I am Ole Orver, Finnair’s chief commercial officer. It’s my pleasure to warmly welcome you back to the skies with Finnair. I’d like to reflect on some of the developments that we hope you find exciting and helpful.
This summer season you can fly with Finnair to over 70 European and five US destinations. In Asia, we serve eight cities, including Guangzhou and newly added Mumbai starting 6 August. We operate over 300 daily flights and I'm excited about the addition of Seattle and Dallas to our US network.
Travel is recovering everywhere, and airports around the world are working hard to manage increased traffic volumes. It is a good idea to reserve some éxtra time at the airport before your flight. We are doing our very best together with our partners both at Helsinki and in our outstations to offer you a smooth travel experience during this popular travel season.
You are again able to offset (抵消) flight carbon emissions, this time with a service that combines sustainable aviation (航空) fuel and certified climate projects. We at Finnair have ambitious emissions targets and our customers wish for a simple and transparent way to contribute.
Finnair Plus turned 30 in May. We are committed to developing the programme further to serve you in the best possible way. To make your flight bookings smoother, we recently upgraded the experience of booking award flights in the Finnair app.
Finally, I’d like to thank you for your patience when we haven’t got things quite right. Wherever you’re travelling in the next few months, I hope it’s memorable. Thank you for flying Finnair.
Kind Regards,
Ole Orver
1．Which city is a new addition to the Finnair’s Asian network?| A．Guangzhou. | B．Mumbai. | C．Seattle. | D．Dallas. |
| A．Increasing traffic volumes. | B．Developing sustainable fuels. |
| C．Donating to a green programme. | D．Offering a carbon offset service. |
| A．To express sincere gratitude. | B．To introduce new routes. |
| C．To apologize for bad service. | D．To keep a regular customer. |
Recent videos claiming that a school in Ganzhou, Jiangxi, serves pre-made meals to its students
Pre-made meals refer to half-finished or finished dishes that are already cooked or prepared, according to the China Cuisine
Many people tend
“Actually freezing does not cause a loss of nutrients,” Liu Junya,
Meanwhile, “many pre-made food companies prioritize taste over nutrition,” said Liu. This leads to
It is hoped that regulations on pre-made meals can
Last Saturday David was taking a walk in the park near his home when he noticed a woman with a boy of about eight years old. When David passed them, he heard the woman yelling: “How stupid you are! You’re good at nothing.” David stopped and looked at the little boy. The boy said nothing. He just stood there, looking upset.
David was reminded of his English teacher Mrs. Brown in middle school. After he entered middle school, David lacked self-confidence because he was often made fun of by others. He was often told that he was good at nothing, which David believed.
But one day it all changed. That day, in an English writing class, Mrs. Brown asked them to read a novel. They were asked to write a new chapter of the novel after they finished reading it. A few days later, David handed in his story. He didn’t give it much thought. But the next day to his surprise, the comment “well done” from Brown came into view the moment he turned to the page where the story was written. When David read that, he almost burst into tears. He had never expected to be praised. He suddenly gained some self-confidence.
That day after he returned home, he wrote another short story and gave it to Mrs. Brown the next morning. And again he was praised. David became very interested in writing. He often wrote short dories and asked Mrs. Brown to read them and correct them for him. Mrs. Brown always gave him good advice to improve them. One year later, David joined the school newspaper and became an editor of it. He gained his confidence and was hopeful about his future.
He succeeded in entering college and kept writing. Several years after graduating from college, he had his first book published, becoming famous as a writer in his country. And he owed his success to Mrs. Brown’s encouragement. Without her encouragement, his life might be very different now.
Inspired by his own life story, David decided to do something for that boy.
The mother was ashamed when she heard that.
The Person I Admire Most
Today I went to a conference,
The first speaker talked about the positive
Both sides presented lots of statistics to support their arguments. My own judgment is that though the Internet is beneficial, we should use our
A little boy told his mother that there was a teacher-parent meeting in his school. To the little boy’s
At the meeting, the people were
The teacher asked
The mother replied, “When my son was a baby, he was in a room that caught fire. Everyone was too afraid to go in because the fire was out of
At this point, the little boy came out running toward his mother with tears in his eyes. He held her in his arms and appreciated her great
| A．enjoyment | B．disappointment | C．surprise | D．sorrow |
| A．sick | B．ashamed | C．afraid | D．tired |
| A．included | B．passed | C．covered | D．shaded |
| A．talk about | B．think about | C．care about | D．bring about |
| A．impressed | B．shocked | C．excited | D．comforted |
| A．in honor of | B．in spite of | C．instead of | D．because of |
| A．hid | B．protected | C．separated | D．escaped |
| A．understood | B．reminded | C．heard | D．learned |
| A．carefully | B．angrily | C．nervously | D．anxiously |
| A．control | B．order | C．danger | D．focus |
| A．helpless | B．hopeless | C．senseless | D．useless |
| A．hated | B．showed | C．wiped | D．touched |
| A．forgotten | B．recognized | C．considered | D．regretted |
| A．honour | B．spirit | C．happiness  | D．pride |
| A．quietly | B．slightly | C．tightly | D．suddenly |
Health is the most important thing in the world. Nothing is more important than health. If one takes away our money, houses, cars, or even our clothes, we can still survive.
How can we keep healthy? In order to eat healthily, we should avoid eating food high in fat, like French fries or cookies, which are not very healthy.
What’s more, friends are an important part of one’s health.
By eating properly and exercising regularly, we can keep our body at a proper weight and keep healthy. By spending time with our friends, we can keep our mind as well as mood (情绪) happy. These things sound easy to do, but not many people can manage them.
| A．Besides, we shouldn’t eat too much meat. |
| B．On the other hand, doing exercise is very important. |
| C．Some people appear fat because they often eat too much. |
| D．So we believe a strong will is a must if we want to keep healthy. |
| E．But if our health is taken away, it is certain that we’ll have nothing. |
| F．There are some people who like staying alone, but they keep healthy. |
| G．Studies show that people with a range of social contacts don’t get sick easily. |
Japan said Tuesday that it would start pouring treated radioactive water(放射性废水) from the Fukushima nuclear power plant into the Pacific Ocean within two years. Officials in Tokyo said the water would be filtered and diluted(稀释) to safe levels first, but most residents remain firmly opposed to the plan. Protesters gathered outside Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga’s residence in downtown Tokyo to criticize the government’s decision.
More than a million tons of radioactive water is currently being stored at the Fukushima power plant in a massive tank farm big enough to fill 500 Olympic-sized swimming pools. The wastewater comes from water pumped in to cool the plant’s damaged reactors(反应堆). The government says it has simply run out of room to store all the water. The plan to dump the water into the ocean first came to light in the autumn of last year, when Japanese news reported anonymous officials said the decision had been taken.
On Tuesday, Suga said that after years of study, his scientific advisors had concluded that ocean discharge was the most possible way to cope with the wastewater. But the decision to pour Fukushima wastewater into the ocean has drawn fire from neighboring Asian countries and local fishermen along Japan’s coast.
China called the decision “extremely irresponsible,” and South Korea summoned(召唤) the Japanese ambassador in Seoul over the matter. “They told us that they wouldn’t release the water into the sea without the support of fishermen,” Kanji Tachiya, who leads a local cooperative of fisheries in Fukushima, told national broadcaster NHK ahead of the announcement on Tuesday. “We can’t support this move to break that promise and release the water into the sea unilaterally(单方面地).”
The actual release of water from the Fukushima plant will take decades to complete. Critics have called on Japan’s government to at least ensure that independent monitoring is in place to check the level of radiation in the poured water is safe for the environment.
1．How do most of the local people react to the plan?| A．Indifferent. | B．Uncertain. | C．Supportive. | D．Disapproval. |
| A．The wastewater is being stored in 500 Olympic-sized swimming pools. |
| B．It was last year that the plan was exposed to the public. |
| C．Ocean discharge is the only way the deal with the wastewater. |
| D．The plan has aroused anger in all the Asian countries. |
| A．The plan is to pull the whole world into the disaster. |
| B．It’s imperative that the plan should be carried out immediately. |
| C．It’s safe and easy to pour the wastewater into the ocean. |
| D．It’s unacceptable to pour the water into the ocean without fishermen’ permission. |
| A．geography textbook. | B．personal diary |
| C．news report | D．fiction book |
“Hello” is a relatively new greeting. It first appeared sometime in the mid-1800s, but many people would not have dreamed of using it. “Hello” was considered a very impolite way to greet someone. Instead, people used formal expressions like “How do you do?”
Back then, there were several words that sounded like “hello,” but they were used to get someone’s attention or to express surprise. For example, if you caught your little brother stealing your snack, you might have said, “Halloa there! Stop eating my cheese!” If you found a fly in your soup, you might have shouted, “Hullo! How did that get in there?”
Everything started to change in 1876, when Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone. The first telephones didn’t have numbers you could dial, nor did they have bells or ringers. Instead, your telephone sent signals along telephone lines to a central office where an operator would answer by saying something like “Are you there, sir?” or “What is wanted?” The operator would then connect your phone to the phone of the person you wanted to reach. There was just one small problem: Since telephones didn’t ring, how would the person you were calling know that you were “on the line”? The answer is you would yell (大喊) into your phone and hope someone on the other end heard you. But what would you yell? And what would the person you were calling say when they were going to answer? Bell suggested “Ahoy! Ahoy!” but it didn’t catch on. Then the famous inventor Thomas Edison suggested the word hello. That caught on right away.
“Hello” became so popular that by 1878 telephone operators were required to use it. In fact, operators received the nickname (绰号) “Hello Girls.” Soon, “hello” became not just the standard way to answer the phone, but an accepted way to greet people in person.
1．Why was “hello” seldom used when it first appeared?| A．It was too informal. |
| B．It was hard to pronounce. |
| C．It was considered to be rude. |
| D．There were other words like “hello”. |
| A．interesting | B．exciting |
| C．boring | D．unexpected |
| A．how “hello” was used to answer the telephone |
| B．the friendship between Bell and Edison |
| C．the invention of the telephone |
| D．how the telephone improved |
| A．“hello” got popular as soon as the telephone was invented |
| B．the telephone has changed the way people speak |
| C．people liked simple expressions like “hello” |
| D．Bell advised girls to use “hello” |
搜索
