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Hawaiis native minority is demanding a greater degree of sovereignty over its own affairs. But much of the archipelagos political establishment, which includes the White Americans who dominated until the second world war and people of Japanese, Chinese and Filipino origins, is opposed to the idea.
The islands were annexed by the US in 1898 and since then Hawaiis native peoples have fared worse than any of its other ethnic groups. They make up over 60 percent of the states homeless, suffer higher levels of unemployment and their life span is five years less than the average Hawaiians. They are the only major US native group without some degree of autonomy.
But a sovereignty advisory committee set up by Hawaiis first native governor, Joahn Waihee, has given the natives cause a major boost by recommending that the Hawaiian natives decide by themselves whether to reestablish a sovereign Hawaiian nation.
However, the Hawaiian natives are not united in their demands. Some just want greater autonomy within the state -- as enjoyed by many American Indian natives over matters such as education. This is a position supported by the Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA), a state agency set up in 1978 to represent the natives interests and which has now become the moderate face of the native sovereignty movement. More ambitious is the Ka Lahui group, which declared itself a new nation in 1987 and wants full, official independence from the US.
But if Hawaiian natives are given greater autonomy, it is far from clear how many people this will apply to. The state authorities only count as native those people with more than 50 percent Hawaiian blood.
Native demands are not just based on political grievances, though. They also want their claim on 660,000 hectares of Hawaiian crown land to be accepted. It is on this issue that native groups are facing most opposition from the state authorities. In 1933, the state government paid the OHA US 136 million in back rent on the crown land and many officials say that by accepting this payment the agency has given up its claims to legally own the land. The OHA has vigorously disputed this.
1. Hawaiis native minority refers to _________________.
A. Hawaiis ethnic groups
B. people of Filipino origin
C. the Ka Lahui group
D. people with more than 50% Hawaiian blood
2. Which of the following statements is true of the Hawaiian natives?
A. Sixty percent of them are homeless or unemployed.
B. their life span is 5 years shorter than average Americans.
C. Their life is worse than that of other ethnic groups in Hawaii.
D. They are the only native group without sovereignty.
3. Which of the following is NOT true of John Waihee?
A. He is Hawaiis first native governor.
B. He has set up a sovereignty advisory committee.
C. He suggested the native people decide for themselves.
D. He is leading the local independence movement.
4. Which of the following groups holds a less radical attitude on the matter of sovereignty?
A. American Indian natives.
B. Office of Hawaiian Affairs.
C. The Ka Lahui group.
D. The Hawaiian natives.
5. Various native Hawaiians demand all the following EXCEPT ____________.
A. a greater autonomy within the state
B. more back rent on the crown land
C. a claim on the Hawaiian crown land
D. full independence from the US
part 1
Cells cannot remain alive outside certain limits of temperature, and much narrower limits mark the boundaries of effective functioning. Enzyme systems of mammals and birds are most efficient only within a narrow range around 37 ℃; a departure of a few degrees from this value seriously impairs their functioning. Even though cells can survive wider fluctuations, the integrated actions of bodily systems are impaired. Other animals have a wider tolerance for changes of bodily temperature. For centuries it has been recognized that mammals and birds differ from other animals in the way they regulate body temperature. Ways of characterizing the difference have become more accurate and meaningful over time, but popular terminology still reflects the old division into "warm blooded" and "cold blooded" species; warm-blooded included mammals and birds whereas all other creatures were considered cold-blooded. As more species were studied, it became evident that this classification was inadequate. A fence lizard or a desert iguana —— each cold-blooded —— usually has a body temperature only a degree or two below that of humans and so is not cold. Therefore the next distinction was made between animals that maintain a constant body temperature, called homeotherms, and those whose body temperature varies with their environment, called poikilotherms. But this classification also proved inadequate, because among mammals there are many that vary their body temperatures during hibernation. Furthermore, many invertebrates that live in the depths of the ocean never experience a change in the chill of the deep water, and their body temperatures remain constant.
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細胞只能在一定的溫度範圍記憶體活，而進一步保證它們有效工作的溫度範圍就更小了。哺乳動物和鳥類的酶系統只能在 37℃左右的很小範圍內才能有效工作。與此相差僅幾度的 溫度都會大大削弱它們的工作效率。儘管溫度變化更大時細胞仍能存活，但機體系統的整 體執行能力卻被削弱了。其它動物對體溫的變化有更強的適應性。幾個世紀以來，人們就認識到哺乳動物和鳥類調節體溫的方式與其它動物不同。隨著時間的推移，人們對這種差 異的描述越來越精確和有意義，但是"暖血動物"和"冷血動物"這一古老的分類方式至今仍在 大眾詞彙中有所反映。暖血動物包括哺乳動物和鳥類，其它動物統統被視為冷血動物。但是對更多物種進行的研究表明這種分類顯然是不適當的。美洲一種小型蜥蜴和沙漠鬣蜥同 屬冷血動物，但實際上它們的體溫通常只比人類的體溫低 1～2 度，因此並不是真正的冷血。因此又出現了恆溫動物(即保持恆定體溫的動物)和變溫動物(即體溫隨外界環境的變化而改變的動物)這一區分方式。但這種分類也不恰當。因為有不少哺乳動物在冬眠期間會改變 體溫，而許多生活在深海的無脊椎動物在寒冷的深海水域中體溫並不變化，而是恆定的。
part 2
Sleep is part of a persons daily activity cycle. There are several different stages of sleep, and they too occur in cycles. If you are an average sleeper, your sleep cycle is as follows. When you first drift off into slumber, your eyes will roll about a bit, your temperature will drop slightly, your muscles will relax, and your breathing well slow and become quite regular. Your brain waves slow down a bit too, with the alpha rhythm of rather fast waves predominating for the first few minutes. This is called stage 1 sleep. For the next half hour or so, as you relax more and more, you will drift down through stage 2 and stage 3 sleep. The lower your stage of sleep, the slower your brain waves will be. Then about 40 to 60 minutes after you lose consciousness you will have reached the deepest sleep of all. Your brain waves will show the large slow waves that are known as the delta rhythm. This is stage 4 do not remain at this deep fourth stage all night long, but instead about 80 minutes after you fall into slumber, your brain activity level will increase again slightly. The delta rhythm will disappear, to be replaced by the activity pattern of brain waves. Your eyes will begin to dart around under your closed eyelids as if you were looking at something occurring in front of you. This period of rapid eye movement lasts for some 8 to 15 minutes and is called REM sleep. It is during REM sleep period, your body will soon relax again, your breathing will grow slow and regular once more, and you will slip gently back from stage 1 to stage 4 sleep - only to rise once again to the surface of near consciousness some 80 minutes later.
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睡眠是人每天日常活動迴圈的一部分。人的睡眠分幾個階段，而這些階段也是迴圈發生的。如果你是一個正常的睡眠者，你的睡眠迴圈會這樣進行。在你開始昏昏入睡時，你的眼睛會滾動幾下，體溫略有下降，肌肉放鬆，呼吸變得緩慢而有節奏。除了開始幾分鐘 比較快的α節奏外，腦電波也稍有減緩。這被稱為第一階段睡眠。 在隨後約半小時內，你進一步放鬆，進入第二和第三階段睡眠。睡眠越深入，腦電波就越緩慢。大約在開始睡眠 後的 40 到 60 分鐘，你將進入沉睡狀態。這時的腦電波表現為巨大的緩波，被稱為δ節奏。這就是第四階段睡眠。但你並不是整夜都保持這種沉睡狀態。入睡後約 80 分鐘左右，你的大腦運動水平會再度略有提高。δ節奏消失，並被腦電波的運動圖形取代。你的眼睛會在閉著的眼瞼下迅速轉動，就好象你在看著眼前發生的什麼事情。 這種迅速的眼球運動持續約 8～15 分鐘，這一階段睡眠被稱之為快速眼動(REM)睡眠。在REM 睡眠階段，你的肢體會很快再度放鬆，呼吸也再次放慢並變得有節奏，你會輕鬆地從第一階段滑入第四階段睡眠一直到大約80 分鐘後重新接近清醒狀態。
