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hey everyone it's Thursday

大家好，今天是周四

I'm Nina and this is BBC News round

我是妮娜，欢迎收看BBC新闻简报

we have a jam packed show today including all of this

今天节目内容超丰富，包括：

we find out more about the sharks in our seas

我们将深入了解海洋中的鲨鱼

and why is a herd of buffalo roaming New York City

还有纽约市为何有野牛群游荡

first up today do you love curling up with a good book

首先问大家，你爱窝着读好书吗

comic or magazine I know I do well

漫画或杂志？我就很喜欢

a new study has shown that as well as being

一项新研究表明，阅读除了

relaxing and fun

放松有趣之外

reading is really good for you

对人也非常有好处

Cambridge University researchers

剑桥大学的研究人员

say reading for pleasure has all kinds of benefits

称休闲阅读有诸多益处

such as improving memory

比如提升记忆力

mathematical ability and boosting well being

数学能力，还能提升幸福感

well

没错

books can take you into magical worlds full of dragons

书籍能带你进入满是巨龙的魔法世界

giants and daring races

巨人和惊险的竞速比赛

just like this next book we're talking about

就像我们接下来要聊的这本书

many of you may have read the Impossible

很多人可能读过《不可能

Creatures books

生物》系列书籍

well

对了

we have author Katherine Wendell joining us in studio

今天作者凯瑟琳·温德尔来到了演播室

to talk all about the latest book in that series

聊聊该系列的最新作品

thank you so much for joining us Catherine

非常感谢你来参加我们的节目，凯瑟琳

thank you for having me

感谢你们的邀请

you're back on the news on sofa

你又回到我们的新闻沙发啦

now Catherine

凯瑟琳

you've sold millions of books worldwide

你的书在全球销量达数百万册

but the latest in the series is The Nefefier

最新的系列作品是《涅菲菲尔》

what is it all about

这本书讲的是什么内容？

so we're in the Land of Glamoria

故事设定在格拉摩里亚大陆

a cluster of magical islands

那是一片魔法群岛

where every creature of myth is real

所有神话生物都真实存在

and our 2 heroes Christopher and Anya

我们的两位主角克里斯托弗和安雅

discover that one of the people they love most

发现他们最亲近的一个人

has been kidnapped

被绑架了

so they set sail on the ship they never fear

于是他们驾驶无畏号启航

in order to try to perform the tasks they need to do

为了完成必须做的任务

to get her back

救她回来

they need to go to a giants island

他们得去巨人岛

ride in the dangerous race of thieves

参加危险的盗贼竞速赛

steal the Golden apple

偷取金苹果

and it'll take them

这一路上

right to the very edge of their courage and bravery

会极大考验他们的勇气和胆识

oh wow incredible

哇，太精彩了

last time you were on our purple sofa

上次你坐我们紫色沙发的时候

you were telling us all about the Poison King

你跟我们聊了《毒药之王》

and you said that was your favorite book to write

还说那是你最喜欢写的一本

what about the Neverfare

那这本《纳韦费尔》呢？

I'm gonna sound like I'm repeating myself every time

我每次说这话都像在重复自己

I think this was my new favorite

这是我新的心头好

because I loved

因为我喜欢

writing things that I myself would love to do

写我自己想做的事

I want to jump into a huge VAT of giant custards

我想跳进一大缸蛋奶糊里

I want to ride a golden deer through a beautiful

我想骑着金鹿穿过美丽的

dangerous city

危险城市

get to conjure the things that you long for yourself

能创造你自己渴望的事物

incredible well I was just gonna ask you

太棒了，我刚想问你

where do you get your inspiration from

你的灵感来自哪里

you know when you want to yeah

就是你想...对吧

ride into a vasive custard

跳进蛋奶糊的时候

is it because those are the things you want to do

是不是因为这些是你想做的事

it is exactly

完全没错

and one of the things I love is do you get

我还很喜欢的一点是，你会不会

do research of things that you would adore to do so

为你想做的事做调研

for instance for this book I went skydiving

比如写这本书时我去跳伞了

because there's a lot of flying in the book

因为书里有很多飞行场景

and I wanted to get the

我想感受