Welcome to our online event — Future of Food and Agriculture
What we eat and how we grow are changing. The need to feed a growing population, solve hunger and obesity, and avoid trashing the planet is driving the next food and agricultural revolution, New Scientist Live's Future of Food and Agriculture is an online event for everyone who cares what's on their plates.
Hear about the future of food from the world's leading scientists on the Main Stage. Dis-cover why robots and genetics are changing the face of agriculture on the Field Stage. From lab-grown meat to sustainable diets, discover what's coming to a plate near you on the Fork Stage.
World well-known speakers:
Neil Stephens: a researcher making lab-grown meat
Mark Lynas: a senior lecturer focusing on transforming crops with gene-editing
Tilly Collins: an entomologist making the case for adding eatable insects to our diets
Tim Spector: a microbiome expert overturning everything we know about diets, and a psychologist making food taste better by improving our senses.
Booking information:
Your ticket will give you access to the recording of the talks at this event which originally takes place on 28 October 2021. Access to the recordings will be available until 28 April 2022, when the talks finish. Tickets are only available in advance through Eventbrite. A ticket will cost an individual $ 30. But you'll enjoy a 15% discount if you buy more than three tickets at a time.
"Do you know what love is?" It replies, "As an AI language model, I do not have personal experiences or emotions, so I do not know what love is in the way that humans do. However, in general, love can be described as a strong feeling of affection, care, and attachment towards someone or something. It can take many forms, such as romantic love, familial love, or platonic love, and is often associated with feelings of happiness, fulfillment, and connection."
You see, ChatGPT is a new artificial intelligence (AI) technology that enables natural language conversations between humans and machines, which is, quite simply, the best and most special artificial intelligence chatbot ever released to the general public. It was built by Open AI, the San Francisco A. I. company that is also responsible for tools like GPT-3 and DALL-E 2, the breakthrough image generator that came out this year.
"Tools such as ChatGPT presents a real risk of skilled and semi-skilled workers losing their jobs. For example, chatbots can be developed to train employees in an organization, resulting in the redundancy of human trainers." "Certain jobs in sectors such as journalism, higher education, graphic and software design-these are at risk of being replaced by AI," said Chinmay Hegde, a computer science and electrical engineering associate professor at New York University, who calls ChatGPT in its current state "very, very good, but not perfect."
Thus, ChatGPT isn't perfect, by any means. Especially the way it generates responses makes it tend to give wrong answers, even on seemingly simple math problems. There are also plenty of things ChatGPT won't do, as a matter of principle.
Problems do not stop. New York City's Department of Education announced a ban on the wildly popular chatbot ChatGPT-which some have warned could inspire more student cheating-from its schools' devices and networks. In order to find out what the public thinks about using ChatGPT in schools, online course provider Study. com surveyed more than 100 educators and more than 1, 000 students over the age of 18.
As we all know, China is a large country. That is the reason why there are so many different dialects in China. It is hard to guess how many dialects actually exist. In general, dialects can be roughly classified into the following seven large groups: Putonghua (Mandarin), Gan, Kejia (Hakka), Min, Wu, Xiang. and Yue (Cantonese). Each language group contains a large number of dialects. These are the Chinese languages spoken mostly by the Han people, which represents about 92 percent of the total population. The rest are non-Chinese languages spoken by minorities in China, such as Tibetan, Mongolian and Miao.
Even though the dialects from the seven groups are quite different, a non-Mandarin speaker usually can speak some Mandarin, even if with a strong accent. This is largely because Mandarin has been the official national language since 1913.
Despite the large differences among Chinese dialects, there is one thing in common-they all share the same writing system based on Chinese characters. However, the same character is pronounced differently depending on which dialect one speaks. Let's take "wo" for example, the word for "I" or "me". In Mandarin, it is pronounced "wo". In Wu, it is pronounced "ngu". In Min, "gua". In Cantonese, "ngo". You get the idea.
A distinguishing (显著的)feature across all Chinese languages is tone. For instance, Mandarin has four tones and Cantonese has six tones. Tone, in terms of language, is the pitch (音高)in which syllables (音节)in words are pronounced. In Chinese, different words stress different pitches. Some words even have the pitch variation in one single syllable so they have different tones and pronunciation. Thus, the tone is very important in any Chinese dialect. There are many cases when words spelt in pinyin are the same, but the way it is pronounced changes the meaning. For example, in Mandarin, 妈 (ma)means mother, 马 (ma)means horse, and 骂 (ma)means to scold.
When something has meaning, it has a purpose. Similarly, a life that has meaning feels purposeful and important. Adding meaning to life is not an exact science, but it is possible to develop a meaningful life for yourself if you are willing to put some time and consideration into the process.
Figure out what is important to you. Make a list of five things that are important to you, then consider whether the way you are living your life has something to do with these things. If "creativity" is at the top of your list, but you work as an accountant, you may want to think about a job change, or find ways to add creativity into your life (like taking a painting class, writing in your free time, etc.).
Think about something you have always wanted to do. Maybe you want to get into the habit of running, or maybe you want to write a novel. No matter what it is, struggling to complete this dream will help you feel purposeful.
Pay attention to the things for which you are grateful. It may sound ridiculous, but taking the time to write down or at least notice things you are grateful for can be helpful. Expressing thanks for what you have can help you refocus and connect with the world around you.
Seek help. Sometimes, we may get very caught up in our own thoughts, which can make it difficult to find solutions. If you are having a difficult time, you can talk with a trusted friend or family member.
A. Set a goal for yourself.
B. If not, how could you change it for the better?
C. Break a goal down into smaller, manageable ones.
D. They may have had similar experiences or suggestions.
E. You can write them on paper or type them on your computer.
F. Feeling as if your life is meaningless can lead to depression and hopelessness.
G. Connecting with nature, other people, or a higher power can help bring meaning to your life.
Angela never liked seeing plastic waste washing up on the shore near her home. She had been 1 to call on her community to clean it up, to change the 2, so she tried to set up an organization called Washed Ashore: Art to Save the Sea. Her 3 proved quite a success.
Here's how it 4. Volunteers help clean up 300 miles of shoreline. Then,5only plastic from the beach cleanup, Angela and many other volunteers create sculptures of sea 6. She explains, "I mean to create sculptures that make people take a look and 7, 'How can there be this much waste on the beach?' 8, these sculptures will make people consider what they have 9 to our environment and realize how so much plastic ends up in the oceans." So far, about 10,000 10 volunteers have collected 21 tons of waste and helped create more than 70 works of art. Four traveling 11 have demonstrated the art works in 18 places of the country. One of the sculptures, Turtle Ocean, received a 12 honor. It was admitted into the National Museum.
The Washed Ashore team is now working on sculptures of a dolphin, with 13 for more sculptures. "Until we 14 plastic on the beach, the work will continue. These sculptures are a (n)15 for clean oceans," Angela says seriously.
| 利 | 1.良好的语言环境，更利于语言学习； 2.拓宽视野，学习国外先进的科学技术； 3.把中国文化传播到国外去 |
| 弊 | 1.费用较高，家庭负担重； 2.情感孤独，思乡 |
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注意：1. 词数80左右；2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
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