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1、英语考前时事泛读速览中英文对照翻译一First Rohingya Refugees Arrive at Isolated Bangladesh Island首批罗兴亚难民抵达孟加拉孤岛Officials in Bangladesh on Friday sent the first group of more than 1,500 Rohingya refugees to live on an isolated island. The move came as international organizations have called for the process to be stoppe

2、d.The 1,642 refugees left on seven Bangladeshi naval ships for the three-hour trip from Chittagong to Bhasan Char island. The information came from an official who could not be named.Bangladeshi reporter Saleh Noman traveled with the refugees. He said by phone from the island that health workers che

3、cked the refugees for temperatures and gave face coverings to protect against COVID-19 at the start of the trip. They were then given rice, eggs and chickens for lunch.Where is Bhasan Char?Bhasan Char is about 60 kilometers from the mainland. No one has ever lived there. The island was once regularl

4、y underwater after heavy rains. It surfaced from the water of the Bay of Bengal only 20 years ago.The island now has flood protection barriers for houses, hospitals and mosques at a cost of more than $112 million.The new buildings can shelter about 100,000 people. That is just a small number of the

5、million Rohingya Muslims who are now living in crowded refugee camps in Coxs Bazar.The builders say it is like a modern town with homes, schools, play areas and roads. It also has a water system and storm shelters. Foreign reporters, however, have not been permitted to visit the island.The director

6、of building development on Bhasan Char is Commodore Abdullah Al Mamun Chowdhury. He told local reporters on the island that the international community did not need to worry about the safety of the refugees.He said he expects that the United Nations and other aid groups would be pleased with the con

7、dition after their visit. Asked when that would be, he answered that the government is working on it.Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has repeatedly told the U.N. that no refugees would be forced to go to the island. But officials in Coxs Bazar did not say how the refugees were chosen for th

8、e move to the island.Rights groups called for a haltInternational aid agencies and the U.N. have been loudly against moving the refugees to the island since it was first announced in 2015. They feared that a strong storm could destroy the island and put many lives in danger.The U.N. said in a statem

9、ent Wednesday that it has not been involved in the move. “Rohingya refugees must be able to make a free and informed decision about relocating to Bhasan Char,” the U.N. said.Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch on Thursday urged the Bangladeshi government to cancel the plan.About 700,000 Roh

10、ingya fled to the camps in Coxs Bazar after August 2017. That is when the military in Buddhist-majority Myanmar began a violent campaign against Muslims following an attack by Rohingya rebels.The military-led campaign included rapes, killings and the destruction of thousands of homes. It was called

11、an “ethnic cleansing” by international rights groups and the U.N.Bangladesh has tried to send the Rohingya back to Myanmar. But they are unwilling to go because of fear for their safety. They are also not recognized as citizens in Myanmar, making them stateless people.翻译：1642名难民乘坐七艘孟加拉国海军舰艇从吉大港前往巴山查

12、尔岛，整体行程三个小时。该信息来自一位无法透露姓名的官员。孟加拉国记者萨利赫诺曼此次与难民同行。他在登岛后通过电话表示，医护人员在行程开始时检查了难民的体温并分发了口罩以预防新冠肺炎。之后午饭为他们提供了米饭，鸡蛋和鸡肉。巴山查尔岛在哪里?巴山查尔岛距内陆约60公里。那里从未有人类居住过。曾有一次大雨过后该岛一度被淹没在水下。它20年前才浮出孟加拉湾的水面。目前该岛耗资超过1.12亿美元为房屋，医院和清真寺设置了防洪屏障。新的建筑可容纳约100,000人。对当前居住在考克斯巴扎尔拥挤的难民营中的百万罗兴亚穆斯林来说，这只是一个小数目。建筑商表示，它就像一座现代化的城镇，有房屋，学校，游乐区和道

13、路。它还有供水系统和风暴避难场所。但目前外国记者尚不被允许访问该岛。巴山查尔岛上的建筑开发总监是阿卜杜拉马蒙乔杜里准将。他对岛上的当地记者说，国际社会不需要担心难民的安全。他表示，他希望联合国和其他援助团体在到访后能对当地的情况感到满意。当被问及何时可以参观时，他回答说政府正在努力安排。孟加拉国总理谢赫哈西娜对联合国一再声明，不会强迫任何难民前往该岛。但是考克斯巴扎尔市官方没有透露如何选择难民前往该岛。人权组织呼吁停止转移行为自2015年首次被公布以来，国际援助机构和联合国一直强烈反对将难民转移到该岛。他们担心强烈的风暴可能摧毁该岛并危及许多难民的生命。联合国在周三的一份声明中称，联合国没有参

14、与这一行动。联合国表示：“对于转移至巴山查尔岛一事，罗兴亚难民必须在知情的情况下自主决定。”国际特赦组织和人权观察周四敦促孟加拉国政府取消该计划。2017年8月以来，大约700,000罗兴亚人逃到了考克斯巴扎尔的营地。那时，佛教徒为主的缅甸军方开始对穆斯林进行暴力清洗并引发了罗兴亚叛军的反抗。这场由军方领导的运动包括强奸，杀害和摧毁数千所房屋。 国际人权组织和联合国将其称为“种族清洗”。孟加拉国试图将罗兴亚人送回缅甸。但是由于担心自身的安全，他们并不愿回去。同时由于在缅甸也不被视为该国公民，他们成了无国籍的人群。二Singapore Approves Sale of Lab-Grown Mea

15、t新加坡批准出售实验室的培植肉二Singapore Approves Sale of Lab-Grown Meat新加坡批准出售实验室的培植肉Singapores government has approved the sale of a laboratory-grown chicken meat. The American company that invented the product, Eat Just, says it is the first time lab-grown meat has received such approval anywhere in the world.L

16、ab-grown meat also called clean or cultured meat is created from animal cells in a laboratory. The product is made without harming animals. The cells grow directly into the meat, outside of any animal.The Eat Just product is to be sold as small pieces, called nuggets. The product is set to launch at

17、 a Singapore restaurant “in the very near term,” the companys CEO Josh Tetrick told Reuters news agency.Singapore is an island city-sate of 5.7 million people.Demand for alternatives to animal meat is rising across the world because of public concerns about health, animal welfare and the environment

18、. Plant-based products - opularized by companies like Beyond Meat, Impossible Foods and Quorn - are selling in a growing number of stores and restaurants.But the development of lab-grown meat has been much slower than that of plant-based versions. The main reason for the delay is money. Lab-grown me

19、at costs a lot more to produce.Tetrick said the San Francisco-based company is also seeking pprovals from U.S. government agencies. But he added that Singapore was a “good bit” ahead of the United States.The Singapore Food Agency said it examined data from processing, manufacturing control and safet

20、y testing before approving Eat Just sales. Tetrick said it is likely that the U.S. and countries in Europe and elsewhere will examine Singapores approval system and will attempt to create a similar process.Eat Just said it will manufacture the product in Singapore. The company also plans to start ma

21、king a plant-based egg substitute there that it is already selling in the United States.Eat Just was founded in 2011 and has raised more than $300 million, Tetrick said. The company is valued at around $1.2 billion.Worldwide, more than 24 companies are testing lab-grown fish, cow and chicken meat. T

22、hey are hoping to break into a new part of the alternative meat market. Financial experts at Barclays Bank have estimated the market could be worth up to $140 billion by 2029.Competitors in the market have also been able to raise large amounts of money and win support from well-known investors.U.S.-

23、based Memphis Meats raised money this year in a deal led by Japans SoftBank Group and Singapore-based Temasek. Among the Memphis Meats investors are Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates and Virgin Group chief Richard Branson.In Singapore, Shiok Meats aims to become the first company to sell lab-grown shr

24、imp. The company is backed by Henry Soesanto of the Philippines Monde Nissin Corporation, which also owns Quorn.新加坡政府已批准出售实验室培育的鸡肉。发明该产品的美国公司Eat Just（以下译为“锦食”）表示，这是全球首个获批的实验室培植肉。实验室培植肉也被称为净肉或培植肉，是在实验室中用动物细胞制作出来的。该产品不会对动物造成伤害。这些细胞能在无需依附动物身体的情况下直接长成肉。锦食公司这一产品会以小块出售，被称为“小金块”。该公司首席执行官约什泰特里克告诉路透社记者，该产品将于

25、“近期”在新加坡一家餐厅推出。新加坡是一个拥有570万人口的岛国。由于公众对健康、动物保护主义和环境的担忧，全球对动物肉类替代品的需求正在上升。由和餐馆里销售。但实验室培植肉的发展比素食产品要慢得多。而这一速度缓慢的主要原因是资金问题。实验室培植肉的生产成本要高得多。泰特里克表示，这家总部位于旧金山的公司也在寻求美国政府机构的批准。但他补充说，新加坡比美国要领先一步。新加坡食品署表示，在批准锦食公司销售该商品之前他们检查了该公司加工、生产控制和安全检测的数据。泰特里克表示，美国和欧洲及其他国家很可能会检验新加坡的审批制度，并将尝试建立一个类似的程序。锦食公司还表示它将在新加坡生产这种产品。该公

26、司还计划在那里开始生产一种素食鸡蛋替代品，而这种产品已经在美国销售。泰特里克还说，锦食公司成立于2011年，已筹集3亿多美元的资金。该公司市值约12亿美元。全球范围内有超过24家公司正在测试实验室培育的鱼肉、牛肉和鸡肉。他们希望打入另类肉食市场的新领域。据巴克莱银行的金融专家估计，到2029年该市场的价值可能高达1400亿美元。该市场的竞争者们也已筹集了大量资金并获得了知名投资者的支持。总部位于美国的孟菲斯肉类食品公司今年通过日本软银集团和新加坡淡马锡牵头的一项交易进行了资金筹集。孟菲斯肉类食品公司的投资者包括微软联合创始人比尔盖茨和维珍集团首席执行官理查德布兰森。新加坡公司Shiok Mea

27、ts的目标是成为第一家销售实验室培植虾肉的公司。该公司得到了菲律宾蒙迪公司的亨利索桑托的支持，后者还是Quorn的拥有者。三One Thing You Can Do Right Now to Help Your Heart你现在就可以做的有助于心脏健康的一件事【中英文同句翻译】Many diseases and medical conditions are caused by things out of our control. Yet experts say you can control and even prevent many of the risk factors that incr

28、ease your chances of dying.很多疾病和病理状况都是由我们无法控制的事物引起的。然而专家表示，我们能控制并且甚至能阻止很多增加死亡几率的危险因素。Experts note that an unhealthy lifestyle can put you at great risk of heart disease and stroke. Poor diet, having too much body fat and a lack of physical exercise all increase your risk of heart disease - so can us

29、ing tobacco products and drinking too much alcohol.专家指出一个不健康的生活方式能使你患心脏疾病和中风的风险很大。糟糕的日常饮食、体内脂肪过多或者缺乏体育锻炼都会增加你获得心脏疾病的风险。吸烟制品和饮酒过量也会增加风险。So doctors urge us to eat healthy foods, get exercise, stop smoking and limit our alcohol intake.所以医生力劝我们食用健康的事物，进行锻炼，戒烟并限制我们的酒精摄入量。But there is something else you c

30、an do. And it is free and easy. Smile!但是你还可以做其他的事情。并且它是免费且很容易做到。那就是微笑！Anand Chockalingam is a heart disease specialist at University of Missouri Health Care in Columbia, Missouri. He advises his patients to smile.阿南德乔卡林甘是密苏里州哥伦比亚密苏里大学医学院的心脏疾病专家。他建议他的患者要微笑。When we smile, the brain wiring gets altered

31、. The chemicals that are released are more positive.“当我们微笑时，大脑的构造会发生改变。释放的化学物质更具有积极的一面。”He says smiling is a first step in fighting physical and emotional stress and its sometimes harmful effects on human health. This is not just New Age advice. Several studies support Dr. Chockaligams prescription

32、to smile more.他表示微笑是对抗身体和情绪压力以及他们对人类健康产生的有害影响第一步。这不仅仅是新时代生活方式的建议。几项研究更加支持了乔卡利甘的多微笑处方。When we talk about disorders of the heart and blood vessels, we are talking about cardiovascular diseases, such as coronary heart disease. And they are the number one cause of death around the world. That informatio

33、n comes from the World Health Organization.当我们谈到心脏和血管紊乱时，我们常谈到冠心病等心血管疾病。并且他们是世界上的第一大致死因素。这个信息来自世界卫生组织。The main cause of heart attacks and strokes are blockages in blood vessels. These prevent blood from flowing to the heart or the brain. The most common reason for these blockages is a build-up of fa

34、tty deposits on the inner walls of the arteries.心脏病发作和中风的主要起因是血管中的阻塞物。这些阻塞物阻止血液流进心脏或者大脑。这些堵塞物形成的最常见的原因是动脉内壁脂肪物的沉积。When you feel stressed or under pressure, your body releases many natural hormones including adrenaline and cortisol.当你感到焦虑不安或者承受着压力时，你的身体会释放很多肾上腺素和皮质醇等自然激素。Adrenaline increases your hea

35、rt rate and blood pressure. Cortisol is the bodys main stress hormone. It increases sugar in the bloodstream. If you are truly in danger, these hormones can help you. They are part of what we call our fight-or-flight response.肾上腺素使你的心率加快、血压升高。皮质醇是身体的主要应激激素。它增加血流中的糖分。如果你真的处境危险时，这些激素会帮助你。他们是我们常说的战斗或逃跑

36、反应（一种应激反应）中的一种。However, when stressed for a long period, these stress hormones are ever-present in our bodies. And that, medical researchers warn, may lead to health problems.然而，当我们的焦虑情绪维持很长一段时间时，这些压力激素会经常存在在我们的体内。并且医学研究人员警告那可能引发健康问题。Researchers with the American Heart Association say the connection

37、 between stress and heart disease is still unclear.美国心脏协会的研究人员表示压力与心脏疾病之间的联系还不是很明确。However, they claim that when people are stressed for long periods of time, they may not make the best decisions about what to eat. They may overeat, smoke or drink too much alcohol. They may not get enough exercise o

38、r sleep. And all of this can lead to health problems.然而，他们声称当人们焦虑持续很长一段时间时，他们可能不能对自己的饮食做出最佳决定。他们可能吃得太多、吸很多烟或者喝太多酒。他们可能没有足够的锻炼和睡眠。并且所有这些可能导致健康问题。Dr. Chockalingam says a smile may be one way to help.He tells his patients to smile 20 times an hour. To some, that might seem like a lot of smiling. Or som

39、e might even feel foolish . smiling for seemingly no reason. But a smile does not involve drugs. It is not invasive like a surgical operation. It is free and it has no bad side effects.乔卡利甘博士表示微笑可能成为有帮助意义的一种方式。他告诉他的患者一个小时要微笑20次。对于某些人来说，那似乎微笑过度了。或者一些人甚至可能感觉看起来毫无理由的微笑这种行为很愚蠢。但是一个微笑并没有害处。它并不像一个外科手术那样具有

40、侵入性。它是免费的并且没有副作用。Once people smile, they are relaxing. This relaxation directly lowers blood pressure, improves sugar levels in the blood. If we are smiling, we are breaking that link between stress and health.“一旦人们开始微笑，他们就放松下来。这种放松可直接降低血压，改善血糖水平。如果我们正在微笑，我们正在打破健康与压力之间的联系。”And it just may provide a little extra protection to everyones heart health.And thats the Health & Lifestyle report.并且它可能对每个人的心脏健康提供额外的保护。那是健康与生活方式报道的全部内容。Im Anna Matteo.安娜马泰奥为您报道。