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National Disability Prevention Action Plan issued
国家残疾预防行动计划印发

The Chinese government has issued a new five-year disability prevention action plan, laying out measures to effectively control the occurrence and development of disabilities. According to the plan issued by the General Office of the State Council, the country will be a leader among middle and high-income countries by the end of 2025 in terms of main disability prevention indicators, with improved policy systems and service networks and a higher level of public awareness. 
日前，国务院办公厅印发《国家残疾预防行动计划(2021—2025年)》，对有效减少和控制残疾发生、发展作出部署。《行动计划》提出，残疾预防政策体系进一步完善，预防服务网络更加健全，全民残疾预防素养明显提升，到2025年，我国残疾预防主要指标处于中高收入国家前列。

The plan specifies measures in five major areas, including rehabilitation services, public awareness promotion and the prevention and control of birth defects and disabilities caused by development disorders, illnesses and injuries. The plan sets out tasks to be implemented during the period, such as increasing early screening and intervention among children, strengthening the prevention and control of disabilities resulting from chronic diseases and tightening traffic and transportation safety management.
《行动计划》提出，实施康复服务促进、残疾预防知识普及、出生缺陷和发育障碍致残防控、疾病致残防控、伤害致残防控五大行动，落实好"加强儿童早期筛查和早期干预"、"加强慢性病致残防控"、"加强道路交通和运输安全管理"等工作任务。

重点词汇
1、 lay out
部署；展示；安排；为……划样；提议

2、rehabilitation
英 /ˌriːəˌbɪlɪˈteɪʃn/  美 /ˌriːəˌbɪlɪˈteɪʃn/
n. 康复，复原；（权利、名誉的）恢复；修复，翻新

World's 10 richest gained $400B
2021全球十大富豪资产飙升

The world's 10 richest people added $402 billion to their collective net worth in 2021, making it a banner year for the ultra-wealthy. As the year came to an end, Tesla CEO Elon Musk was the biggest winner, adding $121 billion to his fortune, which is now the largest in the world at $277 billion according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, who started the year in the top spot, sank to number two, adding a mere $4.54 billion to his net worth, which now stands at $195 billion. 
2021年是超级富豪的得意之年，这一年全球十大富豪的总净资产增加了4020亿美元(约合人民币25623亿元)。随着2021年落下帷幕，特斯拉首席执行官埃隆•马斯克成为最大赢家，他的财富增加了1210亿美元。根据彭博亿万富翁指数，马斯克现在资产为2770亿美元，成为全球首富。亚马逊创始人杰夫•贝索斯在2021年年初是全球首富，现在降到了第二位，他的净资产只增加了45.4亿美元，现在达到1950亿美元。

After Musk, French billionaire Bernard Arnault, the founder of luxury goods company LVMH and currently the third-richest man in the world, had the largest gains for the year, adding $61.3 billion to his fortune.
法国亿万富翁、奢侈品公司路易酩轩创始人伯纳德•阿尔诺2021年的财富涨幅仅次于马斯克，阿尔诺目前在全球富豪榜中排名第三，2021年他的财富增加了613亿美元。

重点词汇
1、collective net worth
净财产总额

Alexa tells girl to touch live plug with penny
亚马逊智能音箱怂恿儿童玩致命游戏

Amazon has updated its Alexa voice assistant after it "challenged" a 10-year-old girl to touch a coin to the prongs of a half-inserted plug. The suggestion came after the girl asked Alexa for a "challenge to do". "Plug in a phone charger about halfway into a wall outlet, then touch a penny to the exposed prongs," the smart speaker said. 
亚马逊已经对其Alexa语音助手进行了更新，此前，Alexa建议一名10岁女孩挑战用硬币触碰一半插在插座里的插头。女孩向Alexa提出“想做一些有挑战的事”，之后Alexa提出这个建议。Alexa回答：“将手机充电器插到墙上的插座里，只插进一半，然后用硬币触碰暴露在外面的插头。”

Metals conduct electricity and inserting them into live electrical sockets can cause electric shocks, fires and other damage. Amazon told the BBC in a statement it had updated Alexa to prevent the assistant recommending such activity in the future.
金属具有导电性，将其插入带电的插座会导致电击、火灾和其他伤害。亚马逊在一份声明中告诉英国广播公司，他们已经更新了Alexa，以防止该语音助手将来推荐此类活动。

重点词汇
1、socket
英 /ˈsɒkɪt/  美 /ˈsɑːkɪt/ 
n. （电源）插座；（电器）插口，插孔；（人体的）窝，槽；（高尔夫插球杆的）棒头承口；（用以插入某物使其转动的）承窝，轴孔
v. 插入，使装入插座