【SSP双语微新闻】41件！它们从美国回来了！

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本周的头条新闻是由 【SSP双语学记团小记者】范明志同学带来的关于美方归还41件文物和艺术品的最新消息。

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范明志 Jason

上海市康城学校

Return

归还

展开全文

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The National Cultural Heritage（遗产）Administration received 41 cultural relics（文物）and artworks returned by the Manhattan District Attorney's Office（曼哈顿地区检察官办公室）in New York, USA, on March 4 (Beijing Time). These items, spanning（横跨）from the Neolithic period（新石器时代）to the Qing Dynasty（朝代）.

北京时间3月4日，国家文物局收到了美国纽约曼哈顿地区检察官办公室归还的41件文物和艺术品。这些物品从新石器时代到清朝（1644-1911）。

After expert analysis, these artifacts were found to possess（拥有）significant historical, artistic, and scientific value and are categorized as illegally exported Chinese cultural relics.

经过专家分析，这些文物具有重要的历史、艺术和科学价值，被归类为非法出口的中国文物。

Two Sessions

两会

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The third session of the 14th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (NCCPPCC) and the third session of the 14th National People's Congress(NPC) concluded on Mar. 10 and Mar. 11, respectively, to draw a close to this year's two sessions.

中国人民政治协商会议第十四届全国委员会第三次会议和第十四届全国人民代表大会第三次会议分别于3月10日和11日闭幕，为今年的两会画上句号。

This year's sessions, which have attracted over 3,000 domestic and international journalists, featured numerous highlights, including confidence-boosting goals and tasks, meticulous（细心的，一丝不苟的）attention to people's livelihoods（生计）, pragmatic（实用的）and efficient discussions, and a grand vision for major-country diplomacy（外交）.

今年的会议吸引了3000多名国内外记者参加，会议亮点颇多，包括提振信心的目标任务、对民生的细致关注，务实高效的讨论和大国外交的宏伟愿景。

Returning to Earth

返回地球

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NASA’s two stuck astronauts, Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, are just a few days away from finally returning to Earth after nine months in space. have to wait until their replacements（替代者）arrive at the International Space Station next week before they can check out later this month. They’ll be joined on their SpaceX ride home by two astronauts who launched by themselves in September alongside two empty seats.

美国宇航局的两名被困宇航员滞留在太空中9个月后，再过几周就要返回地球了。Butch Wilmore和Suni Williams必须等到他们的接替者于下周抵达国际空间站后，才能在本月的晚些时候离开。他们将和两位在9月自行出发的宇航员一起乘坐SpaceX的飞船返回，飞船上有两个空座位。

The two astronauts were expected to be aboard the ISS for about 10 days, but issues with their Starliner spacecraft forced the space agency to put their return on hold while the problem was worked on the ground. Ultimately（最终）, NASA decided to return Starliner without its crew, leaving Williams and Wilmore on the ISS for a long-duration mission.

这两名宇航员原本预计在国际空间站停留10天左右，但他们乘坐的“星际客机 ”飞船出现了问题，迫使美国宇航局在完成地面测试前，暂停了他们的返回安排。最终，美国国家航空航天局决定，“星际客机”不载人返回，把Williams和Wilmore留在国际空间站执行长期任务。

Break Apart

解体

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SpaceX launched a mammoth Starship rocket on Mar. 6, but lost contact minutes into the test flight as the spacecraft came tumbling down（摇摇欲坠）and broke apart.

美国太空探索技术公司（SpaceX）于3月6日发射了一枚巨大的星际飞船火箭，但在试飞后几分钟就失去了联系，因为飞船坠落并解体。

Wreckage（残骸）from the latest explosion was seen streaming from the skies over Florida. It was not immediately known whether the spacecraft’s self-destruct system had kicked in（生效，起作用）to blow it up.

这一次爆炸的残骸被发现在佛罗里达上空飘移。目前尚不清楚航天器的自毁系统是否启动并将其炸毁。

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