中南大学
- For locals and visitors, the coastal city of Haikou is becoming more attractive, thanks to the numerous graceful coconut trees, warm sunshine, delicious cuisines and more recently, the wetlands that are expanding quickly and emerging as a new aspect of the city's pride. Haikou, capital of tropical Hainan province, has made the protection and restoration of wetlands a livelihood project to build a happy home for the people. On Oct 25, Haikou was honored as one of the first group of international wetland cities at the 13th Conference of the Parties to the International Convention on Wetlands held in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates. It was seen as international recognition of Haikou's ecological protection undertakings in recent years. Haikou has been called a "water city" since ancient times, boasting abundant wetland resources including coasts, rivers and lakes. But problems have emerged along with local economic development. At a recent discussion arranged for residents, many hailed the progress made by the special campaigns in the past two years, targeting polluted water bodies, illegal construction, air and soil pollutants, comprehensive rectification of urban and rural environments and restoration of wetlands and forests. They said the efforts are turning Haikou into a beautiful garden. "The environment is closely related to every citizen. I will shoulder the responsibility as a citizen supervisor and contribute to the construction of Haikou's ecological civilization," Chen Decheng, a resident, said at the discussion meeting. He said he was deeply impressed by the changes and felt much happier. "The rentals in my five-room house near Meishe River, known as Haikou's 'mother river', are going up remarkably as the once smelly river has become garden-like due to a major ecological restoration drive by the city government," said Wang Xia, a middle-aged taxi driver. To tackle bad odors caused by industrial pollution and the daily dumping of domestic garbage in the city's rivers, lakes and wetlands over the years, and to fully implement the strategy of the central government to build Hainan into a national demonstration zone for ecological civilization, Haikou has pioneered integrated planning for the restoration of its ecological resources. It has issued strict guidelines to safeguard ecologically fragile areas, the overall quality of the environment and promote rational use of resources, and has introduced hard-hitting access limits for new industrial projects. "Haikou has introduced an innovative way that combines protection of its precious wetland resources with restoration of its ecosystems," said Chen Song, director of Haikou Wetland Protection Center. Instead of using conventional methods to reinforce the riverbanks, large-leaf oil grass and plants were grown on the river banks and s were planted in the rivers, the first successful planting of mangroves in urban rivers in China. The trees and plants will help naturally filter and purify the waters. "The cost of such a practice isn't very high, but the effect is every good," said Yu Kongjian, dean of the College of Architecture and Landscape at Peking University. The Meishe River National Wetland Park, covering 14,000 square meters, took shape in nine months on top of a former waste dump in 2017. Regarded as the largest functional eight-stage terraced field ever built in China, the wetland can treat 5,000 to 8,000 metric tons of domestic sewage every day and has become an oasis for water plants and all kinds of waterfowl. It has been awarded the appellation "National Water Conservancy Scenic Area". Experts said the wetlands have improved water quality and enhanced the regenerative abilities of the local ecological systems and played an important role in resisting floods, regulating runoff and refining the climate. Haikou now boasts a wetland area of 29,093 hectares, a wetland rate of 12.7 percent. They are home to 514 wetland animal species and 439 plant species, accounting for 23 and 20.3 percent of the country's total, respectively. "Haikou has established a strong leadership headed by senior city officials, supported by professional associations and a growing number of volunteers who are actively involved in promoting public awareness and monitoring management of the wetlands," said Chen.
- US President Donald Trump has triggered controversy after raising the possibility of ending birthright citizenship in the United States by signing an executive order, a move experts say would be unconstitutional. Trump said on Tuesday that he has discussed with White House counsel the idea of bringing a halt to giving automatic citizenship to babies born in the US who are of non-citizen parents. The move is believed to be Trump's effort to appeal to constituents who see illegal immigration as a top concern. Trump also went off track by saying that the US is the only country that automatically gives citizenship to anyone born in the country. Actually, many other countries, including Canada and Mexico, also grant citizenship to children born within their borders. Trump's words were immediately opposed by legal experts and officials. "Well you obviously cannot do that," Republican US House Speaker Paul Ryan said in a radio interview on Tuesday. "You cannot end birthright citizenship with an executive order." Trump is attempting to please his base by denying birthright status to foreign babies born in the US, said Brookings Institution Senior Fellow DarrellWest. "It is a way to sound tough on immigration without getting Congress to pass a bill," West said. "Trump plans to implement this idea through an executive order. That approach is not likely to be constitutional." Saikrishna Prakash, a constitutional expert and University of Virginia Law School professor, said Trump is doing something that's going to upset a lot of people, but ultimately this will be decided by the legal system. "This is not something he can decide on his own," he said. Yang Jingmin, a researcher with the Center for China and Globalization, a think tank in Beijing, said an executive order is likely to be challenged and overruled in court. The first sentence of the 14th Amendment passed after the Civil War(1861-65) establishes the principle of "birthright citizenship": "All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the state wherein they reside." However, Yang said that the signal sent by Trump was worth pondering. "What Trump expressed and wants to do will probably affect the public opinion of the US, and actions that support opening-up and conform to the spirit of the Constitution will probably be under pressure," she said. Xie Guoao, founder of Crownbaby International Life Science & Technology Group, said tens of thousands of Chinese have gone to the US to have children, aiming for citizenship and education rights. "I think Trump cannot alter the Constitution and the rights of the children born in the country will not be changed easily, but it also sends out signals that related polices might be tightened in the future," he said. The issue of immigration has dominated political discussions in the US again in the past few weeks, as Trump views illegal immigration as one of the nation's most pressing matters for the midterm elections next week.
- Print news refers to _______________. news in newspapers and magazines.
- Which of the following newspapers are tabloids?
- Bequele added: “It is completely unacceptable that children are still going hungry in Africa in the 21st century.” (The Guardian) What can be useful clues to help us judge the attitude of the speaker in the news?
- There are different types of feature stories, including _______etc.
- Figures of speech are often used in feature writing in order to enhance the literariness like ______ etc.
- Pick the points you should pay attention to when you assess a news presentation orally.
- Why big and exact numbers are not common in broadcasting news?
- Which of the following headlines omitted “a” or “an”?
- Why should we read different reports of the same news events from different news agencies?
- Cartoons usually appear in the section of __________.
- What are the common sections included in most English newspapers?
- There are very few ________ used resulting in good reporting instead of editing with an objective tone instead of subjective.
- Short message writing has led to more creativity in the English language, giving people opportunities to create their own _________________etc.
- Which of the following verbs are neutral words which can’t show people’s attitude?
- A Commentary provides information on current events and issues, along with interpretation and analysis, which appears in the newspaper columns like ________ etc.
- Reading different news reports of the same news events can help _____.
- What are the three ways mentioned in the video to judge people’s attitudes through quotations?
- The 1890s saw the rise of media giants William Randolph Hearst and Joseph Pulitzer. Their fierce competition produced "yellow journalism".
- When the reporter is conscious of the need to organize the story around _____, the story tends to write itself.
- The grammatical features of news English include ________
- What can the left-pointing arrow (←) mean when we take notes?
- The information in British early papers was distributed to the public in the form of ____
- Where can we find the name of a news agency?
- Which of the following statement is true?
- Fleet Street is the traditional home of the______ national press since the 18th century.
- The sentence “Qiu Yong visits Indonesia.” falls in which of the following sentence structure?
- Which verb can show a negative attitude of the speaker towards something?
- You should give the ____ to the source of the quotations.
- ________, first published in 1704, is regarded as the first continuously published newspaper in British North America.
- Active reading is _________.
- A total of 95 ancient tombs have been discovered on the campus of Tsinghua University, a prestigious university in Beijing. (China Daily)What is “the Who” in the lead?
- Quality Papers are also called _______
- Which number does the word “score” mean?
- Which of the following headlines is giving a future event?
- __________ are words or expressions used as substitutes for something else with which they are closely associated.
- ________ words refer to the words or expressions that are vague and not clearly defined.
- When reading a graph with several lines, we _________.
- Which one of these is not the reason why the inverted pyramid structure is used?
- The first true British newspaper was______.
- News about politics, war, economics, and crimes used to be considered _____.
- When skimming, we watch for signal words or phrases to follow the author’s direction.
- A predicate verb is different from a present or past participle modifier because it is commonly used with an auxiliary or modal verb.
- Timeliness means that events are immediate and recent.
- Getting familiar with the elements in different kinds of news can help us predict the contents that might appear in the following contents.
- If you don't understand the questions from the audience, you can paraphrase them back to the questioner.
- Words like “defense”, “argue”, and “challenge” can show people hold positive attitudes towards something.
- Does the headline “Huawei files motion to challenge US government as it eyes swift end to its law suit” report a future event?
- If you don't know an answer to a question, tell the audience you don’t know.
- Credible journalism is fed by fact-gathering
- Is “Obituaries” one of the sections in The Guardian?
- Clipped words refer to words formed from the initial letters of the original group of words.
- Tabloids are thoughtful, serious papers
- We can refer to different reports of the same news events to guess the meaning of some unknown words.
- The word “paraphrase”means explaining the question using different words.
- Headlines are not full sentences with some function words omitted, so as to grab the attention of readers.
- We are not journalists, so we are not responsible for the reliability of news and information we read or hear.
- As English learners, we should try our best to understand foreign accents when we listen to English news.
- Listen to all parts of a question BEFORE you begin to answer any questions.
- In 1917, the first Pulitzer Prize was awarded for excellence in Olympic Games.
- Slides should repeat your words.
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答案:Trump has proposed ending birthright citizenship in the US via an executive order, which experts consider unconstitutional. This move aims to appeal to supporters concerned about illegal immigration. Legal experts, politicians (including Paul Ryan), and analysts (Darrell West, Saikrishna Prakash, Yang Jingmin) oppose the idea, stating that birthright citizenship cannot be ended by executive order alone and must go through the constitutional amendment process or be decided by the legal system. Trump's plan is likely to face challenges and potential overruling in court. The 14th Amendment guarantees birthright citizenship. While changes may not be imminent, Trump's stance could influence public opinion and signal potential policy tightening in the future.
A:news in magazines B:news spread over radio C:news in newspapers D:Internet news
答案:news in magazines###news in newspapers
A:The Daily Mail B:The Daily Universal Register C:The Manchester Guardian D:The Sun
答案:The Daily Mail###The Sun
A:The verb “add”. B:The word “Africa” C:The key word “unacceptable”. D:The key words “are still going hungry”.
答案:The key word “unacceptable”.###The key words “are still going hungry”.
A:news features B:profiles C:trend stories D:sports
答案:profiles###news features
A:personification B:euphemism C:metaphor D:exaggeration
答案:personification###exaggeration###metaphor###euphemism
A:Be truthful when giving responses. B:Use phrases like “I think… I like… I feel… I wish…” C:Begin with a positive statement D: Use phrases like “Everyone thinks…” or “The audience feels…”
答案:Be truthful when giving responses.###Use phrases like “I think… I like… I feel… I wish…”###Begin with a positive statement
A:Big and exact numbers can be remembered easily. B:Listeners are not interested in big and exact numbers. C:Big and exact numbers are difficult to remember. D:Most listeners only receive information passively
答案:Most listeners only receive information passively###Big and exact numbers are difficult to remember.
A:Journalist fired in spy debate B:five killed in Connecticut power plant blast C:Longevity Star Dies at 110 D:Meet the 'selfish giant' of global trade
A:To compare different perspectives given by different news agencies. B:To search for different responses from different groups of readers. C:To understand a news event comprehensively. D:To present different views for the same events.
A:world news B:op-ed C:columnist D:editorial
A:science and technology B:international news C: business or economy D:local news
A:adverbs B:subjects C:objects D:adjectives
A:slangs B:abbreviations C:acronyms D:emoticons
A:maintain B:assume C:conclude D:demonstrate
A:Editorial B:Columnists C:Opinion D:Review
A:learn English news B:understand unknown words C:find different viewpoints D:remember the memorial day
A:Use summary statement. B:Use key words. C:Use verb or verb phrase. D:Use quotation marks.
A:Randolph Hearst B:Rupert Murdoch C:Joseph Pulitzer D:Alfred Harmsworth
A:dialogues B:actions C:descriptions D:comments
A: the overuse of active voice B:the insertion of quotations and parentheses C: the heavy use of pre-modifiers D:the flexible use of omission
A:drop B:increase C:come from D:go to
A: all of the above B:posters C:pamphlets D:newssheets
A:At the end of the news. B:Below a headline. C:In the homepage of a news website. D:Below a photograph.
A:The word “dismantle” consists of dis-, “not”, and mantle, “take off”. B:The word “denuclearize” can be divided into denuclear-+ -ize. C:Peninsula is from Latin “paeninsula”, consisting of paene‘almost' + insula‘island'. D:Pyongyang is made up of the prefix “pyong” and suffix “yang”.
A:European B:American C:Australian D:British
A:OSV B:SVO C:VOS D:SOV
A:show B:differ C:endorse D:illustrate
A:credit B:rank C:quotation mark D:name
A:The New York Times B:The Sun C:The Boston News-Letter D:Publick Occurrences Both Forreign and Domestick
A:not reading a news story B:not reading a cartoon C:reading while thinking D:reading some active activities
A:95 ancient tombs B:Beijing C:the campus D:Tsinghua University
A:broadsheets B:posters C:free newspapers D:pamphlets
A:10 B:40 C:12 D:20
A:Longevity Star Dies at 110 B:Meet the 'selfish giant' of global trade C:Journalist fired in spy debate D:Japan to Help Elderly Jobless
A:Metonyms B:Buzzwords C:Midget words D:Metaphors
A:Midget B:Fuzzy C:Vivid D:Vogue
A:compare the trends of the lines B:focus on the highest line C:focus on the lowest line D:focus on the most stable line
A:People usually scan the headline and the beginning part when they are taking a bus. B:It is efficient for the editors to pick the biggest news out of piled-up messages. C:Journalists can send news immediately without missing any important information. D:Editors can handle the most valuable news by reading the whole article.
A:The Times B:The Daily Courant C:The Oxford Gazette D:The Daily Telegraph
A:soft news B:commentaries C:hard news D:world news
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