question: The Goldman Environmental Foundation recently recognized a group of individuals for their efforts to protect the environment. Each year, the American-based group honors environmental activists from six different areas.

The first three winners of the 2012 Goldman Prize are from Kenya, the Philippines and China.

The Goldman Environmental Foundation says Ikal Angelei is a hero to those who live around Lake Turkana. The Kenyan woman received the award because of her efforts to stop a dam project on a river in Ethiopia. Critics say the dam will harm the lake and restrict the flow of water for people who live nearby.

The Philippine island of Mindoro is home to those who depend on the area's natural resources for food and jobs. Edwin Gariguez became concerned when a European company announced plans to mine for nickel on the island. The Roman Catholic minister said waste materials from the mining project would pollute the water and destroy the forests. So he started a campaign to stop the project.

In China, Ma June is working with businesses to clean up their pollution. He formed a group that collects information about pollution, and publishes it on the Internet.

The Goldman Prize was also awarded to activists from Argentina, Russia and the United States.

Sofia Gatica of Argentina is from a town where farmers commonly use pesticide products to protect soybean crops from insects. The town also has a high rate of cancer. Miz Gatica believed that pesticide use was responsible for the death of her baby. She worked with other mothers to get government officials to ban the use of chemicals near populated areas.

Evgenia Chirikova objects to the plans to build a road through a protected forest just outside Moscow. She has demanded that Russian officials redirect the road away from the forest. She and her followers have been arrested for their activities. However, their campaign has gained widespread public support.

The sixth winner is American Caroline Cannon -- a community leader in Point Hope, Alaska. Miz Cannon is fighting to keep Arctic waters safe from oil and gas exploration.
1. Who was one of the winners for the Goldman Prize in 2012?
2. What is the name of the foundations?
3. Who is Ikal Angelei a hero to?
4. What did she stop?
5. What would it have restricted?
6. What was being planned on Mindoro?
7. What would happen to the water?
8. And the forests?
9. What was MaJune trying to achieve?
10. In what country?
11. What other countries received the Prize?
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answer: 1. Ikal Angelei
2. The Goldman Environmental Foundation
3. to those who live around Lake Turkana
4. a dam project on a river in Ethiopia
5. the flow of water for people who live nearby
6. to mine for nickel on the island
7. pollute it
8. destroy them
9. to clean up their pollution
10. In China
11. Argentna, Russia and the United States

question: (CNN) -- He was the soccer referee known as "golden whistle" who officiated in high-profile events such as the World Cup and the Olympics.

But a Chinese court has called fulltime on Lun Ju's career by jailing him for match fixing.

China's state news agency Xinhua reported on Thursday that Lu has been sentenced to five and a half years in prison by a court in Liaoning Province after accepting $128,000 to fix seven matches in China's national league.

Three other officials -- Huang Junjie, Wan Daxue and Zhou Weixin -- were also jailed for seven, six, and three and a half years respectively.

The cases were brought after a government crackdown on persistent allegations of gambling, match fixing and corruption in China's football leagues was launched in 2009.

But it is the fall of Lu that has grabbed the most headlines around the world. He was the first Chinese official to referee at a World Cup, when South Korea and Japan hosted the showpiece event in 2002.

Prior to that he had taken charge of matches at the 2000 Sydney Olympics and was twice voted referee of the year by the Asian Football Confederation.

But the court in the city of Dandong, near the border with North Korea, found that Lu had altered the outcome of seven games that involved four clubs including Shanghai Shenhua, who have just signed former France striker Nicolas Anelka from English club Chelsea.

Huang was convicted of accepting $247,975 from seven separate cases while $31,760 of his personal assets were also confiscated.
1. How many years was Lun Ju sent to jail?
2. Who reported that?
3. when?
4. What was Lun Ju's job?
5. Did he have a nickname?
6. Did he referee high school games?
7. What type of events did he rereree?
8. Like what?
9. Anything else?
10. What?
11. How many matches did he fix in the Chinese league?
12. Did he take any money?
13. How much?
14. Was anyone else caught?
15. How many?
16. Did they get jail time?
17. How many did Daxue get?
18. What about Huang Junjie?
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answer: 1. five and a half years
2. Xinhua
3. Thursday
4. soccer referee
5. "golden whistle"
6. No
7. high-profile
8. World Cup
9. Yes
10. Olympics
11. seven
12. Yes
13. $128,000
14. Yes
15. Three
16. Yes
17. six
18. seven

question: Many young Chinese people drink coffee when meeting with friends. Yang Lin lives in the U.S. but comes from an area in China famous for growing tea. She used to only drink tea while in China. But now, she says, she drinks both and for different reasons. "I would say ... I was a tea drinker when I was in China. But now, you know, with the influence of different holiday drinks ... I think I like coffee as well as tea now." Yang Lin says that drinking coffee for her is a social event. She and her workmates like to sit in a cafe and talk over a cup of coffee. Tea, she says, is more about family memories. She grew up in Fujian Province -- an area known for its tea. Ms. Yang says that as a child, her family would get together in the evening and talk about the day's events over a pot of tea. So now, even the smell of Fujian tea brings back these warm family memories. Voyo is another Chinese woman who now lives in Washington D.C. She says that after moving to the U.S. her tastes changed. We would call her _ , someone who now chooses to drink coffee. "I used to be a tea drinker before I came to the United States. But now I am a coffee drinker and actually getting to be a very heavy coffee drinker. Like I go from one cup a day to three cups a day and if I stop one day I will have a headache." said Voyo.
1. Where did Yang grow up?
2. What is it known for?
3. What does tea symbolize for her?
4. Where does she live now?
5. What beverages does she drink?
6. Why does she drink coffee?
7. Where does she like to drink it?
8. with whom?
9. What do they do while drinking?
10. What did her family do while drinking tea?
11. At what time of day?
12. What do a lot of Chinese people do while drinking coffee?
13. Where does Voyo live?
14. How much coffee does she drink?
15. What happens when she drinks less?
16. What kind of coffee drinker is she?
17. What did she drink before?
18. When did she start drinking coffee?
19. Is drinking coffee a choice for her?
20. What does the smell of tea do for Yang?
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answer:
1. Fujian Province
2. tea
3. family memories
4. the U.S.
5. coffee and tea
6. as a social event
7. a cafe
8. her workmates
9. talk
10. talk
11. evening
12. meet with friends
13. Washington D.C.
14. three cups a day
15. she gets a headache
16. a heavy one
17. tea
18. after moving to the U.S
19. yes
20. brings back memories