An Icelandic1 town goes all out to save baby puffins2

冰島小鎮(zhèn)全力以赴拯救角嘴海雀幼鳥

As the town and its lights grew over the years， so did the number ofwrong-way puffins. Every year during the fledging3 season， people in anIcelandic town get to stay up very late and send the little puffins skyward tohelp them glide4 down to the sea below.

隨著城鎮(zhèn)和燈光的多年發(fā)展，弄錯方向的角嘴海雀的數(shù)量也在增加。在每年角嘴海雀育雛的季節(jié)，冰島一個小鎮(zhèn)的人們都會熬夜將小角嘴海雀送向天空，幫助它們滑翔到下面的海中。

New robot can pick up a drop of liquid5

可以拿起一滴液體的新機器人

Engineers have built the first robot that can pick up and move a drop ofliquid. It is about the size and shape of a finger.

工程師們已經制造出了第一個能夠拾起和移動一滴液體的機器人。它的大小和形狀和一根手指差不多。

Two 2，000-year-old palace buildings discovered in China

中國發(fā)現(xiàn)兩座有2000 年歷史的宮殿建筑

The foundations of two palace buildings were discovered in Shaanxi Province.They could be dated back to more than 2，000 years ago. A toilet seat was also found atone of the sites.

在陜西省發(fā)現(xiàn)了兩座宮殿建筑的地基。它們可以追溯到2000 多年前。在其中一個遺址中還發(fā)現(xiàn)了馬桶座。

Notes

1. Icelandic 冰島的

2. puffin 角嘴海雀；海鸚

3. fledge? 長羽毛；養(yǎng)小鳥到能飛

4. glide? 滑翔

5. liquid 液體；液態(tài)物