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0malls are attending church in Ecuador and
厄瓜多尔的商场正举办教会活动，而且
could it be the connoisseur or maybe the Elm
是鉴赏家的选择？还是榆树？
we find out who's simply
我们接下来就揭晓谁才是
the best in the tree of the year competition
年度树木大赛的最优胜者
but first to a pioneer
不过先来认识一位先驱
that changed the way we travel to the stars
她改变了人类探索太空的方式
by helping the first ever humans to land on the moon
助力人类首次成功登上月球
Margaret Hamilton
玛格丽特·汉密尔顿
was a really important figure in space travel
是航天领域的核心人物
she was in charge of the team who made the software
她带领团队开发了相关软件
that took U S
正是这款软件让美国
astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin
宇航员阿姆斯特朗和奥尔德林
to land safely on the Moon in the famous Apollo
安全登月，执行的就是著名的阿波罗
11 mission it was confirmed last night that this
11号任务。昨晚官方确认，这位
trailblazer had died at the age of 90
先驱已逝世，享年90岁
she's been described as ahead of her time
人们评价她远超所处的时代
and will be remembered for the work she did
她做出的贡献会被永远铭记
to get Man on the Moon
助力人类登月的伟大功绩
next what do bees barn owls
接下来看看，蜜蜂、仓鸮
hedgehogs and puffins all have in common
刺猬和海鹦有什么共同点？
well
嗯
they're all going to feature on brand new UK banknotes
它们都会印在英国新版钞票上
being brought over the next 4 years
这些钞票未来四年推出
nearly half 1,000,000 people voted for their favorite
近五十万民众投票选出了最爱的
native British wildlife
英国本土野生动物
and these guys
而这些当选的物种
will pick to feature
会被印在钞票上
it's the first time in over 60 years
这是六十多年来的首次
that the reverse side of the note
钞票的背面
will no longer have famous figures
将不再印有知名的
from history
历史人物
next we are talking about music and classical composers
接下来我们聊聊音乐和古典作曲家
like Mozart and Beethoven might be famous
像莫扎特、贝多芬可能
around the world
全球闻名
however there is a rich history of black composers
但黑人作曲家也有着丰富的历史
and classical musicians as well
古典音乐家也是如此
I met with musician and composer Alexis French to
我采访了音乐家兼作曲家亚历克西斯·弗伦奇
find out more about how they shaped modern music
了解他们如何塑造了现代音乐
when you think of classical music
一提到古典音乐
and who would have made that type of music
你会想到哪些作曲家？
you're probably imagining someone who looks like this
你可能想象的是这样的人
or maybe even this
甚至是这样的
well that's something that composer Alexis French
对此，作曲家亚历克西斯·弗伦奇
is trying to change
正试图改变这一点
by
通过
introducing people to the stories of black composers
向人们介绍黑人作曲家的故事
so the music that you may enjoy listening to today
你如今爱听的音乐
particularly the modern contemporary pop tracks
尤其是当代流行曲目
have all been informed by classical music written
都深受古典音乐影响，这些作品
sometimes over 200 years ago
有的甚至创作于200多年前
and many of those composers
而这些作曲家中有很多
never found their way into our history
从未被载入我们的历史
books and I'm gonna
课本中，我打算
spotlight one or 2 of those guys
介绍其中一两位
starting with this incredibly named chap
首先是这位名字很特别的先生
called Joseph Polonia
名叫约瑟夫·波洛尼亚
Joseph was an incredible individual
约瑟夫非常了不起
born in Guadalupe 1745 champion fencer
1745年生于瓜德罗普，是击剑冠军
but it was music where his true talents lay
但他真正的天赋在音乐领域
polongio was the lead violinist and conductor of
波洛尼亚是首席小提琴手，同时担任
one of europe's top orchestras
欧洲顶尖乐团之一
in the 18th century
来自18世纪
he's known as
他被誉为
the first major classical composer of African descent
首位非裔知名古典作曲家
to achieve widespread fame in Europe
在欧洲家喻户晓
Alexis I want to hear more who else have we got
亚历克西斯，多说点，还有谁？
right well the next person is Ignacio sancho
好的，下一位是伊格纳西奥·桑乔
ignatius Sancho was an 18th century writer and composer
伊格内修斯·桑乔是18世纪作家兼作曲家
born on a ship
出生在一艘船上
comprised of enslaved people
满载被奴役者的
in the middle of the Atlantic
大西洋中部航船上
then often very young
他当时年纪很小
transported to England
被送往英国
enslaved again by 3 very unkind sisters
又被三位刻薄姐妹奴役
and it was only when Duke John Montague
直到约翰·蒙塔古公爵
saw the potential in this young man
发现了这个年轻人的潜力
taught him how to read and
教他读书识字
he became integrated into polite society in George and
他得以融入乔治时代的
England
英国上流社会
writing letters publishing poems and also composing
他写信、出诗集，还作曲
thousands of pieces of music
数千首音乐作品
so we've heard a lot about black men
我们对黑人男性的事迹了解很多
what about the black women indeed
那黑人女性呢？没错
equally is important and perhaps
她们同样重要，甚至
even more so because they had to fight
更加重要，因为她们必须
so hard for their voices to be heard
拼尽全力才能发声
flaunt Price was a black woman living in America
佛罗伦斯·普莱斯是美国黑人女性
fighting for equality
为平权而奋斗
not just as a woman
不只作为女性
but a black woman
更是作为黑人女性
particularly on the concert stage fighting
尤其在音乐会舞台上，她努力
for her music to be heard
让自己的音乐被听见
Florence Price made history in 1933
1933年，佛罗伦斯·普莱斯创造了历史
when she became the first African American woman
她成为首位非裔美国女性
to have a symphony
让自己的交响乐
performed by a major U
被美国顶尖
S orchestra in Chicago
交响乐团在芝加哥演奏
lots of Prices music was lost until 2009
普莱斯的很多作品一度遗失，直到2009年
when a massive collection of her work was
她的大批作品
unexpectedly discovered
被意外发掘
in an abandoned house outside Chicago
在芝加哥郊外的废弃房屋里
and what I love about Florence
我喜欢弗洛伦斯
Prices is how it bears comparison
·普莱斯的点是 她的作品可以和
to another song I love
我另一首喜爱的歌对比
by Olivia Dean and it's called man I Need
奥利维亚·迪恩的《我需要的人》
and if we sit with the music we love
如果我们聆听喜爱的音乐
it's some of those vital ingredients
会发现它包含一些核心元素
those things which go into the making of it
这些元素构成了作品本身
that we can trace back hundreds of years before
其起源可以追溯到几百年前
into some of these great artists that I'm spotlighting
关联到我要介绍的伟大艺术家
today
今天
how lovely now let's head sideways
太好了 我们现在往旁边走
take a look at this weird and wonderful tree
看看这棵奇特又好看的树
that's been crowned the best of the best
它刚被评为最佳中的最佳
it's tremendous news for this bendy Elm in Newcastle
这对纽卡斯尔的这棵弯曲榆树是大喜事
County Down as it's just won the
唐郡的它刚刚获得了
National Trust Tree of the Year competition
国民信托年度树大赛冠军
the 150 year old Gravity the fine winner
这棵150岁的优胜榆树名叫“重力”
has grown this way
长成这样是因为
because of strong winds coming off the RSC
皇家莎士比亚剧团方向刮来的强风
amazing
太棒了
next the famous bio tapestry
接下来是著名的贝叶挂毯
is on display in London
正在伦敦展出
for the first time in its history
这是史上首次公展
but if you aren't able to see it
但如果你没法亲临现场
this one might be a little closer so
那这件复制品就合适多了
a school in Lincolnshire
林肯郡的一所学校
has made an incredible discovery in its attic
在阁楼里有了惊人发现
a 7 metre long recreation of the Baya Tapestry
一件7米长的贝叶挂毯复制品
admittedly about 63 metres shorter than the original
当然比原作短了约63米
hand stitched and covered in scenes
手工缝制，上面的图案
from the Battle of Hastings
都出自黑斯廷斯战役
staff thinks
校方认为
this tapestry dates back to the 1960s or 70s
这件挂毯诞生于上世纪60或70年代
but the rest of it is a mystery
但其他信息都还是谜
here's what the students made of it
来看看学生们的评价
it's really amazing amazing tales
这些故事真的太精彩了
that like it was all done by children
居然全是孩子们制作的
it's cool
太酷了
it's funny because I love all the violets in it
真有意思，我超爱里面的紫罗兰图案
looking at how they used to behave back there
看看他们以前在那边的表现
because right now
因为现在啊
we'd probably just like be assassinate in court
我们搞不好会在法庭上被暗杀
which isn't very exciting
这可一点都不好玩
maybe we'll be settling on the battlefield but arrows
说不定我们会在战场上对决，但冷箭
sadly not
可惜不会
now I love to take my dog Bella everywhere
我总爱带着我的狗贝拉到处走
but I'm not sure I take her to church
但我应该不会带她去教堂
but it seems these people in Ecuador in South America
不过南美厄瓜多尔的民众
disagree because hundreds of pet owners
可不认同，数百名宠物主人
gathered for an annual blessing of animals
齐聚参加一年一度的动物祈福仪式
in the capital of Quito
地点在首都基多
it's a Christian tradition honoring St
这是基督教纪念圣徒的传统
Francis the patron saint of animals
即动物守护神圣方济各
dogs cats fish and even rabbits
狗、猫、鱼甚至兔子
were amongst those receiving blessings from the priest
都得到了神父的祝福
and getting sprinkled with holy water
还被洒上了圣水
finally if you're in the mood for a bit of drawing
最后，如果你想画点画
would you reach for a box of coloring
你会拿一盒彩色
pencils and some paper
铅笔和几张纸吗
or would you be heading for your tablet
还是会拿平板？
well a new study
嗯，一项新研究
has found that both ways can be just as good
发现两种方式效果一样好
at helping people feel more relaxed
都能帮人放松心情
now we've been asking you what you prefer
我们一直在问大家更喜欢哪种
over on the website
是在我们官网上
so we're going to start with preppy Sleigh
首先来看用户preppy Sleigh的留言
he says
他说
I find that drawing on paper with a pencil is far
我觉得用铅笔在纸上画画
easier but every once in a while
简单很多，但偶尔
I draw on tablets
我也会用平板画
just your regular banana what a username says
下一位ID叫普通香蕉的用户说
personally I love screens
我个人更喜欢用屏幕画
to draw because when I try drawing with paper
因为我在纸上画画时
I try to double tap
总会忍不住双击
to erase I'm sure you won't be alone there
擦内容，肯定很多人都这样
we got this one from Pen and Paper
这位叫纸笔的用户说
who is much more comfortable
纸笔用起来舒服多了
and easier to draw with
画起来也更顺手
wow I can't read today
哎呀我今天读错了
much more comfortable and easy to draw with me
用着更舒服，画画也更顺手
with for me says Ada
这是艾达说的
thank you other for your comments
谢谢大家的评论
sorry about that
抱歉
I don't know how I managed to butch your comment right
我也不知道怎么搞砸了你的评论
that's all from me for today but we'll be back tomorrow
今天我这边就到这，明天我们再来
and always head over to the website
大家可以访问我们的网站
for loads more of your latest news
获取更多最新资讯
we'll see you later bye
回头见，拜拜
