of damage to wildlife and may be endangering the survival(生存) of
the very animals people are flocking to see,according to researchers.
Biologists and conservationists (自然环境持论者) are worried
because polar bears,dolphins, penguins and other creatures are
getting stressed and losing weight and some are dying.
"Evidence (证据) is growing that many animals do not react
well to tourists in their backyard,"New Scientist Magazine said.
The immediate effects researchers have noticed are changes in
behavior,heart rates,or stress hormone levels but they fear it could
get much worse and over the long term" could endanger the survival
of the very wildlife they want to see. "
Although money produced through ecotourism,which has been
growing at about 10 - 30 percent a year,has major benefits for poor
countries and people living in rural areas,the Swiss-based World
Conservation Union(IUCN) and some govemments fear not all projects
are audited (审查) and based on environmentally friendly policies,
according to the magazine.
"Transmission (传播) of disease to wildlife,or small changes
to wildlife health through disturbance of daily life or increased
stress levels,while not obvious to the casual observer,may translate
to lower survival and breeding," said Philip Seddon,of the University
of Otago in Dunedin,New Zealand.
Scientists have noticed that bottle-neck dolphins along the
northeastern coast of New Zealand become nervously excited when
tourist boats arrive. Similar changes in behavior have been observed
in polar bears and yellow-eyed penguins in areas visited by ecotourists
that are producing smaller babies.
Conservationists are now calling for more research into the
effect of ecotourism on animals and say the industry must be developed
carefully, They also want studies done before new ecotourism
projects are started.
"The animals" welfare should be very important because without
them there will be no ecotourism," said Rochelle Constantine of
the University of Auckland in New Zealand.
B. There will be no ecotourism without animals.
C. Ecotourism could endanger the survival of the wildlife people want to see.
D. More research should be done on ecotourism.
B. polar bears are losing weight without enough food
C. all the poor countries have stopped ecotourism
D. money produced through ecotourism should be spent on wild life
B. Polar bears in areas visited by ecotourists are producing smaller babies.
C. Ecotourism has been growing at about 10 - 30 percent ayear.
D. Studies should be done before new ecotourism projects are started.
B. animals have rights to live their own life
C. animals are people"s good friends
D. people should take good care of wildlife
center.
Detectives have issued pictures of a man in a bid to catch the sex attacker who struck last month.
The man is said to have scars on his forehead and chest and a tattoo() on his right arm.
The attack took place in the early hours of Saturday, April 18, on waste ground between Carrick
Street and Broomielaw. Although the 27-year-old victim was not injured, she was left badly shaken. Her
attacker was last seen running in Argyle Street near to Cadogan Street.
The man the police wish to speak to is described as a white male, aged around 20 and 5ft 6in tall. He
has a tanned complexion(黄褐色面肤), short gelled hair, muscular build(肌肉发达) with a scar on the
right side of his forehead. He is wearing a white T-shirt, light blue jeans with cargo pockets and white
training shoes.
Detective Inspector Andy Mc William, of Stewart Street CID, said, "Today we"re issuing CCTV
images of a male pictured in a city center street in the early hours of Saturday, April 18. He may be able
to assist us in our investigation. I would ask him, or any person who recognizes him, to come forward. I"d
also ask anyone who was in the general areas of Broomielaw or Carrick Street on the night in question
and saw this man or has any information that may assist us to contact me/"
Anyone who can help should contact Stewart Street CID on 0141 532 3116 or Crime stoppers on
0800 555 111 where anonymity can be maintained.
B. Images of some detectives.
C. Money for his action.
D. A scar on the forehead.
B. a person who can make great contributions to certain affairs
C. a person who wants to get rewards and offers help to the police
D. a person who gives away his friend to get a higher position
B. He wanted anyone to have contact with him.
C. He hoped to observe the people watching the TV.
D. He told the society why they were issuing CCTV images.
B. You can communicate with Crime Stoppers.
C. All your information may be exposed to the public.
D. The public will not know anything about your own information.
were treated Saturday to a rare celestial phenomenon: a total lunar eclipse (月全食).
For about 50 minutes starting at 6:06 a.m. PST, the moon was completely blocked by the Earth"s
shadow.
With only some indirect sunlight able to reach it after passing through the Earth"s atmosphere, the
moon took on a reddish glow. Since the atmosphere scatters blue light, only red light strikes the moon,
giving it a dark red color.
Dally Sam, who runs a public relations firm in Hawaii, said it had been cloudy and rainy, but the
weather cleared just in time for the eclipse.
Around 3 a.m., he awoke, as he usually does, and remembered to step outside the house in time to
catch the eclipse about a half hour later. No one else in the neighborhood was up.
"It was turning that dark red color," Sayre, 47, said, "I"d better grab a camera. To be able to see it
just right outside our house was really cool."
At the local observatory in Los Angeles, some 300 people, many clutching coffee cups in the cold
morning air, sat with blankets and chairs on the observatory"s great lawn.
"It"s really a celestial festival out here," John Peter, 39, told the Los Angeles Times as he set up his
camera.
Lying on a slope north of downtown near the Hollywood sign, the place offers clear views of the sky.
Observatory officials alerted the crowd when the eclipse began and spontaneous applause erupted when
the celestial event ended.
A total lunar eclipse occurs when the moon goes through the long shadow cast by the Earth and is
blocked from the sunlight that brightens it.
The last total lunar eclipse was on June 15 although that was not visible from the U.S. The next one is
on April 15, 2014, and will be seen in the U.S.
B. The total lunar eclipse ended at about 6:56 a.m.
C. The lunar eclipse ended at about 6:56 in the evening.
D. The lunar eclipse began at about 6:06 in the evening.
B. the light will hurt our eyes
C. nothing of the moon can be seen except some dark red light around its place
D. another planet comes between the earth and the moon
A. found it was still raining heavily
B. saw a total lunar eclipse
C. went out walking as he usually does
D. still had to wait for a long time to see a total lunar eclipse
B. the source of moonlight is from the sun
C. the earth comes between the moon and the sun
D. with the sunlight, the earth casts its shadow over the moon
B. To tell us about a rare celestial event.
C. To alert us of the natural disaster.
D. To draw people"s attention to the news.
Toyota Motor Corp, Japan"s biggest carmaker, said on Friday it will recall 1,489 Lexus sedans
(高级轿车) sold in China. "It will take us some time to ship the fuel tanks and vent pipes to China
to change those in these Lexus sedans for customers free of charge, if problems are found," said
Yang Hongjian, a spokes- woman of Toyota"s China representative office.
The expected recall will affect Lexus LS430 sedans made in Japan from July 29, 2003 to January
14, 2004, the representative office said in a statement. Toyota has not received complaints from
Chinese customers, according to the statement. The move will be part of Toyota"s global recall of
18,200 Lexus LS430s. It will be the third car recall in China in two weeks. Although automobile
recall is a common practice in developed markets, it remains new to Chinese customers. The Chinese
government published long-awaited automobile recall rules on March 15, which will be officially carried
out at the beginning of October.
China"s auto market is forecast to reach 10 million units by 2010. Automakers, especially Chinese
producers, will face greater pressure from automobile recalls, which could be very costly sometimes,
and should be in full preparations, according to the expert. The Japanese carmaker sold 1, 549 Lexus
vehicles on the Chinese mainland during the first five months of this year, according to Yang. Lexus
sales on the mainland reached 4,000 units last year, up from 1,600 units in 2002.
B. Chinese car market has seen car recalls three times so far.
C. Toyota will have a worldwide recall of Lexus LS430 sedans.
D. Toyota Motor start to recall Lexus Sedans due to the problems with fuel tanks.
B. they couldn"t afford the cost for their car recalls
C. their products could not meet the required standard
D. there were no related rules and little pressure
B. automobile recalls will take place in China more frequently
C. China"s car market is forecast to be the biggest by 2010 in the world
D. Toyota is likely to sell the most Lexus Sedans in China in the future
B. China Prepares to Recall Cars
C. The Problems in China"s Car Market
D. Costly Japanese Car Recalls
and a FrenchCaribbean man disfigured by a rare tumor show that such transplants can work and
are not medical oddities (怪异),researchers said.
The findings give hope to some people with severe facial disfigurement and suggest the transplants
could prove longlasting without major problems.Despite the tissue rejection in the first year after their
transplants,neither men had psychological problems accepting their new faces and have been able to
rejoin society,they reported.
Only three people have received face transplants.The world"s first was carried out on French
woman Isabelle Dinoire in November 2005 after she was disfigured in an attack by her dog.In 2007,
her doctors reported that she had recovered slowly and steadily,overcoming two periods of rejection.
In 2006,Chinese doctors performed a face transplant on a 30yearold hit by a bear.While there
were some complications with tissue rejection following the operation,two years later the man was
doing well,his doctors said."This case suggests that facial transplantation might be an option for
restoring a severely disfigured face,and could enable patients to bring themselves back into society,"
Shuzhong Guo and colleagues at Xijing Hospital in China wrote.
A French team described their work on a 29yearold man who suffered from Von Recklinghausen
disease,an illness that changes the shape of his face."The man,who was not named,was given a new
nose,mouth and chin in a 2007 operation.He began to work 13 months after the transplant has more
function in his face and has not rejected the new tissue," his doctors said.
"Our case confirms that face transplantation is practical and effective for the correction of specific
disfigurement," Dr.Laurent Lantieri and colleagues at the HenriMondor hospital outside Paris wrote.
B.Face transplants help regain confidence.
C.Three people have received face transplants.
D.Disfigured people need face transplants.
B.He received several operations in hospital.
C.He was the first person to receive a face transplant.
D.He was once attacked by an animal.
B.patients could regain selfconfidence after face transplants
C.the new face of every patient has more functions than expected
D.it is easy for disabled people to be accepted by society
B.recovering
C.repairing
D.rejecting
B.It was hard for the patients to get along with others.
C.It took some time for the patients to recover from the operation.
D.The patients usually suffered from tissue rejection.
In 1933 an unknown American called Clarence Nash went to see the film-maker Walter Disney.
He had an unusual voice and he wanted to work in Disney"s cartoon film for children. When Walter
Disney heard Nash"s voice, he said, "Stop! That"s our duck!"
The duck was the now-famous Donald Duck, who first appeared in 1934 in the film, The Wise
Little Hen. Donald lived in an old houseboat and worn his sailor jacket and hat. Later that year he
became a star after an eight minute Mickey Mouse film. The cinema audiences liked him because he
was lazy and greedy, and because he lost his temper very easily. And they loved his voice when he
became angry with Mickey"s eight nephews. Soon Donald was more popular than Mickey Mouse
himself, probably because he wasn"t a goody-goody, like Mickey.
In the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s, Donald and his friends Mickey, Goofy and Pluto made hundreds
of Disney cartoons. He also made educational film about the place of the USA in the world, and safety
in the home. Then in 1966 Donald Duck and his voice disappeared-there were no more new cartoons.
Clarence Nash died in February, 1985. But today"s children can still see the old cartoons on the
television and hear that famous voice.
B. Clarence Nash.
C. Walter Disney.
D. Pluto
B. In 1934
C. In 1966
D. In 1965
B. A writer.
C. A film maker.
D. The man who made the voice for Donald Duck.
B. At the cinema.
C. On television.
D. In the theatre.
B. Probably because he wasn"t a goody-goody like Mickey.
C. Probably because he lost his temper very easily.
D. Probably because he became angry with Mickey"s eight nephews.
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