1 . A Dutch city will become the first in the world to ban meat ads from public spaces in an effort to reduce consumption and greenhouse gas emissions (排放).

Haarlem, which lies to the west of Amsterdam and has a population of about 160,000, will perform the ban from 2024 after meat was added to a list of products contributing to the climate crisis. Ads will not be allowed on Haarlem’s buses, shelters and screens in public spaces, causing complaints that the city is “going too far”.

Recent studies suggest global food production is responsible for one-third of all planet-heating emissions, with the use of animals for meat accounting for twice the pollution of producing plant-based foods.

Forests that absorb carbon dioxide are cut for animals while fertilizers (化肥) used for growing their feed are rich in nitrogen, which can contribute to air and water pollution, climate change. Animals also produce large quantities of methane, a powerful greenhouse gas.

Ziggy Klazes, a councillor from the Groen Links party, who drafted the proposal banning meat advertising, said she had not known the city would be the world’s first to perform such a policy when she put forward it.

She told the Haarlem105 radio channel: “We are not about what people are baking and roasting in their own kitchen; if people wanted to continue eating meat, fine …We can’t tell people there’s a climate crisis and encourage them to buy products that are part of the cause.”

“Of course, there are a lot of people who find the decision unacceptable, but there are also a lot of people who think it’s fine.”

“It is a signal — if it is picked up nationally, that would only be very nice.”

Research suggests that to meet the European Union (EU) target of net zero emissions by 2050, meat consumption must be reduced to 24 kg per person per year, compared with the current average of 82 kg, or 75.8 kg in the Netherlands, which is the EU’s biggest meat exporter.

3 . Representatives from around China gather in Beijing every five years for the National Congress of the communist Party of China (中共二十大).

This year, a total of 2,296 representatives were elected to attend the 20th National Congress of the CPC, which convened (召开) on Oct 16.

The Congress will review the work of the CPC over the past five years, map out the course for the future, and elect a new central leadership.

The representatives will reflect the opinions and demands of Party members and the public, discuss and decide on the Party’s major issues, and elect new central leadership and a new top anti-graft watchdog (反贪监察机构).

The representatives are elected from 38 electoral units across the country. They are outstanding Party members who are highly qualified both ideologically (意识形态上) and political, have a good work style and high moral standards, are sill in discussing State affairs and have great achievements in their work.

Among the representatives are Party members in leadership positions and those working on the front lines. Women and people from ethnic minority (少数民族) groups as well as people with backgrounds in economics, science and technology, political and legal afire, education, culture, health and sports, among others, all have representation.

This ensures Party members at the grassroots level are more effectively represented when representatives make decisions on the Party’s key issues at the Congress, according to China Daily.

5 . From this September, the new policy on students’ sleeping time set by the Ministry of Education has been officially carried out nationwide. According to the new policy, the first class in the morning at primary schools is not supposed to be earlier than 8:20, and that of high schools no earlier than 8:00. Schools are also not able to require students to come in before class for any learning activities. If possible, schools must also guarantee nap time during lunch break for students. The new policy shows the importance the government attaches to students’ health.

Deng Mengyu, a high school English teacher from Shenzhen Hongshan Middle School, said that their school already put some measures into effect to make sure that students are well rested and using their time effectively. “We encourage students to manage their morning time by themselves instead of sitting in the classroom,” she said. Some students need more sleep while others prefer doing exercise to start the day. So the school’s dormitories open doors at 6:00. At noon, students will have a one-hour nap time, ensuring that they can learn effectively in the afternoon.

Zheng Xiaowan, a high school student also from Shenzhen Hongshan Middle School, supports this policy. She believes that the quality of studying is not necessarily related to the length of time spent on it. “When well rested, students’ psychological burden will be reduced accordingly, and they will be more ready for study tasks,” she said.

Meanwhile, there are also voices expressing concerns. “The new policy is a challenge to our self-discipline”, said Zhang Fuyue from Chaoyang No 2 High School, Liaoning province. “More sleeping time can lead to oversleeping in the morning or staying up late at night.”

The intention of the policy is obviously positive. With efforts from both schools and students, the policy can lead to expected results.

6 . Open-air jazz, locally-grown vegetables, Focaccia bread, goat cheese, and Narcan training all competed against a rainstorm last Tuesday at Westside Farmers Market’s annual College Night.

And the vendors (商贩) held out pretty well. Even as the raindrops intensified, folks kept exploring the tables stationed in the parking lot of St. Monica Church. Among the crowd were a number of college students, mostly from the University of Rochester, likely brought in by the College Night awards being offered — a five-dollar token (购物券), a handbag, and a prize raffle entry, all free of charge.

Now in its 15th year, Westside volunteer Jackie Farrell said the market partners merely with local farms, businesses, and community groups to populate its tables. “Our mission really is to serve the people in the community, getting them health and nutrition information, and connecting them to the farmers who grow the produce,” Farrell said, “Everything has to be local. It’s a producer-only market, so you have to grow or produce whatever you’re going to sell here.” Those producers had diverse offerings. Vegetables, of course, were abundant but sellers also pushed cheeses, spreads, bread, prepared pasta dishes, and much more.

The community groups offering information were diverse too. Recovery All Ways, a local nonprofit with a stated “mission to support anyone affected by substance use disorder” handed out Narcan and trained people in its use. Their station was next to a Moms Demand Action tent, where staffers provided information on physical safety. SNAP-Ed nutrition and benefits educators also ran a table.

The activities of the stations were scored by live music. The University’s Midnight Ramblers performed, and a local jazz band played away as the rain showers started rolling in.

Farrell hoped that the College Night promotion would help make students more comfortable crossing the bridge into the Rochester community. “We love college students, and we keep encouraging them that all they have to do is go across the bridge.”

7 . A hundred years ago it was assumed and scientifically “proved” by economists that the laws of society made it necessary to have a vast army of poor and jobless people in order to keep the economy going. Today, hardly anybody would dare to _______this principle. It is generally accepted that nobody should be_______ from the wealth Western industrialized countries, where a system of insurance has been introduced which guarantees everyone a minimum of subsistence (生活维持费) _______ unemployment, sickness and old age. I would go one step further and argue that, even if these _________ are not present, everyone has the right to receive the means to subsist (维持生活). In other words, he can claim this subsistence minimum ________ having to have any “reason”. I would suggest, ________, that it should be limited to a definite period of time, let’s say two years, so as to avoid the _________ of an abnormal attitude which refused any kind of social obligation.

This may sound like a fantastic proposal, but so, I think, our insurance system would have sounded to people a hundred years ago. The main objection to such a scheme would be that if each person were _______ to receive minimum support, people would not work. This _______ rests on the fallacy of the inherent laziness in human nature. ________, aside from abnormally lazy people, there would be very few who would not want to earn more than the minimum, and who would prefer to do nothing rather than work.

However, the suspicions against a system of _________ subsistence minimum are not groundless, from the standpoint of those who want to use their ________ of capital(资金) for the purpose of forcing others to accept the work conditions they offer. If nobody were forced to accept work in order not to starve, work would have to be sufficiently________ to attract one to accept it. Freedom of contract is possible only if both parties are free to accept and________ it; in the present capitalist system this is not the case.

But such a system would not only be the beginning of real freedom of contract between employers and employees, its principal________ would be the improvement of freedom in inter-personal relationships in every sphere of daily life.

Push for online recruitment from the government is on the way! The Ministry of Education will take     1    (practice) steps to promote online employment services. Meanwhile, campus job fairs for college graduates will be suspended     2    (avoid) large gatherings of people during the ongoing novel coronavirus epidemic,     3     ministry official said on Wednesday.

The ministry’s employment platforms will share job information with     4     of provinces, universities and recruitment services, so that they can     5    (joint) offer online employment services, said Wang Hui, director of the ministry’s Department of College Students Affairs. About 8.74 million college students     6    (graduate) from colleges and universities around China this June,     7     accounts for an increase of 400,000 as many graduates as last year.

Spring time recruitment is one of the most important     8    (opportunity) for graduates seeking jobs. The ministry will strictly review employer and recruitment information     9    (post) online to ensure it is true,     10     promote online interviews, signing of contracts and employment procedures at universities across the country, Wang said.