Over the last 50 years, illegal trade in wildlife has become one of the greatest threats to our natural world. Traffickers (贩子) are exploiting communities in developing areas, driving them to illegally hunt down animals for their body parts. These criminal networks only pay a tiny portion of the final price they get for the animals they receive. Beautiful animals are shipped off to faraway markets, whole or apart.
Angry? We’ve barely started yet. The animal parts are being shipped along with weapons, drugs, even people". These heartless profiteers don’t care about the destruction they cause. Live animals are hidden during transport with no thought for their survival. Many of them don’t make it. Perhaps it’s a mercy when traffickers choose to kill and freeze the animals, before hiding them in the containers the size of a small bus. It’s not one or two animals here and there—it’s entire species that we are seeing driven towards extinction, lost forever from our global heritage. And for one reason alone: to put more money in the pockets of these criminals—whatever the cost.
Now, humans reap as they have sown. COVID-19 has “affected us all. It’s breaking our economies. It has sealed us in our homes and is attacking the weakest among us. In a short period? almost every person on the planet has been affected and we still don’t know the final toll. The source could well be these criminal profiteers. We don’t know for certain how the pandemic started. Some scientists suggest that the disease might have been transferred to a person from a pangolin (穿山甲) being traded illegally in one of these markets—these are most trafficked mammals in the world, with over a million consumed by the trade since 2000.
Yet we would never have imagined that these markets for body parts of wild animals would affect us in this way. It’s time to say “enough”. Dr, Rebecca Drury, Head of Wildlife Trade at Fauna & Flora International (FFI) says, We would like to see stronger action to stop illegal hunting, trafficking and consumption of illegally- sourced wildlife. It is no longer an option to ignore the dangers of illegal and unregulated wildlife trade and consumption, to human health and to healthy, functioning ecosystems needed for life on earth to thrive. We must ensure that the lessons from COVID-19 pandemic are applied to prevent repeats of this global crisis.
The governments of the world are doing what they can. But while bans are put in place, the greedy individuals driving the trafficking will try to use their illegal networks to keep selling, lining their pockets until they are stopped. It’s precisely because this is a trade that happens in the shadows, so we must stop it at source. That’s why FFI is raising funds—to help put a stop to this mean trade. To do so they are asking readers of The-Week to make an urgent contribution today.
1.What can we know from Paragraph 2?
A.Most of the live animals can’t survive the long trip.
B.Most of the live animals were killed and frozen during the trip.
C.Generally, the animal parts won’t shipped along with drugs or people.
D.Traffickers will give it a second thought when considering the cost of the trafficking.
2.What does the author want to convey mainly in Paragraph 3?
A.Humans are paying a price for the illegal animal trafficking.
B.COVID-19 has brought disasters to humans.
C.COVID-19 originates from the pangolin.
D.Scientists have known the transferring path of COVID-19.
3.Which of the following statement is TRUE?
A.Dr Rebecca Drury suggests stopping the trade of wildlife.
B.The most trafficked mammals in the world are the pangolin.
C.FFI is trying to find the source of the illegal wildlife trade.
D.Humans can prevent global crisis if they stop the illegal wildlife trade.
4.What is the purpose of the article?
A.To show us millions of endangered animals are being cruelly killed.
B.To confirm illegal wildlife trade threatens some of our beloved animals.
C.To discuss how to stop the trafficking.
D.To call on immediate action to end the illegal wildlife trade.
When Mike Mushaw decided to join the national bone marrow (骨髓) registry nearly three years ago, he never ready gave it a second thought. After all, he did it only because his college, football coach had encouraged him and his teammates to register. But about six months after the sign-up, he did get a call. The now 21-year-old linebacker’s bone marrow matched a patient in Virginia. Mushaw had to decide whether to go all in. It would mean spending a night in the hospital and undergoing general anesthesia, which carries some risk. And he’d likely never know whether his donation worked. “Once they took 17 vials (试管) of blood, I was like, ‘All right this is real. This is going to happen.’”
His donation went to a five-month-old girl named Eleanor who was sick with a rare immune-deficiency disease that was diagnosed when she was only three month old. Eleanor had rarely left her house other than to travel to the hospital or the doctor. “Eleanor was going to die without a bone marrow transplant,” her mother, Jessica, told NBC.
Still, there was no guarantee of success. Eleanor’s family had hoped that she would have some improvement from the transplant, enough to live a more normal, life. Instead, after a few weeks, the doctors at Children’s National Hospital in Washington, D.C., came back with shocking news: Eleanor’s condition hadn’t just improved—Mushaw’s bone marrow had cured her.
Mushaw didn’t know any of this until months after his donation. In most cases, the donor and recipient remain anonymous to each other. But about six months after the procedure, Eleanor’s parents sent him an e-mail to thank him for saving her life.
“When they told me it was a little girl, I got a little choked up,” Mushaw says. But their surprising connection was only beginning. Mushaw asked whether he and Eleanor could FaceTime regularly so he could check on her progress. “It was amazing to watch her and be a part of her life,” he says. Eleanor kept tabs on him, too, by watching his football games on TV. Mushaw often invited her family to drive from Virginia to Connecticut to meet at his games where tiny shouts of “Mike! Mike!” could be heard from the stands as the little girl cheered on her very own hero.
“I had waited by that point well over a year to finally give a hug to this guy who saved my daughter’s life,” Jessica says. “We felt like we were on cloud nine all weekend getting to spend time with him and have him be with Eleanor.” In January, Mushaw reunited with Eleanor, this time in Virginia, to celebrate her birthday. It will likely be the first of many celebrations together. “As a parent, it feels really great to watch someone love your kid as much as you do,” Jessica says. We were two complete strangers, and now we’ve become such a big part of each other’s lives.”
1.What can we learn from the first paragraph?
A.Mushaw decided to join the national bone marrow registry on his own.
B.Mushaw was unwilling to donate his bone marrow.
C.Mushaw at first wondered whether his donation would work.
D.Mushaw signed up the bone marrow registry at 21.
2.What does the underlined phrase “kept tabs on” in paragraph 5 mean?
A.pay a price to B.pay close attention to
C.keep a record of D.keep pace with
3.What can we know about Eleanor from the article?
A.Eleanor was often taken out to travel before deceiving the donation.
B.Eleanor’s family was certain that she could be cured with the donation.
C.Eleanor was excited when watching Mike’s football game.
D.Eleanor first saw Mushaw when Mushaw went to Virginia to celebrate her birthday.
4.Which is the best title for the article?
A.A Little Life Saved, A Big Friend Made
B.A Medical Miracle
C.A Lucky Transplant
D.Donation Working, Girl Saved
Mini Cooper introduced its fastest street legal model yet at the Los Angeles Auto Show this week.
Mini has already decided that the car number 0001 will go to a customer in the United States, but hasn’t decided yet how to choose who will get it. It will not be decided through an auction (拍卖). said Mike Peyton, Mini’s vice president for the Americas.
On this Mini John Cooper Works GP, the fender flares (轮眉) are made from carbon-fiber-reinforced plastic. The material is recycled waste left over from the production of BMW i3 and i8. The rear wing is actually two wings combined and provides downforce at the back of the car to keep it pressed to the ground at high speeds. The turbocharged four-cylinder engine is the most powerful that has ever been used in a Mini. It has 75 horsepower more than the next most-powerful Mini John Cooper Works model.
The John Cooper Works GP has a special eight-speed automatic transmission, according to the company. It also has paddle shifters (换档器) on the steering wheel so the driver can shift modes by hand. To save weight, the car only has front seats which are special light weight sports seats.
There’s no choice of paint color on this Mini Cooper. The cars will be painted in Racing Gray, with the mirrors finished in Melting Silver.
The cars are named for John Cooper, a racing driver and race car designer who worked with the British Motor Corporation to create performance versions of the original Minis in the 1960s. Those cars became extremely popular with car racers.
Details:
Engine power: 301 horsepower
Top speed: 165 miles an hour
Amount: 3000
Time of production: July, 2020
Price: starting about: $45,000
1.What makes this Mini Cooper environment friendly?
A.Parts of it are made from waste.
B.It’s completely powered by electricity.
C.Its fender flares are produced by BMW.
D.Its ownership won’t be decided through an auction.
2.The new Mini Cooper doesn’t provide ________.
A.manual shifters B.backseats
C.back wings D.automatic modes
3.We can know from the passage that the new Mini Cooper ________.
A.is designed by John Cooper
B.mainly aims at car racers
C.is not yet on the market
D.will be produced in the British Motor Corporation
假如你是晨光中学的李津，为配合学校的科技月活动，你校英语社团的微信公众号开展征文活动。要求同学们写一篇英语短文，介绍我国科学家设计的一款生活型智能机器人。现请你投稿，文章内容包括：
1. 简要介绍这款生活型智能机器人。
2. 谈谈这款生活智能机器人的功能（至少写2点）
3. 说明生活型机器人的意义。
注意：1. 词数不要少于100。
2. 可适当加入细节，使内容充实，行文连贯。
3. 开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。
参考词汇：智能机器人intelligent robot
June 10, 2020
Here I would like to introduce a new type of intelligent household robot to you.
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David Carter stands outside of the University of Texas’ Austin campus every day, offering the same warm greeting to students who pass by. “Hello, my friend!”
Carter, now 68, is a beggar who once attended the school from 1972 to L975. Then, he was involved in a crash and got serious injuries. He then had trouble with substance abuse and faced mental health challenges, leading him to drop out before completing his degree.
“If I could change one thing about my past life, I would have stayed in school,” Carter says. He says he knows an education can change someone’s quality of life.
Carter had to beg in the last few years fora simple reason. “I’m always flat broke,” he said. While most people would walk right by a beggar, Ryan Chandler, a junior at the university, decided to stop and chat with Carter-and he learned a valuable lesson: You can’t judge a book by its cover.
“A lot of UT students see them as criminal vagrants (无业游民,乞丐) or think that they are dangerous or unfriendly, and that idea just isn’t true,” says Chandler.
Chandler got to know Carter and saw his potential. “He completed 87 hours of course credits, which is enough for a degree for most people, but he just never finished,” Chandler says.
The student wrote a blog post about his new friend, and luckily, the right people heard about Carter and stepped in to help. The University of Texas readmitted Carter as a student, and a kind person who used to be a student UT offered to pay for Carter’s tuition.
“I want to be a student and I want to learn,” Carter said. Since the course requirements have changed, Carter is far from having the amount of credits needed to graduate. But his friend knows he’s willing to take up the challenge. “He is capable, he is ready, and he is dedicated to this,” Chandler says.
1.Why didn’t Carter finish his study at UT more than 40 years ago? (no more than 10 words)
2.How does Carter feel as a dropout? (no more than 5 words)
3.What does the underlined part in the fourth paragraph probably mean? (no more than 5 words)
4.What can be inferred about Carter in his study at UT? (no more than 15 words)
5.What do you think is the right way to know someone? Please explain. (no more than 25 words)
We all have our bad days. No one is going to wake up each and every morning in a cheery mood. Sometimes we all feel just a little bit grumpier (脾气暴躁的) than usual, and that’s just a part of being human. Yet once we get to the office, many in the workforce feel it necessary to hide their emotions, whether they are in frustration, anger, or sadness. Interestingly, a new study finds keeping one’s behavior at the office authentic will result in greater productivity and a better relationship with co-workers. In other words: act how you feel, and don’t fake it.
It’s extremely common for the average workspace to preach an attitude of continuous positivity. While this may be beneficial from the CEO’s viewpoint, it just isn’t realistic when applied to real people with real problems and daily hardships. That’s why, the research team have concluded, employees will actually feel better, work harder, and connect more with their colleagues if they don’t hide their feelings with a fake smile.
Over 2,500 working adults, from a variety of industries such as finance or engineering, took part in this research via surveys. The questionnaires measured two distinct types of on-the-job emotional regulation: surface acting and deep acting. Surface acting means faking happiness while interacting with other employees; and deep acting refers to actively trying to change one’s emotions and feelings in order to be more pleasant at work. The study’s authors were interested to see how common it is for working adults to regulate their emotions while on the clock, and if so. Why? What benefits are employees gaining from such behavior?
After analyzing all of the survey responses, researchers identified four distinct types of individuals who hide or regulate their emotions around co-workers. “Non-actors” rarely hide their true feelings, and if they do, only to a very small extent. “Low actors” usually take part in only slight deep and surface acting. “Deep actors” perform lots of deep acting and low levels of surface acting, and “Regulators” exhibit high levels of both surface and deep acting.
By far non-actors were the smallest identified group in the study. Regulators, or employees who tend to hide their true feelings most often, are usually motivated by feelings of self-interest. These people believe that by hiding their feelings they will gain access to additional work resources and look good in front of their managers and co-workers. Deep actors, on the other hand, are usually more motivated by “pro-social” factors. This means they choose to hide their emotions because they believe it develops a healthier working environment. Regulators are the most likely of the four to experience great emotional tiredness and exhaustion. Meanwhile, deep actors tend to achieve improved well-being most frequently.
1.Many office workers tend to ________.
A.show their anger B.behave naturally
C.focus on their jobs only D.pretend to be happy
2.What does the underlined word “preach” mean in the second paragraph?
A.Promote. B.Forbid. C.Change. D.Ignore
3.How was the study carried out?
A.By performing experiments.
B.By analyzing questionnaire data.
C.By taking field trips to offices.
D.By interviewing CEOs.
4.What do we know about “regulators”?
A.They are straightforward and like to help others.
B.They are more surface acting than deep acting.
C.They like to build an image that will benefit them.
D.They are self-interested and will do whatever it takes to succeed.
5.What conclusion can we draw from the passage?
A.“Non-actors” always hold back their true feelings on purpose.
B.“Low-actors” are, most likely to display their true feelings.
C.Hiding true feelings is sure to leave a good impression.
D.It is worthwhile to become deep actors in a way.
6.Through the passage the author mainly intends to
A.stress the significance of displaying true feelings
B.highlight the importance of hiding true feelings
C.urge people to keep a cheerful emotion at work
D.persuade people to better their working efficiency
