A. amused B. common C. complete D. disconnecting E. means F. mission G. perform H. positive I. prepared J. spreading K. struggle |
The world of live action role-playing
For many people, the days of playing make-believe (假扮) ended in childhood. But for some, the game of make-believe lives on in Live Action Role-Playing, or LARP. This is a game where people act out characters in a(n)
Although pretty much anything goes in LARP, nearly every event involves players completing a(n)
The genius of LARP is that each event can be any kind of story. The most
One
A.efficiency B.employ C.effective D.chemicals E.accelerating F.existing G.projected H.trapped I.power J.simultaneously K.artificially |
This past July was the hottest recorded month in human history. Heat waves smashed temperature records worldwide and even brought summer temperatures to Chile and Argentina during the Southern Hemisphere’s winter. It’s more than just a matter of sweaty discomfort. In the U.S. alone, it kills more people each year than floods, tornadoes and hurricanes combined. As climate change worsens, access to
Yet standard air-conditioning systems have
It’s becoming increasingly clear that humans cannot outrun climate change with the same air-conditioning technology we’ve been using. One well-known problem with current AC systems is their reliance on refrigerant
Standard air-conditioning systems
Even with some of the best technologies available, the gains in
A. untouched | B. preparation | C. disproportionately | D. outlook | E. committed | F. shake |
G. redirect | H. target | I. reduced | J. expose | K. typically |
Over the past few weeks, many people around the world joined me in celebrating my career firsts — from winning my first Golden Globe to earning my first Oscar. While I am grateful for this unforgettable moment in my professional life, I want to
My life changed eight years ago when one moment shook my
It was April 25, 2015, and I was visiting local organizations. Suddenly, a deadly earthquake hit the country. I have never felt the type of fear and panic I felt that day, when the ground beneath shook so powerfully that I was not able to stand on my own feet.
I was fortunate to make through that day uninjured, but not
Crises are not just moments of disaster: They
To fully recover from a disaster and be prepared for the next one, the specific needs of women and girls must be factored into the humanitarian response.
This year we are halfway toward the 2030
One Medical
On Thursday, Amazon announced its first major acquisition (收购) under Mr. Jassy’s occupation as C.E.O., spending $3.9 billion for One Medical, a chain of primary care clinics around the country. The deal is a sign of Amazon’s health care ambitions. As the company has
Health care has been
Amazon wants to be the “front door” through which customers
A. observe B. change C. third-party D. expected E. enforce F. international G. conducted H. under I. improved J. foreign K. hostile |
Korean President Moon Jae-in told United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres that top DPRK leader Kim Jong-un promised to make open the closedown of the Punggye-ri nuclear test site to the ROK and the United States as well as to the
The ROK president asked the UN chief to allow officials to
During the April 27 summit with Moon at the border village of Panmunjom, Kim said his country will close the Punggye-ri nuclear test site in northeast of the DPRK, where all of six nuclear tests were
After the summit, Moon and Kim signed and announced the Panmunjom Declaration, agreeing to the complete denuclearization and the
The two leaders also agreed to stop all
Local media on Tuesday reported that the DPRK was removing propaganda loudspeakers from the border area, in a bid to
Guterres said he was willing to cooperate in the process in response, noting that though Moon’s calls require the approval from UN Security Council, he will make efforts to help settle peace on the Korean Peninsula. Guterres added that he will appoint a UN official in charge of arms reduction to cooperate with the ROK.
Moon also asked Guterres to issue a statement welcoming and supporting the Panmunjom Declaration by the UN General Assembly or the UN Security Council, saying UN support will be a great help to
US President Donald Trump on Monday said he has considered the Demilitarized Zone separating the DPRK and the ROK as a possible site for his meeting with Kim,
“Numerous countries are being considered for the MEETING,” Trump tweeted on Monday morning, “but would Peace House/Freedom House, on the Border of North & South Korea, be a more Representative, Important and Lasting site than a
A. benefit B. closely C. containing D. deprived E. feasted F. fundamental G. introduction H. original I. purchasing J. supply K. typically |
The Pleasures of the Table
APRIL 9, 2020 was the darkest day in the recent recorded history of the restaurant industry. The
Being
Yet restaurants in their current form are a few hundred years old at most. They do not satisfy some primeval (原始的) urge, but rather those of particular sorts of societies. Economic and social forces have created both the
People have long
These were more like takeaways, though, or stands where food might be thrown in with a drink, than eat-in restaurants. The table d’hôte, which appeared in France around Cole’s time, most
What does the history of the restaurant say about its future? In recent weeks, global restaurant reservations have risen back up close to their pre-pandemic levels. The long-term future of the restaurant is less clear. The pandemic has led to many people
A. suspects B. maintains C. angles D. devotion E. lend F. favor G. determined H. analytical I. inventive J. credit K. stirring |
Tony Randall stars as the Belgian detective Hercule Poirot in the director Frank Tashlin’s extravagant 1965 adaptation of Agatha Christie’s “The ABC Murders,” infusing the sleuth’s punctilious style with
Cinderella Man
Russell Crowe teams up with the director Ron Howard for the story of the boxer James J. Braddock, who fell from
Braddock is presented as a man without sin; his wife, Mae (Renée Zellweger),
A.tirelessly B. urgency C.concrete D.acknowledged E.roadmap F.call G committed H. intended I. update J. summed K.just |
The pressure for change is building: reactions to the Glasgow climate pact
The Glasgow climate package, aimed at ensuring the world limits global heating to 1.5C above pre-industrial levels, was
"There is still a huge amount more to do in the coming years. But today's agreement is a big step forward and, critically, we have the first ever international agreement to phase down (逐步减少)coal and a
Al Gore,the former US vice-president,also praised the public pressure put on world leaders at the conference: “The Glasgow Climate Pact and the pledges made at Cop26 move the global community forward in our urgent work to address the climate crisis and limit global temperature rise to 1.5C, but we know this progress, while meaningful,is not enough. “We must move faster to deliver a
Many developed and developing countries nailed the progress it represented on the world's goals .But green campaigners warned that the
On the last-minute weakening of language about phasing out coal, Timmermans said: "Let's be clear, I'd rather not have the change. I was very happy with the language we had." But he added it was “like going from 24 carat gold to 18 carat, it's still gold...we are now making
Countries will have to return next year and the year after to
A. cultivate B. reassuring C. opposing D. objective E. confidence F. evidence G. perceived H. functioning I. estimate J. existing K. scientism |
Why Doubt Is Essential To Science
The confidence people place in science is frequently based not on what it really is, but on what people would like it to be. When I asked students at the beginning of the year how they would define science, many of them replied that it is a(n)
But doubt in science is a feature, not a bug. Indeed, science, when properly
As a historian of science, I would argue that it's the responsibility of scientists and historians of science to show that the real power of science lies precisely in what is often
Scientists understand this, but in the
A. crowded B. disregarding C. prospect D. secure E. sheltering F. shortage G. shrink H. suspended I. leading J. vulnerable K. groundbreaking |
Jane Goodall
Sixty years after the start of her groundbreaking study of chimpanzces in the wild, the primatologist looks for a silver lining in the pandemic.
Chimpanzees have no
To prevent transmission, scientists have
But the new's isn't all bad. she hastily adds. Befitting someone who used the word “hope” in the titles of three of her past four books. Dr. Goodall isn't above squinting(斜视)to find a silver lining. “I think people are seeing that we brought this pandemic upon ourselves by
“I think this is waking people up,” she says.