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Avoid consuming staple foods？May decline the brain function

不吃主食？或導致大腦功能衰退

In our daily diet， staples［ 主食］like rice and noodles are essential.Theres a growing concern aboutclaims that excessive stapleconsumption leads to weight gainand diabetes［ 糖尿病］. Does cuttingout staples have a positive impact on health？ If you consistentlyavoid consuming staple foods and have insufficient carbohydrateintake， your body will need to convert fats or proteins to maintainstable blood sugar levels. This can lead to certain adverse effects onthe body， such as metabolic disruptions.

When blood sugar levels are not maintained steadily， itcan result in symptoms such as low mood， irritability［ 易怒］， andrestlessness［煩躁］. The brain requires a daily intake of 130 grams ofstarch to fuel its energy needs. Prolonged avoidance of staple foodscan lead to a decline in brain function. Therefore， the long-termavoidance of staple foods is not a recommended practice.

在我們的日常飲食中，米飯和面條等主食是必不可少的。人們越來越擔心過度食用主食會導致體重增加和患糖尿病。不吃主食對健康有積極影響嗎？如果你一直避免食用主食，并且碳水化合物攝入量不足，你身體的能源將需要轉化脂肪或蛋白質來維持穩定的血糖水平。這可能會對身體產生某些不利影響，例如代謝紊亂。

當血糖水平不穩定時，可能會導致情緒低落、易怒和躁動等癥狀。大腦每天需要攝入130 克淀粉來滿足其能量需求。長期不吃主食會導致大腦功能衰退。因此，長期不吃主食是不推薦的做法。

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Prolonged avoidance of staple foods can lead to a _______________in brain function.

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Chinas first-ever giant pandas college

中國首個大熊貓學院

On September 25th， Chinas first-ever college dedicatedto the study of giant pandas was inaugurated in Nanchong，Sichuan Province. The college was jointly established［ 建立］ bythe Forestry and Grassland Bureau of Sichuan Province andChina West NormalU n i v e r s i t y. G i a n tpandas， a speciesunique to China， areglobally recognized asthe “flagship species”?of the worlds biodiversity［生物多樣性］ conservation.

The college is intended to play a crucial role in protecting theecological environment， restoring habitats， constructing a pandanational park， promoting panda population recovery， facilitatingreintroduction into the wild， as well as conducting research anddisseminating panda culture. Since the 1970s， the university hasbeen devoted to giant panda research， and has created “fourfirsts” in this field， according to the universitys Party chief WangYuanjun. The university led the countrys first giant panda fieldinvestigation and research， established the worlds first giantpanda field ecological observation station， promoted Chinas firstinternational cooperation on wildlife protection， and published theworlds first academic monograph that comprehensively exploresthe ecological environment of giant pandas.

2023 年9 月25 日，中國第一所大熊貓學院在四川省南充市揭牌成立。該學院由四川省林業和草原局與西華師范大學聯合創辦。大熊貓是中國特有的物種，被全球公認為世界生物多樣性保護的“旗艦物種”。

大熊貓學院將在保護生態環境、恢復棲息地、建設大熊貓國家公園、促進大熊貓種群恢復、促進大熊貓重新引入野外以及開展研究和傳播大熊貓文化方面發揮關鍵作用。據西華師范大學黨委書記王元君介紹，自20 世紀70 年代以來，西華師范大學一直致力于大熊貓研究，并在該領域創造了“四個第一”。西華師范大學領導了全國第一個大熊貓野外調查研究，建立了世界上第一個大熊貓野外生態觀測站，促進了中國第一次開展野生動物保護國際合作，出版了世界上第一本全面探索大熊貓生態環境的學術專著。

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Giant pandas are globally recognized as the “____________” of the worlds biodiversity conservation.

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Chinese team was conferred Laurels for Team Achievement Award

中國團隊被授予“勞倫斯團隊獎”

At the 74th InternationalAs tronauti cal Congressin Baku， Azerbaijan， theChange-5 team was conferredthe 2023 Laurels for TeamAchievement Award. Onthe certificate awarded to the Chinese team， the InternationalAcademy of Astronautics wrote that during the 23-day mission，the Change-5 team successfully completed the complex mission.It noted the Chinese team has made outstanding contributions tomankinds lunar and deep-space exploration.

Hu Hao， chief designer of the Change 5 mission and a seniorplanner at the China National Space Administration， said at the?award-issuance ceremony that he hopes more scientists andengineers from the international space community could take partin Chinas lunar exploration projects. He said the samples retrievedby the Change 5 probe will soon be open to foreign researchers.It was Chinas first lunar sample-returning mission and one of itsmost sophisticated and challenging space endeavors［ 努力］. Thelandmark mission returned 1，731 grams of rocks and soil back toEarth， presenting the first lunar substances［物質］ to humans sincethe Apollo era.

在阿塞拜疆巴庫舉辦的第74 屆國際宇航大會上，嫦娥五號團隊被授予2023 年勞倫斯團隊獎。在頒發給中國團隊的證書上，國際宇航科學院寫道，在23 天的任務中，嫦娥五號團隊成功完成了許多復雜的任務。它指出，中國團隊為人類的月球和深空探測做出了杰出貢獻。

嫦娥五號總設計師、國家航天局高級規劃師胡浩在頒獎儀式上表示，他希望國際航天界有更多的科學家和工程師參與中國的月球探測項目。他說，嫦娥五號探測器取回的樣本很快就會向外國研究人員開放。這是中國的第一次月球樣本回收任務，也是中國最復雜、最具挑戰性的太空任務之一。這項具有里程碑意義的任務將1731 克巖石和土壤送回地球，向人類展示了自阿波羅時代以來的第一批月球物質。

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Chinas Change 5 robotic lunar mission returned 1，731 grams of rocks and __________ back to Earth.