1、双语新闻阅读与练习为啥黄绿色那么招虫？双语新闻With the rising temperatures, a curious sight has been observed by many individuals strolling in yellow or greenattire tiny insects materializing on their clothes out of thin air, forming a dense anddisconcertingspectacle that could be a nightmare for those withentomophobia.随着
2、气温的升高，如果你穿着黄绿色衣服走在路上，会发现衣服上莫名出现一些小飞虫，一眼看过去直接头皮发麻，这对那些有昆虫恐惧症的人来说可能是一场噩梦。But what is it about yellow and greenhuesthat make them so appealing to bugs?但是，为什么黄绿色这么容易招虫子？This is due to thetaxisof insects. Taxis is the movement of insects towards or away from astimulus. Simply put, the insect will fly in
3、the direction of the environment that attracts it, such astemperature, light, chemicals, etc.这要从昆虫的趋性说起，趋性就是昆虫对某种刺激进行趋向或背向的运动，简单来说就是昆虫会朝着吸引它的环境方向飞，比如温度、光线、化学物质等，有趋热性、趋光性、趋化性等习性之分。Aphidandthripare the most common insects that are attracted to yellow color. If you are in bright yellow and go to a plac
4、e with a high concentration of aphids or thrips, your clothes will soon be covered with these bugs.蚜虫和蓟马是被黄色衣服吸引的主要成员。如果你身穿亮黄色的衣服到蚜虫或蓟马聚集的地方，你的衣服很快就会密密麻麻地覆盖上一层小虫子。Upon spotting these bugs alighting on your garments, it isprudentto promptly shake them off to prevent skin contact and potential allergi
5、c reactions. Refrain fromswattingthe insects with your hands, as this could lead to skin irritation.当发现这些小虫落在衣服上时，明智的做法是直接把它抖掉，为避免接触皮肤而导致过敏。不要用手去拍打虫子，因为这可能会刺激皮肤。If a tiny insectinadvertentlyenters your eye, it is advisable to avoid rubbing your eyeshaphazardly. Instead, flush your eyes with water to
6、dislodgethe intruder.当小飞虫误入眼睛，建议不要随便揉搓眼睛，用水洗掉即可。Should these tiny creatures evoke a strongaversion, it may bepragmatictoabstainfromdonningyellow clothing during the spring and summer seasons, when insect activity peaks.当然，如果实在厌恶这些小腻虫，那么在春夏季节减少穿黄色衣服出门更加实际。词汇积累1.attiren.服装；衣服2.disconcertingadj.令人不安的；令
7、人困惑的；令人尴尬的3.entomophobian.昆虫恐惧症；恐虫症4.huen.颜色；色调5.aphidn.蚜虫（体小，植物害虫）6. thripn.蓟马7. prudentadj.谨慎的，慎重的8. swatv.拍；猛击9. inadvertentlyadv.无意地；不经意地10. haphazardlyadv.随意地；偶然地11. dislodgev.移动；取出；（把某物）强行去除12. aversionn.厌恶；憎恶13. pragmaticadj.实用的，讲求实效的，务实的14. abstainv.回避；戒除15. donv.穿上；戴上；披上语法填空With the rising
8、temperatures, a curious sight has been observed by many individuals strolling in yellow or green attire tiny insects materializing on their clothes out of thin air, 1 (form)a dense and disconcerting spectacle that could be a nightmare for those with entomophobia.But what is it about yellow and green
9、 hues that make them so2 (appeal)to bugs?This is due to the taxis of insects. Taxis is the movement of insects towards or away from a stimulus.3 (simple)put, the insect will fly in the4 (direct)of the environment that attracts it, such as temperature, light, chemicals, etc.Aphid and thrip are the mo
10、st common insects5 are attracted to yellow color. If you are in bright yellow and go to a place with a high concentration of aphids or thrips, your clothes will soon6 (cover)with these bugs.Upon spotting these bugs alighting on your garments, it is prudent to promptly shake them off7 (prevent)skin c
11、ontact and potential allergic reactions. Refrain from swatting the insects with your hands, as this could lead8 skin irritation.If a tiny insect inadvertently enters your eye, it is9 (advise)to avoid rubbing your eyes haphazardly. Instead, flush your eyes with water to dislodge the intruder.Should t
12、hese tiny creatures evoke a strong aversion, it may be pragmatic to abstain from donning yellow clothing during the spring and summer seasons,10 insect activity peaks.参考答案1.forming2.appealing3.Simply4.direction5.that6. be covered7.to prevent8.to9.advisable10.when研究发现喝咖啡或有助预防帕金森病双语新闻词汇积累1. samplen.样品
13、；样本2. measurev.测量，估量3. inverseadj.相反的；倒转的4. diagnosev.诊断；判断5. varyv.变化；改变语法填空We know that what we eat and drink has a significant impact on our health, and a new study has found another connection between drinking coffee and being less likely to develop Parkinsons disease.Looking at data collected o
14、n 184,024 individuals across 1 _average of 13 years, the international team of researchers behind the study found that coffee consumers 2 _(have)a lower risk of getting Parkinsons than those that didnt drink coffee at all. Further analysis of a sample of hundreds of people with Parkinsons measured l
15、evels of the primary metabolites of caffeine, paraxanthine, and theophylline, in the blood finding that they had an inverse association with the risk of developing Parkinsons.This is not the first study to find a link between coffee and Parkinsons, 3 _it goes further than previous research in the wa
16、y it looks at biomarkers of caffeine intake years ahead of Parkinsons disease being diagnosed. The top 25 percent of coffee drinkers were found to be 40 percent less likely to develop Parkinsons, 4 _(compare)to those who didnt drink coffee at all. Across all coffee consumers in the study, the risk r
17、eduction measured varied between approximately 5 to 63 percent, depending on the country.The important work of figuring out what triggers Parkinsons, what might affect our risk of getting the disease, and 5 _it might be stopped, goes on. In the US alone, nearly a million people are living with the d
18、isease, which leads to worsening problems with tremors, normal movement, balance, and limb stiffness.参考答案1. an2. had3. but4. compared5. how斯坦福承认抄袭清华大模型双语新闻Fake it before you make it is an ignoble product of Silicon Valley, said Christopher Manning, director of the Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
19、at Stanford University, commenting on some researchers at the university who plagiarized the achievements by institutions such as Chinas Tsinghua University.斯坦福大学人工智能实验室主任克里斯托弗曼宁在评论该校一些研究人员抄袭中国清华大学等机构的成果时表示：“作假，直至成功，这是硅谷不光彩的文化。”On May 29, a research team at Stanford University released a large model
20、 called Llama3-V, claiming it can achieve the same effects as large models such as GPT-4V with a pre-training cost of only US$500. The news was widely spread on social media and in the academic community of artificial intelligence. However, industry insiders soon suspected that the Standford team pl
21、agiarized the MiniCPM- Llama3-V 2.5 large model released by Tsinghua University and other Chinese institutions. Both Llama3-V and the MiniCPM-Llama3-V 2.5 large model are based on the open-source Llama3 large model. Still, the team in Tsinghua conducted unique training, including using the Tsinghua
22、Bamboo Slips, a collection of Chinese texts written on strips of bamboo which date back to the Warring States Period, to train the model to recognize ancient Chinese characters.5月29日，斯坦福大学的一个研究小组发布了一种名为Llama3-V的大模型，声称只要500美元的预训练成本，就能用它获得比肩GPT-4V等大模型的效果。随即这一消息在社交媒体和人工智能学术界疯传。但很快，业内人士就怀疑斯坦福团队抄袭了清华大学等中
23、国机构发布的MiniCPM-Llama3-V 2.5大模型。Llama3-V和MiniCPM-Llama3-V2.5大模型都是基于开源的Llama3大模型。不过，清华大学的研究小组进行了独特的训练，包括利用“清华简”（这是一套写在竹片上的中国文字，可以追溯到战国时期），以训练模型识别古代汉字。Tests show that the model released by the Stanford University team can also recognize the Tsinghua Bamboo Slips. Following Mannings criticism, two member
24、s of the Stanford team, Aksh Garg and Siddharth Sharma, formally apologized on social media. Weve taken all references to Llama3-V down and we apologize once again for the inconvenience we may have caused, they said.测试显示，斯坦福大学团队发布的大模型居然也能识别“清华简”。在曼宁的批评之后，斯坦福大学团队的两名成员阿克什加格和西达尔特夏尔马在社交媒体上正式道歉。他们表示：“我们已
25、经撤下了所有提及Llama3-V的内容，并再次为我们可能造成的不便表示歉意。”词汇积累1. plagiarize v.剽窃，抄袭2. release v.释放；发布，发行3. suspect v.怀疑4. character n.品质；特征；汉字；符号5. criticism n.批评，批判，指责6. reference n.提及，涉及；参考，查阅语法填空Fake it before you make it is an ignoble product of Silicon Valley, said Christopher Manning, director of the Artificial
26、Intelligence Laboratory at Stanford University, commenting on some 1 _ (research) at the university who plagiarized the achievements by institutions such as Chinas Tsinghua University.On May 29, a research team at Stanford University released a large model called Llama3-V, claiming it can achieve th
27、e same effects 2 _ large models such as GPT-4V with a pre-training cost of only US$500. The news was 3 _ (wide) spread on social media and in the academic community of artificial intelligence. However, industry insiders soon suspected that the Standford team plagiarized the MiniCPM- Llama3-V 2.5 lar
28、ge model released by Tsinghua University and other Chinese institutions. Both Llama3-V and the MiniCPM-Llama3-V 2.5 large model are based on the open-source Llama3 large model. Still, the team in Tsinghua conducted unique training, including using the Tsinghua Bamboo Slips, a collection of Chinese t
29、exts 4 _ (write) on strips of bamboo which date back to the Warring States Period, to train the model to recognize ancient Chinese characters.Tests show that the model released by the Stanford University team can also recognize the Tsinghua Bamboo Slips. 5 _ (follow) Mannings criticism, two members of the Stanford team, Aksh Garg and Siddharth Sharma, formally apologized on social media. Weve taken all references to Llama3-V down and we apologize once again for the inconvenience we may have caused, they said.参考答案1. researchers2. as3. widely4. written5. Following
