10.08.2026

malls are attending church in Ecuador and 厄瓜多尔的商场正举办教会活动，而且 could it be the connoisseur or maybe the Elm 是鉴赏家的选择？还是榆树？ we find out who's simply 我们接下来就揭晓谁才是 the best in the tree of the year competition 年度树木大赛的最优胜者 but first to a pioneer 不过先来认识一位先驱 that changed the way we travel to the stars 她改变了人类探索太空的方式 by helping the first ever humans to land on the moon 助力人类首次成功登上月球 Margaret Hamilton 玛格丽特·汉密尔顿 was a really important figure in space travel 是航天领域的核心人物 she was in charge of the team who made the software 她带领团队开发了相关软件 that took U S 正是这款软件让美国 astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin 宇航员阿姆斯特朗和奥尔德林 to land safely on the Moon in the famous Apollo 安全登月，执行的就是著名的阿波罗 11 mission it was confirmed last night that this 11号任务。昨晚官方确认，这位 trailblazer had died at the age of 90 先驱已逝世，享年90岁 she's been described as ahead of her time 人们评价她远超所处的时代 and will be remembered for the work she did 她做出的贡献会被永远铭记 to get Man on the Moon 助力人类登月的伟大功绩 next what do bees barn owls 接下来看看，蜜蜂、仓鸮 hedgehogs and puffins all have in common 刺猬和海鹦有什么共同点？ well 嗯 they're all going to feature on brand new UK banknotes 它们都会印在英国新版钞票上 being brought over the next 4 years 这些钞票未来四年推出 nearly half 1,000,000 people voted for their favorite 近五十万民众投票选出了最爱的 native British wildlife 英国本土野生动物 and these guys 而这些当选的物种 will pick to feature 会被印在钞票上 it's the first time in over 60 years 这是六十多年来的首次 that the reverse side of the note 钞票的背面 will no longer have famous figures 将不再印有知名的 from history 历史人物 next we are talking about music and classical composers 接下来我们聊聊音乐和古典作曲家 like Mozart and Beethoven might be famous 像莫扎特、贝多芬可能 around the world 全球闻名 however there is a rich history of black composers 但黑人作曲家也有着丰富的历史 and classical musicians as well 古典音乐家也是如此 I met with musician and composer Alexis French to 我采访了音乐家兼作曲家亚历克西斯·弗伦奇 find out more about how they shaped modern music 了解他们如何塑造了现代音乐 when you think of classical music 一提到古典音乐 and who would have made that type of music 你会想到哪些作曲家？ you're probably imagining someone who looks like this 你可能想象的是这样的人 or maybe even this 甚至是这样的 well that's something that composer Alexis French 对此，作曲家亚历克西斯·弗伦奇 is trying to change 正试图改变这一点 by 通过 introducing people to the stories of black composers 向人们介绍黑人作曲家的故事 so the music that you may enjoy listening to today 你如今爱听的音乐 particularly the modern contemporary pop tracks 尤其是当代流行曲目 have all been informed by classical music written 都深受古典音乐影响，这些作品 sometimes over 200 years ago 有的甚至创作于200多年前 and many of those composers 而这些作曲家中有很多 never found their way into our history 从未被载入我们的历史 books and I'm gonna 课本中，我打算 spotlight one or 2 of those guys 介绍其中一两位 starting with this incredibly named chap 首先是这位名字很特别的先生 called Joseph Polonia 名叫约瑟夫·波洛尼亚 Joseph was an incredible individual 约瑟夫非常了不起 born in Guadalupe 1745 champion fencer 1745年生于瓜德罗普，是击剑冠军 but it was music where his true talents lay 但他真正的天赋在音乐领域 polongio was the lead violinist and conductor of 波洛尼亚是首席小提琴手，同时担任 one of europe's top orchestras 欧洲顶尖乐团之一 in the 18th century 来自18世纪 he's known as 他被誉为 the first major classical composer of African descent 首位非裔知名古典作曲家 to achieve widespread fame in Europe 在欧洲家喻户晓 Alexis I want to hear more who else have we got 亚历克西斯，多说点，还有谁？ right well the next person is Ignacio sancho 好的，下一位是伊格纳西奥·桑乔 ignatius Sancho was an 18th century writer and composer 伊格内修斯·桑乔是18世纪作家兼作曲家 born on a ship 出生在一艘船上 comprised of enslaved people 满载被奴役者的 in the middle of the Atlantic 大西洋中部航船上 then often very young 他当时年纪很小 transported to England 被送往英国 enslaved again by 3 very unkind sisters 又被三位刻薄姐妹奴役 and it was only when Duke John Montague 直到约翰·蒙塔古公爵 saw the potential in this young man 发现了这个年轻人的潜力 taught him how to read and 教他读书识字 he became integrated into polite society in George and 他得以融入乔治时代的 England 英国上流社会 writing letters publishing poems and also composing 他写信、出诗集，还作曲 thousands of pieces of music 数千首音乐作品 so we've heard a lot about black men 我们对黑人男性的事迹了解很多 what about the black women indeed 那黑人女性呢？没错 equally is important and perhaps 她们同样重要，甚至 even more so because they had to fight 更加重要，因为她们必须 so hard for their voices to be heard 拼尽全力才能发声 flaunt Price was a black woman living in America 佛罗伦斯·普莱斯是美国黑人女性 fighting for equality 为平权而奋斗 not just as a woman 不只作为女性 but a black woman 更是作为黑人女性 particularly on the concert stage fighting 尤其在音乐会舞台上，她努力 for her music to be heard 让自己的音乐被听见 Florence Price made history in 1933 1933年，佛罗伦斯·普莱斯创造了历史 when she became the first African American woman 她成为首位非裔美国女性 to have a symphony 让自己的交响乐 performed by a major U 被美国顶尖 S orchestra in Chicago 交响乐团在芝加哥演奏 lots of Prices music was lost until 2009 普莱斯的很多作品一度遗失，直到2009年 when a massive collection of her work was 她的大批作品 unexpectedly discovered 被意外发掘 in an abandoned house outside Chicago 在芝加哥郊外的废弃房屋里 and what I love about Florence 我喜欢弗洛伦斯 Prices is how it bears comparison ·普莱斯的点是 她的作品可以和 to another song I love 我另一首喜爱的歌对比 by Olivia Dean and it's called man I Need 奥利维亚·迪恩的《我需要的人》 and if we sit with the music we love 如果我们聆听喜爱的音乐 it's some of those vital ingredients 会发现它包含一些核心元素 those things which go into the making of it 这些元素构成了作品本身 that we can trace back hundreds of years before 其起源可以追溯到几百年前 into some of these great artists that I'm spotlighting 关联到我要介绍的伟大艺术家 today 今天 how lovely now let's head sideways 太好了 我们现在往旁边走 take a look at this weird and wonderful tree 看看这棵奇特又好看的树 that's been crowned the best of the best 它刚被评为最佳中的最佳 it's tremendous news for this bendy Elm in Newcastle 这对纽卡斯尔的这棵弯曲榆树是大喜事 County Down as it's just won the 唐郡的它刚刚获得了 National Trust Tree of the Year competition 国民信托年度树大赛冠军 the 150 year old Gravity the fine winner 这棵150岁的优胜榆树名叫“重力” has grown this way 长成这样是因为 because of strong winds coming off the RSC 皇家莎士比亚剧团方向刮来的强风 amazing 太棒了 next the famous bio tapestry 接下来是著名的贝叶挂毯 is on display in London 正在伦敦展出 for the first time in its history 这是史上首次公展 but if you aren't able to see it 但如果你没法亲临现场 this one might be a little closer so 那这件复制品就合适多了 a school in Lincolnshire 林肯郡的一所学校 has made an incredible discovery in its attic 在阁楼里有了惊人发现 a 7 metre long recreation of the Baya Tapestry 一件7米长的贝叶挂毯复制品 admittedly about 63 metres shorter than the original 当然比原作短了约63米 hand stitched and covered in scenes 手工缝制，上面的图案 from the Battle of Hastings 都出自黑斯廷斯战役 staff thinks 校方认为 this tapestry dates back to the 1960s or 70s 这件挂毯诞生于上世纪60或70年代 but the rest of it is a mystery 但其他信息都还是谜 here's what the students made of it 来看看学生们的评价 it's really amazing amazing tales 这些故事真的太精彩了 that like it was all done by children 居然全是孩子们制作的 it's cool 太酷了 it's funny because I love all the violets in it 真有意思，我超爱里面的紫罗兰图案 looking at how they used to behave back there 看看他们以前在那边的表现 because right now 因为现在啊 we'd probably just like be assassinate in court 我们搞不好会在法庭上被暗杀 which isn't very exciting 这可一点都不好玩 maybe we'll be settling on the battlefield but arrows 说不定我们会在战场上对决，但冷箭 sadly not 可惜不会 now I love to take my dog Bella everywhere 我总爱带着我的狗贝拉到处走 but I'm not sure I take her to church 但我应该不会带她去教堂 but it seems these people in Ecuador in South America 不过南美厄瓜多尔的民众 disagree because hundreds of pet owners 可不认同，数百名宠物主人 gathered for an annual blessing of animals 齐聚参加一年一度的动物祈福仪式 in the capital of Quito 地点在首都基多 it's a Christian tradition honoring St 这是基督教纪念圣徒的传统 Francis the patron saint of animals 即动物守护神圣方济各 dogs cats fish and even rabbits 狗、猫、鱼甚至兔子 were amongst those receiving blessings from the priest 都得到了神父的祝福 and getting sprinkled with holy water 还被洒上了圣水 finally if you're in the mood for a bit of drawing 最后，如果你想画点画 would you reach for a box of coloring 你会拿一盒彩色 pencils and some paper 铅笔和几张纸吗 or would you be heading for your tablet 还是会拿平板？ well a new study 嗯，一项新研究 has found that both ways can be just as good 发现两种方式效果一样好 at helping people feel more relaxed 都能帮人放松心情 now we've been asking you what you prefer 我们一直在问大家更喜欢哪种 over on the website 是在我们官网上 so we're going to start with preppy Sleigh 首先来看用户preppy Sleigh的留言 he says 他说 I find that drawing on paper with a pencil is far 我觉得用铅笔在纸上画画 easier but every once in a while 简单很多，但偶尔 I draw on tablets 我也会用平板画 just your regular banana what a username says 下一位ID叫普通香蕉的用户说 personally I love screens 我个人更喜欢用屏幕画 to draw because when I try drawing with paper 因为我在纸上画画时 I try to double tap 总会忍不住双击 to erase I'm sure you won't be alone there 擦内容，肯定很多人都这样 we got this one from Pen and Paper 这位叫纸笔的用户说 who is much more comfortable 纸笔用起来舒服多了 and easier to draw with 画起来也更顺手 wow I can't read today 哎呀我今天读错了 much more comfortable and easy to draw with me 用着更舒服，画画也更顺手 with for me says Ada 这是艾达说的 thank you other for your comments 谢谢大家的评论 sorry about that 抱歉 I don't know how I managed to butch your comment right 我也不知道怎么搞砸了你的评论 that's all from me for today but we'll be back tomorrow 今天我这边就到这，明天我们再来 and always head over to the website 大家可以访问我们的网站 for loads more of your latest news 获取更多最新资讯 we'll see you later bye 回头见，拜拜 前往小宇宙评论区与主播互动