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Biodiversity hotspots

• areas containing many different species
• important for locating targets for conservation
• at first only identified on 11.1

Boris Worm, 2005

• identified hotspots for large ocean 11.2
• found that ocean hotspots:

  + were not always 11.3

  + had 11.4 at the surface

  + had sufficient oxygen in the water

Lisa Ballance, 2007

• looked for hotspots for 11.5
• found these were all located where 11.6 meet

Census of Marine Life

• found new ocean species living:

  + under the 11.7

  + near volcanoes on the ocean floor

Global Marine Species Assessment

• want to list endangered ocean species, considering:

  + population size

  + geographical 11.8

  + rate of declining

• aim:

  + to assess 11.9 species

  + to make a 11.10 for each one

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CHANGES IN OFFICE WORKING HOURS

To all staff of the company,

We would like 33.1informinginformto informingto inform you about an important update regarding our office working hours. 33.2On behalf ofBy means ofIn spite ofIn light of recent feedback from several employees, we have decided to implement the following changes starting next Monday:

• New office hours: 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM (Monday to Friday)
• Lunch break: 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM (1-hour break).
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In recent years, the tourism industry has undergone unprecedented growth, attracting millions of international visitors to destinations once considered remote. This rapid expansion has brought both opportunities and challenges. While 40.1 (PROMOTE) campaigns often rely on highly persuasive images of pristine landscapes and vibrant cultures, critics argue that such representations may lack 40.2 (VERIFY), raising concerns about authenticity.

In some regions, local authorities have adopted rather 40.3 (DICTATE) measures to control tourist behaviour, including strict regulations on environmental protection and cultural preservation. Although these policies can appear restrictive, they are often justified as necessary for sustainable development.

At the same time, many communities have found tourism to be deeply inspiring, encouraging younger generations to appreciate their heritage and engage in cultural exchange. However, without careful planning, the industry may lead to overcrowding and environmental 40.4 (GRADE).

Therefore, it is essential for governments and 40.5 (HOLD) to strike a balance between economic benefits and long-term sustainability in order to ensure that tourism remains a positive force for global understanding.

Autism is a mental disease which prevents those who suffer from it from communicating with the 41.1 world. Victims seem to live in a world of their own which, 41.2 now, doctors are unable to penetrate. The illness was first 41.3 a name in 1943, and yet doctors have made very little progress in their understanding of the disease since then.

According to statistics, 41.4 two and four children out of every 10,000 are born autistic. Often victims are not able to 41.5 speak, read or write. But 41.6 is most extraordinary about the illness is the fact that in other areas many of the children can perform almost super-human feats of the brain. One common skill these so-called autistic savants have is the ability of calculating calendar, 41.7 is the ability to say which day of the week a particular date falls 41.8. Jackie, for instance, who is now 42, could do this from the age of six, when she first began to talk. She can tell you what day of the week it was on 1st April 1933 with 41.9 a moment's hesitation. But if you ask her 41.10 she does it, she'll say she doesn't know.

There are many people who can speak many languages, or hyperglots, in the world today. With globalisation, there will be a growing number of them in the future. A central question is whether hyperglots are born or made. Are their achievements genetic or do hyperglots have secrets 42.1which normal language learners can teachwho teach normal people how to learn languagethat normal language learners can learn fromwhy they are normal language learners?

These people generally have advantages they are born with. Hyperglots seem to possess excellent memories and have brains that are more efficient in processing speech sounds. 42.2However, becoming the best also requires a lot of hard workThus, everyone can become the best without working very hardInstead, working very hard does not mean becoming the bestTherefore, it is necessary to work very hard to become the best. This means that the difference between a top performer and someone who is just 'very good' is that the top performer has practised for 10,000 hours instead of 6,000.

The fact is that most ordinary language learners lack these natural advantages and 42.3didn't spend so much time learninghaving too little time for learningnot learning for such a long timedo not have that much time. So is there any hope for us?

Research on hyperglots can offer some useful lessons. For example, they often have limited ambitions in terms of individual languages. They are happy to get by, or 42.4only having the ability to readbeing capable of reading onlyto be only able to readare only capable of reading, or not to have a perfect accent. Additionally, they are practical. If they cannot travel, they look for opportunities to use the language closer to home. Some simply imagine conversations in their heads. 42.5Other techniques like using words in context are not necessaryTechniques like putting words in context are useless for themThey always avoid learning words by putting them in contextThey also use other techniques like learning words in context. Finally, they are never afraid to make mistakes or appear stupid and so never give up.

Until recently, most American entrepreneurs were men. Discrimination against women in business, the demands of caring for families, and lack of business training had kept the number of women entrepreneurs small. Now, however, businesses owned by women account for more than $40 billion in annual revenues, and this figure is likely to continue rising throughout the 1990s. As Carolyn Doppelt Gray, an official of the Small Business Administration, has noted, "The 1970s was the decade of women entering management, and the 1980s turned out to be the decade of the woman entrepreneur." What are some of the factors behind this trend? For one thing, as more women earn advanced degrees in business and enter the corporate world, they are finding obstacles. Women are still excluded from most executive suites. Charlotte Taylor, a management consultant, had noted, "In the 1970s women believed if they got an MBA and worked hard, they could become chairman of the board. Now they've found out that isn't going to happen, so they go out on their own."

In the past, most women entrepreneurs worked in "women's" fields - cosmetics and clothing, for example. But this is changing. Consider ASK Computer Systems, a $22-million-a-year computer software business. It was founded in 1973 by Sandra Kurtzig, who was then a housewife with degrees in math and engineering. When Kurtzig founded the business, her first product was software that let weekly newspapers keep tabs on their newspaper carriers and her office was a bedroom at home, with a shoebox under the bed to hold the company's cash. After she succeeded with the newspaper software system, she hired several bright computer-science graduates to develop additional programs. When these were marketed and sold, ASK began to grow. It now has 200 employees, and Sandra Kurtzig owns $66.9 million of stock.

Of course, many women who start their own businesses fail, just as men often do. They still face hurdles in the business world, especially problems in raising money; the banking and finance world is still dominated by men, and old attitudes die hard. Most businesses owned by women are still quite small. But the situation is changing; there are likely to be many more Sandra Kurtzigs in the years ahead.