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times abused(虐待 ), in moviemaking since the early days of the industry. However, the American Humane Association has worked for many years to protect animals in films. And, the digital age might make animal actors unnecessary. The new film Dolphin Tale tells about a dolphin that loses her tail because of an injury. A doctor provides her with a manmade tail that saves her life. The film is based on a real event. And the star of the film, Winter, is a real dolphin that lost her tail. The American Humane Society worked with the movie’s makers to make sure Winter stayed safe and healthy during filming. The animal protection group does this for all animal actors in America. A thick book of rules and guidelines tells Hollywood moviemakers how to treat animals. Karen Rosa leads the American Humane Society’s film and television group. He said, “Everything from the smallest insect to the largest animal shall be protected. We believe that for the sake of entertainment, everybody should go home alive. This was not always the policy in the early days of film. In 1939, a horse was forced off a mountain, falling to his death, in the movie Jesse James. The next year, guidelines were made to guarantee safe and healthy conditions for animals in movies. A new film Rise of the Pla of the Apes tells about the creation of super intelligent apes(猿 ) through science. However, no real animals were among the performers. Computer Generated Imagery provided the apes that movie goers see. Clare Richardson is the president of the Diane Fossey Gorilla Fund. She says Computer Generated Imagery should decrease the use of animals in the film industry. She praises movie makers for the use of putermade animals. 25. What’s mainly talked about in the text? A. How to protect animals in making films B. How to create animal actors by puter. C. How to use animals to produce digital films D. How to improve the moviemaking industry. 26. When was it forbidden to abuse animals while making films? A. In 1939 B. In 1938 C. In 1941 D. In 1940 27. The film Rise of the Pla of the Apes mainly tells about . A. how directors protect actors in making movies B. how people make use of real animals in films C. how the putermade animals replace humans D. how intelligent animals are created through science 28. Which of the following is TRUE of Clare Richardson? A. She believes that putermade animals are dull B. She thinks highly of the putermade animals C. She is famous for making films with animal actors D. She directed the film Rise of the Pla of the Apes C When asked about happiness, we usually think of something extraordinary, an absolute delight, which seems to get rarer as we get older. For kids, happiness has a magical quality. Their delight at winning a race or getting a new bike is unreserved(毫不掩飾的 ). In the teenage years, the concept of happiness changes. Suddenly It’s conditional on such things as excitement, love and popularity. I can still recall the excitement of being invited to dance with the most attractive boy at the school party. In adulthood the things that bring deep joy— love, marriage, birth— also bring responsibility and the risk of loss. For adults, happiness is plex. My definition of happiness is “the capacity for enjoyment”. The more we can enjoy what we have, the happier we are. It’s easy to overlook(忽視 ) the pleasure we get from the pany of friends, the freedom to live where we please, and even good health. I experienced my little moments of pleasure yesterday. First I was overjoyed when I shut the last lunchbox and had the house to myself. Then I spent an uninterrupted morning writing, which I love. When the kids and my husband came home, I enjoyed their noise after the quiet of the day. Psychologists tell us that to be happy we need a mix of enjoyable leisure time and satisfying work. I don’t think that my grandmother, who raised 14 children , had much of either. She did have a work of close friends and family, and maybe this is what satisfied her most. We, however, with so many choices and such pressure to succeed in every area, have turned happiness into one more thing we’ve got to have. We’ve so selfconscious about our “right” to it that it’s making us miserable. So we chase it and equal it with wealth and success, without noticing that the people who have those things aren’t necessarily happier. Happiness isn’t about what happens to us— it’s about how we see what happens to us. It’s the skillful way of finding a positive for every negative. It’s not wishing for what we don’t have, but en