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There are many factors which may have an influence on adults and children being able to lead a healthy life.
Nowadays, people are very busy. Often, both parents work outside the home. Children are expected to take on more responsibility at home to help their parents. They also have sporting and leisure activities as well as school expectations.
The busyness also adds another factor: the need to use cars to get from one place to another quickly.
Today, society places a lot of emphasis on technology. Computers, DVDs, CDs, television, PlayStations and Xboxes have become major leisure activities, rather than traditional more active pursuits. This has led to a more sedentary lifestyle.
The media provide entertainment and information. (79)Unfortunately, they also promote fast food which fits easily into busy lifestyles. It is much more convenient at times to buy a quick takeaway rather than prepare a meal. The media constantly bombard(轰炸) their audience with "perfect" body images, the need to buy the most fashionable clothes, the most up-to-date computer games, the best places to visit and the best things to do.
Environments vary. We may be exposed to pollution, such as cigarette smoke. This can be harmful to people who suffer from breathing difficulties. (80)Environments where passive smoking is unavoidable make it difficult to lead a healthy life.
Perhaps the important factor influencing healthy lifestyles is motivation, or the desire to be healthy. Any person who wants to be healthy will find a way to be healthy—if he/she is motivated enough!
The passage is mainly about______.
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According to the Gartner Group, a US high-technology consultant agency, nearly a quarter of all worldwide companies have not yet started work on plans to solve the year 2000 programs problems.
This means most of these organizations will effectively be unable to fix their systems in time.
The Gartner Group, which said last year that the millennium bomb rehabilitation would cost between US $300 billion and US $600 billion worldwide, also said in the report published this month that only 50 percent of companies that had projects to eliminate the bug planned to test their corrected systems.
Dangerous policy
Experts said this was a dangerous policy, because correcting computer programs often introduced new flaws.. Testing was essential.
The millennium computer bomb is a legacy from shortcuts by software writers, who in the name of economy expressed years with just the final two digits rather than four.
When clocks tick past midnight on December 31, 1999, many unrectified computers and chips will interpret the double zero as 1900.
This will turn many computer programs to mush, Unchecked, many public utilities, assembly lines, bank teller machines, traffic lights and lifts/nay shut down.
Some experts say the problem has been grossly exaggerated by software companies seeking to scare customers into buying the latest, bug-free products.
But Graham Titterington, consultant at London Consultancy Ovum, does not share this optimistic view.
The situation is pretty critical. Most companies are doing something, but are they doing enough？ He said in an interview.
Titterington also said that for the vast majority of businesses there was no external check on the effectiveness of their remedial work.
Running out of time
Mitul Mehta, senior European research manager at Frost & Sullivan in London, said time was running out for many companies.
"Companies now could just have to run the risk of crashing and be fixed later,” Mehta said.
"Some crucial areas apart from computers are not getting enough attention. I don't think networking companies have their act together — meaning manufacturers of routes, switches and network equipment like Bay and Cisco,. these kinds of companies," Mehta said.
He said. "Anybody looking at their systems now is probably too late anyway."
Critical situation
In its report, Gartner Group millennium research director, Lou Marcoccio, said that of the 15,000 companies and government agencies surveyed 23 percent, had not started millennium bomb projects. Of these, 86 per cent were small companies which would not have a chance to correct their systems unless they began immediately, Marcoccio said.
The Gartner report said most Western European companies and the United States had made good progress. Germany was a notable laggard.
"Eastern Europe, Russia, India, Pakistan, Southern Asia, Japan, most of South America, most of the Middle East and Central Africa all lag behind the United States by more than 12 months. Most of Western Europe is six months behind the United States, except for Germany which is 12 months behind, and France, which is eight to 10 months behind. The US Government has the lead on all other national governments by an even wider margin than the companies in those countries. Most government agencies are significantly behind the United States," the report said.
Which of the following countries lags behind the United States by the largest margin？
The BBC Hong Kong correspondent says the crowded camps have become havens for Vietnamese racketeers and there are frequent outbreaks of gang warfare with rival groups from different parts of Vietnam attacking each other with homemade weapons. Our correspondent says the tragedy is bound to highlight again the crowded and violent conditions in which the more than 50-thousand Vietnamese refugees live in Hong Kong.
According to the news, the Vietnamese refugees in Hong Kong live in______.
Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the interview？
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