With no end in sight to the coronavirus pandemic(新冠疫情), it looks like protective face wear is here to stay.
But who says it can’t be stylish?
Throughout the pandemic, designers have been bringing out their face masks— luxury(奢华) versions include Off-White’s popular $95 Arrow logo face mask and Burberry’s vintage check cotton design, selling for £90 ($115).
And now, Louis Vuitton is taking it a step further, making a luxury face shield(护罩) that’s designed to be “both stylish and protective”, the French fashion house said.
The “eye-catching” LV Shield changes from clear to dark in sunlight, protecting wearers from the sun. It also has golden studs with Louis Vuitton’s logo and an elastic headband(松紧带). The visor(面盔) can also be worn upward as a classic cap.
The shield has not yet been priced, but as a high-end fashion brand, it may not be cheap. Other Louis Vuitton head wear, including hats and sunglasses, sell for hundreds of dollars.
The face shield will be sold online and at select Louis Vuitton stores starting on October 30th.
In April, Louis Vuitton joined the global effort to make personal protective equipment to support health care workers on the front lines of the pandemic. The company said it had repurposed several of its workshops across France to “produce hundreds of thousands of non-medical face masks” for health care workers.
The company also said it was giving away thousands of hospital clothing to six Paris hospitals in need of protective suits.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention does not recommend using face shields as masks, because it is not clear what level of protection they provide.
1. What is the idea of Louis Vuitton designing the luxury face shield?| A．To reduce pressure on faces. |
| B．To cut the cost of face masks. |
| C．To make the wearers feel protected and fashionable. |
| D．To bring out a classic face mask |
| A．It changes from dark to clear at night. |
| B．It has golden studs with Arrow logo. |
| C．It has an elastic headband. |
| D．The visor can be worn downward. |
| A．It is attractive. | B．It’s cheap. |
| C．It is unfashionable. | D．It’s perfect. |
| A．Uncaring. | B．Doubtful. | C．Thankful. | D．Supportive. |
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【推荐1】“Oh my God! That blue V-neck T-shirt looks so good and it’ll perfectly go with my jeans.” Many times we fall in love with an article of clothing, but after looking at its price we start having second thoughts — whether to buy it or not. Don’t worry. Here we can help you solve this problem by listing four stores!
* ASOS
ASOS was founded in 2000 in London. As one of the UK’s largest and independent online fashion clothing shops, it offers more than 850 brands (品牌) as well as its own jeans, dresses, shirts and shoes — you name it and it gets it. You can even look at its own magazines to get style and clothing advice.
* Nautica
Nautica was founded in 1983 in New York City by clothing designer David Chu and a partner. It offers not only men’s clothing but also women's and kids', along with some home collection. It serves over 75 countries.
* Gap
Gap was founded in 1969 by Donald Fisher and Doris F. Fisher in San Francisco, California. If you’re looking for clothes and personal care products, do stop by this site. Its products are available to buy in over 90 countries with about 3,300 stores. It even provides free shipping on orders over $50. You are advised to sign up for its Gap card.
* Topshop
Topshop was started in 1964 in the basement of a department store. It now has around 500 shops worldwide, about 300 of which are in the UK. It ships its products to over 100 countries. It offers students discounts and gift cards to make shopping easier for them.
1. Why does the author list the four clothing shops?| A．They’re relatively affordable. |
| B．They’re all designed for teens. |
| C．They were all founded in the UK. |
| D．They all have a history of over 20 years. |
| A．Nautica is especially preferred by little kids. |
| B．You can get advice on dressing fashionably from ASOS. |
| C．Buyers can always enjoy free shipping from Gap. |
| D．Topshop ships clothing to buyers wherever they are. |
| A．ASOS. | B．Nautica. | C．Gap. | D．Topshop. |
【推荐2】Leung Long-kong, 89, might not be a household name, but people around the world have admired his work, thanks to the award-winning film In the Mood for Love, which features 23 colorful qipao made by Leung.
Starting to make qipao at the age of 13, Leung witnessed the gradual shift of qipao from a dress of ethnic Manchu origins to a Chinese fashion icon (标志). The unique dress, which used to have a straight skirt covering a woman’s body, except for her head, hands and feet, became more form-fitting in the 1950s after it was brought to Hong Kong by a group of Shanghai tailors.
The glory days of qipao in the 1950s and 60s Hong Kong faded in a time of mass production of ready-to-wear clothing. “Qipao used to be so popular,” Leung says, adding that the dress was an everyday outfit (装束) among Hong Kong women, from the less well-off to women at the highest levels of society. “Now, nobody is wearing them except on grand and happy occasions.”
With less than 10 senior qipao tailors left in Hong Kong, young designers are trying to figure out a way to pass on the legacy. Fashion designer Mary Yu, 41, set up her own qipao brand in 2016. Yu says, “I fed I should tap into Chinese culture. After a period of wearing Chanel all the time, there will be a day when one looks back to traditional Chinese culture, whose elegance has been inherited (继承) for thousands of years. It is about finding the stuff that exists in your genes and suits you best.”
In the constantly developing fashion industry, qipao is catching up with the times. Zippers, digital print patterns and new materials have been introduced. Bolder ideas like 3D printed qipao have also become a reality.
1. What was Leung’s contribution to the film?| A．He directed and starred in it. | B．He made qipao for it. |
| C．His name helped promote it. | D．His story inspired it. |
| A．It was less form-fitting. | B．It was designed for special occasions. |
| C．It was mass-produced. | D．It was popular with different classes. |
| A．Assistance from senior tailors. | B．Traditional elements. |
| C．Cooperation with famous brands. | D．latest technologies. |
| A．Tailoring an Icon | B．Leung Long-kong: A Model Craftsman |
| C．Rising to Popularity | D．Qipao: A New Trend among Youngsters |
【推荐3】To dye (染色) clothes by machines is very common now. But in ancient times, the whole process was completed by hands. This skill is called tie-dye (扎染). It is said that tie-dyed clothes appeared in the Qin Dynasty. During the Tang Dynasty, tie-dyed clothes became very popular and the most beautiful ones were sent to the emperors as gifts.
Yang Cheng, a 52-year-old man, was well-known for his tie-dye skills. He started learning tie-dye in the 1980s. Later, he went to other countries to learn different ways of tie-dye, such as Japan, India and France. He has been studying tie-dye for 35 years and he wants more people to know it. At present, he teaches tie-dye in schools, communities and companies. More than 100, 000 people have learned from him.
Tie-dye is one of Chinese intangible cultural heritages (非物质文化遗产). It has become very popular among people, even children can do it for fun. Liu Mei is a teacher at a kindergarten. She teaches kids to dye scarves. They tie a white scarf together at first, then they put the scarf into the dye. After they finish, there are some amazing pictures on it.
Tie-dye is interesting and fun. Do you want to have a try?
1. Tie-dyed clothes appeared in the __________ Dynasty.| A．Qin | B．Song | C．Tang | D．Ming |
| A．France | B．India | C．Japan | D．America |
| A．The gift. | B．The white scarf. |
| C．The skill of tie-dye. | D．The kindergarten. |
| A．Liu Mei works in a kindergarten. |
| B．Yang Cheng learned tie-dye in the 1980s. |
| C．Tie-dye is one of Chinese intangible cultural heritages. |
| D．Tie-dyed clothes were sent to the emperors as gifts in the Ming Dynasty. |
【推荐1】A record surge in the creation of marine protected areas has taken the international community close to its goal of creating nature refuges on 17% of the world’s land and 10% of seas by 2020, according to a new UN report. Protected region snow cover more than five times the territory of the US, but the authors said this good news was often undermined by poor enforcement. Some reserves are little more than “paper parks” with little value to nature conservation. Atleast one has been turned into an industrial zone. More than 27m square kilometres of seas (7% of the total) and 20m sq km of land (15% of the total) now have protected status, according to the Protected Planet report, which was released on Sunday at the UN biodiversity conference in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt.
Almost all of the growth has been in marine regions, most notably with the creation last year of the world’s biggest protected area: the 2m sq km Ross Sea reserve, one-fifth of which is in the Antarctic. The no-fishing zone will be managed by New Zealand and the US.
“We have seen an enormous expansion in the past two years. There is now more marine protected area than terrestrial, which nobody would have predicted,” said Kathy McKinnon of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature. “I think we’ll continue to see a substantial increase, I’d guess, to at least 10% in the near future.”
The UN convention on biological diversity says it has received national commitments for an additional 4.5m sq km of land and 16m sq km of oceans to be given protected status in the next two years. This would put it on course to achieve one of the key aims of the 2010 Aichi biodiversity targets.
“This is the target with the most progress. In an ocean of bad news about biodiversity loss and eco-destruction, it is important to highlight that progress, though we still have a lot more to do to ensure not just the quantitive target but the effectiveness of the management,” said CristianaPașca Palmer, the head of UN Biodiversity.
The creation of protected areas has not been enough to halt a collapse of species and ecosystems that threatens civilisation. Since 1970 humanity has wiped out 60% of mammal, bird, fish and reptile populations, with a dangerous knock-on impact on food production, fisheries and climate stability.
Protected areas are important refuges from this wave of extinctions but many are underfunded and poorly policed. Only one in five have provided management assessments to the UN, which has raised questions about the viability of the rest.
Naomi Kingston, of UN environment world conservation monitoring centre, said: “There is a race to deliver on Aichi target 11. It is fantastic that countries are coming with more ambition, but not if it is just a number without substance.
“Some areas that have been reported to us as protected areas have been completely built over. We need datasets to define which areas are paper parks and which are real.”
Developing nations have better reporting standards because many are obliged to provide regular assessments in order to qualify for funds from the Global Environment Fund. By contrast, many wealthier nations devote few resources to monitoring.
Discussions will focus on a new, more flexible category for community land that is used by locals for both agricultural production and wildlife conservation. In Africa, Asia and Latin America, this is a model that has often helped improve biodiversity because residents — often from indigenous communities — live closely with nature and have an interest in protecting it.
1. What promotes the achievement of the goals of marine nature reserves?| A．Poor management of marine protected areas. |
| B．Loss of biodiversity and ecological destruction. |
| C．Rapid growth in the number of marine protected areas. |
| D．Commitments in the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity. |
| A．They have promoted the expansion of marine protected areas. |
| B．They have little value for nature conservation. |
| C．They all turn into industrial zones. |
| D．They will slow down the collapse of ecosystems. |
| A．NewZealand and the United States regulate fishing-ban zones. |
| B．In the near future, the number of marine refuges will increase by at least 10%. |
| C．The quantity and management quality of marine refuges are equally important. |
| D．Many countries have ambitions to achieve Aichi 11. |
| A．A recorded surge in the creation of marine protected areas. |
| B．Developing countries may receive funding from the Global Environment Facility. |
| C．The Increase of marine refuges and the views of relevant personnel. |
| D．Achieving Aichi 11 Goal. |
【推荐2】Even if you haven’t held a conversation with Siri or Alexa, you’ve likely encountered a chatbot online. They often appear in a chat window that pops up with a friendly greeting: Thank you for visiting our site.How can I help you today? Depending on the site, the chatbot is programmed to respond accordingly and even ask follow-up questions.
Chatbots are a form of conversational AI designed to simplify human interaction with computers. They are programmed to simulate human conversation and exhibit intelligent behavior that is equivalent to that of a human.
Chatbots communicate through speech or text. Both rely on artificial intelligence technologies like machine learning and natural language processing (NLP), which is a branch of artificial intelligence that teaches machines to read, analyze and interpret human language. This technology gives chatbots a baseline for understanding language structure and meaning. NLP, in essence, allows the computer to understand what you are asking and how to appropriately respond.
With developments in deep learning and reinforcement learning, chatbots can interpret more complexities in language and improve the dynamic nature of conversation between human and machine. Essentially, a chatbot tries to match what you’ve asked to an intent that it understands. The more a chatbot communicates with you, the more it understands and the more it learns to communicate like you and others with similar questions. Your positive responses reinforce its answers, and then it uses those answers again.
From customer service chatbots online to personal assistants in our homes,chatbots have started to enter our lives. In almost every industry, companies are using chatbots to help customers easily navigate their websites, answer simple questions and direct people to the relevant points of contact. Personal assistants like Siri and Alexa are designed to respond to a wide range of scenarios and queries, from current weather and news updates to personal calendars, music selections and random questions.
1. Why does the author mention Siri and Alexa in Paragraph 1?| A．To explain how a chatbot works. | B．To show where to find a chatbot. |
| C．To give examples of chatbots. | D．To compare different chatbots. |
| A．Language study. | B．Data transmission. |
| C．Social interaction. | D．Natural language processing. |
| A．Inspire. | B．Strengthen. | C．Organize. | D．Match. |
| A．The future trend of chatbots. | B．The author’s predictions. |
| C．The effects of chatbots. | D．The applications of chatbots. |
【推荐3】Planting the right seeds(种子)at the right time will not take as lots of efforts as we think. And some vegetables do grow themselves well without paying too much attention. Here are 4 vegetables that are perfect for a backyard garden.
Green beans
There is really only one important rule for planting green beans—don’t plant them too early. They won’t survive a frost. They may also stop producing in the middle of the summer, but if you continue to water them, they will continue to produce once the temperatures start to drop in early fall. The most time-intensive part of growing beans is in the harvest. The more frequently you pick up beans, the more beans it will grow.
Brussels sprouts(抱子甘蓝)
This sweet vegetable can be grown in nearly any home garden with rich sunlight. They have a long growing season compared with other vegetables. Their taste improves if they are covered with frost. However, they can only bear a few days of cold weather, so be sure to harvest them as quickly as possible.
Broccoli(西兰花)
Broccoli is a cool-weather plant that grows best in spring and fall. It can be planted in early spring for a summer harvest, or in late summer to be harvested in fall. If grown in winter, to avoid heavy frost, broccoli can also be grown indoors and moved to the garden when temperatures rise. When growing broccoli, be sure to watch out for pests(害虫).
Peas
Peas are a great choice for new gardeners. All you need is a container that is at least 10 inches deep and something for the plants to climb. They prefer low temperatures, and once the heat of summer hits, pea plants will stop producing. If your garden space is limited, you can pull them up in the summer and replace peas with another crop that likes the heat
1. What can you do to harvest more green beans?| A．Plant them early. | B．Gather them in time. |
| C．Grow them indoors. | D．Avoid watering them in summer. |
| A．It will taste better. | B．It will grow better. |
| C．It will attract pests. | D．It will go bad immediately. |
| A．They can survive frost. | B．They enjoy cool weather. |
| C．They take up a lot of space. | D．They stop growing in summer. |
