CNN News: 专家研究抗击Zika方法 印尼天空上演350年一遇日全食

Zika, as we`ve told you, can dramatically harm the unborn babies of pregnant women. But mosquitoes also carry malaria, yellow fewer, West Nile virus. The insects are responsible for more human deaths than any other animal on the planet. And so far, people have been unsuccessful in exterminating them long term.

之间已经提及过，Zika病毒会严重伤害孕妇腹中的婴儿。但是蚊子也可以携带疟疾，黄热病以及西尼罗河病毒。这种昆虫所造成的人类死亡人数是最高的。但是截至到目前为止，人类尚不能长期消灭蚊子。

Now, scientists are considering waging biological and genetic warfare against mosquitoes. One option would infect them with bacteria that would stop the growth of viruses, like Zika, inside mosquitoes. Another would use gamma radiation to sterilize male mosquitoes to keep them reproducing with females. A third possibility: genetically modified male mosquitoes to pass a deadly gene to wild female mosquitoes.

现在，科学家正在考虑对蚊子进行生物和基因战。其中一种选择是，在蚊子体内注射影响Zika病毒生长的细菌。另一种是利用γ射线对雄性蚊子进行绝育处理，使之无法与雌性蚊子交配进行繁殖。第三种方法：转基因蚊子将致命基因传给野生雌性蚊子。

Critics say all of these ideas have major problems. They`re not proven to work. There are concerns about how they`d impact the environment, or the people living in it. An environmentalist with Emory University says it`s possible these methods could become useful tools, though not a silver bullet in fighting off man`s deadliest enemy.

评论家称，所有这些想法有存在重大的问题。因为这些方法尚未被证实。评论人员担心这些措施会对环境以及生活在环境中的人造成何种影响。一位埃默里大学的环境学家称，尽管这些方法在对抗人类这种致命敌人上不会立竿见影，但是这些方法将会成为有用的工具。

Call them stargazers, sun seekers, see the moonlights in their eyes. Thousands of people in the Pacific island nation of Indonesia looked up Wednesday morning to view a total solar eclipse. This is when the moon moves directly between the earth and the sun.

他们被称为天文爱好者、追随太阳的人、观看月亮变化。周三早上，在太平洋岛国印度尼西亚，成千上万的人来观看日全食。日全食时，月亮位于太阳和地球之间。

The best view was on the Indonesian island of Sumatra, but the event was partially visible from Hawaii to Malaysia to Australia.

观景的最佳地点是印尼苏门答腊岛，但是从夏威夷到马来西亚以及澳大利亚部分地区也可以观看到此景象。

The next total solar eclipse is expected on August 21st of next year, and would be visible in a narrow part of the U.S.

预计下次日全食出现的日期是明年8月21日，但美国只要一小部分可以观看到此景观。