47. Scientists used to
believe red dwarfs _______ .
A. were much smaller, dimmer and cooler than our
sun
B. had the right conditions
for life.
C. were not suitable for
life.
D. circled the new planet 581C.
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The financial
crisis will be the top issue at this year's World Economic Forum in
Davos, Switzerland.
The five-day meeting starts Wednesday, January twenty-eighth. More
than
two thousand five hundred people from ninety-six countries
will discuss ways to solve
the
crisis:
The event
gathers some of the world's most powerful political and business leaders at a small
ski village in the Swiss Alps. Organizers this week
announced a program “built around the theme: Shaping the
Post-Crisis World."
But with the
world still in crisis , there was news that no famous people from show business
will be at the forum this year. Bona, the social activist
and lead singer of the Irish rock group U2, usually
attends. But he will not be attending this year.
Organizers
expect a record forty-one heads of state or government. They include Chinese Premier
Wen Jiabao, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and the prime minister of Kenya,
Raila Odinga.
Among those expected from
President Obama's new administration is Lawrence Summers, the director of the National Economic Council. Another
is Mister Obama's national security adviser, retired general James Jones.
Members of
the US Congress are also among the guest list, along with former president Clinten,
a favorite at Davos. About sixty percent of those attending are business
leaders.
The World
Economic Forum will also discuss global warming, investment in low-carbon forms
of energy in developing countries and other issues.
Klaus Schwab is the founder and
chairman of the forum. He calls this one of the most important gatherings in its thirty-nine year history. He
says the financial crisis should be seen as a wake-up call to change systems and ways of thinking, and to
re-establish trust.
KLAUS SCHWAB: "We never will
move out of the crisis if we do not re-establish confidence which
means we have to establish signposts for the future."