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Thank you for joining us for today’s Spotlight. I’m Rebekah Schipper.
感谢大家收听今天的重点报道节目。我是丽贝卡·席佩尔。
And I’m Joshua Leo. Spotlight uses a special English method of broadcasting.
我是约书亚·利奥。本节目用慢速英语的方式播报新闻。
It is easier for people to understand, no matter where in the world they live.
以便让世界各地的人们更容易听懂。
Do you hear that? It is the ticking of a clock.
你听到了吗？这是时钟的滴答声。
But this clock is unlike any other clock you have ever seen before.
但这个时钟不同于你以前见过的任何其他时钟。
You see, this clock does not keep real time.
你看，这个时钟不显示真实的时间。
Instead it shows how close the world is to nuclear war!
相反，它显示的是世界离核战争有多近！
The closer the hands are to twelve o’clock midnight, the closer the world is to total destruction!
指针离午夜12点越近，世界就离彻底毁灭越近！
Today’s Spotlight is on the Doomsday Clock.
今天重点报道节目的主题是末日时钟。
While it is not nice to think about nuclear war, the clock does present an interesting idea.
虽然考虑核战争并不是件好事，但末日时钟确实提出了一个有趣的想法。
How close has the world come to nuclear war?
世界距离核战争还有多远？
What are some of the reasons the clock’s hands have moved?
时钟指针移动的原因有哪些？
Is a clock like this necessary?
设置诸如此类的时钟有必要吗？
We will try to answer some of these questions and more as we discuss the history of the Doomsday Clock.
当我们讨论末日时钟的历史时，我们将会尝试回答其中的一些问题或更多问题。
Doom, destruction, the end of the world.
死亡，毁灭，世界末日。
That is what the Doomsday Clock represents.
这就是末日时钟所代表的。
So, who created this clock and why?
那么，是谁创造了末日时钟？为什么创造末日时钟呢？
Well, a group of concerned scientists from the United States created the Doomsday Clock.
一群来自美国的忧心忡忡的科学家创造了末日时钟。
They belong to a group called the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists.
他们属于一个名为《原子科学家公报》的组织。
They created the clock in 1947.
他们在1947年创造了末日时钟。
This was two years after the end of World War Two.
1947年是第二次世界大战结束的两年后。
