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Teens in Australia banned from social media
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date: 2025-12-16T10:44:00+08:00
description: A big change has happened in the social media world. Australia has banned children under the age of 16 from joining many social networks. New laws say the under-16s cannot open accounts with sites like Facebook, Instagram, Reddit, Snapchat, Threads, TikTok, X, and YouTube. It is now the responsibility of these social media sites to make sure all of their users are aged 16 or above. Australia's government said it would fine the companies if they allowed children to access their sites. The fines could be as much as $32.9 million. The companies said they would use different methods to check the age of their users. New users will have to upload identification and scan their faces.Australia's Prime Minister said he introduced the ban because social media was harming young minds. He said a study showed that 70 per cent of children aged 10-15 who used social media looked at harmful content. This included information about misogyny, violence, eating disorders, and suicide. He advised children to do different things instead, like starting a new sport or learning to play a musical instrument. His message to children was: "Spend quality time with your friends and your family, face to face." Many children said they would now be lonelier without social media. Two 15-year-olds are suing Australia's government. They say their "right to free communication" has been taken away.全文翻译社交媒体领域正迎来重大变革——澳大利亚已立法禁止16岁以下未成年人注册使用多家主流社交平台。新规明确，未满16岁者不得在Facebook、Instagram、Reddit、Snapchat、Threads、TikTok、X（原推特）及YouTube等平台开设账号，年龄核验责任由平台承担。政府规定，若平台违规允许未成年人注册，最高可被处以3290万澳元罚款。平台方表示将通过多重手段核验用户年龄，新用户需上传身份证件并完成人脸识别。澳大利亚总理称，禁令旨在应对社交媒体对青少年心智的危害。一项研究显示，10-15岁社交媒体用户中，70%曾接触厌女言论、暴力、饮食失调及自杀相关等不良内容。他建议青少年转而参与体育运动、学习乐器等活动，并呼吁他们“与亲友进行高质量的面对面相处”。然而，许多未成年人认为禁令会加剧孤独感，两名15岁青少年已对政府提起诉讼，称其“自由通信权”遭到侵犯。核心要点梳理维度关键信息政策定位全球首个通过立法强制设定社交平台最低使用年龄的国家适用平台首批涵盖10家主流平台（含上述8家及Twitch、Kick），名单动态更新违规处罚平台最高罚款3290万澳元（约1.5亿人民币），未成年人及监护人不受罚实施时间2025年12月10日正式生效，平台需采取“合理措施”阻止未成年人注册争议焦点年龄核验技术存在漏洞，未成年人可通过AI换脸等方式规避；自由通信权与保护主义的平衡问题引发诉讼重点词汇与句型1. 核心…

Greece is the world's best place to retire
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date: 2025-12-08T14:15:33+08:00
description: More and more people are choosing to spend their retirement overseas. The magazine International Living looked at the countries people most wanted to retire to. The researchers said Greece is the best place for 2026. The magazine has released its Annual Global Retirement Index. This looked at the things that were important for older people who wanted to live in another country in their golden years. These included climate, the cost of living, healthcare, and housing. It is the first time Greece has been the number-one choice for retirees. Spain and Portugal were usually the most popular choices. Panama, Costa Rica, and Thailand were also in the top-ten list for 2026.Jennifer Stevens, executive editor of International Living, said Greece had what many people were looking for. She said the country was "beautiful, welcoming, and affordable". She added that it offered "a lifestyle that feels rich in every sense". The Greek Reporter website found many expats choose Greece because of its beauty. It reported that retirees can benefit from thousands of kilometres of spectacular coastline, endless sunshine, diverse countryside, picturesque islands, and dramatic mountains. One retiree, Leena Horner, left the USA four years ago to live in Greece. She loves the Greek attitude of taking life slowly and the "daily connection with nature".全文翻译越来越多人选择在海外安享退休生活。《国际生活》杂志（International Living）调研了人们最心仪的退休目的地国家，研究人员表示，希腊是2026年的最佳选择。该杂志发布了年度《全球退休指数》，评估了老年人在“黄金岁月”移居他国时关注的关键因素，包括气候、生活成本、医疗保健和住房条件。这是希腊首次成为退休人士的首选目的地，此前西班牙和葡萄牙通常是最热门的选择，而巴拿马、哥斯达黎加和泰国也跻身2026年榜单前十。《国际生活》杂志执行主编詹妮弗·史蒂文斯表示，希腊拥有许多人追寻的一切。她称这个国家“风景优美、待人友善且经济实惠”，还补充道，希腊能提供“一种在各方面都富足惬意的生活方式”。希腊记者网发现，许多外籍人士选择希腊源于其绝美景致，报道指出，退休人士能尽享数千公里的壮丽海岸线、终年普照的阳光、多样的乡村风貌、风景如画的岛屿以及雄伟的山脉。退休人士莉娜·霍纳四年前从美国移居希腊，她热爱希腊人从容慢活的生活态度，以及“每日与自然相伴”的状态。核心亮点：希腊登顶的关键原因结合《全球退休指数》评估标准和实际优势，希腊脱颖而出的核心原因的有4点：气候与自然优势突出：每年阳光天数超250天，冬季温暖如早春，地中海气候对关节和呼吸系统友好，再加上海岸线、岛屿等自然景观，提升生活舒适度。生活成本亲民：多数地区每月2000欧元内即可过上舒适生活，房租、日常开支远低于西欧和北美城市，部分小城镇租金仅为雅典公寓的一半。医疗与居留政策友好：医疗体系完善，私立专科医生预约费仅30-50欧元，英…

Ozempic 2.0 weight-loss pill could be game-changer
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date: 2025-12-01T09:16:00+08:00
description: A new generation of game-changing weight-loss drugs could be launched next year. One treatment is being dubbed "Ozempic 2.0". This is a pill version of the widely-used Ozempic. Novo Nordisk, which is developing the new tablet, said its clinical trials showed that Ozempic 2.0 "lowered weight by an average of 10.5 per cent". Rival company Eli Lilly also has a new pill. Its spokesman, Kenneth Custer, said: "We are moving with urgency toward global regulatory submissions to potentially meet the needs of patients." The drugs are currently awaiting approval from the FDA in the USA.The new medicines could make life easier for those hoping to lose weight, and for people with diabetes. Eli Lilly said: "For the majority of patients, this could be the main medicine that they need to control their type 2 diabetes as well as their obesity." Currently, the drug is in the form of a once-weekly injection. The drug has to be refrigerated. The company said: "If approved, we are ready to offer a convenient, once-daily pill that can be scaled globally, removing barriers and redefining how obesity is treated around the world." It is also likely that the new drugs will be cheaper.全文翻译新一代具有颠覆性意义的减肥药物或将于明年上市。其中一款疗法被称作“司美格鲁肽2.0（Ozempic 2.0）”，它是目前已广泛应用的司美格鲁肽（Ozempic）的口服片剂版本。研发这款新片剂的诺和诺德（Novo Nordisk）公司表示，临床试验显示司美格鲁肽2.0“平均能使体重降低10.5%”。其竞争对手礼来（Eli Lilly）公司也研发了一款新型口服药，该公司发言人肯尼斯·卡斯特称：“我们正紧急推进面向全球的监管申报工作，以期满足患者的潜在需求。”目前，这类药物仍在等待美国食品药品监督管理局（FDA）的审批。这类新药既能让希望减重的人群生活更便捷，也能惠及糖尿病患者。礼来公司表示：“对于大多数患者而言，这款药物或将成为他们控制2型糖尿病和肥胖症的核心用药。”当前，该药物的剂型为每周一次的注射剂，且需要冷藏保存。该公司称：“若获批上市，我们将立即推出一款便捷的每日一次口服片剂，这款片剂可在全球范围内规模化推广，打破现有治疗壁垒，重新定义全球肥胖症的治疗方式。”这款新药的价格也大概率会更低。重点词汇英文词汇音标中文释义补充说明game-changing/ˈɡeɪmˌtʃeɪndʒɪŋ/adj. 颠覆性的；改变格局的核心特征是“彻底改变现有规则/状态”，如 game-changing tech（颠覆性技术）launch/lɔːntʃ/v. 上市；推出医药场景特指“药物正式投放市场”，区别于普通“发布”（release）dub/dʌb/v. 称作；冠名被动用法 be dubbed sth 最常用，如 be dubbed "the miracle drug"（被称作“神药”）pill version/pɪl ˈvɜːʃn/口服片剂版本version 此处指“（同一产品的）不同版本”，tablet 与 pill 均可表“片剂”clinical trial/ˈklɪnɪkl ˈtraɪəl/临床试验医药核心术语，是药物…

Music can help quicker recovery after surgery
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date: 2025-11-28T09:46:00+08:00
description: A new study shows that music played during surgery can help patients recover. The study was conducted by doctors at India's Maulana Azad Medical College. They played flute music to a female patient while she was having her gallbladder removed. Before the operation, doctors gave the woman anaesthetic drugs to put her to sleep. Anaesthetics block pain signals and totally relax a patient's muscles while they are asleep. However, even when anaesthetics make us sleep, the part of the brain that helps us listen stays partly active. Doctors say patients can still hear music. This means patients need fewer painkilling drugs, wake up faster, and are more alert after surgery.The lead researcher, Dr Tanvi Goel, explained why music is so helpful to patients having surgery. She said her research shows "that this is more than just simple background music". She said music was important because it helped patients feel less pain and need fewer painkillers. Co-researcher Dr Farah Husain agreed. Dr Husain is a senior specialist in anaesthesia. She is also a music therapist. She believes music has an important part to play in the operating theatre. She said: "Our aim is early discharge after surgery. Patients need to wake up clear-headed, alert… and ideally pain-free." She said music helps pain management and reduces patients' stress after they wake up.全文翻译一项新研究表明，手术过程中播放音乐有助于患者康复。该研究由印度莫拉纳·阿扎德医学院的医生开展，他们在一名女性患者接受胆囊切除手术时为其播放长笛音乐。手术前，医生为这名女性注射了麻醉药物使其进入睡眠状态。麻醉剂会阻断疼痛信号，并让患者在睡眠中肌肉完全放松；但即便麻醉使人入睡，大脑中负责听觉的区域仍会部分保持活跃。医生表示，患者此时依然能够听到音乐，这使得患者术后所需的止痛药剂量更少、苏醒速度更快，且术后状态也更清醒。该研究的首席研究员坦维·戈尔博士解释了音乐对手术患者起到显著帮助的原因。她表示，研究证明“这绝非单纯的背景音乐那么简单”，音乐之所以重要，是因为它能减轻患者的疼痛感，减少止痛药的使用需求。联合研究员法拉·侯赛因博士对此表示认同。侯赛因博士是麻醉学高级专科医生，同时也是一名音乐治疗师，她认为音乐在手术室中能发挥重要作用。她说道：“我们的目标是让患者术后早日出院。患者需要清醒、警觉地苏醒过来……最好还能摆脱疼痛。”她指出，音乐有助于术后疼痛管理，还能缓解患者苏醒后的压力。重点词汇英文词汇音标中文释义补充说明surgery/ˈsɜːdʒəri/n. 手术；外科手术不可数名词，“做某手术”常用 have surgery / undergo surgery，具体手术加不定冠词（如 a heart surgery）recover/rɪˈkʌvə(r)/v. 康复；恢复不及物动词，常用搭配 recover from（从……中康复），名词形式为 recoverycon…

Japan's legendary sushi chef still working at 100
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date: 2025-11-27T10:22:24+08:00
description: A famous sushi chef in Japan has decided to continue working, even though he just turned 100. His name is Jiro Ono. He celebrated his 100th birthday on the 27th of October. He is one of around 4,380 people in Tokyo who have reached or will reach the age of 100 this year. Just before his birthday, Mr Ono spoke to Tokyo governor Yuriko Koike. She asked him about his secret to living a long and healthy life. He replied, "To work." He said: "I can no longer go to my restaurant every day…but even at 100 years old, I'll try to work if possible. I believe the best medicine is to work." Ono-san said he has no plans to retire from his job. He told Ms Koike: "I plan to keep going for about five more years."Jiro Ono was born in 1925. He started working in a restaurant at the age of seven. Eighteen years later, when he was 25, he moved to Tokyo and worked in a sushi bar. He qualified as a sushi chef in 1951. Fifteen years later, in 1965, Ono opened his own restaurant, called Sukiyabashi Jiro. It was a tiny 10-seat place in an upmarket area of Tokyo called Ginza. He worked for decades trying to make the perfect sushi. In 2007, his efforts were rewarded when he received three stars in the Michelin Guide. In 2011, a documentary about him was released, called "Jiro Dreams of Sushi". In the film, he said: "I haven't reached perfection yet. I'll continue to climb and try to reach the top, but nobody knows where the top is."全文翻译日本著名寿司大师小野二郎虽刚满百岁，却决定继续工作。他于10月27日庆祝了自己的100岁生日，是东京今年约4380名年满或即将年满百岁的老人之一。生日前夕，小野先生与东京都知事小池百合子会面，小池询问他长寿健康的秘诀，他回答道：“工作。”他说：“我如今已不能每天去餐厅了，但即便到了100岁，只要有可能，我仍会努力工作。我相信最好的良药就是工作。”小野先生表示自己暂无退休计划，还告诉小池知事：“我打算再坚持工作五年左右。”小野二郎出生于1925年，7岁时便开始在餐厅打工。18年后，25岁的他移居东京，进入一家寿司店工作，并于1951年取得寿司厨师资格。15年后的1965年，小野开设了自己的餐厅——“数寄屋桥次郎”（Sukiyabashi Jiro）。这家餐厅位于东京高档街区银座，面积狭小，仅设10个座位。数十年来，他始终致力于打造完美寿司。2007年，他的努力获得认可，餐厅被《米其林指南》授予三星评级。2011年，一部关于他的纪录片《寿司之神》（Jiro Dreams of Sushi）上映，片中他说道：“我尚未达到完美之境。我会继续攀登，努力抵达顶峰，但没人知道顶峰在哪里。”重点词汇英文词汇音标中文释义补充说明sushi chef/ˈsuːʃi ʃef/寿司厨师特指专业制作寿司的厨师，chef 强调“主厨级别的专业厨…

Japan creates emergency plan to stop bear attacks
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date: 2025-11-26T10:40:53+08:00
description: Japan's government has created emergency measures to address record numbers of bear attacks. The Ministry of Environment reported that 13 people have been killed, and more than 100 have been injured by bears since April. The death toll is the highest since records began in 2006. Wildlife management experts have devised a plan to reduce the increasing numbers of fatalities, injuries, and encounters with bears. Part of this plan is to reduce bear populations in areas where the animals have been sighted. Another feature is the establishment of region-specific capture targets. Authorities will also set up a buffer zone in many areas to try to separate bear habitats from human residential areas.There are two species of bear in Japan and their numbers have surged in the past decade. Estimates suggest the Asian black bear population has roughly tripled since 2012 — rising from about 15,000 to around 44,000. The larger and more dangerous Ussuri brown bears, native to the northern island of Hokkaido, have doubled in number. There are several reasons for the growth in bear populations. One is the shortage of beech nuts, which scientists attribute to climate change. Another reason is a declining number of licensed hunters, who were largely responsible for bear culls. Finally, a depopulation of rural areas means bears are venturing into towns and villages.全文翻译日本政府已出台紧急措施，应对创纪录的熊袭击事件。日本环境省报告称，自今年4月以来，已有13人被熊致死、逾100人受伤，这一死亡人数创下2006年开始记录以来的最高值。野生动物管理专家已制定计划，旨在减少日益增多的熊伤人致死、受伤及遭遇事件。该计划的部分内容包括：在熊出没区域减少熊的种群数量；制定针对特定地区的捕捉目标；在多个区域设立缓冲区，试图将熊的栖息地与人类居住区隔离开来。日本境内有两种熊类，其种群数量在过去十年间大幅激增。据估算，亚洲黑熊的数量自2012年以来约增长了两倍（从约1.5万只增至约4.4万只）。体型更大、危险性更高的乌苏里棕熊（原产于日本北部北海道岛）数量也翻了一番。熊类种群数量增长的原因有多个：一是山毛榉坚果短缺（科学家认为这一现象由气候变化导致）；二是持证猎人数量减少（他们曾是熊类捕杀的主要执行者）；三是农村地区人口减少，使得熊开始冒险闯入城镇和村庄。重点词汇英文词汇音标中文释义补充说明emergency measures/iˈmɜːdʒənsi ˈmeʒəz/紧急措施固定搭配，指应对突发情况的临时性对策bear attack/beə(r) əˈtæk/熊袭击事件可数名词短语，复数形式为 bear attacksdeath toll/deθ təʊl/死亡人数；死亡率特指灾害、事故等造成的总死亡人数，为单数概念fatality/fəˈtæləti/n. 死亡案例；死者侧重“意外/灾害导致的死亡”，复数为 fatalit…

'Superman #1' copy becomes most expensive comic
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date: 2025-11-25T09:57:00+08:00
description: A pristine copy of the very first self-titled Superman comic has been sold at auction for $9.12 million. This is a world record for a comic book. The rare publication was sold by Texas-based Heritage Auctions. Its vice-president, Lon Allen, called the record-breaking edition the "pinnacle of comic collecting". He said: "Superman No. 1 is a milestone in pop culture history, and this copy is not only in unprecedented condition, it also has a movie-worthy story behind it. I was glad to see the price reflect that, and I'm honoured that Heritage was entrusted with this iconic book." Superman No. 1 first appeared on bookshelves in June 1939. It paved the way for a whole gamut of superhero comics.Prior to its sale, the record-breaking 86-year-old copy of Superman No. 1 had been gathering dust in the attic of a house in California. Three brothers discovered it amid the cobwebs while cleaning out their late mother's house. The brothers said their mother was an avid comic collector, and that she had told them she had "rare comics somewhere". Half a million copies of Superman No. 1 were initially printed. One copy cost 10 cents. Mint condition copies are now extremely rare because the comic invited readers to cut off the front cover to use as a poster. Superman No. 1 became the blueprint for the modern superhero. The character was a symbol of hope, justice, and "doing the right thing".全文翻译一本保存完好的首版同名《超人》漫画书在拍卖会上以912万美元成交，创下漫画书拍卖的世界纪录。这本珍稀出版物由总部位于得克萨斯州的赫里蒂奇拍卖行（Heritage Auctions）经手售出。拍卖行副总裁朗·艾伦称这本破纪录的漫画是“漫画收藏界的巅峰之作”。他表示：“《超人》第一期是流行文化史上的里程碑，这本漫画不仅品相堪称空前完好，背后还藏着一段堪比电影剧情的故事。我很高兴看到拍卖价格体现了它的价值，也很荣幸赫里蒂奇拍卖行能受托处理这本标志性的书籍。”《超人》第一期于1939年6月首次面市，为各类超级英雄漫画的诞生铺平了道路。在此次拍卖前，这本有86年历史的破纪录《超人》第一期一直尘封在加利福尼亚州一栋房子的阁楼里。三兄弟在清理已故母亲的故居时，在蛛网中发现了它。兄弟们说，他们的母亲是一位狂热的漫画收藏家，还曾告诉过他们自己“在某个地方藏有珍稀漫画”。《超人》第一期最初印刷了50万册，单册售价仅10美分。如今品相完好的版本极为罕见，因为该漫画当年鼓励读者剪下封面当作海报使用。《超人》第一期成为了现代超级英雄的创作蓝本，超人这一角色象征着希望、正义与“坚守正道”的精神。重点词汇英文词汇音标中文释义补充说明pristine/ˈprɪstiːn/adj. 保存完好的；崭新的侧重“原始状态未被破坏”，用于描述文物、书籍时强调品相极佳auction/ˈɔːkʃn/n. 拍卖；v. 拍卖常用…

Actor Tom Cruise finally gets an Osca
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date: 2025-11-20T14:47:00+08:00
description: Hollywood superstar Tom Cruise has finally won an Oscar. The 63-year-old actor was given a special award on Saturday. Mr Cruise was nominated for an Oscar four times at the Academy Awards, but he never won. Academy president Janet Yang explained why Cruise got his Oscar. She said he is one of the most famous and biggest money-earning actors of all time. She added that Cruise's "incredible commitment to filmmaking, to the theatrical experience, and to the stunts community has inspired us all". Cruise is famous for doing all of his own stunts. Many of them are very dangerous. Hollywood actor Ethan Hawke predicted Cruise would get four more Oscars in the next 20 years.Tom Cruise was very happy to get an Oscar. In his acceptance speech, he said he felt very lucky to be a part of movies and cinema. He said: "Making films is not what I do, it is who I am." He added: "My love for cinema began at a very early age — as early as I can remember. I was just a little kid in a darkened theatre, and I remember that beam of light just cut across the room… Suddenly, the world was so much larger than the one that I knew." He said: "Cinema takes me around the world. No matter where we come from, in the [movie] theatre, we laugh together, we feel together, we hope together. And that is the power of this art form." Cruise is most famous for the Mission: Impossible and Top Gun films.全文翻译好莱坞巨星汤姆·克鲁斯终于捧起了奥斯卡奖杯。这位63岁的演员于周六被授予一项特别荣誉奖项。克鲁斯此前曾四次获得奥斯卡金像奖提名，却始终未能获奖。美国电影艺术与科学学院院长珍妮特·杨解释了为克鲁斯颁奖的原因，她称克鲁斯是影史上最具知名度且票房号召力最强的演员之一。她还补充道，克鲁斯“对电影制作、影院观影体验以及特技行业的极致投入，鼓舞着我们每一个人”。克鲁斯素来以亲自完成所有特技动作而闻名，其中不少特技动作极具危险性。好莱坞演员伊桑·霍克甚至预测，未来20年克鲁斯还能再斩获四座奥斯卡奖杯。汤姆·克鲁斯对于此次获奖欣喜不已。在领奖致辞中，他表示能投身电影行业，自己深感荣幸。他说道：“拍电影并非我的职业，而是我的人生底色。”他还回忆道：“我对电影的热爱从懵懂幼时便已萌芽，在我记事起便是如此。那时的我只是个坐在昏暗影院里的小不点，至今仍记得那束光影穿透影院……就在那一刻，我眼前的世界瞬间变得远比我认知中的广阔。”他感慨道：“电影带我环游世界。无论我们来自何方，在影院里，我们一同欢笑、一同共情、一同心怀希望。这正是这门艺术形式所蕴含的力量。”克鲁斯最具代表性的作品当属《碟中谍》系列与《壮志凌云》系列影片。重点词汇英文词汇音标中文释义补充说明superstar/ˈsuːpəstɑː(r)/n. 超级巨星特指在演艺、体育等领域极具影响力的顶尖人物Oscar/ˈɒskə(r)/n. 奥斯卡金像奖正式名称为Academy …

New 'Lucifer' bee with devil-like horns found
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date: 2025-11-17T10:13:00+08:00
description: A scientist has discovered a new species of bee in Australia. The bee has tiny horns on its head. The scientist is bee ecologist Dr Kit Prendergast. She gave the bee the Latin name Megachile lucifer. "Lucifer" is another name for the Devil. Dr Prendergast found the bee while she was doing a survey of an endangered wildflower in the city of Perth, Western Australia. She told the "Perth Now" news agency that she gave the bee its name because of its horns. She said: "These horns are very distinct and devilish. I wanted to call it a devil-like name and so I decided on Lucifer." She added: "Lucifer means 'light bringer' in Latin. I want to bring light to issues around the lack of conservation of native bees."Australia is home to more than 2,000 species of native bees. The newly-described bee is one of hundreds in the country that have not been named. Dr Prendergast said: "[There are] many native bees that have evolved in Australia. We don't even know the names of them. They haven't been described. We don't know their distribution or where they nest." The Lucifer bee is "the first new member of this bee group to be described in more than 20 years". She added that there is a lot of "life we still have to discover". Prendergast is worried that the endangered wildflower and the new bee "could be at risk from habitat disturbance and other threatening processes like climate change".译文一名科学家在澳大利亚发现了一种新的蜜蜂物种。这种蜜蜂的头部带有微小的角，发现者是蜜蜂生态学家基特·普伦德加斯特博士。她为这种蜜蜂赋予了拉丁学名——Megachile lucifer（ Lucifer 切叶蜂）。“Lucifer”是魔鬼（Devil）的另一个名称。普伦德加斯特博士在西澳大利亚州珀斯市对一种濒危野花进行调查时，偶然发现了这种蜜蜂。她向《珀斯现在报》（Perth Now）通讯社表示，给蜜蜂取这个名字是因为它的角：“这些角非常独特，带着几分‘恶魔感’。我想给它起一个类似‘魔鬼’的名字，所以最终确定了 Lucifer。”她补充道：“Lucifer 在拉丁语中意为‘带来光明者’，我希望借此让人们关注本土蜜蜂保护不足的问题。”澳大利亚是超过2000种本土蜜蜂的家园。这种新被描述的蜜蜂，是该国数百种尚未命名的蜜蜂之一。普伦德加斯特博士表示：“澳大利亚有许多进化而来的本土蜜蜂，我们甚至不知道它们的名字，既没有对其进行科学描述，也不了解它们的分布范围和筑巢地点。”Lucifer 切叶蜂是“20多年来该蜜蜂类群中首个被描述的新成员”。她还提到，“还有大量生命等待我们去发现”。普伦德加斯特担忧，这种濒危野花与新发现的蜜蜂“可能面临栖息地破坏、气候变化等威胁因素带来的风险”。重点词汇核心名词species：物种（单复数同形，如 a new species / 2,000 species）bee ec…

The Reading / Listening - Grand Egyptian Museum
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date: 2025-11-13T14:12:00+08:00
description: A stunning new museum has opened in Egypt's capital city, Cairo. The Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) held an inauguration ceremony on Saturday attended by a host of dignitaries including kings and heads of state. Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said GEM "is set to become an international cultural and scientific hub, contributing to enhancing tourism promotion in Egypt". Authorities hailed the museum, which cost more than $1.2 billion to build, as "Egypt's gift to the world". A local tour guide hopes it will "usher in a new golden age of Egyptology". The location of GEM is also likely to attract visitors as it is situated in Giza and offers panoramic vistas of the Sphinx and the Pyramids.The museum has been billed as the world's largest archaeological site dedicated to an ancient civilisation. It houses over 50,000 exhibits that have been relocated from the Egyptian Museum in central Cairo and from sites across Egypt. Dominating the entrance is a towering 3,200-year-old, 11-metre-tall granite statue of Ramesses the Great, one of Egypt's most celebrated pharaohs. GEM also houses the entire Tutankhamun collection in one place for the first time since 1922, when it was unearthed in the southern city of Luxor. Officials hope GEM will encourage the return of Egyptian antiquities held in other countries, especially the Rosetta Stone, which is currently on display at the British Museum.译文一座令人惊叹的新博物馆在埃及首都开罗落成开放。大埃及博物馆（GEM）于周六举行了落成典礼，众多政要出席，包括多国国王及国家元首。埃及总统阿卜杜勒-法塔赫·塞西表示，大埃及博物馆“注定将成为国际文化与科学中心，为促进埃及旅游业发展作出贡献”。这座博物馆耗资超12亿美元，当局称赞其为“埃及献给世界的礼物”。一名当地导游期待它能“开启埃及学的新黄金时代”。博物馆的选址也极具吸引力，它位于吉萨地区，能让人饱览狮身人面像和金字塔的全景。该博物馆被誉为全球最大的专门展示古文明的考古遗址类博物馆，馆藏超过5万件展品。这些展品均从开罗市中心的埃及博物馆及埃及各地遗址迁移而来。入口处最引人注目的是一座高达11米、有3200年历史的拉美西斯大帝花岗岩雕像，拉美西斯大帝是埃及最著名的法老之一。自1922年图坦卡蒙文物在埃及南部城市卢克索出土以来，大埃及博物馆首次将其全部藏品集中展示。官员们希望，这座博物馆能推动流失海外的埃及文物回归，尤其是目前陈列于大英博物馆的罗塞塔石碑。重点词汇核心名词inauguration ceremony：落成典礼（专指重要建筑、机构的正式启用仪式）dignitary：政要、显贵（可数名词，复数为 dignitaries，特指有地位的官员/名人）hub：中心（尤指文化、商业、交通等领域的核心区域）archaeology / archaeological：考古学 / …