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hey everyone happy Friday

大家好呀，周五快乐！

Nina here with your BBC News round update

我是妮娜，为大家带来BBC新闻速报。

before the weekend begins

周末到来之前

we've got all of this on the show today

今天节目里有这些看点：

why these flowers are popping up in

为什么这些花会出现在

the hottest place on earth

地球上最热的地方

what's on the menu for the stars at the Oscars

奥斯卡明星们的菜单都有啥

and one of last year's biggest films

还有去年最火的电影之一

is back for a sequel

要出续集啦

first up it's had a lot of delays but NASA says

首先要说的是，虽然推迟了很多次，但NASA表示

that the Artemis 2 mission

阿尔忒弥斯2号任务

around the Moon is now back on track

绕月计划现已重回正轨

the rocket had been set to blast off in March

原本火箭定于三月升空

but after some problems were found in a test

但测试中发现了一些问题

it was returned for repairs

因此被送回检修

NASA has set the first of April

美国宇航局已将四月一日

as the earliest possible launch date

定为最早发射日期

and they're planning to roll out

他们还计划将

the rocket to the launch pad

火箭移至发射台

next week

下周

death Valley in California the hottest place on earth

加利福尼亚州的死亡谷，地球上最热的地方

is normally one of the driest and most bare

通常是最干旱、最荒芜的

landscapes on the continents of North America

北美大陆地貌之一

however it's been looking rather different recently

不过最近，这里的景象却截然不同

that's because large parts of it

这是因为它的大部分区域

have been transformed into a carpet of colorful

已经变成了一片五彩斑斓的

violence violet and golden wildflowers

紫色与金色野花的海洋

experts say an unusually wet autumn

专家表示，去年秋季异于往常的多雨

last year has resulted in the desert

让这片沙漠

experiencing its best bloom in a decade

迎来了十年来最盛大的花潮

where normally when visitors come to the park

通常游客来这个公园时

they might see a field of gravel here

看到的是一片碎石地

but this year we are seeing

但今年我们却看到

thousands of flowers here

这里开满了成千上万朵花

like the desert gold

比如沙漠金

which are making this carpet of yellow behind

在身后铺成了一片黄色花毯

but also purple facilias

还有紫色的法氏蓝蓟

changing hillsides to different

把山坡染成各种不同的

colors and it's bringing people from across the nation

颜色，还吸引了各地的人前来

actually national visitors

其实都是来自全国的游客

as well to come see the desert at its finest

也来看看沙漠最美的样子

I came here like a year ago

我大概一年前来过这儿

there were no flowers here but

那时候这儿还没花，不过

now it's just absolutely gorgeous

现在这儿美得不像话

I didn't really know things could grow out here but

我之前都不知道这儿能长东西，不过

it's just really beautiful

这儿真的太美了

that's what makes us so unique

这就是我们的特别之处

seeing life spring from a dead place

看着生命从荒芜之地破土而出

just the fact that it's green

光是这儿一片翠绿的景象

around here is amazing

就已经够让人惊叹了

and this type of blooming does not happen very often

而且这种开花现象并不常见

about once every 10 to 15 years

大约每10到15年才会出现一次

and so you want to take advantage of it when you can

所以有机会可千万别错过

okay on the website

好，来说说网站上的事

this week we've been talking

这周我们一直在讨论

about how pictures of British wildlife will replace

英国野生动物的图片将如何取代

famous historical figures on new banknotes

新钞票上的著名历史人物

the Bank of England has been asking the public

英格兰银行一直在征求公众的意见

about which animals they'd like to see

询问他们希望在钞票上看到哪些动物

on money or

在钞票上，或者...

you've been getting in touch with some of your ideas

你们纷纷发来自己的想法

greenguide alien said they'd like to see

“绿指南外星人”说他们希望看到

hedgehogs on the new banknotes

刺猬出现在新钞票上

because they're very very cute

因为它们实在太可爱了

while sticking with the cute factor KU

同样走可爱路线的KU

Plank thinks moles should be on the new designs

Plank认为新钞票设计里应该有鼹鼠

I like that idea