Leisure time 第九期

一、News Spot Light

1、The United States holds the 2022 midterm elections

美国举行2022年中期选举

Recently, the United States held the 2022 midterm elections, and all 50 states and Washington, D.C. have opened polling stations.

近日，美国举行2022年中期选举，全美50个州以及华盛顿特区陆续开启投票站。

This is the first time the United States has held elections at the federal level since Capitol Hill. Unlike presidential elections, the key to the midterm elections is a bipartisan battle for congressional seats in the United States. This also means that voters' intuitive feelings about the economy and local affairs in their constituencies can determine the direction of the election.

这是美国在国会山事件后，首次举行联邦层面的选举。与总统大选不同，中期选举的关键是美国两党对国会席位的争夺。这也意味着选民对经济的直观感受和选区内的地方性事务，更能决定选情走向。

The Associated Press pointed out that despite the pressure of Republicans on Democrats in traditional blue states such as New York and California, the fierce competition for the 2022 midterm elections is still concentrated in swing states such as Arizona, Georgia, Nevada, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, all of which could affect the outcome of the presidential election in 2024.

美联社指出，尽管共和党在纽约、加州等传统“蓝州”向民主党施压，但2022年中期选举的激烈争夺仍集中在亚利桑那、佐治亚、内华达、宾夕法尼亚和威斯康星等摇摆州，这些州都可能在2024年左右总统大选的结果。

Due to the time difference and other reasons, the last states in the US midterm elections will close voting at midnight on the 8th or 1 am EST on the 9th. With multiple state campaigns and a large number of mail-in ballots to count, the final results of this midterm election may take days or weeks to be revealed.

由于时差等原因，美国中期选举最后一批州将在美东时间8日午夜或9日凌晨1时才截止投票。多州选情胶着，加之大量邮寄选票需要清点，本届中期选举的最终结果可能要几天或数周才能最终揭晓。

2、The Gates Foundation announces a new commitment

盖茨基金会宣布新承诺

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation recently announced a commitment of $1.4 billion to help smallholder farmers cope with the short- and long-term impacts of climate change, in response to African leaders' call for countries to rapidly increase financing for adaptation.

近日，比尔及梅琳达·盖茨基金会宣布承诺投入14亿美元帮助小农户应对气候变化带来的短期和长期影响，以响应非洲领导人对各国快速增加气候适应融资的呼吁。

The Gates Foundation says climate change has brought unprecedented food and economic crises to many regions. More than 2 billion people worldwide depend on small-scale agriculture for food and income, but less than 2% of climate finance is spent on helping them adapt to the effects of climate change. Escalating climate threats can limit the yields and resilience of smallholder farmers, further threatening food security, leading to protracted and intensifying food and economic crises.

盖茨基金会表示，气候变化给许多地区带来了前所未有的粮食和经济危机。全球有超过20亿人依靠小规模农业种植获得食物和收入，但只有不到2%的气候资金用于帮助他们适应气候变化带来的影响。气候威胁的不断升级会限制小农户的产量和韧性，进一步威胁粮食安全，从而导致粮食和经济危机旷日持久且愈演愈烈。

The Gates Foundation notes that it will fund a range of short- and long-term initiatives over the next four years to help smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia build climate resilience and maintain food security. The grant will focus on stimulating Africa-led innovation projects, including creating a number of climate-smart agriculture projects, developing new applications of digital technologies, supporting climate-smart innovation for smallholder livestock and supporting women smallholder farmers to reach their full potential.

盖茨基金会指出，将在未来四年内资助一系列短期和长期举措，帮助撒哈拉以南非洲和南亚的小农户建立气候韧性，维护粮食安全。资助将着重激励非洲主导的创新项目，包括打造一批气候智慧型农业项目、开发数字技术新应用、支持适用于小农户畜牧业的气候智慧型创新和支持女性小农户充分发挥潜力等。

二、Book in Your Life

1、Childhood

《童年》

Childhood is the first in a trilogy of autobiographical novels created by Soviet writer Maxim Gorky based on his own experiences. His childhood life vividly reproduced the living conditions of the lower-class people of Tsarist Russia in the 1870s and 1880s, and wrote Gorky's understanding of suffering and his unique views on social life.

《童年》是苏联作家马克西姆·高尔基根据自己的经历创作的自传体小说三部曲中的第一部。 他的童年生活生动地再现了1870年代和1880年代沙俄下层人民的生活状况，书写了高尔基对苦难的理解和对社会生活的独到见解。

2、Rashomon

《罗生门》

Rashomon is a short story by Japanese writer Ryunosuke Wasagawa, based on the classic Japanese story collection Tales of the Present and the Past. The work tells the story of a house slave waiting for the rain to stop at dusk, under Rashomon, when he was at a loss, as if when life and death were undecided, he met an old woman who lived by pulling out the hair of a dead person, and the cornered house slave was evil, determined to abandon suffering and evil, stripped off the old woman's clothes and fled Rashomon. The plot of the work is simple, the characters are rare, the length is short, and the scenes are small. The time, place, characters, and ending are all unfolded in front of the reader.

《罗生门》是日本作家芥川龙之介创作的短篇小说，情节取材于日本古典故事集《今昔物语》。作品讲述了薄暮时分，罗生门下，一个家奴正在等候着雨停，当他茫然不知所措，仿若于生死未决时，偶遇以拔死人头发为生的一老妪，走投无路的家奴邪恶大发，决心弃苦从恶，剥下老妪的衣服逃离了罗生门。该作情节简单，人物稀少，短短的篇幅，小小的场面。时间、地点、人物、结局全都展现在读者的面前。

三、Words Focus

1、When I Am Dead, My Dearest

《当我离开人间，最亲爱的》

When I am dead, my dearst,

Sing no sad songs for me;

Plant thou no roses at my head,

Nor shady cypss tree:

当我离开人间，最亲爱的，

别为我哀歌悲切;

我的墓前不要栽玫瑰，

也不要柏树茂密;

Be the green grass above me

With showers and dwedrops wet:

And if thou wilt, remember,

And if thou wilt, forget.

愿绿茵覆盖我的身躯，

沾着湿润的灵珠雨水;

假如你愿意，就把我怀念，

假如你愿意，就把我忘却。

I shall not see the shadows,

I shall not feel the rain;

I shall not hear the nightingale

Sing on as if in pain:

我不会重见那荫影，

不会感觉雨天来临;

我不会听见夜莺

一声声仿佛哀鸣;

And deraming through the twilight

That doth not rise nor set,

Haply I may remember,

And haply may forget.

我置身梦境，在朦胧的黎明，

它从不升起，也永不沉沦;

也许我会怀念，

也许我会忘却。

2、Daily Creed

《每日信条》

Let me be a little kinder,

Let me be a little blinder

To the faults of those about me,

Let me praise a little more.

让我更友善一点吧，

对待过错更宽容一点吧，

对他人他物更赞赏一点吧。

Let me be, when I am weary,

Just a little bit more cheery;

Let me be a little meeker

With the brother who is weaker;

Let me strive a little harder

To be all that I should be.

让我倦时更快乐一点吧，

对虚弱的兄弟更温顺一点吧，

对该做之事更努力一点吧。

Let me be more understanding

And a little less demanding,

Let me be the sort of friend

That you have always been to me.

让我更多一份理解吧，

对人对事少一点苛求吧，

对待朋友更真诚以待吧。

四、World Culture

1、Food Culture in Lebanon

黎巴嫩的饮食文化

The staple food of the Lebanese is chicken, mutton and vegetables, so 60% of their dishes are mainly vegetables. All things are pure, which is the biggest feature of Lebanese cuisine. All cooking materials, including seasonings, are fresh. The so-called purity is natural and clean from inside to outside. Vegetables are bought fresh every day, while mutton is the first choice for meat. Because sheep are vegetarian animals, and they only eat clean grass, not trampled grass, Lebanese people believe that sheep are the cleanest animals.

黎巴嫩人的主食是鸡肉、羊肉及蔬菜，因此他们有六成菜式都以蔬菜为主。一切讲求纯净，是黎巴嫩菜的最大特色。所有烹调的材料，包括调味料，新鲜是大前提。而所谓纯净，就是由内至外的天然与洁净。蔬菜是每天新鲜购入的，而肉类则首选羊肉，因为羊是素食动物，而且只吃乾净的青草，不会吃被践踏过的草，所以黎巴嫩人认为羊是最洁净的动物。

Lebanon, with its colorful culture, has naturally become a great gathering of world famous food in the catering field. Here, you can easily taste all kinds of French, Italian, Chinese, Japanese and Arabic food. There are even Mexican, Armenian and Thai restaurants.

拥有各色斑斓文化的黎巴嫩自然在餐饮领域成了世界名吃的大荟萃。在这里，你可以轻而易举地品尝到法式、意大利式、中式、日式、阿拉伯式各种大餐，这里甚至还有墨西哥、亚美尼亚、泰国风味餐厅。

In addition, tourists must also try two kinds of fast food of traditional Lebanese cuisine. One is a kind of food similar to chicken roll, which is found all over the Middle East; The other is called, a kind of something similar to fried meatballs and sandwiches made by wrapping vegetables and garlic sauce in a big cake.

此外，黎巴嫩传统菜系的两种快餐也是旅游者一定要尝的，一个是中东各地都有的，类似鸡肉卷的一种食品；另外一种叫做，一种类似炸素丸子的东西和用蔬菜、蒜酱裹在一个大饼中做成的三明治。

2、Cultural customs in Türkiye

土耳其文化习俗

Türkiye is an Islamic country across Eurasia, known as the cradle of civilization. It is the center of the Roman Empire, the Byzantine Empire and the Ottoman Empire. It has a long history of 6500 years and the cultural and historical heritage of 13 different civilizations. In addition, the terrain surrounded by the sea on three sides and the complicated inland geographical environment make it have extremely rich tourism resources. Different Asia, Different Europe means that Türkiye spans two continents and has a unique style with multiple cultural relics.

土耳其是一个横跨欧亚大陆的伊斯兰国家，被称为文明的摇篮。是罗马帝国、拜占庭帝国、奥斯曼帝国的中心，有着6500年悠久历史和先后十三个不同文明的文化历史遗产，加上三面环海的地势和内陆复杂的地理环境使其拥有了极为丰富的旅游资源。“不一样的亚洲不一样的欧洲”即言土耳其地跨两洲，以及兼有多个文明遗存的独特风情。

Recently, Türkiye is famous for its beautiful natural resources; The green waters of the Aegean Sea and the Mediterranean coast, the fairyland like landforms of Cappadocia formed by volcanic lava, the wild flowers and cloud shrouded forests of the Black Sea Mountains, and the unique scenery of the rugged grasslands in the east.

近来土耳其以美丽的自然资源而闻名；爱琴海和地中海沿岸碧绿的水域、卡帕多奇亚由火山熔岩形成的仙境般的地貌、黑海山脉的野花和云雾缭绕的森林，东部崎岖不平草原独特的景致。

The charming natural scenery and rich cultural relics and historic sites make Türkiye a tourist paradise. However, today Türkiye is deeply attracted by the perfect integration of various cultures, new and old, eastern and western, modern and traditional.

迷人的自然风光，丰富的文物古迹使土耳其享有“旅游天堂”之誉。然而，今天土耳其深深吸引游客的是各种文化、新与旧、东方和西方、现代与传统的完美融合。

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