【導讀】sasystemwherethewasteisdisposedofusingtheprinciplesofecology.Agiantmachine,alwaysgredyformore,swalowsallthewasteavailable.Therubbishisturnedintoseveralgradesofusefulmaterial,suchas“fertilizer”forthefieldsand“soul”fordeserts.Nothingiswasted,andeverything,evenplasticbags,isrecycled.Agreatidea,isn?

　　

【正文】 d to Zhou Yang. “But pl ease show m e your evi dence so we?re sure we?ve got our facts strai ght.” “I?l l bri ng i t to you im m edi atel y, ” sai d Zhou Yang exci tedl y. The news desk edi tor took the story and began to work on al l the stori es and photos until al l the pages were set. Al the i nform ati on was then ready to be processed i nto fi lm negati ves. Thi s was the fi rst stage of the pri nti ng process. They needed four negati ves, as several col ors were goi ng to be used on the story. Each of the m ai n colors had one negati ve sheet and when they were bi ned they m ade a col ored page for the newspaper. After one l ast check the page was ready to be pri nted. Zhou Yang wai ted excitedl y for the fi rst copi es to be ready. “Wait ti l tonight,” hi s fri end whi spered. “I expect there wi l be som ethi ng about thi s on the tel evi si on news. A real scoop!” Uni t 5 FIRST AID FOR BURNS The ski n i s an essential part of your body and i ts l argest an. You have three l ayers of ski n whi ch act as a barri er agai nst di sease, poi sons and the sun?s harm ful rays. The functi ons of your ski n are al so very pl ex: i t keeps you warm or col。 i t prevents your body from l osing too m uch water。 i t i s where you feel cold, heat or pain and it gives you your sense of touch. So as you can i magine, if your ski n gets burned i t can be very serious. First aid is a very im portant first step in the treatment of burns. Causes of burns You can get burned by a vari ety of things: hot li qui ds, steam, fi re, radiation (by being cl ose to high heat or fire, etc), the sun, uncl ear m essage m ay be sent. But we cannot bl am e the tools for the faul ts of the user, can we? Duri ng the explanati on I l ooked at the pai r of sm al objects cal l ed “thoughjtpads” on a tabl e. They just l ooked li ke m etal ri bbons. So ordi nary but so powerful! Whil e I was observi ng them , the path m oved us on. G: And now l adi es and gentl em en, we are i n the “envi ronm ent area”. Peopl e used to col ect waste i n dustbi ns. Then the rubbi sh was sent to be buri ed or burned, am I ri ght?(We nodded. ) Wel l, now there?s a system where the waste i s di sposed of usi ng the pri nci pl es of ecol ogy. A giant m achi ne, al ways greedy for m ore, swal l ows al l the waste avai l abl e. The rubbish i s turned i nto several grades of useful m ateri al, such as “ferti li zer” for the fi el ds and “soul ” for deserts. N othi ng i s wasted, and everything, even pl astic bags, i s recycl ed. A great i dea, i sn?t it? I stared at the m oving m odel of the waste machi ne, absorbed by i ts effi ci ency. But agai n we m oved on. G: Our thi rd stop shows the changes that have happened to work practi ces. Manufacturi ng no l onger takes pl ace on the earth but on space stati ons li ke thi s one. A group of engi ners programm er robots to perform tasks i n space. The robots produce goods such as drugs, cl othes, furni ture, hoveri ng carri ages, etc. There i s no waste, no pol l uti on and no environmental dam age! H owever, the panies have to trai n thei r representatives to l i ve and work i n space setl em ents. They have to m onitor the robots and the producti on. When the goods are ready they?re transported by i ndustri al spaceshi p back to earth. My mi nd began to wander. What job woul d I do? My m oti vati on i ncreased as I thought of the wonderful worl d of the future. Uni t 4 MY FIRST WORK ASSIGNMENT “unfettabl e”, says new journali st N ever wil Zhou Yang (ZY) fet his fi rst assi gnment at the offi ce of a popul ar Engl i sh newspaper. H i s di scussi on wi th hi s new boss, H u Xin (H X), was to strongly i nfluence hi s li fe as a journali st. H X: Wel e. We?re deli ghted you?re i ng to work wi th us. Your fi rst job here wil l be an assi stant journal ist. Do you have any questi ons? ZY: Can I go out on a story imm edi atel y? H X: (laughing)That?s adm i rabl e, but I?m afrai d i t woul d be unusual! Wai t til you?re m ore experienced. Fi rst we?l l put you as an assi stant to an experi enced journal i st. Later you can cover a story and subm i t the arti cl e yourself. ZY: Wonderful. What do I need to take wi th m e? I al ready have a notebook and cam era. H X: N o need for a cam era. You?l l have a professional photographer wi th you to take photographs. You?l l fi nd your col l eagues very eager to assi st you, so you m ay be abl e to concentrate on photography l ater if you ?re i nterested. ZY: Thank you. N ot onl y am I i nterested i n photography, but I tok an am ateur course at uni versity to update m y skil ls. H X: Good. ZY: What do I need to rem em ber when I go out to cover a story? H X: You need to be curi ous. Onl y i f you ask many di fferent questi ons wil l you acqui re al the i nform ati on you need to know. We say a good journali st m ust have a good “nose” for a story. That m eans you m ust be abl e to asses when peopl e are not tel li ng the whol e truth and then try to di scover i t. They m ust use research to i nform themsel ves of the mi ssi ng parts of the story. ZY: What should I keep i n mi nd? H X: H ere es m y li st of dos and don?ts: don?t m iss your deadli ne, don?t be rude, don?t tal k too much, but m ake sure you l i sten to the intervi ewee careful ly. ZY: Why i s li steni ng so im portant? H X: Wel l, you have to li sten for detail ed facts. Meanwhil e you have to prepare the next questi on depending on what the person says. ZY: But how can I l i sten careful l y whil e taking notes? H X: This i s a tri ck of the trade. If the i nterviewee agrees, you can use a recorder to get the facts strai ght. It?s al so useful i f a person wants to chal enge you. You have the evi dence to support your story. ZY: I see! H ave you ever had a case where som eone acused your journali sts of getti ng the wrong end of the stick? H X: Yes, but it was a