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She told me that she has already gone to the United States four times before she attended that conference.

Which of the following is NOT true of online shopping?

The whole region is rarely populated; our nearest neighbor lives ten miles away.

The Navajo people of Arizona and New Mexico build their hogans, cone-shaped dwellings made of logs and earth, during the summer.

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We will show how the International Olympics have commercialized internationally, and are financed from corporate and private sponsorships and how this funding scenario can be used to fund new projects.

What is the best title for the passage?

Most of the people do not believe the President is prepared to go beyond symbolic and superficial steps in negotiations.

Tourism, Globalization and Sustainable Development　　Tourism is one of the fastest growing sectors of the global economy and developing countries are attempting to cash in on this expanding industry in an attempt to boost foreign investment and financial reserves. While conceding that the uncontrolled growth of this industry can result in serious environmental and social problems, the United Nations contends that such negative effects can be controlled and reduced.　　Before getting into the cold facts of global economics, let me begin with another story to warm up. I was perplexed when I recently read in the newspaper that Thailand’s forestry chief had said: “Humans can’t live in the forest because human beings aren’t animals. Unlike us, animals can adapt themselves to the wild or any environment naturally.” This was to legitimatize the government’s plan to remove hundreds of thousands of rural and hill tribe people from protected areas. This man, who is in charge of conserving the forests, is at the same time very strongly pushing to open up the country’s 81 national parks to outside investors and visitors in the name of “eco-tourism”. Can we conclude, then, that the forestry chief considers developers and tourists as animals that know how to adapt to the forest and behave in the wild naturally?　　While authorities want to stop the access to forest lands and natural resources of village people, another group of people—namely tourism developers and tourists with lots of money to spend—are set to gain access to the area. While authorities believe that local people, who have often lived in the area for generations, are not capable of managing and conserving their land and natural resources—under a community forestry scheme for example—they believe they themselves in cooperation with the tourist industry can properly manage and conserve “nature” under a national eco-tourism plan. Taking the above quote seriously, cynics may be tempted to say there is obviously a gap between “human rights” and “animal rights”.　　How is this story linked to globalization? First of all, that humans cannot live in the forest is—of course—not a Thai concept. It is a notion of Western conservation ideology—an outcome of the globalization of ideas and perceptions. Likewise, that eco-tourism under a “good management” system is beneficial to local people and nature is also a Western concept that is being globalized. In fact, Thailand’s forestry chief thinks globally and acts locally. A lesson that can be learned from this is that the slogan “Think Globally, Act Locally” that the environmental movements have promoted all the years, has not necessarily served to preserve the environment and safeguard local communities’ rights, but has been co-opted and distorted by official agencies and private industries for profit-making purposes. The tourism industry is demonstrating this all too well　　Many developing countries, facing debt burdens and worsening trade terms, have turned to tourism promotion in the hope that it brings foreign exchange and investment. Simultaneously, leading international agencies such as the World Bank, United Nations agencies and business organizations like the Word Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) have been substantially involved to make tourism a truly global industry.　　However, tourism in developing countries is often viewed by critics as an extension of former colonial conditions because from the very beginning, it has benefited from international economic relationships that structurally favor the advanced capitalist countries in the North. Unequal trading relationships, dependence on foreign interests, and the division of labor have relegated poor countries in the South to becoming tourism recipients and affluent countries in the North to the position of tourism generators, with the latter enjoying the freedom from having to pay the price for the meanwhile well-known negative impacts in destinations.

The combined evidence of history and ecology seems to support one general deduction : the less violent the man made changes, the greater the probability of successful readjustment in the biotic pyramid.

The rivers flow through some of the world’s grimiest areas, picking up oil, lead and other toxic materials, as well as fertilizer residues and nuclear fallout from Chernobly.

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此外，我们要确保更有效地利用外资。譬如，我们要进一步扩大对外开放的领域和地域，逐步推行商业、外贸、金融、保险、证券、电信、旅游和中介服务等领城的对外开放。我们还将放宽外商投资在技术转让、内销比例和一些行业持股比例的限制，积极鼓励外商投资农业、基础设施、环保产业和高新技术产业。　　当然，我们还要积极吸引跨国公司来华投资，特别是鼓励他们投资研究开发和参与国有企业的改组、改造。发展是硬道理，是解决我们面临问题的关键。只有坚定不移地坚持改革开放方针，我们才能确保持续不断的经济增长。只有在提高效益的前提下保持快速的经济增长，我们才能缓解企业生产经营困难，减轻就业压力，促进经济结构调整，增加财政收入，防范金融风险，保持社会稳定。

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每天平均睡觉七小时最佳　　成年人每天至少需要8小时睡眠才可以保持身体健康，这条真理不再适用，因为越来越多的证据表明少于8小时的睡眠可能更好。　　三次大规模的研究发现，每晚睡7小时左右的人寿命最长。日本研究者的最新研究报告中提到，他们在大约10年时间内跟踪调查了104,010位成年人。一开始，参与者回答了有关睡眠方式、健康状况、精神状况和生活习惯的问卷调查，这些因素都可能影响寿命。　　分析了上述因素后，发现平均每天睡7小时的成年人的死亡率最低。令人惊讶的是，更少的睡眠时间，甚至少到每晚4小时，都不会显著提高男性的死亡率。而如果女性的平均睡眠小于4小时，她们的寿命则会缩短。但是睡眠时间超过7小时的成年人，特别是女性，很可能在10年内去世。　　加州大学圣迭戈(San Diego)分校医学院的睡眠研究者、精神病医生丹尼尔．克里普卡(Daniel Kripke)在《睡眠》杂志上发表评论说，“医生不应该要求所有病人都至少睡8小时。”因为黑暗或其他由长时间睡眠引起的未知生理反应会导致荷尔蒙发生变化，这会影响寿命。

People had been conscious of the problem before, but the new book made them aware of its importance.

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Stop dwelling on your problems and do something about them!

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Tarzan, a character in Edgar Rice Burroughs’ books, has many breathtaking adventures in the jungle.

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Extraordinary linens for the bed and bath, decorative accessories, toiletries, special gifts and more let you create an irresistible retreat for yourself or pampered guests.