Because of President Trumpˈs decision to remove America from the Paris Climate agreement, youˈd be forgiven for feeling a little negative about the future of the planet.

With reports of huge cracks (裂缝) appearing in the Antarctic ice, fears that   (1)   the two degree heating of the planet might be a dream. And the worldˈs food supplies at risk --- everything   (2)  and sounds gray.

  (3)  , there are also some good news stories; with many of them coming from China.

The country has been   (4)  the way when it comes to "green living" in recent years, with the government announcing it had completed building the worldˈs   (5)   floating solar farm.

Now, in   (6)  to control the production of bad gasses, the country is continuing to work hard (so to speak) for the construction of one of the worldˈs first "forest cities".

Designed by Stefano Boeri, who you might remember also   (7)  two special “forests”. The city is now   (8)   construction in Liuzhou, Guangxi Province.

It is reported that once completed, the new city will host 30, 000 people and---thanks to the trees and plants---will (9) almost 10, 000 tons of CO2, 57 tons of pollutants (污染物) per year and produce nearly 900 tons of oxygen every year.

The city will achieve   (9)   thanks to about a million plants from over 100 species (物种). As well as 40,000 trees are being planted over almost every surface imaginable.

Close your eyes for a minute and imagine what life would be like if you couldn’t see. Imagine having to read this page, not with your eyes but with your fingers. How do you feel, then?

    With medical knowledge and skills today, two-thirds of the world’s 42 million blind people should not have to suffer. Unluckily, rich countries have this knowledge, but developing countries do not.

    ORBIS is an international charitable (慈善的) organization. Its goal is to help fight blindness all over the world. Inside a DC-8 airplane, there is a teaching hospital with television room and classroom. Doctors are taught the latest technology of helping the blind get sight again here. ORBIS is always trying to keep a closer relation among countries.

    ORBIS helps those developing countries by providing sight-saving training. It has taught over 35,000 doctors and nurses. They continue to treat thousands of blind people every year. They have traveled around the earth 3 times, visited 76 countries and treated over 20,000 blind people. They need your help to continue their work and free people from blindness.

    For just $ 38, you can help one person see; for $ 380 10 people can see; $ 1,300 helps train a doctor new skills; and for $ 13,000 you can provide a training program for a group of doctors who can make thousands of blind people see again. Your love can help them open their eyes to the world.

Would you eat a ready meal from the fridge rather than cook by yourself?Have you been doing Internet shopping rather than going to the stores?

A study into how lazy British people are has found more than half of the adults are so lazy that they’d catch the lift rather than climb two flights of stairs.

Just over 2,000 people were quizzed by independent researchers in Britain’s largest health center.The results were very surprising.

About one in six people who were asked said if their control was broken,they would continue watching the same channel rather than get up.

More than one third of those asked said they would not run to catch a bus.Worryingly,of 654 respondents (离婚被告) with children,64% said they were often too tired to play with them.

We know that it’s no wonder that one in six children in the UK are very fat before they start school.

DrSarah,Dauncey,medical director of the center,said,“People need to get fitter,not just for their own health,but for their families,friends and pets,too.”

“If we don’t start to take control of this problem,a whole generation will become too unfit to perform even the most basic tasks.”

And Scotland’s largest city,Glasgow,was shamed as the laziest city in the UK,with 75% asked thinking they do not get enough exercise,followed by Birmingham and Southampton,both with 67%.

So there are some problems for the National Health Service,where fatness-related (相关的) illnesses such as heart disease and cancer have been on an increase for the past 40 years and are costing billions of pounds every year.

The United Nations said that the world’s population will increase from 7.2 billion today to 8.1 billion in 2025. By 2050, it will reach 9.6 billion.

According to the report on World Population Prospects（预测）, India’s population will surpass(超过) China’s in around 2028 when each of the two countries will have a population of around 1.45 billion.India’s population is expected to grow to around 1.6 billion and then slowlydeclineto 1.5 billion in 2100, while China’s will start decline after 2030, possibly fall to 1.1 billion in 2100.

According to the report, Nigeria’s population will surpass the US’s population before the middle of this century and Nigeria will start to take China’s place as the second-most populous（人口稠密的）country in the world by the end of this century. By 2050, Nigeria’s population will reach more than 440 million, and it will be nearly 914 million by 2100.

The population of developing countries will increase from 5.9 billion in 2013 to 8.2 billion in 2050. However, the population of developed countries will remain generally unchanged during that period, at around 1.3 billion.

Africa’s population will increase from 1.1 billion today to 2.4 billion in 2050, and may reach 4.2 billion by 2100.

The populations of several countries are expected to decline by more than 15% by 2050, includingBelarus,Bulgaria,Cuba,Latvia, Ukraine, etc.

Wuhan was hit by the heaviest rainstorm this year. More than 7,000 houses have been destroyed or damaged and 151,900 hectares(公顷）of crops have been affected. Economic losses are estimated at about 684 million yuan, according to the local authorities.

Though Wuhan is a city beside the Yangtze River, the water level of the river increases and even becomes higher than the city whenever it meets heavy rainstorm. If the lakes can't contain all of the rain water, many streets and low areas will be flooded. As a result, the traffic was cut off, some buildings fell off, dozens of living buildings were flooded in water and thousands of people had to move to other places or stayed in hotels. The function of lakes seemed more important than ever before.

But for a long time, Wuhan's history was a history of filling lakes. With rapid growth of population, more and more large lakes were filled up and became people's living areas. Nobody has realized the importance of the lakes. Early in the 50s of last century, there were a total of more than 120 lakes in the city. But now there are only about 40 lakes left. So how can 40 lakes contain as much water as 120 lakes can?

For this reason, people in Wuhan are seeking to make room for lakes. Just as an expert said, “If we haven't filled up so many lakes, we wouldn't have suffered such serious disasters. ”This awareness comes a bit late, but it is better late than never. We must pay more attention to our environment protection and take measures to protect it from now on.

In fact, the rainstorms also hit many other places, such as Yueyang, Jiangsu, Chongqing and so on. All of us, especially our government should think over these problems. Which is more important, developing the economy or protecting the environment?