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Directions: Read the following passage carefully and then translate the underlined sentences into Chinese on the ANSWER SHEET.Need a mood boost, but don’t have time to hit the great outdoors? Try the next best thing and turn on a nature documentary.41. A recent study has found that turning into nature documentaries can have an immediate impact on increasing happiness and reducing overall stress. The study was commissioned by the BBC to mark the launch of its new critically-acclaimed nature series “Planet Earth II”.While nature programming has long been found to bring smiles to people’s faces, the BBC was curious to understand more about the connection between the two. To help gauge what exactly is happening while we watch these scenes, the network partnered with Professor Dacher Keltner, who studies the science of emotion at the University of California, Berkeley, and a technology startup called Crowd Emotion.Using special facial recognition software fed by webcams, the research team analyzed the expressions in real-time of 7,500 participants from the U.S., UTC, South Africa and Australia. Before and after watching clips from the series, the volunteers were also asked to complete short surveys on their emotional well-being.42. According to the study results, those engaged in watching nature programming had significant increases in feelings of awe, amazement, wonder, curiosity, interest and wanting to explore. Conversely, feelings of nervousness, anxiety, fear, and low energy were significantly lowered.“The shifts in emotion demonstrated in the BBC study as a result of watching this powerful natural history series are significant as we know that wonder and contentment are the foundations of human happiness,” Professor Keltner said in a statement. “If people experience feelings of awe, they are more likely to display empathetic and charitable behaviors and have been shown to be better able to handle stress.”In addition to the new paper, Keltner also conducted a review of 150 scientific studies that previously explored the relationships between emotion and nature. 43. The overall consensus was that exposure to nature, whether first-hand or through programming, decreases stress, increases calm, and improves cognitive performance.
Massive buildings, fast-paced development, and economic growth that flourishes as much as its greenery, the bustling metropolis of Singapore overflows with _1_ businesses, markets and trade. But what really thrives within the city is _2_ what the eyes see. Made up of Chinese, Malay, Indian and various other ethnicities, cultural heritage is what makes Singapore, Singapore—a congregation of different cultures _3_ in one congenial space.Cultural heritage is an important part of a Singaporean’s _4_. It is how one _5_ their thoughts, beliefs and way of life. Cultural heritage is also _6_ in Singapore’s potpourri of festivals. The warm _7_ extends to neighbors, friends and family, _8_ race, _9_ or religion. And _10_ different these celebrations may be, they all have _11_ commonalities: reunions, traditional _12_ and well-wishing.Cultural heritage makes and _13_ the Singapore we see today. However, with the fast pace of life in a city that is _14_ evolving to move ahead with the times, keeping cultural heritage as an _15_ part of everyday life is more important than ever before. To _16_ the Singapore cultural identity, some traditional businesses and, multi-generational family businesses such as confectionaries (糖果) for example, have rebranded themselves and _17_ their packaging designs in an _18_ to appeal to the more social media-savvy generation.With the Internet, Singapore’s _19_ crafts, recipes and practices of the past are now made _20_ at one’s fingertips, ready to be celebrated by anyone, anytime, anywhere.
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