> Chips: From shortages to overcapacity
芯片短缺變成芯片過剩

During the pandemic, semiconductor shortages affected industries including personal computers, smartphones and manufacturing. But the situation has suddenly reversed, turning a shortage into a glut in some industries.
疫情期間，芯片短缺影響了從個人電腦到汽車制造等多個行業，但這一情況近期突然發生了逆轉，在一些行業里，芯片的產能供過于求。

In the three-week period from the end of May to June, consumers cut back spending on computers and smartphones and demand for chips fell in some industries, with an oversupply of chip capacity.
在5月底到6月的這三周里，消費者減少了在個人電腦和智能手機上的支出；在一些行業，芯片的需求出現下滑，芯片的產能供過于求。

The Philadelphia Semiconductor Index is down 35 percent so far this year, far more than the S&P 500's 19 percent decline.
費城半導體指數（用于衡量全球半導體行業景氣程度）今年迄今已下跌了35%，遠超標普500指數19%的跌幅。

> 1.8 billion at risk for severe flooding
全球有超過18億人面臨嚴重洪水的風險

More than 1.8 billion people worldwide are at risk for severe flooding, according to new research published in the journal Nature Communications.
《自然?通訊》雜志近日發表的一項研究認為，全球有超過18億人面臨嚴重洪水的風險。這項研究將全球洪水風險數據、人口密度以及貧困估測相結合起來。

The study combined a global flood risk database with information on population density and poverty, and found nearly 90 percent of people at risk live in poor countries and more than 780 million of those people live on less than $5.50 per day.
研究發現，近90%的高危人群生活在貧困國家，超過7.8億每日生活費低于5.50美元。

The study did not consider protections such as levees when assessing flood exposure.
但該研究在評估洪水暴露時沒有考慮堤壩等保護措施。

> Video game prescribed by doctors to treat ADHD
電子游戲成兒童多動癥“良藥”

While many parents worry their children spend too much time playing computer games, Kelcey Sihanourath is pleased to see her son pick up his tablet.
雖然當下很多父母都為孩子花太多時間玩電子游戲感到煩惱，但凱爾希?西哈努拉特很高興看到兒子拿起平板電腦打游戲。

Now aged 13, he was diagnosed with ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder) in pre-school.
現年13歲的歐文在幼兒園時被診斷出患有多動癥。

Help came in what initially seems very incongruous - a computer game called EndeavorRx.
最終，一款起初看似不合時宜的名為EndeavorRx的電子游戲居然幫上了忙。

In 2020 it became the first such game to be approved by the US Food and Drug Administration for use in the treatment of ADHD in children.
EndeavorRx在2020年獲得美國食品和藥物管理局的批準，成為了第一款用于治療兒童多動癥的電子游戲。

Kelcey says she was "a little skeptical” but started to see small, positive changes in his behavior after a period of time.
凱爾希說自己最初對游戲療法“有點懷疑”，她很快發覺他的行為舉止發生了細小、積極的變化。

After failing fifth grade, Owain subsequently started getting As and Bs for his work.
隨后，五年級不及格的歐文在學業上取得了A和B的好成績。

Eddie Martucci, chief executive of Akili, plans to launch the game in Europe in the next few years.
開發EndeavorRx 游戲的科技公司 Akili 首席執行官艾迪?馬爾圖齊，計劃未來幾年內在歐洲推出這款游戲。

> Short space trips for paying passengers on the way
遨游太空不是夢！中國公司打造太空經濟新業態

CAS Space, a Beijing-based rocket company, is designing a set of reusable rockets and spacecraft to send paying passengers on short trips into space.
總部位于北京的中科宇航表示，該公司正在設計一套可重復使用的火箭和航天器，目的是將付費乘客送入太空進行短途旅行。

Yang Yiqiang, the founder of CAS Space, told China Daily on Wednesday if everything goes according to plan, the combination of the rocket and spaceship will become mature after at least 15 test flights and will be able to transport up to seven tourists per trip to an altitude of more than 100 kilometers, about 10 times the cruising altitude of a commercial jetliner.
7月13日，創始人楊毅強在專訪中對《中國日報》專訪時表示，如果一切按計劃進行，他們由（2）單級火箭和旅游艙的組合而成的亞軌道太空旅游飛行器，將在至少15次試飛成熟后，每次將至多7名游客運送到超過100公里的高度，這大約是噴氣式客機巡航高度的10倍。

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