JANE GOODALL has achieved an incredible amount in her life. At the age of 26, she began to watch chimps(黑猩猩) in the wild. Years of much patience has paid off. As a researcher, she has changed our understanding of chimps—highly intelligent animals with unique cultures and tight family bonds. As a conservationist, she has encouraged generations of activists.
A new documentary, Jane Goodall: The Hope, features footage spanning more than seven decades, including her early chimp work. The film picks up where the 2017 documentary Jane ended, focusing more on Goodall’s shift to environmental activism.
“We’ve stopped actually following the chimps in our studies, and just have one person a day to monitor them .” She says in the film. She thinks this pandemic is waking people up. The impact of environmental destruction has been brought into focus by the covid-19 outbreak, she says, as a result of practices that bring different species into closer proximity with each other, creating opportunities for viruses to jump from animals to humans.
Before the covid-19 pandemic shut borders, Goodall was travelling 300 days of the year, giving talks to packed theaters and meeting thousands of school children through her youth programme, Roots & Shoots, which runs in more than 60 countries.
“Wherever I go there are young people with shining eyes wanting to tell Dr Jane what they’re doing to make this a better world.” she says.“They’re influencing their parents and grandparents. Some of their parents may be in government; some of them may be in big corporations.”
Her message, one The Hope conveys clearly, is of the promise of collective action.“Hope depends on our taking action together soon. All of us, every single one of us, we’ve all got to do our bit.”
1. Which of the following may agree with what Jane understands?| A．Humans have family ties with chimps. |
| B．Viruses spread from humans to animals. |
| C．Chimps have the culture of their own. |
| D．Species are easily separated by the covid-19. |
| A．Uncaring. | B．Appreciative. |
| C．Serious. | D．Disappointed. |
| A．She will quit researching on chimps. |
| B．The young people will achieve her hope. |
| C．She plans to film the next documentary. |
| D．More people will join in environmental action. |
| A．The Youth Programme | B．Remaining Hopeful |
| C．Shifting Roles | D．A New Documentary |
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【推荐1】Accompanied by typical Jin opera (晋剧) music, a red-faced performer with a long beard showed up at the hall of a high school in Taiyuan, Shanxi Province. All the students in the hall stood up and craned (伸长) their necks to get a better look. In their eyes, Jin opera was quite something from the past.
They are not alone. It goes without saying that kids nowadays are much more familiar with popular music than traditional opera, which is why performing artist Wu Lingyun, together with his colleagues, goes to campuses to promote the art.
Wu Lingyun is best known for his role as Guan Gong, a general during the late Han Dynasty period. He began playing the role in 1985, at the age of 21, and has been associated with it ever since.
Wu was significantly influenced by his parents, both of whom are also famous Jin opera performers. With a natural talent for performing and great effort, Nu was soon recognized by audiences and later awarded the Chinese Drama Plum Blossom Award in 2000, the highest award for Chinese drama performing arts.
Given Wu’s considerable fame, one might think he would now prefer to enjoy a life of leisure. However, this is far from the case. Deep down, Wu has a big dream. He pictures a growing future for Jin opera. Wu expected more chances for more people to get to know about the art, hoping Jin opera could become a worldwide art.
Wu has also made some changes to the traditional art to bring it up-to-date. “Jin opera should keep pace with the times if we want to bring it back to life and get the young generation to accept it,” he says, “An art without life can never survive.”
1. How did the students react to the performance at the hall?| A．They felt curious. |
| B．They looked serious. |
| C．They became bored. |
| D．They got disappointed. |
| A．He now enjoys a leisure life. |
| B．He got a top award in 2000. |
| C．He started his performance in his teens. |
| D．He became famous because of his parents. |
| A．It’ll have an easier performing form. |
| B．It’ll be studied as a college major. |
| C．It’ll be popular across the world. |
| D．It’ll be officially recognized. |
| A．Humorous. |
| B．Devoted. |
| C．Cautious. |
| D．Touched. |
【推荐2】Wonderful Movies
Hoop Dreams
It tells about the story of two African-American high school students in Chicago and their dreams of becoming professional basketball players. Originally intended to be a 30-minute fort film, it eventually led to five years of filming. It was premiered at the 1994 Sounce Film Festival where it won the Audience Award for Best Documentary.
The Karate Kid
12-year-old Dre Parker could have been the most popular kid in Detroit, but his mother's test career move has landed him in China. With no friends in a strange land, Dre has no here to turn but a kind man, Mr. Han, who is a master of kung fu. He tells Dre that kung is not about fighting, but maturity and calm.
Raging Bull
It is an American sports film directed by Martin Scorsese and adapted by Paul Schrader d Mardik Martin from Jake LaMotta's autobiography Raging Bull: My Story. It stars Robert De Niro as Jake LaMotta, an Italian-American middleweight boxer who destroyed relationship with his wife and family.
Moneyball
Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Un fair Game, is a book by Michael Lewis, published in 2003, about the Oakland Athletics baseball team and its general manager Billy Beane. Its locus is the team's organizing a competitive baseball team. A film based on the book starring Brad Pitt and Jonah Hill was released in 2011.
1. Which movie is set in China?| A．Hoop Dreams. | B．Raging Bull. | C．The Karate Kid. | D．Moneyball. |
| A．It has won an award. | B．It is adapted from a true story. |
| C．Its topic is about sports. | D．It is directed by a foreigner. |
| A．Michael Lewis. | B．Brad Pitt. | C．Jonah Hill. | D．Billy Beane. |
【推荐3】Thor: Love and Thunder (2022)
I hr 30 min| Action, Adventure, Fantasy| 2022-07-08
Storyline: Thor: Love and Thunder finds Thor on a journey unlike anything he’s ever faced. His retirement is destroyed by a galactic (银河系的) killer, who seeks the extinction of the gods. To fight the threat, Thor gets the help of King Valkyrie, Korg and Jane Foster. Together, they uncover the mystery of the God Killer and stop him before it’s too late.
Ticket Price: children(ages 2~12) $ 8, adults(ages 13 8.up) $15
Jackass Forever (2022)
1 hr 36 min| Comedy |2022-03-22
Storyline: Celebrating the joy of being back together with your best friends, the original jackass crew return for another round of funny, wildly absurd (荒唐的) and often dangerous displays of comedy with a little help from some exciting new actors. Johnny and the team push the envelope even further in Jackass Forever.
Ticket Price: children (ages 2~12) $ 18, adults (ages 13 & up) $35
Blacklight (2022)
1 hr 44 min | Action, Thriller| 2022-02-11
Storyline: Travis Block lives and fights in the shadows, who is a government operative coming to terms with his shadowy past. When be discovers a plot (阴谋) targeting US citizens, Block finds himself in the target of the FBI director he once helped and protected. Nothing and no one is safe when secrets are hidden in blacklight.
Ticket Price: children (ages 2-12)$6, adults(ages 13 & up) $9
Redeeming Love (2022)
2 hr 14 min | History, Drama, Romance| 2022-03-07
Storyline: Based on the bestselling novel by Francine Rivers, Redeeming Love is a powerful story of true love and perseverance (不屈不挠) as a young couple’s relationship faces with the hard realities of the California Gold Rush of 1850. It is a life-changing story of the power of unconditional and all-consuming love.
Ticket Price: children (ages 2~12) $7, adults (ages 13 & up) $10
1. How much will it cost to see Thor: Lose and Thunder (2022) for a couple with 2 kids aged5?| A．$30 | B．$34 | C．$46 | D．$106. |
| A．Thor: Love and Thunder (2022). | B．Jackass Forever (2022) |
| C．Blacklight (2022). | D．Redeeming Love (2022). |
| A．It falls in the category of “Action“. |
| B．It is free on ticket. |
| C．It is a crime movie. |
| D．It is based on a bestselling novel. |
【推荐1】Snapchat is rolling out parental controls that allow parents to see their teenager’s contacts and report to the social media company — without their child’s knowledge — any accounts that may worry them.
The goal, executives say, is to enable parents to monitor their child’s connections without giving up teens’ autonomy (自主性). Named Family Center, the new suite of tools released Tuesday requires both caregiver and teen to be involved in.
“It allows parents to see who’s in their teen’s universe,” said Nona Farahnik, director of platform policy for Snap, the company that makes Snapchat. “It offers parents the ability to ask who someone might be, how they might know a contact, which improves those real-time conversations about who teens are talking to.”
Farahnik says Family Center is modeled on real-life parenting. “If your teen is headed to the mall, you might ask who they’re going with. ‘How do you know them? Are you guys on a sports team together? Do you go to school together?’” said Farahnik. “But you won’t be sitting there at the mall with them listening to their conversations.” Similarly, parents cannot see the content that their teen is sending or receiving on Snapchat. They can only view whom their child has communicated with in the past seven days. Snapchat is popular with young people, partially because messages on the platform disappear within 24 hours.
The company says it consulted with safety experts and academics and conducted focus groups with parents to develop Family Center and it plans to roll out more features in the coming months. The tool is only for parents of kids under 18.
With Family Center, Snap follows other social media platforms, including Instagram, which recently have advanced parental controls. By at least one survey, Snapchat is the second-most popular social network among teens. The first, TikTok, offers “Family Sharing,” which gives parents a few ways to limit the videos shown to their kids.
“I think these platforms want to show that they can take steps to protect kids, that they can self-regulate and that they’re capable of doing it themselves without getting the government involved,” said Irene Ly, policy counsel for Common Sense Media, which reviews apps, games and media for families.
1. Who are probably the potential users of Family Center?| A．Children who love computer games. | B．Parents who worry about their children. |
| C．Parents whose children are under 18. | D．Family members who live in harmony. |
| A．It enables parents to know what their children talk about. |
| B．Parents can read messages sent or received by their children. |
| C．Children can cancel messages on their phones within 24 hours. |
| D．Parents can know who their children contact without children’s permission. |
| A．Because they can know whom they have communicated with. |
| B．Because contact information on it can’t be read a day later. |
| C．Because it offers a few ways to limit the videos shown to them. |
| D．Because parents can monitor their connections without giving up autonomy. |
| A．Family Center: Snapchat’s new parental controls |
| B．Family Sharing: TikTok’s new parental controls |
| C．Snapchat: A popular social media company |
| D．Snapchat: A platform imitates real-life parenting |
【推荐2】As e-cigarettes become more popular, fewer people are taking up smoking traditional cigarettes. But can e-cigarettes, an electronic nicotine delivery system, help people quit smoking altogether? The answer is probably yes. A study led by Matthew Carpenter, a professor at the Medical University of South Carolina found that e-smokers tend to smoke less and have increased quit attempts.
In the pilot study, Carpenter evaluated e-cigarettes in terms of usage, product preference, changes in smoking behaviors and nicotine exposure. Ninety subjects were evaluated：45 were randomized to use e-cigarettes, and 45 were randomized to a control group. Everyone was followed over a period of four months. The study was published in Cancer Epidemiology in November and is one of the few randomized studies in the U. S. to examine the effects of e-cigarettes.
Results showed that when smokers were given e-cigarettes, uptake was strong. Many participants rated the e-cigarettes similar to their usual product, suggesting that e-cigarettes might give smokers a suitable alternative to combustible（燃烧的）cigarettes. E-cigarettes offer significantly less exposure to harmful toxicants and therefore are safer. People using e-cigarettes throughout the study smoked an average of 37 percent fewer cigarettes, as compared to those in the control group, showing a positive effect when making the switch and potentially serving as a tool to help smokers quit.
That's good news for Carpenter and his colleagues. Smoking is the leading cause of cancer and has a negative impact on the effectiveness of cancer treatments. People who quit smoking, regardless of their ages, have substantial gains in life expectancy（预期寿命）compared with those who continue to smoke.
Carpenter cautions that while e-cigarettes may help people smoke less or even quit, they are not for everyone. "It is important to protect non-smokers, particularly adolescents, from starting any nicotine-containing product. "
More than 1,500 varieties of e-cigarettes are now available, including different looks, high-tech power settings and many flavors. All these make them more appealing to kids. In fact, e-cigarettes are more popular than conventional cigarettes among youth. "All these should raise our alarm bells," he said.
E-cigarettes were only recently regulated by the Food and Drug Administration. Largely manufactured overseas, the quality control process varies, he says. Without enough information to answer the long-term public health issues of e-cigarettes, researchers like Carpenter are aware of the importance of further studies on the latest tobacco trends. Combustible cigarettes have been around for many decades. E-cigarettes have not, and the science has a lot of questions left to answer, he said.
1. Which of the following is TRUE about Professor Carpenter's experiment on e-cigarettes?| A．The test groups include conventional smokers, e-smokers and non-smokers. |
| B．E-cigarettes expose smokers to fewer poisonous substances. |
| C．Many participants don't think e-cigarettes as good as traditional ones. |
| D．It is one of the few studies to test the effects of smoking. |
| A．most e-cigarette smokers will finally give up smoking |
| B．there are more e-smokers than traditional smokes in the USA |
| C．many adolescents are attracted to e-cigarettes due to their low prices |
| D．carpenter is worried about the e-cigarettes' popularity among children |
| A．E-cigarettes are faced with many problems and need more study. |
| B．The U. S. government should strengthen its regulation over e-cigarettes. |
| C．Smokers should be cautious because of e-cigarettes' low quality. |
| D．Researchers are concerned about e-cigarettes' harm to people's health. |
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【推荐3】In today’s world, robots serve people as first-responders, companions and problem-solvers. And you find them in various places from the operating table to the kitchen and classrooms. Advances in artificial intelligence allow robots to perfect important functions beyond human capabilities.
As the older population desires to stay in their homes, effectively designed robots are needed to help make this demand a safer and more sustainable(可持续的)option. Another change in health care is that robots have already been used in over 20,000 operations. Surgical(外科的)robots like the da Vinci Surgical Systems are great examples of cutting-edge robotic technology. Besides, instead of going to a brick building to see a physician, patients will be checked by robots.
At home, household robots can help people save time. You can schedule a warm meal to be ready when you return from work. Robotic cookers can steam, fry, slow, cook and bake as long as you set them up. These robots are likely to develop into more advanced versions in the upcoming years and could change the look and feel of our homes.
As we know, a single teacher doesn’t have the ability to meet the needs of personalized learning for every student in a classroom. This is where computer-based learning comes into play; it doesn’t replace the teacher but allows students to learn at their own pace. Robots will continue to boost personalized learning. The human-like robot NAO works to form bonds with students and comes with senses of natural interaction, from listening, speaking, moving and connecting with students.
Today, robots of all types are being designed to reduce workload, complement human skill sets and enable professionals to focus on more important activities. Robots are meant to make human life easier and offer a more comfortable future. As technology advances and becomes more affordable, it is expected to see more changes and more industries embracing robots and all they can do to boost our standard of Living.
1. What do we know about surgical robots?| A．They are to be put into use soon. |
| B．They can fully replace physicians. |
| C．They play an important role in health care. |
| D．They are more popular than the other robots. |
| A．Performing operations. | B．Promoting personalized learning. |
| C．Monitoring patients. | D．Making meals. |
A． | B． |
C． | D． |
| A．Robots are vital in health care. | B．More robots are needed to develop. |
| C．Robots are changing the world. | D．Robots will help fight against pandemic. |
