翻譯：Crazier

天下奇聞

翻譯：Crazier

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1 “Sound WaveTattoo” Lets You Listen to Your Body Art“聲波文身”：聆聽(tīng)身體的藝術(shù)

A tattoo[文身]artist in Los Angeles has created an app—the“Skin Motion” app. It allows you to create designs from audio clips[音頻片段]of noises, spoken words and music. And they can be played back on a smartphone.

Tattoos have long been a way to express yourself. Thanks to new technology, you can add an extra dimension[維（度）]—auditory sense[聽(tīng)覺(jué)]to your body art. The app allows users to memorialize[紀(jì)念]the lost loved ones by capturing[捕獲]their voices from recordings[錄音].

洛杉磯的一位文身藝術(shù)家開(kāi)發(fā)了一款名叫“Skin Motion”的手機(jī)應(yīng)用。該應(yīng)用能通過(guò)嘈雜聲、人聲和音樂(lè)的音頻片段設(shè)計(jì)文身圖案。而且，這些被文上去的聲波可以通過(guò)智能手機(jī)再次播放。

文身一直以來(lái)都是表達(dá)自我的一種方式。得益于新科技，你的身體藝術(shù)可以加入一個(gè)新的維度——聽(tīng)覺(jué)。該應(yīng)用還能從錄音中捕捉人聲，用戶可以把已故親人的聲音文在自己身上來(lái)緬懷他們。

2 Buy a Thousand-Pack of Beer in Finland去芬蘭買千罐一箱的啤酒吧！

Nokian Panimo is a popular Finnish brewery[啤酒廠]. It realized every frat[大學(xué)里的兄弟會(huì)]boy’s dream—a 1,000-pack of beer.

Nokian Panimo said the idea was a “joke” after Karjala, another big brewery in Finland sold 100-packs of beer in April. But the packs were actually on sale in Finland. The pack consists of[由……組成]fve stacks[堆，疊]that are 12 beers wide and 18 long. So there are actually 1,080 cans. Some supermarkets broke down[拆開(kāi)]the beer into packs[包，捆]. But the 1,000-pack is still available[可購(gòu)得的]in some supermarkets.

Nokian Panimo是芬蘭的一家啤酒廠，他們生產(chǎn)的啤酒很受歡迎。他們推出的千罐一箱的啤酒，使得每個(gè)兄弟會(huì)男生喝啤酒喝到飽的夢(mèng)想得以成真。

Nokian Panimo 廠商說(shuō)這個(gè)主意是針對(duì)芬蘭另一家大啤酒廠Karjala所開(kāi)的一個(gè)玩笑——Karjala在四月推出了百罐一箱的啤酒。但是這種千罐一箱的啤酒確實(shí)可在芬蘭買到。一箱里有5層，一層寬12罐，長(zhǎng)18罐。所以實(shí)際上一箱里總共有1080罐啤酒。一些超市會(huì)將它拆開(kāi)了來(lái)賣。但在某些超市里仍然能買到千罐一箱的啤酒。

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3 Students Left a Pineapple in Exhibition and People Mistook It for Art菠蘿竟成藝術(shù)品？

Ruairi Gray is a student at Robert Gordon University in Scotland. He and his friend left a pineapple at the Look Again Exhibition[展覽會(huì)], hoping that it might be mistaken for[把……誤認(rèn)為]art.

When they returned four days later, they found that the pineapple had been put inside a glass display case[展示柜].

Gray said, “I saw an empty art display case and decided to see how long it would stay there for, or if people would believe it was art. I came in later and it had been put in a glass case—it’s the funniest thing that has happened all year!”

盧埃里·格雷是蘇格蘭羅伯特戈登大學(xué)的一名學(xué)生。他和他的朋友把一個(gè)菠蘿留在了Look Again的展覽上，希望它能被錯(cuò)當(dāng)成為藝術(shù)品。

四天后，當(dāng)他們回到展區(qū)時(shí)，發(fā)現(xiàn)那個(gè)菠蘿已經(jīng)被放在了玻璃展示柜里。

格雷說(shuō)：“我看見(jiàn)一個(gè)空展柜，于是就決定把一個(gè)菠蘿放上去，我想看看那個(gè)菠蘿能在那兒呆多久，或者會(huì)不會(huì)有人相信它就是一個(gè)藝術(shù)品。后來(lái)我回到這里，發(fā)現(xiàn)菠蘿竟然被放在了玻璃柜里——這真是我這一年中遇到的最有趣的事兒了！”

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4 The Dumbest Challenge Ever史上最愚蠢的挑戰(zhàn)

A YouTuber called Hunter Hobbs said that he took on the “the dumbest challenge ever that someone had to do.” He wondered how long it would take to get from the top of a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet[電子數(shù)據(jù)表]to the bottom without using any keyboard shortcuts[快捷方式].

In his video, Hobbs presses[按，壓]the down arrow[箭頭]key and scrolls[滾動(dòng)]through the 1,048,576 rows[行]without breaks. He reaches the bottom of the spreadsheet in 9 hours, 36 minutes, and 10 seconds.

He said he didn’t use “Ctrl+down” on purpose[故意地]or use something to hold it down, just wanted to make a challenge no one else has done!

YouTube用戶亨特·霍布斯說(shuō)，他進(jìn)行了一項(xiàng)“史上最愚蠢的挑戰(zhàn)”。他想知道，在不使用快捷鍵的情況下，從微軟Excel表格的最頂端滾動(dòng)到最底端需要多長(zhǎng)時(shí)間。

在視頻中，他按住向下箭，一共滾過(guò)了1,048,576行。整個(gè)過(guò)程中他都沒(méi)有休息。最終他花了9小時(shí)36分10秒到達(dá)了表格底端。

他說(shuō)他特意不使用“Ctrl+down”鍵的快捷方式或是借助外力按住向下鍵，只是想進(jìn)行一項(xiàng)沒(méi)有人挑戰(zhàn)過(guò)的事！

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5 UAE Firm Dreams of Harvesting Icebergs for Water阿聯(lián)酋公司夢(mèng)想拉冰山止渴

The United Arab Emirates[阿拉伯聯(lián)合酋長(zhǎng)國(guó)]is a desert nation in the Middle East. A frm called National Advisor Bureau Limited[國(guó)家顧問(wèn)局有限公司]has made a unique[獨(dú)一無(wú)二的]plan to deal with its water needs.

The frm is planning to tow[拖]a iceberg from the Indian Ocean near Antarctica[南極洲]to their coast[海岸]. After that, they will turn the iceberg into drinking water. And they think the iceberg will change the weather pattern[模式]and bring more rain to the nation.

The project[項(xiàng)目]is set to begin in early 2018. The frm’s managing director said, “We want it mainly for the water. It could also be good for tourism[旅游業(yè)]and the weather.”

阿拉伯聯(lián)合酋長(zhǎng)國(guó)是位于中東的一個(gè)沙漠國(guó)家。有個(gè)叫做國(guó)家顧問(wèn)局有限公司的企業(yè)提出了一個(gè)獨(dú)一無(wú)二的計(jì)劃來(lái)滿足當(dāng)?shù)氐乃Y源需求。

他們打算從印度洋靠近南極洲的地方，拖一塊冰山到他們的海岸。然后，他們會(huì)將冰山處理為飲用水。他們認(rèn)為冰山能改變當(dāng)?shù)氐臍夂蚰Ｊ?，帶?lái)更多的降雨。

該工程預(yù)計(jì)于2018年年初啟動(dòng)。該公司的總經(jīng)理說(shuō)：“我們主要是想通過(guò)冰山獲得飲用水。當(dāng)然它也會(huì)給旅游業(yè)和氣候帶來(lái)好處?！?/p>

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Answers：1. tattoo, the “Skin Motion” app, design, audio clips, play back, capture 2. Finnish brewery, a 1,000-pack of beer 3. pineapple, exhibition, mistake for art, display case 4. the dumbest challenge, Excel spreadsheet, down arrow key, 1,048,576 rows 5. the United Arab Emirates, water, tow a iceberg, early 2018

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