BBC News:西伯利亞冰封30000年病毒復(fù)活

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I’m Jackie Leonard with a selection of highlights fromacross BBC World Service News today.

我是杰姬· 倫納德，通過BBC“全球服務(wù)”欄目，為您帶來今天的新聞要點。

Coming up, an uneasy calm prevails in Crimea amidmilitary standoff between Russia and Ukraine.Meanwhile, in Moscow President Putin insists he still recognizes Ukraine’s ousted PresidentViktor Yanukovych as the legitimate leader. “It’s clear he doesn't have any power. That’sunderstandable. I want to repeat that the legitimate president in purely legal terms is ofcourse Yanukovych.” So what impact might this have for the US Secretary of States meetingin Kief with those who replaced him? Also in this podcast, an ancient virus has been broughtback to life by French scientists after lying dormant for at least 30,000 years. And we’ll hearabout the last letters written by Japanese Kamikaze pilots to their loved ones during the WorldWar II. “Dear mother, my one regret is I could not do more for you before I die. But to die as afighter for the Emperor is an honor. It is something you can feel happy about. Do not feel sad.”

這次新聞的主要內(nèi)容有：俄羅斯和烏克蘭出現(xiàn)僵持局面， 克里米亞雖然暫時平靜，但局面還是令人不安。同時，俄羅斯總統(tǒng)普京堅稱，他仍然認為遭驅(qū)逐的總統(tǒng)亞努科維奇才是烏克蘭的合法領(lǐng)導人。“顯然，他沒有任何權(quán) 力了，這個可以理解。我想重申，從法律意義上講，亞努科維奇才是國家的合法領(lǐng)導人。”那么，這將對美國務(wù)卿與烏克蘭現(xiàn)任領(lǐng)導人的基輔會談有何影響呢?另 外，法國科學家救活了長眠地下三萬余年的古老病毒。我們還將聽到二戰(zhàn)時期日本“神風”敢死隊給親人留下的遺書。“親愛的母親：我最大的遺憾就是在有生之年 不能為您盡孝。但是為天皇戰(zhàn)死是光榮的，我欣然前往。不要為我感到悲傷。”

Could climate change unleash deadly viruses that have lain dormant for thousands of years.It’s possible according to a group of French scientists who have for the first time revived anancient virus that have been buried in Siberian permafrost for 30,000 years. Fortunately, theone they found wasn't deadly to humans but it did cause some nasty damage to an amoebathey tested it on. Our science reporter Rebecca Morelle spoke about the findings. “It’s anabsolutely incredible piece of research. So the viruses was found varied about 30 metersdown in the Siberian permafrost. And it’s been lying there dormant, not doing anything for thelast 30,000 years. But it was taken out and it sprung back to life, which is pretty incredibleand the first time that a virus this old has actually been revived. It’s also quite a weird virus,too. It’s very big in size. You can actually see it under a microscope, which is really unusualfor a virus and it’s the biggest scientists have found so old and revived.” “And it’s undercontrol or not?” “Yes. So the good news is this doesn't actually affect humans or animals. Butscientists all worried that there could be more deadly viruses lurking down there in the deepplace at the permafrost, smallpox for example. That was around thousands of years ago. It’seradicated now on the surface, but there is a chance if those deep places were penetrated.”

氣候變化會喚醒沉睡數(shù)千年的致命病毒嗎?這是有可能發(fā)生的。法國科學家首次喚 醒了長眠于西伯利亞永凍土中三萬余年的古老病毒。所幸，他們發(fā)現(xiàn)的病毒不會對人類造成致命的傷害，但可以傷害用于實驗的變形蟲。我們的科學記者瑞貝卡·莫 雷勒就此進行了采訪。“這絕對是一項了不起的研究。該病毒被發(fā)現(xiàn)于西伯利亞永凍土中，距地平面約30米。而且，三萬年來悄無聲息，沒有活躍跡象?，F(xiàn)在，我 們將它從地下取出，并使其復(fù)活。這病毒也奇怪得很，非常大。透過顯微鏡，你能看得很清楚。這也是科學家們第一次發(fā)現(xiàn)并救活如此古老的病毒。”“我們能控制 住它嗎?””可以，好在它并不影響人類和動物的生存。但是科學家擔心，永凍土深處可能還隱藏著更多致命的病毒，比如天花。天花產(chǎn)生與幾千年前，現(xiàn)在，從表 面上看已經(jīng)被根除，但很有可能已滲透到深層土壤。”