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.

 (R=Reporter；S=Sadie Caddock)

R: What is the best part about your job as an animator (动画片制作者)?

S: I love to be able to bring a character to life. If I can imagine it, I can make it happen on the screen. It's a great feeling.

R: What was your favourite project?

S: My favourite project was a movie called It's a Zoo Out There. Unlike commercials (广告) and TV shows, a movie is longer and usually lets you explore the characters and story. For It's a Zoo Out There, I worked with a fun team of animators to create more than thirty animal characters. It was really an interesting experience.

R: How long does it take you to finish a project?

S: Well, it depends (看情况). It might take me a week to finish my part of a short commercial. As for a movie, one year may be not enough. It also depends on whether (或者) I'm drawing by hand or using a computer. Computers make the work go much faster. However, I sometimes find that drawing by hand is more creative.

R: Do you have any plans in the near future?

S: I will take a long holiday. I plan to visit some other countries. After that, I will keep working hard. I hope to make more animated movies!

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.

If you want to travel from Xi'an to Chengdu by train, it will take about 16 hours. But starting this month, the new Xi'an-Chengdu high-speed railway will shorten this travel time to three hours.

The 643-kilometer line is China's first high-speed railway to run through the Qinling Mountains, which form a natural boundary (分界线) between China's north and south. With a speed of 250 km per hour, it's also the first mountain-heavy train line to provide a 4G network.

Along the way, the train passes through two areas for rare wild (稀有野生) animals – one for pandas and the other for crested ibises (朱鹮).

To reduce the railway's influence on the animals, workers and experts (专家) have designed and built the railway to be environmentally friendly (有利于环保).

To avoid disturbing (打扰) the pandas, the railway was designed to run through tunnels (隧道) within the area. Protective shields (防护屏) are placed near the entrance of each tunnel to stop animals from going in.

To protect the thousands of crested ibises that fly near one part of the railway, protective nets (防护网) have been set up along the tracks to make sure the birds will not fly into a train.

The nets are about 32 km long and 4 meters high. Experts tested different shapes and materials for building the nets before making their final choice.

As soon as the reporters know what to write about, they get down to work. They telephone people and fix a time for a face-to-face interview with them. Sometimes they do telephone interviews. Checking information is very important. They go to the newspaper’s own library to look up any information that they need. This is called “doing one’s homework.”

At the same time, the picture editor decides which photographs will be used for the next day’s paper. All the people who work on a newspaper must be able to work fast. Reporters have to stop working on one story and start working at once on the important new one. They must find out the new information as quickly as possible. Later in the day, everything is put together at the new desk. Reporters return, type their stories into the computer and hand them to the editor.

The chief editor decides which will be the most important story on the front page. Sometimes this will have to be changed if something more important happens late in the day. Other editors read the stories which the reporters have written and make any necessary changes.

Finally, there is no more time left for adding new stories, and the time for printing the newspaper has come. This is done on fast-moving printing machines. The newspapers are then delivered (发送) by truck, plane or rail. Speed is important. People want to buy the latest newspaper; nobody wants to buy yesterday’s.

a. writing stories

b. doing interviews

c. joining in a discussion

d. doing homework

e. handing stories to the editor

The United States and Great Britain took the war on Iraq (伊拉克) in late March, 2003.   (1)  over twenty days American soldiers were in Baghdad (巴格达市), the  (2)  of Iraq. They ended the government (政府) of Saddam.   (3)   Iraqis died in the war. Saddam was   (4)  at first. No one knew  (5)  he’s dead or alive.

In some parts of the city there was no light because of the war. Some oil wells (油井) were set on fire. Now the Iraqis need food, water and  (6)  . Many soldiers and people who were hurt in the war need medical care. People also need

   (7)  to find their family members.

    After the war, some Iraqis broke into Saddam’s palace, government buildings, and stores. They  (8)  many things from Iraqi Museums. Many Iraqis are angry that the U.S. soldiers didn’t stop the robbers (抢劫者). So far there is  (9)  no government of Iraqis.

The reason for American soldiers taking the war is that they are  (10)  ​ weapons of mess destruction (大规模杀伤性武器). But by June 6th, 2003 they hadn’t found any at all.

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.