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Summer of the monkeys

《猴子的夏天》

Jay learns from his grandpa that the monkeys have run away from a travelingcircus1， and there’s a big reward2 for the person who finds and returns them. Hisfamily could really use the money， so Jay sets off to get them.

杰伊從爺爺那里得知，幾只猴子從巡回馬戲團逃跑了，找到并歸還它們的人會得到一大筆獎金。他的家人真的很需要這筆錢，于是他出發(fā)去尋找它們。

China ends foreign adoptions

中國禁止外國收養(yǎng)兒童

China will no longer let families from other countries adopt4 children fromChina. Before， many children go to other countries to live with families. Most ofthem go to the US， about 82，000.

中國將不再允許其他國家的家庭收養(yǎng)中國兒童。以前，許多孩子去其他國家與（收養(yǎng)）家庭成員住在一起。其中大多數(shù)去了美國，大約有8.2 萬人。

Greece has little water

希臘缺水

In Greece， Lake Mornos is shrinking5 because of bad weather. This lake giveswater to almost half of the people in Greece. After a winter with no snow and a veryhot summer， the lake is now very low. Scientists say if there is no rain in the nextwinter， the problem can get worse.

在希臘，由于惡劣的天氣，莫諾斯湖面積正在縮小。這個湖為希臘將近一半的人口提供水源。經(jīng)過一個沒有降雪的冬天和一個非常炎熱的夏天，現(xiàn)在該湖的水位很低。科學(xué)家們表示，如果今年冬天再不降雨，問題可能會變得更嚴重。

▏Notes

1. circus 馬戲團

2. reward 賞格；懸賞金

3. adoption 收養(yǎng)；領(lǐng)養(yǎng)

4. adopt 收養(yǎng)

5. shrink 使……縮小；減少