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hello

大家好

everyone is the graft here and this is your Tuesday

我是主持人格拉夫，今天是周二

BBC News on bulletin

为您播报BBC新闻简报

now

现在

I've got all sorts coming up over the next few minutes

接下来几分钟有很多内容

including

包括

how plastic has been recycled into school desks

塑料如何回收制成课桌

in Ghana

在加纳

and we find out what spooky costumes

我们还会了解有哪些惊悚服装

you got planned for Halloween

是你为万圣节准备的

but first this morning

不过今早首先

the world's biggest rocket has splashed down

全球最大火箭已溅落

into the Pacific Ocean

至太平洋海域

after orbiting the Earth for the first time

首次完成绕地飞行后

spacex's Starship mission was due to last 10 hours

SpaceX星舰任务原计划持续10小时

but was cut short

但提前终止

after an engine failure

因出现引擎故障

it did manage to deploy 26 satellites during its flight

飞行期间仍成功部署26颗卫星

before ending the test

在测试结束前

to hadrian's Wall in Northumberland

再看诺森伯兰郡哈德良长城

now where the stump of the famous Sycamore Gap tree

知名梧桐峡树的树桩

is showing promising signs

呈现出可喜迹象

of new growth

正在长出新枝

it's been 3 years

至今已过去三年

since the tree was illegally cut down by vandals

这棵树遭不法分子非法砍伐

now the National Trust

目前国民信托组织

has shared these pictures of new shoots

公布了新芽的照片

bringing up around the stump

这些新芽长在树桩周边

the manager of the site said he is filled with hope

遗址负责人称他满怀希望

by the way nature is taking its course

看到自然正自行修复

now plastic waste is a big problem across the world

塑料垃圾是全球一大难题

in Ghana

在加纳

less than 10 percent of it is recycled with the rest

仅不足10%被回收，其余

ending up in the environment or in landfill

流入自然或被填埋

and when it's burnt

若被焚烧

this can create toxic fumes

会产生有毒气体

however one organization is determined to change this

但有一组织决心改变现状

by turning plastic waste

他们将塑料垃圾

into something that can be used in schools

制成学校可用的物品

BBC World Service reporter Justice

BBC全球服务记者贾斯蒂斯

Badu and I have been looking into it

和我一同展开了调查

this here is sachet

这是袋装

water it is

饮用水，是

the way that many people in Ghana and across Africa

加纳及非洲多地民众

get their drinking water

获取饮用水的方式

but what happens after it's been used and the rubber

但使用后这些塑料被丢弃

dumped away I've come to this place where this

之后会怎样？我来到这里

is turned into

这些塑料会被制成

desks for schools for children to use

供学生使用的校园课桌

it might look like a simple desk

它看起来就是张普通课桌

but even me as someone weighing around 60 kilos

可我体重才60公斤左右

I could stand on it like this without it breaking

站上去也不会把它踩坏

or even bending

甚至都不会弯

but why are they being made well in Ghana

但加纳做的质量这么好

many children are still using old wooden desks

很多孩子还在用旧木课桌

and they either share them

要么几个人共用

or don't have one to study on a tool

要么根本没桌子学习

but

不过

these students have been given the new plastic desks

这些学生刚领到新塑料课桌

recently and they seem to like them

看起来都很喜欢

the wooden desks don't last that long

木课桌用不了太久

and they are not very strong

也不够结实

but their plastic desks are strong and lasts longer

但塑料课桌结实又耐用

so durable and comfortable

耐用还舒服

the plastic desk is really good

塑料课桌真的很好

it's really amazing

太赞了

so without it Dex says

德克斯表示

we've gone our rice comfortably

我们学习舒服多了

but there's an environmental reason for it as well

而且这也有环保意义

garner recycles less than 10 percent of its rubbish

加纳垃圾回收率不到10%

and lots of it gets burned

很多都被焚烧处理

which releases harmful chemicals into the atmosphere

会向大气排放有害化学物质

so Ma