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Start with small things: changing over your water bottle to reusable, then do maybe your coffee cup, then work on weaning yourself off paper towels.
从小事做起：把水瓶换成可重复使用的，然后可以换咖啡杯，接着努力戒掉使用纸巾。

And there's different ways, you know. Then, maybe you want to start buying local food and eating less meat.
有不同的方法。也许你会想开始购买本地食材并减少肉类摄入。

I mean, don't think that you have to do everything at one time, to take one step at a time and then it's not as insurmountable or scary.
别想着必须一次性完成所有事情，要一步一步来，这样就不会显得那么难以克服或可怕了。

This is our semi-annual textile drive. So, we run two a year. We also run two e-waste drive, so electronic waste drives, four drives a year.
这是我们每半年举行一次的纺织品促销活动。一年两次。我们还会举办两次电子废物促销活动，也就是一年总共四次活动。

And this one, for this one we partner with Wearable Collections to properly recycle all of the unwanted textiles so that they don't wind up in the waste stream.
而这场活动， 我们与Wearable Collections合作，妥善回收所有不需要的纺织品，这样它们就不会最终成为废品。

The goal is that 50 percent of it will be reused, so it'll be up cycled and worn again, either here in the United States or in other countries where it may be needed.
目标是其中50%将被重复利用，这样它们会被升级改造后再次被使用，无论是在美国本土，还是在其他有需求的国家。

It's one of our zero waste workshops. It's part of a new series that we're partnering with as you met Nicole and Sandra who lead the New York City Zero Waste Meetup.
这是我们的零废弃工作坊之一。这是我们正在合作的一个新系列活动的一部分，就像你见到的妮可和桑德拉，她们是纽约市零废弃聚会活动的负责人。

And it's basically a workshop for everyday New Yorkers to come and learn how they can live a more, as we call it, zero waste
这基本上是一个面向普通纽约市民的工坊，他们可以来这里学习如何在生活中实现零浪费——

but a lifestyle in which they're throwing fewer things into landfill and doing more recycling, composting
这种生活方式意味着减少填埋垃圾，增加回收和堆肥，

and actually being mindful of the products they purchase so that they can purchase items that have a beneficial reuse.
并且真正留意所购买的产品，从而选择那些有益于重复使用的物品。

Hi, people. I don't need my coat. Is this OK to leave it here with you people? Thank you very much! I'm from Australia and I've had the coat for too long.
大家好。我不需要这件外套了。可以把它放在你们这里吗？非常感谢!我来自澳大利亚，这件外套我已经穿了很久了。

It's summer over there. We're already swimming. Everybody brings in all of the clothes that they're not using anymore, a lot of partners' clothes, kids' clothes.
那边是夏天了，我们已经开始游泳了，大家把不再穿的衣服都带过来，有很多伴侣的衣服，还有小孩的衣服。

And we all trade and switch and people end up with new items and then everything else gets donated.
我们互相交换，最终大家都有了新物品，其余的东西则全部捐出去。

We've had a huge number of people coming from all different Broadway shows and from the neighborhood and offices in the community to bring their textiles.
大量来自百老汇不同演出、周边社区以及办公楼的人们带来他们的纺织品。

We've had people coming from Wicked, from Aladdin, from Harry Potter.
我们接待过来自《魔法坏女巫》、《阿拉丁》和《哈利·波特》的访客。

I think the more we bring the public into our work and the more efficient it will be, the more kind of amicable that relationship and just the larger strides we can make.
我认为，我们越让公众参与我们的工作，效率就会越高，关系也会越融洽，我们就能取得更大的进展。

You know,the more people that participate in our compost and recycling, that builds on itself.
参与堆肥和回收的人越多，就越能形成良性循环。

We can expand the program. We can start to do kind of the next big thing.
我们可以扩展这个项目，我们可以开始着手做下一件大事。

No peeing on plants or mailboxes, that's my rule. This is Gretl, she's just a puppers.
不准在植物或邮箱上撒尿，这是我的规矩。这是格蕾特，她是只小狗。

She is a cavalier king poodle mix. The five most important things to be successful in the dog walking business to me, number one, integrity.
她是一只骑士贵宾犬混血。对我来说，在遛狗业务中取得成功的五个最重要因素，第一是诚信。

It's what you do when nobody is looking. So just you have to be where you are when you say you're gonna be there and follow through.
无人注视时的举动才见真章。你只需言出必行——说到何处便在何处现身，且贯彻始终。

Two, kind of ties into, it is reliability. Where's my girls at? I can't tell somebody I'm gonna be at their house by 2 and show up at 2:30.
第二点和第一点有一些联系，那就是可靠。我的小宝贝们在哪？我不能告诉别人我两点到他们家，结果两点半才出现。

So I'm in constant contact with my clients. I send pictures. I use live Facebook to comfort my clients that are my friends on Facebook 'cause they love it.
我一直与客户保持联系。我会发送照片，还会在Facebook上直播，让那些加了我好友的客户安心，因为他们很喜欢这种方式。

It really makes them happy and I get a lot of comments and likes. Look both ways when you cross the street boys and girls.
这真的让他们很开心，我也收到了很多评论和点赞。宝贝们，过马路的时候要看两侧。

Three, ou have to have a business sense and savvy. You can't spend money you don't have. I lost a lot of money the first year I did this.
第三，你得有商业头脑和见识。你不能花你没有的钱。我第一年干这一行就亏了很多钱。

The love and passion I have for it helped me pick up more clients and better market myself.
我对遛狗的热爱和热情帮助我吸引了更多客户并更好地推销自己。

The fourth thing I think it's very important. You have to have interpersonal skills.
我认为第四点非常重要，你必须具备人际交往能力。

Yes, you're working with animals, but you have keys and access to people's homes. They've got a Redskins key.
你是在和动物打交道，但你拥有钥匙并能进入人们的家。

So you really have to know how to talk to people and listen to people and understand what their needs are especially when you're in their home with their pet.
你真的必须知道如何与人交谈、倾听并理解他们的需求，尤其是在他们家里和他们的宠物在一起时。

Five, patience. Patience on the road, patience in the house, patience with the pet, patience with the client, patience with the neighbors, patience with the construction guys.
第五，要有耐心。在路上要有耐心，在家里要有耐心，对宠物要有耐心，对客户要有耐心，对邻居要有耐心，对施工人员要有耐心。

You just have to be very patient and choose your words wisely. Writing a note right now for a client. Just letting them know what I did and what Axel did.
你只需要非常有耐心，并且措辞得当。我现在正在给一位客户写便条，只是让他们知道我做了什么，以及阿克塞尔做了什么。

He number one and number two. Again, it's always gonna come back to integrity which encompasses all five of those things.
他大小便了。归根结底，这始终会回到诚信上，而诚信涵盖了那五个方面。

This is what your brainwaves look like at any given moment. To the untrained eye, it's just a jumble of lines.
这就是你大脑在任何时刻的脑电波形态。在外行人看来，这不过是一堆杂乱无章的线条。

For AJ Keller and Alex Castillo, it's a treasure trove of data.
对AJ·凯勒和亚历克斯·卡斯蒂略来说，这是一个数据宝库。

The pair have created Notion, a 900-dollar wearable device that captures and processes brainwave signals, transforming thoughts into action.
两人共同研发了Notion这款价值900美元的可穿戴设备，它能捕捉并处理脑电波信号，将思维转化为行动。

There are eight sensors that are imaging the brain 250 times a second.
有八个感应器每秒对大脑进行250次成像。

All of that is instantaneously being processed on the actual headset. Notion is a so-called brain computer.
所有这些数据都会在头戴设备上即时处理。Notion是一种所谓的脑机。

So traditionally brain computer interfaces, they relay their raw data to a computer that would receive this data, would make sense out of it, and then the computer will communicate with any end device.
传统上脑机接口会将原始数据传输到一台计算机，这台计算机接收这些数据，对其进行解读，然后计算机再与任何终端设备进行通信。

The Notion is the first autonomous device that has enough computing power to be able to autonomously communicate with any device, whether that is your computer, whether that is a drone.
Notion是首款具备足够算力的自主设备，能够与任何设备自主通信，无论是你的电脑还是无人机。

Anything your computer can control, Notion can control. Why lift a finger to scroll down when you can do it with your thoughts?
你的电脑能控制的任何东西，Notion都能控制。既然动动念头就能向下滚动，何必亲自动手呢？

If you're thinking of a motor base movement, such as pinching your left hand, Notion is able to detect it, and you're able to map that to a computer command.
如果你在思考一个基础运动，比如捏左手，Notion能够检测到它，你可以将其映射为计算机指令。

Do you feel like a superhero? Absolutely. But this superhero power takes focus and concentration. To that end, Notion provides users with an attention score.
你觉得自己像个超级英雄吗？当然。但这份超能力需要专注与投入。为此，Notion为用户提供了注意力评分功能。

When you're really focused and you're in the zone, that number increases.
当你全神贯注并进入状态时，这个数字就会增加。

The developers say it can even help them measure and improve productivity.
开发人员说，这甚至可以帮助他们衡量和提高生产力。

We know that there are times when we lose focus programming. We want a tool that allows us to understand when and where we're writing our best code.
我们知道有时编程会分心。我们想要一个工具，能让我们了解自己在何时何地写出了最好的代码。

And in a world full of distractions, being able to focus truly is a superpower.
在这个充满干扰的世界里，能够专注确实是一种超能力。

The 24-carat gold pendant features the Tudor rose and a pomegranate bush, the personal symbol of Katherine of Aragon.
这枚 24K 纯金吊坠上刻有都铎玫瑰和石榴树丛纹饰，后者是 “阿拉贡的凯瑟琳” 的个人象征。

Discovered by a metal detectorist in a field in Warwickshire in 2019, it's believed to be the only surviving piece of jewellery directly linked to Henry VIII's 24-year marriage to Katherine.
这枚吊坠由一位金属探测寻宝爱好者在 2019 年于沃里克郡的一处田野中发现，它被认为是唯一一件存世的、与亨利八世和凯瑟琳 24 年的婚姻有直接关联的珠宝。

The British Museum raised hundreds of thousands of pounds to help pay for the piece through a public appeal. Its director, Nicholas Cullinan, says the response shows how strongly people value Britain's past.
大英博物馆通过公众募捐筹集了上百万英镑以支付购买这件珠宝。大英博物馆馆长尼古拉斯·库里南表示，公众的响应显示出人们对英国历史的高度珍视。

The pendant will join the museum's collection later this year and is expected to tour the UK.
这枚吊坠将在今年晚些时候加入到大英博物馆的藏品行列中，并计划在英国各地巡回展出。

From singing at concerts to singing 'Happy birthday'. Around the world, humans have been singing in unison for millennia. Some anthropologists even think our ancestors may have sung before they could speak. "Lullabies are sung to children, and then songs are sung at funerals", says Alex Street, from the Cambridge Institute for Music Therapy Research, who thinks that our positive response to music is no accident. Music is not only enjoyable, but beneficial for our health.
从在音乐会上唱歌到唱“生日快乐”。 在世界各地，人类几千年来一直在齐声歌唱。 一些人类学家甚至认为我们的祖先可能在会说话之前就已经唱歌了。 剑桥音乐治疗研究所的亚历克斯·斯特里特说：“给孩子们唱摇篮曲，然后在葬礼上唱歌曲”，他认为我们对音乐的积极反应并非偶然。 音乐不仅令人愉悦，而且对我们的健康有益。

There is growing evidence that singing can energise us, improve immune function and increase feelings of happiness, according to 'A Review of the Physiological Effects and Mechanisms of Singing', published in 2018. It's thought that the repeated and controlled breathing that singing requires releases endorphins, which are chemicals released by the brain associated with pleasure and wellbeing. It may even provide a physical workout comparable to a brisk walk. And singing as part of a group or choir may have additional effects. Researchers in 'The ice-breaker effect: singing mediates fast social bonding' found that singing together accelerated faster social cohesion among strangers.
根据 2018 年发表的《歌唱的生理效应和机制综述》，越来越多的证据表明，歌唱可以让我们充满活力、改善免疫功能并增加幸福感。人们认为，唱歌所需的重复和受控呼吸会释放内啡肽，内啡肽是大脑释放的与愉悦和幸福感相关的化学物质。 它甚至可以提供与快走相当的身体锻炼。 作为团体或合唱团的一部分唱歌可能会产生额外的效果。 研究人员在“破冰效应：唱歌能促进快速社交”中发现，一起唱歌可以加速陌生人之间更快的社交凝聚力。

Some studies have also found that regular musical activity can help to delay the onset of various neurological conditions such as Parkinson's disease and dementia. And it's not too late for those already living with such conditions. Cathy McGlynn is a music therapist based in Ireland who leads a choir of people with Parkinson's. The disease can lead to respiratory and vocal problems, both of which are benefited by singing practice. For those suffering with dementia, singing can enhance the type of memory which helps us recall names and specific personal experiences, according to a literature review on singing and cognitive health called 'A Song for the Mind'. Music therapist Grace Meadows watched as a woman with dementia got up out of her chair and started dancing at a musical performance. "It was the first time the carers had ever seen her move, unaided."
一些研究还发现，定期的音乐活动有助于延缓帕金森病和痴呆症等各种神经系统疾病的发作。 对于那些已经生活在这种情况下的人来说还不算太晚。 凯茜·麦克格林 (Cathy McGlynn) 是爱尔兰的一名音乐治疗师，她领导着一个由帕金森氏症患者组成的合唱团。 这种疾病会导致呼吸和声音问题，而唱歌练习对这两种问题都有好处。 根据一篇名为《心灵之歌》的关于歌唱和认知健康的文献综述，对于患有痴呆症的人来说，唱歌可以增强记忆力，帮助我们回忆起名字和具体的个人经历。 音乐治疗师格蕾丝·梅多斯 (Grace Meadows) 看着一名患有痴呆症的妇女从椅子上站起来，开始在音乐表演中跳舞。 “这是护理人员第一次看到她在没有帮助的情况下移动。”

Music may not be a medicine in the traditional sense, but one thing seems clear: humans are wired for connection, and music helps to create it. So, if you're sceptical about the power of music, it may be time to change your tune.
音乐可能不是传统意义上的良药，但有一点似乎很清楚：人类生来就有联系，而音乐有助于创造这种联系。 因此，如果您对音乐的力量持怀疑态度，那么也许是时候改变您的态度了。