> Some UK households face ‘heat or eat’ dilemma, scholar says
英國學(xué)者：一些英國人正面臨“取暖還是吃飯的抉擇”

Facing the combined effects of sub-zero temperatures and increasing prices, some families across the United Kingdom (UK) have to juggle their incomes between staying warm or buying food, a Glasgow Caledonian University research fellow said.
格拉斯哥卡利多尼安大學(xué)的一位研究人員表示，面對(duì)寒冷天氣和物價(jià)上漲，英國各地的一些家庭不得不平衡取暖和購買食物的開支。

Simply put, their choice is between heat or eat.
簡(jiǎn)單地說，他們被迫在取暖和吃飯之間取舍。

Many in the country had already been in a rather tight financial position before the cold weather set in, Dr. Keith Baker said.
基思?貝克博士表示，在寒冬到來之前，許多英國人的財(cái)務(wù)狀況已經(jīng)相當(dāng)緊張。

Last week was a particularly cold one across the UK, with snow, ice and fog warnings in several places.
上周，冷空氣席卷英國，多地發(fā)布大雪、結(jié)冰和大霧天氣警報(bào)。

Dec. 12 was the coldest day in the UK since December 2010, the Met Office said.
英國氣象局表示，12月12日是自2010年12月以來英國最冷的一天。

As a scholar, Baker has worked with groups seeking to help people faced with the dual problem of a cost-of-living crisis and high energy bills.
作為一名學(xué)者，貝克曾與一些組織合作，幫助陷入生活成本和高能源支出雙重危機(jī)的人。

"People really are on the line between just and only just about surviving, and being pushed into really quite deplorable situations."
“人們?yōu)榱松娑嗫鄴暝?，被推入非?？杀木车亍！?/p>

Inflation has been running high in the UK since last winter, reaching successive new records.
自去年冬天以來，英國的通貨膨脹率居高不下，連續(xù)創(chuàng)下新高。

In November, the UK's consumer price index (CPI) rose by 10.7 percent.
11月，英國消費(fèi)者價(jià)格指數(shù)（CPI）上漲10.7%。

Food and non-alcoholic beverage prices increased by 16.5 percent that month.
當(dāng)月，食品和非酒精飲料價(jià)格上漲16.5%。

"We don't know how high some food prices are going to rise. Barely a day goes by before you see that the price of one type of food is going up, next day the price of another type of food is going up," Baker said, adding that this level of uncertainty is detrimental to mental health.
貝克說：“我們不知道某些食品的價(jià)格會(huì)漲到多高。幾乎每天都會(huì)看到一種食品的漲價(jià)，而第二天又會(huì)看到另一種食品價(jià)格上漲?！必惪苏f，這種不確定性讓人們惶惶不安。

Inflation is being driven mainly by soaring energy prices.
能源價(jià)格飆升是通脹高企的主要原因。

In October, UK households paid 88.9 percent more on average for electricity, gas and other fuels than a year ago, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said.
英國國家統(tǒng)計(jì)局?jǐn)?shù)據(jù)顯示，10月，英國家庭在電力、天然氣和其他燃料上的支出較去年平均增長(zhǎng)了88.9%。

Domestic gas prices in October were more than double from a year earlier.
10月，英國天然氣價(jià)格是去年同期的兩倍多。

People have suffered substantially with their bills going up, Baker said.
貝克說，隨著能源支出增加，人們?cè)馐芰司薮蟮慕?jīng)濟(jì)損失。

"Energy bills will go up to about 2,600 British pounds ($3,146) on average, and I stress that's average, rising again to 3,000 pounds as of April."
“能源賬單平均將升至2600英鎊左右，我強(qiáng)調(diào)這是平均水平，到明年4月份將再次升至3000英鎊?！?/p>

"We've now got to the point where charities are trying to get out warm clothing to people."
“在英國，現(xiàn)在已經(jīng)到了慈善機(jī)構(gòu)向人們發(fā)放保暖衣物的地步。”

Public libraries and community centers across the UK have thrown open their doors to people eager to escape the cold in their homes, offering warm drinks and hot soup.
英國各地的公共圖書館和社區(qū)中心向避寒取暖的人們敞開大門，提供熱飲和熱湯。

Acknowledging that the government support offered by newly installed Chancellor Jeremy Hunt may go some way to helping families on welfare benefits, Baker has called for more.
貝克承認(rèn)，英國財(cái)政大臣杰里米?亨特提出的政策可能會(huì)在一定程度上幫助那些依靠政府福利的家庭，因此他呼吁政府提供更多支持。

"A lot of households are already in the position of no heat and less to eat, and I really wish politicians would get it through their heads that some householders are really in a dire situation."
“許多家庭已經(jīng)停暖，節(jié)省食物開銷，我真的希望政客們能明白，一些家庭的處境真的很糟糕?！?/p>

> German climate activists attack Christmas tree
德國極端環(huán)保分子襲擊圣誕樹

German climate activists chopped the top off a Christmas tree in front of Berlin's famous Brandenburg Gate on Wednesday.
12月21日，德國極端環(huán)保分子在柏林著名的勃蘭登堡門前砍下圣誕樹的樹尖。

Two members of a group called Last Generation used a hydraulic lift to reach the top of the 15-meter tree and removed the top 2 meters while attaching a banner reading, “This is only the tip of the Christmas tree”.
兩名來自“最后一代”組織的成員使用液壓升降機(jī)升到15米高的樹頂，鋸掉了2米的樹尖，并掛上寫著“這不過是圣誕樹的樹尖”的橫幅。

Climate campaigners in Germany have conducted several protests in recent weeks, including blockading city roads and airports, and gluing themselves to famous paintings in museums.
最近幾周，德國的極端環(huán)保分子進(jìn)行了多次抗議活動(dòng)，包括封鎖城市道路和機(jī)場(chǎng)，將自己粘在博物館的名畫上。

The group called on the government of Chancellor Olaf Scholz to do more to tackle global warming.
該組織呼吁德國總理奧拉夫?朔爾茨的政府采取更多措施應(yīng)對(duì)全球變暖問題。

Scholz responded by calling on the group to show “a bit of creativity” because their protests were similar to those of Extinction Rebellion and Just Stop Oi in the UK.
朔爾茨回應(yīng)該組織稱多用“一點(diǎn)創(chuàng)造力”，因?yàn)樗麄兊目棺h活動(dòng)和英國兩個(gè)極端環(huán)保組織的抗議行為類似。

A spokeswoman for Berlin police said three activists had been detained, and were being investigated.
柏林警方發(fā)言人稱，三名極端分子己被拘留，正在接受調(diào)查。

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