Wednesday, so follow me at KoiWire on social, and put your word and definition in the comment section of my most recent post, and we're going to choose one winner to work into tomorrow's show, along with a shout out for you and your school.

週三，請在社交網站 KoiWire 上關注我，並在我最近一篇文章的評論區寫下你的單詞和定義，我們將選出一位獲勝者，在明天的節目中播出，同時為你和你的學校點贊。

Alright, we start today in Canada, where more than 100 fires are burning across the country.

好了，我們今天從加拿大開始，那裡有 100 多場大火在全國各地燃燒。

These fires are approaching several communities and have forced nearly 5,000 people to evacuate their homes. In Canada, it's been unusually dry for this time of year, and there wasn't a lot of snow over the winter to help keep the ground damp. In some places, fires from last year didn't completely go out. They stayed hidden underground and came back when it got warm. These are called zombie fires because they come back just like a zombie in a scary movie. The smoke from these fires also is traveling into the United States and affecting air quality across the country. If there is an air quality warning in your area, it's important to stay safe and indoors until the smoke passes. Red flag warnings and air quality alerts are some of the many benefits of living in a community, right? But for some, they're still an appeal in trying to live off the grid. That means completely self-sufficient, gathering your own food, shelter, power, and water. It's not an easy way to live, but it is much simpler, and those who do it are saying that it can be tremendously rewarding. Let's travel to the Welsh countryside, where some people are choosing to live off the grid.

這些大火正逼近幾個社區，已迫使近 5000 人撤離家園。在加拿大，這個季節異常乾燥，冬天也沒有下很多雪來保持地面潮溼。在一些地方，去年的大火併沒有完全熄滅。它們藏在地下，等天氣轉暖後又重新出現。這些火被稱為殭屍火，因為它們就像恐怖電影中的殭屍一樣捲土重來。這些大火產生的煙霧也會進入美國，影響全國的空氣質量。如果您所在的地區發佈了空氣質量警報，在煙霧散去之前一定要注意安全，呆在室內。紅旗警告和空氣質量警報是生活在社區的諸多好處之一，不是嗎？但對有些人來說，它們仍然是嘗試 "離網生活 "的吸引力所在。這意味著

We're not saying, all of this modern stuff and like all machinery is bad, and all modern ways of doing things are bad. We're trying to integrate ancient ways of doing things with modern ways of doing things. Many of us might try to live more sustainably to help the environment, but some take a more drastic approach, aiming to become self-sufficient like these people living off the grid in the Welsh countryside.

我們並不是說，所有這些現代的東西，比如所有的機械都是壞的，所有現代的做事方式都是壞的。我們試圖將古老的做事方式與現代的做事方式結合起來。我們中的許多人可能會嘗試更可持續的生活方式來保護環境，但有些人則會採取更激進的方式，像這些在威爾士鄉村過著離網生活的人一樣，以自給自足為目標。

Brithdy Mair is an intentional community which has currently got 23 people living on site, of ages ranging between two and mid-sixties. Started in 1994. I'll take you on a little look around this way.

Brithdy Mair 是一個有意識的社區，目前有 23 人居住在這裡，年齡從兩歲到 60 多歲不等。始建於 1994 年。我將帶你們參觀一下這裡。

Intentional communities, eco-villages, housing co-operatives. There are many different types of these communities around the world, and they can be traced back to the US and UK in the 1940s, inspired by the back to the land movement and popularised by hippies in the 60s and 70s. Two key elements that define Brithdy Mair's way of living are being off the grid and the community structure.

意向性社區、生態村、住房合作社。世界各地有許多不同類型的此類社區，它們可以追溯到 20 世紀 40 年代的美國和英國，受到迴歸土地運動的啟發，並在 60 和 70 年代受到嬉皮士的追捧。Brithdy Mair 的生活方式有兩個關鍵因素，一是遠離電網，二是社區結構。

When we talk about the grid we mean the mains electricity grid, water, sewage and waste disposal. We're not part of any of those networks, but that doesn't mean we're completely cut off from society. We're about 80 to 90% self-sufficient on food. Our water comes from spring on the mountain. Heating and cooking is done with wood harvested from the land.

當我們談論電網時，我們指的是主電網、供水、排汙和垃圾處理。我們不屬於其中任何一個網絡，但這並不意味著我們與社會完全隔絕。我們的食物大約 80% 到 90% 可以自給自足。我們的水來自山上的泉水。取暖和做飯都是用從地裡採來的木材。

Electricity comes from solar panels, hydroelectric and a wind turbine.

電力來自太陽能電池板、水力發電和風力渦輪機。

Here's some goats. We milk the goats twice a day. We're also making lots of cheese.

這裡有一些山羊。我們每天給山羊擠兩次奶。我們還做了很多奶酪。

So we're going to be going up to the coppice and starting on that.

是以，我們將前往灌木叢，並從那裡開始。

Roughly 100,000 people are living in similar ways around the world, according to a 2020 estimate from the executive director of the Foundation for Intentional Communities.

根據有意建立社區基金會（Foundation for Intentional Communities）執行主任 2020 年的估計，全世界大約有 10 萬人過著類似的生活。

Oh, she's leaving her.

哦，她要離開她了

There we go.

好了

And the number has been rising in recent years.

近年來，這一數字還在不斷上升。

We are a non-hierarchical community, so there's no individual in charge. We make our decisions by consensus. We want to have this balance where we're putting more time and energy into working on the land here and becoming more self-sufficient, as opposed to putting all of our time into earning money, working for someone else and then spending that money on the things that we need to live, like food.

我們是一個無等級制度的社區，是以沒有個人說了算。我們通過協商一致做出決定。我們希望達到這樣一種平衡：我們把更多的時間和精力投入到在這片土地上工作，變得更加自給自足，而不是把所有的時間都投入到賺錢、為別人工作，然後把錢花在我們生活所需的東西上，比如食物。

On average, people work one to two days a week doing other work because we are paying rent here. There are challenges here, but then there are huge challenges in terms of what people are going through in their everyday life out there. And anyone could learn the land skills. Anyone could learn the decision-making process. Anyone could choose to live in a way where you're making being in harmony with the land, being in harmony with the other people around you, the priority. There are many, many ways in which people could live, which would give more to the world than they're taking from the world. This is just an example of it.

人們平均每週有一到兩天從事其他工作，因為我們要在這裡支付房租。這裡有挑戰，但就人們在外面的日常生活而言，也有巨大的挑戰。任何人都可以學習土地技能。任何人都可以學習決策過程。任何人都可以選擇這樣一種生活方式，即把與土地和諧相處、與周圍的人和諧相處作為首要任務。人們可以有很多很多的生活方式，為世界付出的比從世界索取的更多。這只是其中的一個例子。

Pop quiz, hotshots. Where do most plants start their life cycle? Seed, root, soil, or leaves?

小測驗，高手們。大多數植物的生命週期是從哪裡開始的？種子、根、土壤還是葉子？

I was rooting for you, but hate to soil your party. If you believe the answer was root, soil, or leaves, if you said seed, then it's time to turn up because you are correct. Most plants start as seeds, which contain a plant with leaves, stems, and roots. Now let's dive into the fascinating world of medicine where it all begins. Believe it or not, a lot of the medicines that we use started in nature. Plants create special chemicals to protect themselves from pests and diseases, and many of these same chemicals can help us too.

我是支持你的，但我不想弄髒你的派對。如果你認為答案是根、土壤或葉子，如果你說的是種子，那麼是時候翻身了，因為你是對的。大多數植物都是從種子開始的，種子裡有植物的葉、莖和根。現在，讓我們進入迷人的醫學世界，一切從這裡開始。信不信由你，我們使用的很多藥物都是從大自然中開始的。植物會產生特殊的化學物質來保護自己免受病蟲害，而這些化學物質中的許多也能幫助我們。

Plants are everything. They're what provide our food, our housing materials, our musical instruments, our clothing, and our medicines. When I look at a plant, I'm looking to its chemistry and trying to understand the secrets that may unveil new medicines.

植物無所不能。它們為我們提供食物、住房材料、樂器、衣物和藥物。當我觀察一株植物時，我在研究它的化學性質，試圖瞭解其中的祕密，從而揭開新藥的面紗。

The use of plants as medicines goes back to the very origins of human life.

使用植物作為藥物可以追溯到人類生命的起源。

34,000 species have been documented as being used in some form of traditional medicine, yet scientists have only looked at around a thousand of these plants.

據記載，有 34 000 種植物被用於某種形式的傳統醫學，但科學家只研究了其中的大約一千種植物。

I've traveled to some incredible places across the world in my search for nature's next medicines.

為了尋找大自然的下一味藥，我走遍了世界各地一些令人難以置信的地方。

We're looking for the next type of antibiotic.

我們正在尋找下一種抗生素。

The work that I do is deeply personal to me. I was born with multiple congenital defects of my skeletal system, which required the amputation of my leg at the age of three.

我所從事的工作對我來說具有深刻的個人意義。我的骨骼系統有多處先天性缺陷，三歲時需要截肢。

I developed a hospital-acquired infection that nearly took my life.

我在醫院受到感染，差點喪命。

Luckily, back in the 1980s, we still had antibiotics that worked against some of these really bad bacteria. I was able to get my leg amputated, and I was able to get my leg amputated. Today, we're not so fortunate.

幸運的是，在上世紀八十年代，我們還有抗生素可以對付一些非常糟糕的細菌。我的腿得以截肢，我的腿得以截肢。今天，我們就沒那麼幸運了。

A lot of our antibiotics have been around for a long time, and the pathogenic bacteria continue to develop resistance to them. Unless you come up with a continuous supply of new antibiotics acting by new mechanisms, it's not just enough to have a new antibiotic.

我們的許多抗生素已經存在了很長時間，而病原菌仍在不斷髮展對它們的抗藥性。除非你能通過新的機制不斷提供新的抗生素，否則光有新的抗生素是不夠的。

Over a million people die every year due to untreatable infections, and so I've dedicated my life to searching for new medicines from nature to combat the worst of these drug-resistant infections.

每年有超過一百萬人死於無法治療的感染，是以我畢生致力於從大自然中尋找新藥，以對抗最嚴重的耐藥性感染。

We collect plants in the field. We press them and deposit them into an herbarium, which is like a library of life.

我們在野外採集植物。我們將它們壓制，然後存入標本館，標本館就像一個生命圖書館。

We also take samples back to the lab, where we pull out the chemistry from the plant.

我們還把樣本帶回實驗室，從植物中提取化學成分。

Some of our most exciting discoveries have come from plants like the American beautyberry, the European chestnut, and the Brazilian pepper tree. We've discovered molecules in these plants that are very effective in the treatment of the worst drug-resistant bacteria, including MRSA, or drug-resistant staph. We've also discovered fascinating molecules from the American beautyberry plant. These molecules restore the activity of antibiotics against very dangerous resistant bacteria.

我們最激動人心的一些發現來自美洲美人莓、歐洲慄和巴西胡椒樹等植物。我們在這些植物中發現了對治療最嚴重的耐藥細菌（包括 MRSA 或耐藥葡萄球菌）非常有效的分子。我們還從美洲美莓植物中發現了令人著迷的分子。這些分子可以恢復抗生素對非常危險的耐藥細菌的活性。

The next phase of our research involves moving these discoveries from the lab to human clinical trials.

我們下一階段的研究包括將這些發現從實驗室轉入人體臨床試驗。

We could see a scenario in 10, 20, 30 years where many infections are not responsive to any type of antibiotic, and for that reason, Dr. Quave's work is essential to help prevent that from happening.

10 年、20 年、30 年後，我們可能會看到許多感染對任何類型的抗生素都沒有反應，是以，Quave 博士的工作對於防止這種情況發生至關重要。

Today's story, getting a 10 out of 10, is picture perfect. These are the finalists for the 2024

今天的故事滿分 10 分，堪稱完美。這些是 2024 年

Comedy Pet Photography Awards. There's a little bit of something for everyone. We've got pet and owner lookalikes, a kitty cat crammed in a crack, followed by a high-kicking canine, and a headless horse, which is an illusion, of course. So stay tuned for the finalists.

喜劇寵物攝影獎。每個人都有自己的喜好。我們有寵物和主人的相似造型、一隻擠在縫隙裡的小貓、一隻高高躍起的小狗，還有一匹無頭的馬，當然這只是幻覺。敬請期待決賽結果。

And a headless horse, which is an illusion, of course. So stay vigilant, y'all, in case your pets do something silly, because you could be the next winner.

還有一匹無頭馬，當然這只是幻覺。所以大家要保持警惕，以防你的寵物做出傻事，因為你可能就是下一個贏家。

All right, superstars, that ends our time together. Before we go, here's my favorite part of the show. This special shout-out goes to Mr. Weeks' class at Freedom High School in South

好了，超級明星們，我們的相聚到此結束。在我們走之前，這是我最喜歡的節目部分。特別鳴謝南區自由高中威克斯先生的班級

Riding, Virginia. Fly high, Eagles. This next shout-out goes to Riverside Middle School in

騎行，弗吉尼亞高飛吧，老鷹們接下來要為弗吉尼亞州的河濱中學點贊。

New Castle, Colorado. Let's keep learning today to help us conquer tomorrow. Thank you for watching us, and we'll be right back tomorrow. Remember to submit your vocab words for Hashtag YourWordWednesday. I'm Coy Wire, and we are CNN 10.

科羅拉多州，新城堡讓我們今天繼續學習，幫助我們征服明天。感謝您收看我們的節目，我們明天再來。記得為 "YourWordWednesday "提交您的詞彙。我是科伊-威爾，我們是 CNN10。