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Is China’s film market suffering from heatstroke?
中國(guó)電影市場(chǎng)中暑?
With temperatures soaring to almost 40 degrees Celsius in some parts of China, the war of the summer blockbuster in the film market is also entering its hottest period.
隨著中國(guó)部分地區(qū)氣溫飆升至近40攝氏度，暑期大片的電影市場(chǎng)爭(zhēng)奪戰(zhàn)也趨于白熱化。
However, the film market seems to be suffering from heatstroke this summer.
然而，今年暑期的電影市場(chǎng)似乎遭遇了中暑。
According to Mtime.com, one of China’s top film news sites, as of July 23 the monthly box office only took 3.01 billion yuan ($450 million).
根據(jù)中國(guó)電影新聞網(wǎng)站Mtime.com的數(shù)據(jù)，截至7月23日，每月票房?jī)H為人民幣30.1億元(4.5億美元)。
And with just a week to go, there is still a gap of 15 billion yuan ($2.22 billion) to match the figures from the same period last year.
與去年的統(tǒng)計(jì)日期相比，現(xiàn)在僅剩一周時(shí)間，但仍有150億元(22.2億美元)的缺口。
Last Saturday, the box office took 149 million yuan (US$22.07 million), one of the poorest Saturday takings in the past three and a half months.
上周六，票房收入為1.49億元(約合2207萬美元)，是過去三個(gè)半月里少的周六票房收入之一。
Two domestic films, "The Founding of an Army" and "Wolf Warrior 2," are scheduled to be screened before the end of July, and whether they can boost the sluggish market remains to be seen.
兩部國(guó)產(chǎn)影片《建軍大業(yè)》和《戰(zhàn)狼2》將于7月底上映，這兩部電影能否提升低迷的市場(chǎng)仍有待觀察。
The summer holiday season, which is usually considered to last from June 1 to August 31, is one of the busiest in the Chinese film market.
暑期假日一般是從6月1日至8月31日，是中國(guó)電影市場(chǎng)繁忙的季節(jié)之一。
Statistics show that from 2014 to 2016, the summer releases’ box office accounted for 30.5 percent, 28.3 percent and 27.3 percent of the whole year’s revenue, respectively.
統(tǒng)計(jì)數(shù)據(jù)顯示，從2014年到2016年，夏季票房收入分別占全年電影收入的30.5%、28.3%和27.3%。
But all of a sudden, the film industry witnessed such a disappointing situation to happan.
但突然間，電影行業(yè)卻出現(xiàn)了如此令人失望的局面。
Data from the China Movie Data Information Network shows that the total box office in the first half of 2017 amounted to 27.2 billion yuan (4.03 billion US dollars), up only by 10.5 percent - a big dip from previous years’ rates ranging from 21 percent to 48.9 percent.
中國(guó)電影數(shù)據(jù)信息網(wǎng)的數(shù)據(jù)顯示，2017年上半年總票房達(dá)到272億元(約合40.3億美元)，僅增長(zhǎng)10.5%，較前幾年的21%～48.9%大幅下降。
Meanwhile, from January to June, a total of 194 Chinese films hit the screens, accounting for 39 percent of the total box office, while the 41 foreign films contributed to the other 61 percent.
與此同時(shí)，從1月到6月，總共有194部中國(guó)電影在銀幕上上映，占總票房的39%，而41部外國(guó)影片則貢獻(xiàn)了61%的票房。
Among the 10 films with the highest revenues, only three were domestic films, with "Kung Fu Yoga" starring Jackie Chan in second place, taking 1.75 billion (260 million USdollars).
在收入高的10部影片中，只有3部是國(guó)產(chǎn)電影，由成龍主演的《功夫瑜伽》以17.5億美元(2.6億美元)位居第二。
Foreign films, including "Despicable Me 3", "Baby Driver" and "Cars 3", are expected to be big challengers to domestic films.
外國(guó)電影，包括《神偷奶爸3》、《極盜車神》和《賽車總動(dòng)員3》，都將成為國(guó)產(chǎn)電影的大挑戰(zhàn)。
Several Chinese films have rearranged their dates of release to avoid clashing with their foreign rivals.
部分中國(guó)電影重新安排了上映日期，以避免與外國(guó)競(jìng)爭(zhēng)對(duì)手發(fā)生沖突。
At the same time, lack of blockbusters has been bothering the Chinese film industry this year.
與此同時(shí)，中國(guó)電影業(yè)今年也缺乏真正的大片。
The newly-released film "Brotherhood of Blades 2" only earned around 200 million yuan (29.6 million US dollars).
新上映的電影《繡春刀2》僅獲得了2億元(2960萬美元)。
The booming Chinese film market has been cooling down since 2016.
自2016年以來，蓬勃發(fā)展的中國(guó)電影市場(chǎng)一直在降溫。
The total box office last year exceeded 45 billion yuan (6.77 billion US dollars), far off the estimated 60 billion yuan (8.9 billion US dollars) at the beginning of the year.
去年總票房超過450億元(67.7億美元)，遠(yuǎn)低于年初估計(jì)的600億元(89億美元)。
The 3.73-percent year-on-year increase is a disappointing contrast to previous year’s 48.7 percent rise.
同比增長(zhǎng)3.73個(gè)百分點(diǎn)，與前一年48.7%的增長(zhǎng)幅度相比確實(shí)有些大跌眼鏡。
However, most insiders took the slowdown positively, saying that the Chinese film market has been turning towards a more reasonable direction.
然而，大多數(shù)內(nèi)部人士對(duì)經(jīng)濟(jì)放緩持積極態(tài)度，稱中國(guó)電影市場(chǎng)正朝著更加合理的方向發(fā)展。
The quantity of our film supply has been increasing, but the efficiency of the supply has been declining. What we need to address is how to elevate the quality of the domestic films, so as to raise the efficiency and to rationalize the supply structure, said Ren Zhonglun, chairman of Shanghai Film Group, in an interview with Guangming Daily.
“我們的電影供應(yīng)數(shù)量一直在增加，但供應(yīng)的效率一直在下降?！鄙虾ｋ娪凹瘓F(tuán)董事長(zhǎng)任仲倫在接受《光明日?qǐng)?bào)》采訪時(shí)表示:“我們需要解決的問題是如何提高國(guó)產(chǎn)電影的質(zhì)量，從而提高效率，并使供應(yīng)結(jié)構(gòu)合理化?！?BR> The domestic films should show more respect to the audience, said Wang Zhonglei, Huayi Brothers Media Corp., adding that the Chinese audiences’ percipient and aestheticism have been much elevated in recent years, and therefore requiring high-quality films.
華誼兄弟傳媒有限公司的王中磊表示:“國(guó)產(chǎn)電影應(yīng)該更尊重觀眾?！彼a(bǔ)充說，近年來，中國(guó)觀眾的洞察力和審美水平都提高了，因此需要更高質(zhì)量的影片
野生動(dòng)物第六次滅絕正在加速
The sixth mass extinction of life on Earth is unfolding more quickly than feared, scientists have warned.
科學(xué)家們警告稱，全球野生動(dòng)物“第六次大滅絕”的速度比預(yù)期的還要快。
More than 30 percent of animals with a backbone - fish, birds, amphibians, reptiles and mammals - are declining in both range and population, according to the first comprehensive analysis of these trends.
對(duì)動(dòng)物滅絕趨勢(shì)的首個(gè)全面分析結(jié)果顯示，超過30%的脊椎動(dòng)物，例如魚類、鳥類、兩棲動(dòng)物、爬行動(dòng)物以及哺乳動(dòng)物等，它們的種類和數(shù)量都在減少。
"This is the case of a biological annihilation occurring globally," said Stanford professor Rodolfo Dirzo, co-author of a study published last Monday in the peer-reviewed US journal, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
這一研究結(jié)果近日在同行評(píng)審期刊《美國(guó)國(guó)家科學(xué)院院刊》上發(fā)表，該報(bào)告的合著者斯坦福大學(xué)教授魯?shù)婪?#8226;狄爾佐說：“這就是全球性生物大滅絕的現(xiàn)狀。”
Around a decade ago, experts feared that a new planetary wipeout of species was looming.
專家們?cè)诖蠹s十年前就預(yù)料到新一階段的全球性生物大滅絕即將到來。
Today, most agree that it is underway - but the new study suggests that the die-out is already ratcheting up a gear.
現(xiàn)在多數(shù)專家都一致認(rèn)為生物滅絕已經(jīng)開始，但是新的研究表明，生物滅絕已經(jīng)加快了速度。
It provides much-needed data about the threat to wildlife, mapping the dwindling ranges and populations of 27,600 species. For 177 mammals, researchers combed through data covering the period 1900 to 2015.
研究中提供了威脅野生物種的重要數(shù)據(jù)，繪制出了27600種生物種類和數(shù)量下降的分布圖。其中，研究人員專門針對(duì)177種哺乳動(dòng)梳理出了1900年至2015年間的數(shù)據(jù)。
The mammal species that were monitored have lost at least a third of their original habitat, the researchers found.
研究人員發(fā)現(xiàn)，他們所觀測(cè)的這些哺乳動(dòng)物已經(jīng)失去了至少三分之一的原始棲息地。
Forty percent of them - including rhinos, orangutans, gorillas and many big cats - are surviving on 20 percent or less of the land they once roamed.
包括犀牛、猩猩、大猩猩以及大型貓科動(dòng)物等在內(nèi)的40%的哺乳動(dòng)物，現(xiàn)在的活動(dòng)區(qū)域僅為它們?cè)袟⒌氐?0%或者更小。
The loss of biodiversity has recently accelerated.
生物多樣性的減少近也加速了。
"Several species of mammals that were relatively safe one or two decades ago are now endangered," including cheetahs, lions and giraffes, the study showed.
研究顯示，包括獵豹、獅子以及長(zhǎng)頸鹿在內(nèi)的數(shù)種哺乳動(dòng)物“在一二十年前還相對(duì)安全，然而現(xiàn)在處于瀕危狀態(tài)?！?BR> Globally, the mass die-off - deemed to be the sixth in the last half-billion years - is the worst since three-quarters of life on Earth, including the non-avian dinosaurs, were wiped out 66 million years ago by a giant meteor impact.
6600萬年前，由于一顆巨大隕石撞擊地球，包括非鳥翼類恐龍?jiān)趦?nèi)，地球上四分之三的生物都遭到滅絕。這次全球性生物滅絕被認(rèn)為是五億年以來第六次生物大滅絕，而且是自恐龍滅絕以來嚴(yán)重的。
There is no mystery as to why: our own ever-expanding species - which has more than doubled in number since 1960 to 7.4 billion - is eating, crowding and polluting its planetary cohabitants out of existence.
引發(fā)生物大滅絕的原因顯而易見：人類不斷繁衍壯大，人口達(dá)到74億，相比1960年不止翻了一番。人們以動(dòng)物為食，并把動(dòng)物們擠出家園，同時(shí)還污染環(huán)境，讓動(dòng)物們無法生存。
By comparison, there are as few as 20,000 lions left in the wild, less than 7,000 cheetahs, 500 to 1,000 giant pandas and about 250 Sumatran rhinoceros.
相比之下，在野外生活的獅子只剩下20000只，獵豹只有不到7000只，大熊貓只剩下500到1000只，蘇門答臘犀牛也只有250頭左右。
罪魁禍?zhǔn)?BR> The main drivers of wildlife decline are habitat loss, overconsumption, pollution, invasive species, disease, as well as poaching in the case of tigers, elephants, rhinos and other large animals prized for their body parts.
野生動(dòng)物減少的主要原因有：失去棲息地、人類過度消耗、環(huán)境污染、物種入侵、感染疾病以及偷獵活動(dòng)(因?yàn)槔匣?、大象、犀牛以及其他大型?dòng)物的一些身體部位價(jià)值連城)。
Climate change is poised to become a major threat in the coming decades, with some animals - most famously polar bears - already in decline due to rising temperatures and changing weather patterns.
氣候變化在未來的幾十年將成為生物滅絕的主要威脅因素。由于氣溫升高，天氣模式變化，一些動(dòng)物——比如的北極熊——已經(jīng)減少。
"The massive loss of populations and species reflects our lack of empathy to all the wild species that have been our companions since our origins," said lead author Gerardo Ceballos of the National Autonomous University of Mexico.
“野生動(dòng)物自古是人類的朋友，從數(shù)量和物種的大幅下降可以看出，我們?nèi)鄙賹?duì)這些動(dòng)物的憐憫之情，”墨西哥國(guó)立自治大學(xué)的首席作者熱拉爾多•塞巴洛斯說。
Beyond any moral imperative, there are practical reasons to rue the eclipse of animals, whether megafauna or smaller and less "charismatic" creatures, the researchers said.
研究人員們說，無論是巨型動(dòng)物、小型動(dòng)物還是那些不太“有魅力”的動(dòng)物，我們對(duì)它們的滅絕懊悔不僅僅是出于道德責(zé)任，還有更實(shí)際的原因。
The vanishing of a top-level carnivore or herbivore can have a cascading effect down the food chain, disrupting entire ecosystems.
肉食動(dòng)物和食草動(dòng)物如果消失，那么就會(huì)對(duì)下層的食物鏈產(chǎn)生級(jí)聯(lián)效應(yīng)，進(jìn)而摧毀整個(gè)生態(tài)系統(tǒng)。
Other species directly provide "services" to humans, such as honeybees that pollinate crops or birds that ensure pest control.
其他物種還直接“服務(wù)”于人類，比如蜜蜂給莊稼傳授花粉，小鳥吃害蟲。
Previous studies show that ecosystems under stress, while resilient, have a breaking point - rapid change can lead to collapse.
既有的研究表明，在壓力下的生態(tài)系統(tǒng)，即使有自我恢復(fù)能力，它也是有極限的。物種急劇的變化能讓生態(tài)系統(tǒng)徹底崩潰。
Postnatal confinement: A tradition to follow or abandon?
是否該摒棄傳統(tǒng)的坐月子方式?
Editor’s note: A young mother from Zibo, Shandong province, who died from severe heatstroke while taking part in ’sitting the month’, otherwise known as zuoyuezi, has placed the spotlight on the Chinese traditional custom. The practice of postnatal confinement, which require women to stay in bed, keep warm, not bathe or wash their hair, are still undertaken by some Chinese women today. Forum readers share their opinions.
編者按：近日，山東淄博的一位媽媽在坐月子時(shí)被熱死，這項(xiàng)中國(guó)傳統(tǒng)習(xí)俗再次曝光。這種要求產(chǎn)婦臥床、保暖、不洗澡、不洗頭的習(xí)俗，至今還有許多中國(guó)女性在踐行著。論壇的讀者分享了她們的看法。
tailorsas (China)
tailorsas(中國(guó))
Zuoyuezi is nothing like this. It requires the room to preserve warmth as women can be very fragile after giving birth. Woman are, however, still able to walk around in pajamas if the room temperature is stable. Postpartum confinement is good for women, which is why women enjoy the postpartum holiday for about half a year.
坐月子可不是這樣。由于女性在產(chǎn)后非常虛弱，房間需要保暖。但是，如果房間溫度舒適，產(chǎn)婦仍可以穿上睡衣褲在室內(nèi)適當(dāng)走動(dòng)。坐月子對(duì)女性確有一定好處，這也是為何女性需要半年的產(chǎn)假。
Jaaja (Expat in China)
Jaaja (外籍人士)
It should be abandoned as it belongs in a time when access to medical care was not what it is today. People should not expect to be treated in tax-funded public hospitals with western quality medicine if they refuse to accept instructions from the same level of professionals and instead choose suicidal practices like this.
坐月子的傳統(tǒng)應(yīng)當(dāng)被摒棄，因?yàn)樗菍儆卺t(yī)療并不如今天這樣發(fā)達(dá)的時(shí)代。那時(shí)的人們?nèi)绻芙^接受專業(yè)人士同等水平的指示，也別指望能去納稅人建的公立醫(yī)院接受西醫(yī)更高水平的治療，因此只好選擇這種近乎自殺的方式。
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Unfortunately, it is an old myth which simply refuses to go away. A woman should not be confined to her bed and kept warm or hot. Another useless tradition is a woman should not wash her hair for one month – hilarious but, unfortunately, very sad.
不幸的是，這是一個(gè)拒絕被丟棄的古老傳說。產(chǎn)婦不應(yīng)該被限制在床上，保暖或者忍受著天熱。另一個(gè)沒有意義的傳統(tǒng)是女人一個(gè)月不能洗頭——很搞笑，但很不幸，讓人哀嘆。
Cecilia zhang (China)
Cecilia zhang (中國(guó))
Women take zuoyuezi too literally. Taboos I find ridiculous and crazy include not having a shower or brushing your teeth, and just because these are traditions does not mean you have to abide them. We have to adapt our traditional practices to suit modern conditions and not follow them blindly.
人們坐月子太照本宣科了。像不能洗澡、不能刷牙這些禁忌簡(jiǎn)直荒唐又瘋狂，但這些是傳統(tǒng)習(xí)俗，并不意味著你得一直忍受。我們得改進(jìn)這些傳統(tǒng)習(xí)慣以適應(yīng)現(xiàn)代生活，而不是盲目的效仿。
Seneca (Expat in China)
Seneca (外籍人士)
A Western pregnant woman gets sheltered as much as a Chinese woman does – but I guess the time she spends in confinement, as you so quaintly put it, is limited to a few days or a couple of weeks. No, Western women also don’t have to abstain from taking a shower. In fact, I seem to remember many expectant women go to special pregnant women fitness lessons. They do pregnancy exercises to keep their body fit.
西方孕婦和中國(guó)的孕婦受到的保護(hù)一樣的多，但我猜她產(chǎn)后禁足的時(shí)間——正如中國(guó)人所做的那么古怪——也只有幾天或者一到兩周。西方女人也不需要放棄洗澡。事實(shí)上，我似乎還記得很多人會(huì)參加特殊的產(chǎn)婦健身課程。他們做孕期鍛煉以保持身體健康。
Helen (Germany)
Helen (德國(guó))
In Germany, new moms can stay in hospital for up to five days after a normal birth and two weeks after a c-section. I think enforced confinement is unfair on the mother and the idea of not washing hair for a month fills me with horror. However, it would have been lovely to have been ’looked after’ for a month – to be fed, have the house cleaned, the shopping done so I could have just concentrated on my new baby.
在德國(guó)，順產(chǎn)的產(chǎn)婦可以在醫(yī)院多住5天，剖腹產(chǎn)多住兩周。我覺得強(qiáng)制禁足對(duì)女性不公平，一個(gè)月不能洗頭聽起來也太恐怖了。但是，一整個(gè)月都有人照顧也是很不錯(cuò)的——有人做飯、做衛(wèi)生、購(gòu)物，所以媽媽能夠全身心的照顧孩子。
RealMadrid1 (Spain)
RealMadrid1 (西班牙)
If my mother-in-law had been here in Spain when her grand-daughter was born, she would have had a fit. My wife and I walked to a restaurant in a cold, northerly wind late in the evening, 36 hours after she gave birth. Even so, none of the forecast or predicted misery afflicted my wife. She was well rugged up against the cold. Chinese women are no different to other races, we are all human beings.
當(dāng)我的女兒出生時(shí)，如果我的岳母在西班牙，她一定會(huì)大發(fā)脾氣。因?yàn)樵谖业钠拮由⒆?6小時(shí)后，我們?cè)谝粋€(gè)寒冷的、吹著北風(fēng)的深夜步行到一家餐館吃飯。即便如此，沒有任何預(yù)言或者預(yù)測(cè)的痛苦折磨我的妻子，在寒冷的天氣里她仍然很健壯。中國(guó)女性與其他種族的女性沒有什么不同，我們都是人類。