The giant panda is unique to China.     1     (cover) the areas of Sichuan, Shaanxi, and Gansu Provinces, Giant Panda National Park protects the pandas’ natural living space. This giant national park     2     (include) sixty seven panda reserves (保护区), which are home     3     about 1,340 wild giant pandas as well as many other endangered animals, such as Sichuan golden monkeys and snow leopards.

Among the panda reserves in the national park. we     4     (high) recommend Wolong Nature Reserve and Ya’an Bifengxia Giant Panda Protection and Research Centre, because of     5     (they) large numbers of pandas, beautiful natural environment,     6     being easy to reach from Chengdu. Right now, there are more than 100 pandas in the Wolong base and more than 60 at Bifengxia. Wolong Nature Reserve is the only place     7     you can see pandas at night.

Giant panda volunteer programs in the panda bases give you     8     unique experience with pandas and you will have a chance     9     (make) special cakes for them, etc. Contact us for details about these panda programs.

Giant Panda National Park is     10     (suit) for animal lovers, especially panda lovers, You can visit it all year round. Wolong is about a 2-hour drive from Chengdu; Bifengxia is about a 3-hour drive from Chengdu.

3 . Scalloped hammerhead sharks (扇贝锤头鲨) hold their breath to keep their bodies warm while they’re diving into cold water, a study has found.

Researchers from the University of Hawaii knew that scalloped hammerhead sharks do deep dives at night. They assumed that the sharks dove to hunt, since they had found deep-water squid (乌贼) in the stomachs of some sharks. However, hammerheads are cold-blooded, which means their temperature is controlled by their environment rather than their bodies. Getting very cold affects how well the animals’ brains and muscles can work. With temperatures in the deep ocean as low as 41°F(about 5°C), the scientists were confused as to how the sharks could do these deep dives and come back unharmed. To find out more, scientist Mark Royer and his team caught three hammerhead sharks. They attached instruments to the sharks’ fins (鳍) in order to take the temperature of the water and record the sharks’ speed and movements. The instruments showed that the sharks dove to about 2, 600 feet below the surface. However, the animals’ body temperature didn’t drop until they started to return to the surface of the water. The scientists think they might be able to explain why.

Like most fish, sharks get their oxygen from water, which washes through gills (鳃) on the side of their heads. Inside the gills, lots of blood vessels absorb oxygen from the water. Because blood temperature affects body temperature, the gills are the area in which the shark is most likely to lose heat. Royer said that if the deep-diving sharks didn’t get cold, they must have closed their gills. In other words, they were holding their breath as they dove, just like humans do when they swim underwater.

Video footage of a shark swimming more than 3, 000 feet deep with closed gills seems to prove the theory. Other scientists want to study the question more closely, however, because fish’s bodies aren’t usually adapted to hold their breath. Royer called the finding a “complete surprise”.

Fayuansi, or Fayuan Temple is     1     key Buddhist temple in the south of Beijing. It dates back more than a thousand years. Its     2     (surround) neighborhood is one of the few old hutong communities in the city,     3     has a rich historical and cultural value.

Many celebrities (名人) once lived or participated in events in this area, adding     4    its rich cultural     5    (significant). Chairman Mao Zedong once led an anti-warlord movement here in 1920 when he was young. The famous Indian poet Tagore and his Chinese friend Xu Zhimo     6    (visit) Fayuan Temple together in 1924.

However, the area’s out-of-date infrastructure (设施) has     7     (gradual) forced this community to make a change. So a new project aiming     8     (look) for solutions to renovating (修复) the Fayuansi area through sustainable development had been widely expected.

Fortunately, a well-rounded plan for the renovation of the Fayuansi area     9     (make) earlier this year. According to the plan, most of the historic architecture will be preserved, but the work will balance the local residents’ need for improved living standards, while attempting to maintain the     10    (origin) architecture.

5 . While vertical (垂直的) farming of plants in limited space has been around for some time, new research looking into the “vertical farming of seafood” is being developed by Broderick House.

As part of his PhD project at the University of Cambridge, Broderick is looking at farming bivalves (双壳贝) within city boundaries. “In terms of sustainable (可持续的) food options, and from a food security standpoint, being able to expand bivalve farming from the coast into cities means you have a safe environment to produce a highly nutritious and micronutrient rich source of food,” says Broderick.

The biggest challenge, of course, is water consumption. The artificial aquaculture (水产业) environment cannot fully compare to farming in the ocean, but by using advanced flowing aquaculture systems, water use can be reduced, as only 10% of the water in the tank must be changed every day. “If you’re comparing it to traditional agricultural livestock — cows, pigs, chickens, which are farmed in fields, it uses much less water, and provides competing levels of protein,” Broderick explains.

While sustainability can, upon first look, be accomplished by building facilities to farm bivalves inland, there is also a possibility to repurpose existing buildings which would help to decrease carbon emissions from transportation as well. Broderick points out the biggest carbon footprint in aquaculture is the feed for the livestock, and he is working together with the Algal Innovation Centre at University of Cambridge, to develop more sustainable feed options.

To help translate his research into the business world, Broderick has been supported by the EnterpriseTECH and EnterpriseTECH STAR programmes at the CJBS Entrepreneurship Centre. “CJBS has been a fantastic resource and community. The business ecosystem here has provided important tools in a constructive and informed way to help ensure my PhD research has a positive role in shaping the future of global food security,” Broderick says.

6 . Music festivals are highly popular events during the summer months, attracting thousands of festival-goers who camp on-site. However, the question arises as to whether the tents left behind can be recycled.

While some festival organizers claim that they recycle the tents, the answer is not so straightforward. Every year, thousands of tents are abandoned (拋弃) at festivals, and it’s not just post-festival laziness or poor weather that is to blame. According to a recent survey, many festival-goers leave their tents behind because they believe they will be donated to charities. But unfortunately, this is only wishful thinking.

Matt Wedge, the director of Festival Waste Reclamation & Distribution, says that the number of tents left behind is increasing, estimating that around 20% of the tents at this year’s Leeds Festival were abandoned, which amounted to about 7,000 tents. He adds that Reading and Leicester festivals are usually just as bad but twice as big, meaning that 14,000 tents could have been abandoned there.

In terms of addressing this problem, one popular idea is to employ a tent deposit scheme (保证金计划). Under this scheme, festival-goers would pay a deposit to bring their tent to the festival, which would be returned to them if they take their tent home. “A similar thing happens with litter. Some festivals make attendees pay a £10 ‘eco bond’, which will be returned to them if they fill up a bag of rubbish and hand it in at the end of the festival,” he adds.

The shocking images of abandoned tents are more than just a comment on the environmental impacts of the festival itself. They are in fact a dramatic symbol of our throwaway culture. Just as images of clean fields at Glastonbury represent a refreshing sign of hope for what could be, the ultimate (最后的) message is to make it a habit to take your tent home at least. It’s the best thing people can do.

7 . It has been nearly 11 days since the earthquake and its aftershocks struck the Turkey-Syria border, and rescues are still underway. As teams of doctors, firefighters, police officers, construction workers tried to search through the rubble (瓦砾) of fallen buildings, they were uncovering surviving people as well as animals. Ali Cakas saved a scared cat from the rubble, and the kitty has been glued to his side ever since.

A video shows the man, still in uniform and protective equipment, taking a picture with the cat on his shoulder. The black-spotted cat clearly has an appreciation for his hero, as he does not move from the firefighter’s side even for a moment. “We named it Enkaz which means rubble in Turkish, because we brought it out of the ruins,” the firefighter says. “It might sound a little off-putting, but we wanted it to be a memory this way.”

As heart-warming as this rescue has been, people online have also found a way to sympathize (同情) with the cat while showing respect for Cakas. “Uh...not for nothing but I would also not leave this guys side,” said Twitter user Paula Matiz. Another person admitted, “I don’t know who is cuter...the man or the kitty.” They all agree that Cakas has done something truly wonderful, saving the life of a sweet cat.

So far, no one has come forward to claim Enkaz, but the firefighter is keeping him safe, in the meantime, providing food and shelter. “I see sadness in this cat,” the firefighter said after rescuing him. “I keep it by my side in case the owner comes, but if the owner doesn’t come out, I’m thinking of taking him with me. It will be a memory.” Fortunately, Enkaz has found a safe shelter after everything he has been through, so we hope this is the start of a beautiful relationship between the cat and his rescuer.