>Covid-19 vaccines don't affect male fertility
接種新冠疫苗不會影響生育能力

Getting vaccinated against Covid-19 won’t affect a couple’s chances of getting pregnant, but contracting the coronavirus could impair male fertility.
接種新冠疫苗不會影響一對夫婦的受孕幾率，但是感染新冠病毒可能會損害男性的生育能力。

Those are the main conclusions of a study funded by the National Institutes of Health, refuting a common myth about the vaccine and sending a warning to men who avoid it.
這個結論來自于美國國家衛生研究院資助的一項研究，該研究駁斥了關于疫苗的普遍誤解，并向拒絕接種疫苗的男性發出提醒。

Researchers at Boston University studied more than 2,000 couples and found no differences in their chances of conception if either partner was vaccinated compared to unvaccinated couples.
波士頓大學的研究人員對2000多對夫婦進行了研究，發現與未接種疫苗的夫婦相比，接種疫苗的夫婦受孕的幾率沒有差異。

But the couples’ chances of conceiving decreased slightly if the male partner had contracted the virus 60 days or less before a menstrual cycle, an indication of diminished male fertility.
但是，如果男性伴侶在女性月經周期前60天內或更短時間內感染了新冠病毒，夫婦的受孕幾率會略有下降，這表明男性伴侶生育能力有所下降。

One possible reason for that, researchers theorized, is the likelihood that coronavirus infection would cause a fever, which has been known to reduce sperm count.
研究人員推測，一個可能原因是感染新冠病毒可能會導致發燒，而眾所周知，發燒會減少精子數量。

>Cats clinch title of urban China's favorite pet
貓咪成最受歡迎的都市寵物

China has seen an increase in pet ownership over the years, with people increasingly choosing cats.
近年來，中國的養寵人士有所增加，越來越多人選擇養貓。

As of last year, there were about 58 million pet cats in China's urban households, compared with some 54 million pet dogs.
截至去年，中國城市家庭中約有5800萬只寵物貓，而寵物狗約為5400萬只。

Cats become the subject of viral memes and videos.
貓咪成了表情包和短視頻的主角。

Many cat lovers online also identify themselves as "cat slaves" and "cat sniffers", publicly professing their pet preference.
許多愛貓人士在網上還自稱"貓奴"和"吸貓者"，公開表示他們的喜愛。

Researchers attribute the fast growth of cat pets to the lifestyle in Chinese cities, with some experts also suggesting the feline’s popularity with the young generation's pursuit of individuality.
研究人員將養貓人士激增歸因于中國城市的生活方式，一些專家還指出，貓咪受歡迎與年輕一代對個性的追求有關。

Many city dwellers have busy lives and relatively smaller accommodations, thus making cats their ideal companions — it's easy to raise cats, unlike dogs, which require more attention and outdoor activities.
許多城市居民生活繁忙，住宿面積相對較小，因此貓是理想的伴侶——養貓很簡單，不像養狗需要更多的關注和戶外活動。

Young people are looking for freedom and spontaneity in their lives, and the habits of cats are more suited to their needs.
年輕人在生活中尋求自由率性，貓的習性更適合他們的需求。"

>Couple plans India's first ‘metaverse marriage'
印度新人將舉辦元宇宙婚禮派對

As Covid-19 forces families across India to downsize or cancel their traditionally large-scale weddings, one couple has found a venue unaffected by restrictions: the metaverse.
新冠疫情迫使印度各地的新人簡化或取消傳統的盛大婚禮，然而一對印度夫婦卻找到了一個不受防疫限制措施影響的場所——元宇宙。

Dinesh Sivakumar Padmavathi and Janaganandhini Ramaswamy from Tamil Nadu, where wedding gatherings are currently limited to 100 people, have invited 2,000 people to their virtual reception next month.
來自泰米爾納德邦的帕德瑪瓦帝和拉姆絲瓦米邀請2000人下個月參加他們的虛擬婚禮派對。

And as self-professed "Potterheads," or fans of Harry Potter, the pair have opted for a Hogwarts-themed party that guests can attend via their phones, tablets or laptops.
在泰米爾納德邦，目前婚禮聚會人數不得超過100人。這對自稱是哈利波特粉絲的新人將選擇舉辦一個霍格沃茨主題婚禮派對，賓客們可以通過手機、平板電腦或筆記本電腦來參加。

The legal wedding ceremony will still take place physically in front of close friends and relatives in Ramaswamy's village in Tamil Nadu's Krishnagiri district.
合法的線下婚禮仍然會在泰米爾納德邦克里斯赫納吉里市拉馬斯瓦米村，在親朋好友的見證下舉行。

But afterward, the couple will log on to join their reception, which is costing 150,000 Indian rupees to design, develop and host.
但是接下來，這對新人將會登陸元宇宙舉行婚禮派對，設計、開發和舉辦這場派對共耗資15萬印度盧比(約合人民幣1.3萬元)。

>Face masks make people look more attractive
戴口罩讓人看上去更有魅力

There have been precious few positives during the Covid pandemic, but British academics may have unearthed one: People look more attractive in protective masks.
新冠疫情期間的正面新聞少之又少，然而英國學者們卻給我們帶來了一則積極的訊息，那就是戴口罩會讓人看起來更有魅力。

Researchers at Cardiff University were surprised to find that both men and women were judged to look better with a face covering obscuring the lower half of their faces.
卡迪夫大學的研究人員驚訝地發現，在臉的下半部分被遮住時，男性和女性看上去都更有魅力了。

In what may be a blow for producers of fashionable coverings – and the environment – they also discovered that a face covered with a disposable-type surgical mask was likely to be deemed the most appealing.
研究人員還發現，戴一次性外科口罩的臉被認為最有吸引力，這也許對時尚口罩的生產商和環境都是一個打擊。

The first part of the research was carried out in February 2021, by which time the British population had become used to wearing masks in some circumstances.
研究的第一部分是在2021年2月開展的，當時英國人已經習慣在某些情況下佩戴口罩。

Forty-three women were asked to rate on a scale of one to 10 the attractiveness of images of male faces without a mask, wearing a plain cloth mask, a blue medical face mask, and holding a plain black book covering the area a face mask would hide.
研究人員讓43名女性分別給不戴口罩、戴棉布口罩、戴藍色醫用口罩或用黑色書蓋住下半部分臉的男性顏值打分，最低1分，最高10分。

The participants said those wearing a cloth mask were significantly more attractive than the ones with no masks or whose faces were partly obscured by the book.
參與者表示，戴棉布口罩的人比不戴口罩或一部分臉被書遮住的人看起來有魅力得多。

But the surgical mask – which was just a normal, disposable kind – made the wearer look even better.
但是戴一次性普通外科口罩的人看起來最有魅力。

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