Skin-to-skin Effort Aims to Cut Newborn DeathsA social media campaign has been launched in China to cut down the number of newborns babies who die in the first 24 hours of life. The campaign, called First Embrace(拥抱),promotes skin-to-skin contact between mother and baby immediately after birth, a practice proven to keep the baby warm and help it to fight infections.There are 16 million babies born in China each year, and approximately 150,000 of them die before they reach one month of age.
A.The campaign has now been launched via Weibo. |
B.Of that number, half die in the first 24 hours of life. |
C.Skin-to-skin contact keeps a baby warm by transferring heat. |
D.Those parents who lost their newborn babies can get supports on the platform. |
E.In other parts of China, however, the statistics are like those of poor countries. |
F.It indicates that related methods for health care and birth quality should be improved. |
G.We also aim to involve health professionals in the importance of early essential newborn care. |
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【推荐1】According to the recent (最近的) report, five of the ten most populous (人口众多的) countries are in Asia, three in the Americas, and one each in Europe and Africa. With over 1.4 billion people, China has the largest population in the world. India comes in second with 1.355 billion, and the United States comes in third with around 328 million. Indonesia comes in fourth and Pakistan comes in fifth of the world’s most populous countries.
However, China is facing a serious aging population problem now. To solve the problem, China began relaxing its family planning policy (生育政策) in 2012. It said that if either one of the couples was the only child of their parents, they could have two children in 2013. And in 2016, China further relaxed the two-child policy (二胎政策) to all couples. In 2021, China allowed all couples to have three children.
However, a good family planning policy alone is not enough. The government should find ways to lower the cost of raising children and improve the elderly care services. Also, a friendly social and cultural environment should be provided for couples who want to have three children.
1. Half of the ten most populous countries are in .A.The Americas | B.Asia | C.Africa |
A.China and the US. | B.Indonesia and China. | C.India and China. |
A.In 2012. | B.In 2013. | C.In 2016. |
A.The changes of China’s family planning policy. |
B.The influence of China’s family planning policy. |
C.The problem of China’s family planning policy. |
A.need more people’s help | B.need to do more work | C.should take care of elderly people |
Many European countries are gradually turning into old people’s homes. Germany, Italy, Spain and others have some of the lowest birth rates in human history. It is predicted that about one-third of their populations will be aged over 65 in 2050. Germany needs to import at least 350,000 people a year to keep its workforce stable. Suddenly, young ambitious workers are pouring into the country as if called by a genie (精灵) with a lamp. No wonder Angela Merkel, German Chancellor, has been more welcoming than David Cameron, British Prime Minister. But all over Europe, carers for old people are already in need. Norway found oil under the seabed but it would have been better off if it had discovered 50,000 nurses there instead.
Many rightwingers think we have reached our limits. This feeling is widespread. And it’s true that Western Europe is one of the most densely populated regions on earth. Indeed, density has long been Europe’s unique selling point: with so many people of different nations closely packed together, we have always traded goods and exchanged ideas fast. That’s why the scientific revolution of the 16th and 17th centuries happened here.
But we have plenty more room. Many European cities aren’t dense enough. Now east Germany, north-western Spain and gorgeous mountain villages in Italy are losing people. Lots of cities have unused industrial land.
Humans inhabit a slice of the EU’s territory. Only about 2.5 per cent of the EU’s land is used for housing, estimates the European Commission. By contrast, a whopping 43 per cent was used for agriculture in 2009, it says. That’s too much. We could turn more land into forest or into green landscapes where people can relax and play. Making that transition is feasible because we now use agricultural land inefficiently.
Migrants often spend years locked up together in serious government-funded “migrant centers”. However, the way to learn a new country’s language, make friends and find work is to live with a local. This crisis has shown that lots of Europeans are willing to take refugees into their homes. After Iceland’s government said it could take only 50 Syrian refugees, many Icelanders came forward offering to take a far greater number into their own homes. People aren’t just sitting around waiting for government to do something.
We need migrants, and we can accommodate them. If opponents just don’t like foreigners, they should say so instead of pretending to be hardheaded pragmatists (实用主义者).
1. Why is Angela Merkel willing to take in refugees according to the passage?
A.Germany has already stepped into aged society. |
B.Birth rates in Germany are the lowest in history. |
C.She is kind and shows sympathy for homeless people. |
D.Refugees can make up the shortage of labor in Germany. |
A.No other region is more densely populated than Western Europe. |
B.Density has become Europe’s most outstanding characteristic. |
C.All European cities are not crowded together in great numbers. |
D.Large quantities of unused industrial land will turn into forest. |
A.nurses are more badly needed than petrol in Europe |
B.liberals always do something for the Europe’s benefit |
C.aging problem in Germany is the worst in Europe |
D.Europeans have already made intelligent use of the land |
A.Migrants can privately be accommodated. |
B.Migrants had better not live in migrant centers. |
C.Everyone can live with migrants to help them fit in. |
D.Everyone has done their own part to help migrants. |
【推荐3】The news appeared on the poster in the streets in Shijingshan District, Beijing, on the night of Oct.27, 2020. It said on the poster that “China on Sunday will start its seventh national census (人口普查) on November 1st,2020, with about 7 million census takers going door to door to document demographic changes (登记信息). It will last till December10th, 2020. The census collects data including the name, ID number, gender, marital status, education, and profession of Chinese citizens.”
National census is kind of investigation and registration made within defined period (统一规定时间), by using the same method, categories and survey forms at set time. The targets for census (普查对象) are the natural persons living within the territory (领地) of the People’s Republic of China on the standard time point of census and the Chinese citizens who are outside the territory of the People’s Republic of China but have not become permanent residents of the other country. While foreigners who are making a short-term stay within the territory of the People’s Republic of China shall be excluded.
“When census takers knock on your door, you can answer the questions by registering the information directly on the smart devices (智能设备). Or, the census taker will offer you an account number and a QR code (二维码) so that you can register your information within a certain time.”
“All information collected is filled in through the internet and is directly uploaded to the national database in real-time, eliminating (消除) possible human interference. Both the mobile end and the server end have adopted highly strict technology of data encryption (数据加密) and desensitization so that personal information cannot be disclosed during the process of data transmission.”
1. According to the poster, how long “will the takers spend taking this national census”?A.Less than one month. | B.No more than one month. |
C.More than one month. | D.As long as one month. |
A.Paragraph 1. | B.Paragraph 2. | C.Paragraph 3. | D.Paragraph 4. |
A.One. | B.Two. | C.Three. | D.Four. |
A.The basic knowledge of census. |
B.The special ways of registering the information. |
C.The announcement of starting the national census. |
D.The technologies of protecting one’s personal information being disclosed. |