British people work some of the longest hours in Europe, but are among the least productive. Now some companies are shortening the working week to increase efficiency, health and happiness.
Rich Leigh has introduced a four-day week at his PR company. In fact, his entire company has Friday off, because his firm has adopted a four-day week. It is one of several UK businesses that now operate like this: staff still get paid their previous five-day salary, but they work a day less. The company found that they achieved just as much-and there were even signs of growth. “The key to the scheme’s success,” Leigh says, “is how happy our employees now are.”
The average British worker takes only a 34 minute lunch break and works 10 hours overtime each week (more often than not this is unpaid). Yet UK productivity falls seriously behind their European neighbors, who tend to work fewer hours.
British working practices have caused loss and damage to the nation’s health and happiness. More than half a million workers in the UK were signed off with work-related stress or anxiety last year. Moreover, the work landscape itself is changing. Automation and AI will have a significant impact on the labor market, where unsteady work becomes more common.
Britain is the only EU member that allows workers to ignore the EU working time limit and work longer hours. For campaigners, now is the time for a change. O’Grady, an advocate, argues that where businesses have increased their profits (利润)as a result of automation, success should be shared with workers in the form of reduced hours. “It’s time to share the benefits from new technology, not allowing those at the top to grab them for themselves.” she says.
1. We can learn from the passage that ________.A.British people are the least productive in the world |
B.Most companies in Britain have conducted a four-day week |
C.PR company has witnessed a rise in employees’ happiness |
D.British people work longer and get more payment than other countries |
A.The working time of British workers is within the EU limit. |
B.In productivity, Britain is beaten by the United States. |
C.Profits gained from new technology are on the decrease. |
D.Automation and AI are likely to cause an unsteady work market. |
A.It’s time for employers to share the increased profits created by automation. |
B.Workers should benefit from automation in the form of less working hours. |
C.New technology should belong to both businesses and workers. |
D.Businesses can’t make more profits without new technology. |
A.To introduce some British firms’ switch to a four-day working week. |
B.To explain the reasons why British workers suffer stress and anxiety. |
C.To appeal for more reasonable working conditions. |
D.To show the present productivity problem in Britain. |
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【推荐1】Growing up in south Florida, Rebecca dreamed of becoming a professional singer, but after a serious illness damaged her voice at college, she settled for the next-best thing.
She couldn't be an artist, but she could become a lawyer for artists. “I knew I'd go to a law school and I'd try to help musicians because even if I didn't have my own voice, I could help them find theirs,” said Rebecca, 19. “There hasn’t been a day when I've questioned my choice,”
That seems to be the case with hundreds of students who have signed up for entertainment law courses at Harvard Law School (HLS) over the last 20 years. It marks a trend among law students to change from the traditional field of corporate law and look to Working in creative industries. The trend, also noticeable at other law schools around the country, has pushed growth in the field of entertainment law.
“These students are propelled by a love for music, the arts, and show business. It's an exciting career for a music lover,” said HLS Clinical Professor of Law Brian Price, who's in charge of the Entertainment Law Clinic.
Price added, “Although entertainment lawyers work behind the scenes, they can have a bigger influence on artists' careers than managers. They review artists’ agreements, deals and contacts, making sure their customers, interests are protected.”
“Artists are becoming wise and want to be involved in the business aspects of their careers,” said Price. “When they ask for legal advice, they want to know their legal rights, and how to make good deals and find ways to make more money.” Most HLS graduates end up working in business or corporate law, though some have had successful careers in the entertainment industry. Among them are Bruce Ramer, 58, who represents customers like George Clooney and Clint East wood; Bert Fields, 52, who represents Michael Jackson.
1. What does the author want to show through the example of Rebecca?A.The importance of learning entertainment law. |
B.Her determination to succeed in the field of law. |
C.The rising popularity in the field of entertainment law. |
D.Her dull future caused by her serious illness at college. |
A.Blown. | B.Driven. | C.Depressed. | D.Confused. |
A.HLS is home to many famous artists. |
B.Artists are wise enough to learn corporate law. |
C.Artists are becoming more focused on legal needs. |
D.Famous artists pay no attention to making money. |
A.The Death of Rebecca's Dream. |
B.Making It Big behind the Scenes. |
C.Helping Musicians Improve Themselves. |
D.A Brief Introduction to Entertainment Law. |
【推荐2】For most of us, work is the central, dominating fact of life. We spend more than half our conscious hours at work, preparing for work, traveling to and from work. What we do there largely determines our standard of living and our status to a considerable extent. It is sometimes said that because leisure has become more important, the injustices of work can be pushed into a comer, and that because most work is pretty intolerable, the people who do it should compensate for its boredom, frustrations and humiliations by concentrating their hopes on the other parts of their lives. For the foreseeable future, however, the material and psychological rewards which work can provide will continue to play a vital part in determining the satisfaction that life can offer.
Yet only a small minority can control the pace at which they work or the conditions where their work is done; only for a small minority does work offer scope for creativity, imagination or initiative.
Inequality at work is still one of the most glaring(明显的)forms of inequality in our society. We cannot hope to solve the more obvious problems of industrial life, many of which arise from the frustrations created by inequality at work, unless we handle it determinedly.
The most glaring inequality is that between managers and the rest. For most managers, work is an opportunity and a challenge. Their jobs engage their interest and allow them to develop their abilities. They are constantly learning. They are able to exercise responsibility. They have a considerable degree of control over their own and others' working lives. Most important of all, they have opportunities to initiate. By contrast, for most manual workers, work is a boring, dull, even painful experience. They spend all their working lives in intolerable conditions. The majority have little control over their work. It provides them with no opportunity for personal development. Many jobs are so routine that workers feel themselves to be mere cogs (齿轮)in the bureaucratic machine. As a direct consequence of their work experience, many workers feel alienated (疏远)from their work and their firm.
1. In the writer's opinion, people judge others mainly by_________.A.the amount of money they earn | B.the type of work they do |
C.the time they spend at work | D.the place where they work |
A.have to get rid of the unequal aspects in work |
B.should create more working opportunities for the poor |
C.had better cancel all managing positions in a company |
D.should encourage the manual workers to promote efficiency |
A.They have complete control over themselves. | B.They can work at what interests them. |
C.They get time off to learn constantly. | D.They won't be out of work. |
【推荐3】It was a bright, clear February afternoon in Gettysburg (葛底斯堡). A strong sun and layers of warm clothes did little to ease the biting cold. From the top of Little Round Top, we looked down on the wheat field where the young men fighting there had fallen so close together that one could not see the ground. A frozen wind whipped tears from our eyes. Despite the cold, it was hard to leave this place.
Driving east out of Gettysburg on a country road, the gray car ahead of us ran into a small truck on the passenger side when it tried to take a left turn at a rural crossroad. We immediately pulled over to investigate. The driver of the car looked fine,but the truck driver was unconscious and starting to turn blue. A young man from a house at the crossroads called an ambulance.
There were six empty beer bottles on the floor of the truck. I could smell beer through the window. I knew I had to move him to open his airway (气管).I had no idea what neck injuries he had suffered. He could easily end up paralyzed (瘫痪的).But he'd be dead before the arrival of the ambulance if I did nothing to help him.
An image flashed before my mind. I could see the truck driver sitting in a wheelchair in the courtroom. I could see his lawyer pointing at me and shouting at title jury: "This young doctor, with still a year left in his residency training, took it upon himself to move this seriously injured man, condemning him forever to this wheelchair…"
What was I going to do?
The response from long hours in the emergency room came to me. I pulled off my overcoat and rolled up my sleeves. The trick would be to keep his head up while I moved his body, so that his probable broken neck and spinal-cord injury wouldn't be made worse.
With Amy's assistance, I lifted him off the window. He was deep blue now; his pulse was rapid. The alcohol turned my stomach, but I tried to blow air down his mouth into his lungs.
Amy brought me a large needle from my car. My numb hands, covered with freezing blood and bits of broken glass,were trying to find the thyroid gland (甲状腺). It was a lucky first shot. I placed a second needle next to the first. Almost immediately, the driver's face turned bright red. After a minute, his pulse slowed down and his eyes moved slightly. An ambulance approached from the distance.
The ambulance captain took down my name and address for his reports. I had just destroyed my career. I would never be able to finish my residency training if the man put the law on me. My life was over.
The ambulance crew had controlled the bleeding and began giving the truck driver a drip (输液). He was slowly waking up. As they loaded him into the ambulance, I saw him move his feet. Maybe my future wasn't lost.
A few days later, I went into the office of my senior professor. "You did the right thing medically. But, do you know what you put at risk by doing that?" he said strictly. "What was I supposed to do?" I asked. "Drive on,' he replied. "If that driver had turned out to be paralyzed, you might never practice medicine again. You were a very lucky young man."
The day I graduated from medical school,I took an oath (誓言)to serve the sick and the injured. I remember truly believing I would be able to do just that. But I have found out it isn't so simple. Despite my oath, I would drive on.
1. What did the writer see when he stopped his car to investigate? ______A.The truck driver was fine. |
B.The car driver's face was turning red. |
C.The truck driver was unconscious. |
D.The car driver had drunk much beer. |
A.He was lifted off the window. |
B.The writer blew air down his mouth into his lungs. |
C.The writer found his thyroid gland. |
D.The ambulance crew loaded him into the ambulance. |
A.The writer wouldn't necessarily be taken to court. |
B.The driver was so fortunate.as to be saved by the senior professor. |
C.The ambulance crew had given the driver the best treatment. |
D.The writer would have a promising career after his residency training. |
A.Offering timely help could have taken the writer to court. |
B.The unreasonable law against doctors needs to be changed. |
C.The writer's unthoughtful kindness wouldn't affect his future. |
D.The writer shouldn't have driven on. |
A.You were a very lucky young man. |
B.I remember truly believing I would be able to do just that. |
C.I could see his lawyer pointing at me and shouting at the jury… |
D.I would never be able to finish my residency training if he put law on me. |
A.A professor's warning | B.A doctor's dilemma |
C.An accident in Gettysburg | D.An oath in the court |
【推荐1】Imagine taking to the skies, spreading your arms out and soaring(翱翔)through the clouds. Flying is indeed possible-in your dreams. But no one can control what happens in dreams, right? Wrong.
Dreams in which you are aware that you are dreaming and can control what happens are called lucid dreams(清醒梦). These dreams are most common during the stage of sleep known as rapid eye movement(REM)sleep.
Lucid dreaming has been referenced throughout history. It’s mentioned in Greek philosopher Aristotle’s writing, as well as in Egyptian hieroglyphics(象形文字)and in the oral traditions of Australian aborigines. However, it wasn’t until 1975 that British psychologist Keith Hearne was credited as the first person to produce scientific proof that lucid dreams occur. Since then, we have learned much more about this phenomenon.
According to a study published in the journal Consciousness and Cognition, 55 percent of people have had a lucid dream at least once in their lifetime, while 23 percent experience lucid dreams once a month or more. Though these numbers show that the majority of people don’t have lucid dreams regularly, scientists are developing new technology for those who want to have this experience. For example, Curzio Vasapollo invented a device called ZMax, a headband that can monitor eye movements, body movements and heart rate to help people have a lucid dream.
But why would someone want to have lucid dreams? As it turns out, lucid dreaming can have many benefits. Alix Generous, a young woman suffering from autism(自闭症), said in her TED talk:“I love lucid dreaming because it allows me to be free,without judgment of social and physical consequences.” Also, learning how to have lucid dreams may help those who suffer from nightmares. Through being able to control their actions, they may be able to overcome the cause of their fear.
Lucid dreams may encourage creativity as well. According to the website Notes Read, those who experience this dream state will find access to “an unbelievable fund of knowledge and inspiration”. For example, British American filmmaker Christopher Nolan took inspiration from his own lucid dreams when he wrote the 2010 sci-fi movie Inception. Maybe one day, everyone can indulge in(沉浸在)lucid dreams.
1. What can we know about lucid dreaming?A.It’s likely to cause nightmares. |
B.Most people experience lucid dreams. |
C.It usually happens during REM sleep. |
D.We can sleepwalk when lucid dreaming. |
A.Aristotle’s writing. | B.Egyptian hieroglyphics. |
C.Keith Hearne’s research. | D.Australian aborigines’ oral traditions. |
A.to prevent nightmares | B.to do some literary writing |
C.to experience a lucid dream | D.to have sweet dreams regularly |
A.It can be a source of creativity. | B.It is an effective cure for autism. |
C.It helps people adjust their heart rate. | D.It enables people to become confident. |
A.To demonstrate new technologies to treat sleep disorder. |
B.To give a general introduction of lucid dreaming. |
C.To describe an experiment about lucid dreaming. |
D.To present a way to deal with lucid dreaming. |
【推荐2】George Washington Carver had a goal. This was to help southern farmers who needed good crops. They needed crops that didn’t hurt the soil. Carver went to Simpson College in Iowa, in which he studied for three years. Then he went to Iowa State, where he got two degrees. The college knew he was smart and wanted him to stay. So he joined the team. He was put in charge of a huge greenhouse. There he grew over 20,000 kinds of fungi (真菌),which made him famous.
Carver had many job offers. Thomas Edison offered $175,000 a year. Henry Ford tried to hire him too. Joseph Stalin invited him to the Soviet Union to help with cotton. But Carver refused all offers. Instead, he took a job at Tuskegee Institute. This was a school for African Americans. Carver was paid only $1,000 a year. But he was happy because he had goals to reach and he knew he could reach them at Tuskegee.
Carver worked at Tuskegee for 47 years. He never asked for a raise in pay. And he never received one. He worked so hard that he died in his office chair on January 4, 1943.
Carver came up with over 300 products from peanuts (花生), all of which could have been patented (申请专利). He could have made millions. But he did not want to. Here is what he said, “Mr. Creator did not charge to grow the peanut. I cannot accept money for my work with it.”
Through his efforts, Carver set up a fund, for he wanted research to continue. He gave his life’s savings to it, which came to $40,000. One honor came after his death. His birthplace was made a national shrine (圣地). How surprised the modest Carver could have been!
1. One job offer which Carver accepted was to work for ______.A.Thomas Edison | B.Henry Ford |
C.Joseph Stalin | D.Tuskegee Institute |
A.$1,000. | B.$20,000. |
C.$40,000. | D.$175,000. |
A.Selfless. | B.Stubborn. |
C.Stupid. | D.Reliable. |
A.Carver preferred work to money. |
B.Carver devoted his whole life to achieving his goals. |
C.Carver refused many job offers that would make him rich. |
D.Some scientists would rather do good than make much money. |
【推荐3】Swot satellite is scheduled to be launched Thursday morning to conduct a comprehensive survey of Earth’s vital resource. By using advanced microwave radar technology, it will collect height-surface measurements of oceans, lakes and rivers in high-definition detail over 90% of the globe. It’s really the first time to observe nearly all water on the planet’s surface.
The major mission is to explore how oceans absorb atmospheric heal and CO2 in a natural process that adjusts climate change. Oceans are estimated to have absorbed more than 90% of the extra heat trapped in the Earth’s atmosphere by human-caused greenhouse gases. Swot will scan (查看) the seas and precisely measure fine differences in surface elevations (高度) around smaller currents and eddies (漩涡), where much of the oceans’ decrease of heat and carbon is believed to occur. “Studying the mechanism will help climate scientists answer a key question: What is the turning point at which oceans start releasing, rather than absorbing, huge amounts of heat back into the atmosphere and speed up global warming, rather than limiting it,” said Nadya Shiffer, Swot’s program scientist.
By comparison, earlier studies of water bodies relied on data of rivers or oceans taken at specific points, or from satellites that can only track measurements along a one-dimensional line, requiring scientists to fill in data gaps through extrapolation (外推法). Thanks to the radar instrument, Swot can scan through cloud cover and darkness over wide ranges of the Earth. This enables scientists to accurately map their observations in two dimensions regardless of weather or time of day and to cover large geographic areas far more quickly than was previously possible.
“Rather than giving us a line of elevations, it’s giving us a map of elevations, and that’s just a total game changer,” said Tamlin Pavelsky, Swot freshwater science leader.
1. What do the underlined words “vital resource” in the first paragraph refer to?A.Technology. | B.Climate. | C.Oceans. | D.Water. |
A.To explore where oceans absorb heat and CO2. |
B.To explain why greenhouse gas comes into being. |
C.To identify when global warming is worsened. |
D.To study how oceans influence climate change. |
A.The high-definition computer. |
B.Advanced radar technology. |
C.The three-dimensional image. |
D.An accurate map of elevations. |
A.First Global Water Survey from Space |
B.Successful Launch of Swot Satellite |
C.A Breakthrough in Space Travel |
D.A Solution to Climate Change |
【推荐1】Recently, researchers at the University of Toronto figured out a way with a quick video selfie to accurately measure blood pressure with your smartphone’s camera by developing a technology known as transdermal optical(光学) imaging (TOI).
Cameras on smartphones can catch red light reflected from hemoglobin (血红素)under our skin, which permits TOI to visualize and measure blood flow changes. Researchers measured the blood pressure of 1,328 Canadian and Chinese adults by getting two-minute videos of their faces on an iPhone. “From the video got by the technology, you can see how the blood flows in different parts of the face and through this flow, you can get a lot of information,” said Kang Lee, lead author of the study.
Lee also helped create an app called Anura, which allows people to try out the TOI software for themselves, giving them the ability to record a 30-second video of their face and receive measurements for stress levels and resting heart rate. Lee said more research was needed to make sure that the measurements were as accurate as possible, explaining that the study didn’t test people with very dark or very fair skin.
“In order to improve our app to make it usable, particularly for people with hypertension (高血压),we need to collect a lot of data from them, which is very hard because a lot of them are already taking medicine,” Lee explained. “We cannot tell them not to take medicine, but from time to time, we get participants who don’t take medicine so we can get hypertensive people this way.”
The scientists said there were many potential applications of the technology, including providing health services for those who lived in remote areas.
1. What does the underlined word “transdermal” in the first paragraph probably mean ?A.from hemoglobin. | B.from stress levels. |
C.through the skin. | D.with a quick video selfie. |
A.Living a life free from stress. |
B.Improving the heart function gradually. |
C.Accessing health services for free. |
D.Knowing abnormal blood pressure earlier. |
A.By providing examples. |
B.By making comparisons. |
C.By following the order of time. |
D.By following the order of idea and practice. |
A.To introduce TOI and an app related. |
B.To predict future applications of TOI. |
C.To describe functions of cameras on phones. |
D.To evaluate the quality of an app called Anura. |
【推荐2】Parking in the CBD of any Australian city is expensive, hard to come by and often an unavoidable headache. But Rylan Kindness, a 16-year-old entrepreneur (企业家) from Brisbane, thinks he might have the answer to this problem.
It was after Rylan realized his parents were spending hours to try and find parking deals in the city that he came up with the idea for a centralized system. This system shows users the best price for parking in the area they want and offers users a daily deal with a discount.
Rylan now doubles as a high school student and the CEO of Parking Deals Australia, a role he took on four months ago when he launched the business from his bedroom.
Parking Deals Australia isn’t even Rylan’s first business. When he was barely 11, Rylan came up with an idea to sell wholesale (批发的) scooter parts (儿童滑板车配件) online, purely because he just wanted some extra money. On the side, he’s succeeding in other passions as well.
And despite Rylan clearly being a high-achiever and having a knack (诀窍) for business, he admitted it hasn’t always been smooth sailing.
“I’ve learned so many crazy things through trial and error. Every day I fail somewhere but I always try to get better. My biggest failure was when I first set up everything and thought it was what everyone else would like but it’s a shock when you see people not enjoying what you’re doing. It makes you want to cry a little bit but then you polish the product and keep going,” he said.
While Rylan didn’t want to say exactly how much his now-bustling company is worth, he did admit he’s making a tidy profit.
“I earn more in one day than I was earning for three months work in a cafe but I’m investing it all back into the business. ... what I’ve learned is that if you’re starting a business just to make money, you’re definitely going to fail. I’m there to help millions of people and that’s what really gets me going,” he said.
Rylan’s goal with Parking Deals Australia is to take it countrywide.
“We want to be everyone’s second step in their parking journey and save millions of people millions of dollars,” he said.
1. According to the article, the centralized system can ______.A.analyze users’ parking habits |
B.show the nearest parking lot for drivers |
C.show areas with available parking spaces |
D.recommend the cheapest parking spaces |
A.He got the idea for the parking system from his parents. |
B.He started to display a talent for business when he was about 11. |
C.He left school to run his own company four months ago. |
D.He started his first business by setting up Parking Deals Australia. |
A.has shown him that the beginning is the most difficult time |
B.has taught him to work through failures by improving |
C.has pushed him to attempt crazy things, even when he fails |
D.has inspired him not to care too much about others’ opinions |
A.To earn some extra money for making bigger investments. |
B.To become one of the most successful entrepreneurs in Australia. |
C.To help people while making a profit. |
D.To expand his influence on a national scale. |
【推荐3】On Monday, I stopped my car in front of my daughter Juliet’s middle school. She jumped in the front seat, feeling down. She asked me to help her study for her science test.
“Dad, I need to memorise a unit about the Reproductive Cycle of Plants. And I can hardly make it.”
“You know memorising seems like the best way to study, but in fact you can do better in tests if you work on trying to understand the material.”
Juliet was open to my advice. It was Monday afternoon and we had two nights to study before the test on Wednesday. I suggested a plan. “Tomorrow night, you are going to teach the material to me. Tonight, read the unit. Prepare to teach.”
Asking her to teach me was an unusual idea but I was determined to do it. Studies show teaching somebody else is a very useful way to learn. Even if you don’t do the teaching, the act of preparing to teach leads to more learning than just trying your best to memorise the material.
On Tuesday afternoon, Juliet sat down with her science book facing me and said, “Okay Dad, let’s study.” I wanted her to teach me. But false starts happened. I couldn’t be too hard on her. So instead we started with me asking her some simple questions. She knew some but not others. When she didn’t know the answers, I encouraged her to check the book.
She started checking things that didn’t make sense. And she was actively seeking to test her understanding. I was happy to see it. She wasn’t memorising; she was trying to make sense of things, which was exactly what I had hoped she would do.
1. Why did Juliet feel down?A.Because she failed her science test. |
B.Because she had trouble memorising a unit. |
C.Because she knew nothing about planting. |
D.Because she couldn’t follow her teacher. |
A.Memorising. | B.Testing. |
C.Questioning. | D.Understanding. |
A.Making her check the book. |
B.Using simple questions to test her. |
C.Encouraging her to read the unit. |
D.Asking her to teach me the unit. |
A.A Creative Father |
B.An Unexpected Test |
C.Learning from Teaching |
D.Preparing for Teaching |
【推荐1】It is every kid’s worst nightmare and six-year-old Jaden Hayes has lived it - twice. Firstly, he lost his dad when he was four and then last month his mom died unexpectedly in her sleep.
“I tried and I tried and I tried to get her awake - I couldn't,” said Jaden. Jaden was understandably heartbroken.
But there was another side to his grief. A side he first made public a few weeks ago when he told his aunt, and now guardian, Barbara DiCola, that he was sick and tired of seeing everyone sad all the time. And he had a plan to fix it.
“And that was the beginning of it,” said Barbara. “That’s where the adventure began.”
Jaden asked his aunt Barbara to buy a bunch of little toys and bring him to downtown Savannah, Georgia near where he lives, so he could give them away.
“I’m trying to make people smile,” said Jaden.
Jaden targeted people who weren’t already smiling and then turned their day around. He’d go out on four different occasions now and he was always successful. Even if sometimes he didn’t get exactly the reaction he was hoping for.
It was just so overwhelming to some people that a six-year-old orphan would give away a toy- expecting nothing in return - except a smile.
“I’m counting on it to be 33, 000,” said Jaden. When asked if he thought he could make that goal, he answered, “I think I can.”
1. Why did Jaden give the toys to other people?A.Because he wanted to fix the toys. |
B.Because he wanted to see more people. |
C.Because he wanted to give the toys away. |
D.Because he wanted to make people happy. |
A.Jaden lived with his aunt. |
B.Jaden targeted people who were not happy. |
C.Jaden got nothing he wanted all the time. |
D.Jaden was sick and tired of seeing everyone. |
A.Helpful and impatient. | B.Creative and tricky. |
C.Optimistic and courageous. | D.Ambitious and greedy. |
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HugOne is a well-designed product, full of a sense of science and technology. It connects to a number of smaller sensors called “minihugs”, which are placed on the edge of each bed. They monitor the sleep patterns and other data coming from the person sleeping in that bed. The data are then sent to an app on the smartphone.
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1. How does HugOne effectively work?A.It controls sleep patterns automatically. | B.It creates smart systems for a better sleep. |
C.It collects sleep data through the minihugs. | D.It makes a calculation of the data sensors need. |
A.adjust temperature, humidity and air quality in bedrooms |
B.update the sleep cycles by aid of an alarm clock on the app |
C.record sleep data when there are electronic transmissions in bed |
D.help users fall asleep and wake up naturally with preferred temperatures |
A.providing statistics | B.drawing a comparison |
C.giving a demonstration | D.using recommendations |
【推荐3】Rainforest is scattered along Australia’s east coast in western Tasmania, and small pockets across north Australia from Cape York to the Kimberley. Most of Australia’s rainforest-over million hectares -is in Queensland.
Where can see rainforest?
You can see rainforest in many national parks in Queensland. Some parks have facilities for bushwalking; others are suitable only for experienced walkers. If you would like to know more about rainforest, check with your local Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service Office.
Threats to survival
Weeds, fire, wild animals(pigs, dogs and cats), clearing for residential development, and visitor pressures(eg. littering)threaten remaining rainforest biodiversity.
Fragmented rainforest is particularly under threat. Private landholders who have rainforest habitat on their property can help conserve this special ecosystem and the many plant and animal species living within it.
How you can help
Stay on walking tracks. Delicate ground cover plants are easily trampled.
Clean your boots beforehand to avoid introducing soil virus.
Remember, everything is protected. Don’t pick, break or remove any plants.
Don’t feed native animals. Feeding is harmful and may lead to aggressive behavior.
Leave the rainforest as you found it. Take your rubbish home with you. Buried rubbish uncovered by forest animals can harm them.
Leave your pets at home. They are not allowed in national parks and can chase, scare and kill animals.
If you camp within the park, disturb the forest floor as little as possible. Don’t cut trees for tent poles or clear plants around your campsite.
Only use fuel stoves when cooking in rainforests Nutrient recycling is critical in a rainforest so gathering leaf litter and dead branches for fires can cause damage.
Don’t use soap, toothpaste, sunscreen or detergent in waterways. They pollute the water and harm aquatic animals.
1. How can you appreciate the rainforest in Queensland?A.By building facilities in the national parks. |
B.By accumulating experience of walking. |
C.By bushwalking in the national parks. |
D.By checking with the local people. |
A.Gathering dead branches for firewood. |
B.Cleaning your boots while walking. |
C.Burying rubbish in the rainforest. |
D.Keeping on the paths. |
A.Camping. |
B.Cooking. |
C.Walking your dog. |
D.Washing your hands. |