Leisure time第十期
【Current New】
中国制造的地铁驶进美国波士顿
The subway system in the US city of Boston will soon be equipped with train cars "Made in China," which will be shipped to the city in December.
美国波士顿的地铁系统很快就会配备“中国制造”的列车，这些列车将于12月送达该城市。
The current train cars in Boston have been running for decades and are too old to provide a modern trip experience.
波士顿目前的列车已经运营了有好几十年的时间了。由于太过老旧，所以不能提供一种现代的搭乘体验。
Made in northeastern China's Jilin Province, the new cars can run at a speed of 102 kilometers per hour.
这批新的列车是由中国东北部的吉林省制造，运行速度可达每小时102公里。
Although designed according to the US standard, the producing method of the cars is owned by a Chinese company named CRRC, the China Railway Rolling Stock Corporation.
列车虽是按照美国标准设计的，但是具体制造方法则是由一家名叫中国中车股份有限公司的中国公司负责的。
The final products match the Boston subway's strict maximum weight requirement of 34 tons per car, which barred a lot of world-famous companies from getting the order form.
由于波士顿的地铁有每辆列车最大承重不超过34吨的严格要求，因此这一点把很多欲承接此项目的世界知名列车制造公司拒之门外。
"The cars have to be solid, but light-weight at the same time," technology manager of the project Hong Haifeng told CCTV's Mandarin news channel. "And they have to be compatible with the century-old facilities in Boston."
该项目的技术经理洪海峰向中央电视台中文新闻频道透露：“这些列车要兼具坚固和身轻的特点。而且还要与波士顿几百年的相关设备相匹配。”
This is the first time for Chinese rail equipment to be used in the United States. The new cars are designed to run for 30 years.
这是中国铁路设备首次在美国投入使用。这批新列车设计的运营时间为30年。
福布斯首推世界最受信赖公司榜 17家中国企业上榜
It takes a high level of trustworthiness to appear on Forbes' first-ever Top Regarded Companies list.Forbes' first-ever Top Regarded Companies list.
日前，《福布斯》杂志首次推出了最受信赖公司榜单，上榜的均是信誉颇佳的公司。
German conglomerate company Siemens was ranked the top regarded company. France's Michelin Group came in second, with Google parent company Alphabet in third.
德国集团公司西门子被评为最受信赖的公司。法国米其林集团排名第二，谷歌母公司Alphabet排名第三。
The US and Japan dominated the Top Regarded Companies list, as it featured 61 US companies and 42 Japanese companies. 17 Chinese companies made the list.
美国和日本企业成为最受信赖公司榜单的主角，有61家美国公司和42家日本公司上榜。17家中国公司上榜。
Nintendo ranked No 4, with Panasonic and Toyota Motor ranking 10th and 13th, respectively.
任天堂排名第四，松下和丰田汽车分别排在第10位和第13位。
Eight US companies (Alphabet, Walt Disney, Apple, Hilton, Marriott International, Netflix, Microsoft and IBM) made the top 20.
前20名中有8家美国企业（Alphabet、迪士尼、苹果、希尔顿、万豪国际、Netflix、微软和IBM）。
This list is based on Forbes' 2017 Global 2000 rankings, which featured public companies from 58 countries that together accounted for $35.3 trillion in revenue.
这一榜单是基于《2017福布斯全球企业2000强》得出的，来自58个国家的这些上市公司，总共贡献了35.3万亿美元的收入。
【Overseas Culture】
各种奇葩的世界纪录
The second Thursday of each November is Guinness World Records Day. Every year, it’s a time when we get to appreciate the marvelous things that people have achieved.
11月的第二个星期四是吉尼斯世界纪录日。每年的这个时候，我们都会为人们所能做到的非凡之事而惊叹不已。
Well, perhaps it isn’t. Apparently, some of the record makers and breakers seem more admirable than others. It’s perfectly possible to appreciate the achievement of a sportsperson like Usain Bolt, for example, who is the only athlete to win the 100m and 200m Olympic titles three times in a row. Running is a tradition that goes all the way back to the Greek Olympic competitions.
好吧，或许事实也并非如此。很显然，有些纪录的创造者和打破者似乎要比其他人更令人敬佩。打个比方，尤塞恩·博尔特是唯一一位连续三年获得男子100米及200米奥运冠军的运动员，像他这样的运动员所取得的成就，得到人们的赞赏完全合理。赛跑是一项可追溯到古希腊奥林匹克运动会的传统。
But one wonders whether the person who holds the record for growing the largest onion, or the one who holds the record for the most wooden toilet seats broken within a minute using only the forehead, is quite as worthy of our admiration as Bolt is.
但也有人好奇，像种出世界上最大的洋葱，或者在1分钟内用额头击碎最多的木头马桶盖，这样的世界纪录保持者是否应该获得人们像对博尔特一样的敬重。
The Greek poet Pindar wrote great poems to the athletes of his day. It seems unlikely that anyone today would compose an ode to a man for growing an unusually big vegetable. In other words, some of these Guinness records seem a bit silly.
古希腊诗人品达写下了一系列伟大的诗篇来歌颂与他同时代的运动员。但如今，似乎不大可能有人会为种出巨大蔬菜的人写诗赞美。换言之，一些吉尼斯世界纪录似乎有些无厘头。
So, why do people choose to try and attain world record holder status for, to put it kindly, such pointless things? Perhaps the experts can help. Speaking to The Atlantic magazine, Stephen Garcia, a professor of psychology at the University of Michigan, tried to explain it. “People are always trying to find a way to make themselves seem like they are at the top,” he said.
所以，说好听些，为什么人们会为这些毫无意义的事情创造并保持世界纪录呢？或许专家们能进行一些解释。密歇根大学心理学教授史蒂芬·加西亚在接受《大西洋月刊》采访时就试图解释这一点。“人们总是试图找出一种方式，让自己看起来似乎立于顶点，”他说道。
It’s not that they want to be the best at everything but just to be the best at something. They seek what he calls “optimal distinctiveness.” It seems to them that everyone stands out at something, and these record holders just want to discover what their “something” is.
人们并不指望在所有事情上都做到最好，但希望在某一方面成为第一。他们会在自己身上寻找加西亚所说的“最优特性”。对于这些人而言，所有人都有其擅长之处，而这些纪录保持者们只是想发现自己的“擅长之处”罢了。
That means it isn’t just crazy competitiveness that makes people consider spending a huge amount of time, effort and perhaps money being the best at a meaningless thing – like cycling backwards while playing a violin – but a desire to be part of society.
这意味着，人们愿意为了在一些无意义的事情上（如一边倒骑自行车一边拉小提琴）做到最好而花费大量时间、精力、或许还有金钱，并不只是出于疯狂的争强好胜，还有想要成为社会一分子的欲望。
Guinness World Records Day is not only about fun. Above all, it’s about letting people count for something in the world.
吉尼斯世界纪录日并不仅仅是为了好玩。最重要的是，它让人们在这个世界中的某一方面实现了价值。
【Data of Life】
人脸识别走进校园 传媒大学课堂实行刷脸签到
Facial recognition is becoming increasingly common in China, where it has been installed at ATM machines and KFC restaurants.
人脸识别在中国正变得越来越普遍，ATM机和KFC餐厅都有安装。
Now the technology has arrived in university classrooms to track student attendance.
现在，该技术已来到大学教室，用来记录学生的考勤情况。
Shen Hao, a professor with Communication University of China, is using facial recognition in his six courses to keep track of the attendance of more than 300 students.
为了记录300多名学生的考勤，中国传媒大学教授沈浩正在他的六门课程中使用人脸识别。
Before every class, teachers activate a new attendance system installed on his tablet computer.
在每堂课前，老师们都会启动安装在他的平板电脑上的一个新的考勤系统。
Students stand in front of the screen one by one to have their photos taken and matched with those in the school's database.
学生们逐个站在屏幕前面拍照，与在学校的数据库里的照片匹配。
The system is based on facial recognition technology from Chinese Internet giant Baidu's open AI platform.
该技术是基于中国互联网巨头百度的开放人工智能平台的人脸识别技术。
"The traditional way of tracking attendance is through a roll call. The new system saves time and reduces the workload of teachers," said Shen.
沈浩指出：“记录考勤的传统方式是点名。而这一新的系统节省了时间、减少了老师们的工作量。”
南京一大学为学生开设减肥课
A course offered at a university in East China will link students' weight loss directly to their marks in a bid to curb student obesity.
中国东部一所大学开设的一门课程，将会把学生的减肥情况与学分直接相关联，以此来控制学生的肥胖问题。
The course from Zhou Quanfu, teacher at the Nanjing Agricultural University in Jiangsu province, aims to encourage overweight students to control their diets and increase their exercise.
这门课程是由江苏省的南京农业大学周全富老师发起的，旨在鼓励超重的同学控制饮食并且加强锻炼。
Zhou said 60 percent of a student's grade will be determined by their weight loss. If they shed 7 percent of their original weight, they can pass the course.
周老师称，学生成绩的60%将取决于他们减重情况。如果在原体重的基础上减重7%，他们就可以通过该课程。
According to a student who declined to give her real name, the students run on treadmills in the school's fitness room and walk 10 kilometers every Monday and Friday evening.
一位不愿意透露姓名的同学表示，同学们会在每周一和周五晚上在健身房的跑步机上跑10公里。
Every Wednesday afternoon, the teacher leads them on a mountain-climbing excursion.
每周三的下午，老师还会带领同学登山。
"We use mobile apps to record daily food intake," said the student. Before eating, they send photos of their food via a mobile app for suggestions from nutritionists.
该学生称：“我们用手机软件来记录每天摄入的食物。”在吃饭前，他们会通过手机软件将他们食物的照片发给营养师，以征求有关建议。
According to Zhou, only students with more than 30 percent body fat or a body mass index over 28 can sign up for the course.
据周老师表示，只有体重超标30%的学生或者是身体质量指数超过28的学生才可以选这门课程。
【About Entertainment】
2017欧洲音乐大奖公布
It was Shawn Mendes who reigned supreme during the 2017 Europe Music Awards 2017, held inside London's SSE Arena, Wembley, on Sunday night, as Taylor Swift lost out in all five of her categories.
周日晚上，在伦敦温布利SSE竞技场上举行的2017年欧洲音乐大奖中，Shawn Mendes夺得桂冠， Taylor Swift在她参选的五个奖项中纷纷落选。
The cart-topper's latest track, There's Nothing Holdin' Me Back, saw him beat out the likes of DJ Khaled 's Wild Thoughts ft. Rihanna, as well as Ed Sheeran's smash hit, Shape of You. and Daddy Yankee & Luis Fonsi's record-breaking Despacito.
排行榜的最新单曲有Shawn的《There's Nothing Holdin' Me Back》，击败DJ Khaled 的《Wild Thoughts ft. Rihanna》和Ed Sheeran的热播曲目《shape of you》，以及放了播破纪录Addy Yankee & Luis Fonsi的《Despacito》。
Meanwhile, celebrated American rapper Eminem proved to be the comeback king as he picked up the Best Hip Hop gong. The Lose Yourself hitmaker was up against the newer faces of hip hop, including Drake, Future, Kendrick Lamar and Post Malone.
同时，美国Rapper歌手Eminem被证明是“复出王”，摘得最佳Hip Hop歌手奖。”The Lose Yourself ”的创作者与Hip Hop的新面孔相互竞争，包括Drake, Future, Kendrick Lamar and Post Malone。
Accepting the award, he enthused: 'First off, I want to start off by saying that I'm not really sure how I got this because I've had my album out a few years, but I've got one coming,' before thanking his fans and MTV. Elsewhere, Kendrick Lamar was presented with Best Video, though the rapper was unable to attend the event, instead thanking fans via a video link.
授完奖，在他致谢他的粉丝和MTV之前，他兴奋地说到”首先，我想说我不确定我怎么能得到这个奖，因为我已经好几年没有出过唱片了，但是我得奖了。”另外，Kendrick Lamar获得了最佳录影带奖，尽管这位说唱歌手无法到场，而是他通过视频感谢了他的粉丝。
Thirty Seconds of Mars, who are fronted by American actor Jared Leto, took home the Best Alternative award, which also saw Lana Del Rey, Lorde, The XX and Imagine.
由美国演员Jared Leto领衔的“火星三十秒”拿到了最佳另类音乐奖，同时还有Lana Del Rey，Lorde和Imanine Dragons等人提名。
Meanwhile, former Fifth Harmony star Camila Cabello proved her solo career is getting off to a flying start as she picked up the Best Pop award for her debut single, Havana.Her win meant that Taylor Swift was dealt another award snub, though it was just one of many for the singer, who recently made her return to the spotlight following her one-year hiatus.
与此同时，前第五届和声明星 Camila Cabello证明了她的独唱生涯正在起飞，因为她的首张单曲《Havana》获得了最佳流行音乐奖。她的胜利意味着Taylor Swift失去了另一个奖项，尽管这对于歌手来说只是众多收获中的一个，但是近期她因为一年的沉寂过后又重新成为焦点。
Elsewhere, Dua Lipa, who was up for three gongs, took home the Best New Artist award.
另外，Dua Lipa想要冲击三个奖项的，最后拿到了最佳艺人奖。
播音主持：吴雨娟 崔尚仪 孙东超
责任编辑：巩子晗