Chinese experts will head to Memphis Zoo in the United States next week     1     (assist) in the care of giant panda Ya Ya and ensure her health and well-being. The move comes after the Chinese Association of Zoological Gardens received reports of Ya Ya’s poor health condition and     2     (instruct) by the country’s regulatory authorities to take action.

A team of vets and keepers from Beijing Zoo will travel to the US next week to familiarize     3     (they) with Ya Ya’s care and work with Memphis Zoo to ensure that she is properly fed, cared for and then escorted back to China. According to     4     technical expert from China, Ya Ya’s health condition is stable and her care     5     (manage) is normal. Both China and the US have been     6     (active) negotiating ways to help Ya Ya return to her home country.

In 2003, Ya Ya,     7     was born at Beijing Zoo, traveled to Memphis Zoo in the US state of Tennessee     8     part of a Sino-US giant panda protection and research program. In 2006, Ya Ya began to lightly shed fur (掉毛), with the situation     9     (worsen) in 2014, the association said. So far, the Chinese side     10     (complete) all approvals, while Beijing Zoo has made preparations to welcome Ya Ya back, including ensuring appropriate facilities, care plans, medical support and food supply.

The Earth set unofficial record high temperatures last week. Scientists said they were a clear sign of how pollutants     1     (release) by humans are warming the environment. But the heat is also just one way the planet is telling us something is     2     (serious) wrong, they added.

Most of the planet     3     (cover) by oceans, which have taken in     4     percent of the recent warming caused by planet-warming gases such as carbon dioxide and methane.

In April, worldwide ocean temperature rose to 21.1 degrees Celsius,     5     scientists believe was caused by a     6     (combine) of planet-warming gases and the early El Nino formation.

High levels of wildfire smoke are more common on the West Coast. But, recently, several rounds of wildfire smoke from wildfires in northern Canada brought     7     (danger) air quality levels to eastern North America.

The current El Nino formed a month or two     8     (early) than usual. It replaced La Nina that, with its cooling of Pacific waters, kept worldwide temperatures down. That means that it will have more time than usual to     9     (strength).

The World Meteorological Organization predicts there is     10     98 percent chance that at least one of the next five years will be the warmest     11     record. One of these years would beat temperatures from 2016 when an exceptionally strong El Nino was present.

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Meat, milk, cheese—just some of the things provided by goats. But now we can also add fire safety to this list. Wildfires     1     (make) possible by hot, dry weather conditions as well as a supply of dead vegetation that serves as fuel. We may have limited control over the first factor,     2     we can control the second. Reducing the fuel load lowers the probability of wildfires occurring, as well as the amount of damage     3     (cause). This is where we can turn to goats to provide a     4     (solve). Goats have a very digestive system. Much vegetation that are toxic (有毒的) to other animals can be eaten by goats. It’s not just fully-grown plants     5     goats are able to deal with: any seeds that pass through ago at will not grow. Human clearance teams worry about     6     (send) to hard-to-reach vegetation patches (土地) goats don’t. They are     7     (skill) mountain climbers and when standing on their legs, can reach up to two meters to eat shrubs and grass that humans would struggle     8     (reach). Because of this, using goats can reduce both workplace accidents and the amount of money spent     9     fire protection measures. Goatherd shave been found to clear some patches of land for     10     third of the price of human vegetation control teams.

Mario Loutef had little sleep over the four days leading up to Saturday, when he piled his     1    (ruin) belongings in the street outside his home in Princeton, B.C. A large part of his community     2    (destroy) when the Tulameen River overflowed (漫过) its banks,     3    (flood) homes and forcing people to evacuate. The community still remains on an evacuation alert (戒备状态) but for many, like Loutef, the damage couldn’t get any     4    (bad).

A thick coat of black earth has covered everything on the     5    (one) floor of Loutef's home. He has been working around     6     clock since he was allowed access. Boards have been torn off walls, on     7     a dirty line about 2 meters up shows how high the water rose.

Loutef's     8    (lose) was great. “I almost lost everything. I don't know where to start. I don't know where it's going to end,” said Loutef, who has lived in the home for the past four years.

Loutef is working alone but Lisa Brosseau has got some help. Many     9    (resident) of Princeton are going from house to house offering a hand to those     10     are in need.

According to officials in China, the giant panda is no longer listed as endangered. After working for many years to increase     1     (they) numbers, there are now more than 1800 giant pandas     2    live in the wild. The International Union for Conservation of Nature     3     (remove) the giant panda from the endangered list in 2016. At the time, Chinese officials didn’t agree with the     4     (decide). However, now they do. China has worked for decades to increase the number of these black and white bears because they are regarded     5     national treasures. China has worked to enlarge the pandas’ habitat. They have also made sure that there is plenty of bamboo for them to eat by     6     (plant) more bamboo forests. This has helped increase the number of pandas and stop them from dying out China will continue to support the giant panda population. Alongside efforts     7     (increase) the number of giant pandas in the wild, zoos around the world have breeding programmes. These     8     (design) to help increase the number of giant pandas which in captivity (圈养).     9     (hopeful) the giant panda will have     10    bright future with continued conservation efforts. We certainly hope so. We couldn’t bear to lose them.