。 While Ginsburg's health had been deteriorating for the past several years, her death stunned many Americans including presid...

Good news this week for explorers seeking extraterrestriallife. 本周对于寻找外星生命的探险家来说是个好消息。 Scientists say they have detected a gas called phosphine swirling in the highly acidic clouds of venus. 科学家表示，他们在金星酸性极高的云层中探测到了一种名为磷化氢的气体。 But the European Southern Observatory's Itziar de Gregorio says it is probably too soon to say life exists on the plan...

Anyone who watches team sports may be familiar with the sight of players joining a huddle before a big match. Researchers studying chimpanzees and bonobos in African sanctuaries found our closest ape relatives do something similar before feeding time, one of the most competitive moments in their day. 经常观看团队体育比赛的人，对赛前队员们围成一圈加油打气的场景应该不会陌生。在非洲多家灵长类动物保护...

It was initially valued at $30 million, but Gus, as the T-rex has been affectionately named, went for much more after a bidding battle that lasted over 10 minutes. Cassandra Hatton, worldwide head of natural history at Sotheby's, said the price reflected the time to excavate and reconstruct the specimen and its quality. 这具霸王龙化石被亲切地命名为 “格斯”，最初估价为 3000 万美元。然而，在持续十多...

It's a topic people usually avoid, yet it's a universal human experience. Flatulence, affectionately known as farting, is simply the releasing of gas from the backside. The word itself traces back to the Latin 'flatus', which literally means 'a blowing' or 'wind.' While it is often the butt of the joke, we do it for very practical reasons, which boil down to digestion. Most mammals have a complex,...

Today's youth are reinventing what it means to be cool. A surprising number of Gen Zers are actively looking to the past. They are choosing to romanticise old-school tech relics like CDs, wired headphones, and weighty digital cameras. This love for all things vintage extends into their wardrobes with a massive resurgence of Y2K (year 2000) fashion. Friday nights are increasingly filled with board...

A major new exhibition in the heart of Washington celebrates the artistic achievements, of Native American women with more than 80 works of art. 华盛顿市中心的一个大型全新展览展出了八十多件艺术品， 以此庆祝美国土著妇女的艺术成就。 Parts of our people, Native women artists is the first exhibit of its kind, says Anya Montiel,curatorof American and Native American Women's Art and Crafts, at the Renwi...

So far,this thriving and unique coral reef in Red Sea waters off Egypt is a climate change survivor. 到目前为止，埃及红海水域中这片繁茂而独特的珊瑚礁是气候变化的幸存者。 While warmer waters bleach reefs everywhere, the ecosystem in the Gulf of Aqaba stands strong, and may hold the key to receding other reefs if it can survive the crowds of tourists. 虽然水温上升导致全球珊瑚礁白化， 但亚喀巴湾的生...

In a fantasy world, a celebrity chef like Aaron Sanchez would prepare all of your meals, and use only sustainably sourced organic produce. 在幻想世界里，像亚伦·桑切斯这样的名厨会为你准备所有餐食，并且只使用原料来源可持续的有机农产品。 Reality is everyone has to shop for and prepare our own food at some point. 现实是每个人在某个时刻都得自己去采购和准备食物。 How can you be sure that you're getting...