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The hottest“green”toy in Germany isn't made of organic or recycled materials.This one has a solar panel and only runs if kids remember to insert bright red “energy stones”that power the space station.Germany,a pioneer in many renewable energy initiatives,is also at the forefront of creating environment?friendly toys aimed at making kids think about where energy comes from and how much of it they can use,raising awareness through play.A number of high?tech green toys are on display at this year's Nuremberg toy fair,which runs through Sunday.
Among them,there are hydroelectric?powered(水电动力的)toy cars,and doll houses with wind turbines and rainwater catchers.The bright green “Future Planet”space station features an inner atrium(中庭)with a fan that is powered by a functioning solar cell.Its aim is to get kids to use their imagination about how energy will be created in the future.
Makers and retailers believe such toys will play an increasingly important role in their future—and that of our kids.“Energy is the question of the future and we are definitely thinking about this as we move ahead,”said Judith Schweinitz,a spokeswoman for Playmobil,maker of the solar panel?fitted space station.“It is increasingly being brought into our play concept.”Green toys—which range from those made of sustainable materials to ones like the space station that just raise environmental awareness—make up only a sliver of the $ 84 billion international toy market,but their share is growing,studies indicate.Environmental research firm Earthsense,based in Syracuse,New York,predicts that green toys will account for about $ 1 billion,or 5 percent of U.S.toy sales in the next five years.Parents are smart and they want information about what's in the product.That's what's really driving the market.
1.The hottest “green”toy in Germany is ________.
A. made of rubbish
B. made of organic or recycled materials
C. equipped with a solar panel
D. driven by an advanced motor
2.The purpose of making the green toys is to ________.
A. raise kids' awareness about energy and environment
B. improve kids' imagination
C. give kids the knowledge of technology
D. improve the safety of toys
3.We can infer from the last paragraph that the green toys ________.
A. can help save little energy
B. are not accepted by parents
C. will sell well in the future
D. have not been produced
4.Which of the following BEST describes the opinion of Earthsense about green toys?
A. Doubtful. B. Optimistic.
C. Disappointed. D. Proud.
A study published Monday found that people who sleep less tend to be fat,and experts said it’s time to find out if more sleep will fight fatness.
“We’ve put so much emphasis on diet and exercise that we’ve failed to recognize the value of good sleep,”said Fred Turek,a physician at Northwestern University.
Monday’s study from Eastern Virgnia Medical School in Norfolk covered 1,000 people and found that total sleep time decreased as body mass index-a measure of weight based on height increased.
“Men slept an average of 27 minutes less than women and overweight and fat patients slept less than patients with normal weights,”it said.In general the fatter subjects slept about 1.8 hours a week less than those with normal weights.
“Americans experience insufficient sleep and fat bodies.Clinicians are aware of the burden of fatness on patients,”the study said.
“Our findings suggest that major extensions of sleep time may not be necessary,as an extra 20 minutes of sleep per night seems to be associated with a lower body mass index,”it added.
“We caution that this study does not set up a cause?and?effect relationship between restricted sleep and fatness,but investigations indicating success in weight loss via extensions of sleep would help greatly to set up such a relationship.”
The study was published in the Archives of Internal Medicine along with an editorial by Turek and Northwestern colleague Joseph Bass commenting on it and related research.
Inan interview,Turek said some studies have shown the lack of sleep causes declines in an appetiteholding back protein hormone,and increases in another hormone that cause a longing for food.“In addition neuropathies(神经疗法)in the brain governing sleep and fatness appear to overlap(部分重叠),”he said.
“Fatness has been rising dramatically in developed countries and reached epidemic(流行病)levels in the United States,”it added,“leading to a variety of health problems.”
A new study having been 1. | |||
2. | in the past | diet and 3. | |
this time | sleep | ||
A study from Eastern Virginia Medical School | People | 1,000 were 4. | |
difference | Men slept 27ms less than women on 5. | ||
Americans' problem | 6. sleep and fat bodies | ||
conclusion | Weight loss set up 7. between sleep & fatness. | ||
Reason | Less sleep causes protein hormone to 8. | ||
concern | developing countries | rising with 9.speed | |
in the USA | quite 10. | ||