1 . Hundreds of scientists, writers and academics sounded a warning to humanity in an open letter published last December: Policymakers and the rest of us must engage openly with the risk of global collapse. Researchers in many areas have projected the widespread collapse as “a credible scenario(情景) this century”.
A survey of scientists found that extreme weather events, food insecurity, and freshwater shortages might create global collapse. Of course, if you are a non-human species, collapse is well underway.
The call for public engagement with the unthinkable is especially germane in this moment of still-uncontrolled pandemic and economic crises in the world's most technologically advanced nations. Not very long ago, it was also unthinkable that a virus would shut down nations and that safety nets would be proven so disastrously lacking in flexibility.
The international scholars’ warning letter doesn't say exactly what collapse will look like or when it might happen. Collapseology, the study of collapse, is more concerned with identifying trends and with them the dangers of everyday civilization. Among the signatories(签署者) of the warning was Bob Johnson, the originator of the “ecological footprint” concept, which measures the total amount of environmental input needed to maintain a given lifestyle. With the current footprint of humanity, “it seems that global collapse is certain to happen in some form, possibly within a decade, certainly within this century,” Johnson said in an email.
“Only if we discuss the consequences of our biophysical limits,” the December warning letter says, “can we have the hope to reduce their speed, severity and harm”. And yet messengers of the coming disturbance are likely to be ignored. We all want to hope things will turn out fine. As a poet wrote,
Man is a victim of dope(麻醉品)
In the incurable form of hope.
The hundreds of scholars who signed the letter are intent(执着) on quieting hope that ignores preparedness. “Let's look directly into the issue of collapse,” they say, “and deal with the terrible possibilities of what we see there to make the best of a troubling future.”
1. What does the underlined word “germane” in Paragraph 3 probably mean?| A．Scientific. | B．Credible. |
| C．Original. | D．Relevant. |
| A．worried | B．puzzled |
| C．surprised | D．scared |
| A．The signatories may change the biophysical limits. |
| B．The author agrees with the message of the poem. |
| C．The issue of collapse is being prioritized. |
| D．The global collapse is well underway. |
I'm doing a project at school about where people live and I need some information. Please write to me and tell me about the places where you live. Is the area where you live quiet or lively? Are there lots of things for teens to do?
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Dear Tom ，
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Yours，
Li Hua
| 矛盾前 | 一直是好友，两人一起上学、一起回家，相互之间有许多话说。 |
| 矛盾 | 上周日王立邀请朋友参加他（她）的生日聚会，但没有邀请你。你很生气，认为 他（她）不把你当好朋友。王立解释说，他（她）不是故意忘记邀请你。你认为王立在撒谎。王立气得不理你了。 |
| 现在 | 你觉得也许王立是真的太忙而忘了邀请你，并想主动和他（她）重归于好，但又不好意思说。 |
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1.词数 100 左右；
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Hi, boys and girls.I’m glad to be here to speak out my mind.
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This is Hu Hua
The Million Pound Bank Note
It was the summer of 1903. Two old and wealthy brothers, Roderick and Oliver, made a bet. Oliver believed that with a million pound bank note a man could survive a month in London. His brother Roderick doubted it. At that moment, they saw a penniless young man
The next morning Henry had just about given himself
1.意义：野生动物与人类的生活息息相关
2.现状：野生动物正在被过度捕杀
3.后果：a.生态平衡被破坏 b.人类受到大自然的惩罚
4.建议：a.严惩盗猎者 b.提高环保意识 c.建立自然保护区
参考词汇：自然保护区nature reserve；生态平衡the balance of nature
Protect Wild Animals
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Curtis Whitson knew Arroyo Seco very well. He had been to the camping site across the river many times with his friends.
But this time, it was different. Now he was with family: his wife and his 13-year-old son. And as they approached the river late in the afternoon, he found that the usually quiet river had turned wild due to a heavy rain two days before. It was impossible for them to cross the river to reach the camping site or return because it was too late.
“We cannot camp in the wildness and I have to send out a message for rescue,” Whitson thought.
He looked around and found a stick. He pulled out his pocketknife and carved “Help” in it. Then he tied a red rope to catch people's attention. He threw it into the river, but it did not float far and got stuck.
“Why not try our luck with our green Nalgene water bottle and put a note in it?” suggested his wife,
Whitson did as he was told and carved the word “help” on it before he threw the bottle into the river. This time, it worked perfectly.
“All right, we have tried our best to get help,” Whitson said, “But we should not just wait in this dangerous wildness in case…”
They walked up and down along the river bank for about 30 minutes and found a flat place to set up their tents. They collected enough dead branches and wood to keep a campfire going on all night. As the darkness closed in, they placed on the top of the camp a headlamp with its flashing light on. They waited until 10: 30 pm. But nothing happened. So they went to bed. Before turning in, Whitson added more wood to the fire to keep the dangerous animals away.
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Shortly after midnight, they heard a helicopter circling above their tents.
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When the officers dropped them back at the rescue center, the family learned more about the whole story.
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Hobbies can help a teen do physical exercise, develop social skills, reduce stress, and learn some valuable lessons, and of course they can be a source（来源）of fun! However, many teens are unwilling to start a hobby. We may ignore some great hobbies for teens already. If you are a parent, you just need to recognize and provide that interest for your teen. You can guide your teen to explore their interests and take up their perfect hobbies.
One way to help a teenager take up a hobby is to ask them what makes them feel good. Many teens may only focus on their weaknesses or things they have failed in. Instead, they should devote themselves to anything that they enjoy doing or that makes them happy. For example, a teen may be interested in music, sports, computers, crafting, role playing games, or science. As long as he feels good while doing it, it can turn into a hobby.
Maybe a teen has been wanting to try something for a long time. Don't ask "What do you want to do?" because it is a too broad question. You should ask "What would you like to do today?” or "What do you want to do this weekend?" You might also try saying, "Let's do something you are interested in today. What would you like to do?" If your teen wants to cook or likes to be outside, you may be close to figuring out a good hobby for them.
Teenagers spend much of their life away from the eyes of parents and don't always offer information about it. As a result, sometimes adults are not totally aware that adolescents（青少年）are developing hobbies. A child may be developing his own hobbies away from home, so you may not have to encourage them to adopt new ones. Instead, you can support their current hobbies.
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I am a doctor, so I love my job. I always have, but I feel particularly proud to do it at the moment. With COVID-19 sweeping through Wuhan, people are avoiding hospitals as possible they can. However, pregnant women still need to come into the hospital. Babies still need to be born.
Right now, it is even scarier for these women, as they have to come in on their own, often feeling frightened. Their families are separated from them due to safety measures. We’ve always provided physical support, but now we are doing so on a different level — we also have to keep them company and offer emotional support. Unfortunately, some of the women have caught corona-virus, and being at the hospital puts me at risk. Personally, I feel protected because we have full personal protective equipment, which we wear all through our 13-hour shifts. You don’t know if someone is carrying corona-virus or not.
I didn’t want to put my family in danger by bringing the virus home and possibly passing it on to them. As a single parent to my children, Xiaohua, 12 years old, and Xiaoyong, 9, I realized I had to make a very tough decision about my family’s safety when the country went into lockdown. Giving up work wasn’t an option for me. I wanted to be able to look after the women who were feeling poorly and very scared, but I could not leave my little angels behind either.
At this point, my sister suggested that the children stay with her and her husband for the time being and leave me to my hospital duties. I thought it was a great idea, so we set a date for her to pick them up. When I explained the situation to my angels and told them they needed to stay with their aunt for a while, they both seemed upset, but agreed to go. On the day I saw them off, they kept looking back at me until they were too far to be seen.
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After that, my workload increased because some of my coworkers fell ill.
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A week later, it came to Xiaoyong’s birthday.
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