7月18日午间英语新闻:电子游戏成儿童多动症“良药”?

7月18日午间英语新闻:电子游戏成儿童多动症“良药”?

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Chips: From shortages to overcapacity

芯片短缺变成芯片过剩


During the pandemic, semiconductor shortages affected industries including personal computers, smartphones and manufacturing. But the situation has suddenly reversed, turning a shortage into a glut in some industries. 
疫情期间,芯片短缺影响了从个人电脑到汽车制造等多个行业,但这一情况近期突然发生了逆转,在一些行业里,芯片的产能供过于求。


In the three-week period from the end of May to June, consumers cut back spending on computers and smartphones and demand for chips fell in some industries, with an oversupply of chip capacity. The Philadelphia Semiconductor Index is down 35 percent so far this year, far more than the S&P 500's 19 percent decline.
在5月底到6月的这三周里,消费者减少了在个人电脑和智能手机上的支出;在一些行业,芯片的需求出现下滑,芯片的产能供过于求。费城半导体指数(用于衡量全球半导体行业景气程度)今年迄今已下跌了35%,远超标普500指数19%的跌幅。


重点词汇
1、overcapacity
英/ ˌəʊvəkəˈpæsəti /
美/ ˌoʊvərkəˈpæsəti /
n. 生产能力过剩


2、semiconductor
英/ ˌsemikənˈdʌktə(r) /
美/ ˈsemikəndʌktər /
n. 半导体;半导体装置



1.8 billion at risk for severe flooding
全球有超过18亿人面临严重洪水的风险


More than 1.8 billion people worldwide are at risk for severe flooding, according to new research published in the journal Nature Communications. The study combined a global flood risk database with information on population density and poverty, and found nearly 90 percent of people at risk live in poor countries and more than 780 million of those people live on less than $5.50 per day. The study did not consider protections such as levees when assessing flood exposure.
《自然·通讯》杂志近日发表的一项研究认为,全球有超过18亿人面临严重洪水的风险。这项研究将全球洪水风险数据、人口密度以及贫困估测相结合起来。研究发现,近90%的高危人群生活在贫困国家,超过7.8亿每日生活费低于5.50美元。但该研究在评估洪水暴露时没有考虑堤坝等保护措施。



Video game prescribed by doctors to treat ADHD
电子游戏成儿童多动症“良药”


While many parents worry their children spend too much time playing computer games, Kelcey Sihanourath is pleased to see her son pick up his tablet. Now aged 13, he was diagnosed with ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder) in pre-school. Help came in what initially seems very incongruous - a computer game called EndeavorRx. In 2020 it became the first such game to be approved by the US Food and Drug Administration for use in the treatment of ADHD in children. 
虽然当下很多父母都为孩子花太多时间玩电子游戏感到烦恼,但凯尔希·西哈努拉特很高兴看到儿子拿起平板电脑打游戏。现年13岁的欧文在幼儿园时被诊断出患有多动症。最终,一款起初看似不合时宜的名为EndeavorRx的电子游戏居然帮上了忙。EndeavorRx在2020年获得美国食品和药物管理局的批准,成为了第一款用于治疗儿童多动症的电子游戏。


Kelcey says she was "a little skeptical” but started to see small, positive changes in his behavior after a period of time. After failing fifth grade, Owain subsequently started getting As and Bs for his work. Eddie Martucci, chief executive of Akili, plans to launch the game in Europe in the next few years.
凯尔希说自己最初对游戏疗法“有点怀疑”,她很快发觉他的行为举止发生了细小、积极的变化。随后,五年级不及格的欧文在学业上取得了A和B的好成绩。开发EndeavorRx 游戏的科技公司 Akili 首席执行官艾迪·马尔图齐,计划未来几年内在欧洲推出这款游戏。


重点词汇
1、hyperactivity
英/ ˌhaɪpərækˈtɪvəti /
美/ ˌhaɪpərækˈtɪvəti /
n. 极度活跃;活动过度


2、incongruous
英/ ɪnˈkɒŋɡruəs /  美/ ɪnˈkɑːŋɡruəs /
adj. 不协调的;不一致的;不和谐的


3、skeptical
英/ ˈskeptɪk(ə)l /  美/ ˈskeptɪkl /
adj. 不相信的,持怀疑态度的;(哲)怀疑论的,不可知论的



Short space trips for paying passengers on the way
遨游太空不是梦!中国公司打造太空经济新业态


CAS Space, a Beijing-based rocket company, is designing a set of reusable rockets and spacecraft to send paying passengers on short trips into space. Yang Yiqiang, the founder of CAS Space, told China Daily on Wednesday if everything goes according to plan, the combination of the rocket and spaceship will become mature after at least 15 test flights and will be able to transport up to seven tourists per trip to an altitude of more than 100 kilometers, about 10 times the cruising altitude of a commercial jetliner. 
总部位于北京的中科宇航表示,该公司正在设计一套可重复使用的火箭和航天器,目的是将付费乘客送入太空进行短途旅行。7月13日,创始人杨毅强在专访中对《中国日报》专访时表示,如果一切按计划进行,他们由单级火箭和旅游舱的组合而成的亚轨道太空旅游飞行器,将在至少15次试飞成熟后,每次将至多7名游客运送到超过100公里的高度,这大约是喷气式客机巡航高度的10倍。



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