I set up the organization, LitWorld, to provide every child with knowledge to create their own future of independence.
Now the HerStory Campaign, supported by LitWorld, will hold its 2nd anniversary. Teams of women and girls from communities around the world where we work will come to New York City as HerStory Ambassadors. Together, we will spend the week developing community action plans to make positive changes driven by women and girls in their home communities.
The movement will be a happy one, full of storytelling and arts courses, chances to build new friendships and deepen the HerStory network and connect with other changemakers, as well as visits to famous places in New York City.
One of the student leaders in Kenya, Winnie, is the oldest child in her family and has been caring for her family after her mother died five years ago. Though she has faced many difficulties, being part of the HerStory Campaign for the past two years has given Winnie the courage to go ahead and hope for the future. Winnie started “I Read, I Lead”. In her community, there are few ways to get information about women’s health. She understands that education is powerful and teaches girls to make wise choices for themselves.
Winnie is our future. She is learning and working to make her community in Kenya a better place for herself and others. Her story is just starting, but it is one of strength. Through our work, we are proud to make her voice and her spirit strong.
1. Why will women and girls take part in the HerStory Campaign?A.To learn how to make artwork. | B.To share stories on creating networks. |
C.To find ways to improve their communities. | D.To learn from some communities in New York. |
A.By calling on women to learn. | B.By advising women to dream big. |
C.By encouraging women to be brave. | D.By providing medical help for sick women. |
A.It has made her world-famous. | B.It has set a good example for others. |
C.It has proved the importance of LitWorld. | D.It has caused a great change in Kenyan kids. |
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【推荐1】It’s time to play your part!
Our Connect Recover Thrive campaign will help to care for the National Park for the future. If you love the Peak District and want to give something back, please sign up today to give a small amount each month. It’s not all about the money, we also need your time and expertise-could you commit today to giving a few hours a month to help us raise funds and support for the Peak District National Park?
Thank you for your support, there is so much more to do, and we need your help to do it.
Give a monthly donation
One of the easiest ways for you to help us to care for the Peak District Nation Park is to give a regular donation. Don’t forget that if you are a UK taxpayer you can add gift aid and the government will add 25% to your donation at no cost to you.
Take on a fundraising challenge
We’re looking for fundraising heroes to take on exciting challenges to raise money to care for the Peak District National Park. Could you do a sponsored walk, run, cycle, swim? Could you host an event in your community, could you break a world record?
Remember the Peak District after you’ve gone
Do you love the Peak District National Park and want to see it cared for after you’ve gone? Leaving a gift in your will is a really special way to help us to look after the Peak District National Park for future generations.
Support the Access Fund
The Access Fund is a restricted fund which helps our partners at the Peak District National Park Authority to add new access points, restore paths, enhance the accessibility of paths, replace gates, all to improve accessibility to access land. If you would like to help look after the National Park please consider a donation to the Access End here.
1. What will people do in the Connect Recover Thrive campaign?A.Appreciate scenery around the park. |
B.Give support in caring for the park |
C.Solve technical problems of the park. |
D.Encourage tax payers to volunteer. |
A.By giving a monthly donation. |
B.By leaving a gift in your will. |
C.By joining in a competitive sport. |
D.By adding gift aid to your donation. |
A.Land reservation. |
B.Accessibility restriction. |
C.Accessibility improvement. |
D.Paths replacement. |
【推荐2】You’ve seen news reports about people who need help after a natural disaster (自然灾害) or animals in need. Or perhaps you’ve watched TV programs about how lonely older people can get.
So what can you do about any of those things? The answer is: You can volunteer.
Volunteering gives you an opportunity to change people’s lives, including your own. Helping others in need is such an important part of the American way of life that many high schools require their students to spend a certain number of hours volunteering in order to graduate.
Volunteering isn’t like school: Instead of having the choices made for you about where to go and what subjects to learn, you can choose what really interests you and who (or what) is most deserving (值得的) of your time.
If you like animals, help out at a local animal shelter. Most shelters depend on volunteers to keep the cats and dogs happy and well exercised.
If you have a friend or relative who has or had a medical problem (like cancer and HIV), you might be inspired to donate your time to help an organization that raises money for research, delivers meals, or offers other help to people with the illness.
If you like children, there are lots of volunteering opportunities—from being a Big Brother or Big Sister to help out in an after-school sports program.
You also can: serve food at a homeless shelter; take part in a park clean-up day.
And if you have more than one thing you love, you can combine the two. For example, if you love kids and are great at arts and crafts (工艺), visit your local children’s hospital and offer to lead art activities for young patients.
1. If you want to finish your high school in America, you’re required to .A.pass all your subjects |
B.help your classmates |
C.volunteer for some time |
D.spend a certain number of hours caring for animals |
A.change your life |
B.make you rich |
C.affect your study |
D.make you famous |
A.Raising money for an organization. |
B.Doing some housework. |
C.Helping homeless people. |
D.Trying to make sick children happy. |
But it’s not just the bars that get busy. Ambulances and A&E departments around Britain get packed out too. Head injuries, cuts, falls…it’s easy to end up hurting yourself or others when self-control disappear and your head is spinning due to alcoho1 revelers have been warned by the health authorities about the dangers of deadly drinking but drinking crazily seems to be part of the festivities for some.
The charity Alcohol Concern is running a campaign of restriction by encouraging people to have a dry January.
Jackie Ballard, the charity’s Chief Executive, believes the campaign has been successful in recent years. She says, “More than two-thirds of people even six months later are drinking at reduced levels having had a month off drink. But also a study has shown the impact it has on people’s health reducing their blood pressure and blood sugar levels.”
The study by the University of Sussex followed up nearly 900 participants in Alcohol Concern’s Dry January campaign and found out that 72%of them had kept harmful drinking sessions down and 4%were still not drinking.
Moderation (适度) seems to be the key to everything. The official recommendation for women is not to regularly drink more than 2 to 3 units of alcohol a day. The limit for men is 3 to 4 units of alcohol — no more than a pint of 5.2%ABV lager, beer or cider.
1. The last Friday before Christmas is called ‘Mad Friday’ because _____.
A.people stay up too late |
B.people go out and drink a lot |
C.firework explodes in the sky |
D.people go shopping madly |
A.The atmosphere of the bars. |
B.The effect of drinking too much. |
C.The customs of the festivities. |
D.The importance of the health authorities. |
A.many people stop drinking |
B.people drink more than before |
C.people’s blood pressure increases |
D.people can improve their health |
A.Women shouldn’t drink any alcohol. |
B.People should stay away from alcohol. |
C.Moderate alcohol drinking can be accepted. |
D.Men may drink 3 to 4 units of alcohol at least. |
【推荐1】Remember the woman in Port Hood, N. S. whose recipe for meat rolls spread all over the internet? The dog from Quebec that attracted hundreds of thousands of followers for its advice on surviving social isolation? The pilot whose path over Nova Scotia formed the shape of a heart?
All of their stories, and dozens more, are collected in a new book by two Canadian authors. It took Heather Down and Catherine Kenwell just a little more than seven weeks to collect the stories behind the 49 uplifting moments they recorded during the pandemic.
The book includes everything from the tale of Robbie Griffiths, the father from Paradise, N. L. who dressed up as Spider-Man so kids could have something positive in their day, to Carter Mann, the Grade 5 student from Sudbury, Ont, who wrote a poem to encourage front-line heroes including his own father, who is a health carer.
“Not Canceled: Canadian Caremongering in the Face of COVID-19” is a reminder that a lot of positive things happened during lockdown. The book’s title is a nod to the Canadian attitude and reaction to the pandemic, as the word “caremongering” has Canadian roots. Even the number of stories is no accident: it’s a reference to the 49th parallel, along which runs the Canada-U. S. border between Manitoba and B. C.
One of the stories in “Not Canceled” centers on the marriage of a couple in B. C. They may have had to shift their celebrations to a living room, but the ceremony was far from lonely. Friends showed up in their cars outside, with everyone tuned into the same radio station, so the bride and groom could have their first dance in the middle of the street.
Down wanted to document how the nation navigated such dark times with kindness. She told CTV News that “the response has been amazing. I’m so pleased.”
The stories included in the book are just the tip of the iceberg. Down says that there are so many stories left over that she and Kenwell might just have to do a second book.
1. What does the underlined word “uplifting” in Paragraph 2 mean?A.Inspiring. | B.Embarrassing. | C.Mysterious. | D.Humorous. |
A.He trained hard to become a health carer. |
B.He wrote poems with the help of his father. |
C.He used words to cheer up essential workers. |
D.He dressed up as Spider-Man to please other kids. |
A.It shows Canadian attitude and response. |
B.It shows the total number of the stories. |
C.It has the new-made word “caremongering”. |
D.It contains Canada’s geographical information. |
A.It was canceled halfway. | B.It was held completely indoor. |
C.It was witnessed by a group of friends. | D.It was broadcast live by a radio station. |
According to the ancient Greek mythology, King Midas might be one of the world’s earliest alchemist, who was granted by the god Dionysus the magic power to turn anything he touched into gold. Unfortunately, the king soon realized that this ability was more of a curse than of a gift as he had to suffer the loss of many of life’s real pleasures, including the taste of good food and the embrace of his beloved daughter.
While the story of the greedy Midas is meant to warn against becoming a slave to one’s desires, it also reflects our human greed for gold. This extremely attractive metal has captivated humans over thousands of years, ever since the days of the ancient Egyptians, and has been the basis of currency for many civilizations over centuries.
Today gold remains the foundation of the luxury jewellery industry and, in recent years, has become one of the most prominent materials in the production of our latest necessity --- modern electronics. Gold is used to make many of the devices we love, such as cellphones, tablets and laptops. This is due to its highly efficient electrical properties and its resistance to corrosion, which are unmatched by any other metal. But the manufacturing of just 40 mobile phones requires approximately one gram of gold, which corresponds to nearly a ton of mined ore. Given the persistent rise in electronics production, and the limited and decreasing supply of gold, how will we maintain the supply of this precious material for many years to come?
One solution might be found in the recycling of electronic waste, a process often referred to as urban mining. Given that a metric tonne of recycled laptop circuit boards can have between 40 and 800 times more gold than found in a metric tonne of ore, it seems unreasonable to redeposit the precious metal into the earth via landfills. Despite this, and the fact that urban mining is growing more cost-effective by the day, only 20 per cent of all electronic waste is currently recycled. In 2017, the Global E-Waste Monitor projected that the amount of electronic waste generated by the end of 2021 would reach 52.2 million metric tonnes.
It is estimated that the value of the gold in our garbage exceeds €10 billion ($11.2 billion). On top of that, the many other precious metals in the garbage, such as silver, copper and platinum, add even more value to our waste. Therefore, given its economic and technological importance, it is time to consider whether other sources of gold, which are not yet decidedly possible to access, can also be exploited in the future.
While King Midas might have appealed to the gods for an easy solution to acquire gold, modern alchemists use the latest technology to achieve ancient dreams. It is these qualities that might eventually lead to environmentally mindful and energy-efficient technologies for extracting gold from incredible places.
1. The underlined word “captivated” in paragraph two can be best replaced by .A.cultivated | B.jailed | C.satisfied | D.tempted |
A.aiding the business of waste recycling industry. |
B.being used in manufacturing jewellery. |
C.constituting an essential part of electronic devices. |
D.forming the basis of currency. |
A.To save more laptop circuit from being wasted. |
B.To deposit more precious gold. |
C.To preserve gold for future use. |
D.To make a profit by recycling life garbage. |
A.analyze the loss caused by electronic waste |
B.illustrate the magic power of urban mining |
C.interest the readers with the rich history of ancient Greece |
D.warn the world against becoming slaves to material gains |
【推荐3】In a groundbreaking effort, scientists at the University of Rochester have successfully transferred a longevity gene from naked mole rats to mice, leading to enhanced health and a longer lifespan for the mice.
Unlike many other species, the rats do not often contract diseases — including cancer — as they age. Vera Gorbunova, the Doris Johns Cherry Professor of biology and medicine at Rochester, along with Andrei Seluanov, a professor of biology, and their colleagues have devoted decades of research to understanding the unique mechanisms (机制) that the naked mole rats use to protect themselves against aging and diseases. The researchers discovered that HMW-HA is one mechanism responsible for the rats’ unusual resistance to cancer. Compared to mice and humans, naked mole rats have about ten times more HMW-HA in their bodies. When the researchers removed HMW-HA from the rat cells, the cells were more likely to form tumors (肿瘤).
“Our study provides a proof of principle that unique longevity mechanisms that evolved in long-lived mammals can be exported to improve the lifespans of other mammals,” says Gorbunova. The Rochester researchers report in a study published in Nature that they successfully transferred a gene responsible for making HMW-HA from a naked mole rat to mice. This led to improved health and an approximate 4.4 percent increase in the median lifespan for the mice.
By introducing a specific gene responsible for enhanced cellular repair and protection into mice, the researchers have opened exciting possibilities for unlocking the secrets of aging and extending human lifespan. “It took us 10 years from the discovery of HMW-HA in the naked mole rat to showing that HMW-HA improves health in mice,” Gorbunova says. “Our next goal is to transfer this benefit to humans.”
They believe they can accomplish this through two routes: either by slowing down the degradation of HMW-HA or by enhancing HMW-HA synthesis. “We hope that our findings will provide the first, but not the last, example of how longevity adaptations from a long-lived species can be adapted to benefit human longevity and health.” Seluanov says.
1. What does paragraph 2 mainly talk about?A.The beneficial effects of HMW-HA on humans. |
B.The comparison between mice and humans in longevity. |
C.The process of transferring genes producing HMW-HA. |
D.The discovery of a unique mechanism for cancer resistance. |
A.They have uncovered the secrets of humans. |
B.They managed to end the weakening of HMW-HA. |
C.They are planning to export longevity genes to humans. |
D.They have spent 10 years trying to discover HMW-HA. |
A.Hopeful. | B.Profitable. | C.Doubtful. | D.Uncertain. |
A.Promise Shown in Control of Human Genes |
B.Scientists Successfully Transfer Longevity Gene |
C.Achievement Made in Extending Human Lifespan |
D.New Breakthrough Paves the Way for Curing Cancer |