Name: 創紀錄的洪水｜2021年3月23日 (Record-Breaking Flood | March 23, 2021)
Uploaded: 2021-03-23T18:26:15.000Z
Duration: 10 min 1 s

We begin this March 23rd in Australia, specifically its eastern state of New South Wales.

我們從今年3月23日開始在澳洲，特別是其東部的新南威爾士州。

It's the most populated state in the country with more than eight million people.

是全國人口最多的州，有800多萬人。

Many of them struggled with the record bushfire season that struck in 2019 and 2020.

他們中的許多人在2019年和2020年創紀錄的叢林火災季節中掙扎。

Now they're dealing with the opposite problem.

現在他們要處理的是相反的問題。

More than 18,000 people have been evacuated from their homes.

Thousands more could be told to leave in the days ahead because increasing rainfall is in the forecast.

未來幾天可能還會有數千人被要求離開，因為預報中的降雨量越來越大。

Extreme weather like bushfires, floods, droughts and storms that's common in Australia.

澳洲常見的叢林火災、洪水、乾旱和風暴等極端天氣。

What caused this problem, according to the Australian Bureau of Meteorology, was the collision of two weather systems that brought tremendous amounts of rain to New South Wales.

根據澳洲氣象局的說法，造成這一問題的原因是兩個天氣系統的碰撞，給新南威爾士州帶來了巨大的雨量。

All along its eastern coast from its northern border to its southern won, the state is under a flood watch.

從北部邊境到南部的東部沿海地區，全州都處於洪水警戒之中。

Homes have been destroyed, roads are underwater, rivers have burst their banks, an Australian meteorologists says.

澳洲一位氣象學家說，房屋被毀，道路被淹，河流爆堤。

Since last Thursday, some areas have seen more than 3 ft of rain.

自上週四以來，一些地區的降雨量已超過3英尺。

That's five times what this region normally gets in the entire month of March, and another 2 to 4 inches of rainfall was possible by Tuesday night.

這是這個地區整個3月份正常情況下的5倍，到週二晚上還有可能出現2到4英寸的降雨量。

The New South Wales State Emergency service says it's responded to thousands of calls for help.

新南威爾士州緊急服務機構表示，它已經迴應了數千次的求助電話。

Thousands of emergency workers and volunteers are on the ground assisting others, and the state's premier says the Australian military may be needed to help with the recovery.

數千名緊急救援人員和志願者正在當地協助他人，該州總理表示，可能需要澳洲軍隊幫助恢復。

The government expects it will take a massive effort to clean up once the waters subside.

政府預計，一旦水面消退，將需要大規模的努力來清理。

是的，我是華盛頓的皮特-蒙大拿。

Spring break Air travel continues to set records of the pandemic The T ESA says it's screened more than 1.3 million people at airports across the country on Saturday.

春節假期航空旅行繼續創造記錄的大流行T ESA表示，週六在全國各地的機場篩選了130多萬人。

That means more than a million people have flown each day for 10 straight days.

也就是說，連續10天每天都有超過100萬人乘坐飛機。

The record of the pandemic set on Friday, when more than 1.4 million people flu and that number could be even higher for Sunday.

上週五，當超過140萬人的流感和這個數字可能會更高的週日，大流行的記錄設置。

That number will come out later on Monday.

這個數字將在週一晚些時候出來。

All of this travel is happening as health experts are still warning against spring break trips.

這一切的旅行都發生在健康專家仍在警告不要春假出遊的時候。

Vaccine eligibility expansion is happening all across the Southeast, starting today, Monday in Florida, Anybody over the age of 50 can get a vaccine in Alabama.

疫苗資格擴大發生在整個東南地區，從今天開始，週一在佛羅里達州，50歲以上的任何人都可以在阿拉巴馬州接種疫苗。

It's 55 older, as well as those who have developmental or intellectual disabilities and anybody ages 16 to 64 who have underlying high risk medical conditions now in Louisiana.

這是55歲以上的人，以及那些有發育障礙或智力障礙的人，以及任何16至64歲的人，他們現在在路易斯安那州有潛在的高風險醫療條件。

All essential workers over the age of 16 are eligible for the vaccine.

所有16歲以上的基本工人都有資格接種疫苗。

In Louisiana, essential workers could be a member of the clergy, someone who works in higher education, manufacturing, transportation and those who work in grocery stores and food services.

在路易斯安那州，基本工人可以是神職人員，也可以是在高等教育、製造業、運輸業工作的人，還可以是在雜貨店和食品服務業工作的人。

For the first time in over a year, all of New York City public schools will be offering in person learning for K through 12 students.

一年多來，紐約市所有的公立學校將首次為幼兒園到12歲的學生提供面授學習。

Nearly 500 high schools are welcoming back some 55,000 students.

近500所高中迎來了約5.5萬名學生的迴歸。

That's just a fraction of the city's 326,000 high school students.

這只是全市32.6萬名高中生中的一小部分。

Prior to the pandemic, the majority of families continuing to opt for remote learning high school students will be subjected to the same safety measures as elementary and middle school students, including randomized weekly testing, masking and social distancing, According to city officials.

在大流行之前，大多數家庭繼續選擇遠程學習的高中生將受到與中小學生相同的安全措施，包括每週隨機測試，掩飾和社會疏遠，根據城市官員。

The coronavirus positivity rate of schools since October is 0.57% indicating minimal spread within classrooms.

自10月以來，學校的冠狀病毒陽性率為0.57%，說明在教室內的傳播範圍極小。

Sputnik traveling companion, New dawn, distant observer or next frontier Sputnik, the name of a Soviet satellite and a Russian vaccine means traveling companion.

斯普特尼克旅伴，新曙光，遠方的觀察者或下一個疆場斯普特尼克，蘇聯衛星的名字，俄羅斯疫苗的意思是旅伴。

Since Sputnik one launched in 1957 people have been putting satellites, rockets and stations into space.

自1957年發射斯普尼克一號以來，人們一直在把衛星、火箭和空間站送入太空。

And it's getting crowded up there with the stuff we use and the stuff we don't.

我們用的和不用的東西都在上面，越來越擁擠了。

The European Space Agency estimates that there are more than 9000 tons of man made materials in orbit.

歐洲航天局估計，軌道上有超過9000噸的人造材料。

That's the weight of 720 school buses driving around over our heads in a new spacecraft launched over the weekend along with its satellite, added about £423 to that.

這是720輛校車在我們頭頂上行駛的重量，在週末發射的新航天器及其衛星中，增加了約423英鎊。

But this mission is a little bit different.

It's an attempt to demonstrate a way to potentially cleanup space junk.

這是在嘗試展示一種可能清理空間垃圾的方法。

The plan is for the spacecraft and satellite to separate, then reattach using magnets, then head back toward earth to burn up in its atmosphere.

計劃是讓航天器和衛星分離，然後用磁鐵重新連接，然後向地球返回，在其大氣層中燃燒。

Sounds simple, but it will take months to accomplish if it works, though, the demo flight could set the stage for a new space junk cleanup.

聽起來很簡單，但如果成功的話，需要幾個月的時間才能完成，不過，這次試飛可以為新的太空垃圾清理工作打下基礎。

The more we rocket into the heavens 3 to 1 of the more junk and debris we leave behind, making it more dangerous for our spaceships and our satellites to move around The good news.

我們越是以三比一的比例將火箭送上天，我們留下的垃圾和碎片就越多，使得我們的宇宙飛船和衛星移動起來更危險，好消息是：

In the heart of Tokyo, just a few miles away from this park on a quiet street, one company is trying to make space a little safer by making it a little cleaner.

在東京的中心地帶，距離這個公園只有幾英里遠的一條安靜的街道上，有一家公司正試圖讓空間變得更安全，讓它變得更乾淨。

Not quite according to space whizzes like this guy.

像這傢伙這樣的太空奇才就不太相信。

A world surrounded by broken satellites, old rockets and spaceships, fragments and, well, just junk.

一個被破碎的衛星、舊火箭和宇宙飛船、碎片和，嗯，只是垃圾包圍的世界。

You wouldn't believe There are thousands and thousands and thousands of pieces of space.

你不會相信有成千上萬的空間碎片。

但不要被空間裡的大小所迷惑。

The smallest thing can have a catastrophic impact.

小小的事情也會帶來災難性的影響。

Those flex move at an average of 40,000 kilometers an hour and when they hit, they hit with the force of a hand grenade.

這些柔性移動的平均時速為4萬公里，打到的時候，有手榴彈的威力。

Naoko Yamazaki, Japan's second female astronaut, has seen the impact of this stuff firsthand.

日本第二位女太空人山崎直子，親眼目睹了這東西的影響。

If the space that rates side speakers of one cinch meter less than a dime, it will go through the structure, so it is a risk that means dime sized debris could destroy a spaceship.

如果率側揚聲器的一寸米的空間小於一角，它將通過結構，所以它是一個風險，這意味著一角大小的碎片可能會摧毀一艘飛船。

But junk isn't just a problem for astronauts.

但垃圾不僅僅是太空人的問題。

It impacts everyone on Earth to intelligence gathering electric grids.

它影響著地球上的每一個人，到情報收集電網。

That's why Mickey wants to make space clean.

這就是為什麼米奇要讓空間變得乾淨。

Step one map The mess Agencies like NASA track the big trash, but right now no one's really looking out for the small pieces.

第一步地圖 混亂 像NASA這樣的機構會追蹤大的垃圾，但現在沒有人真正注意到小的碎片。

While Satellite One maps the small stuff satellite to nicknamed LCD or sweep up the big stuff, really just magnets.

而衛星一號將小東西衛星映射到綽號為液晶顯示器或掃除大東西，其實只是磁鐵。

Mickey's team will launch the satellite as close to the selected piece of junk as possible.

米奇的團隊將發射衛星，儘量靠近選定的一塊垃圾。

Special cameras and sensors will get even closer, and magnets will do the rest.

特殊的攝像頭和傳感器將更加接近，而磁鐵將完成剩下的工作。

Then it will be all programmed to come back to Earth, where it will burn up on reentry.

然後，它將全部被編入程序，回到地球，在那裡，它將在重返地球時燃燒起來。

If all goes according to plan, a stroke scale will send the first demo sweeper up in 2000 and 19, and from their companies can hire their own Elsa to sweep up whatever might be in their way.

如果一切按計劃進行，2000年和19年的時候，中風秤會把第一臺演示掃地機送上去，從他們公司可以僱傭自己的艾爾莎來掃除任何可能阻礙他們的東西。

Big international agencies like the European Space Agency have also started developing ideas to clean up space.

歐洲航天局等國際大機構也開始制定清理太空的想法。

But Astro Scale is the world's first private company, giving it a try because it believes we will become ever more dependent on space.

但Astro Scale是世界上第一傢俬人公司，給它一個嘗試，因為它相信我們會越來越依賴太空。

Someday people will probably go to Mars or more father place.

有一天，人們可能會去火星或者更父親的地方。

But if you know you want to go to the father beyond the earth, we have to clear that crowded area to minimize the risk.

但是，如果你知道你想去地外之父那裡，我們就必須清理那片擁擠的區域，以減少風險。

Yeah, yes, A mask was recently discovered in central China.

是的，是的，最近在中國中部發現了一個面具。

You might be like some of us are wearing masks now.

你可能就像我們現在有些人戴著口罩一樣。

Well, this one is worth more than its weight in gold because it is gold, and it's believed to be 3000 years old.

好吧，這個比它的黃金重量更值錢，因為它是黃金，而且它被認為有3000年的歷史。

This is from a giant trove of artifacts found at a Chinese archaeological site.

這是來自中國考古遺址發現的一個巨大的文物庫。

Scientists have uncovered tens of thousands of buried relics here since a farmer accidentally unearthed some in the 19 twenties, researchers say ancient ceremonial pits were done here, and in recent decades they've yielded artifacts made from bronze, ivory, jade and bone.

自1920年代一位農民意外發掘出一些文物後，科學家在這裡發現了數以萬計的埋藏文物，研究人員說，這裡曾做過古代的祭祀坑，近幾十年來，他們產生了用青銅、象牙、玉石和骨頭製成的文物。

Experts are hoping this will shed light on China's ancient Shu kingdom.

專家們希望這能為中國的古蜀王國帶來啟示。