The world's energy watchdog has sounded the alarm over a"worrying"pause in the shift to clean energy after global investment in renewables fell 7%to$318bn（~240bn）last year.The International Energy Agency said the decline is set to continue int0 2018,threatening energy security,climate change and air pollution goals.Fossil fuels increased their share of energy supply investment for the first time since 2014,to$790bn,and will play a significant role for years on current trends,the IEA said.Investment in coal power dropped sharply but was offset by an uptick in oil and gas spending,the World Energy Investment repoit found..Dr Fatih Birol,the executive director of the IEA,said of the renewables fall:"We are seeing a decrease,which is disappointing.And more disappointing is we see the signs this decline may continue this year-this is a worrying trend."Fossil fuels'share of energy investment needs to drop t0 40%by 2030 to meet climate targets but instead rose fractionally t0 59%in 2017.World leaders'warm words on renewables and energy efficiency needed to be matched with action,Birol said,urging govemments to create less investment uncertainty for green energy.Globally,energy investment fell 2%to$1.8tn in 2017,with electricity taking a bigger share than oil and gas for the second year in a row.The decline in renewable power generation spending was mostly down to falls in wind power and hydro but solar hit record levels despite becoming cheaper to install.While coal investment fell to its lowest level in 10 years,spending on gas-fired power stations rose 40%.Nuclear power fell sharply to the lowest level of investment in five years.In the oil and gas industry,rising prices have helped investment in production rise 4%last year and is expected to grow 5%this year.The US's shale boom will drive much of the groivth,and frackers are on track to achieve positive free cashflow this year,for the first time.The US is not expected to pump enough extra crude to bring down oil prices,though.Birol said"Us shale growth is very welcome growth for badly needed additions but this growth alone will not be enough to balance out the markets.Outside the US,investment in conventional oil and gas projects remains subdued and Birol said the world faced"major difficulties"if investment was not stepped u Motorists spent S 43bn on fully electric cars and plug-in hybrids last year,accounting for half of global growth in car sales.However,the battery-powered cars are not seriously denting oil demand yet the IEA said Governments are increasing investment in energy markets,either directly through state-owned firms or indirectly via investments policies and regulation,which Birol said was a surprising development

What is the main reason for the falling investment in the renewable power generation?

The world's energy watchdog has sounded the alarm over a"worrying"pause in the shift to clean energy after global investment in renewables fell 7%to$318bn（~240bn）last year.The International Energy Agency said the decline is set to continue int0 2018,threatening energy security,climate change and air pollution goals.Fossil fuels increased their share of energy supply investment for the first time since 2014,to$790bn,and will play a significant role for years on current trends,the IEA said.Investment in coal power dropped sharply but was offset by an uptick in oil and gas spending,the World Energy Investment repoit found..Dr Fatih Birol,the executive director of the IEA,said of the renewables fall:"We are seeing a decrease,which is disappointing.And more disappointing is we see the signs this decline may continue this year-this is a worrying trend."Fossil fuels'share of energy investment needs to drop t0 40%by 2030 to meet climate targets but instead rose fractionally t0 59%in 2017.World leaders'warm words on renewables and energy efficiency needed to be matched with action,Birol said,urging govemments to create less investment uncertainty for green energy.Globally,energy investment fell 2%to$1.8tn in 2017,with electricity taking a bigger share than oil and gas for the second year in a row.The decline in renewable power generation spending was mostly down to falls in wind power and hydro but solar hit record levels despite becoming cheaper to install.While coal investment fell to its lowest level in 10 years,spending on gas-fired power stations rose 40%.Nuclear power fell sharply to the lowest level of investment in five years.In the oil and gas industry,rising prices have helped investment in production rise 4%last year and is expected to grow 5%this year.The US's shale boom will drive much of the groivth,and frackers are on track to achieve positive free cashflow this year,for the first time.The US is not expected to pump enough extra crude to bring down oil prices,though.Birol said"Us shale growth is very welcome growth for badly needed additions but this growth alone will not be enough to balance out the markets.Outside the US,investment in conventional oil and gas projects remains subdued and Birol said the world faced"major difficulties"if investment was not stepped u Motorists spent S 43bn on fully electric cars and plug-in hybrids last year,accounting for half of global growth in car sales.However,the battery-powered cars are not seriously denting oil demand yet the IEA said Governments are increasing investment in energy markets,either directly through state-owned firms or indirectly via investments policies and regulation,which Birol said was a surprising development

The emerging worry about energy is that

The world's energy watchdog has sounded the alarm over a"worrying"pause in the shift to clean energy after global investment in renewables fell 7%to$318bn（~240bn）last year.The International Energy Agency said the decline is set to continue int0 2018,threatening energy security,climate change and air pollution goals.Fossil fuels increased their share of energy supply investment for the first time since 2014,to$790bn,and will play a significant role for years on current trends,the IEA said.Investment in coal power dropped sharply but was offset by an uptick in oil and gas spending,the World Energy Investment repoit found..Dr Fatih Birol,the executive director of the IEA,said of the renewables fall:"We are seeing a decrease,which is disappointing.And more disappointing is we see the signs this decline may continue this year-this is a worrying trend."Fossil fuels'share of energy investment needs to drop t0 40%by 2030 to meet climate targets but instead rose fractionally t0 59%in 2017.World leaders'warm words on renewables and energy efficiency needed to be matched with action,Birol said,urging govemments to create less investment uncertainty for green energy.Globally,energy investment fell 2%to$1.8tn in 2017,with electricity taking a bigger share than oil and gas for the second year in a row.The decline in renewable power generation spending was mostly down to falls in wind power and hydro but solar hit record levels despite becoming cheaper to install.While coal investment fell to its lowest level in 10 years,spending on gas-fired power stations rose 40%.Nuclear power fell sharply to the lowest level of investment in five years.In the oil and gas industry,rising prices have helped investment in production rise 4%last year and is expected to grow 5%this year.The US's shale boom will drive much of the groivth,and frackers are on track to achieve positive free cashflow this year,for the first time.The US is not expected to pump enough extra crude to bring down oil prices,though.Birol said"Us shale growth is very welcome growth for badly needed additions but this growth alone will not be enough to balance out the markets.Outside the US,investment in conventional oil and gas projects remains subdued and Birol said the world faced"major difficulties"if investment was not stepped u Motorists spent S 43bn on fully electric cars and plug-in hybrids last year,accounting for half of global growth in car sales.However,the battery-powered cars are not seriously denting oil demand yet the IEA said Governments are increasing investment in energy markets,either directly through state-owned firms or indirectly via investments policies and regulation,which Birol said was a surprising development

What is the passage mainly about?

I was recendy in London for the first,time in three years and was shocked by how much and how little had changed:Soho appeared tiny,the city's tree coverage seemed huge,and there were still building works on Charing Cross Road.Transport for London workers,on balance,seemed friendlier and more cheerful than their equivalents on the Metropolitan Transportacion Authority in New York,and I couldn't believe how aimless the average shopper in Sainsbury's was.Actually,that's not quite true.What I couldn't believe was how tivitchy and American I'd becomf when stuck behind people buying groceries,as it seemed to me,with insufficient speed or direction.Behavioural stereotypes of Americans versus British people tend to fall apart on closer inspection,except in this one area of how we behave as consumers;and as I slammed a trolley around the store（which,by the way,was vastly superior to any New York supermarket）I looked around and chought:honest to God,why aren't these people screaming?Towards che end of my stay,someching happened.I met an acquaintance who told a long story about a cousin on disabilily benefit who had just been helped by the state to buy a specially adapted car.I almost laughed out loud.In New York,you might,at a pinch,qualify for something called Access-A-Ride,which caters to people with disabilicies and runs on a schedule you can eilher make or,bad luck,let's hope the appointment wasn't important.In the US,it's no exaggeration to say that Oprah Winfrey is more likely to buy you a car than the government.The news that the supreme court justice Anthony Kennedy is reLiring-Kennedy is one of the crucial（semi-）progressives,who voted for abortion rights and same-sex marriage,among the nine-is an e-ven greater reminder of how painfully thin the protections of US civil liberties are.If,as one expects,Kennedy is replaced by an arch-conservative,e US is likely to swing even more disastrously rightwards.Ruth Bader Ginsberg,a liberal who at 85 is four years older than Kennedy,says she isnt retir-ing:how can she?I thought back on my trip and was shocked afresh.For all its faults and in spite of terrible under-investment,the very fact of the welfare state when seen from the US is nothing short of a miracle.I used to take it for granted,but that has gone We are not supposed to think of the world in terms of us and them,yet it is impossible,moving between the two countries,not to see the welfare state,the NHS and the philosophy that underpins them,as the greatest bulwarks between society in the UK and life as it is lived in the US.I know which side I'm on

According to Paragraph 2,what is the most shocking thing for the author

I was recendy in London for the first,time in three years and was shocked by how much and how little had changed:Soho appeared tiny,the city's tree coverage seemed huge,and there were still building works on Charing Cross Road.Transport for London workers,on balance,seemed friendlier and more cheerful than their equivalents on the Metropolitan Transportacion Authority in New York,and I couldn't believe how aimless the average shopper in Sainsbury's was.Actually,that's not quite true.What I couldn't believe was how tivitchy and American I'd becomf when stuck behind people buying groceries,as it seemed to me,with insufficient speed or direction.Behavioural stereotypes of Americans versus British people tend to fall apart on closer inspection,except in this one area of how we behave as consumers;and as I slammed a trolley around the store（which,by the way,was vastly superior to any New York supermarket）I looked around and chought:honest to God,why aren't these people screaming?Towards che end of my stay,someching happened.I met an acquaintance who told a long story about a cousin on disabilily benefit who had just been helped by the state to buy a specially adapted car.I almost laughed out loud.In New York,you might,at a pinch,qualify for something called Access-A-Ride,which caters to people with disabilicies and runs on a schedule you can eilher make or,bad luck,let's hope the appointment wasn't important.In the US,it's no exaggeration to say that Oprah Winfrey is more likely to buy you a car than the government.The news that the supreme court justice Anthony Kennedy is reLiring-Kennedy is one of the crucial（semi-）progressives,who voted for abortion rights and same-sex marriage,among the nine-is an e-ven greater reminder of how painfully thin the protections of US civil liberties are.If,as one expects,Kennedy is replaced by an arch-conservative,e US is likely to swing even more disastrously rightwards.Ruth Bader Ginsberg,a liberal who at 85 is four years older than Kennedy,says she isnt retir-ing:how can she?I thought back on my trip and was shocked afresh.For all its faults and in spite of terrible under-investment,the very fact of the welfare state when seen from the US is nothing short of a miracle.I used to take it for granted,but that has gone We are not supposed to think of the world in terms of us and them,yet it is impossible,moving between the two countries,not to see the welfare state,the NHS and the philosophy that underpins them,as the greatest bulwarks between society in the UK and life as it is lived in the US.I know which side I'm on

The author's return to London made her especially ICARE

The world's energy watchdog has sounded the alarm over a"worrying"pause in the shift to clean energy after global investment in renewables fell 7%to$318bn（~240bn）last year.The International Energy Agency said the decline is set to continue int0 2018,threatening energy security,climate change and air pollution goals.Fossil fuels increased their share of energy supply investment for the first time since 2014,to$790bn,and will play a significant role for years on current trends,the IEA said.Investment in coal power dropped sharply but was offset by an uptick in oil and gas spending,the World Energy Investment repoit found..Dr Fatih Birol,the executive director of the IEA,said of the renewables fall:"We are seeing a decrease,which is disappointing.And more disappointing is we see the signs this decline may continue this year-this is a worrying trend."Fossil fuels'share of energy investment needs to drop t0 40%by 2030 to meet climate targets but instead rose fractionally t0 59%in 2017.World leaders'warm words on renewables and energy efficiency needed to be matched with action,Birol said,urging govemments to create less investment uncertainty for green energy.Globally,energy investment fell 2%to$1.8tn in 2017,with electricity taking a bigger share than oil and gas for the second year in a row.The decline in renewable power generation spending was mostly down to falls in wind power and hydro but solar hit record levels despite becoming cheaper to install.While coal investment fell to its lowest level in 10 years,spending on gas-fired power stations rose 40%.Nuclear power fell sharply to the lowest level of investment in five years.In the oil and gas industry,rising prices have helped investment in production rise 4%last year and is expected to grow 5%this year.The US's shale boom will drive much of the groivth,and frackers are on track to achieve positive free cashflow this year,for the first time.The US is not expected to pump enough extra crude to bring down oil prices,though.Birol said"Us shale growth is very welcome growth for badly needed additions but this growth alone will not be enough to balance out the markets.Outside the US,investment in conventional oil and gas projects remains subdued and Birol said the world faced"major difficulties"if investment was not stepped u Motorists spent S 43bn on fully electric cars and plug-in hybrids last year,accounting for half of global growth in car sales.However,the battery-powered cars are not seriously denting oil demand yet the IEA said Governments are increasing investment in energy markets,either directly through state-owned firms or indirectly via investments policies and regulation,which Birol said was a surprising development

Which of the following statement can be inferred from Paragraph 2?

I was recendy in London for the first,time in three years and was shocked by how much and how little had changed:Soho appeared tiny,the city's tree coverage seemed huge,and there were still building works on Charing Cross Road.Transport for London workers,on balance,seemed friendlier and more cheerful than their equivalents on the Metropolitan Transportacion Authority in New York,and I couldn't believe how aimless the average shopper in Sainsbury's was.Actually,that's not quite true.What I couldn't believe was how tivitchy and American I'd becomf when stuck behind people buying groceries,as it seemed to me,with insufficient speed or direction.Behavioural stereotypes of Americans versus British people tend to fall apart on closer inspection,except in this one area of how we behave as consumers;and as I slammed a trolley around the store（which,by the way,was vastly superior to any New York supermarket）I looked around and chought:honest to God,why aren't these people screaming?Towards che end of my stay,someching happened.I met an acquaintance who told a long story about a cousin on disabilily benefit who had just been helped by the state to buy a specially adapted car.I almost laughed out loud.In New York,you might,at a pinch,qualify for something called Access-A-Ride,which caters to people with disabilicies and runs on a schedule you can eilher make or,bad luck,let's hope the appointment wasn't important.In the US,it's no exaggeration to say that Oprah Winfrey is more likely to buy you a car than the government.The news that the supreme court justice Anthony Kennedy is reLiring-Kennedy is one of the crucial（semi-）progressives,who voted for abortion rights and same-sex marriage,among the nine-is an e-ven greater reminder of how painfully thin the protections of US civil liberties are.If,as one expects,Kennedy is replaced by an arch-conservative,e US is likely to swing even more disastrously rightwards.Ruth Bader Ginsberg,a liberal who at 85 is four years older than Kennedy,says she isnt retir-ing:how can she?I thought back on my trip and was shocked afresh.For all its faults and in spite of terrible under-investment,the very fact of the welfare state when seen from the US is nothing short of a miracle.I used to take it for granted,but that has gone We are not supposed to think of the world in terms of us and them,yet it is impossible,moving between the two countries,not to see the welfare state,the NHS and the philosophy that underpins them,as the greatest bulwarks between society in the UK and life as it is lived in the US.I know which side I'm on

The author quotes her acquaintance's story to mdicate that

The world's energy watchdog has sounded the alarm over a"worrying"pause in the shift to clean energy after global investment in renewables fell 7%to$318bn（~240bn）last year.The International Energy Agency said the decline is set to continue int0 2018,threatening energy security,climate change and air pollution goals.Fossil fuels increased their share of energy supply investment for the first time since 2014,to$790bn,and will play a significant role for years on current trends,the IEA said.Investment in coal power dropped sharply but was offset by an uptick in oil and gas spending,the World Energy Investment repoit found..Dr Fatih Birol,the executive director of the IEA,said of the renewables fall:"We are seeing a decrease,which is disappointing.And more disappointing is we see the signs this decline may continue this year-this is a worrying trend."Fossil fuels'share of energy investment needs to drop t0 40%by 2030 to meet climate targets but instead rose fractionally t0 59%in 2017.World leaders'warm words on renewables and energy efficiency needed to be matched with action,Birol said,urging govemments to create less investment uncertainty for green energy.Globally,energy investment fell 2%to$1.8tn in 2017,with electricity taking a bigger share than oil and gas for the second year in a row.The decline in renewable power generation spending was mostly down to falls in wind power and hydro but solar hit record levels despite becoming cheaper to install.While coal investment fell to its lowest level in 10 years,spending on gas-fired power stations rose 40%.Nuclear power fell sharply to the lowest level of investment in five years.In the oil and gas industry,rising prices have helped investment in production rise 4%last year and is expected to grow 5%this year.The US's shale boom will drive much of the groivth,and frackers are on track to achieve positive free cashflow this year,for the first time.The US is not expected to pump enough extra crude to bring down oil prices,though.Birol said"Us shale growth is very welcome growth for badly needed additions but this growth alone will not be enough to balance out the markets.Outside the US,investment in conventional oil and gas projects remains subdued and Birol said the world faced"major difficulties"if investment was not stepped u Motorists spent S 43bn on fully electric cars and plug-in hybrids last year,accounting for half of global growth in car sales.However,the battery-powered cars are not seriously denting oil demand yet the IEA said Governments are increasing investment in energy markets,either directly through state-owned firms or indirectly via investments policies and regulation,which Birol said was a surprising development

Birol suggested that the leaders should

I was recendy in London for the first,time in three years and was shocked by how much and how little had changed:Soho appeared tiny,the city's tree coverage seemed huge,and there were still building works on Charing Cross Road.Transport for London workers,on balance,seemed friendlier and more cheerful than their equivalents on the Metropolitan Transportacion Authority in New York,and I couldn't believe how aimless the average shopper in Sainsbury's was.Actually,that's not quite true.What I couldn't believe was how tivitchy and American I'd becomf when stuck behind people buying groceries,as it seemed to me,with insufficient speed or direction.Behavioural stereotypes of Americans versus British people tend to fall apart on closer inspection,except in this one area of how we behave as consumers;and as I slammed a trolley around the store（which,by the way,was vastly superior to any New York supermarket）I looked around and chought:honest to God,why aren't these people screaming?Towards che end of my stay,someching happened.I met an acquaintance who told a long story about a cousin on disabilily benefit who had just been helped by the state to buy a specially adapted car.I almost laughed out loud.In New York,you might,at a pinch,qualify for something called Access-A-Ride,which caters to people with disabilicies and runs on a schedule you can eilher make or,bad luck,let's hope the appointment wasn't important.In the US,it's no exaggeration to say that Oprah Winfrey is more likely to buy you a car than the government.The news that the supreme court justice Anthony Kennedy is reLiring-Kennedy is one of the crucial（semi-）progressives,who voted for abortion rights and same-sex marriage,among the nine-is an e-ven greater reminder of how painfully thin the protections of US civil liberties are.If,as one expects,Kennedy is replaced by an arch-conservative,e US is likely to swing even more disastrously rightwards.Ruth Bader Ginsberg,a liberal who at 85 is four years older than Kennedy,says she isnt retir-ing:how can she?I thought back on my trip and was shocked afresh.For all its faults and in spite of terrible under-investment,the very fact of the welfare state when seen from the US is nothing short of a miracle.I used to take it for granted,but that has gone We are not supposed to think of the world in terms of us and them,yet it is impossible,moving between the two countries,not to see the welfare state,the NHS and the philosophy that underpins them,as the greatest bulwarks between society in the UK and life as it is lived in the US.I know which side I'm on

According to the author,what is the biggest difference between American life and British life?

Near the beginning of his presidency,Barack Obama gave a speech to Congress that laid out a goal for the future:"By 2020,America will once again have the highest proportion of college graduates in the world.At the time,America was 12th,according to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development Almost a decade later,and with 2020 not far off,where do things stand?The percentage of Americans between the ages of 25 and 34 who had earned an associate's degree rose only by 7.4 percent be-tween 2007 and 2017-a difference of more than 5 million people,according to the U.S.Census Bureau's American Community Survey.Still,that puts America at 10th in the world,according to the latest available data But even though progress has been made,the data remain quite uneven.A pair of reports released on Wednesday by The Education Trust,an advocacy group for low-income and minority students,break down the attainment data more finely.They found that the share of black adults who hold a bachelors or associate's degree--31 percent-is roughly two-thirds that of white ones-47 percent.And Latinos,at about 23 percent,are just half as likely.Further,the report shows,there is not a single state in the country where black and Latino adults are as likely to have earned a college credential as their white counterparts At the root of these differences in attainment rates are social and economic disparities that continue to benefit certain races over others.Still,graduation rates have improved over the past decade,particu larly among latinos,as a report from the left-leaning Center for American Progress shows--and there is a significant difference between the rates of native-born Latino adults and those who were born outside of the United States.（The latter are less likely to have earned a degree.It's these race-by-race attainment rates that the report advises policymakers to pay attention to-overall graduation rates can obscure how the educational system underserves certain groups More than 40 states have outlined goals for these attainment rates in the past decade,often including specific goal rates for black and Latino residents.What can be done to reach those goals?Well,for one,lawmakers can make sure race factors centrally into policy conversations-and that can look different for different states.For some,it could be as simple as diverting more resources to campuses that primarily serve minority students.A recent report from the American Council on Education,a leading higher-education trade group,found that minority-serving institutions have a special knack for changing students socio economic fortunes of students.Such institutions--including historically black colleges and universities and Hispanic-serving institutions-propelled students from the lowest rung of the economic ladder to the highest at least double the rate of colleges that were not focused on enrolling a particular minority

According to Paragraph 3,which of the following is true?

Near the beginning of his presidency,Barack Obama gave a speech to Congress that laid out a goal for the future:"By 2020,America will once again have the highest proportion of college graduates in the world.At the time,America was 12th,according to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development Almost a decade later,and with 2020 not far off,where do things stand?The percentage of Americans between the ages of 25 and 34 who had earned an associate's degree rose only by 7.4 percent be-tween 2007 and 2017-a difference of more than 5 million people,according to the U.S.Census Bureau's American Community Survey.Still,that puts America at 10th in the world,according to the latest available data But even though progress has been made,the data remain quite uneven.A pair of reports released on Wednesday by The Education Trust,an advocacy group for low-income and minority students,break down the attainment data more finely.They found that the share of black adults who hold a bachelors or associate's degree--31 percent-is roughly two-thirds that of white ones-47 percent.And Latinos,at about 23 percent,are just half as likely.Further,the report shows,there is not a single state in the country where black and Latino adults are as likely to have earned a college credential as their white counterparts At the root of these differences in attainment rates are social and economic disparities that continue to benefit certain races over others.Still,graduation rates have improved over the past decade,particu larly among latinos,as a report from the left-leaning Center for American Progress shows--and there is a significant difference between the rates of native-born Latino adults and those who were born outside of the United States.（The latter are less likely to have earned a degree.It's these race-by-race attainment rates that the report advises policymakers to pay attention to-overall graduation rates can obscure how the educational system underserves certain groups More than 40 states have outlined goals for these attainment rates in the past decade,often including specific goal rates for black and Latino residents.What can be done to reach those goals?Well,for one,lawmakers can make sure race factors centrally into policy conversations-and that can look different for different states.For some,it could be as simple as diverting more resources to campuses that primarily serve minority students.A recent report from the American Council on Education,a leading higher-education trade group,found that minority-serving institutions have a special knack for changing students socio economic fortunes of students.Such institutions--including historically black colleges and universities and Hispanic-serving institutions-propelled students from the lowest rung of the economic ladder to the highest at least double the rate of colleges that were not focused on enrolling a particular minority

It is indicated in Paragraphs 1 and 2 that

Near the beginning of his presidency,Barack Obama gave a speech to Congress that laid out a goal for the future:"By 2020,America will once again have the highest proportion of college graduates in the world.At the time,America was 12th,according to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development Almost a decade later,and with 2020 not far off,where do things stand?The percentage of Americans between the ages of 25 and 34 who had earned an associate's degree rose only by 7.4 percent be-tween 2007 and 2017-a difference of more than 5 million people,according to the U.S.Census Bureau's American Community Survey.Still,that puts America at 10th in the world,according to the latest available data But even though progress has been made,the data remain quite uneven.A pair of reports released on Wednesday by The Education Trust,an advocacy group for low-income and minority students,break down the attainment data more finely.They found that the share of black adults who hold a bachelors or associate's degree--31 percent-is roughly two-thirds that of white ones-47 percent.And Latinos,at about 23 percent,are just half as likely.Further,the report shows,there is not a single state in the country where black and Latino adults are as likely to have earned a college credential as their white counterparts At the root of these differences in attainment rates are social and economic disparities that continue to benefit certain races over others.Still,graduation rates have improved over the past decade,particu larly among latinos,as a report from the left-leaning Center for American Progress shows--and there is a significant difference between the rates of native-born Latino adults and those who were born outside of the United States.（The latter are less likely to have earned a degree.It's these race-by-race attainment rates that the report advises policymakers to pay attention to-overall graduation rates can obscure how the educational system underserves certain groups More than 40 states have outlined goals for these attainment rates in the past decade,often including specific goal rates for black and Latino residents.What can be done to reach those goals?Well,for one,lawmakers can make sure race factors centrally into policy conversations-and that can look different for different states.For some,it could be as simple as diverting more resources to campuses that primarily serve minority students.A recent report from the American Council on Education,a leading higher-education trade group,found that minority-serving institutions have a special knack for changing students socio economic fortunes of students.Such institutions--including historically black colleges and universities and Hispanic-serving institutions-propelled students from the lowest rung of the economic ladder to the highest at least double the rate of colleges that were not focused on enrolling a particular minority

The disparities of graduation rate among different races enable the leaders to

The family of 28 nations known as the European Union has had a rough decade of near divorces The latest blow was Italys election last Sunday.The anti-EU parties won.In other parts of Europe similar parties have advanced.Britain wants out of the Continent-fusing project altogether.But then there is Greece,which may serve as a model of a prodigal nation.In 2009,the country of 11 million nearly brought down the euro zone and came close to exiting the EU after admitting it had lied about he size of its deficit（which was five times above the eu guideline）The official dishonesty,coupled with deep-seated corruption,spooked foreign lenders and defied core EU values of integrity in govern-ance With the Greek economy near collapse,however,the EU and other creditors decided it was worth throwing Athens a financial lifeline--hefty loans with conditions of austerity and other reforms.The cash-tor-rescue effort seems to be working for now.Greece made a critical decision in 2015 to implement the EU-mandated reforms.It has improved government openness and transparency on budgeting procurement,and trade--all key areas in fighting corruption Here's the clincher:In 2018,Greece's economy is expected to grow faster than that of the eU as a whole.In addition,the government has been running a fiscal surplus instead of the big deficits of a decade ago.And unemployment has fallen from 30 percent to less than 20 percent in the past five years On corruption,however,the leftist government of Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras still has far to go in ensuring a virtuous circle of honesty and openness.Last month,two of its ministers had to resign after accepting a housing subsidy.And the Council of Europe told Greece this month that it has fulfilled only six of 19 recommendations aimed at rooting out corruption.Some of the govermment's new rules require lawmakers to disclose gifts and reveal potential conflicts of interest One sign of hope is that Greece is currently in a vigorous public debate about the alleged bribery of 10 top politicians by Swiss drug maker Novartis.And polls show Greeks are more demanding of integrity in their elected leaders This mood In Greece reflects a global trend More and more citizens from a growing number of countries.have presently come to demand that their governments deliver good governance,"writes Alina Mungiu-Pippidi of the European Research Center for Anti-Corruption and State-Building in a new book The EU and other official lenders are still holding Greece to account.With further reform,it might have enough financial credibility by the end of the year to return to private maikets or money.Instead of a divorce from the Eu,it has been making up.The key was a new embrace of integrity.

What is the passage mainly about?

The family of 28 nations known as the European Union has had a rough decade of near divorces The latest blow was Italys election last Sunday.The anti-EU parties won.In other parts of Europe similar parties have advanced.Britain wants out of the Continent-fusing project altogether.But then there is Greece,which may serve as a model of a prodigal nation.In 2009,the country of 11 million nearly brought down the euro zone and came close to exiting the EU after admitting it had lied about he size of its deficit（which was five times above the eu guideline）The official dishonesty,coupled with deep-seated corruption,spooked foreign lenders and defied core EU values of integrity in govern-ance With the Greek economy near collapse,however,the EU and other creditors decided it was worth throwing Athens a financial lifeline--hefty loans with conditions of austerity and other reforms.The cash-tor-rescue effort seems to be working for now.Greece made a critical decision in 2015 to implement the EU-mandated reforms.It has improved government openness and transparency on budgeting procurement,and trade--all key areas in fighting corruption Here's the clincher:In 2018,Greece's economy is expected to grow faster than that of the eU as a whole.In addition,the government has been running a fiscal surplus instead of the big deficits of a decade ago.And unemployment has fallen from 30 percent to less than 20 percent in the past five years On corruption,however,the leftist government of Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras still has far to go in ensuring a virtuous circle of honesty and openness.Last month,two of its ministers had to resign after accepting a housing subsidy.And the Council of Europe told Greece this month that it has fulfilled only six of 19 recommendations aimed at rooting out corruption.Some of the govermment's new rules require lawmakers to disclose gifts and reveal potential conflicts of interest One sign of hope is that Greece is currently in a vigorous public debate about the alleged bribery of 10 top politicians by Swiss drug maker Novartis.And polls show Greeks are more demanding of integrity in their elected leaders This mood In Greece reflects a global trend More and more citizens from a growing number of countries.have presently come to demand that their governments deliver good governance,"writes Alina Mungiu-Pippidi of the European Research Center for Anti-Corruption and State-Building in a new book The EU and other official lenders are still holding Greece to account.With further reform,it might have enough financial credibility by the end of the year to return to private maikets or money.Instead of a divorce from the Eu,it has been making up.The key was a new embrace of integrity.

According to Paragraph 1,we can learn that

I was recendy in London for the first,time in three years and was shocked by how much and how little had changed:Soho appeared tiny,the city's tree coverage seemed huge,and there were still building works on Charing Cross Road.Transport for London workers,on balance,seemed friendlier and more cheerful than their equivalents on the Metropolitan Transportacion Authority in New York,and I couldn't believe how aimless the average shopper in Sainsbury's was.Actually,that's not quite true.What I couldn't believe was how tivitchy and American I'd becomf when stuck behind people buying groceries,as it seemed to me,with insufficient speed or direction.Behavioural stereotypes of Americans versus British people tend to fall apart on closer inspection,except in this one area of how we behave as consumers;and as I slammed a trolley around the store（which,by the way,was vastly superior to any New York supermarket）I looked around and chought:honest to God,why aren't these people screaming?Towards che end of my stay,someching happened.I met an acquaintance who told a long story about a cousin on disabilily benefit who had just been helped by the state to buy a specially adapted car.I almost laughed out loud.In New York,you might,at a pinch,qualify for something called Access-A-Ride,which caters to people with disabilicies and runs on a schedule you can eilher make or,bad luck,let's hope the appointment wasn't important.In the US,it's no exaggeration to say that Oprah Winfrey is more likely to buy you a car than the government.The news that the supreme court justice Anthony Kennedy is reLiring-Kennedy is one of the crucial（semi-）progressives,who voted for abortion rights and same-sex marriage,among the nine-is an e-ven greater reminder of how painfully thin the protections of US civil liberties are.If,as one expects,Kennedy is replaced by an arch-conservative,e US is likely to swing even more disastrously rightwards.Ruth Bader Ginsberg,a liberal who at 85 is four years older than Kennedy,says she isnt retir-ing:how can she?I thought back on my trip and was shocked afresh.For all its faults and in spite of terrible under-investment,the very fact of the welfare state when seen from the US is nothing short of a miracle.I used to take it for granted,but that has gone We are not supposed to think of the world in terms of us and them,yet it is impossible,moving between the two countries,not to see the welfare state,the NHS and the philosophy that underpins them,as the greatest bulwarks between society in the UK and life as it is lived in the US.I know which side I'm on

According to Paragraph 4,which of the following statements is true

The family of 28 nations known as the European Union has had a rough decade of near divorces The latest blow was Italys election last Sunday.The anti-EU parties won.In other parts of Europe similar parties have advanced.Britain wants out of the Continent-fusing project altogether.But then there is Greece,which may serve as a model of a prodigal nation.In 2009,the country of 11 million nearly brought down the euro zone and came close to exiting the EU after admitting it had lied about he size of its deficit（which was five times above the eu guideline）The official dishonesty,coupled with deep-seated corruption,spooked foreign lenders and defied core EU values of integrity in govern-ance With the Greek economy near collapse,however,the EU and other creditors decided it was worth throwing Athens a financial lifeline--hefty loans with conditions of austerity and other reforms.The cash-tor-rescue effort seems to be working for now.Greece made a critical decision in 2015 to implement the EU-mandated reforms.It has improved government openness and transparency on budgeting procurement,and trade--all key areas in fighting corruption Here's the clincher:In 2018,Greece's economy is expected to grow faster than that of the eU as a whole.In addition,the government has been running a fiscal surplus instead of the big deficits of a decade ago.And unemployment has fallen from 30 percent to less than 20 percent in the past five years On corruption,however,the leftist government of Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras still has far to go in ensuring a virtuous circle of honesty and openness.Last month,two of its ministers had to resign after accepting a housing subsidy.And the Council of Europe told Greece this month that it has fulfilled only six of 19 recommendations aimed at rooting out corruption.Some of the govermment's new rules require lawmakers to disclose gifts and reveal potential conflicts of interest One sign of hope is that Greece is currently in a vigorous public debate about the alleged bribery of 10 top politicians by Swiss drug maker Novartis.And polls show Greeks are more demanding of integrity in their elected leaders This mood In Greece reflects a global trend More and more citizens from a growing number of countries.have presently come to demand that their governments deliver good governance,"writes Alina Mungiu-Pippidi of the European Research Center for Anti-Corruption and State-Building in a new book The EU and other official lenders are still holding Greece to account.With further reform,it might have enough financial credibility by the end of the year to return to private maikets or money.Instead of a divorce from the Eu,it has been making up.The key was a new embrace of integrity.

The current situation in Greece reflects that

The family of 28 nations known as the European Union has had a rough decade of near divorces The latest blow was Italys election last Sunday.The anti-EU parties won.In other parts of Europe similar parties have advanced.Britain wants out of the Continent-fusing project altogether.But then there is Greece,which may serve as a model of a prodigal nation.In 2009,the country of 11 million nearly brought down the euro zone and came close to exiting the EU after admitting it had lied about he size of its deficit（which was five times above the eu guideline）The official dishonesty,coupled with deep-seated corruption,spooked foreign lenders and defied core EU values of integrity in govern-ance With the Greek economy near collapse,however,the EU and other creditors decided it was worth throwing Athens a financial lifeline--hefty loans with conditions of austerity and other reforms.The cash-tor-rescue effort seems to be working for now.Greece made a critical decision in 2015 to implement the EU-mandated reforms.It has improved government openness and transparency on budgeting procurement,and trade--all key areas in fighting corruption Here's the clincher:In 2018,Greece's economy is expected to grow faster than that of the eU as a whole.In addition,the government has been running a fiscal surplus instead of the big deficits of a decade ago.And unemployment has fallen from 30 percent to less than 20 percent in the past five years On corruption,however,the leftist government of Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras still has far to go in ensuring a virtuous circle of honesty and openness.Last month,two of its ministers had to resign after accepting a housing subsidy.And the Council of Europe told Greece this month that it has fulfilled only six of 19 recommendations aimed at rooting out corruption.Some of the govermment's new rules require lawmakers to disclose gifts and reveal potential conflicts of interest One sign of hope is that Greece is currently in a vigorous public debate about the alleged bribery of 10 top politicians by Swiss drug maker Novartis.And polls show Greeks are more demanding of integrity in their elected leaders This mood In Greece reflects a global trend More and more citizens from a growing number of countries.have presently come to demand that their governments deliver good governance,"writes Alina Mungiu-Pippidi of the European Research Center for Anti-Corruption and State-Building in a new book The EU and other official lenders are still holding Greece to account.With further reform,it might have enough financial credibility by the end of the year to return to private maikets or money.Instead of a divorce from the Eu,it has been making up.The key was a new embrace of integrity.

Which of the following is an achievement of Greeces reform?

The family of 28 nations known as the European Union has had a rough decade of near divorces The latest blow was Italys election last Sunday.The anti-EU parties won.In other parts of Europe similar parties have advanced.Britain wants out of the Continent-fusing project altogether.But then there is Greece,which may serve as a model of a prodigal nation.In 2009,the country of 11 million nearly brought down the euro zone and came close to exiting the EU after admitting it had lied about he size of its deficit（which was five times above the eu guideline）The official dishonesty,coupled with deep-seated corruption,spooked foreign lenders and defied core EU values of integrity in govern-ance With the Greek economy near collapse,however,the EU and other creditors decided it was worth throwing Athens a financial lifeline--hefty loans with conditions of austerity and other reforms.The cash-tor-rescue effort seems to be working for now.Greece made a critical decision in 2015 to implement the EU-mandated reforms.It has improved government openness and transparency on budgeting procurement,and trade--all key areas in fighting corruption Here's the clincher:In 2018,Greece's economy is expected to grow faster than that of the eU as a whole.In addition,the government has been running a fiscal surplus instead of the big deficits of a decade ago.And unemployment has fallen from 30 percent to less than 20 percent in the past five years On corruption,however,the leftist government of Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras still has far to go in ensuring a virtuous circle of honesty and openness.Last month,two of its ministers had to resign after accepting a housing subsidy.And the Council of Europe told Greece this month that it has fulfilled only six of 19 recommendations aimed at rooting out corruption.Some of the govermment's new rules require lawmakers to disclose gifts and reveal potential conflicts of interest One sign of hope is that Greece is currently in a vigorous public debate about the alleged bribery of 10 top politicians by Swiss drug maker Novartis.And polls show Greeks are more demanding of integrity in their elected leaders This mood In Greece reflects a global trend More and more citizens from a growing number of countries.have presently come to demand that their governments deliver good governance,"writes Alina Mungiu-Pippidi of the European Research Center for Anti-Corruption and State-Building in a new book The EU and other official lenders are still holding Greece to account.With further reform,it might have enough financial credibility by the end of the year to return to private maikets or money.Instead of a divorce from the Eu,it has been making up.The key was a new embrace of integrity.

According to Paragraph 2,during EU-mandated reforms,Greece

Near the beginning of his presidency,Barack Obama gave a speech to Congress that laid out a goal for the future:"By 2020,America will once again have the highest proportion of college graduates in the world.At the time,America was 12th,according to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development Almost a decade later,and with 2020 not far off,where do things stand?The percentage of Americans between the ages of 25 and 34 who had earned an associate's degree rose only by 7.4 percent be-tween 2007 and 2017-a difference of more than 5 million people,according to the U.S.Census Bureau's American Community Survey.Still,that puts America at 10th in the world,according to the latest available data But even though progress has been made,the data remain quite uneven.A pair of reports released on Wednesday by The Education Trust,an advocacy group for low-income and minority students,break down the attainment data more finely.They found that the share of black adults who hold a bachelors or associate's degree--31 percent-is roughly two-thirds that of white ones-47 percent.And Latinos,at about 23 percent,are just half as likely.Further,the report shows,there is not a single state in the country where black and Latino adults are as likely to have earned a college credential as their white counterparts At the root of these differences in attainment rates are social and economic disparities that continue to benefit certain races over others.Still,graduation rates have improved over the past decade,particu larly among latinos,as a report from the left-leaning Center for American Progress shows--and there is a significant difference between the rates of native-born Latino adults and those who were born outside of the United States.（The latter are less likely to have earned a degree.It's these race-by-race attainment rates that the report advises policymakers to pay attention to-overall graduation rates can obscure how the educational system underserves certain groups More than 40 states have outlined goals for these attainment rates in the past decade,often including specific goal rates for black and Latino residents.What can be done to reach those goals?Well,for one,lawmakers can make sure race factors centrally into policy conversations-and that can look different for different states.For some,it could be as simple as diverting more resources to campuses that primarily serve minority students.A recent report from the American Council on Education,a leading higher-education trade group,found that minority-serving institutions have a special knack for changing students socio economic fortunes of students.Such institutions--including historically black colleges and universities and Hispanic-serving institutions-propelled students from the lowest rung of the economic ladder to the highest at least double the rate of colleges that were not focused on enrolling a particular minority

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Near the beginning of his presidency,Barack Obama gave a speech to Congress that laid out a goal for the future:"By 2020,America will once again have the highest proportion of college graduates in the world.At the time,America was 12th,according to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development Almost a decade later,and with 2020 not far off,where do things stand?The percentage of Americans between the ages of 25 and 34 who had earned an associate's degree rose only by 7.4 percent be-tween 2007 and 2017-a difference of more than 5 million people,according to the U.S.Census Bureau's American Community Survey.Still,that puts America at 10th in the world,according to the latest available data But even though progress has been made,the data remain quite uneven.A pair of reports released on Wednesday by The Education Trust,an advocacy group for low-income and minority students,break down the attainment data more finely.They found that the share of black adults who hold a bachelors or associate's degree--31 percent-is roughly two-thirds that of white ones-47 percent.And Latinos,at about 23 percent,are just half as likely.Further,the report shows,there is not a single state in the country where black and Latino adults are as likely to have earned a college credential as their white counterparts At the root of these differences in attainment rates are social and economic disparities that continue to benefit certain races over others.Still,graduation rates have improved over the past decade,particu larly among latinos,as a report from the left-leaning Center for American Progress shows--and there is a significant difference between the rates of native-born Latino adults and those who were born outside of the United States.（The latter are less likely to have earned a degree.It's these race-by-race attainment rates that the report advises policymakers to pay attention to-overall graduation rates can obscure how the educational system underserves certain groups More than 40 states have outlined goals for these attainment rates in the past decade,often including specific goal rates for black and Latino residents.What can be done to reach those goals?Well,for one,lawmakers can make sure race factors centrally into policy conversations-and that can look different for different states.For some,it could be as simple as diverting more resources to campuses that primarily serve minority students.A recent report from the American Council on Education,a leading higher-education trade group,found that minority-serving institutions have a special knack for changing students socio economic fortunes of students.Such institutions--including historically black colleges and universities and Hispanic-serving institutions-propelled students from the lowest rung of the economic ladder to the highest at least double the rate of colleges that were not focused on enrolling a particular minority

What should be done to increase the attainment rates

It might seem a great time for indie cinema.（1）Manchester by the Sea,a contender for six Oscars,including best picture,was a darling of the Sundance Film Festival last year.Kenneth Lonergan's masterpiece about family and loss has earned 46m in cinemas in america and Canada,a spectacular return on its production costs of$8.5m.Amazon,which bought distribution rights,will benefit（2）The Break-In",a horror film shot by Justin Escher on his girlfriend's iPhone for less than 20,has earned him more than s 20 000,with more than half a million people having watched at least part of it on Amazons streaming-video pla Atform For every success story,there are thousands of indie films that go unwatched.（3）Chris Moore,a producer of"Manchester by the Sea",compares the output indie films now to trees falling in the forest."Nobody is making a dollar off this business,he says o Mr.Moore may be dramatising but only a little.（4）Since 2002.the median return on investment at the box office for films released in North America with budgets of less than 10m has been 45 cents on the dollar,which is under half the median return of films with a budget of more than$100m according to an analysis of data collected by The Numbers,a film-indus-try website.There are also more flops than ever before.In 2016,almost two-thirds of the 675 films that reported box office results earned less than s 1m.In 2002,only half of the total released failed to reach that figure One problem is that fewer people are going to cinemas.Howard Cohen of roadside Attractions which distributed“Manchester by the Sea”,worms about the young,smartphone-addicted generation lat has grown up without the cinema-going habit.When they do flock to the cinema it is for blockbustaers.Another problem is that the DVD market has crashed.Sales and rentals of films in all physical for mats in America plummeted from$25bn in 2005 to s 12bn last year,according to The Numbers（5）Consumers are using Netflix and sites like it instead,where they dispensed a to$6.2bn in America last year.Netflix and Amazon have injected cash into some of the best indie films,but their effect for lesser titles is likely to be mixed.Amazon allows filmmakers to upload titles directly to its platform to be discovered as"The Break-In"was.But most minor films disappear online,since a viewer can scroll through only so many options.Even the streaming sites themselves,says Anne Thompson of Indie Wire a website,admit that a cold start on one of their platforms can be very cold indeed

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It might seem a great time for indie cinema.（1）Manchester by the Sea,a contender for six Oscars,including best picture,was a darling of the Sundance Film Festival last year.Kenneth Lonergan's masterpiece about family and loss has earned 46m in cinemas in america and Canada,a spectacular return on its production costs of$8.5m.Amazon,which bought distribution rights,will benefit（2）The Break-In",a horror film shot by Justin Escher on his girlfriend's iPhone for less than 20,has earned him more than s 20 000,with more than half a million people having watched at least part of it on Amazons streaming-video pla Atform For every success story,there are thousands of indie films that go unwatched.（3）Chris Moore,a producer of"Manchester by the Sea",compares the output indie films now to trees falling in the forest."Nobody is making a dollar off this business,he says o Mr.Moore may be dramatising but only a little.（4）Since 2002.the median return on investment at the box office for films released in North America with budgets of less than 10m has been 45 cents on the dollar,which is under half the median return of films with a budget of more than$100m according to an analysis of data collected by The Numbers,a film-indus-try website.There are also more flops than ever before.In 2016,almost two-thirds of the 675 films that reported box office results earned less than s 1m.In 2002,only half of the total released failed to reach that figure One problem is that fewer people are going to cinemas.Howard Cohen of roadside Attractions which distributed“Manchester by the Sea”,worms about the young,smartphone-addicted generation lat has grown up without the cinema-going habit.When they do flock to the cinema it is for blockbustaers.Another problem is that the DVD market has crashed.Sales and rentals of films in all physical for mats in America plummeted from$25bn in 2005 to s 12bn last year,according to The Numbers（5）Consumers are using Netflix and sites like it instead,where they dispensed a to$6.2bn in America last year.Netflix and Amazon have injected cash into some of the best indie films,but their effect for lesser titles is likely to be mixed.Amazon allows filmmakers to upload titles directly to its platform to be discovered as"The Break-In"was.But most minor films disappear online,since a viewer can scroll through only so many options.Even the streaming sites themselves,says Anne Thompson of Indie Wire a website,admit that a cold start on one of their platforms can be very cold indeed

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It might seem a great time for indie cinema.（1）Manchester by the Sea,a contender for six Oscars,including best picture,was a darling of the Sundance Film Festival last year.Kenneth Lonergan's masterpiece about family and loss has earned 46m in cinemas in america and Canada,a spectacular return on its production costs of$8.5m.Amazon,which bought distribution rights,will benefit（2）The Break-In",a horror film shot by Justin Escher on his girlfriend's iPhone for less than 20,has earned him more than s 20 000,with more than half a million people having watched at least part of it on Amazons streaming-video pla Atform For every success story,there are thousands of indie films that go unwatched.（3）Chris Moore,a producer of"Manchester by the Sea",compares the output indie films now to trees falling in the forest."Nobody is making a dollar off this business,he says o Mr.Moore may be dramatising but only a little.（4）Since 2002.the median return on investment at the box office for films released in North America with budgets of less than 10m has been 45 cents on the dollar,which is under half the median return of films with a budget of more than$100m according to an analysis of data collected by The Numbers,a film-indus-try website.There are also more flops than ever before.In 2016,almost two-thirds of the 675 films that reported box office results earned less than s 1m.In 2002,only half of the total released failed to reach that figure One problem is that fewer people are going to cinemas.Howard Cohen of roadside Attractions which distributed“Manchester by the Sea”,worms about the young,smartphone-addicted generation lat has grown up without the cinema-going habit.When they do flock to the cinema it is for blockbustaers.Another problem is that the DVD market has crashed.Sales and rentals of films in all physical for mats in America plummeted from$25bn in 2005 to s 12bn last year,according to The Numbers（5）Consumers are using Netflix and sites like it instead,where they dispensed a to$6.2bn in America last year.Netflix and Amazon have injected cash into some of the best indie films,but their effect for lesser titles is likely to be mixed.Amazon allows filmmakers to upload titles directly to its platform to be discovered as"The Break-In"was.But most minor films disappear online,since a viewer can scroll through only so many options.Even the streaming sites themselves,says Anne Thompson of Indie Wire a website,admit that a cold start on one of their platforms can be very cold indeed

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It might seem a great time for indie cinema.（1）Manchester by the Sea,a contender for six Oscars,including best picture,was a darling of the Sundance Film Festival last year.Kenneth Lonergan's masterpiece about family and loss has earned 46m in cinemas in america and Canada,a spectacular return on its production costs of$8.5m.Amazon,which bought distribution rights,will benefit（2）The Break-In",a horror film shot by Justin Escher on his girlfriend's iPhone for less than 20,has earned him more than s 20 000,with more than half a million people having watched at least part of it on Amazons streaming-video pla Atform For every success story,there are thousands of indie films that go unwatched.（3）Chris Moore,a producer of"Manchester by the Sea",compares the output indie films now to trees falling in the forest."Nobody is making a dollar off this business,he says o Mr.Moore may be dramatising but only a little.（4）Since 2002.the median return on investment at the box office for films released in North America with budgets of less than 10m has been 45 cents on the dollar,which is under half the median return of films with a budget of more than$100m according to an analysis of data collected by The Numbers,a film-indus-try website.There are also more flops than ever before.In 2016,almost two-thirds of the 675 films that reported box office results earned less than s 1m.In 2002,only half of the total released failed to reach that figure One problem is that fewer people are going to cinemas.Howard Cohen of roadside Attractions which distributed“Manchester by the Sea”,worms about the young,smartphone-addicted generation lat has grown up without the cinema-going habit.When they do flock to the cinema it is for blockbustaers.Another problem is that the DVD market has crashed.Sales and rentals of films in all physical for mats in America plummeted from$25bn in 2005 to s 12bn last year,according to The Numbers（5）Consumers are using Netflix and sites like it instead,where they dispensed a to$6.2bn in America last year.Netflix and Amazon have injected cash into some of the best indie films,but their effect for lesser titles is likely to be mixed.Amazon allows filmmakers to upload titles directly to its platform to be discovered as"The Break-In"was.But most minor films disappear online,since a viewer can scroll through only so many options.Even the streaming sites themselves,says Anne Thompson of Indie Wire a website,admit that a cold start on one of their platforms can be very cold indeed

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The person making the haircut appointment for her boss?She's not a person There's a 1 rapidly developing in AI-have it do the things we don't want to do.Self-driving cars get a lot of attention in this 2.But Google recently demonstrated AI for more 3 tasks.Their system is called Google Duplex--it's a voice assistant 4 to mimic the ways humans speak to one another.Amazon,Apple and other tech companies also make voice assistants,of course.What's 5 with Duplex is that it can carry on a conversation 6 as a human being-that is,somewhat awkwardly.And that's the 7 of course--Google doesnt want Duplex to sound like a machine.In the hair salon 8,the woman who answers the phone throws duplex a curveball There is a point in the exchange 9 Duplex shows its true colors,10.Listen carefully and you'll hear a11 difference between the Al's pronunciation of“10A.M.”and“12P.M.”For just an instant,Duplex's mismatched tones 12 you of being on hold with your bank A second Duplex clip is a bit more 13,because the person 14 the phone doesn't seem to be 15 paying attention.Duplex tells the woman three times that he wants to 16 on Wednesday Duplex has a long way to go 17 it'll be ready to handle open-ended conversations on 18 topics.But one day you may be 19 from all kinds of unpleasant vocal interactions.20more time for unpleasant social media interactions

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The person making the haircut appointment for her boss?She's not a person There's a 1 rapidly developing in AI-have it do the things we don't want to do.Self-driving cars get a lot of attention in this 2.But Google recently demonstrated AI for more 3 tasks.Their system is called Google Duplex--it's a voice assistant 4 to mimic the ways humans speak to one another.Amazon,Apple and other tech companies also make voice assistants,of course.What's 5 with Duplex is that it can carry on a conversation 6 as a human being-that is,somewhat awkwardly.And that's the 7 of course--Google doesnt want Duplex to sound like a machine.In the hair salon 8,the woman who answers the phone throws duplex a curveball There is a point in the exchange 9 Duplex shows its true colors,10.Listen carefully and you'll hear a11 difference between the Al's pronunciation of“10A.M.”and“12P.M.”For just an instant,Duplex's mismatched tones 12 you of being on hold with your bank A second Duplex clip is a bit more 13,because the person 14 the phone doesn't seem to be 15 paying attention.Duplex tells the woman three times that he wants to 16 on Wednesday Duplex has a long way to go 17 it'll be ready to handle open-ended conversations on 18 topics.But one day you may be 19 from all kinds of unpleasant vocal interactions.20more time for unpleasant social media interactions

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The person making the haircut appointment for her boss?She's not a person There's a 1 rapidly developing in AI-have it do the things we don't want to do.Self-driving cars get a lot of attention in this 2.But Google recently demonstrated AI for more 3 tasks.Their system is called Google Duplex--it's a voice assistant 4 to mimic the ways humans speak to one another.Amazon,Apple and other tech companies also make voice assistants,of course.What's 5 with Duplex is that it can carry on a conversation 6 as a human being-that is,somewhat awkwardly.And that's the 7 of course--Google doesnt want Duplex to sound like a machine.In the hair salon 8,the woman who answers the phone throws duplex a curveball There is a point in the exchange 9 Duplex shows its true colors,10.Listen carefully and you'll hear a11 difference between the Al's pronunciation of“10A.M.”and“12P.M.”For just an instant,Duplex's mismatched tones 12 you of being on hold with your bank A second Duplex clip is a bit more 13,because the person 14 the phone doesn't seem to be 15 paying attention.Duplex tells the woman three times that he wants to 16 on Wednesday Duplex has a long way to go 17 it'll be ready to handle open-ended conversations on 18 topics.But one day you may be 19 from all kinds of unpleasant vocal interactions.20more time for unpleasant social media interactions

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The person making the haircut appointment for her boss?She's not a person There's a 1 rapidly developing in AI-have it do the things we don't want to do.Self-driving cars get a lot of attention in this 2.But Google recently demonstrated AI for more 3 tasks.Their system is called Google Duplex--it's a voice assistant 4 to mimic the ways humans speak to one another.Amazon,Apple and other tech companies also make voice assistants,of course.What's 5 with Duplex is that it can carry on a conversation 6 as a human being-that is,somewhat awkwardly.And that's the 7 of course--Google doesnt want Duplex to sound like a machine.In the hair salon 8,the woman who answers the phone throws duplex a curveball There is a point in the exchange 9 Duplex shows its true colors,10.Listen carefully and you'll hear a11 difference between the Al's pronunciation of“10A.M.”and“12P.M.”For just an instant,Duplex's mismatched tones 12 you of being on hold with your bank A second Duplex clip is a bit more 13,because the person 14 the phone doesn't seem to be 15 paying attention.Duplex tells the woman three times that he wants to 16 on Wednesday Duplex has a long way to go 17 it'll be ready to handle open-ended conversations on 18 topics.But one day you may be 19 from all kinds of unpleasant vocal interactions.20more time for unpleasant social media interactions

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The person making the haircut appointment for her boss?She's not a person There's a 1 rapidly developing in AI-have it do the things we don't want to do.Self-driving cars get a lot of attention in this 2.But Google recently demonstrated AI for more 3 tasks.Their system is called Google Duplex--it's a voice assistant 4 to mimic the ways humans speak to one another.Amazon,Apple and other tech companies also make voice assistants,of course.What's 5 with Duplex is that it can carry on a conversation 6 as a human being-that is,somewhat awkwardly.And that's the 7 of course--Google doesnt want Duplex to sound like a machine.In the hair salon 8,the woman who answers the phone throws duplex a curveball There is a point in the exchange 9 Duplex shows its true colors,10.Listen carefully and you'll hear a11 difference between the Al's pronunciation of“10A.M.”and“12P.M.”For just an instant,Duplex's mismatched tones 12 you of being on hold with your bank A second Duplex clip is a bit more 13,because the person 14 the phone doesn't seem to be 15 paying attention.Duplex tells the woman three times that he wants to 16 on Wednesday Duplex has a long way to go 17 it'll be ready to handle open-ended conversations on 18 topics.But one day you may be 19 from all kinds of unpleasant vocal interactions.20more time for unpleasant social media interactions

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The person making the haircut appointment for her boss?She's not a person There's a 1 rapidly developing in AI-have it do the things we don't want to do.Self-driving cars get a lot of attention in this 2.But Google recently demonstrated AI for more 3 tasks.Their system is called Google Duplex--it's a voice assistant 4 to mimic the ways humans speak to one another.Amazon,Apple and other tech companies also make voice assistants,of course.What's 5 with Duplex is that it can carry on a conversation 6 as a human being-that is,somewhat awkwardly.And that's the 7 of course--Google doesnt want Duplex to sound like a machine.In the hair salon 8,the woman who answers the phone throws duplex a curveball There is a point in the exchange 9 Duplex shows its true colors,10.Listen carefully and you'll hear a11 difference between the Al's pronunciation of“10A.M.”and“12P.M.”For just an instant,Duplex's mismatched tones 12 you of being on hold with your bank A second Duplex clip is a bit more 13,because the person 14 the phone doesn't seem to be 15 paying attention.Duplex tells the woman three times that he wants to 16 on Wednesday Duplex has a long way to go 17 it'll be ready to handle open-ended conversations on 18 topics.But one day you may be 19 from all kinds of unpleasant vocal interactions.20more time for unpleasant social media interactions

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The person making the haircut appointment for her boss?She's not a person There's a 1 rapidly developing in AI-have it do the things we don't want to do.Self-driving cars get a lot of attention in this 2.But Google recently demonstrated AI for more 3 tasks.Their system is called Google Duplex--it's a voice assistant 4 to mimic the ways humans speak to one another.Amazon,Apple and other tech companies also make voice assistants,of course.What's 5 with Duplex is that it can carry on a conversation 6 as a human being-that is,somewhat awkwardly.And that's the 7 of course--Google doesnt want Duplex to sound like a machine.In the hair salon 8,the woman who answers the phone throws duplex a curveball There is a point in the exchange 9 Duplex shows its true colors,10.Listen carefully and you'll hear a11 difference between the Al's pronunciation of“10A.M.”and“12P.M.”For just an instant,Duplex's mismatched tones 12 you of being on hold with your bank A second Duplex clip is a bit more 13,because the person 14 the phone doesn't seem to be 15 paying attention.Duplex tells the woman three times that he wants to 16 on Wednesday Duplex has a long way to go 17 it'll be ready to handle open-ended conversations on 18 topics.But one day you may be 19 from all kinds of unpleasant vocal interactions.20more time for unpleasant social media interactions

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The person making the haircut appointment for her boss?She's not a person There's a 1 rapidly developing in AI-have it do the things we don't want to do.Self-driving cars get a lot of attention in this 2.But Google recently demonstrated AI for more 3 tasks.Their system is called Google Duplex--it's a voice assistant 4 to mimic the ways humans speak to one another.Amazon,Apple and other tech companies also make voice assistants,of course.What's 5 with Duplex is that it can carry on a conversation 6 as a human being-that is,somewhat awkwardly.And that's the 7 of course--Google doesnt want Duplex to sound like a machine.In the hair salon 8,the woman who answers the phone throws duplex a curveball There is a point in the exchange 9 Duplex shows its true colors,10.Listen carefully and you'll hear a11 difference between the Al's pronunciation of“10A.M.”and“12P.M.”For just an instant,Duplex's mismatched tones 12 you of being on hold with your bank A second Duplex clip is a bit more 13,because the person 14 the phone doesn't seem to be 15 paying attention.Duplex tells the woman three times that he wants to 16 on Wednesday Duplex has a long way to go 17 it'll be ready to handle open-ended conversations on 18 topics.But one day you may be 19 from all kinds of unpleasant vocal interactions.20more time for unpleasant social media interactions

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The person making the haircut appointment for her boss?She's not a person There's a 1 rapidly developing in AI-have it do the things we don't want to do.Self-driving cars get a lot of attention in this 2.But Google recently demonstrated AI for more 3 tasks.Their system is called Google Duplex--it's a voice assistant 4 to mimic the ways humans speak to one another.Amazon,Apple and other tech companies also make voice assistants,of course.What's 5 with Duplex is that it can carry on a conversation 6 as a human being-that is,somewhat awkwardly.And that's the 7 of course--Google doesnt want Duplex to sound like a machine.In the hair salon 8,the woman who answers the phone throws duplex a curveball There is a point in the exchange 9 Duplex shows its true colors,10.Listen carefully and you'll hear a11 difference between the Al's pronunciation of“10A.M.”and“12P.M.”For just an instant,Duplex's mismatched tones 12 you of being on hold with your bank A second Duplex clip is a bit more 13,because the person 14 the phone doesn't seem to be 15 paying attention.Duplex tells the woman three times that he wants to 16 on Wednesday Duplex has a long way to go 17 it'll be ready to handle open-ended conversations on 18 topics.But one day you may be 19 from all kinds of unpleasant vocal interactions.20more time for unpleasant social media interactions

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The person making the haircut appointment for her boss?She's not a person There's a 1 rapidly developing in AI-have it do the things we don't want to do.Self-driving cars get a lot of attention in this 2.But Google recently demonstrated AI for more 3 tasks.Their system is called Google Duplex--it's a voice assistant 4 to mimic the ways humans speak to one another.Amazon,Apple and other tech companies also make voice assistants,of course.What's 5 with Duplex is that it can carry on a conversation 6 as a human being-that is,somewhat awkwardly.And that's the 7 of course--Google doesnt want Duplex to sound like a machine.In the hair salon 8,the woman who answers the phone throws duplex a curveball There is a point in the exchange 9 Duplex shows its true colors,10.Listen carefully and you'll hear a11 difference between the Al's pronunciation of“10A.M.”and“12P.M.”For just an instant,Duplex's mismatched tones 12 you of being on hold with your bank A second Duplex clip is a bit more 13,because the person 14 the phone doesn't seem to be 15 paying attention.Duplex tells the woman three times that he wants to 16 on Wednesday Duplex has a long way to go 17 it'll be ready to handle open-ended conversations on 18 topics.But one day you may be 19 from all kinds of unpleasant vocal interactions.20more time for unpleasant social media interactions

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The person making the haircut appointment for her boss?She's not a person There's a 1 rapidly developing in AI-have it do the things we don't want to do.Self-driving cars get a lot of attention in this 2.But Google recently demonstrated AI for more 3 tasks.Their system is called Google Duplex--it's a voice assistant 4 to mimic the ways humans speak to one another.Amazon,Apple and other tech companies also make voice assistants,of course.What's 5 with Duplex is that it can carry on a conversation 6 as a human being-that is,somewhat awkwardly.And that's the 7 of course--Google doesnt want Duplex to sound like a machine.In the hair salon 8,the woman who answers the phone throws duplex a curveball There is a point in the exchange 9 Duplex shows its true colors,10.Listen carefully and you'll hear a11 difference between the Al's pronunciation of“10A.M.”and“12P.M.”For just an instant,Duplex's mismatched tones 12 you of being on hold with your bank A second Duplex clip is a bit more 13,because the person 14 the phone doesn't seem to be 15 paying attention.Duplex tells the woman three times that he wants to 16 on Wednesday Duplex has a long way to go 17 it'll be ready to handle open-ended conversations on 18 topics.But one day you may be 19 from all kinds of unpleasant vocal interactions.20more time for unpleasant social media interactions

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The person making the haircut appointment for her boss?She's not a person There's a 1 rapidly developing in AI-have it do the things we don't want to do.Self-driving cars get a lot of attention in this 2.But Google recently demonstrated AI for more 3 tasks.Their system is called Google Duplex--it's a voice assistant 4 to mimic the ways humans speak to one another.Amazon,Apple and other tech companies also make voice assistants,of course.What's 5 with Duplex is that it can carry on a conversation 6 as a human being-that is,somewhat awkwardly.And that's the 7 of course--Google doesnt want Duplex to sound like a machine.In the hair salon 8,the woman who answers the phone throws duplex a curveball There is a point in the exchange 9 Duplex shows its true colors,10.Listen carefully and you'll hear a11 difference between the Al's pronunciation of“10A.M.”and“12P.M.”For just an instant,Duplex's mismatched tones 12 you of being on hold with your bank A second Duplex clip is a bit more 13,because the person 14 the phone doesn't seem to be 15 paying attention.Duplex tells the woman three times that he wants to 16 on Wednesday Duplex has a long way to go 17 it'll be ready to handle open-ended conversations on 18 topics.But one day you may be 19 from all kinds of unpleasant vocal interactions.20more time for unpleasant social media interactions

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The person making the haircut appointment for her boss?She's not a person There's a 1 rapidly developing in AI-have it do the things we don't want to do.Self-driving cars get a lot of attention in this 2.But Google recently demonstrated AI for more 3 tasks.Their system is called Google Duplex--it's a voice assistant 4 to mimic the ways humans speak to one another.Amazon,Apple and other tech companies also make voice assistants,of course.What's 5 with Duplex is that it can carry on a conversation 6 as a human being-that is,somewhat awkwardly.And that's the 7 of course--Google doesnt want Duplex to sound like a machine.In the hair salon 8,the woman who answers the phone throws duplex a curveball There is a point in the exchange 9 Duplex shows its true colors,10.Listen carefully and you'll hear a11 difference between the Al's pronunciation of“10A.M.”and“12P.M.”For just an instant,Duplex's mismatched tones 12 you of being on hold with your bank A second Duplex clip is a bit more 13,because the person 14 the phone doesn't seem to be 15 paying attention.Duplex tells the woman three times that he wants to 16 on Wednesday Duplex has a long way to go 17 it'll be ready to handle open-ended conversations on 18 topics.But one day you may be 19 from all kinds of unpleasant vocal interactions.20more time for unpleasant social media interactions

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The person making the haircut appointment for her boss?She's not a person There's a 1 rapidly developing in AI-have it do the things we don't want to do.Self-driving cars get a lot of attention in this 2.But Google recently demonstrated AI for more 3 tasks.Their system is called Google Duplex--it's a voice assistant 4 to mimic the ways humans speak to one another.Amazon,Apple and other tech companies also make voice assistants,of course.What's 5 with Duplex is that it can carry on a conversation 6 as a human being-that is,somewhat awkwardly.And that's the 7 of course--Google doesnt want Duplex to sound like a machine.In the hair salon 8,the woman who answers the phone throws duplex a curveball There is a point in the exchange 9 Duplex shows its true colors,10.Listen carefully and you'll hear a11 difference between the Al's pronunciation of“10A.M.”and“12P.M.”For just an instant,Duplex's mismatched tones 12 you of being on hold with your bank A second Duplex clip is a bit more 13,because the person 14 the phone doesn't seem to be 15 paying attention.Duplex tells the woman three times that he wants to 16 on Wednesday Duplex has a long way to go 17 it'll be ready to handle open-ended conversations on 18 topics.But one day you may be 19 from all kinds of unpleasant vocal interactions.20more time for unpleasant social media interactions

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The person making the haircut appointment for her boss?She's not a person There's a 1 rapidly developing in AI-have it do the things we don't want to do.Self-driving cars get a lot of attention in this 2.But Google recently demonstrated AI for more 3 tasks.Their system is called Google Duplex--it's a voice assistant 4 to mimic the ways humans speak to one another.Amazon,Apple and other tech companies also make voice assistants,of course.What's 5 with Duplex is that it can carry on a conversation 6 as a human being-that is,somewhat awkwardly.And that's the 7 of course--Google doesnt want Duplex to sound like a machine.In the hair salon 8,the woman who answers the phone throws duplex a curveball There is a point in the exchange 9 Duplex shows its true colors,10.Listen carefully and you'll hear a11 difference between the Al's pronunciation of“10A.M.”and“12P.M.”For just an instant,Duplex's mismatched tones 12 you of being on hold with your bank A second Duplex clip is a bit more 13,because the person 14 the phone doesn't seem to be 15 paying attention.Duplex tells the woman three times that he wants to 16 on Wednesday Duplex has a long way to go 17 it'll be ready to handle open-ended conversations on 18 topics.But one day you may be 19 from all kinds of unpleasant vocal interactions.20more time for unpleasant social media interactions

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The person making the haircut appointment for her boss?She's not a person There's a 1 rapidly developing in AI-have it do the things we don't want to do.Self-driving cars get a lot of attention in this 2.But Google recently demonstrated AI for more 3 tasks.Their system is called Google Duplex--it's a voice assistant 4 to mimic the ways humans speak to one another.Amazon,Apple and other tech companies also make voice assistants,of course.What's 5 with Duplex is that it can carry on a conversation 6 as a human being-that is,somewhat awkwardly.And that's the 7 of course--Google doesnt want Duplex to sound like a machine.In the hair salon 8,the woman who answers the phone throws duplex a curveball There is a point in the exchange 9 Duplex shows its true colors,10.Listen carefully and you'll hear a11 difference between the Al's pronunciation of“10A.M.”and“12P.M.”For just an instant,Duplex's mismatched tones 12 you of being on hold with your bank A second Duplex clip is a bit more 13,because the person 14 the phone doesn't seem to be 15 paying attention.Duplex tells the woman three times that he wants to 16 on Wednesday Duplex has a long way to go 17 it'll be ready to handle open-ended conversations on 18 topics.But one day you may be 19 from all kinds of unpleasant vocal interactions.20more time for unpleasant social media interactions

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The person making the haircut appointment for her boss?She's not a person There's a 1 rapidly developing in AI-have it do the things we don't want to do.Self-driving cars get a lot of attention in this 2.But Google recently demonstrated AI for more 3 tasks.Their system is called Google Duplex--it's a voice assistant 4 to mimic the ways humans speak to one another.Amazon,Apple and other tech companies also make voice assistants,of course.What's 5 with Duplex is that it can carry on a conversation 6 as a human being-that is,somewhat awkwardly.And that's the 7 of course--Google doesnt want Duplex to sound like a machine.In the hair salon 8,the woman who answers the phone throws duplex a curveball There is a point in the exchange 9 Duplex shows its true colors,10.Listen carefully and you'll hear a11 difference between the Al's pronunciation of“10A.M.”and“12P.M.”For just an instant,Duplex's mismatched tones 12 you of being on hold with your bank A second Duplex clip is a bit more 13,because the person 14 the phone doesn't seem to be 15 paying attention.Duplex tells the woman three times that he wants to 16 on Wednesday Duplex has a long way to go 17 it'll be ready to handle open-ended conversations on 18 topics.But one day you may be 19 from all kinds of unpleasant vocal interactions.20more time for unpleasant social media interactions

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The person making the haircut appointment for her boss?She's not a person There's a 1 rapidly developing in AI-have it do the things we don't want to do.Self-driving cars get a lot of attention in this 2.But Google recently demonstrated AI for more 3 tasks.Their system is called Google Duplex--it's a voice assistant 4 to mimic the ways humans speak to one another.Amazon,Apple and other tech companies also make voice assistants,of course.What's 5 with Duplex is that it can carry on a conversation 6 as a human being-that is,somewhat awkwardly.And that's the 7 of course--Google doesnt want Duplex to sound like a machine.In the hair salon 8,the woman who answers the phone throws duplex a curveball There is a point in the exchange 9 Duplex shows its true colors,10.Listen carefully and you'll hear a11 difference between the Al's pronunciation of“10A.M.”and“12P.M.”For just an instant,Duplex's mismatched tones 12 you of being on hold with your bank A second Duplex clip is a bit more 13,because the person 14 the phone doesn't seem to be 15 paying attention.Duplex tells the woman three times that he wants to 16 on Wednesday Duplex has a long way to go 17 it'll be ready to handle open-ended conversations on 18 topics.But one day you may be 19 from all kinds of unpleasant vocal interactions.20more time for unpleasant social media interactions

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The person making the haircut appointment for her boss?She's not a person There's a 1 rapidly developing in AI-have it do the things we don't want to do.Self-driving cars get a lot of attention in this 2.But Google recently demonstrated AI for more 3 tasks.Their system is called Google Duplex--it's a voice assistant 4 to mimic the ways humans speak to one another.Amazon,Apple and other tech companies also make voice assistants,of course.What's 5 with Duplex is that it can carry on a conversation 6 as a human being-that is,somewhat awkwardly.And that's the 7 of course--Google doesnt want Duplex to sound like a machine.In the hair salon 8,the woman who answers the phone throws duplex a curveball There is a point in the exchange 9 Duplex shows its true colors,10.Listen carefully and you'll hear a11 difference between the Al's pronunciation of“10A.M.”and“12P.M.”For just an instant,Duplex's mismatched tones 12 you of being on hold with your bank A second Duplex clip is a bit more 13,because the person 14 the phone doesn't seem to be 15 paying attention.Duplex tells the woman three times that he wants to 16 on Wednesday Duplex has a long way to go 17 it'll be ready to handle open-ended conversations on 18 topics.But one day you may be 19 from all kinds of unpleasant vocal interactions.20more time for unpleasant social media interactions

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The person making the haircut appointment for her boss?She's not a person There's a 1 rapidly developing in AI-have it do the things we don't want to do.Self-driving cars get a lot of attention in this 2.But Google recently demonstrated AI for more 3 tasks.Their system is called Google Duplex--it's a voice assistant 4 to mimic the ways humans speak to one another.Amazon,Apple and other tech companies also make voice assistants,of course.What's 5 with Duplex is that it can carry on a conversation 6 as a human being-that is,somewhat awkwardly.And that's the 7 of course--Google doesnt want Duplex to sound like a machine.In the hair salon 8,the woman who answers the phone throws duplex a curveball There is a point in the exchange 9 Duplex shows its true colors,10.Listen carefully and you'll hear a11 difference between the Al's pronunciation of“10A.M.”and“12P.M.”For just an instant,Duplex's mismatched tones 12 you of being on hold with your bank A second Duplex clip is a bit more 13,because the person 14 the phone doesn't seem to be 15 paying attention.Duplex tells the woman three times that he wants to 16 on Wednesday Duplex has a long way to go 17 it'll be ready to handle open-ended conversations on 18 topics.But one day you may be 19 from all kinds of unpleasant vocal interactions.20more time for unpleasant social media interactions

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Write an essay of 160-200 words based on the following picture.In your essay,you should（1）describe the picture briefly（2）interpret the meaning,and（3）give your comments You should write neatly on the ANSWER SHEET.（20 points）

You are looking for a job of advertised in a news paper.Write a letter to the personnel manager to（1）apply for the post,and（2）outline your experiences and qualifications You should include the details you think necessary You should write neatly on the ANSWER SHEET Do not sign your own name at the end of the letter.Use"Li Ming"instead Do not write the address.（10 points）

was a Vote Leave campaigner during the eu referendum campaign in 2016.In fact,I was one of many Vote Leave volunteers who were in the headquarters on a daily basis.I met Boris Johnson Daniel Hannan and other pro-leave leaders.But I have come to the conclusion that there absolutely should be a referendum on the final Brexit deal.Here's why（47）Twice now the British people have been asked how they feel about our relationship with the European Union,and twice the British people have said:Hey,I'm not really sure.The first time was at the actual referendum in June 2016,in which the voting public was split 51.9%/48.1%.The second time was the 2017 general election,in which the question of our membership wasn't on the table,but the manner of our exit was,and the result was a hung parliament（48）The recent revelations concerning Cambridge analytica and AggregatelY,and their involvement in the referendum are serious and troubling.Next to the fact that the gove ment hasnt consulted the public at all on the kind of Brexit it wants,evidence of possible cheating and unethical practices fur-ther undermine the referendum's legitimacy.I wasn’t privy to financial goings-on at Vote Leave.But I remember being surprised when I heard about the formatin.on of BeLeave--the campaign group specifical argeting young people-and even more surprised when I heard the rumour that it was funded by Vote Leave,because that organisation already had a programme of activities to engage young people.I was part of it（49）Suffice to say,I believe there is evidence of ethical misconduct sing the EU referendum This evidence concerns Vote Leave in the main,but not exclusively.In 10 years'time,shouldn’t we be able to look pack and be certain that the decision to leave was the genuine will of the people,that the new relationship between the UK and the EU was broadly approved of,and that both of those things were in the best interests of the UK?I don't think anybody can say that,even two years after the referendum Why did I vote leave in the first place?Because i listened to the arguments,and nobody on the remain side had satisfactory answers to criticisms of our relationship with the EU.Successive British governments assented to consecutive EU treaties that brought European nations towards"an ever closer union with greater alignment on banking,foreign policy,travel and trade The biggest issues that the world will face over the next century are transnational.Large-scale migration,environmental issues,global food and water shortages,AI and the ethics of advanced technology.Having a substantial framework for national cooperation is a headstart to resolving those issues（50）I believe that it's possible to want to leave the EU and want international cooperation at the same time,but,setting aside their rhetorical flourishes that doesn't seem like the vision that the chief Brexi teers actually want The UK doesn't need a second in/out referendum-it would defeat the purpose of the first one However,it is vital that the Uk has another,separate referendum on the terms of the final exit arrangement.In that referendum,the public should have the opportunity to accept the deal the government has negotiated,to reject it and ask that it renegotiate,to reject it and leave the EU without a deal,or to remain in the EU he prime minister knows that delivering Brexit,any Brexit,has become an existential issue for the Conservative party in the medium term.So if there is to be another referendum,the government will have to be forced into granting it.This will be an extremely difficult task,and I'm not optimistic about our chances.But over the next year,I'm going to be campaigning with everything I have for that possibility.After all,I'm one of the people who got us into this mess

was a Vote Leave campaigner during the eu referendum campaign in 2016.In fact,I was one of many Vote Leave volunteers who were in the headquarters on a daily basis.I met Boris Johnson Daniel Hannan and other pro-leave leaders.But I have come to the conclusion that there absolutely should be a referendum on the final Brexit deal.Here's why.Twice now the British people have been asked how they feel about our relationship with the European Union,and twice the British people have said:Hey,I'm not really sure.The first time was at the actual referendum in June 2016,in which the voting public was split 51.9%/48.1%.The second time was the 2017 general election,in which the question of our membership wasn't on the table,but the manner of our exit was,and the result was a hung parliament.The recent revelations concerning Cambridge analytica and AggregatelQ,and their involvement in the referendum are serious and troubling.Next to the fact that the gove ment hasnt consulted the public at all on the kind of Brexit it wants,evidence of possible cheating and unethical practices fur-ther undermine the referendum's legitimacy.I wasn’t privy to financial goings-on at Vote Leave.But I remember being surprised when I heard about the formatin.on of BeLeave--the campaign group specifical argeting young people-and even more surprised when I heard the rumour that it was funded by Vote Leave,because that organisation already had a programme of activities to engage young people.I was part of it.Suffice to say,I believe there is evidence of ethical misconduct sing the EU referendum This evidence concerns Vote Leave in the main,but not exclusively.In 10 years'time,shouldn’t we be able to look pack and be certain that the decision to leave was the genuine will of the people,that the new relationship between the UK and the EU was broadly approved of,and that both of those things were in the best interests of the UK?I don't think anybody can say that,even two years after the referendum Why did I vote leave in the first place?Because i listened to the arguments,and nobody on the remain side had satisfactory answers to criticisms of our relationship with the EU.Successive British governments assented to consecutive EU treaties that brought European nations towards"an ever closer union with greater alignment on banking,foreign policy,travel and trade The biggest issues that the world will face over the next century are transnational.Large-scale migration,environmental issues,global food and water shortages,AI and the ethics of advanced technology.Having a substantial framework for national cooperation is a headstart to resolving those issues.I believe that it's possible to want to leave the EU and want international cooperation at the same time,but,setting aside their rhetorical flourishes that doesn't seem like the vision that the chief Brexi teers actually want The UK doesn't need a second in/out referendum-it would defeat the purpose of the first one However,it is vital that the Uk has another,separate referendum on the terms of the final exit arrangement.In that referendum,the public should have the opportunity to accept the deal the government has negotiated,to reject it and ask that it renegotiate,to reject it and leave the EU without a deal,or to remain in the EU he prime minister knows that delivering Brexit,any Brexit,has become an existential issue for the Conservative party in the medium term.So if there is to be another referendum,the government will have to be forced into granting it.This will be an extremely difficult task,and I'm not optimistic about our chances.But over the next year,I'm going to be campaigning with everything I have for that possibility.After all,I'm one of the people who got us into this mess

was a Vote Leave campaigner during the eu referendum campaign in 2016.In fact,I was one of many Vote Leave volunteers who were in the headquarters on a daily basis.I met Boris Johnson Daniel Hannan and other pro-leave leaders.But I have come to the conclusion that there absolutely should be a referendum on the final Brexit deal.Here's why.Twice now the British people have been asked how they feel about our relationship with the European Union,and twice the British people have said:Hey,I'm not really sure.The first time was at the actual referendum in June 2016,in which the voting public was split 51.9%/48.1%.The second time was the 2017 general election,in which the question of our membership wasn't on the table,but the manner of our exit was,and the result was a hung parliament.The recent revelations concerning Cambridge analytica and AggregatelY,and their involvement in the referendum are serious and troubling.Next to the fact that the gove ment hasnt consulted the public at all on the kind of Brexit it wants,evidence of possible cheating and unethical practices fur-ther undermine the referendum's legitimacy.I wasn’t privy to financial goings-on at Vote Leave.But I remember being surprised when I heard about the formatin.on of BeLeave--the campaign group specifical argeting young people-and even more surprised when I heard the rumour that it was funded by Vote Leave,because that organisation already had a programme of activities to engage young people.I was part of it.Suffice to say,I believe there is evidence of ethical misconduct sing the EU referendum This evidence concerns Vote Leave in the main,but not exclusively.In 10 years'time,shouldn’t we be able to look pack and be certain that the decision to leave was the genuine will of the people,that the new relationship between the UK and the EU was broadly approved of,and that both of those things were in the best interests of the UK?I don't think anybody can say that,even two years after the referendum Why did I vote leave in the first place?Because i listened to the arguments,and nobody on the remain side had satisfactory answers to criticisms of our relationship with the EU.Successive British governments assented to consecutive EU treaties that brought European nations towards"an ever closer union with greater alignment on banking,foreign policy,travel and trade The biggest issues that the world will face over the next century are transnational.Large-scale migration,environmental issues,global food and water shortages,AI and the ethics of advanced technology.Having a substantial framework for national cooperation is a headstart to resolving those issues.I believe that it's possible to want to leave the EU and want international cooperation at the same time,but,setting aside their rhetorical flourishes that doesn't seem like the vision that the chief Brexi teers actually want The UK doesn't need a second in/out referendum-it would defeat the purpose of the first one However,it is vital that the Uk has another,separate referendum on the terms of the final exit arrangement.In that referendum,the public should have the opportunity to accept the deal the government has negotiated,to reject it and ask that it renegotiate,to reject it and leave the EU without a deal,or to remain in the EU he prime minister knows that delivering Brexit,any Brexit,has become an existential issue for the Conservative party in the medium term.So if there is to be another referendum,the government will have to be forced into granting it.This will be an extremely difficult task,and I'm not optimistic about our chances.But over the next year,I'm going to be campaigning with everything I have for that possibility.After all,I'm one of the people who got us into this mess

was a Vote Leave campaigner during the eu referendum campaign in 2016.In fact,I was one of many Vote Leave volunteers who were in the headquarters on a daily basis.I met Boris Johnson Daniel Hannan and other pro-leave leaders.But I have come to the conclusion that there absolutely should be a referendum on the final Brexit deal.Here's why.Twice now the British people have been asked how they feel about our relationship with the European Union,and twice the British people have said:Hey,I'm not really sure.The first time was at the actual referendum in June 2016,in which the voting public was split 51.9%/48.1%.The second time was the 2017 general election,in which the question of our membership wasn't on the table,but the manner of our exit was,and the result was a hung parliament.The recent revelations concerning Cambridge analytica and AggregatelY,and their involvement in the referendum are serious and troubling.Next to the fact that the gove ment hasnt consulted the public at all on the kind of Brexit it wants,evidence of possible cheating and unethical practices fur-ther undermine the referendum's legitimacy.I wasn’t privy to financial goings-on at Vote Leave.But I remember being surprised when I heard about the formatin.on of BeLeave--the campaign group specifical argeting young people-and even more surprised when I heard the rumour that it was funded by Vote Leave,because that organisation already had a programme of activities to engage young people.I was part of it.Suffice to say,I believe there is evidence of ethical misconduct sing the EU referendum This evidence concerns Vote Leave in the main,but not exclusively.In 10 years'time,shouldn’t we be able to look pack and be certain that the decision to leave was the genuine will of the people,that the new relationship between the UK and the EU was broadly approved of,and that both of those things were in the best interests of the UK?I don't think anybody can say that,even two years after the referendum Why did I vote leave in the first place?Because i listened to the arguments,and nobody on the remain side had satisfactory answers to criticisms of our relationship with the EU.Successive British governments assented to consecutive EU treaties that brought European nations towards"an ever closer union with greater alignment on banking,foreign policy,travel and trade The biggest issues that the world will face over the next century are transnational.Large-scale migration,environmental issues,global food and water shortages,AI and the ethics of advanced technology.Having a substantial framework for national cooperation is a headstart to resolving those issues.I believe that it's possible to want to leave the EU and want international cooperation at the same time,but,setting aside their rhetorical flourishes that doesn't seem like the vision that the chief Brexi teers actually want The UK doesn't need a second in/out referendum-it would defeat the purpose of the first one However,it is vital that the Uk has another,separate referendum on the terms of the final exit arrangement.In that referendum,the public should have the opportunity to accept the deal the government has negotiated,to reject it ad ask that it renegotiate,to reject it and leave the EU without a deal,or to remain in the EU he prime minister knows that delivering Brexit,any Brexit,has become an existential issue for the Conservative party in the medium term.So if there is to be another referendum,the government will have to be forced into granting it.This will be an extremely difficult task,and I'm not optimistic about our chances.But over the next year,I'm going to be campaigning with everything I have for that possibility.After all,I'm one of the people who got us into this mess

was a Vote Leave campaigner during the eu referendum campaign in 2016.In fact,I was one of many Vote Leave volunteers who were in the headquarters on a daily basis.I met Boris Johnson Daniel Hannan and other pro-leave leaders.But I have come to the conclusion that there absolutely should be a referendum on the final Brexit deal.Here's why.Twice now the British people have been asked how they feel about our relationship with the European Union,and twice the British people have said:Hey,I'm not really sure.The first time was at the actual referendum in June 2016,in which the voting public was split 51.9%/48.1%.The second time was the 2017 general election,in which the question of our membership wasn't on the table,but the manner of our exit was,and the result was a hung parliament.The recent revelations concerning Cambridge analytica and AggregatelY,and their involvement in the referendum are serious and troubling.Next to the fact that the gove ment hasnt consulted the public at all on the kind of Brexit it wants,evidence of possible cheating and unethical practices fur-ther undermine the referendum's legitimacy.I wasn’t privy to financial goings-on at Vote Leave.But I remember being surprised when I heard about the formatin.on of BeLeave--the campaign group specifical argeting young people-and even more surprised when I heard the rumour that it was funded by Vote Leave,because that organisation already had a programme of activities to engage young people.I was part of it.Suffice to say,I believe there is evidence of ethical misconduct sing the EU referendum This evidence concerns Vote Leave in the main,but not exclusively.In 10 years'time,shouldn’t we be able to look pack and be certain that the decision to leave was the genuine will of the people,that the new relationship between the UK and the EU was broadly approved of,and that both of those things were in the best interests of the UK?I don't think anybody can say that,even two years after the referendum Why did I vote leave in the first place?Because i listened to the arguments,and nobody on the remain side had satisfactory answers to criticisms of our relationship with the EU.Successive British governments assented to consecutive EU treaties that brought European nations towards"an ever closer union with greater alignment on banking,foreign policy,travel and trade The biggest issues that the world will face over the next century are transnational.Large-scale migration,environmental issues,global food and water shortages,AI and the ethics of advanced technology.Having a substantial framework for national cooperation is a headstart to resolving those issues.I believe that it's possible to want to leave the EU and want international cooperation at the same time,but,setting aside their rhetorical flourishes that doesn't seem like the vision that the chief Brexi teers actually want.The UK doesn't need a second in/out referendum-it would defeat the purpose of the first one However,it is vital that the Uk has another,separate referendum on te terms of the final exit arrangement.In that referendum,the public should have the opportunity to accept the deal the government has negotiated,to reject it and ask that it renegotiate,to reject it and leave the EU without a deal,or to remain in the EU he prime minister knows that delivering Brexit,any Brexit,has become an existential issue for the Conservative party in the medium term.So if there is to be another referendum,the government will have to be forced into granting it.This will be an extremely difficult task,and I'm not optimistic about our chances.But over the next year,I'm going to be campaigning with everything I have for that possibility.After all,I'm one of the people who got us into this mess