A.moral | B.fortunes | C.drastically | D.extinct |
E.emerged | AB.approach | AC.claims | AD.cautiously |
AE.ingredients | BC.managed | BD.object |
Stressed out? Get chewing: can a wellness rebrand make Americans buy gum again?
When was the last time you saw someone chewing gum? 1998, maybe? 2007? Chances are, it probably wasn’t recently. Like high heels and affordable housing, chewing gum appears to be going
Gum’s popularity has been fading globally thanks to increased competition from products like breath mints and mobile phones distracting us from impulse purchases while shopping. The pandemic, moreover,
Even after people
However, chewing gum, in various forms, is one of the oldest habits there is. Stone age teenagers were chewing birch bar k tar possibly for pleasure, medicinal purposes, or to use it as a glue. Gum has also been loaded with cultural meaning and the subject of various
Despite a certain amount of social stigma(污名) attached to gum, it has - until relatively recently -been a wildly successful product. That’s thanks to William Wrigley Jr, who was a marketing and advertising genius. Wrigley always
This year the Wrigley brand’s owner —Mars— came out with an ad campaign it hopes will revive gum’s
A.function B.total C.worthwhile D.distinguishing E.achievements F.flowing G.acknowledge H.promising I.treatment J.prescribed K.suffered |
Over the last 150 years, the field of medicine has accomplished many astonishing things. Some of these medical
On July 2, 2008, D’Zhana Simmons from South Carolina was given a heart transplant. She
In1999, a patient in a persistent vegetative state(植物人状态) due to a motor accident was seen to be twitching(抽动) by one of his nurses. His doctor
Blindness is not a single, uniform condition; it can be variously caused by problems in the eyes, the nerves and the brain. Thanks to machine implants, people who were completely blind sometimes become capable of
The device works like a digital camera, creating an image and then sending signals through nerve cells to the brain. Doctors were also able to restore sight to a man who had been blind for forty-three years; they did this with the help of stem cells, one of the most
A. craft B. delicate C. displayed D. document E. enthusiasm F. featuring G. focus H. highlighting I. involved J. recognized K. stunning |
A Destination to Treasure
With the popularity of various online platforms, more and more people would like to share what they saw and what they did in life and travel. Long, a video blogger, is an example.
One of the videos featured on Long Yan's account on the short-video platform Douyin is a tour through the
Over the past three years, Long's video content has undergone noticeable changes.He originally focused on natural scenery but has been increasingly
Since December, Long launched his own project, aiming to
Long has been
A. application | B. currently | C. initial | D. detection | E. previously | F. feasibility |
G. primarily | H. intelligent | I. active | J. availability | K. predictable |
The agricultural sector is going to face enormous challenges in order to feed the 9.6 billion people that the FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization) predicts are going to inhabit the planet by 2050: Food production must increase by 70% by 2050, and this has to be achieved in spite of the limited
One way to deal with these issues and increase the quality and quantity of agricultural production is using sensing technology to make farms more “
Precision agriculture, also known as “smart farming”, is not new, In the beginning, it was about position technologies
It’s something that’s already happening, as corporations and farm offices collect vast amounts of information from crop yields, soil-mapping, fertilizer
The European Union has sponsored several projects on the topic. The
Several private companies are also starting to be
A. wonder B. regular C. doubt D. physically E. breathing F. wealth G. functioning H. flexibility I. flow J. generally K. mood |
Sometimes it’s the simplest daily practice that can have the biggest impact on your health, and yoga is proof of that. Although most forms of yoga aren’t considered to be as intense as other workout regimens, practising yoga on a daily basis has been scientifically demonstrated to help you mentally and
Yoga teacher, Jenni Tarmar, shares, “we have a
After evaluating yoga history and research, one 2014 review published in Frontiers in Human Neouroscience concluded that
According to associate professor of psychiatry, Dr Gail Saltz, “practising yoga improves overall blood
One 2019 review published in Brain Plasticity concluded that behavioural interventions like yoga can help “mitigate age-related and neurodegenerative decline” due to the positive effects a daily practice has on different parts of the
A. allowing B. detectable C. hazard D. irresponsible E. linked F. optimism G. punishing H. routes I. sowed J. unavoidable K. widespread |
Time for a clean-up
You are probably aware of the term “forever chemicals”, if not entirely clear on the specifics. What they are is a class of around 16, 000 artificial compounds called PFAS that break down very slowly, if at all in the environment and our bodies. They are extremely useful, but also a potential
A growing body of research has
How did we let it come to this? To some extent, society is reaping what it
A. peaked B. faintest C. factor D. accumulating E. masked F. expands G. lighten H. tricky I. phenomena J. unimaginable K. emitted |
Astronomers measure total starlight
All the light from all the stars that have ever existed. It is a quantity of
From the earliest,
The astronomers based their calculation on measurements of the extragalactic background light (EBL), a cosmic fog of radiation that has been
The latest observations, collected over nine years by Nasa’s Fermi space telescope, use the light from blazars—super—massive black holes that emit powerful jets of gamma rays—as beacons (信号灯) to
One added complication was that, while starlight is accumulating over time, the cosmic fog is simultaneously being diluted as the universe
The measurements suggest that star formation
A. advances B. combed C. net D. heads E. automation F. modest G. comprehensive H. thinned I. prior J. underlie K. unearth |
Does technology replace more jobs than it creates? What is the
“There does appear to be a faster rate of automation, and a slower rate of augmentation, in the last four decades. from 1980 to the present, than in the four decades
The study finds that overall, about 60 percent of jobs in the U.S. represent new types of work, which have been created since 1940. To determine this, Autor and his colleagues
From about 1940 through 1980, for instance, jobs like elevator operator and typesetter tended to get automated. But at the same time, more workers filled roles such as shipping and receiving clerks, buyers and department
Ultimately, the research suggests that the negative effects of automation on employment were more than twice as great in the 1980-2018 period as in the 1940-1980 period. There was a more
A. alternative B. astonishing C. computerized D. contribution E. developing F. rate G. modified H. perfect I. reject J. relevance K. sufficient |
Using animals to test drugs intended for humans is controversial, with critics arguing there are other ways to ensure new medicines are safe and effective. But the scientists who carry out the research say animal studies remain necessary. Statistics indicate that in the UK around three million mice are being used for research and tens of millions worldwide.
Despite the difference in appearances, the genetic similarities with humans are
Animal Defenders International (ADI) is one of the groups that campaigns for an end to the use of animals in research. “We would argue that it is extremely outdated, and not very good science for humans,” says Fleur Dawes of ADI. Ms. Dawes believes the suffering that the animals go through does not legalize their
However, Dr. Wells from Mary Lyon Centre (MLC) says they are constantly trying to
If we
Fleur Dawes agrees one alternative is not enough. But she says, “By combining the different alternatives, you can actually get a much better picture that is of much better
A. adaptable B. capacity C. complicated D. decline E. demand F. evaluating G. highlighted H. impacts I. occurs J. pursuing K. survive |
Economics survive by continually responding to the world around them. This means employing new technologies or exploiting new international markets when
So how can economies
The
Adapt to Survive for the first time brings together the two most comprehensive sources of talent data in the world: the real-time behaviours drawn from LinkedIn’s 277 million members and employer information from PwC’s Saratoga database of people and performance metrics (指标) which covers more than 2,600 employers across the globe. This report sets a new benchmark for
● Individuals — Prove your adaptability.
● Employers — Seek out, nurture and reward talents who can adapt.
● Educators — Offer courses and job training that produce
● Governments — Create a climate of adaptability.