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【News report 】
A message in a bottle sent out to sea by a New Hampshire man more than five decades ago was found 1,500 miles away. And it has been returned to his daughter. A long-last message was discovered by Clint Buffington of Utah while he was vacationing. Buffington says he found a soda bottle half-buried in the sand that looked like it had been there since the beginning of time. The note inside the bottle said, ‘Return to 419 Ocean Street, and receive a reward of $150 from Richard and Tina Pierce, owners of a beachcomber motel.’ The motel was owned by the parents of Paula Piece in 1960. Her father had written the note as a joke and had thrown it into the Atlantic Ocean. Buffington flew to New Hampshire to deliver the message to Paula Piece. She held up to her father’s promise, giving Buffington that reward. But the biggest reward is the message in the bottle finding its way back home.
Question 1. What is the news report mainly about?
Question 2. Why did Paula Piece give Clint Buffington the reward?
新闻报道
五十多年前,一名新罕布什尔州男子在一个瓶子里发现了一条信息,在1500英里外被发现。已经归还给了他的女儿。犹他州的克林特·布宾顿(ClintBuffington)在度假期间发现了一条最后一条信息。布宾顿说,他发现了一个半埋在沙子里的苏打水瓶子,看起来像是从一开始就在那里的。瓶子里的纸条上写着:“回到海洋街419号,理查德和蒂娜·皮尔斯(Tina Pierce)-一个海滩商团的所有者-将悬赏150美元。”1960年,这家汽车旅馆归保拉·派特的父母所有。她父亲写这张纸条是开玩笑的,并把它扔到了大西洋。布宾顿飞往新罕布什尔州,将这一信息传递给宝拉。她信守了父亲的诺言,给了布宾顿那个奖励。但的回报是瓶子里的信息找到了回家的路。
问题1.新闻报道的主要内容是什么?
问题2.为什么波拉·派特要给克林特·布宾顿奖励?
【News report 】
Millions of bees have died in South Carolina during aerial insect spraying operations that were carried out to combat the Zika virus. The insect spraying over the weekends left more than 2 million bees dead on the spot in Dorchester County, South Carolina, where 4 travel-related cases of Zika disease have been confirmed in the area. Most of the deaths came from the Flowertown Bee Farm, a company in Summerville that sells bees and honey products. Juanita Stanley who owns the company said the farm looks like it’s been destroyed. The farm lost about 2.5 million bees. Dorchester County officials apologized for the accidental mass killing of bees. Dorchester County is aware that some bee keepers in the area that were sprayed on Sunday lost their bee colonies, county manager Jason Wars said in the statement, ‘I’m not pleased that so many bees were killed’.
Question 3. Why was spraying operations carried out in Dorchester County?
Question 4. What does news report say about Flowertown Bee Farm?
新闻报道2
数百万蜜蜂在南卡罗莱纳州为抗击寨卡病毒而进行的空中昆虫喷洒行动中死亡。周末喷洒昆虫导致超过200万只蜜蜂在南卡罗来纳州多切斯特县当场死亡,该地区已经证实了4例与旅行有关的寨卡病毒病例。大部分死亡来自花卉镇蜜蜂农场,这是一家在萨默维尔销售蜜蜂和蜂蜜产品的公司。这家公司的所有者胡安妮塔·斯坦利(JuanitaStanley)说,农场看起来已经被毁了。农场失去了大约250万只蜜蜂。多切斯特县官员为意外大规模屠杀蜜蜂事件道歉。多切斯特县的经理詹森·威尔斯在声明中说,多切斯特县的一些养蜂人在周日被喷洒的蜂群中失去了蜂群。他在声明中说,“我对这么多蜜蜂被杀感到不高兴”。
问题3.为什么在多尔切斯特县进行喷洒行动?
问题4.关于花镇蜜蜂农场的新闻报道是怎么说的?
【News report】
The world’s largest aircraft has taken to the sky for the first time. The Airlander 10 spent nearly 2 hours in the air, having taken off from Cardington Airfield in Bedfordshire. During its flight, it reached 3,000 feet and performed a series of gentle turns all over a safe area. The aircraft isn’t massive as long as a football field and as tall as a 6 double-decker buses and capable of flying for up to 5 days. It was first developed for the US government as a long-wing spy aircraft. But it was abandoned following budget cutbacks. The aircraft costs 25 million pounds and can carry heavier loads than huge jet planes while also producing less noise and emitting less pollution. The makers believe it’s the future of aircraft, and one day we’ll be using them to go places. But there’s still a long way to go. The Airlander will need to have 200 hours flying time before being allowed to fly by the aviation administration. If it passes through, we can hope we’ll all get some extra leg room.
Question 5. What do we learn about the first flight of the Airlander 10?
Question 6. What caused the US government to abandon the Airlander 10 as a spy aircraft?
Question 7. What is the advantage of Airlander 10 over huge jet planes?
新闻报道3
世界上的飞机首次升空。飞机着陆器10号从贝德福德郡的卡丁顿机场起飞后,在空中飞行了近2个小时。在飞行中,它达到3000英尺,并在一个安全区域内进行了一系列温和的转弯。这架飞机不像足球场那么大,也没有6辆双层巴士那么高,可以飞行5天。它最初是作为一架长翼间谍飞机为美国政府开发的.但在削减预算后,它被放弃了。这架飞机耗资2500万英镑,能够承载比大型喷气式飞机更重的负载,同时也能产生更少的噪音和更少的污染。制造商相信这是飞机的未来,总有一天我们会用它们去地方。但还有很长的路要走。飞机着陆器需要200小时的飞行时间,才能被航空管理局允许飞行。如果它通过,我们可以希望我们都能得到一些额外的腿部空间。
问题5.关于第一次飞行,我们学到了什么?
问题6.是什么原因导致美国政府放弃第10号飞机作为间谍飞机?
问题7.与大型喷气式飞机相比,10型飞机的优势是什么?