英语新闻

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没想到，一个岁月静好的问题，评论区却异常热闹：

1树在，山在，大地在，你还要一个怎样更好的世界？

A hummingbird keeps coming to my window and hovering. No reason why but it is fun to watch.

有一只蜂鸟一直跑到我的窗户跟前来，各种徘徊。不知道它为什么要这样做，但是看着好有趣。

只是一句简单的描述，但言语间却是满满的幸福感，网友纷纷点赞，下方的两条评论也非常可爱：

Could be seeing its reflection in the window and wondering why it's not joining them.

可能是看到了自己在窗户里的倒影，好奇为啥对方不加入自己。

Could be it thinks you are a lovely delicious flower.

可能是它觉得PO主就是一朵可爱的花儿噢～

不快乐的话就去看一场“日出江花红胜火”吧。

The sun rays piercing through the morning clouds. It always puts a smile on my face seeing how beautiful it is.

阳光穿过了清晨的云层。每次看到这么美的景色，我都会忍不住微笑。

2人生十之八九不如意，唯有一点小欢喜

I got my first job!

我找到了第一份工作！

I spoke to an old friend.

我跟一个老朋友聊天了。

My stew came out better than the last time I made it.

我炖的菜比上次做的好吃。

A friend made too much banana bread and I get a whole loaf!

我朋友的香蕉面包做多了，于是我也得到了一整条！

The person in front of me in a drive thru bought my breakfast.:D

外卖车道的前一个人帮我买了早饭，嘻嘻。

3念念不忘，必有回响

My 87 year old dad was declared cancer free!

我87岁的老父亲战胜癌症了！

The paper I've been working on through my whole PhD got accepted!!!

我整个博士生涯一直在钻研的论文被接收了！！！

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4家人闲坐，灯火可亲

Children are seen washing their hands at Heath Mount School as some schools reopen, following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), Watton-at-Stone, Britain, June 2, 2020. [Photo/Agencies]

School pupils in England will be grouped into "bubbles" when the new academic year starts in September, with mass activities such as assemblies discouraged under new regulations announced by Education Secretary Gavin Williamson on Thursday.

按照英国教育大臣加文·威廉姆森本周四（7月2日）宣布的新规定，新学年9月开始时，英国的学生将被分成不同的“气泡”组，并且不鼓励学生集会等群体活动。

He revealed the plan to Parliament and then expanded on it in the first Downing Street media conference called since daily briefings on the novel coronavirus outbreak were abandoned.

他向议会透露了这一计划，并在英国政府召开的媒体会议上进行了详细阐述。这是关于新冠疫情的每日简报会被取消后英国政府召开的第一次媒体会议。

Schools were shut down in March. Currently around 1.6 million of the country's 9 million school-age children are back in the classroom, but the government says a proper return in September is "critical to our national recovery" and attendance will be compulsory.

英国的学校在3月份停课。目前，全英900万学龄儿童中大约有160万复课，但政府表示，9月份重返校园“对英国的复苏至关重要”，学校将实行强制返校制度。

Social distancing will not be applied in schools, and masks will not be worn, but instead so-called bubbles, based on avoiding contact between individual classes or year groups, will be deployed. This will mean separate start and finish times, and also different times for lunch and playtime.

学校不会要求师生们保持社交距离，也不会要求师生们戴口罩，取而代之的是所谓的“气泡”，旨在避免每个班级或年级之间的接触。这意味着不同班级的课程和活动开始及结束时间不同，午餐和娱乐时间也不同。

Pupils will be discouraged from using public transport, which could bring many other challenges. Mobile testing units will be sent to schools which have an outbreak, and schools will have testing kits to give parents if required, but if there are two confirmed cases in 14 days, potentially the whole school could be shut down.

学校不鼓励学生乘坐公共交通工具，这可能会带来许多其他挑战。流动检测设备将被送往暴发疫情的学校，如果有需要，学校将为家长提供检测包，但如果14天内出现两例确诊病例，整个学校可能会关闭。

London streets were very quiet during lockdown. Simon Dawson / REUTERS

"I want to reassure parents and families that we are doing everything we can to make sure schools, nurseries, colleges and other providers are as safe as possible for children and staff, and will continue to work closely with the country's best scientific and medical experts to ensure that is the case," said Williamson.

威廉姆森说：“我想向父母和家庭保证，我们正竭尽所能，确保学校、托儿所、高校和其他供应商对孩子们和教职员工来说尽可能安全，并将继续与英国最好的科学和医学专家密切合作，来确保安全。”

FILE PHOTO: Kim Kardashian and Kanye West attend the Vanity Fair Oscar party in Beverly Hills during the 92nd Academy Awards, in Los Angeles, California, US, February 9, 2020.   REUTERS/Danny Moloshok

US rapper Kanye West has said he is running for president, potentially pitting him against a man he says he admires, Donald Trump.

美国说唱歌手坎耶·韦斯特表示，他将竞选美国总统，这可能会让他与一位他表示仰慕的人竞争，也就是唐纳德·特朗普。

pit [pɪt]：vt.使竞争

"We must now realize the promise of America by trusting God, unifying our vision and building our future," he tweeted. "I am running for president of the United States!"

他在推特上写道：“我们现在必须通过相信上帝、统一看法并共筑未来来实现美国的诺言。我要竞选美国总统！”

His wife Kim Kardashian West and entrepreneur Elon Musk endorsed him.

他的妻子金·卡戴珊·韦斯特和企业家埃隆·马斯克都支持他。

But it's unclear whether West is really running.

但尚不清楚韦斯特是否真的会参加竞选。

He does not appear to have registered his name with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) for November's election. The closest name the FEC database shows is a candidate called "Kanye Deez Nutz West", who filed their papers with the Green Party in 2015 and appears to have raised no money.

他似乎没有向联邦选举委员会登记参加11月的选举。联邦选举委员会数据库显示的最接近的名字是一位名叫“坎耶·迪兹·纳茨·韦斯特”的候选人，他在2015年向绿党提交了他们的参选文件，但似乎没有筹到任何资金。

It is also not the first time West has claimed that he is running for the White House.

这也不是韦斯特第一次宣称要竞选美国总统。

At the 2015 MTV Video Music Awards, he said he had decided to run for president in 2020.

在2015年MTV音乐录影带大奖颁奖典礼上，他说他决定在2020年竞选总统。

But last November he pushed the date back, saying he would actually run in the 2024 contest.

但去年11月，他将竞选日期推后，表示自己实际上会参加2024年的竞选。

"What are you laughing at?" he asked the crowd at Fast Company's Innovation Festival.

“你们在笑什么?”他在快公司的创新节上问观众。

"We would have created so many jobs that I'm not gonna run, I'm gonna walk," he said, adding he was considering changing his name for the run to "Christian Genius Billionaire Kanye West".

他说：“我们会创造很多就业机会，所以我不需要着急了。”他还表示，正考虑在竞选中把自己的名字改为“基督教天才亿万富翁坎耶·韦斯特”。

In his tweet on Saturday, US Independence Day, West, 43, did not say if his supposed run would be affiliated with a particular political party.

在上周六（7月4日）美国独立日这天发布的推特上，43岁的韦斯特并没有说他是否会作为某个政党的候选人参选。

In any case, contesting the nomination of one major parties would be impossible at this stage, with the election only four months away.

无论如何，在目前阶段，争夺一个主要政党的提名是不可能的，因为距离选举只有四个月了。

In order to appear on the ballot as an independent candidate, West would have to gather a certain amount of signatures and register in states by a particular deadline. The deadline has already passed in some major states but the music star would still technically have time to file in many others.

为了以独立候选人的身份参选，韦斯特必须在规定的截止日期前收集一定数量的签名并在各州进行登记。在一些主要州，截止日期已经过了，但从技术上讲，这位音乐明星仍有时间在其他许多州提交申请。

This year's contest is likely to be a straight battle between Republican President Donald Trump and Democrat Joe Biden.

今年的总统竞选很可能是共和党总统唐纳德·特朗普和民主党候选人乔·拜登之间的一场激战。

FILE PHOTO: Rapper Kanye West shows a photo on his mobile phone to White House senior adviser Jared Kushner  during a meeting with US President Donald Trump to discuss criminal justice reform at the White House in Washington, US, October 11, 2018. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, attends a Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing on efforts to get back to work and school during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Washington, DC, US June 30, 2020. [Photo/Agencies]

A few minutes of looking into a deep red light could have a dramatic effect on preventing eyesight decline as we age, according to a new study published this week in The Journals of Gerontology.

根据本周发表在《老年学杂志》上的一项新研究，只要凝视深红色光几分钟，就能有效地预防视力衰退。