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Hi, I'm Scientific American podcast editor Steve Mirsky. And here's a short piece from the September 2019 issue of the magazine, in the section called Advances: Dispatches from the Frontiers of Science, Technology and Medicine.
The article is titled Quick Hits, and it's a rundown of some science and technology stories from around the globe, compiled by editorial intern Jennifer Leman.
FROM HUNGARY:
Despite large-scale protests from scientists about academic freedom, the country's Parliament passed a law granting the government control of more than 40 institutes within the Hungarian Academy of Sciences.
FROM JAPAN:
The country has withdrawn from the International Whaling Commission and resumed commercial whaling operations after a 31-year hiatus. In the first official hunt after the withdrawal, two minke whales were killed for their meat.
FROM NEPAL:
Newly declassified cold war–era U.S. satellite images revealed that since the year 2000 Himalayan glaciers have lost ice at twice the rate that they did during the 25 years before 2000.
FROM INDIA:
All four reservoirs in Chennai, India's sixth-largest city, have gone dry, forcing more than nine million people in the region to conserve water and rely on government rations. The drought was spurred by low rainfall and unregulated water use.
FROM THE US:
Officials unanimously voted to ban e-cigarette sales in San Francisco, the first major U.S. city to take this step. Like traditional tobacco, e-cigarettes can cause lung damage and disease, and their use is skyrocketing in young people—in 2018 one in five U.S. high school students reported e-cigarette use.

AND FROM FRANCE:
Grape seeds found in an ancient refuse pile in the Jura mountains were an exact genetic match with a type of grape harvested there today, meaning local winegrowers have been cultivating the same vintage for roughly 900 years.
That was Quick Hits, by Jennifer Leman.

参考译文

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这篇文章名为《要闻快讯》，内容为全球某些科学和技术报道的摘要，由实习编辑詹妮弗·莱曼汇总k0wJ33l0JR1fn3。
匈牙利：
尽管科学家为保护学术自由进行了大规模抗议，但匈牙利国会依然通过了法律，授权政府控制匈牙利科学院40多家研究所.mX-sKb]p[g+Aax[v。
日本：
日本退出国际捕鲸委员会，恢复中断了31年的商业捕鲸活动n=JqhT)(T5cWZb.。该国在退出后的第一次正式捕鲸活动中，为了获得鲸肉而捕杀了两头小须鲸7s4hjs9AmJKTA=g。
尼泊尔：
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印度：
印度第六大城市金奈的四座水库全部干涸，迫使该地区900多万人节约用水，并依赖政府配给JyLR(*hyHRuY。这场干旱由降雨量低以及用水不规范造成lFyu=rr6pA_3VY。
美国：
旧金山官员一致投票决定禁止电子烟销售，成为美国第一个采取这一措施的大城市4_AMr3kf[BOx。与传统烟草一样，电子烟也会导致肺部损伤和肺病，而且年轻人的电子烟使用也在激增——2018年美国有五分之一的高中生使用电子烟,cEkR_OMk=S。
法国：
在侏罗山区一处古代垃圾堆中发现的葡萄种子与如今在该地收获的一种葡萄在基因上完全吻合，这意味着当地葡萄栽培酿酒者近900年来一直在种植同一种葡萄wKM9p^bhmXJo,YeA。
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重点讲解

重点讲解：
1. withdraw from 退出(活动或组织)；
The African National Congress threatened to withdraw from the talks.
非洲国民大会威胁要退出会谈IitQHe!ZAFoZD3++vG。
2. go dry 干涸；
Even if the seas go dry and rocks crumble, my will will remain firm.
纵然海枯石烂，意志永不动摇WlGnRCERTQpAeH#。
3. force sb. to do sth. 强迫；强制；
A back injury forced her to withdraw from Wimbledon.
背部受伤使她不得不退出温布尔登赛事6,M^z90eMc9GHP.k[F。
4. rely on 依赖；依靠；
Once customers come to rely on these systems they almost never take their business elsewhere.
顾客一旦依赖上这些系统，几乎就不会光顾其他商家I,3fSSF9*3_S9]k。