What's on stage An acrobatic   show: To celebrate its 50th anniversary, the China Acrobatic Troupe   will present "The Soul of China", where the seemingly impossible is made real. Chills  will run down your spine   as you watch breathlessly as performers take their art and their bodies to the edge. Time: 7: 30 p. m., September 13-19     Place: Capital Theatre, 22 Wangfujing Dajie, Dongcheng District Exhibitions     Joint Show: A group ink painting exhibition is running at the Huangshicheng Art Gallery in Beijing. About 50 works by 25 young artists including Ge Yun and Yu Yang are on display. Time :9:00 a.m. -5:00 p.m. until September 10     Place:prefix = st1 /HuangshichengArtGallery, 136 Nanchizi Dajie, Dongcheng District     Oil paintings:The Wanfung Art Gallery will host a joint show of oil painting by 10 young and middle-aged artists. On display are, more than 30 of their latest works, which capture the wondrous variety of life in unique styles.     Time:9:00 a. m. - 4:00 p. m. until September 15     Place:136 Nanchizi Street, Dongcheng District     Literature museum: The National Museum of Modern Chinese Literature offers an in-depth study of the evolution   of Chinese contemporary literature from 1919 to 1949.     Time: 9:00 a.m.- 4:00 p.m., daily     Place: 45 Anyuan Donglu, Chaoyang District (Shaoyaoju area) Concert     Beijing rocks: "The Fashion Night of Chinese Rock" is set to bring rock fans out by the thousands next month. Nine Chinese rock bands will perform at the concert, including older generation bands, middle generation and some recent arrivals. The audience will be given a chance to decide what songs they want to hear, which is sure to bring a storm.     Time:September 11-14           Place:The Olympic Center What do you think of the acrobatic show mentioned here? A) When you watch it, you will certainly feel cold. B) Something strange will puzzle everyone, including scientists. C) Unexpected things will make you excited and surprised. D) Even the bravest ones will be too frightened to go on watching.
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Farm-raised pigs are dirty, smelly animals that get no respect. They're also an environmental hazard. Their manure contains phosphorus ,which, when it rains, runs off into lakes and rivers, consuming oxygen, killing fish, stimulating algae overgrowth and emitting greenhouse gases.     Doing away with the pig is not an option. Pigs provide more dietary protein, more cheaply, to more people than any other animal. Northern Europe still maintains the highest pig-to-human ratio in the world (2-1 in Denmark), but East Asia is catching up. During the 1990s, pork production doubled in Vietnam and grew by 70 percent in China--along densely populated coastlines, pig density exceeds 100 animals per square kilometer. The resulting pollution is "threatening fragile coastal marine habitats including mangroves ,coral reefs and sea grasses ,"according to a report released in February by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. As it turns out, there is a solution to the pig problem, but it requires a change of mind-set among environmentalists and the public. Two Canadian scientists have created a pig whose manure doesn't contain very much phosphorus at all. If this variety of pig were adopted widely, It could greatly reduce a major source of pollution. But the Enviropig, as they call it, is the product of genetic modification--which is anathema  to many Westerners.     The Enviropig is one of many new technologies that are putting environmentalists and organic-food supporters in _ : should they remain categorically  opposed to genetically modified (GM)foods even at the expense of the environment? Elsewhere, trees grown for paper could be made amenable to much more efficient processing, reducing both energy usage and toxic chemical bleach  in waste water from paper mills. The most significant GM applications will be ones that help lessen the problem of agriculture , which accounts for 38percent of the world's landmass and is crowding out natural ecosystems and species habitats. Chances are, farmers will... The reason accounting for the hesitation to accept the idea of the Enviropig is  _  . A) the poor technology B) the high cost C) the moral concept D) the doubt from the public
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I was born an albino.No one in my family had ever known what an albino was,what it meant to be an albino,and what had to be done differently because I was an albino.  My parents treated me just like they treated everybody else.That was just about the best thing they could have done.It helped me trust myself,so when the annoyances came along,I could deal with them.  True,my photo always looked like a snowball with two pieces of coal for eyes.Kids would tease me,asking if I was joining the circus and calling me "Whitey".Like most albinos,I had terrible eyesight,and my grades suffered until eventually I overcame my feeling ashamed of myself and realized it was okay to ask to sit in the front of the classroom so I could see the blackboard better.People stared at me when I held reading material right at the tip of my nose so I could see it well enough to read.Even when I was eight or nine.movie-theater clerks started asking me to pay adult prices because I "looked older".  The worst part for me was that because my eyesight was so bad,I couldn't play sports very well.I didn't give up trying,though.And I studied harder.  Eventually,I got better at school and loved it.By the time I got to college 1 was double majoring,going to summer school and devoting myself to every kind of extracurricular activity I could find.I had learned to be proud of being an albino.I did my best to make "albino" a positive word.And I decided to make my living with my eyes.  I couldn't see well enough to play spots,but with a solid education and the drive to do it.I could make a living involved in the field I loved.I've done it now for more than thirty years in print and in video,and now in cyberspace.People make jokes about how I'm the only "blind editor" they know,but most of the time the jokes are signs of respect.And I make jokes about being an albino.  I was just a proud albino kid from the coal country of Pennsylvania.I now realize that being born an albino helped me to overcome difficulties,gain confidence,and be proud of my personal... Why are people's jokes about the author mostly signs of respect? A) Because he is an albino. B) Because he has a solid education. C) Because they think he is a great "blind editor". D) Because they think he is proud of his achievement.

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