BBC News:西伯利亚冰封30000年病毒复活
I’m Jackie Leonard with a selection of highlights fromacross BBC World Service News today.
我是杰姬· 伦纳德，通过BBC“全球服务”栏目，为您带来今天的新闻要点。
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.”
这次新闻的主要内容有：俄罗斯和乌克兰出现僵持局面， 克里米亚虽然暂时平静，但局面还是令人不安。同时，俄罗斯总统普京坚称，他仍然认为遭驱逐的总统亚努科维奇才是乌克兰的合法领导人。“显然，他没有任何权 力了，这个可以理解。我想重申，从法律意义上讲，亚努科维奇才是国家的合法领导人。”那么，这将对美国务卿与乌克兰现任领导人的基辅会谈有何影响呢?另 外，法国科学家救活了长眠地下三万余年的古老病毒。我们还将听到二战时期日本“神风”敢死队给亲人留下的遗书。“亲爱的母亲：我最大的遗憾就是在有生之年 不能为您尽孝。但是为天皇战死是光荣的，我欣然前往。不要为我感到悲伤。”
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.”
气候变化会唤醒沉睡数千年的致命病毒吗?这是有可能发生的。法国科学家首次唤 醒了长眠于西伯利亚永冻土中三万余年的古老病毒。所幸，他们发现的病毒不会对人类造成致命的伤害，但可以伤害用于实验的变形虫。我们的科学记者瑞贝卡·莫 雷勒就此进行了采访。“这绝对是一项了不起的研究。该病毒被发现于西伯利亚永冻土中，距地平面约30米。而且，三万年来悄无声息，没有活跃迹象。现在，我 们将它从地下取出，并使其复活。这病毒也奇怪得很，非常大。透过显微镜，你能看得很清楚。这也是科学家们第一次发现并救活如此古老的病毒。”“我们能控制 住它吗?””可以，好在它并不影响人类和动物的生存。但是科学家担心，永冻土深处可能还隐藏着更多致命的病毒，比如天花。天花产生与几千年前，现在，从表 面上看已经被根除，但很有可能已渗透到深层土壤。”
