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Life is known to exist in some of the most inhospitable places from the polar ice to hydrothermal vents¹. Well, now scientists have uncovered life more than 2,000 meters beneath the floor of the Pacific Ocean. Thefindings have been presented at the American Geophysical Union in San Francisco from where our science correspondent Rebecca Morale² reports.

我们知道，一些最不宜居的地方，从极地冰到深海热泉，都有生命的存在。最近，科学家在太平洋低2千多米处发现了生命。该发现在美国地球物理学会上被提了出来。本台科学记者丽贝卡·莫拉莱旧金山报道。

Life has found a way. The microbes were discovered in 2012 when a gigantic drill penetrated³ a record-breaking 2.5 kilometers beneath the sea floor off the coast of Japan. Now experiments have revealed that the single-celled organisms are, even for microbes, incredibly small. They survive on an unusual diet of methanecompounds, the first time this has been seen in the deep.

生命找到了存活的方式。2012年，巨型钻头打破了纪录，深入日本沿岸海域海底2.5千米，并发现了微生物。目前，实验证明：被发现的单细胞有机体，甚至是微生物，都是极小的。它们的食物也非同寻常——甲烷化合物，也是第一次在深海中被发现。

With each expedition, the deeper we drill, we still keep finding cells. I’m not surprised that life can do it, cuz at this point I’ve been continually impressed at what life is able to accomplish. But it is fascinating to study, for sure.

在一次次的考察中，我们越钻越深，不断发现细胞的存在。我并不惊讶于生命可以在这种环境中存活，因为我在不断被生命的能量所震撼。当然，研究这个还是非常有趣的。

The findings also give hope in the hunt for life on other planets. If life can survive in the most extremeconditions on earth, perhaps it’s found a way to cope with the harsh environments elsewhere in the cosmos⁴. Our science correspondent Rebecca Morale.

这些新发现也为在其他星球上寻找生命提供了一线希望。如果生命可以在地球上最极端的条件下存活，那么也许它已经在宇宙的其他角落找到了应付恶劣环境的方法。本台科学记者丽贝卡·莫拉莱报道。

A long-lost Walt Disney Christmas film from 1927 has been found in a library archive in Norway. The movie featuring Oswald the lucky rabbit has been restored and we’ll get its first public screening later this week. So where does Oswald fit into the Disney family tree? Julie Peacock has been finding out.

一部遗失已久的1927年迪士尼圣诞电影在挪威的图书馆档案中被找到。这部电影的主人公是幸运兔奥斯瓦德。目前该电影已经被修复，并将于本周末首映。那么，奥斯瓦德在迪士尼族谱中处于什么位置呢？朱莉·皮考克详细报道。

Before Mickey Mouse, there was Oswald the lucky rabbit. He was created by Walt Disney in 1927, a year before the world’s most famous mouse. One called "Empty Socks" was considered lost. Until now, the only knownfootage was a 25-second segment owned by the Museum of Modern Art in New York. But the National Library ofNorway discovered a long-forgotten 5.5-minute film amongst their archives in 2008. Since then, they’ve been working to restore it and just thought to be the only near complete version in existence. Only one minute is missing.

幸运兔奥斯瓦德诞生于米老鼠之前。沃特·迪斯尼在1927年创造了这个角色，比世界最著名的老鼠早诞生一年。有一部叫《空袜子》的电影被认为遗失了。直到现在，唯一的胶片是由纽约现代艺术博物馆收藏的一段约２５秒的片段。但是，2008年，挪威国家图书馆在其档案中发现了一段被遗忘已久的5分半钟的影片。从此，他们开始努力修复该影片，使之被公认为现存最近乎完整的版本，只缺少了一分钟内容。

In "Empty Socks", Oswald dresses up as Santa Clause and celebrates Christmas with a group of orphans⁵. Shortly after the film was made, Walt Disney lost the right to the character in a dispute with Universal Studios.

在《空袜子》中，奥斯瓦德打扮成圣诞老人的模样，和一群孤儿一起庆祝圣诞节。影片诞生后不久，沃特·迪斯尼在与环球影城的一场纠纷中失去了对这个角色的所有权。

1 vents   

（气体、液体等进出的）孔、口( vent的名词复数 )； （鸟、鱼、爬行动物或小哺乳动物的）肛门； 大衣等的)衩口； 开衩

参考例句：

• He always vents his anger on the dog. 他总是拿狗出气。
• The Dandelion Patch is the least developed of the four active vents. “蒲公英区”在这四个活裂口中是发育最差的一个。

2 morale   

n.道德准则，士气，斗志

参考例句：

• The morale of the enemy troops is sinking lower every day.敌军的士气日益低落。
• He tried to bolster up their morale.他尽力鼓舞他们的士气。

3 penetrated   

adj. 击穿的，鞭辟入里的 动词penetrate的过去式和过去分词形式

参考例句：

• The knife had penetrated his chest. 刀子刺入了他的胸膛。
• They penetrated into territory where no man had ever gone before. 他们已进入先前没人去过的地区。

4 cosmos   

n.宇宙；秩序，和谐

参考例句：

• Our world is but a small part of the cosmos.我们的世界仅仅是宇宙的一小部分而已。
• Is there any other intelligent life elsewhere in the cosmos?在宇宙的其他星球上还存在别的有智慧的生物吗？

5 orphans   

孤儿( orphan的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The poor orphans were kept on short commons. 贫苦的孤儿们吃不饱饭。
• Their uncle was declared guardian to the orphans. 这些孤儿的叔父成为他们的监护人。