CNNnews:美國(guó)居高不下的國(guó)家債務(wù)達(dá)到歷史新高

[ti:] [ar:] [al:] [00:00.56]U.S. national debt has hit a new milestone, and it's not a good one. 美國(guó)的國(guó)家債務(wù)已達(dá)到一個(gè)新的里程碑,當(dāng)然這不是好的那種。 [00:04.48]The government now owes more than $16 trillion. 現(xiàn)在政府欠下超過16萬億美元。 [00:08.54]That's 16 with 12 zeroes after it, and still counting. 就是說16后面有12個(gè)零,而且這個(gè)數(shù)字還在繼續(xù)增長(zhǎng)。 [00:12.30]We can put it this way, if you spend a million dollars a day, it would take you almost 44,000 years to spend 16 trillion. 我們可以這樣說,如果你一天花一百萬美元,你需要44000年才能花光這16萬億。 [00:20.41]For this debt many Republicans blame Democrats and President Barack Obama. 對(duì)于這筆債務(wù)許多共和黨人指責(zé)民主黨和奧巴馬總統(tǒng)。 [00:24.54]Many Democrats blame Republicans and former president George W. Bush. 而許多民主黨人指責(zé)共和黨人和前總統(tǒng)喬治·w·布什。 [00:29.09]Two things we can say for sure. 但有兩件事我們可以肯定。 [00:30.35]One, the government is spending a lot of money, and two, it's taking in a lot less tax revenue because of the struggling economy, so you can count on this number increasing in the months ahead. 首先，政府正在花費(fèi)一大筆錢,第二, 因?yàn)榻?jīng)濟(jì)困難，稅收收入又少之又少, 所以你可以指望的是這個(gè)數(shù)字在未來幾個(gè)月內(nèi)會(huì)繼續(xù)增加。 [00:41.51]It's time for The Shoutout. 又到了我們大喊答題的節(jié)目環(huán)節(jié)。 [00:42.42]Which of this object is closest in size to the international space station· 下面哪個(gè)物體最接近國(guó)際空間站的大小· [00:48.21]If you think you know it, then shout it out. 如果你覺得自己知道答案,就大聲說出來。 [00:51.27]Is it 747 airliner, football field, spaces shuttle Discovery or Lake Erie· 是747客機(jī),足球場(chǎng),發(fā)現(xiàn)號(hào)航天飛機(jī)還是伊利湖· [00:57.58]You've got three seconds, go· 你有3秒鐘的時(shí)間,3,2,1，喊出來了嗎？現(xiàn)在揭曉答案。 [01:05.49]The length and width of the ISS is about the size of a football field, according to NASA. 根據(jù)美國(guó)國(guó)家航空航天局稱，空間站的長(zhǎng)度和寬度類似于一個(gè)足球場(chǎng)的大小。 [01:11.03]That's your answer and that's your Shoutout. 你答對(duì)了嗎？這就是本期大喊答題節(jié)目環(huán)節(jié)。 [01:13.38]Of course, that includes its solar panels and everything else. 當(dāng)然,這包括空間站的太陽能電池板和其他一切。 [01:19.39]The actual living space of the ISS is little smaller, it's about the size of a five-bedroom house. 國(guó)際空間站實(shí)際的生活空間很小,其大小相當(dāng)于5間臥室的房子。 [01:24.30]It didn't matter much yesterday for two of the six folks who are living there. 但這對(duì)于昨天住在那里的6人中的2人來說并不算什么。 [01:28.21]A NASA astronaut and a Japanese space flyer stepped outside the ISS to fix one of its power units. 一位NASA宇航員和一名日本宇航員走出空間站去修復(fù)它的一個(gè)動(dòng)力裝置。 [01:35.00]Though the space station is the single most expensive object ever built, and one of the most technologically advanced, part of yesterday's repair job was done using a spare toothbrush. 盡管空間站是所建造的最昂貴物件,其中也代表著最先進(jìn)技術(shù)的一部分,但昨天的修復(fù)工作卻是通過使用一支備用的牙刷完成。 [01:45.29]It's not the only walk we are showing you today. 這不是今天我們向你展現(xiàn)出的唯一個(gè)例。 [01:47.20]Nor is it the most dangerous. 而且這也不是最危險(xiǎn)的。 [01:49.12]Before we go, why did the ducks crossed the highway· 在我們離開之前,穿過高速公路的鴨子們算不算危險(xiǎn)· [01:52.09]Because they had no fear. 因?yàn)樗鼈円稽c(diǎn)沒有感到恐懼。 [01:54.15]Now, don't duck out on us here, nothing bad is going to happen, although with all these cars racing by, there are a couple of closed calls, including this one, right here . 現(xiàn)在,鴨子們就在我們眼前,沒有什么糟糕的事情發(fā)生,盡管所有這些汽車飛馳而過,但鴨子們卻一個(gè)接一個(gè)有條不紊，包括這只，就在這里。 [02:03.13]The mother and her babies got blown around a lot, but when they all waddled safely across, which eventually they did, the video went viral. 鴨子?jì)寢尯退膶殞殏儽缓芏嗥嚢鼑?但它們還是搖搖擺擺地安全地通過,最終它們做到了,因此這段視頻像病毒般被瘋狂轉(zhuǎn)載。 [02:11.06]Hard to say if there is some sort of lesson in this. 很難說是否這段視頻其中有某種值得學(xué)習(xí)的地方。 [02:13.41]It's not look both ways before crossing the street, because they didn't. 在過馬路之前沒有看兩邊,它們沒有這樣做。 [02:17.00]It's definitely not mama know best, because she doesn't. 這肯定不是媽媽知道的最多的,因?yàn)檫@位母親沒有這樣做。 [02:19.47]If it was a lesson in safety, it certainly ruffled some feathers. 如果這是一個(gè)安全課,它肯定會(huì)產(chǎn)生摩擦。 [02:23.23]A lesson in bravery doesn't really fit the bill, and if it's a lesson in sound judgment, there are definitely quacks in her armor. 勇敢不太適合為這一做的教訓(xùn)買單,如果這是一個(gè)教訓(xùn), 她的盔甲鑒定肯定有些問題。 [02:29.19]We'll see you Friday, and wish you safe travels wherever you go. 我們星期五再見,無論你去哪里，都祝你一路平安。

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