9月13日午间英语新闻：纽约将价值1900万美元的被盗文物归还意大利

Dying from broken heart is scientifically and medically possible
研究：伤心真的会损害心脏

"Acute grief can cause heart damage," said Dr. Sandeep Jauhar, a cardiologist and author of "Heart: A History." There is a condition known as Takotsubo cardiomyopathy, also referred to as "stress cardiomyopathy" or "broken heart syndrome." Often, when someone is said to die of a broken heart, it is because of Takotsubo cardiomyopathy. When the condition occurs, doctors typically see that a patient's left ventricular apical, which is located within the heart, balloons. Patients may have chest pain, shortness of breath, heart palpitations, vomiting, nausea, anxiety and loss of consciousness. While the condition is often thought to be reversible and temporary for many — with recovery taking as long as a month  — for some it can be fatal. Despite what researchers know about this condition, the mechanism remains unknown. 
《心脏：历史》一书的作者、心脏病学家桑迪普·乔哈尔博士说:“急性悲伤会导致心脏损伤。”有一种情况被称为“章鱼壶心肌病”，也被称为“应激性心肌病”或“心碎综合征”。通常情况下，当有人被说成死于心碎时，就是因为“章鱼壶心肌病”造成的。当这种情况发生时，医生通常会看到病人的左心室，也就是位于心脏内，出现膨胀。病人可能会出现胸痛、气短、心悸、呕吐、恶心、焦虑和意识丧失症状。虽然这种情况通常被认为是可逆的，而且对许多人来说是暂时的——对有些患者来说，恢复时间长达一个月——但对一些人来说，它可能是致命的。尽管研究人员对这种疾病情况有所了解，但其发病机制仍不得而知。

重点词汇：

1.syndrome

英[ˈsɪndrəʊm]

美[ˈsɪndroʊm]

n.综合征; 综合症状; 典型意见; 典型表现;

2.ventricular

英[vɛnˈtrɪkjʊlə]

美[vɛnˈtrɪkjulər]

adj.（心）室的;

3.palpitation

英[ˌpælpɪˈteɪʃən]

美[ˌpælpəˈteɪʃən]

n.心悸;

4.vomiting

英[ˈvɒmɪtɪŋ]

美[ˈvɑːmɪtɪŋ]

v.呕; 吐; 呕吐;

5.nausea

英[ˈnɔːziə]

美[ˈnɔːziə]

n.恶心; 作呕; 反胃;

Scientists create remote-controlled cyborg cockroach
科学家发明蟑螂机器人 可用于搜索和救援任务

While it may sound like something that has crawled out of your nightmares, cyborg cockroaches have arrived as friends rather than foes. Famously able to survive a nuclear war, cockroaches have been the inspiration for a number of technologies in recent years. Scientists in Japan have designed a new remote-controlled insect, equipped with a battery 'backpack' that is powered by solar panels. The cockroach, which is part insect and part machine, is intended to enter hazardous areas, monitor the environment or undertake search and rescue missions without needing to be recharged.
虽然蟑螂机器人听起来很恐怖，但是它其实是人类的朋友而非敌人。众所周知，蟑螂能够在核战争中幸存下来，近年来，它一直是许多技术的灵感来源。日本科学家设计了一款新型遥控蟑螂机器人，它配备了由太阳能电池板供电的电池“背包”。这种蟑螂机器人是蟑螂和机器人的混合体，无需充电，用于进入危险区域，监测环境或执行搜救援任务。

重点词汇：

cockroach

英[ˈkɒkrəʊtʃ]

美[ˈkɑːkroʊtʃ]

n.蟑螂;

Dutch city becomes world’s first to ban meat ads in public

为减少碳排放 荷兰城市全球首禁肉食广告

A Dutch city will become the first in the world to ban meat ads from public spaces in an effort to reduce consumption and greenhouse gas emissions. Haarlem, which lies to the west of Amsterdam and has a population of about 160,000, will enact the prohibition from 2024. Advertisements will not be allowed on Haarlem’s buses, shelters and screens in public spaces, prompting complaints from the meat sector. Recent studies suggest global food production is responsible for one-third of all planet-heating emissions, with the use of animals for meat accounting for twice the pollution of producing plant-based foods. Forests that absorb carbon dioxide are felled for the grazing of animals, while fertilizers used for growing their feed are rich in nitrogen, which can contribute to air and water pollution, climate change and ozone depletion. Livestock also produces large quantities of methane, a powerful greenhouse gas.

为了减少肉食消费和温室气体排放，荷兰的一座城市将在全球率先禁止在公共场所打肉食广告。位于阿姆斯特丹以西、拥有约16万人口的哈勒姆市将从2024年开始实行肉食广告禁令。哈勒姆市将禁止巴士、候车亭和公共场所的屏幕上出现肉食广告，这引发了肉食行业的抱怨。最近的研究指出，全球三分之一的温室气体排放源自世界各地的食品生产，其中养殖肉用家畜造成的污染是生产植物性食物的两倍。为了放牧牲畜而砍伐掉能吸收二氧化碳的森林，用富含氮的化肥来种植动物饲料，这些都会污染空气和水源，导致气候变化和臭氧消耗。牲畜还会产生大量的甲烷，一种威力很强的温室气体。

重点词汇：

1.ozone

英[ˈəʊzəʊn]

美[ˈoʊzoʊn]

n.臭氧; 海边的清新空气;

2.depletion

英[dɪˈpliːʃən]

美[dɪˈpliʃən]

n.损耗; 弄空，竭尽，耗尽，（资源）耗减; 缺乏；贫化；亏损; 空虚；干枯；涸竭;

3.methane

英[ˈmiːθeɪn]

美[ˈmeθeɪn]

n.甲烷; 沼气;

New York returns $19m worth of stolen art to Italy

纽约将价值1900万美元的被盗文物归还意大利

New York's District Attorney Alvin Bragg has returned $19m (£16m) worth of stolen art to Italy. The 58 pieces include a marble head of the goddess Athena dated 200 BC, worth an estimated $3 million. The stolen artifacts were sold on to museums and private dealers by convicted looters, Bragg said. It is the city's latest effort to return plundered goods to their country of origin - $66 million worth have been returned so far this year. Homeland Security was part of the investigation to seize and repatriate these objects to the Italians - 21 of them came from the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Investigators had worked for years to track down the art smugglers' trails and locate the items that were being repatriated, according to Homeland Security officials.

纽约地方检察官向意大利归还了价值1900万美元(约1.3亿人民币)的被盗艺术品。这58件文物包括公元前200年雅典娜女神的大理石头像，估价约300万美元。阿尔文·布拉格表示，被盗的文物被已定罪的抢劫者卖给了博物馆和私人交易商。这是该市为将被掠夺的货物归还原籍国所做的最新努力——今年迄今已归还价值6600万美元的文物。国土安全部参与了调查，没收并将这些物品归还给意大利人，其中21件来自大都会艺术博物馆。国土安全部官员说，调查人员多年来一直在追踪艺术品走私者的踪迹，寻找这些被遣返的物品。

重点词汇：

1.looter

英[ˈluːtə(r)]

美[ˈluːtər]

n.(战争、暴乱等中的)抢劫者，劫掠者;

2.plundered

英[ˈplʌndəd]

美[ˈplʌndərd]

v.(尤指战乱时用武力)抢劫，掠夺;

3.smuggler

英[ˈsmʌɡlə(r)]

美[ˈsmʌɡlər]

n.走私者;