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U.S. national debt has hit a new milestone , and its not a good one. 美国的国家债务已达到一个新的里程碑,当然这不是好的那种。 The government now owes more than $16 trillion. 现在政府欠下超过16万亿美元。 Thats 16 with 12 zeroes after it, and still counting. 就是说16后面有12个零,而且这个数字还在继续增长。 We can put it this way, if you spend a million dollars a day, it would take you almost 44,000 years to spend 16 trillion. 我们可以这样说,如果你一天花一百万美元,你需要44000年才能花光这16万亿。 For this debt many Republicans blame Democrats and President Barack Obama. 对于这笔债务许多共和党人指责民主党和奥巴马总统。 Many Democrats blame Republicans and former president George W. Bush. 而许多民主党人指责共和党人和前总统乔治?w?布什。 Two things we can say for sure. 但有两件事我们可以肯定。 One, the government is spending a lot of money, and two, its taking in a lot less tax revenue because of the struggling economy, so you can count on this number increasing in the months ahead.首先，政府正在花费一大笔钱,第二, 因为经济困难，税收收入又少之又少, 所以你可以指望的是这个数字在未来几个月内会继续增加。 Of course, that includes its solar panels and everything else. 当然,这包括空间站的太阳能电池板和其他一切。 The actual living space of the ISS is little smaller, its about the size of a five-bedroom house. 国际空间站实际的生活空间很小,其大小相当于5间卧室的房子。 It didnt matter much yesterday for two of the six folks who are living there. 但这对于昨天住在那里的6人中的2人来说并不算什么。 A NASA astronaut and a Japanese space flyer stepped outside the ISS to fix one of its power units. 一位NASA宇航员和一名日本宇航员走出空间站去修复它的一个动力装置。 Though the space station is the single most expensive object ever built, and one of the most technologically advanced, part of yesterdays repair job was done using a spare toothbrush . 尽管空间站是所建造的最昂贵物件,其中也代表着最先进技术的一部分,但昨天的修复工作却是通过使用一支备用的牙刷完成。 Its not the only walk we are showing you today.这不是今天我们向你展现出的唯一个例。 Nor is it the most dangerous.而且这也不是最危险的。 Before we go, why did the ducks crossed the highway? 在我们离开之前,穿过高速公路的鸭子们算不算危险? Because they had no fear.因为它们一点没有感到恐惧。 Now, dont duck out on us here, nothing bad is going to happen, although with all these cars racing by, there are a couple of closed calls, including this one, right here . 现在,鸭子们就在我