The excitement surrounding one of the largest and most popular New Years Eve celebrations in the Middle East was a little spoiled after a fire at the Address Hotel in Dubai. 中东地区最大、最受欢迎的除夕之夜狂欢有点被迪拜地址酒店大火破坏。According to the governments media office, the fire started outside the hotel on the 20th floor but never sp inside. Fourteen injuries were reported, but the government says all of those people received medical attention. 根据政府媒体办公室，大火从酒店二十层外开始，但没有向里面蔓延。据报道有十四人受伤，但政府表示所有人都接受了医疗救助。The fire started shortly before the fireworks began with people are aly lining up to see the show. 大火发生在烟火表演开始前不久，人们已经排队看演出。I turned around and saw what yall are seeing pictures of and within 10 seconds it went from wow, thats a fire to we need to not be where we are. 我转过身去，看到你们在照片上看到的画面，就在10秒内哇那发生了大火，我们不应该在那。Despite the hotel being just about a mile away, the government decided the fire wasnt enough to stop the party.尽管距离酒店只有一英里远，但政府决定大火不足以停止演出。This is the second time this year a fire has stared at one of Dubais huge skyscrapers. On Feb. 21, a fire at the Marina Torch Tower is said to have destroyed more than 100 apartments, leaving some residents still homeless to this day. 这是今年以来迪拜天大楼的第二次火灾。2月21日，玛丽娜火炬塔大火造成100多间公寓被烧毁，许多人至今无家可归。Guests at the Address Hotel were evacuated and placed elsewhere by the Dubai Department of Tourism. So far, no word on what caused the fire. The government says 90 percent of the fire is contained. 地址酒店的客人被疏散，并被迪拜旅游局安置在其它地方。目前为止还不知道大火引发的原因。政府表示百分之九十的火势被控制。译文属。201601/419253。

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These two qualities, floating and reflecting,漂浮和反射这两种性质make ice uniquely powerful on Earth.令冰块在地球上具有独特的能量Ice turns these polar regions into two giant reflectors,冰将两级区域变成两个巨大的反光镜and they dont just reflect light but heat.不仅反射光线，还有热量Land and sea are dark so they absorb the Suns warmth,陆地和海洋是黑暗的，它们吸收太阳的热量but ice reflects it straight back out to space.但是冰将热量反射回空间Its called the albedo effect.这被称为反照率作用Filmed for a year from a satellite above the North Pole,卫星从北极上方拍摄一年you can see how the Arctic sea ice grows and shrinks with the seasons.便能看到北极海洋的冰层会按季节扩大和缩小This changes the amount of energy absorbed by the Earth,这个变化将改变地球吸收的能量总量and this in turn can influence the climate right across the planet.也将影响整个行星的气候So the amount of fee cover can have a dramatic effect on climate worldwide,足以影响星球上的一切冰层可以引起气候的巨变one that may even have affected the path of human evolution.甚至影响人类自己的进化Fossils found all over Africa show how in the last three million years非洲东部出土的化石显示过去三百万年里there appear to have been two great evolutionary leaps forward.那里人类的进化经历了两次巨大飞跃The first was the appearance of an ape man with a larger brain.首先是猿人的出现他们有着很大的大脑201510/405413。

栏目简介：《趣味青春英语视频》是外语网络电台的精品节目，通过大讲堂的网络课堂形式，能够帮助英语学习者积累一些英语背景知识，并通过互动的教学形式，帮助有效记忆英语知识。本栏目是学习趣味青春英语的好材料。201602/419808。

Well Im not gonna give you any suggestions.我不想现在给你什么提示I want you to see how you feel on the drug.OK.我想让你自己来了解用药以后的感觉I want you to reflect during the process and afterwards我想让你在整个过程中自己感受 然后how it compares with alcohol.再和喝酒的感觉来比较Walk as straight as you can.尽量走直线The drug was likely to make me feel tipsy药物有可能让我步履蹒跚so before I even took the pill因此在吃药之前they had to check my normal balance.他们要检验我的正常平衡能力It was at this point that the enormity of what I was doing hit home.在这一点上 我现在做的至关重要Thats great.很好As I start to think about whether this is gonna work or not开始我还在想着这药是否有效Im left with a sense that actually it could be quite a powerful effect.现在我有个感觉可能它实际上很有效力Maybe itll give me some effects I dont like.也许它会给我一种我不喜欢的效果So Im a bit..所以我有点...Now I think about it现在我在想着它Im a more apprehensive subject than I was a few minutes ago.我比几分钟前有更多了一层理解This was a highly experimental drug这是种仍处在试验阶段的药物only a few people had ever tried it只有少许几个人尝试过and the condition was that I was in a hospital而且现在我是在医院里closely observed with resuscitation equipment on hand.被严密观察 旁边有触手可及的抢救设备Perfect.好极了重点解释：1.compare with 与 ... 相比例句：Compare with apartment hunting, my research work is a cinch.跟找房子相比，我的研究工作真算不上什么。2.think about 考虑；回想例句：What do you think about that?你认为怎么样？3.a few 一些(用于可数名词之前)例句：A few anatomic mysteries remain unsolved.一些结构上的疑点仍未解答。 201508/394893。

栏目介绍：搞笑英语轻松学通过不同的搞笑生活片段来学习日常口语，领域涉及生活的各个方面，让我们既可以学习到地道的口语，还能够爆笑一番。快来看看吧。201507/388392。

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Babylon is a city of the future.巴比伦被称作未来之城Cosmopolitan, multi-cultural, 它是一座国际化 多文化并存的 a city of many different gods.信奉不同神灵的城市But in this melting pot,但在这大熔炉之中The Jews write into mankinds story a revolutionary idea:犹太人将一种革命性的思想注入了人类故事中Monotheism.那就是一神论All existence created by one god.所有的生灵都由同一个上帝创造Rather than thinking of Yahweh as the highest amongst the gods,他们并不是将耶和华视为众神之首just one of many gods, but the god of Israel.众神之一 而是将其视为以色列的神 The Jews begin to think that perhaps Yahweh is the sole god.犹太人开始思考 也许耶和华就是唯一的上帝But for the Jews of Babylon, 但对于身处巴比伦的犹太人 the word of god is under threat.上帝的意志正受到威胁The city is besieged by the armies of the Persian empire.巴比伦被波斯帝国的军队层层包围If it falls, their fragile writings could go up in flames.如果城市沦陷 那他们的创作便将付之一炬Now one man seizes this moment.而有一个人抓住了这次机会He sees opportunity.他看到了机遇Zerubbabel...他就是所罗巴伯Exiled prince, 他是被流放的王子 descendant of Kings Solomon and David.是所罗门和大卫国王的后代201510/401671。

2015 World Robot Conference opens in Beijing2015世界机器人大会在京举行The World Robot Conference 2015 opened in Beijing today.2015年世界机器人大会今天在京开幕。Visitors can see the robots cooking, cleaning, and showing off football skills.参观者可以观看机器人进行烹饪、清洁及展现球技。 译文属201511/411815。

AZUZ: Time for the Shout Out. “大声喊出来”的时间到了！The Blue Angels are part of which branch of the U.S. Military? “蓝天使”属于美国军队的哪一？If you think you know it, shout it out. 如果你认为你知道，那么大声喊出来吧！Is it the Army, Navy, Air Force or Marines? Youve got three seconds. Go!是陆军、海军、空军还是陆战队？你有三秒钟的时间，开始！Its B. The Blue Angels are officially the U.S. Navy flight demonstration squadron. Though the Marines are eligible to fly with them, thats your answer and thats your Shout Out. 是B。“蓝天使”飞行表演队是正式属于美国海军的，但是陆战队也能和他们一起飞行。那就是你的，那就是你的“大喊”。Case and point. U.S. Marine Corps Captain Katie Higgins (ph), she just became the first female pilot in the 69-year history of the Blue Angels. 举个例子。美国海军陆战队队长Katie Higgins刚刚成为了“蓝天使”飞行表演队69年来第一位女飞行员。Captain Higgins flies the Angels C-130 Hercules, the largest winged performer of the group. Higgins队长负责驾驶C-130“大力神”运输机，这是队里机翼最大的飞机。She told CBS news that her inclusion, e, ;shows little girls and guys that women can do whatever they put their mind to.; 她对CBS新闻表示，她的入选“向年轻的女孩儿男孩儿展示了，只要下定决心，女人就能做到自己想做的。She had aly flown hundreds of combat hours, supporting operations in the Middle East, Europe and Africa. 她已经在战争中飞行过几百小时，在中东、欧洲和非洲持相关行动。Millions of people have seen the Blue Angels perform. 几百万人看过“蓝天使”的表演。 /201504/370688。