krill, crustacean, baleen, overfishing, plateau. run out of krill. The social media movement is the latest sign that some of China’s young people are resisting the compulsion to strive.

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The social media movement is the latest sign that some of China’s young people are resisting the compulsion to strive.

春天里我們來到一座高原。

「高原」這個詞﹐我竟是通過英文才理解了它的恐怖和漫長。那個詞是plateau﹐在腦傷複建醫學上用來定義病人通常會出現的停止恢復的情形，即所謂「高原現象」。普林斯頓附近一家複健醫院里有位女醫生﹐乾瘦而乾練﹐好象還是那個猶太人的學生﹐還懂一點中國的針灸﹐給傅莉治療了三個月後﹐給保險公司寫報告用了這個詞﹐保險公司於是卡緊了各種支付。傅莉九四年春天被判了「長期徒刑」，醫療對她的意義快到盡頭了。

European Officials Move to Curb Overfishing

By DAVID JOLLY

Officials hailed the deal as a landmark agreement, but environmentalists said it might not be ambitious enough.

Spotlight:

Antarctica

What's the most peaceful place on Earth? The largest area legally protected from military strife is Antarctica. Lying on and around the South Pole, it's about 5.5 million sq. mi. (14.2 million sq. km.) of ice-covered plateau and mountainous islands. Unsurprisingly, no humans live permanently on this coldest, windiest, highest, and driest of all the continents; the largest creature that lives on land there is the Belgica antarctica, a midge that's 6 millimeters (0.2 inch) long. One may also find penguins, whales, squid and seals in the area, as well as lice and krill, lichens and mosses. Kestrels and albatrosses fly by. But other than overfishing and whale hunting, these species and the people who come to explore, conduct research, and visit seem to coexist relatively harmoniously. The Antarctic Treaty, which defines the continent as open to free scientific investigation and closed to military activity of any sort and currently has 45 nations as parties, went into effect 40 years ago today.

Quote:

"RECOGNIZING that it is in the interest of all mankind that Antarctica shall continue for ever to be used exclusively for peaceful purposes and shall not become the scene or object of international discord" — The Antarctic Treaty

A northern krill (Meganyctiphanes norvegica)

(krĭl)
n., pl., krill.
The collection of small marine crustaceans of the order Euphausiacea that are the principal food of baleen whales.

• [kríl]

[名]((複数扱い))オキアミ：クジラの餌(えさ)になる.

[Norwegian kril, young fry of fish.]

Baleen hair is attached to each baleen plate

Baleen or whalebone is a filtering structure

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Word of the Day:
babel (BAB-uhl, BAY-buhl)

noun:
1. A confused mixture of noises or voices.
2. A scene of noise or confusion.

Etymology
From Hebrew Babhel (Babylon). In the Old Testament (Genesis 11:4-9), people united in an attempt to build a city with a tower that reached the heavens. This displeased god who halted the project by confounding people's speech so they wouldn't understand one another. Earliest documented use: before 1382.

Usage
"While an excited babel of Spanish, German, Japanese, and Hindi emanated from the dozens of television news crews in the street, the response to Charles and Camilla's 'I do's' among locals was mostly 'We Don't.'" — Glenda Cooper; In Windsor, a Royal Pain; The Washington Post; Apr 10, 2005.

plateau

/ˈplatəʊ/

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noun

1. 1.

   an area of fairly level high ground.

   相似詞：

   upland

   tableland

   elevated plain

   mesa

   highland

   table
2. 2.

   a state of little or no change following a period of activity or progress.

   "the peace process had reached a plateau"

Definition of overfish

verb

[with object]

• deplete the stock of fish in (a body of water) by excessive fishing:this part of the Mediterranean is terribly overfished
• deplete the stock of (a fish):yellowfin tuna has been overfished