双语资讯速览 | 拜登将表达对日本制铁收购美国钢铁的担忧
01 6park.com拜登将表达对日本制铁收购美国钢铁的担忧 6park.com
Joe Biden plans to intervene in Nippon Steel’s proposed purchase of US Steel, a move that could threaten the deal and anger Japan, one of Washington’s closest allies. 6park.com 美国总统乔•拜登(Joe Biden)计划干预日本制铁(Nippon Steel)收购美国钢铁(US Steel)的计划,此举可能威胁到这笔交易,并激怒美国最亲密的盟友之一日本。 6park.comBiden will issue a statement expressing serious concern about the Japanese group’s proposed $14.9bn acquisition of the Pennsylvania-headquartered steelmaker before Prime Minister Fumio Kishida arrives for a state visit in Washington on April 10, according to six people familiar with the decision. 6park.com据6名知情人士透露,在日本首相岸田文雄(Fumio Kishida)即将于4月10日对华盛顿(Washington)进行国事访问之前,拜登将发表一份声明,对这家日本集团拟以149亿美元收购这家总部位于宾夕法尼亚州(Pennsylvania)的钢铁制造商表示严重关切。 6park.comUS officials and lawyers have drafted the statement and the White House has privately informed the Japanese government of the president’s decision, according to people familiar with the matter. US Steel’s shares fell more than 12 per cent after the Financial Times published details of Biden’s intentions. 6park.com知情人士表示,这份声明由美国官员和律师起草,白宫已私下向日本政府通报了总统的决定。在英国《金融时报》公布了拜登意图的细节后,美国钢铁股价下跌逾12%。 6park.com——本文2024年3月14日发布于FT中文网,英文原题为Joe Biden set to voice concerns over Nippon Steel takeover of US Steel
02 6park.com方便面崛起为全球经济亮起红灯 6park.com
If the entire (cooked) length of instant noodles sold around the world in a single year were laid out in a line, the resulting 6.2bn kilometre giga-noodle would stretch well beyond Pluto and into the depths of space. It is a fact as miserable as it is marvellous. 6park.com 如果把全世界一年内销售的所有方便面(煮熟后的)长度排成一条线,那么由此产生的62亿公里的超级面条将远远超出冥王星,延伸到太空深处。这是一个既令人惊奇又令人沮丧的事实。 6park.comInstant noodles sit among the most potent weapons ever devised in the unending struggle against starvation: a product that towers, among processed foods, at the extreme value end of the cost-per-calorie scale and which its makers now proudly classify as a piece of “social infrastructure”. 6park.com在与饥饿无休止的斗争中,方便面是有史以来最有力的武器之一:在加工食品中,方便面是每卡路里成本的性价比链条上处于顶点的产品,它的制造商现在自豪地将其列为“社会基础设施”的一部分。 6park.comThey are a portable, resilient and long-lasting store of nourishment in times of need — from dire to impulsive and all points between. There is a reason that instant noodles have replaced cigarettes as the primary currency of the informal economy in dismally catered US prisons. This ready-to-eat grub, pioneered in the late 1950s to feed a ruined Japan in the protracted aftermath of war, takes the prize for being cheap and fast, but delicious. 6park.com在需要的时候,它们是一种便携的、有弹性的、持久的营养储存手段——从急需到只是一时冲动,以及两者之间的任何时候。在美国监狱里,方便面取代香烟成为非正规经济的主要货币是有原因的。这种即食食物最早出现在20世纪50年代末,是为了在战争后的漫长时间里为满目疮痍的日本提供食物。它以廉价、快捷、但却美味而闻名。 6park.com——本文2024年3月14日发布于FT中文网,英文原题为Oodles of noodles: how a global favourite became an economic red flag
03 6park.com美国众议院投票通过禁止TikTok的法案 6park.com
The US House of Representatives has voted overwhelmingly to approve a bill that would ban app stores from distributing TikTok if its Chinese owner does not divest ownership of the video-sharing platform. 6park.com 美国众议院以压倒性多数投票通过了一项法案,如果TikTok的中国所有者不剥离对该视频分享平台的所有权,该法案将禁止应用商店销售TikTok。 6park.comRepublicans and Democrats came together in a 352-65 vote to back the bill, which also has the support of President Joe Biden, but is opposed by Donald Trump. 6park.com共和党和民主党以352票对65票通过了这项法案,该法案也得到了乔•拜登(Joe Biden)总统的支持,但却遭到了唐纳德•特朗普(Donald Trump)的反对。 6park.comUS security and intelligence officials have in recent days held classified briefings for lawmakers to stress what they say are the national security risks of allowing ByteDance, a Chinese company, to own TikTok. 6park.com近日,美国安全和情报官员为议员们举行了机密简报会,强调他们所说的允许中国公司字节跳动(ByteDance)拥有TikTok的国家安全风险。 6park.com——本文2024年3月14日发布于FT中文网,英文原题为US House votes through bill to ban TikTok
04 6park.com人工智能探索“黑暗基因组”揭示癌症生长规律 6park.com
Scientists have used artificial intelligence to illuminate the human body’s so-called dark genome and develop a potentially powerful new approach to cancer detection, monitoring and treatment. 6park.com 科学家们利用人工智能揭示了人体所谓的“黑暗基因组”,并开发出一种潜在的强大的癌症检测、监测和治疗新方法。 6park.comInvestigators at Johns Hopkins University in the US have revealed how previously little-studied repeats of genetic code sequences — known as “junk DNA” or dark matter — are associated with tumours. 6park.com美国约翰霍普金斯大学(Johns Hopkins University)的研究人员揭示了以前很少研究的遗传密码重复序列——被称为“垃圾DNA”或暗物质——是如何与肿瘤相关联的。 6park.comThe research, published in Science Translational Medicine on Wednesday, shows how AI and other advanced computing technologies are deepening understanding of diseases and how to deal with them. 6park.com这项研究发表在本周三的《科学转化医学》(Science Translational Medicine)杂志上,展示了人工智能和其他先进计算技术如何加深人们对疾病的理解,以及如何应对疾病。 6park.com——本文2024年3月14日发布于FT中文网,英文原题为AI explores ‘dark genome’ to shed light on cancer growth
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