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Time Out New York,

your ultimate guide to life in the city, helps you discover the best events and things to

do in March.

Mar. 3

–

15: New York International Literary Festival

The

literary

event

champion

of

New

York

is

back!

Many

best-selling

authors

are

set

to

appear

at

this

year’s festival, including the award

-winning writer Amy Tan (

The Joy Luck Club

, the film version of the novel

starring

Michelle

Yeoh),

Internet

business

expert

writer

Duncan

Clark

(

Alibaba:

The

House

That

Jack

Ma

Built

), the Anthill founder Alec Ash (

Wish Lanterns

), and many more. Stay tuned for our full festival preview

and author features.

Mar. 3

–

15, various times, 20 dollars or 35 dollars (for literary lunches). Glam.

Until Mar. 16: Vivienne Westwood: Get a Life

The well-known fashion designer is the subject of this crossover exhibition of American contemporary art

and

eco-

friendly

fashion

inspired

by

Westwood’s

strong

attitude

towards

a

climate

revoluti

on.

Participating

artists also include Adam Lawry and Jill Smith.

Until March 16, free entry. Chi K11 Art Museum

Mar. 17: Dog Day Saturdays

On the third Saturday of the month, The Rooster (13th Street) throws a backyard party where dogs are

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welcome. There will be free hot dogs. Fifteen-dollar Flying Dog Beers and dog treats for the little buddies.

Donations will also be collected for local animal rescue group, Best Friends of America.

Mar. 17, 3 pm

–

5 pm, 15 dollars. The Rooster (13th Street)

Mar. 28

—

29: Mum to Mum Sale

Sell

or

stock

up

on

clothes,

toys,

books,

strollers

and

other

family

goods

at

this

twice-a-year

market

organized by New York mothers. Sellers will contribute 15 per cent of all their profit to Heart to Heart. Come

and pick up some useful stuff for your family.

Mar. 28

–

29, 2 pm

–

6 pm (Tues.), 10 am

–

2 pm (Wed.), free entry. New York Health & Racquet Club

21. Who will possibly turn up at Glam on March 10th?

A. Michelle Yeoh.

B. Jack Ma.

C. Alec Ash.

D. Adam Lawry.

22. Which event might interest those who care about the environment?

A. Vivienne Westwood: Get a Life.

B. Mum to Mum Sale.

C. Dog Day Saturdays.

D. New York International Literary Festival.

23. What do the events Dog Day Saturdays and Mum to Mum Sale have in common?

A. Participants are admitted free of charge.

B. Participants can support charity work.

C. They are organized annually in New York.

D. They take place at the same time.

B

Have you ever sat down in a restaurant and felt instantly drawn to

a particular dish on the menu? The

reason might be something as simple as that you love the dish's main ingredient, but it's often more than that.

Scientists are finding that the way food is presented can make a big difference. In one study, for example,

party guests were given a glass of a drink called mango lassi. Half the guests were told the lassi was healthy.

The rest were told it was unhealthy. Those who had the “healthy” drink considered it 55% less enjoyable than

those who drank the “unhealthy” one,

though the drinks were exactly the same.

People's

choices

around

what

to

eat

are

influenced

by

lots

of

small

factors

unconsciously.

But

we

can

make those choices more conscious by arming ourselves with information.

Agriculture accounts for about 25% of all greenhouse gas emissions (

排放

) warming the planet. But not

all foods have equal influences. Globally, the production of animal-based foods accounts for about two-thirds

of agricultural emissions, while plant-based foods generally have lower environmental influences.

Increasing

the

share

of

plant- based

foods

in

our

diets

is

therefore

a

key

step

in

reducing

agriculture's

pressure on climate. That doesn't mean giving up meat, though. We can eat less animal-based food and more

plants.

By

examining

how

food

decisions

are

made,

scientists

have

learned

that

simple

pushes

can

change

people's behavior in big ways. Restaurants, hotels, universities, and even cities have begun applying the latest

behavioral

science

to

help

consumers

cut

their

carbon

footprint

by

choosing

more

sustainable

(

可持续的

)

foods. Burger King began a trial of the plant-based Impossible Burger. At Seattle Pacific University, campus

food service provider Sodexo doubled the size of its plant-rich food station.

ign to scientists, people tend to choose some food or drink mainly because _______.

A. it

’

s good for their health

B. it

’

s good for the environment

C. they are attracted by its color

D. they like its ingredient and how it

’

s presented

25. What can we infer about animal- based foods?

A. They are harmful to the environment.

B. They are the main reason for climate change.

C. They provide more nutrients than plant-based foods.

D. They are less consumed compared to plant-based foods.

26. What does the author suggest people do?

A. Pay attention to how food is cooked.

B. Choose healthy foods to live a longer life.

C. Consider climate change when deciding what to eat.

D. Give up meat to reduce pressure on the environment.

27. What does the last paragraph focus on?

A. Burger King's new plant-based burgers.

B. Scientists' new findings on people's food decisions.

C. How consumers' food decisions are influenced by small factors.

D. The society's efforts to help people make eco-friendly food decisions.

C

When Barbra Streisand said that she'd had her dog cloned for $$50,000, many people learned for the first

time that copying pets and other animals was a real business.

The story that gave people cause for concern, though, came out a few days later. It was about Monni Must,

a

Michigan

photographer

who

paid

to

have

Billy

Bean

cloned,

a

Labrador

that

had

belonged

to

her

oldest

daughter, Miya. Miya died 10 years earlier. To Must, cloning the elderly dog was a way to keep her daughter's

memory alive.

Alarm bells went off in my head. Must wasn't just cloning a pet. She was trying to preserve a lost child. It

seemed awfully close to a real human cloning scenario, one in which a heartbroken parent tries to replace a son

or daughter who dies early.

I shot a question at Jose Cibelli, an animal cloning scientist at Michigan State University:

is it time to

worry about human cloning again? Cibelli quickly emailed back:

“Yes.”

I met Cibelli 15 years ago, when I was among a group of journalists covering cloning nonstop. Back then,

it seemed possible that someone might try to copy a human being at any moment. There was an Italian doctor

named Antinori who said he was trying.

But

human

cloning

never

happened.

The

reason

is

clear.

In

many

animals,

only

one

in

100

cloned

embryos ever leads to a live birth. Of those that are born, a few suffer from abnormalities (

畸形

) and quickly

die.

Creating

a

human

clone

isn't

only

a

question

of

technology.

You'd

also

need

a

reason

to

do

it,

experts

willing to help, and someone to fund it all.

I finally asked Must if she would have cloned Miya if she'd had the chance? She said it's not a question

she has an answer to.

“When you have a child who dies, you are not in a place to make a rational (

理智的

)

decision,”

she says.

28. How did the author feel after knowing Must's story?

A. Worried.

B. Relieved.

C. Sympathetic.

D. Admiring.

29. What do we know about human cloning 15 years ago?

A. It was supported by Jose Cibelli.

B. It was seldom covered by reporters.

C. It received the public's attention.

D. It was first tried by an Italian doctor.

30. What does Paragraph 6 mainly focus on?

A. How animals are cloned.

B. Why human cloning is challenging.

C. How the technology of cloning is developed.

D. Why cloned embryos are difficult to preserve.

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