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malls are attending church in Ecuador and

厄瓜多尔的商场正举办教会活动，而且

could it be the connoisseur or maybe the Elm

是鉴赏家的选择？还是榆树？

we find out who's simply

我们接下来就揭晓谁才是

the best in the tree of the year competition

年度树木大赛的最优胜者

but first to a pioneer

不过先来认识一位先驱

that changed the way we travel to the stars

她改变了人类探索太空的方式

by helping the first ever humans to land on the moon

助力人类首次成功登上月球

Margaret Hamilton

玛格丽特·汉密尔顿

was a really important figure in space travel

是航天领域的核心人物

she was in charge of the team who made the software

她带领团队开发了相关软件

that took U S

正是这款软件让美国

astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin

宇航员阿姆斯特朗和奥尔德林

to land safely on the Moon in the famous Apollo

安全登月，执行的就是著名的阿波罗

11 mission it was confirmed last night that this

11号任务。昨晚官方确认，这位

trailblazer had died at the age of 90

先驱已逝世，享年90岁

she's been described as ahead of her time

人们评价她远超所处的时代

and will be remembered for the work she did

她做出的贡献会被永远铭记

to get Man on the Moon

助力人类登月的伟大功绩

next what do bees barn owls

接下来看看，蜜蜂、仓鸮

hedgehogs and puffins all have in common

刺猬和海鹦有什么共同点？

well

嗯

they're all going to feature on brand new UK banknotes

它们都会印在英国新版钞票上

being brought over the next 4 years

这些钞票未来四年推出

nearly half 1,000,000 people voted for their favorite

近五十万民众投票选出了最爱的

native British wildlife

英国本土野生动物

and these guys

而这些当选的物种

will pick to feature

会被印在钞票上

it's the first time in over 60 years

这是六十多年来的首次

that the reverse side of the note

钞票的背面

will no longer have famous figures

将不再印有知名的

from history

历史人物

next we are talking about music and classical composers

接下来我们聊聊音乐和古典作曲家

like Mozart and Beethoven might be famous

像莫扎特、贝多芬可能

around the world

全球闻名

however there is a rich history of black composers

但黑人作曲家也有着丰富的历史

and classical musicians as well

古典音乐家也是如此

I met with musician and composer Alexis French to

我采访了音乐家兼作曲家亚历克西斯·弗伦奇

find out more about how they shaped modern music

了解他们如何塑造了现代音乐

when you think of classical music

一提到古典音乐

and who would have made that type of music

你会想到哪些作曲家？

you're probably imagining someone who looks like this

你可能想象的是这样的人

or maybe even this

甚至是这样的

well that's something that composer Alexis French

对此，作曲家亚历克西斯·弗伦奇

is trying to change

正试图改变这一点

by

通过

introducing people to the stories of black composers

向人们介绍黑人作曲家的故事

so the music that you may enjoy listening to today

你如今爱听的音乐

particularly the modern contemporary pop tracks

尤其是当代流行曲目

have all been informed by classical music written

都深受古典音乐影响，这些作品

sometimes over 200 years ago

有的甚至创作于200多年前

and many of those composers

而这些作曲家中有很多

never found their way into our history

从未被载入我们的历史

books and I'm gonna

课本中，我打算

spotlight one or 2 of those guys

介绍其中一两位

starting with this incredibly named chap

首先是这位名字很特别的先生

called Joseph Polonia

名叫约瑟夫·波洛尼亚

Joseph was an incredible individual

约瑟夫非常了不起

born in Guadalupe 1745 champion fencer

1745年生于瓜德罗普，是击剑冠军

but it was music where his true talents lay

但他真正的天赋在音乐领域

polongio was the lead violinist and conductor of

波洛尼亚是首席小提琴手，同时担任

one of europe's top orchestras

欧洲顶尖乐团之一

in the 18th century

来自18世纪

he's known as

他被誉为

the first major classical composer of African descent

首位非裔知名古典作曲家

to achieve widespread fame in Europe

在欧洲家喻户晓

Alexis I want to hear more who else have we got

亚历克西斯，多说点，还有谁？

right well the next person is Ignacio sancho

好的