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AlthoughParisisoftenconsideredthecityofromance,closetoamillionadultswhocallithomearesingle.ManysinglepeoplesaythatFrance’scapitalisoneofthemostdifficultplacestomeetpeople.Thecomplaintsofthislonelygrouphaveinspiredanewphenomenonknownas“supermarketdating.”AtGalerieLafayetteGourmet,singlescanshopformorethanjusttheitemsontheirgrocerylist.Theycanlookforsomeonewhohasblueeyes,brownhair,andis1.8meterstall,orwhatevermaybeontheirromanticshoppinglist.
AtthisParislocation,singlepeopleofallagescanscheduletheirshoppingforThursdaynightsbetween6:
30and9:
00p.m.Whentheywalkthroughthedoor,theypickupapurplebaskettoadvisethattheyarelookingforlove.Theytrytoarriveearlybecausethebasketsdisappearquickly,andthentheyhavetowaitinlinefortheirturntowanderthestoreaisles（过道）.
Withpurplebasketsinhand,shopperscanconsidertheirromanticoptionswhiletheypickouttheirgroceries.Whentheyarereadytopay,theycangotothecheckoutlineforsingleswhowanttochat.
MostofthepeoplewholookforloveinthesupermarketareskepticalofInternetdating.Theyknowthatitiseasytoembellish（美化）one’sappearanceortolieaboutone’sageovertheInternet.Thesupermarket,ontheotherhand,isconsideredasafeandcasualenvironmentinwhichtomeetapotentialmatch.Inaddition,whatonefindsinanothergrocerybasketcansayathingortwoaboutthatperson’scharacterorintentions.Buyingpetfoodcanbeaman’swayofshowingapotentialmatchthathehasasensitiveside.Womenwhofilltheirbasketswithlow-fatfoodshowtheirhealthystyleofliving.Thesearepossiblewaystofindmuchmorethanfoodatagrocerystore.
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B.ThedatingsupermarketisopenonlyonThursdayevenings.
C.Peoplelookingforlovemustgetabasketofaparticularcolor
D.Thedatingsupermarkethasverygoodbusiness.
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B.Theygothroughaspecialcheckout.
C.Theypickouttheirgrocerieswithgreatcare.
D.Theydialthephonenumbersontheirshoppingitems.
7.WhydothepeoplepreferthesupermarketdatingtoInternetdating?
A.Thesupermarketdatingismoreconvenient.B.Thesupermarketdatingismorecasual.
C.Thesupermarketdatingcanbetrustedmore.D.Thesupermarketdatingislessexpensive.
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Throughoutmy41yearsatGeneralElectric,I’veexperiencedalot．Inthemedia,Iˈvegonefromprincetopigandbackagain．AndI’vebeencalledmanythings．
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WhentheylearnedwewerefocusedonvaluesandcultureatGE,peopleaskedif"
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I’vebeenNo.1orNo.2Jack,ServicesJack,GlobalJack,and,inmorerecentyears．SixSigmaJackande-BusinessJack．
WhenwemadeanefforttoacquireHoneywellinOctober2000,andIagreedtostayonthroughthetransition（过渡期）,somethoughtofmeastheLong-in-the-ToothJackhangingonbyhisfingertipstohisCEOjob．
Thosecharacterizationssaidlessaboutmeandalotmoreaboutthestageourcompanywentthrough．Truthis,downdeep,I’veneverreallychangedmuchfromtheboymymotherraisedinSalem,Massachusetts．
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Nowadaysmoreandmorepeoplearetalkingaboutgeneticallymodifiedfoods（GMfoods）.GMfoodsdevelopfromgeneticallymodifiedorganisms（有机体）,whichhavehadspecificchangesintroducedintotheirDNAbygeneticengineeringtechniques.Thesetechniquesaremuchmoreprecisewhereanorganismisexposedtochemicalstocreateanon-specificbutstablechange.Formanypeople,thehigh-techproductionraisesallkindsofenvironmental,ethical（伦理的）,healthandsafetyproblems.Particularlyincountrieswithlongfarmingtraditions,theideaseemsagainstnature.
Infact,GMfoodsarealreadyverymuchapartofourlives.Theywerefirstputonthemarketin1996.AthirdofthecornandmorethanhalfthecottongrownintheU.S.lastyearwastheproductofbiotechnology,accordingtotheDepartmentofAgriculture.Morethan65millionacresofgeneticallymodifiedcropswillbeplantedintheU.S.thisyear.Thegeneticgenieisoutofthebottle.
However,likeanynewproductenteringthefoodchain,GMfoodsmustbesubjectedtocarefultesting.Inwealthycountries,thedebateaboutbiotechisnotsofiercebythefactthattheyhavealargenumberoffoodstochoosefrom,andasupplythatgoesbeyondtheneeds.Indevelopingcountriesdesperatetofeedfast-growingandunderfedpopulations,thematterissimplerandmuchmoreurgent:
dothebenefitsofbiotechoutweightherisks?
Thestatisticsonpopulationgrowthandhungeraredisturbing.Lastyeartheworld ’spopulationreached6billion.TheU.N.statesthatnearly800millionpeoplearoundtheworldareunhealthy.About400millionwomenofchildbearingagedon’thaveenoughiron,whichmeanstheirbabiesareexposedtovariousbirthdefects.Asmanyas100millionchildrensufferfromvitaminAdeficiency,aleadingcauseofblindness.
Howcanbiotechhelp?
Geneticengineeringiswidelyusedtoproduceplantsandanimalswithbetternutritionalvalues.Biotechnologistshavedevelopedgeneticallymodifiedriceandtheyareworkingonotherkindsofnutritionallyimprovedcrops.Biotechcanalsoimprovefarmingproductivityinplaceswherefoodshortagesarecausedbycropdamageattributabletodrought,poorsoilandcropviruse
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