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本期视频讲述无人机技术从追踪鲨鱼到寻找考拉的转变，适合练习科技和自然类词汇，内容涵盖创新应用与生态保护。
What's up, sunshine?
怎么了，我的小太阳？
Happy Your Word Wednesday.
祝大家“你的话语星期三”（Happy Your Word Wednesday）愉快！
One of you helped us write today's show.
你们中的某个人帮助我们完成了今天的节目制作。
I'm Koi Wire with your CNN 10 minutes of news.
我是 Koi Wire，为您带来 CNN 的十分钟新闻报道。
We tell you the what so you can decide what to think.
我们告诉你们事实真相，以便你们能够自己判断该作何思考。
We've got democracy, some glowing creatures, a trip to Australia, and so much love.
我们拥有民主制度，还有一些发光的生物；我们还去澳大利亚旅行过，心中充满了无尽的爱。
Rise up.
站起来吧。
The midterm elections are over, but the counting not necessarily.
中期选举已经结束，但计票工作可能尚未完成。
Ever watch a candidate lead on election night and then suddenly fall behind.
你是否曾经看到过这样的情况：在选举之夜，某个候选人一度领先，但随后却突然落后了？
Is something wrong?
出什么问题了吗？
Not necessarily.
不一定。
Here's why.
原因如下：
Different states count mail -in, early, and election day ballots at different times.
不同州的计票方式存在差异：对于通过邮寄方式提交的选票、提前提交的选票以及选举当天投出的选票，各州的计票时间各不相同。
So the numbers can shift as new batches are added.
因此，随着新批次数据的加入，这些数字可能会发生变化。
And here's your democracy knowledge bomb.
下面就是关于民主制度的“知识炸弹”了（即一些令人震惊或难以理解的事实）。
When CNN projects a winner, that's a newsroom decision based on the votes counted and those still outstanding.
当 CNN 宣布某个候选人为获胜者时，这一决定是由新闻编辑部根据已统计的投票结果以及尚未统计完毕的投票情况做出的。
But official results?
但是官方结果呢？
Those come from election officials after verification and certification, which can take days.
这些数据是在经过选举官员的核实和认证后提供的，整个过程可能需要数天的时间。
Bottom line, in an election, the goal isn't to be the first to finish.
归根结底，在选举中，目标并不是成为第一个完成所有竞选活动的人。
It's to get the count right.
这样做是为了确保统计数据的准确性。
Our Alex Michelson has more on what goes into all of the counting, sorting, and predicting.
我们的亚历克斯·米切尔森（Alex Michelson）进一步解释了所有计数、排序和预测过程的具体细节。
Different states have different rules for voting by mail.
不同州对于邮寄投票的规定各不相同。
And because of those rules in the different states, it could take a lot longer to actually count and figure out who won the election.
由于各州存在不同的选举规则，实际统计投票结果并确定获胜者的过程可能会花费更长的时间。
For example, in Florida, where they count perhaps the fastest,
例如，在佛罗里达州，那里的人口统计速度可能是最快的。
you've got to request a mail -in ballot and you have to return it by the day of the election.
你必须申请邮寄选票，并且必须在选举当天之前将其寄回。
In California, where I am, where it could be the slowest, everybody is sent a mail -in ballot,
在我所在的加利福尼亚州，这里可能是投票进度最慢的地区——每位选民都会收到一份可以通过邮寄方式投递的选票。
and you have to post -market by election day, which means it can be received up to seven days after the election.
你必须在选举日之前完成产品的发布（即“上市”），这意味着该产品可以在选举结束后最多七天内被用户收到。
Other states have other rules, and sample in Pennsylvania.
其他州有不同的规定；宾夕法尼亚州的样本数据可以作为参考。
They cannot open up the ballots and process them until the day of the election, where in Florida,
在佛罗里达州，他们直到选举当天才能打开选票并进行统计处理。
they can do it weeks before.
他们可以在几周前就完成这件事。
That slows things down.
这会减慢事情的进展速度。
In Alaska, they do ranked choice voting, which means it takes longer to count than it would in other states.
在阿拉斯加，人们采用“排序选择投票”（ranked choice voting）制度，因此计票所需的时间比其他州要长。
Bottom line here, different states, different rules, all of them legal, but different potential timelines for when we'll know who won the election.
归根结底，不同的州有不同的选举规则；这些规则都是合法的，但确定选举结果的具体时间线可能会有所不同。
If you said salamander, you stay on point even when I ask a lot of questions.
如果你选择了“蝾螈”作为答案，那么即使我提出很多问题，你也能始终紧扣主题、不偏离重点。
Salamanders are the second largest group of amphibians with more than 800 known species,
蝾螈是两栖动物中第二大类群，目前已知的物种数量超过800种。
and they have some seriously surreal traits from breathing through their skin to even regenerating lost limbs.
它们具有一些极其超现实的特性：比如能够通过皮肤进行呼吸，甚至能够再生失去的肢体。
Talk about a glow -up.
这真是一次令人惊叹的“蜕变”啊！
Scientists have discovered Europe's black and yellow fire salamander's new superpower.
科学家们发现了欧洲黑黄火蝾螈的一种新“超能力”。
They can glow green and blue.
它们能够发出绿色和蓝色的光芒。
The process is called biofluorescence, where organisms absorb light and release it as a different color.
这一过程被称为“生物荧光”（biofluorescence）：生物体吸收光线后，会以另一种颜色重新释放出来。