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Hey everyone, Nina

大家好，我是妮娜

here with your Thursday BBC Newsround update

为大家带来周四 BBC《Newsround》新闻

you'll want to keep watching for all of this

精彩内容不容错过

how elections in Brazil might affect the Amazon

巴西选举会如何影响亚马逊

rainforest

雨林

we meet the England Powerchair World Cup team

我们探访英格兰电动轮椅足球世界杯代表队

and there's some animals getting

还有不少动物正在

into this spooky season

融入万圣节的热闹气氛

first today

首先来看

the government

政府

has made a big decision on drilling for gas

就天然气开采作出重大决定

at a site in the North Sea

地点位于北海

Jenny has more on this one

珍妮带来详细报道

huge oil and gas fields out at sea

海上的大型油气田

with workers arriving by helicopter

工人乘直升机抵达

to drill into the seabed and pump out oil and gas

钻入海床开采油气

or fossil fuels

也就是化石燃料

used to heat our homes and create electricity

用于家庭供暖和发电

yesterday the government confirmed plans

昨日政府证实计划

to go ahead with drilling for gas at a new site

将在新场址开采天然气

called Jackdaw in the North Sea

地点是北海的杰克道气田

it says Jackdaw will help to heat millions of homes

据称它能为数百万家庭供暖

and start to supply gas

并将开始供应天然气

from as early as the end of this month

最早本月底就可启动

there are strong arguments for and against it

该项目目前争议很大

those supporting the plans say that drilling for gas

支持者称开采天然气

at the Jackdaw site

在杰克道气田

will create jobs and supply homes and businesses

能创造就业，为家庭和企业

with cheaper electricity

提供更廉价的电力

they say that Britain is not yet ready to switch over

他们称英国目前还无法

to use only environmentally friendly renewable

完全转向使用环保可再生

energy sources

能源

those against say this is the wrong move

反对者则认为此举错误

they say we should be combating climate change

要应对气候变化

by stopping drilling now

现在就必须停止开采

and opening up a new gas field

开发新气田

sends the wrong message

会传递错误信号

and to find out more about that story

想了解更多相关内容

then head over to the Newsround website

可访问《Newsround》网站

okay next we're heading to Brazil

好的，接下来我们去巴西

where people there are preparing to vote

那里的民众正准备投票

for a new president

选出新总统

I've been finding out more about the elections

我一直在了解大选相关情况

and why who gets into power

以及为什么掌权者

could affect the Amazon rainforest

会影响亚马逊雨林

Brazil, the largest country in South America

巴西是南美最大的国家

home to over 200 million people

拥有超2亿人口

known for its football

以足球闻名

carnival and beautiful landscapes

狂欢节和秀美风光

from the beaches of Rio de Janeiro

从里约热内卢的海滩

to the rivers home to capybaras

到水豚栖息的河流

but most of all where you'll find the Amazon Rainforest

但最重要的是这里有亚马逊雨林

the largest rainforest in the world

它是全球最大的雨林

scientists often call it the lungs of the planet

科学家常称它为地球之肺

because of the role it plays in

因为它的作用包括

absorbing carbon dioxide

吸收二氧化碳

and producing oxygen

以及制造氧气

so who is in charge of the country is important

所以该国掌权者至关重要

not only for the people living there

不仅关乎当地民众

but also for the world's climate

也关乎全球气候

elections are currently taking place

目前正举行选举

for the next president

角逐下一任总统

as BBC correspondent Ione Wells can explain

BBC 记者艾奥妮·韦尔斯为大家解读

there are 2 men fighting to be

有两名候选人争夺

the next president of Brazil

巴西下一任总统之位

one of them is the current left wing president

其中一位是现任左翼总统

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva

路易斯·伊纳西奥·卢拉·达席尔瓦

if he wins this would be

如果他胜选，将是

the 4th time

他第四次

that he has been elected president of Brazil

当选巴西总统

during his presidency