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2016-11-27撰稿鱼又

疯狂英语·初中天地 2016年1期
关键词:公爵夫人美国国家航空航天局王妃

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每到新年,我们都忍不住感慨:时间都去哪儿了?时间啊,时间就在你埋头苦读的背影里,在你和家人的饭桌上,在你和小伙伴们交握的掌心里。时间也在那载入史册的热点新闻里。2015年什么最热?什么被大家讨论得热火朝天?那些在“热门微博榜”上屠榜的是什么热闻?让小编为你一一盘点。童鞋们也别闲着,看完热闻,要在Key Words一栏里填上你选出的关键词哦。

P.S.本盘点以事件发生时间为排列顺序,以普通老百姓(也就是小编我)的视角选择的热点,带有明显的主观色彩,如有异议,欢迎砸信!

The dress is in a controversial[有争议的]photo which became popular on February 26th.A photograph of a dress posted on the Internet caused a hot debate[辩论]about whether the dress picture was white and gold, or blue and black.In fact, the dress is blue and black.

On April 25th, a 8.1-Magnitude[震级]earthquake hit Nepal,killed more than 9,000 people and injured more than 23,000.It broke out at 11:56 AM, with a magnitude of 8.1.

Kate, the Duchess of Cambridge注1注1:the Duchess of Cambridge 指“剑桥公爵夫人”,这是凯特王妃的封号。注2:NASA=National Aeronautics and Space Administration,即美国国家航空航天局。, gave birth to a baby girl on May 2nd, 2015.Two days later, the royal princess was named Charlotte Elizabeth Diana.Princess Charlotte is the fourth in line to the throne[王座], right behind his older brother George.

The U.S.Supreme Court[最高法院]ruled that samesex marriage is a legal right across the United States on June 27th.It brings to an end more than ten years of bitter legal battles.President[总统]Barack Obama said it was a “victory for America.”

After nine years and three billion miles, NASA’s注2注1:the Duchess of Cambridge 指“剑桥公爵夫人”,这是凯特王妃的封号。注2:NASA=National Aeronautics and Space Administration,即美国国家航空航天局。New Horizons spacecraft[宇宙飞船]flied by Pluto[冥王星]and its five moons on July 14th.Amazingly, the Pluto “has sent a love note to Earth,” showing a big heart-shape on its surface.

Ning Zetao on Top of the World with 100m Freestyle Gold

天津港大爆炸

On August 12th, a series of huge explosions[爆炸]shook Tianjin, killing over one hundred people and injured hundreds.It broke out at the Port of Tianjin in the Binhai New Area.

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The Three-Body Problem Wins the Hugo Award for Best Novel

刘慈欣科幻小说《三体》获“雨果奖最佳长篇小说奖”

The Three-Body Problem is a science fiction novel[科幻小说]written by the Chinese writer Liu Cixin.It is the first of a trilogy[三部曲]titled Remembrance of Earth’s Past.On August 23th, The Three-Body Problem won the Hugo Award for Best Novel.Liu Cixin became the first Asian writer to win this award.

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Death of Alan Kurdi

叙利亚男童伏尸海滩揪心照片震撼全球

Alan Kurdi was a three-yearold Syrian[叙利亚的]boy.After he drowned[淹死]off the shore of Turkey on September 4th, a journalist took his photograph and quickly spread around the world, becoming a global issue[问题].

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Tu Youyou Wins Nobel Prize in Medicine 2015

屠呦呦获2 0 1 5年诺贝尔医学奖

Chinese scientist Tu Youyou was awarded half of the Nobel Prize in Medicine for discovering artemisinin[青蒿素], a drug against Malaria[疟疾].Irish-born William Campbell and Japan’s Satoshi Omura won the other half of the prize for discovering avermectin[阿维菌素], a drug against parasitic diseases[寄生虫病].

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“地球往事”三部曲,即“三体”三部曲(《三体》《三体Ⅱ·黑暗森林》《三体Ⅲ·死神永生》),是中国著名科幻作家刘慈欣的首个长篇小说系列。小说讲述了文革期间一次偶然的星际通讯引发的三体世界对地球的入侵,以及之后人类文明与三体文明三百多年的恩怨情仇。三部曲出版后十分畅销,深受读者和主流媒体的好评,被誉为“迄今为止中国当代最杰出的科幻小说”,是中国科幻文学的里程碑之作。

2014年底,小说第一部的英文版在美国上市,反响热烈,并于2015年获得美国科幻奇幻协会“星云奖”等五个奖项提名。2015年8月23日,《三体》获第73届世界科幻大会颁发的“雨果奖最佳长篇小说奖”。

宁泽涛100米自由泳夺冠,创亚洲泳坛新历史

On August 6th, at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships[世界游泳锦标赛]at Kazan, Russia, Ning Zetao won a gold medal in men’s 100m freestyle.His 47.84-second swim made him the first Asian to win a medal in the 100-free at the championships.

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