The latest film Re La Gun Tang, or YOLO in English, which Jia Ling directed and played the lead role in has finally hit the big screen as part of the Spring Festival movies in 2024.
The film
After a family conflict, Le Ying (played by Jia Ling) decides to leave home
The comedy film
2 . Housing officials say that lately they are noticing something different: students seem to lack the will, and the skill, to deal with ordinary conflicts. “We have students who are mad at each other and they text each other in the same room,” says a teacher. “So many of our conflicts are because kids don’t know how to solve a problem by formal discussion.”
And as any pop psychologist will tell you, bottled emotions lead to silent discontent (不满) that can boil over into frustration and anger. At the University of Florida, emotional conflicts occur about once a week, the university’s director of housing education says, “Over the past five years, roommate conflicts have increased. The students don’t have the person-to-person discussions and they don’t know how to handle them.” The problem is most dramatic among freshmen; housing professionals say they see improvement as students move toward graduation, but some never seem to improve, and they worry about how such students will deal with conflicts after college.
Administrators guess that reliance on cell phones and the Internet may have made it easier for young people to avoid uncomfortable encounters. Why express anger in person when you can vent (发泄) in a text? “Things are posted on someone’s wall on Facebook like: Oh, my roommate kept me up all night studying,” says Dana Pysz, an assistant director at the University of California, Los Angeles. “It’s a different way to express their conflict to each other, consequently creating even more conflicts as complaints go public.” In recent focus groups at North Carolina State University, dorm residents said they would not even deal with noisy neighbors on their floor.
Administrators point to parents who have fixed their children’s problems in their entire lives. Now in college, the children lack the skills to attend to even modest conflicts. Some parents continue to interfere (干涉) on campus.
1. What is the main reason for many roommate conflicts?A.Students are not good at reaching an agreement about the problems. |
B.Students are not satisfied with each other. |
C.Housing directors are not responsible for them. |
D.Students are not strong-willed. |
A.Students, especially freshmen, should bottle up their dissatisfaction. |
B.Students in Florida sit down and have a person-to-person talk once a week. |
C.Not all students are able to handle conflicts by the time they graduate. |
D.The number of conflicts among roommates has decreased in the past five years. |
A.Disapproving. | B.Indifferent. | C.Supportive. | D.Unclear. |
A.They should be involved in their children’s life on campus. |
B.They should deal with their children’s problems in their whole lives. |
C.They should constantly contact the administrators of the college. |
D.They should teach their children the skills to tackle the conflicts. |
3 . Millions of young people grow up with a deep love of Disney.
Cori Borgstadt, however, has a slightly different
Borgstadt, now 18, has
She is studying economics and film and media studies at Texas Tech University, and has
The love of Disney has always been in Borgstadt’s
Borgstadt
A.Inspired | B.Selected | C.Financed | D.Transformed |
A.imagination | B.assumption | C.description | D.ambition |
A.turning out | B.growing up | C.setting out | D.giving in |
A.calling | B.attending | C.reporting | D.chairing |
A.created | B.owned | C.loved | D.missed |
A.related to | B.adapted from | C.struck by | D.combined with |
A.studios | B.positions | C.offices | D.shares |
A.asked | B.bothered | C.informed | D.warned |
A.support | B.approach | C.replace | D.attract |
A.dream | B.plan | C.family | D.generation |
A.consequently | B.regularly | C.instantly | D.specifically |
A.accepts | B.recalls | C.proves | D.doubts |
A.character | B.theme | C.membership | D.fairytale |
A.anxious | B.qualified | C.determined | D.content |
A.creation | B.presence | C.honesty | D.appreciation |
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Since Japan began releasing nuclear-contaminated(核污染) wastewater into the Pacific Ocean on last Thursday despite strong opposition and
According to the spokesperson, the actions of the Japanese government are
“The Chinese government will take necessary measures to firmly protect the marine environment
6 . For the past ten years, my dad and I have attended the same school — he as an administrator and I as a student. Our relationship, in and out of school, has been totally unpredictable.
When I was younger, all that my dad said was doctrine (信条) and anything he did I,
As I grew older, we were not as
However, the
This
I had needed someone else to show me what I
I feel fortunate to have such an unusual father. The
A.accurately | B.naturally | C.originally | D.passively |
A.apply to | B.see off | C.count on | D.pick out |
A.close | B.reliable | C.generous | D.confident |
A.discriminations | B.failures | C.competitions | D.disasters |
A.debate | B.instance | C.progress | D.struggle |
A.differ | B.extend | C.change | D.grow |
A.issue | B.task | C.lesson | D.procedure |
A.participated | B.hesitated | C.committed | D.explored |
A.witnessed | B.investigated | C.pictured | D.fled |
A.persuaded | B.defeated | C.ignored | D.evaluated |
A.confusion | B.encouragement | C.embarrassment | D.fascination |
A.recommended | B.absorbed | C.doubted | D.appreciated |
A.recognize | B.demand | C.argue | D.estimate |
A.approach | B.resist | C.limit | D.believe |
A.strategy | B.conclusion | C.relationship | D.potential |
Arts and crafts have a way of reinventing themselves. Take embroidery(刺绣) for instance, it was within the last five years
Like many forms of craft, paper quilling can trace
Quilling is the art of handmaking and arranging small strips of paper into detailed designs.
Paper quilling is a decorative art and is known
8 . An open letter, attracting signatures from the likes of Tesla CEO Elon Musk and Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak, was released early last week. It advocates a 6-month stop to give Artificial Intelligence (AI) companies and regulators time to make safeguards to protect society from potential risks of the technology.
AI has progressed at an alarming speed since the launch of ChatGPT, from the Microsoft-backed company Open AI. ChatGPT reportedly reached more than 100 million users by January, 2023, and major tech companies are racing to build generative AI into their products, which have caught many off guard.
“I think many people aren’t well prepared for the pace and scale of these AI models. They are ideal for spreading misinformation, cheating people out of their money and convincing employees to click on dangerous links in emails,” says Michael Osborne, a machine learning researcher of AI company Mind Foundry, who signed the letter. “I feel that a 6-month pause would give regulators enough time to catch up with the rapid pace of advances.”
Privacy is another emerging concern, as critics worry that systems could exactly reproduce personal information from their training sets. Italy’s data protection authority prohibited ChatGPT on 31 March over concerns that Italians’ personal data are being used to train Open AI’s models. Some technologists warn of deeper security threats. Planned ChatGPT-based digital assistants that can read and write emails could offer new opportunities for hackers.
Unfortunately, many problems of today’s AI models don’t have easy solutions. One tricky issue is how to make AI-generated content easy to detect. Some researchers are working on “watermarking” — creating a digital signature in the AI’s output. However, a recent research finds that tools which slightly change AI-produced text can easily defeat this approach.
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates tells Reuters the proposed pause won’t “solve the challenges” ahead. He notes the people behind the letter are heavily involved in the tech world, which he thinks gives them an arrow perspective on the potential risks.
1. What’s the purpose of the open letter?A.To draw the attention of AI giants. |
B.To present the risks of AI technology. |
C.To call for a pause on the AI development. |
D.To turn down the application of AI programs. |
A.AI models threaten human survival. |
B.AI users have expanded out of control. |
C.AI development brings potential dangers. |
D.AI technology will replace human beings. |
A.It is hard to sign digitally. | B.It is easy to detect AI’s output. |
C.It is wise to leave a water mark. | D.It is tough to settle AI problems. |
A.Favorable. | B.Negative. |
C.Ambiguous. | D.Tolerant. |
9 . Geoffrey Hinton, who has been called the Godfather of AI, worked part-time at Google for a decade on the tech giant’s AI development and confirmed on Monday that he left his role at Google.
“I left so that I could talk about the dangers of AI without considering how this impacts Google,” Hinton said in a tweet. “Google has acted very responsibly.”
Hinton’s decision to step back from the company comes as a growing number of lawmakers, advocacy groups and tech insiders have raised alarms about the potential for a new crop of AI-powered chatbots to spread misinformation and take the place of jobs.
The wave of attention around ChatGPT late last year helped start an arms race among tech companies to develop and apply similar AI tools in their products. OpenAI, Microsoft and Google are at the forefront of this trend, but IBM, Amazon, Baidu and Tencent are working on similar technologies.
In an interview last week, Hinton expressed concerns about AI’s potential to replace jobs and create a world where many will “not be able to know what is true anymore.” He also pointed to the rapid pace of advancement, far beyond what he and others had anticipated.
“The idea that this stuff could actually get smarter than people — a few people believed that,” Hinton said in the interview. “But most people thought it was way off. And I thought it was way off. I thought it was 30 to 50 years or even longer away. Obviously, I no longer think that.”
“I believe that the rapid progress of AI is going to transform society in ways we do not fully understand and not all of the effects are going to be good,” Hinton said in an address at the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay in Mumbai. He noted how AI will boost healthcare while also creating opportunities for deadly autonomous weapons. “I find this prospect much more immediate and much more scary than the prospect of robots taking over, which I think is a very long way off.”
1. Why did Hinton quit Google?A.To drive the research on AI. | B.To draw our attention to Google. |
C.To avoid harming Google’s interests. | D.To speak freely about the risks of AI. |
A.The emerging dangers. | B.Public interest in ChatGPT. |
C.Assistance from tech giants. | D.The technology-centered trend. |
A.AI is a little-studied field. |
B.AI is a long-term solution. |
C.AI may defeat human intelligence soon. |
D.AI may quickly live up to our expectations. |
A.AI’s potential to do harm to our life. |
B.The possibility of robots taking over. |
C.The application of autonomous weapon. |
D.AI’s unreliable performance in healthcare. |
10 . Britain is arguably the great walking nation. About two-thirds of us already head out to stretch our legs once a week. The following festivals offer a wealth of organized walks, but walkers should register in advance.
Prestatyn and Clwydian Range festival
Visitors to Wales tend to move west, to either the well-worn tracks of Snowdonia or the Pembrokeshire Coast Path. There are 25 walks packed into the three days, with various options available, including a half-mile Roman-themed adventure, an eight-mile walk exploring the life of 18th-century Welsh naturalist and travel writer Thomas Pennant and a 21-mile Offa’s Dyke challenge. All walks are free.
Denbighshire, Wales, 19-21 May
Otley walking festival
This local festival has grown from humble origins in 2000 into a busy schedule of 50 short-distance walks and events celebrating the lives and landscapes of Wharfedale in West Yorkshire. One might enjoy the Five Pubs Walk, Walking With Wine, Four More Pubs or Lost Pubs of Otley. All walks are free, though there is sometimes a small charge for transport.
Otley, West Yorkshire, 24 June-3 July
Dartmoor offroading walking festival
Dartmoor delights (使高兴) walkers because, while tracks are there to be followed, the lack of wire and other barriers, and the relatively small number of farm buildings on the higher ground, create a sensation of freedom. The six free wheelchair walks, starting daily at 11am, explore Dartmoor’s industrial history, bronze age valuables and Victorian railway builders.
Devon, 27 August-2 September
Gower walking festival
With more superb walking options inside a single landscape than perhaps anywhere else, the Gower peninsula (半岛) sometimes feels as if it’s all coast. The further information for this nine-day festival, celebrating the 10th anniversary of the Wales Coast Path (WCP), has yet to be finalized. Half of the walks offered during the festival will be on the coastal path. £10 adults, over-sixes £6.
Glamorgan, 2-10 September
1. Which festival is friendly to the disabled?A.Prestatyn and Clwydian Range festival. | B.Otley walking festival. |
C.Dartmoor offroading walking festival. | D.Gower walking festival. |
A.It has the most superb walking options. |
B.Half of the walks last for a whole week. |
C.It’s aimed to advocate coastal protection. |
D.The final details remain to be confirmed. |
A.They are offered free of charge. | B.They require prior registeration. |
C.They take advantage of the coast. | D.They are favored by antique enthusiasts. |