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Research by Siyu Yu of Rice University and her co-authorsfoundthat people who can accurately gauge which members of a team wield influencearein possession of a magic power they call “status acuity”.

莱斯大学的余思玉及其共同作者的研究发现，能够准确判断团队中哪些成员具有影响力的那些人，都体现出了一种被称之为“地位敏锐度”的特殊能力。

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双语阅读

A satellite image has revealed an enormous pile of discarded clothing that is so big it's visible from space. The clothing pile, which contains everything from Christmas sweaters to ski boots, is located in the Atacama Desert—the driest non-polar desert in the world—near the municipality of Alto Hospicio in northern Chile.

一幅卫星图像显示，大量废弃衣物堆积在一起，数量如此之多，在太空中都可以看得到这一大堆衣服中包含了圣诞毛衣、滑雪靴等等各种各样的东西，它们堆积在阿塔卡马沙漠——世界上最干燥的非极地沙漠，靠近智利北部的阿尔托霍西奥市。

The pile is spread out across aclearingin the desert terrain. One side of the pile measures more than 1,000 feet across. Texas-based satellite imagery company SkyFi recently shared an image of the pile, revealing the true scale of the pollution problem created by thefashionindustry.

这堆衣服散布在沙漠地带的一块空地上。其一侧大约有1000多英尺宽。总部位于德克萨斯州的卫星图像公司SkyFi最近分享了这堆衣服的图片，揭露出时尚行业污染问题的规模到底有多大。

Chile has long served as ahubfor secondhand and unsold clothing—often manufactured in China or Bangladesh—that is imported into the country from Europe, Asia or the United States before being resold around Latin America, Agence France-Presse reported. It is estimated that around 59,000 metric tons of clothing arrive at the port of Iquique, which is next to Alto Hospicio, every year. The port is part of the Iquique Free Trade Zone—a duty-free area that was established in an attempt to encourage economic activity.

据法新社报道，智利长期以来一直是二手衣服和未售出衣服的集散地，这些衣服通常由中国或孟加拉国制造，由欧洲、亚洲或美国进口，然后再转卖至拉丁美洲。估计每年约有5.9万公吨的衣服抵达紧邻阿尔托霍西奥的伊基克港。翻译划线句，长按文末小程序码打卡，答案下期公布~

Some of the clothing arriving at the port are bought up by merchants in the Chilean capital of Santiago, while large quantities aresmuggledout of the country to other parts of Latin America. But at least 39,000 metric tons that cannot be sold end up atclandestinedumps in the desert, such as the one near Alto Hospicio.

一些抵达港口的衣服被智利首都圣地亚哥的商人买下，而大量的衣服则被走私到拉丁美洲的其他地区。但至少有3.9万公吨无法出售的垃圾最终被偷偷倒在沙漠中，比如阿尔托霍西西奥附近的垃圾场。

SkyFi first found out about the huge clothing pile from an article in 2021 and was curious to verify whether it was true. "There is a lot of misinformation out there, and we often use satellite imagery as a primary data point, a source of verification," SkyFi Growth Marketing Manager Tom Babb told Newsweek. "In the Earth observation community, this is referred to as 'ground truth.'"

SkyFi首先在2021年的一篇文章中发现了这一大堆衣服，很好奇地想证实这是否属实。“外面有很多错误信息，我们经常使用卫星图像作为主要的数据点，一种验证源，”SkyFi增长市场经理汤姆·巴布告诉《新闻周刊》。"在地球观测界，这被称为'地面真相'。"

本文节选自：Newsweek（新闻周刊）

发布时间：2023.05.23

作者：Newsweek

原文标题：Vast Pile of Discarded Clothes in Desert Is So Big It's Visible From Space

词汇积累

1. clearing

/ˈklɪərɪŋ/

n. 清除，清理; 林中空地; (英国)大学预科; 结算

v. 澄清，放晴(clear 的现在分词形式)

2. fashion

/ˈfæʃən/

n. 时髦打扮，流行装扮; 时尚，时兴; (做事的)方式; 时装领域，时尚界

v. (尤指用手工)制作，使成形; 塑造

3.hub

/hʌb/

n. (活动的)中心; 枢纽机场，枢纽城市; (轮)毂，(推进器、风扇等的)旋翼叶毂; (网络)集线器

4. smuggle

/ˈsmʌɡəl/

v. 走私，偷运; 偷偷携带，夹带

5. clandestine

/klænˈdɛstɪn/

adj.秘密的，私下的；偷偷摸摸的

词组搭配

1.ground truth 基准真值：在数据分析和机器学习中，用于评估模型预测结果准确性的真实数据或已知事实

写作句总结

A satellite image has revealed an enormous pile of discarded clothing that is so big it's visible from space.

结构：A satellite image has revealed a … that is so big it's visible from space.

一幅卫星图像显示…数量如此之多，在太空中都可以看得到。

例句：A satellite image has revealed a huge cluster of stars that is so big it's visible from space.

阅读理解题

What is the main problem that the article reveals about the fashion industry?

A. The fashion industry creates a lot of pollution.

B. Chile is a hub for secondhand clothing.

C. The clothing industry in China and Bangladesh is polluting.

D. Satellite imagery can be used as a source of verification for information.

A。B选项有提及，但并非题目所问的时尚行业的主要问题。C选项错误，文章没有提到。D选项文章提到，但不是主旨。

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