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The.Year.Earth.Changed.2021-地球改变之年
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| Today, the WHO declared COVID-19 to be a pandemic . |
今天 世界卫生组织 宣布新冠肺炎为全球大流行病 |
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pandemic:adj.(疾病等)全国流行的;普遍的;n.流行性疾病;
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| I'm issuing a "stay home, stay safe" executive order. |
我现在发布“居家避疫”行政命令 |
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issuing:n.发行物;争论点;期刊号;v.发行(issue的ing形式);分配;流出; executive:n.管理人员; adj.经营管理的;
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| …directing nearly all of our residents to quite simply stay at home. |
…要求几乎所有居民 就待在家里 |
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residents:n.居民;住院医生;房客;(resident的复数)
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| From this evening, I must give a very simple instruction. |
从今晚开始 我必须给出一项非常简单的指示 |
| You must stay at home. |
各位必须待在家里 |
| March 2020. A deadly virus sweeps around the world. |
2020年3月 一种致命病毒席卷全球 |
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deadly:adj.致命的;非常的;死一般的;adv.非常;如死一般地; sweeps:n.清扫; v.清扫;
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| Overnight , our lives are put on pause. |
一夜之间 我们的生活按下了暂停键 |
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Overnight:adj.夜间的; v.在夜间; n.(美)前一天的晚上;
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| But as we stop… remarkable things start to change in the natural world. |
但随着人类停下脚步 自然界开始发生神奇的改变 |
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remarkable:adj.卓越的;非凡的;值得注意的;
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| Clearer air. |
空气更清新 |
| Cleaner waters. |
水质更干净 |
| And animals starting to flourish in ways we hadn't seen for decades. |
动物们开始以我们几十年 未曾见过的规模繁衍生息 |
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flourish:n.兴旺; vt.夸耀; vi.繁荣,兴旺;
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| Filming from the start of lockdown across five continents… we've recorded nature's extraordinary response . |
从封锁隔离开始 我们在五大洲进行拍摄 记录了大自然非凡的反应 |
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lockdown:n.一级防范禁闭(期); extraordinary:adj.非凡的;特别的;离奇的;临时的;特派的; response:n.响应;反应;回答;
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| From ocean giants communicating in new ways with their young… |
从巨大的海洋生物以新的方式与后代沟通 |
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giants:n.巨人;大汉;巨兽;巨树;(giant的复数)
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| And cheetahs transforming the chances of survival for their cubs… |
猎豹改变了它们幼崽的生存机会 |
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transforming:v.使改变形态;使改变外观(或性质);使改观;(transform的现在分词) survival:n.幸存,残存;幸存者,残存物;
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| This is the best time for her to be a mother. |
这是它作母亲的最佳时机 |
| To endangered penguins having a record-breaking breeding season. |
到濒危企鹅正在经历一个破纪录的繁殖季 |
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endangered:v.使遭危险;危及;危害;(endanger的过去分词和过去式) penguins:n.企鹅;(penguin的复数) record-breaking:adj.破纪录的;n.破纪录; breeding:n.繁殖;饲养;教养;再生;v.生产;培育;使…繁殖;(breed的现在分词)
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| This is a unique opportunity to peer into the lives and worlds of wildlife and see what things look like without as much of our interaction . |
这是一窥野生动物生活世界的绝佳机会 看看在较少人类参与时 生物世界是怎样的 |
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unique:adj.独特的,稀罕的;[数]唯一的;n.独一无二的人或物; peer:n.同辈;同龄人;身份(或地位)相同的人;(英国)贵族成员;v.仔细看;端详; interaction:n.[计]交互,相互作用;相互交流;干扰;
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| It's a global experiment of epic proportions . |
这是一次史无前例的全球性实验 |
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global:adj.全球的;总体的;球形的; epic:adj.史诗的,叙事诗的;n.史诗;叙事诗;史诗般的作品; proportions:n.[数]比例;大小(proportion的复数形式);
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| This is the year Earth changed. |
这是地球改变的一年 |
| Just hours into lockdown, many of us notice the silence. |
仅在封锁几小时后 我们很多人注意到了周围的宁静 |
| With global traffic noise reduced by up to 70%, there is a new sound to be heard… birdsong . |
全球交通噪音减少了多达70% 这让人们听到一种新的声音 鸟的歌声 |
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birdsong:n.鸟鸣声;
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| These white-crowned sparrows adapt to the quiet by doing something astonishing . |
这些白冠麻雀 对这种宁静的反应是一种惊人的行为 |
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sparrows:麻雀(sparrow的名词复数); adapt:vt.使适应;改编;vi.适应; astonishing:adj.令人十分惊讶的;v.使十分惊讶;使吃惊;(astonish的现在分词)
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| Living in the shadow of the Golden Gate Bridge, their song had been drowned out by cars. |
住在金门大桥下面 它们的歌声从前被汽车声所淹没 |
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drowned:v.(使)淹死,溺死;浸透;淹没;浸泡;(drown的过去分词和过去式)
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| But now, with the traffic here at its lowest levels since the 1950s… researchers are amazed to hear new notes in the sparrows' mating call. |
而现在 这里的交通 达到了自1950年代的最低水平 研究人员惊奇地听到了 麻雀求偶声中新的音调 |
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mating:n.交尾;交配;v.交配;交尾;使交配;(mate的现在分词)
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| And there's hope that the birds will have their best breeding season for years. |
这些鸟有望迎接多年来最好的繁殖季 |
| And it's not just noise level that reduces. |
不仅噪音水平降低了 |
| The speed at which air pollution drops around the globe is staggering . |
全球空气污染减少的速度也令人惊叹 |
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staggering:adj.惊人的; v.蹒跚; (stagger的现在分词)
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| Within days, |
数天之内 |
| Los Angeles experiences its best air quality for 40 years. |
洛杉矶经历了40年来最好的空气质量 |
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air quality:n.空气质量;
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| Across China, the levels of toxic gases in the atmosphere halve . |
在中国各地 空气中的有毒气体水平下降了一半 |
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toxic:adj.有毒的;中毒的; atmosphere:n.大气;气氛;气压;风格; halve:vt.二等分;把…减半;
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| And in India, which typically suffers from some of the worst pollution in the world… just 12 days after lockdown… …a breathtaking sight appears. |
在印度 这里通常是世界上 污染最为严重的国家之一 在封锁仅仅12天后 一个令人震撼的景象出现了 |
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typically:adv.代表性地;作为特色地; breathtaking:adj.惊险的;惊人的;激动人心的
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| We were sitting on the table having breakfast, and then my dad came, rushed in. |
我们坐在桌边吃早餐 然后我爸爸冲进来 |
| He said, "Come upstairs. The mountains are visible ." |
他说 “快上楼去 可以看见山了” |
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visible:adj.明显的;看得见的;现有的;可得到的;n.可见物;进出口贸易中的有形项目;
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| Amateur photographer Anshul goes to see what all the excitement was about. |
业余摄影师安舒尔 去看是什么让人们如此兴高采烈 |
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Amateur:n.爱好者;业余爱好者;外行;adj.业余的;外行的; excitement:n.兴奋;刺激;令人兴奋的事物;
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| People were standing on the rooftops saying, "Wow. Wow. Mountains. Mountains." |
人们站在屋顶上说 “哇…山…” |
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rooftops:n.屋顶;adj.屋顶上的;
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| And I pause, and I saw. |
我停下来 我看到了 |
| With the clear skies, for the first time in a lifetime, we can see the Himalayas. |
有生以来第一次晴空万里 我们看到了喜马拉雅山 |