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Major winter storm strikes America hitting states like Texas especially hard.

重大冬季風暴襲擊美國，對德克薩斯州等州的打擊尤為嚴重。

If that sounds familiar, it's because the country is weathering back to back winter systems.

如果這話聽起來很耳熟，那是因為我國正經歷著接連不斷的冬季系統。

And that's put about 125 million Americans, more than a third of the US population under some sort of weather alert.

而這也讓大約1.25億美國人，超過三分之一的美國人口處於某種天氣警報之下。

Most of these warning stretch from Texas to New England.

這些預警大多從德克薩斯延伸到新英格蘭。

The winter weather has affected states from Washington to Michigan as well.

冬天的天氣也影響到了從華盛頓到密歇根等州。

Many of the people who are feeling it the most are those whose power has been knocked out, several million of them in Texas.

許多人感受最深的是那些電力被打掉的人，其中德克薩斯州有幾百萬人。

And authorities are warning people to be especially careful if they're trying to warm their homes without the power on, They say portable gas powered generators should never be used inside.

當局警告人們要特別小心，如果他們想在沒有電源的情況下取暖，他們說便攜式燃氣發電機絕對不能在室內使用。

Fireplaces, wood stoves and combustion heaters should only be used if they're vented correctly to the outside, cars should never be left running inside a garage, even with the garage door open.

壁爐、柴火爐和燃燒式加熱器只有在正確向外排放的情況下才能使用，汽車絕對不能讓它在車庫內運行，即使是在車庫門打開的情況下。

All of these raised the threat of carbon monoxide poisoning, which has been blamed for several of the deaths that have been reported during these winter storms.

所有這些都提高了一氧化碳中毒的威脅，這已經被歸咎於這些冬季風暴期間報告的幾個死亡事件。

In the southeastern Texas city of Houston, scores of people waited for up to six hours to get inside a shelter that was set up at a convention center.

在德克薩斯州東南部城市休斯敦，數十人等了長達6個小時才進入一個設立在會展中心的避難所。

Volunteers brought food and warm clothing to help others whose electricity and water weren't running at home, lined up in their cars for fast food, in some cases waiting four hours to get to the drive through last year, natural gas and coal generated more than half of Texas is electricity.

志願者們帶來了食物和保暖衣物，幫助其他家裡沒電沒水的人，在車裡排隊買快餐，有的人等了4個小時才趕到車行，去年，天然氣和煤炭發電量佔德州一半以上是電力。

These plants need water to stay online, and with water facilities frozen in the cold temperatures, some companies can't produce electricity wind turbines like thes air, responsible for around 25% of Texas's energy production.

這些工廠需要水來保持在線，而在寒冷的氣溫下，水利設施被凍結，一些公司無法像空氣中的風力渦輪機一樣生產電力，負責德克薩斯州約25%的能源生產。

We told you yesterday how some froze up or shut down during the storms.

我們昨天告訴你，有些人在風暴中凍結或關閉。

Experts say the turbines weren't prepared with antifreeze.

專家表示，渦輪機沒有準備防凍液。

For instance, for the frigid weather, nuclear power accounts for about 11% of Texas is electricity and at least one nuclear unit shut down because it also needs water.

例如，對於寒冷的天氣，核電約佔德州是電力的11%，至少有一個核電機組關閉，因為它也需要水。

So the result of all of this Texans are stuck in the cold.

所以，這一切的結果是德州人被困在寒冷中。

Millions of Texans are once again spending a brutal and dangerously cold night in their homes.

數百萬德州人再次在家中度過了一個殘酷而危險的寒冷夜晚。

This is because there are still millions of people without electrical power in their homes.

這是因為目前仍有數百萬人家裡沒有電。

This is the third night in a row that power is still out to millions of homes across the state because of this winter storm that blew in Sunday night into the state.

這是連續第三個晚上，全州數百萬戶家庭仍在停電，因為這場冬季風暴在週日晚上吹進了該州。

There is another storm expected to come through on Wednesday as well.

預計週三還有一場風暴也會經過。

But the question remains.

但問題依然存在。

When will the electrical system be back up to full strength to get people the ability to warm up their homes?

電力系統何時才能恢復到滿負荷運轉，讓人們有能力溫暖自己的家？

And as hard as that may seem to believe, we just don't have a clear answer at this point.

雖然這看起來很難相信，但我們現在就是沒有一個明確的答案。

We spoke with the chief executive of the Texas Power grid on Tuesday, who said that they had hoped to restore power on Tuesday and Wednesday.

我們在週二採訪了德州電網的首席執行官，他表示，他們希望在週二和週三恢復供電。

But that is not clear that it's not clear that that's gonna happen.

但這並不清楚，這並不清楚會發生。

We've heard from local and state officials who seem to suggest that there are other issues at play here.

我們從地方和州政府官員那裡聽到的消息似乎表明，這裡還有其他問題在起作用。

The governor is saying that natural gas pipelines are frozen eso it could take longer to restore that power and and get that power into the system so that people can warm up their homes.

州長說，天然氣管道被凍結，所以可能需要更長的時間來恢復電力，並讓電力進入系統，以便人們可以溫暖他們的家園。

The bottom line is here We just don't have any answers as to when the full strength of the Texas electrical system will be back up and running so that millions of people don't have to spend another night in the dangerous cold once again.

底線就在這裡 我們只是沒有任何答案 德州電力系統何時會恢復全力運行 這樣數百萬人就不用再一次在危險的寒冷中度過夜晚了。

Ed Lavandera, CNN Dallas, Texas 12th Trivia.

美國有線電視新聞網（CNN）德州達拉斯12日瑣事艾德-拉萬德拉。

Where would you find the largest known impact crater on Earth?

你會在哪裡找到地球上已知最大的撞擊坑？

South Africa, Siberia, Antarctica or Mexico?

南非、西伯利亞、南極洲還是墨西哥？

South Africa's Rita four Crater is the world's largest known impact crater.

南非的麗塔四號隕石坑是世界上已知的最大的撞擊坑。

An impact crater, as the name suggests, is formed when something like an asteroid crashes into something else.

撞擊坑，顧名思義，就是小行星之類的東西撞到別的東西上形成的。

Like Earth.

像地球一樣。

This more recent phenomenon was not caused by an impact, but it is one of 17 craters that have mysteriously appeared in the Russian Arctic since 2013.

這個較新的現象並非由撞擊造成，但它是2013年以來俄羅斯北極地區神祕出現的17個隕石坑之一。

Scientists don't know for sure how this happened.

科學家們並不清楚這是怎麼發生的。

They do know the holes about 100 ft deep.

他們確實知道洞口大約100英尺深。

Picture three city bus is measured end to end, and after it was discovered last summer, they flew a drone inside the crater to capture dozens of images from which they built a three dimensional model that helped researchers to hypothesize this methane gas somehow accumulates in the permafrost of Siberia.

圖片三城市公車是端到端的測量，去年夏天被發現後，他們在火山口內飛行無人機拍攝了幾十張圖片，從中建立了一個三維模型，幫助研究人員推測這種甲烷氣體以某種方式積聚在西伯利亞的凍土層中。

They're not sure whether the gas comes from deep inside the earth or near its surface.

他們不確定這些氣體是來自地球深處還是靠近地表。

But they believe that as the methane builds in a cavity of the ice, it forms a mound, and that mound grows until it finally explodes, blasting ice and other debris and leaving behind the crater.

但他們認為，當甲烷在冰洞中堆積時，會形成一個土丘，而這個土丘會不斷增長，直到最後爆炸，炸燬冰塊和其他碎片，留下隕石坑。

Scientists are using computer technology to try to predict where this will happen.

科學家們正在利用計算機技術試圖預測這種情況會在哪裡發生。

Next, thes craters appear in sparsely populated areas.

接下來，火山口出現在人煙稀少的地方。

They're usually discovered on accident by reindeer herders or during helicopter flights of the area.

它們通常是由馴鹿牧民或在該地區的直升機飛行時意外發現的。

The world's oceans are also vastly mysterious places.

世界上的海洋也是廣闊神祕的地方。

According to National Geographic, more than 4/5 of the sea has never been mapped in detail, and scientists have gathered more data about the surface of Mars than they have the depths of our own blue marble.

據《國家地理》雜誌報道，超過4/5的海面從未被詳細測繪過，科學家們收集到的關於火星表面的數據比他們對我們自己的藍色大理石的深度還要多。

But this is what oceanographer strive for to not only learn about the waters covering the Earth, but to share that knowledge with others.

但這正是海洋學家所追求的，他們不僅要了解覆蓋地球的水域，還要與他人分享這些知識。

And a non profit company is using virtual reality to do just that.

而一家非營利性的公司正在利用虛擬現實來做這件事。

Here's how it brings people a three D view of the deep blue sea.

下面就為大家帶來深藍大海的三D觀。

Once you break through the surface of the ocean, it really opens up for you.

一旦你突破了海面，它就真的為你打開了。

You will see so much life It's colorful.

你會看到這麼多的生活，它是豐富多彩的。

It has so much movements, it feels like a transition into another world.

它的動作太多，感覺像是過渡到另一個世界。

My name is Erica Woolsey, and I'm a marine biologist with a specialty in coral reef ecology.

我的名字是艾麗卡-伍爾西，我是一名海洋生物學家，擅長珊瑚礁生態學。

I'm also editor of the Hydra s, a nonprofit devoted toe ocean understanding.

我也是 "九頭蛇 "的編輯，一個致力於瞭解海洋的非營利組織。

We want to promote ocean connection so that what we know about our ocean can turn into what we do to protect it.

我們希望促進與海洋的聯繫，以便我們對海洋的瞭解能夠轉化為我們保護海洋的行動。

Yeah, Not everyone can access the ocean.

是啊，不是每個人都能進入海洋的。

I want to find ways to bring the ocean to everyone because the ocean is just too good not to share.

我想想辦法把大海帶給大家，因為大海實在是太美好了，不能不分享。

Yeah, the technologies that we use include virtual reality that can recreate what it's like to be underwater.

是的，我們使用的技術包括虛擬現實，可以重現水下的感覺。

Has anyone found the turtle through RVR Film Immerse.

有誰通過RVR電影沉浸找到了海龜。

We've taken nearly one million people, virtually diving since June of 2020.

我們已經帶了近百萬人，從2020年6月開始，幾乎是潛水。

Since the pandemic, we're taking even more.

自從疫情發生後，我們採取了更。

People virtually died.

人們幾乎都死了。

Sometimes the people that are divers and really miss what the coral reefs used to look like.

有時候，做潛水員的人，真的很懷念以前珊瑚礁的樣子。

Sometimes people who have never been to the ocean and think it's scary.

有時候，從來沒有去過大海的人，覺得很可怕。

But that experience makes them wonder if they can try in order to collect this incredible 3 60 footage that makes you feel like you're diving, we use a very specialized camera, and it is basically 13 mounted cameras in an underwater housing.

但是，這種經驗讓他們想知道，如果他們可以嘗試為了收集這種令人難以置信的3 60個鏡頭，讓你感覺像你在潛水，我們使用了一個非常專業的相機，它基本上是13個安裝在水下外殼的相機。

When we stitch this footage together, we can create this 160 effect where you can look in all directions.

當我們把這些鏡頭拼接在一起的時候，我們就可以創造出這種160的效果，你可以從各個方向去看。

Right now, we're not only disconnected from our ocean, but also each other.

現在，我們不僅與我們的海洋脫節，也與彼此脫節。

So these virtual dives are wonderful tool to connect us more to our natural environments.

所以這些虛擬潛水是很好的工具，可以讓我們更多的和自然環境聯繫起來。

Yeah, no matter how far away from the ocean you live, you rely on the ocean.

是啊，不管你住在離海多遠的地方，你都要靠海。

So much of our food, most of the oxygen that we breathe, comes from the ocean.

我們的大部分食物，我們呼吸的大部分氧氣，都來自海洋。

Having this experience even virtually, can make you feel a lot more connected.

即使是虛擬地擁有這種體驗，也能讓你感覺到更多的聯繫。

Wherever you are.

無論你在哪裡。

You can put on a VR headset and feel like you're diving, because it's that human connection to these beautiful and often inaccessible places that lead to positive change.

你可以戴上VR頭盔，感覺自己在潛水，因為正是這種人與這些美麗而又常常無法到達的地方的聯繫，才會帶來積極的改變。

Tips for setting a new Guinness World record, take a look at the old record and then build something 91% bigger.

創造新的金氏世界紀錄的技巧，看看舊的紀錄，然後建立一些91%的大。

That's what the makers of this snow maze did in Manitoba, Canada.

這就是加拿大馬尼托巴省這座雪地迷宮的製作者所做的事情。

Their latest creation covers about 240,000 square feet.

他們的最新作品佔地約24萬平方英尺。

That's a larger amount of space than four football fields They started building it in mid December and just opened on Valentine's Day, and they plan to keep it open through March, weather permitting until they know which path to take.

這比四個足球場的面積還要大，他們在12月中旬開始建設，剛剛在情人節開放，他們計劃在天氣允許的情況下，一直開放到3月，直到他們知道該走哪條路。

Some may feel like the walls are closing in.

有的人可能會覺得牆都合不攏了。

There are a labyrinth of possibilities, and wrong choices can lead to dead ends.

可能性的迷宮，錯誤的選擇會導致死衚衕。

But it's something built for both amazement and amusement.

但這是為驚奇和娛樂而打造的東西。

Finding the quickest way to the exit is kind of the whole point, because, after all, making your way through a maze is a rite of passage is up Carla's.

找到最快速的出口方式是一種重點，因為畢竟，讓你的方式通過迷宮是一種儀式是卡拉的。

There's wanna give a shout out to our viewers in the Netherlands today we heard from the American School of the Hague.

有想給我們荷蘭的觀眾打個招呼，今天我們聽到了來自海牙美國學校的消息。

It's great to have you watching, and we hope everyone watching has a great rest of your Thursday.

很高興有你的關注，希望各位看官週四有一個愉快的休息。