Mark Bertram lost the tips of two fingers at work in 2018 when his hand became trapped in a fan belt. “It’s life-changing but it’s not life-ending,” he says. “Doing work is harder now. Everything is just a little different.”
After two surgeries and occupational therapy, Bertram decided to make light of his condition by asking Eric Catalano, a tattoo (纹身) artist, to create fingernail (手指甲) tattoos. The idea made everyone in the studio laugh — until they saw the final result. “The mood changed,” Catalano recalls from his Eternal Ink Tattoo Studio in Hecker, Illinois. “Everything turned from ridiculous to wow.”
When Catalano posted a photo of the tattoos, a pair of fingernails looking so real that no one could believe their eyes, he had no idea the image would eventually be viewed by millions of people around the world.
The photo pushed Catalano, 40, further into the world of paramedical tattooing. Now people with life-altering scars come from as far away as Ireland to visit his shop. Using flesh-toned inks and a needle, Catalano transforms his clients’ view of themselves.
Leslie Pollan, 32, a dog breeder in Oxford, Mississippi, was bitten on the face by a puppy in 2014. After undergoing countless surgeries to correct a scar on her lip but in vain, she ultimately turned to Catalano, who covered her lip scar, giving her back a piece of her confidence. Pollan says, “It made me have a different outlook on life.”
“Every time I see that emotion from my customers, I’m 100 percent sure this is something that I can’t stop doing.”
1. At first, what did people think of the idea of creating the first fingernail tattoos?A.Inspiring. | B.Life-changing. | C.Funny. | D.Amazing. |
A.No one believed it was real. |
B.It enjoyed great popularity. |
C.It brought Catalano fame and money overnight. |
D.It discouraged Catalano from furthering on in that field. |
A.To warn people to stay away from puppies. |
B.To prove that plastic surgeries are not so effective. |
C.To show Catalano helps change clients’ view of themselves. |
D.To highlight that tattooing is very important in our daily life. |
A.Magical Tattoos | B.A Tattoo Artist | C.Popularity of Tattoos | D.Development of Tattoos |
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【推荐1】As advances in auto-technology have placed a huge number of self-driving machines on our roads and sidewalks, a side product has materialized in recent years: robot-babysitting.
In Phoenix, human attendants will remotely monitor Google’s upcoming Waymo robot-taxis, using the cars cameras to evaluate and adapt to passenger or road challenges. State safety regulations typically require that auto-vehicles be accompanied at all times by humans. These professionals’ job titles range from “robot handler” to “safety driver,” but they have essentially the same responsibilities: monitoring robot behavior for safety and performance, and answering questions about the technology. Broadly speaking, robot-babysitting jobs fall under the umbrella of careers in automation, which include maintenance, engineering, and programming.
However, some observers note that certain kinds of robot-babysitting –-- the kind that is boring and doesn’t require much education –-- can make for thankless work. The safety drivers who sit in self-driving cars have described their roles as“exhausting” and “demanding,” and many told me about the constant pressure to stay vigilant at all times. “It’s incredibly hard to sit in a chair and stare at a computer without doing anything for eight hours,” Ramsey said. “But you do not need a Ph.D. to do it.” In March 2018, the field of robot babysitting took a beating when a self-driving Uber in Tempe, Arizona, hit a 49-year old named Elaine Herzberg. Dashcam footage showed that Rafaela Vasquez, the car’s safety driver, had not been looking at the road when the accident occurred. Investigators are deciding if Vasquez will be charged with murder.
According to the McKinsey Global Institute, 10 million to 800 million jobs globally could be lost to automation by 2030. In the long term, it’s inevitable that robot-babysitters will go the way of elevator operators and lamplighters. But they’ll also birth new robot-related roles.“A huge number of jobs will be created as auto-vehicles are loosed into the environment,” Ramsey said. In 2016, Bosch started training students from Schoolcraft College, a community college in Michigan, in auto-vehicle repair: Toyota has trained students in maintenance as well. “We might even see a return to low-level jobs where people come and fuel the car for you,”Ramsey said. “Until we can wirelessly charge, someone needs to refuel them.” The hardest-to-automate industries, as it happens, are the ones that require looking after humans: childcare, education, health-care aides. Robot babysitters might feel like they have gained the job of the future. But in fact, real babysitters might be better positioned.
1. Robot-babysitting jobs do NOT include _______________.A.answering the questions about the technique. |
B.observing the certain kinds of the robot-babysitter. |
C.monitoring the potential problems of the auto-vehicles. |
D.maintaining the vehicles which are out of order. |
A.grateful | B.suspicious | C.fit | D.alert |
A.A lot of opportunities will be created. |
B.A large number of people will be out of work. |
C.Auto-vehicles will become much cheaper. |
D.Many people will turn to buying auto-cars. |
A.The Rise and Fall of Robot Babysitters. |
B.The Future of Auto-Vehicles. |
C.The Life and Employment of the Future. |
D.The Position of Robot Babysitters. |
【推荐2】In American countryside, the message we hear is this: Go and get an education. Leave your small town and make something of yourself
After graduating from a high school in Helena, Arkansas, I did go.
I went to Colby College in Maine. I had visited the school ahead of time, so I knew what I was getting myself into. I knew about the difference in weather.
And this urban interest doesn’t just happen in college. I went to an education meeting a couple of years ago, and a professor, an expert in education, was there to give a speech. I was chosen to be part of a small group that got to meet with him. So there we were, five or six of us sitting in a room, and I asked him, “What are your thoughts on the state of education in the countryside?” And this man was speechless.
I’ll never forget that moment. It speaks to a larger truth. Towns like mine are forgotten.
More and more young people are heading for our big cities, leaving small towns and never coming back. But I don’t want to add to that movement.
A.I want to do the opposite |
B.Understood the difference in social atmosphere. |
C.Get well prepared for your future. |
D.I did love my time there. |
E.Young people can’t go back to their towns. |
F.It was like small town America didn’t exist. |
G.Success and opportunity are found elsewhere. |
【推荐3】It was a pleasant surprise to learn this week that three large poultry companies had greatly reduced their use of antibiotics in healthy chickens, a move that could help slow the appearance of antibiotic resistance in bacteria that cause diseases in humans. Other companies ought to follow the lead of these pioneers, and Congress ought to ban the use of medically important antibiotics in animal husbandry except to cure sick animals.
Strong action is needed because many germs that infect humans are growing resistant to treatment with antibiotics. Such resistance occurs unavoidably over time as antibiotic kills off vulnerable strains of a germ and leaves only the more resistant strains to multiply. But in recent decades the growth of resistance has been increased by overuse of antibiotics in agriculture, where companies routinely use the drugs to promote growth on less feed and to prevent disease in healthy animals. As a result, some germs that infect both animals and humans have become resistant to antibiotics, and even germs that do not infect humans are capable of transferring their antibiotic-resistance genes to germs that do.
That is why the report in Sunday’s Times by Marian Burros was so encouraging. She found that three poultry companies that produce a third of the chickens consumed by Americans each year - Foster Farms, Perdue Farms and Tyson Foods — have greatly reduced the use of antibiotics in healthy chickens and are using them primarily to treat sick chickens.
There is no reason that other poultry producers could not do the same, and probably the pork and beef industries as well. It is unacceptable that any industry should use medically important antibiotics for the economic purpose of fostering growth. Congress and the Food and Drug Administration need to restrain the use of animal antibiotics that are related to human medicines.
1. it can be inferred from the first paragraph that _________ .A.three poultry companies are forced to use fewer antibiotics |
B.other companies have followed the practice of the pioneers |
C.antibiotic resistance in bacteria may result in human disease |
D.antibiotics are never needed in whatever kind of situations |
A.To illustrate how the three poultry companies use antibiotics |
B.To emphasize the functions of antibiotics in animal husbandry |
C.To show the author’s prediction of the future use of antibiotics |
D.To represent the decline in antibiotics use in the poultry industry |
A.increase | B.limit | C.promote | D.restore |
A.Intolerable | B.Favorable | C.Neutral | D.Ambiguous |
【推荐1】Scientists in Canada are really worried about a serious problem affecting an important animal: the bat. This problem is called white-nose syndrome (症状), and it comes from a harmful fungus (真菌) that attacks the nose, wings, and skin of bats when they sleep together in caves. It started in a cave in Russia in 2006 and has quickly spread to 19 countries, including Canada.
Researchers found that the fungus usually exists in very cold places like the poles. Even though they’re not totally sure exactly how it hurts the bats, one of the most accepted views is that it makes them uncomfortable. This makes the bats stay awake a little bit more and uses up their stored fat, leading to them not having enough food, which causes them to die. More than 5.5 million bats of nine types in Canada have already died from this sickness. If it reaches more bat groups in the Southeast and Midwest provinces, endangered bat s like the Tiger bat and Figgie big-eared bat might disappear forever.
Losing these animals is a big deal for Canadians, even for the whole world, because, in warm months, bats fly at night and eat a lot of insects. They help control the number of bugs that harm forests and spread diseases which can cause a whole bunch of problems. It’s quite an alarming thing, given that the reduction in the number of bats will almost certainly disrupt (扰乱) the harmony in the ecosystem and lead to disasters. The Canadian government is taking this seriously and is thinking about giving money for detailed research on the disease because the possible results could be really bad, like what one lawmaker called “an ecological and economic disaster.” Experts are hired to watch bat colonies (群) more closely, working with other countries and organizations, and making strict rules to limit the movement of things that might have the fungus.
Additionally, public awareness campaigns are being conducted to gain support for bat conservation efforts and promote responsible cave exploration practices to minimize the risk of disease transmission. The Canadian government remains committed to preserving its bat populations and the crucial ecological balance they bring to the environment.
1. What might be the reason of the bats’ death?A.Their sleeping together | B.Lack of sleep |
C.Starvation | D.Not feeling comfortable |
A.The spread of the disease. |
B.The destruction of the forests. |
C.The imbalance of the ecosystem. |
D.The increase of the insect population. |
A.Engaging specialists to monitor bat colonies |
B.Carrying out activities to enhance people’s consciousness |
C.Collaborating with other nations |
D.Prohibiting the movement of bats |
A.objective | B.positive |
C.indifferent | D.pessimistic |
【推荐2】Professional courses, such as Masters in International Business or MIB, have been taken by many students in the last two decades. They are choosing new-age non-conventional courses that guarantee a better future. MIB is a specialized course that teaches the international business. There are valid reasons for so much popularity of MIB course.
The course content and teaching methods of MIB are quite different from a normal MBA or Master of Business Administration. It has been designed with the sole objective of developing professionals with an in-depth understanding and knowledge of the international trade. The course offers various advantages over the conventional MBA degree course.
The massive increase in the international business and foreign trade gives excellent job prospects to the new generation. Acquiring a degree of MIB offers outstanding growth of job opportunities. Those who want to pursue in the field of marketing also have a good future after completing the degree from a MIB college with a good reputation. Big multinational organizations look for talented people who can handle the job of International Marketing Manage, and people with MIB degrees are preferred. The job needs an in-depth understanding of the overseas markets, because it is the strategic post from the perspective of company’s international business growth.
Since business finance and economics are covered at length in the curriculum of MIB, students have great job offers in the field of finance as well. Typically, organizations offer the position of international finance controllers to those who complete MIB with the specialization of finance. The specialization covers aspects of international taxes, accounts, budgeting and so on. People in this field are well-paid, and growth prospects are unlimited. After completing degree course from a reputed MIB college, there is a good scope in the banking and finance sector as well. International banks appoint people who have an excellent grasp over the international banking policies, currency exchange, and international policies. Thus, MIB is the golden key to success with brilliant job opportunities in national and multinational sectors.
1. How is the second paragraph mainly developed?A.By analyzing causes. |
B.By listing figures. |
C.By proving definition. |
D.By making comparisons. |
A.It is a compulsory course in the colleges. |
B.It helps them get good jobs in some organizations. |
C.It offers them opportunities to do small businesses. |
D.It offers them conventional economic knowledge. |
A.MIB holders are more promising in all careers than others. |
B.People get higher salary in business field than in finance field. |
C.The international finance controller is a high-quality job. |
D.International banks only accept employees from MIB colleges. |
A.To explain why the MIB course is getting popular. |
B.To analyze the disadvantages of the MIB course. |
C.To sell professional MIB course worldwide. |
D.To predict the development trend of the MIB course. |
【推荐3】The Notting Hill Carnival is London’s biggest street festival and one of the most famous carnivals in the world. The carnival is an important cultural event for London’s Afro Caribbean community and celebration of multi-cultural British life.
Notting Hill Carnival takes place in London every August bank holiday. Bank holiday refers to a public holiday, for example Christmas Day. It is the most colourful and largest street event in the UK. The festival celebrates the traditions of the Afro-Caribbean community, who immigrated to England from the West Indies in the 1950s. They brought with them the Caribbean idea of the carnival, with colourful costumes, parades, steel bands and street dancing. The tradition to hold the carnival began in 1964 and it has taken place every year since then.
Preparations for the carnival start many months in advance. Costumes need to be made, and floats built, ready for the carnival street parades. Steel bands practise traditional Caribbean music on instruments built from used oil buckets. Just before the festival, the streets are decorated with yellow, green and red banners, and recording devices are set in place to carry the rhythmic sounds over the loud noise of the London traffic. The carnival is celebrated over three days, and is full of music and colour. Parades of steel and brass bands, floats, and dancers in colourful costumes make their way through the narrow London streets, watched by tens of thousands of people. The streets are lined with stands selling tropical fruits, such as fresh mangoes, watermelons and pineapples. Everyone in London dances—young and old, black and white—and even the policemen on duty take part in the fun. For these three days in August, a little Caribbean magic touches the streets of London.
1. What is the writer's main aim in writing the text?A.To encourage people to celebrate the traditions of black people |
B.To talk about problems with Afro-Caribbean community |
C.To recommend people spend more time outdoors |
D.To introduce and describe the Notting Hill Carnival |
A.takes place every bank holiday |
B.is held annually in August |
C.is organized by the bank of England |
D.is held at the beginning of July |
A.fruit stands are not allowed in the streets. |
B.preparations start early in the morning |
C.music and colour fill the streets of London |
D.traffic is banned from the main shopping streets |
A.The festival is popular with everyone in London. |
B.Only Caribbean people take part in it. |
C.It is gaining in popularity among the white in recent years. |
D.The streets in London are filled with pop music. |