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hello everyone

大家好

it's Wednesday Undergraf and this is BBC News round

我是周三主持人安德格拉夫，这里是BBC新闻简报

stay right where you are

请不要走开

because I've got all of this coming up on the show

今天的节目有

today

这些看点

how people are helping hedgehogs affected by the heat

人们如何帮助受高温影响的刺猬

find out what's behind this excellent annual tradition

揭秘这项精彩年度传统的由来

and the robot cats making some new friends

还有正在结交新朋友的机器猫

at first today a study into lung health in children

首先来看一项儿童肺部健康研究

has found that kids in London

研究发现伦敦的儿童

whose lungs have been badly affected by pollution

肺部曾因污染严重受损的

have seen big improvements since the introduction

状况自推出

of an ultra low emission zone in 2019

2019年超低排放区后明显好转

the zone called ULEZ

该区域名为ULEZ

is designed to reduce the amount of high

旨在减少高

polluting vehicles

污染车辆数量

in London to improve air quality

以改善伦敦的空气质量

scientists behind the study say it is stronger

研究科学家表示这有力

evidence that local clean air zones

证明了本地清洁空气区

could help reduce some of the harm

可帮助减少部分危害

caused by pollution during childhood

即童年时期污染造成的危害

however

不过

independent researchers say that other factors must

独立研究人员称还必须

also be considered

考虑其他因素

right

好的

it's time for our weekly roundup of environmental news

现在是每周环境新闻综述时间

and this week we have stories from the UK

本周我们有来自英国的新闻

including these cute hedgehogs and a story

包括可爱刺猬的故事，还有

about still watching in France

一则法国的相关新闻

starting with a story on the coast of Northern France

首先来看法国北部海岸的新闻

this is a place where seals and tourists both visit

海豹和游客都会来这里

during the summer months

尤其是夏季

so volunteers are there to raise awareness

因此志愿者在当地宣传

about these marine animals

这些海洋动物的相关知识

they need lots of peace and quiet

它们需要充足的安宁

but the seals attract many people

但海豹吸引了大量游客

to the seaside resorts

来到这些海滨度假地

tourists can get too close

游客可能会靠得太近

which can make the female seals rush into the water

这会迫使母海豹慌忙逃入水中

sometimes meaning the pups can unfortunately get lost

有时幼崽会因此不幸走失

these volunteers are ensuring that the pups

志愿者们正确保幼崽

and their parents

和它们的父母

stay together

待在一起

so they get the best chance of life they can

以此让它们获得最好的生存机会

next up we head back to the UK

接下来我们回到英国

which is where we find hedgehogs

这里有我们要讲的刺猬的故事

these little critters have managed to find their way

这种小动物已经被列入

into the near threatened list

近危物种名单

with the decline from 30 million in the 1950s

数量从1950年代的3000万

to around 1 million

减少到约100万

now

现在

here we find ourselves at the Yates

我们现在来到耶茨

Hedgehog Rescue Center

刺猬救助中心

where volunteers are looking after dehydrated

这里的志愿者照料脱水的

and hungry hedgehogs all summer

饥饿的刺猬，整个夏天都如此

this year's extremely hot weather has meant

今年极端高温天气导致

there has been an increase in

越来越多的

hedgehogs being brought to the shelter

刺猬被送到救助站

the hot weather

高温天气

not only causes problems to their water sources

不仅破坏了它们的水源

it also affects their food

还影响它们的食物来源

the ground they dig in is so hard due to the heat

高温让它们要挖的地面变得很硬

they can't find

它们找不到

the insects they would normally feed on

平时吃的昆虫

it spanks the centers like this

多亏了这类救助中心

that the prickly little animals are surviving

这些小刺猬才能活下来

now we're staying in the UK

现在我们把视线转向英国

where scientists have come up

那里的科学家研发出了

with an eco friendly balloon

一种环保气球

the party item is often made of plastic