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Faraway planet has water Scientists believe a distant planet could have the things we need to live there. Butterfly numbers at record low The planet, called K2-18b, is 124 light years away and about Each year, orange and black western eight times the size of Earth. It was first discovered in 2015. monarch butterflies spend their winter Until now, we didn’t know much about the planet. But a months moving along California’s coast. But a new new study has found that there may be water on the survey shows the number of butterflies is now very planet’s surface. low, at 29,000 insects. While some other planets have water vapour in Just 40 years ago, about 4.5 million monarch their atmosphere, that doesn’t mean there is liquid butterflies spent the winters in forests along the water there too, says Nikku Madhusudhan, a California coast. This is a big drop. scientist at the University of Cambridge in Scientists say this is because too many forests have Britain. And humans need liquid water to live. been cut down to build new houses, and also because K2-18b may have liquid water, similar to farmers are using chemical sprays on their fields. Earth’s oceans. The scientists say climate change is also a problem for the butterflies, because it upsets their yearly 4,800km journey. Their journey is timed to match the blossoming of wild flowers. The species may go extinct in the next few decades if nothing is done to save it.
Climate change makes summers longer Australia’s summers are now twice as long as its winters, because climate change has made temperatures warmer since the middle of the 20th century. That’s what a new study says. The study by the Australia Institute found that over the last 20 years, summer in most of Australia has been about one month longer than it was 50 years ago. Winter, on the other hand, has become shorter by about three weeks. “This is happening right now,” says Richie Merzian from the Australia Institute. Scientists warn that more heatwaves will bring more dangerous forest fires. Read up on this science news we didn’t know about last week! www.yp.scmp.com Page 3
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Like a queen The Victoria crowned pigeon is a large, blue- grey pigeon with red eyes. It is easy to recognise because of the elegant crest that sits on top of its head like a crown. The bird is named after the British monarch Queen Victoria. If someone says something is “the jewel in their crown”, it means that something is the best thing they have. For instance: Carl has a lot of model cars, but this one is the jewel in his crown.
Birds of a feather Before you read: Many birds like to show off their colourful feathers, and they are all so different. That’s what I call a tail The golden pheasant is also called the Chinese I have my eyes on you! Flying colours pheasant or rainbow pheasant. Male golden This beautiful creature is a peafowl. Only male Wilson’s birds-of- pheasants will spread their neck feathers over peafowl are called peacocks, and female paradise have all their head like a cape, to attract females. peafowl are called peahens. Peacocks will the colours of the Did you know: The male golden pheasant is open their long train of feathers like a fan to rainbow: a red back, about 110cm long, but females are only about attract peahens. The feathers look like eyes. yellow neck, light 66cm long. Two thirds of their length is in their Peacocks seem very proud as they walk green mouth, blue magnificent tail! around. If we say someone is “as proud as a feet, and two curved violet tail feathers. The Written by Nicole Moraleda peacock”, it means they have a very high birds are very hard to find in the wild. opinion of themselves! The first video of the Wilson’s bird-of- Quick questions paradise ever made was filmed in 1996 by the 1. What else does the bee-eater like to eat? Fast food famous wildlife expert David 2. What trick did David Attenborough This colourful African Attenborough. He caught use to film the bird-of-paradise? bird is a northern it on camera by 3. Some birds cannot fly, so why carmine bee-eater. dropping leaves on the do they have feathers? It eats bees and other ground, which annoyed flying insects such as the bird into clearing grasshoppers and them away! locusts. These birds are able to catch their prey out of the air using Wake me up please their beaks. The bantam rooster is a male Birds usually lose their feathers When the bird catches a bee, it will remove chicken. While roosters are known to at certain times of the year. its stinger by hitting and rubbing the insect on crow early in the morning, they will This is called moulting. By a hard surface. This removes most of the bee’s actually crow at any time of the day. They moulting, a bird can replace venom so the bird can safely eat it. often do so to claim their territory. old feathers with new ones. attract opinion prey venom claim recognise 吸引 意見 獵物 毒液 聲稱 認出 Page 4 Wednesday, March 4, 2020 news to talk about
1 Sweden angers Italy with kiwi fruit pizza 2
3 Do you like pizza? What is your “The chef asked me three times: favourite topping? ‘Why?’” says Stellan. If you like pineapple on your pizza, Someone posted a picture of the then this might make some Italian kiwi fruit pizza online, and then a 4 people angry. This is because the newspaper wrote an article about the Across pizza was invented in Italy, and they strange pizza. 3. A story in a are very proud of it. They think pizza “That’s how it went viral,” says newspaper should be made only with traditional Stellan. The story spread fast. 4. A place where 5 toppings, like cheese, tomato, olives It wasn’t long before the news food is grown and slices of sausage. reached Italy, the birthplace of the 5. A cold country in But there are worse things than pizza. Italians were not pleased. the north of Europe pineapple on a pizza. Read on! Some people were so angry that Stellan Johansson lives in Sweden, they wrote to Stellan and said he had and his family grows kiwi fruits on their “destroyed their food culture”. farm. They sent him 15 kilograms of But in Stellan’s home town, the idea kiwi fruits for Christmas, so he needed has caught on. His local pizza to find new ways to use the fruit before it went But things took a new turn when Stellan went restaurant has added “kiwizza” to its menu. off. He tried making deep-fried kiwi fruits, kiwi to his local pizza restaurant and asked the It may not stay there for long, though, as What is the best topping for a pizza? Do your friends agree? muffins, and even a reindeer and kiwi stir-fry. chef to add slices of kiwi fruit to his pizza. Stellan has nearly run out of kiwi fruits. DPA What other kinds of food come from Italy? Have you ever tried cooking at home? What can you cook?
Larissa says Arjun says Tomato sauce and cheese are I like to try new flavours. If we Pizza the best toppings on pizza. don’t experiment, nothing new Nothing else is needed! would ever be invented! 1. The city of Naples, in the south of Italy, is the birthplace of pizza. Only about 3,000 people are allowed to call themselves “Pizzaiuolo”, which means they are the top pizza-makers. 2. The United Nations wants to preserve pizza-making skills for future generations. 3. It is not easy. First, you need to stretch and spin the dough. This can take a long time to learn. 4. Pizza has to be cooked in a wood-fired oven. This gives the pizza a special taste that cannot be copied in any other way. The oven is very hot, and the pizza must be turned many times to make sure it is cooked evenly.
Whodo you agreewith? This is done with a long-handled shovel. 5. Italian people are proud of their food. You can find Italian restaurants all over the world.
Sweden kiwi fruit topping traditional chef article 瑞典 奇異果 配料 傳統的 廚師 文章 www.yp.scmp.com Page 5 news to share
1 Down 1. A way of cooking in a wok Hongkongers will be flown home from mainland city 2. Another word for happy More than 450 important task for her Hongkongers who are government this week 2 stuck in Wuhan will would be to bring back come home on special the first batch of 3 flights this week. people. Government minister She said that details Patrick Nip said that of the flights would be 4 most of the 660 Hong Kong residents announced “within days”. Across would be flown out of the city, which is the Meanwhile, two more Hongkongers 3. A story in a centre of the virus outbreak. have caught the virus, bringing the total newspaper Chief Executive Carrie Lam said an number in the city to 100. Staff writer 4. A place where 5 food is grown 5. A cold country in the north of Europe Greta meets Malala in Britain Young climate activist Greta Thunberg met Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai last week. They wanted to discuss their work and speak to other students. What is the best topping for a pizza? Do your friends agree? Greta visited Malala at Oxford University, What other kinds of food come from Italy? where she is studying. Have you ever tried cooking at home? What can you cook? “Greta is the only friend I would skip school for,” Malala said. “Today I met my role model. What else can I say?” said Greta. In 2014, Malala became the youngest-ever person to win the Nobel Peace Prize. DPA
An army of ducks is on its way to Pakistan What do you say to a What is a maths China is planning eastern slow tomato? teacher’s favourite to send an army of province of Catch up! food? 100,000 ducks to Zhejiang. Pi! help Pakistan fight A team of Chinese What is a scarecrow’s a massive locust experts have also favourite fruit? Waiter, will my pizza problem. We told gone to Pakistan to Straw-berries! be long? the story of the give advice. No sir, it will be round! giant locust The swarm of swarms last week. locusts in Pakistan is The army of the worst in 20 years. hungry birds will Luckily, ducks love to be sent from the eat the insects. AP
destroy virus government activist role model Nobel prize Pakistan 摧毀 病毒 政府 積極分子 模範 諾貝爾獎 巴基斯坦 Page 6 Wednesday, March 4, 2020 picture news The world, 250 million years from now
How the world could look in 250m years With Earth’s tectonic plates constantly moving, renowned geologist Christopher Scotese predicts a new super-continent will emerge in around 250 million years, dubbed Pangaea Proxima PANGAEA – 200 million years ago PRESENT DAY Eurasia North America Atlantic Africa Pacific Ocean South America Ocean Did you know? Earth’s continents sit on giant India tectonic plates, and these plates are always Antarctica moving, although very slowly. That means the continents are slowly moving too. Australia A geologist called Christopher Scotese thinks Early dinosaurs roamed last Atlantic widens by 2.5cm every year. that a new super-continent will happen in around super-continent, formed from Scotese predicts this will reverse collision of older land masses and ocean will shrink dramatically 250 million years from now. He calls the massive future continent “Pangaea Proxima”. PANGAEA PROXIMA – 250 million years from now Geologists have begun to understand how North America Africa Europe Asia continents moved in the past. They believe that many super-continents existed throughout our planet’s history. One giant continent, called Pangaea, broke London New Moscow apart almost 250 million years ago. It broke into Cairo York the seven continents we all know today. Geologists think that Africa and Europe are Atlantic slowly moving toward each other. Eventually the Sea Delhi sea between them will disappear and the two Cape Town continents will become one mega-continent: Tokyo Pacific Eurafrica. Shanghai Ocean Christopher thinks that the Atlantic Ocean will slowly close up over the next 250 million years. Sydney North and South America will collide with Lima Eurafrica to make Pangea Proxima. When the two continents collide, it will create New new mountain ranges as the two lands are mountain range pushed slowly together. South America Antartica India Australia New Zealand Graphic News Sources: Christopher Scotese (Paleomap Project), The Economist, National Geographic © GRAPHIC NEWS www.yp.scmp.com Page 7
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Crossword answers Across: 3. article, 4. farm, 5. Sweden Down: 1. stir fry, 2. pleased Page 8 Wednesday, March 4, 2020
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