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Pharmaceuticals in rivers threaten world health
世界各地多条河流发现药品残留

Pollution in the world's rivers from medicines and pharmaceutical products poses a "threat to environmental and global health", a report says. Paracetamol, nicotine, caffeine and epilepsy and diabetes drugs were widely detected in a University of York study. 
一份报告称，药品对世界河流的污染对“环境和全球人类的健康形成了威胁”。约克大学的一项研究在世界多地的河流广泛检测到扑热息痛、尼古丁、咖啡因还有治疗癫痫和糖尿病的药物。

Rivers in Pakistan, Bolivia and Ethiopia were among the most polluted. Rivers in Iceland, Norway and the Amazon rainforest fared the best. The report says increased presence of antibiotics in rivers could lead to the development of resistant bacteria, damaging the effectiveness of medicines and ultimately posing "a global threat to environmental and global health".
巴基斯坦、玻利维亚和埃塞俄比亚的河流是污染最严重的。冰岛、挪威和亚马逊雨林的河流是污染最轻的。报告称，河流中的抗生素越来越多会导致人类对抗生素的耐药力增强，药品的有效性减弱，最终会“对环境和全球人类的健康造成全球性威胁”。

重点词汇
1、pharmaceutical
英 /ˌfɑːməˈsuːtɪkl; ˌfɑːməˈsjuːtɪkl/  美 /ˌfɑːrməˈsuːtɪkl/ 
adj. 制药的
n. 药物；制药公司股票（pharmaceuticals）

2、epilepsy
英 /ˈepɪlepsi/  美 /ˈepɪlepsi/ 
n. 癫痫，癫痫症

3、antibiotic
英 /ˌæntibaɪˈɒtɪk/  美 /ˌæntibaɪˈɑːtɪk/
n. 抗生素，抗菌素
adj. （与）抗生素（有关）的，（与）抗菌素（有关）的

WHO works to spread COVID vaccine technology 
世卫拟向更多国家推广新冠疫苗技术

The World Health Organization is creating a global training center to help poorer countries make vaccines, antibodies and cancer treatments using the messenger RNA technology that has successfully been used to make COVID-19 vaccines. 
世界卫生组织正在创建一个全球培训中心，帮助低收入国家使用mRNA技术研制疫苗、抗体和抗癌药物，该技术已成功用于制造新冠肺炎疫苗。

At a press briefing in Geneva on Feb 23, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the new hub will be in South Korea and will share mRNA technology being developed by WHO and partners in South Africa. "Vaccines have helped to change the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, but this scientific triumph has been undermined by vast inequities in access to these life-saving tools,” he said.
2月23日在日内瓦举行的新闻发布会上，世卫组织总干事谭德塞表示，新的中心将设在韩国，并将分享世卫组织和南非合作伙伴正在开发的mRNA技术。谭德塞指出：“疫苗帮助改变了新冠疫情的进程，但这一科学胜利被获取这些救生手段方面存在的巨大不平等所破坏。”

Baking makes you feel good
研究：烘焙有助于提高幸福感

Studies have shown that creative activities like baking and knitting contribute to an overall sense of well-being. Boston University associate professor of psychological and brain sciences Donna Pincus told Huffington Post that there’s “a stress relief that people get from having some kind of an outlet and a way to express themselves.” Baking is very good for focusing the mind because it often relies on very exact measurements. 
研究表明，烘焙和编织等创造性活动有助于提高幸福感。波士顿大学心理学和脑科学副教授唐娜•平卡斯在接受《赫芬顿邮报》采访时表示，“人们有了发泄和表达自己的方式，就能缓解压力。”烘焙对集中精神非常有帮助，因为其过程中通常需要非常精确的测量。

You have to add ingredients in the correct order or your profiteroles won't rise, or your cookies will be soggy. Having complete focus on a recipe and not allowing yourself to be distracted by your thoughts can have a therapeutic effect. In other words, most of the decisions have already been made for you, allowing you to concentrate on the details while nudging your mind away from the stressors and anxieties of your life outside the kitchen. The act of sharing your finished product can be good for the body and soul, too, says Pincus.
你必须按照正确的顺序添加配料，否则你的泡芙就不会膨胀，或者饼干可能会变软。将注意力完全集中在食谱上，不允许自己分心，可以产生治疗效果。换句话说，你需要做的事情都已经规定好了，你可以专注于细节，同时让思绪远离厨房外生活中的压力和焦虑。平卡斯说，分享烘焙成果对身心健康也有好处。

重点词汇
1、knitting
英 /ˈnɪtɪŋ/  美 /ˈnɪtɪŋ/ 
n. 针织；编织物；[外科]骨愈合
v. 编织；皱眉（knit 的 ing 形式）

2、profiterole
英 /prəˈfɪtərəʊl/  美 /prəˈfɪtəroʊl/ 
n. 空心甜饼，空心咸饼，泡芙

3、soggy
英 /ˈsɒɡi/  美 /ˈsɑːɡi/ 
adj. 浸水的；透湿的；沉闷的

Life may actually flash before your eyes on death
研究：濒死之时大脑会'回放'人生

New data from a scientific "accident" has suggested that life may actually flash before our eyes as we die. A team of scientists set out to measure the brainwaves of an 87-year-old patient who had developed epilepsy. But during the neurological recording, he suffered a fatal heart attack - offering an unexpected recording of a dying brain. 
一场科学“事故”的新数据显示，人在濒死时自己的一生会在眼前闪过。一个科学家团队为一名87岁的癫痫患者测量脑电波，但是在测量过程中患者突发心脏病死亡，从而意外记录下了濒死大脑的脑电波。

It revealed that in the 30 seconds before and after, the man's brainwaves followed the same patterns as dreaming or recalling memories. Brain activity of this sort could suggest that a final "recall of life" may occur in a person's last moments, the team wrote in their study, published in Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience on Feb 22.
脑电图显示，在死亡前后的30秒内，患者的脑电波经历了和做梦或回忆相同的模式。该研究团队在2月22日发表在《衰老神经科学前沿》上的研究报告中写道，这种大脑活动意味着人在濒死时刻可能会对自己的一生进行“终极回顾”。

重点词汇
1、Frontier
英 /ˈfrʌntɪə(r)/  美 /frʌnˈtɪr/ 
n. 边境，国界；(常sing.) 西部边疆，边远地区；（尤指知识的）前沿，新领域；西部边疆，边远地区
adj. 边境的，边疆的