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Good morning to all our listeners.
祝各位听众早上好。
Welcome to TalkCast.
欢迎收听 TalkCast。
Good morning, Lucas, and good morning to everyone at home.
卢卡斯，早上好，也向家里的每个人问声早上好。
I am Lucas, and I am glad to be here.
我是卢卡斯，我很高兴能来到这里。
And I am Chloe.
我是克洛伊。
The morning air feels very fresh today.
今天的晨空气感觉非常清新。
Today is October 26th, 2026.
今天是10月26日，2026年。
It is a bright morning.
这是一个明媚的早晨。
I have my hot coffee ready.
我的热咖啡已经准备好了。
What news do we have?
我们有什么新闻？
We have four interesting stories on our show this morning.
今天早上我们的节目有四个有趣的故事。
Please give our listeners the morning headlines, Lucas.
卢卡斯，请给我们的听众播报早间头条。
First, doctors share good news about a new cancer medicine.
首先，医生们分享了一个关于新型抗癌药物的好消息 。
That sounds like a very helpful medical story.
听起来这是一个非常有帮助的医疗故事。
Second, driverless cars will show a new light color soon.
第二，无人驾驶汽车很快将显示一种新的灯光颜色。
A new light color?
一种新的灯光颜色？
I want to learn about that.
我想了解一下。
Third, Halloween candy costs more money in stores this week.
第三，本周商店里的万圣节糖果花费更多钱。
Oh no, that is sad news for my sweet tooth.
噢不，对于我这个爱吃甜食的人来说，这真是个伤心的消息。
And finally, a warm beach cruise went to cold Canada.
最后，一次温暖的海滩巡游去了寒冷的加拿大。
Cold Canada?
寒冷的加拿大？
That sounds like a very big vacation surprise.
听起来这真是一个巨大的假期惊喜。
It really was.
它确实是。
Let us start with our first story. Yes.
让我们从我们的第一个故事开始。是的。
Tell us about the new cancer medicine.
给我们讲讲关于新癌症药物的事情。
Our first story is about health.
我们的第一个故事是关于健康的。
Doctors tested a new treatment.
医生们测试了 一种新疗法。
What kind of illness did the doctors study?
医生们研究了哪种疾病？
They studied a very serious type of lung cancer.
他们研究了一种非常严重的肺癌。
Lung cancer is hard to treat.
肺癌很难治疗。
Many people get very sick. Yes.
许多人病得很重。是的。
So doctors gave patients two different medicines together.
所以医生给患者一起用了两种不同的药物。
Two medicines at the same time?
在同一时间使用两种药物？
Why did they do that?
他们为什么要这么做？
The two medicines work like a strong team in the body.
这两种药在体内就像一个强大的团队一样工作。
That is interesting.
这很有趣。
Did the two medicines help the patients? Yes.
这两种药对患者有帮助吗？是的。
They helped a lot.
它们帮了很大忙。
The tests showed wonderful results.
测试显示了极好的结果。
Tell us the numbers, Lucas.
告诉我们数字，卢卡斯。
What happened in the test?
测试中发生了什么？
The risk of death dropped by 58%. 58 %?
死亡风险下降了58%。58%？
That is more than half.
那超过了一半。
Yes, it is.
是的，它确实是。
The patients lived much longer than before.
患者比以前活得更久了。
How do these two medicines fight the bad cells?
这两种药是如何对抗坏细胞的？
One medicine helps the body see the bad cells clearly.
一种药物帮助身体清楚地看到坏细胞。
And then what does the second medicine do?
然后第二种药是做什么的？
The second medicine gives the body power to attack them.
第二种药物赋予身体力量去攻击它们。
So the human body uses its own strength to fight. Exactly.
所以人体利用自身的力量来战斗。完全正确。
The treatment helps the body protect itself better.
这种治疗方法有助于身体更好地自我保护。
That brings so much hope to sick people and their families.
这给生病的人及其家庭带来了巨大的希望。
Doctors say this test is a big step for medical science.
医生们说，这项测试是医学科学的一大步。
Good health news is always great to hear in the morning.
早上听到好的健康新闻总是棒极了。
Now let us move from health to the open road.
现在让我们从健康话题转向开阔的道路。
Are we talking about new cars today? Yes.
我们今天是在谈论新车吗？是的。
We are talking about driverless cars and robot taxis.
我们正在讨论无人驾驶汽车和机器人出租车。
I see these cars in big cities.
我在大城市里看到了这些车。
No person sits inside.
里面没有人坐。
That is right.
那是对的。
A computer drives the car with special cameras.
计算机利用特殊的摄像头驾驶汽车。
Sometimes people on the street feel nervous about robot cars.
有时候街上的人对机器人汽车感到紧张。
Government safety leaders know that.
政府安全领导人知道这一点。
So they have a new idea.
所以他们有了一个新想法。
What is their idea to help people feel safe?
他们帮助人们感到安全的想法是什么？
They want robot cars to use a brand new light color.
他们希望机器人汽车使用一种全新灯光颜色。
A new light color?
一种新的灯光颜色？
What color did they choose?
他们选择了什么颜色？
The government shows a color.
政府展示了一种颜色。
Its name is cyan. Cyan?
它的名字叫青色。青色？
What kind of color is that, Lucas?
那是什么种类的颜色，卢卡斯？
Cyan is a bright mix of blue and green. Oh.
青色是蓝色和绿色相融合的一种明亮的颜色。哦。
It looks like clean ocean water near a beach. Yes.
它看起来像海滩附近干净的海洋水。是的。
It is a very pretty blue -green light.
这是一种非常漂亮的蓝绿色灯光。
Why do they not use red or yellow lights instead?
为什么他们不使用红色或黄色的灯来代替呢？
Cars already use red, yellow, and white lights every day.
汽车每天已经在使用红色、黄色和白色的灯了。
That is true.
那是真的。
Red means stop and yellow means slow down.
红色意味着停，黄色意味着慢下来。
And white headlights shine on the dark street at night.
夜里，白色的前灯照亮黑暗的街道。
So a blue -green light is totally different from normal lights. Yes.
所以这种蓝绿色的灯与普通的灯完全不同。是的。
When you see cyan, you know a computer is driving.
当你看到青色时，你就知道是电脑在驾驶。
That helps people who walk across the street in cities.
这有助于在城市中穿过街道的人们。
Walking people and other drivers will see the robot car easily.
步行的人和其他司机将能轻易地看到这辆机器人汽车。
Where will carmakers put these blue -green lights?
汽车制造商会把这些蓝绿色的灯放置在哪里？
They will place them on the roof and the side mirrors.
他们会把它们放置在车顶和侧视镜上。
Our streets will look very modern with blue -green lights everywhere.
到处都是蓝绿色的灯，我们的街道看起来会非常现代。
Safety leaders want to make this an official rule very soon.
安全领导人希望很快将此定为一项官方规则。
I think it is a smart plan for street safety.
我认为这是一个为了街道安全的明智计划。
Next, let us talk about food and an upcoming holiday.
接下来，让我们谈谈食物和一个即将到来的节日。
Halloween is coming soon.
万圣节快要来临了。
Children want sweet candy.
孩子们想要甜糖果。
They do, but parents are getting a surprise at the store.
他们确实想，但父母在商店里遇到了一个惊喜。
What kind of surprise are they seeing, Lucas?
卢卡斯，他们看到了什么样的惊喜？
Halloween candy costs a lot more money this year.
今年万圣节糖果花费了更多的钱。
Candy is more expensive?
糖果更贵了？
Why did the price go up?
为什么价格上涨了？
The biggest reason is the high cost of cocoa.
最大的原因是可可的高昂成本。
Cocoa makes chocolate, right?
可可用来制作巧克力，对吧？
Why is cocoa so expensive?
为什么可可这么贵？
Bad weather hurt cocoa trees in West Africa this year.
今年恶劣的天气毁坏了西非的可可树。
So farmers have less cocoa to sell to factories. Yes.
所以农民卖给工厂的可可变少了。是的。
When there is less cocoa, the price climbs higher.
当可可减少时，价格就会上涨。
How much higher are candy prices in the supermarket?
超市里的糖果价格涨了多少？
Chocolate prices went up by 10 -20 % recently.
最近巧克力价格上涨了10-20%。
That is a big jump for small bags of sweets.
这对小袋糖果来说是个不小的涨幅。
Because of this, candy sales are slow this autumn season.
正因如此，今年秋季糖果销量很低迷。
What are parents doing to save their family money?
父母们在做些什么来为家庭省钱？
Many parents are buying smaller bags of sweet treats.
许多父母在买更小袋的甜食。
Smaller bags cost less money, so that makes good sense.
小袋子花钱少，所以这很有道理。
Other shoppers are buying fruit candies instead of dark chocolate.
其他购物者买的是水果糖而不是黑巧克力。
Fruit candies do not use cocoa, so they are cheaper. Yes.
水果糖不用 可可，所以它们更便宜。是的。
And some people give children cute stickers or pencils.
有些人给孩子送可爱的贴纸或铅笔。
Stickers are nice, but children still dream of sweet chocolate.
贴纸很好，但孩子们仍然梦想着甜美的巧克力。
Stores still hope people buy more candy before October 31st.
商店仍然希望人们在10月31日之前买更多的糖果。
I will buy some candy, but I will watch my money.
我会买一些糖果，但我会留心我的钱包。
That is a good plan for all of us this year.
这对我们今年所有人来说都是个好计划。
Now, what is our last story about the cold cruise?
现在，关于寒冷游轮的最后一个故事是什么？
Our final story is about a very funny travel mistake.
我们的最终故事是关于一个非常有趣的旅行失误。
Did someone take the wrong boat or the wrong train?
有人坐错船或坐错火车了吗？
Thousands of travelers bought tickets for a huge cruise ship.
成千上万的旅客买了一艘巨型游轮的票。
Where did they want to go on their big holiday?
他们想去哪里度过他们的大假期？
They wanted to go south to the warm, sunny Bahamas.
他们想向南去温暖、阳光明媚的巴哈马。
The Bahamas are warm islands with blue water and sandy beaches. Yes.
巴哈马是拥有碧水和沙滩的温暖岛屿。是的。
So travelers packed light shorts, sun hats, and swimsuits.
所以旅客们收拾了轻便短裤、遮阳帽和泳衣。
That is the right clothing for a warm island trip.
那是去温暖岛屿旅行的合适服装。
It was.
确实如此。
But then the ocean weather turned very bad.
但随后海洋天气变得非常糟糕。
What happened to the weather near the sunny islands?
阳光明媚的岛屿附近的天气怎么了？
A big storm formed in the ocean south of America.
美国以南的海洋上形成了一场大风暴。
Big ocean storms bring giant waves and dangerous winds.
大海风暴带来巨浪和危险的风。
The captain wanted to keep all the passengers safe.
船长想让所有乘客保持安全。
So the ship could not sail south toward the storm? Right.
所以这艘船不能向南驶向风暴？对的。
So the captain turned the ship around completely.
于是船长把船完全调转了方向。
Where did the captain take the big cruise ship instead?
那船长反而把这艘巨型游轮带去哪了呢？
The ship sailed north, all the way to cold Canada. Canada?
这艘船向北航行，一路开到了寒冷的加拿大。加拿大？
But Canada is freezing cold in late October.
但加拿大在10月下旬寒冷刺骨。
It was very cold.
天气非常冷。
The wind was icy near the port.
港口附近的风冰冷刺骨。
Imagine standing in Canada wearing summer shorts and flip -flops.
想象一下站在加拿大穿着夏日短裤和人字拖。
People walked outside and felt the freezing northern air immediately.
人们走到外面，立刻感觉到了冰冷的北方空气。
What did the cold travelers do to stay warm, Lucas?
寒冷的旅客们做了什么来保持温暖，卢卡斯？
They ran into local Canadian shops and bought warm clothes.
他们跑进当地的加拿大商店买了保暖衣服。
Local clothing shops sold many thick sweaters and heavy coats. Yes.
当地的服装店卖了许多厚毛衣和厚大衣。是的。
People bought warm hats, woolen gloves, and long pants.
人们买了保暖帽、羊毛手套和长裤。
Were the passengers angry about this crazy change of plans?
乘客们对这个疯狂的计划变更生气吗？
Most passengers laughed and decided to have a good time.
大多数乘客笑了笑，决定玩得开心点。
That is a wonderful attitude to have on any vacation.
在任何假期里，这都是一种极好的态度。
They drank sweet hot cocoa and saw pretty autumn trees.
他们喝着香甜的热可可，看着美丽的秋树。
They wanted sandy beaches, but they got a cozy winter trip. Yes.
他们想要沙滩，但他们得到了一次舒适的冬季旅行。是的。
And they will tell this fun story for years.
他们会把这个有趣的故事讲好多年。
Sometimes an unexpected trip turns into the best memory ever.
有时候，一次意料之外的旅行会变成最美好的回忆。
And that brings us to the end of our news today.
这也标志着我们今天新闻的尾声。
We heard about medicines, robot cars, candy, and cold vacations.
我们听说了关于药物、机器人汽车、糖果和寒冷假期的内容。
Before we say goodbye, we have a question for you.
在我们说再见之前，我们有一个问题要问你。
Here is our question for all our TalkCast listeners today.
以下是我们今天为所有 TalkCast 听众准备的问题。
Imagine your sunny beach trip changes to a cold city.
想象一下，你阳光明媚的海滩之旅变成了一个寒冷的城市。
What warm drink or activity do you enjoy the most?
你最喜欢什么热饮或活动？
Practice your English answer with a friend or a teacher. Yes.
与朋友或老师一起练习你的英语回答。是的。
Speaking English every day is the best way to learn.
每天说英语是学习的最佳途径。
Thank you for listening to TalkCast on October 26th, 2026.
感谢您收听2026年10月26日的TalkCast。
Have a wonderful morning and stay warm out there today.
祝您有一个美好的早晨，今天外面注意保暖。
Goodbye, everyone. Goodbye.
再见，大家。再见。
