21世纪学生英文报498
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21世纪学生英文报·初二版> 第498期> 正文
Cheer for the school race
精彩刺激的男女生运动会。
LAST week, our school held a pep rally (动员会) for spring sports
at the school gym for students and teachers.
Mr Kleffer read out the names of all sports players, including
track and field (田径), baseball, golf, softball (垒球), swimming and
boy’s tennis. Players went into the gym and cheered our slogan (口
号): Mustangs! Track team was divided into a boys’ team and girls’
team. Each team received things like a fancy skirt, baggy trousers,
soft slippers (拖鞋) and large ribbons (绸带). They needed to put
them on and rush to the other end of gym then turn back and give
their clothes to the next person in line.
When the race began, the boys’ team ran in front, the wind almost blew the ribbon off one of their heads. He pressed (按压) one hand on his head but didn’t slow down at all. The girls then took the lead (领先). One girl didn’t com pletely put the long trousers on so they were pulling her back when she moved her legs really fast. The audience was cheering for their friends. Last but not least, at the final round, at the final moment, the cheers got louder and louder. At the very last second, the last girl lost her right shoe. My heart jumped in my mouth. The boys took their chance and reached the finish line first, winning the relay (接力赛)!
By Ma Xinyue
Cheer for the school race (P3)Answer the following questions:
1. Did the school give the students a pep rally before spring sports?
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2. How did the school divide the track team?
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3. What did the players for the track team need to do?
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4. Which team first took the lead?
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5. What happened to the girls’ team at the last second?
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Driverless technology
无人驾驶技术到底意味着什么?
LATER next year, Beijing will start the country’s first driverless (无人驾驶
的) subway trains. The Yanfang Line – connecting part of Fangshan district
to the city center – will be the first to try out driverless technology.
The Beijing public transportation authority says the new trains will make
the metro system better. They will have an upgraded (升级的) operating
system. They will reach 80km per hour and carry more than 1,200
passengers.
The development of driverless technology is opening up in Driverless cars have long been a dream for many. And other areas of transport. in the past few years, innovation (创新) has speeded up. Big car companies, including Volkswagon and Toyota, are competing with other companies, such as Google.
But with no tracks (轨道) to run on, how will driverless cars be safe? The technology that is used is made up of many sensors (传感器), including radar (雷达) and GPS. This gives the car an exact position in the world, as well as what’s around it. It also allows the car to see moving objects (物体), too, like other cars and people.
Pilot-free planes have also become a hot technology topic. Yet while these types of technology are seen as better and safer, they do have disadvantages. Automation
(自动化) means these types of transport will heavily rely on computers. Just like humans, they make mistakes – although less often. And like much of technology, it makes many workers lose their jobs. What will happen to the future bus drivers and pilots?
By James Whitehead,
21st Century Teens staff