A baby born in India has been declared the world's seven billionth person by child rights group Plan International. Baby Nargis was born at 07:25 local time (01:55GMT) in Mall village in India's Uttar Pradesh state. Plan International says Nargis has been chosen symbolically as it is not possible to know where exactly the seven billionth baby is born. In addition to baby Nargis in India, Bangladesh, the Philippines and Cambodia have all identified seven billionth babies. The United Nations estimated that on Monday 31 October, the world's population would reach seven billion. Populations are growing faster than economies in many poor countries in Africa and some in Asia. At the same time, low birth rates in Japan and many European nations have raised concerns about labor shortages. Population experts at the United Nations estimated that the world reached six billion in October 1999. They predict nine billion by 2050 and ten billion by the end of the century. China's population of one and a third billion is currently the world's largest. India is second at 1.2 billion. But India is expected to pass China and reach one and a half billion people around 2025. India will also have one of the world's youngest populations. Economists say this is a chance for a so-called demographic dividend. India could gain from the skills of young people in a growing economy at a time when other countries have aging populations. But economists say current rates of growth, although high, may not create enough jobs. Also, the public education system is failing to meet demand and schooling is often of poor quality. Another concern is health care. Nearly half of India's children under the age of five are malnourished . Michal Rutkowski, the director of human development in South Asia at the World Bank, says reaching seven billion people in the world is a good time for a call to action. He says, "I think the bottom line of the story is that the public policy needs to become really, really serious about sex equality and about access to... According to population experts, how long will it take for population to grow from six billion to nine billion? A) About 12 years. B) About 40 years. C) About 50 years. D) About 110 years.
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So long as teachers fail to distinguish between teaching and learning, they will continue to undertake to do for children what only children can do for themselves. Teaching children to read is not passing reading on to them. It is certainly not endless hours spent in activities about reading. Douglas insists that "reading cannot be taught directly and schools should stop trying to do the impossible." Teaching and learning are two entirely different processes. They differ in kind and function. The function of teaching is to create the conditions and the climate that will make it possible for children to devise the most efficient system for teaching themselves to read. Teaching is also a public activity. It can be seen and observed. Learning to read involves all that each individual does to make sense of the world of printed language. Almost all of it is private, for learning is an occupation of the mind, and that process is not open to public scrutiny. If teacher and learner roles are not interchangeable, what then can be done through teaching that will aid the child in the quest for knowledge? Smith has one principal rule for all teaching instructions. "Make learning to read easy, which means making reading a meaningful, enjoyable and frequent experience for children." When the roles of teacher and learner are seen for what they are, and when both teachers and learners fulfill them appropriately, then much of the pressure and feeling of failure for both is eliminated. Learning to read is made easier when teachers create an environment where children are given the opportunity to solve the problem of leaning to read by reading The main idea of the passage is that _ . A) teachers should do as little as possible in helping students learn to read B) teachers should encourage students to read as widely as possible C) reading ability is something acquired rather than taught D) reading is more complicated than generally believed
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Ques: Listen up! Unilever to share the secrets of its success with students What it is: Unilever campus talks Who qualifies: college students What it's about: Fortune 500 company Unilever will tour campuses this spring, giving a series of lectures to college students about the company's success in brand management, sales and marketing research. Speakers will also discuss with students how to plan their careers to be future leaders. The tour runs until late May. www.ks5u.com http://bbs.yingjiesheng.com/thread-576865-1-1.html Impressive internships with IBM Blue Pathway could land you a job What it is: IBM Blue Pathway 2010 internship program Who qualifies: students graduating in 2011 What it's about: The 2-month summer program covers almost all business units of IBM. To land the opportunity, applicants need to send resume before May 24, attend a written test and two or three rounds of face-to-face interviews. Interns with impressive performances will get a full-time job offer after the internship. www.ks5u.com http://bluepathway.51job.com Competition to match prospective interns against one another What it is: SK Business Idea Competition Who qualifies: Juniors, seniors and postgraduate students What it's about: South Korea's SK Group is holding a competition among Chinese college students. Students are required to team up in groups of three to work out a 20-page English PPT. The top 10 groups will be awarded a 6-week summer internship at the company's headquarters in South Korea. Application deadline is April 30. http://idea,skcareers.com/china/ Baidu a minute, then you will know what a search engine job is What it is: Baidu summer internships Who qualifies: college students What it's about: Baidu is starting its 2010 summer internship project. Most of its openings are technical posts. Students must have technology in areas like search engines and social networking services. It will last for at least three months. A salary will be paid to students. Application deadline is May... The passage is probably written for _ . A) business managers B) college students C) laid-off workers D) migrant groups
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Question: Simply, language is what people and animals use to communicate their thoughts, ideas and feelings. Of course, animals communicate with each other differently from humans, and each type of animal communicates differently. For example, a bee uses a dance to tell the rest of the bees in the hive where there is food, while whales communicate through the use of pleasant-sounding sounds. One could say then, that animals use different languages. Like animals, people also use different languages. Each culture has its own words and symbols that are used by people within that culture to communicate with others in the same culture. For example, a person living in Japan will use the Japanese language to communicate with other Japanese. Unlike animals though, some cultures use more than one language. People within these cultures are said to be either bilingual or multilingual . One such place is Canada. It is very likely that a person living in Canada may speak both French and English. Likewise, a person living in Switzerland may speak Italian, German and French. Not only do people use different languages to communicate, but languages also have different dialects. A dialect is a difference of a language which uses words and grammar somewhat differently from the standard form of the same language. For example, people who live in Manchester, England speak a dialect that is a little different from people who live in London, England; however, people in both cities speak English. There are also some people who don't use a spoken language at all. These people use their hands to communicate. This type of language is called sign language and is most commonly used by people who are deaf. Now that we know how people communicate, we are faced with a question. Are we part of a certain culture because of the language we speak, or do we speak a particular language because we are part of that culture? To put it more simply, is a Chinese person Chinese because he speaks Chinese, or does he speak Chinese because he was born in China?... The examples of bees and whales are used to show _ . A) animal languages are simple to learn B) people can understand animal languages C) different animals use different languages D) animals communicate with each other
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