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Avoid consuming staple foods？May decline the brain function

不吃主食？或?qū)е麓竽X功能衰退

In our daily diet， staples［ 主食］like rice and noodles are essential.Theres a growing concern aboutclaims that excessive stapleconsumption leads to weight gainand diabetes［ 糖尿病］. Does cuttingout staples have a positive impact on health？ If you consistentlyavoid consuming staple foods and have insufficient carbohydrateintake， your body will need to convert fats or proteins to maintainstable blood sugar levels. This can lead to certain adverse effects onthe body， such as metabolic disruptions.

When blood sugar levels are not maintained steadily， itcan result in symptoms such as low mood， irritability［ 易怒］， andrestlessness［煩躁］. The brain requires a daily intake of 130 grams ofstarch to fuel its energy needs. Prolonged avoidance of staple foodscan lead to a decline in brain function. Therefore， the long-termavoidance of staple foods is not a recommended practice.

在我們的日常飲食中，米飯和面條等主食是必不可少的。人們?cè)絹?lái)越擔(dān)心過(guò)度食用主食會(huì)導(dǎo)致體重增加和患糖尿病。不吃主食對(duì)健康有積極影響嗎？如果你一直避免食用主食，并且碳水化合物攝入量不足，你身體的能源將需要轉(zhuǎn)化脂肪或蛋白質(zhì)來(lái)維持穩(wěn)定的血糖水平。這可能會(huì)對(duì)身體產(chǎn)生某些不利影響，例如代謝紊亂。

當(dāng)血糖水平不穩(wěn)定時(shí)，可能會(huì)導(dǎo)致情緒低落、易怒和躁動(dòng)等癥狀。大腦每天需要攝入130 克淀粉來(lái)滿足其能量需求。長(zhǎng)期不吃主食會(huì)導(dǎo)致大腦功能衰退。因此，長(zhǎng)期不吃主食是不推薦的做法。

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Prolonged avoidance of staple foods can lead to a _______________in brain function.

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Chinas first-ever giant pandas college

中國(guó)首個(gè)大熊貓學(xué)院

On September 25th， Chinas first-ever college dedicatedto the study of giant pandas was inaugurated in Nanchong，Sichuan Province. The college was jointly established［ 建立］ bythe Forestry and Grassland Bureau of Sichuan Province andChina West NormalU n i v e r s i t y. G i a n tpandas， a speciesunique to China， areglobally recognized asthe “flagship species”?of the worlds biodiversity［生物多樣性］ conservation.

The college is intended to play a crucial role in protecting theecological environment， restoring habitats， constructing a pandanational park， promoting panda population recovery， facilitatingreintroduction into the wild， as well as conducting research anddisseminating panda culture. Since the 1970s， the university hasbeen devoted to giant panda research， and has created “fourfirsts” in this field， according to the universitys Party chief WangYuanjun. The university led the countrys first giant panda fieldinvestigation and research， established the worlds first giantpanda field ecological observation station， promoted Chinas firstinternational cooperation on wildlife protection， and published theworlds first academic monograph that comprehensively exploresthe ecological environment of giant pandas.

2023 年9 月25 日，中國(guó)第一所大熊貓學(xué)院在四川省南充市揭牌成立。該學(xué)院由四川省林業(yè)和草原局與西華師范大學(xué)聯(lián)合創(chuàng)辦。大熊貓是中國(guó)特有的物種，被全球公認(rèn)為世界生物多樣性保護(hù)的“旗艦物種”。

大熊貓學(xué)院將在保護(hù)生態(tài)環(huán)境、恢復(fù)棲息地、建設(shè)大熊貓國(guó)家公園、促進(jìn)大熊貓種群恢復(fù)、促進(jìn)大熊貓重新引入野外以及開展研究和傳播大熊貓文化方面發(fā)揮關(guān)鍵作用。據(jù)西華師范大學(xué)黨委書記王元君介紹，自20 世紀(jì)70 年代以來(lái)，西華師范大學(xué)一直致力于大熊貓研究，并在該領(lǐng)域創(chuàng)造了“四個(gè)第一”。西華師范大學(xué)領(lǐng)導(dǎo)了全國(guó)第一個(gè)大熊貓野外調(diào)查研究，建立了世界上第一個(gè)大熊貓野外生態(tài)觀測(cè)站，促進(jìn)了中國(guó)第一次開展野生動(dòng)物保護(hù)國(guó)際合作，出版了世界上第一本全面探索大熊貓生態(tài)環(huán)境的學(xué)術(shù)專著。

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Giant pandas are globally recognized as the “____________” of the worlds biodiversity conservation.

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Chinese team was conferred Laurels for Team Achievement Award

中國(guó)團(tuán)隊(duì)被授予“勞倫斯團(tuán)隊(duì)獎(jiǎng)”

At the 74th InternationalAs tronauti cal Congressin Baku， Azerbaijan， theChange-5 team was conferredthe 2023 Laurels for TeamAchievement Award. Onthe certificate awarded to the Chinese team， the InternationalAcademy of Astronautics wrote that during the 23-day mission，the Change-5 team successfully completed the complex mission.It noted the Chinese team has made outstanding contributions tomankinds lunar and deep-space exploration.

Hu Hao， chief designer of the Change 5 mission and a seniorplanner at the China National Space Administration， said at the?award-issuance ceremony that he hopes more scientists andengineers from the international space community could take partin Chinas lunar exploration projects. He said the samples retrievedby the Change 5 probe will soon be open to foreign researchers.It was Chinas first lunar sample-returning mission and one of itsmost sophisticated and challenging space endeavors［ 努力］. Thelandmark mission returned 1，731 grams of rocks and soil back toEarth， presenting the first lunar substances［物質(zhì)］ to humans sincethe Apollo era.

在阿塞拜疆巴庫(kù)舉辦的第74 屆國(guó)際宇航大會(huì)上，嫦娥五號(hào)團(tuán)隊(duì)被授予2023 年勞倫斯團(tuán)隊(duì)獎(jiǎng)。在頒發(fā)給中國(guó)團(tuán)隊(duì)的證書上，國(guó)際宇航科學(xué)院寫道，在23 天的任務(wù)中，嫦娥五號(hào)團(tuán)隊(duì)成功完成了許多復(fù)雜的任務(wù)。它指出，中國(guó)團(tuán)隊(duì)為人類的月球和深空探測(cè)做出了杰出貢獻(xiàn)。

嫦娥五號(hào)總設(shè)計(jì)師、國(guó)家航天局高級(jí)規(guī)劃師胡浩在頒獎(jiǎng)儀式上表示，他希望國(guó)際航天界有更多的科學(xué)家和工程師參與中國(guó)的月球探測(cè)項(xiàng)目。他說(shuō)，嫦娥五號(hào)探測(cè)器取回的樣本很快就會(huì)向外國(guó)研究人員開放。這是中國(guó)的第一次月球樣本回收任務(wù)，也是中國(guó)最復(fù)雜、最具挑戰(zhàn)性的太空任務(wù)之一。這項(xiàng)具有里程碑意義的任務(wù)將1731 克巖石和土壤送回地球，向人類展示了自阿波羅時(shí)代以來(lái)的第一批月球物質(zhì)。

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Chinas Change 5 robotic lunar mission returned 1，731 grams of rocks and __________ back to Earth.