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The sun is going to enter the orbit of Mercury according to scientific calculations, which will result in the Earth catching on fire. Who will save the world?
This imaginative tale is at the heart of a Chinese sci-fi movie The WanderingEarth. Unlike many American space-themed films where the solution to a challenge Earth faces is always fleeing the planet in spaceships, this time we're taking the Earth with us. The film, which has become the country's most successful film of all time, has offered a different and more ambitious idea.
The "ambition" didn't come from nowhere. For thousands of years, "homeland" has had a soft spot in the hearts and minds of Chinese people. One old idiom that shows a strong feeling that Chinese people have had for their homeland is "luoyeguigen", which means returning to one's homeland in old age, like fallen leaves returning to the roots of their tree.
"What is Chinese sci-fi?" Guo Fan, the film's director, said in an interview. "A vehicle that really expresses our cultural and spinal core can be called Chinese sci-fi. Otherwise, we're just following others and telling the same Hollywood stories. "
And the makers of The WanderingEarth may have chosen the best time to tell its Chinese sci-fi story. The film was released on Feb 5, 2015, the first day of Chinese New Year. It was a time when many people had just made the hard journey back to their hometowns. So to them, there is only one possible way to tell the story. Earth goes wherever humans go, because it's our home.
I was about to shave (剃须) this morning when I caught my reflection in the mirror. There was no doubt about it. My body was growing older. My formerly1hair which used to be brown with a touch of gray was now gray with a touch of brown. My forehead wrinkles (皱纹) had become2, and when I smiled, a hundred more curled up (卷起) around my eyes and mouth. When I3, I could see I had gotten fatter as well because while my metabolism (新陈代谢) had slowed, my4hadn't. My muscles also5be sorer (酸痛).6, when I looked in the mirror again, I7a sparkle (火花) in my eyes. I smiled and felt a joy in my heart. I knew that no matter what my8looked like, my soul was forever young.
The truth is that while I have been9growing older on the outside, I have for a while now been growing younger on the inside. I can remember how10, stressed and worried I was in my 20s and 30s. Now at 53, my heart feels11, and my days look brighter. I feel like a true "child"12to laugh, to sing, to dance, to love and to help others do the same. I worry less and smile more, because I have a lot more faith and a lot less13.
In the end, all of our bodies will14and die, but we won't. Our young souls will go on forever. Spend your days growing younger then. Let the15within you live and love.
APlasticOcean is a film to make you think. Think, and then act. We need to take action on our dependence on plastic. We've been producing plastic in huge quantities. Drinking bottles, shopping bags and even clothes are made with plastic. What happens to all the rest? This is the question the film APlasticOcean answers.
The film begins as a journey to film the largest animal on the planet, the blue whale. But during the journey the filmmakers make the shocking discovery of a huge, thick layer of plastic floating in the Indian Ocean. In total, they visited 20 locations around the world during the four years to make the film.
In the film there are beautiful shots of the seas and marine life. We see how marine species are being killed by all the plastic we are dumping in the ocean. The message about our use of plastic is painfully obvious.
In the second half, the filmmakers look at what we can do to deal with the problem.
They present short-term and long-term solutions. These include avoiding plastic containers and recycling as much as you can. The filmmakers also stress the need for governments to work more on recycling programmes.
We make a shocking amount of plastic. Over 300 million tons of plastic are produced every year, and at least 8 million of those are dumped into the oceans. The results are disastrous, but it isn't too late to change.
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A. This causes them to travel around the world to look at other affected areas. B. Once you've seen the film, you'll realize it is time to do our part. C. It has raised public concern all over the world. D. We live in a world full of plastic, and only a small amount is recycled. E. But the film doesn't only present the negative side. F. In conclusion, we only have one earth to live on. G. These are contrasted with dumps of plastic rubbish. |
