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1    Museum visits down 77%全球博物館访问量减少

Attendance[出席，到场] at the world's 100 most-visited art museums dropped by 77% last year， down from 230 million in 2019 to just 54 million， as the novel coronavirus pandemic forced closures. The Art Newspaper noted that， on average， museums worldwide were shut for an extra 145 days last year， adding up to 41，000 days in total. Topping the list of the world's most visited museums is the Louvre in Paris， which counted 2.7 million through its doors， despite a 72% dip and reported losses of 90 million euros. Beijing's National Museum of China is the second most popular museum in the survey with 1.6 million visitors. Third in the table is London's Tate Modem， with 1.43 million attending. Other European institutions high on the list included Italy's Vatican Museums in fourth， with 1.3 million visitors， and Madrid's Reina Sofia， which was closed for only 80 days and drew 1.25 million， in sixth.

由于新冠疫情导致一些博物馆被迫关闭，2020年，全球最受欢迎的100家艺术博物馆总参观人次从上一年的2.3亿直降至5400万，下跌77%。《艺术报》指出，去年全球博物馆因疫情平均多关闭145天，所有参与调查的博物馆被迫关闭的总时长达41000天。参观量排名第一的是法国卢浮宫博物馆（270万人次），下跌72%，损失达9000万欧元。排名第二的是中国国家博物馆，为160万人次。排名第三的是伦敦的泰特现代美术馆，为143万人次。其他参观量排名靠前的欧洲艺术博物馆还有意大利的梵蒂冈博物馆（排名第四），为130万人次。马德里的雷纳索非亚博物馆仅关闭了80天，排名第六，为125万人次。

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Beijing's National Museum of China is the second most popular， with ________ visitors.

2    Earliest cherry blossom bloom日本迎千年最早樱花季

Cherry blossoms， also known as “sakura”， which experience a “peak bloom” that only lasts a few days， have been revered in Japan for more than 1000 years. People celebrate with viewing parties， flocking to the most popular locations to take photos and have picnics underneath the branches. But this year， cherry blossom season has come and gone in the blink of an eye， in one of the earliest blooms on record-and scientists warn it's a symptom of the larger climate crisis threatening ecosystems everywhere. In the central city of Kyoto， cherry blossoms peaked on March 26， the earliest in more than 1，200 years. There are two sources of increased heat， which is the main factor making the flowers bloom earlier： urbanization and climate change. With increased urbanization， cities tend to get warmer than the surrounding rural area， in what is called the heat island effect. But a bigger reason is climate change， which has caused rising temperatures across the region and the world. And these earlier dates aren't just a matter of tourists scrambling to catch peak bloom before the petals all fall-it could have a lasting impact on entire ecosystems， and threaten the survival of many species.

“盛花期”只有几天的樱花，一千多年来在日本备受推崇。人们会举办赏花会来庆祝，蜂拥到热门景点拍照，在樱花树下野餐。但是今年，樱花季眨眼间来了又去，花期前所未有地早。科学家警告说，这预示着更大规模地威胁各地生态系统的气候危机即将到来。京都市中心的樱花3月26日达到全盛，这是1200多年来最早的一次。导致樱花早开的主要因素是来自城市化和气候变化两大源头的高温。随着城市化水平提高，城市的温度通常比周边乡村地区更高，这就是所谓的热岛效应。更大的原因是导致该地区和全球气温升高的气候变化。樱花提早盛开不止让游客难以在花谢之前一睹盛景，还会对整个生态系统产生持久的影响，并威胁到许多物种的生存。

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Cherry blossom season came earlier because of urbanization and ________.

3    Princess Diana's former apartment

Princess Diana's former apartment will be honored as a historic site later this year. English Heritage， an organization that manages more than 400 historic sites in the UK， recently announced that it will be installing a special plaque at the London apartment where Diana Spencer lived before she married Prince Charles. Princess Diana is one of six women to be honored with London Blue Plaques installed by English Heritage this year， according to the announcement. Diana lived in the Coleheme Court apartment with three friends before she was married and joined the royal family. “We are expecting our plaque to Diana， Princess of Wales to be very popular，” Anna Eavis， English Heritage's Curatorial Director， said in a statement. “She was an inspiration and cultural icon to many， raising awareness of issues including landmines and homelessness， and helping to destigmatize illnesses such as leprosy and depression.”

戴安娜王妃的故居將在今年晚些时候成为英国文化遗产。管理着英国400多处历史遗迹的英国文化遗产协会近日宣布，今年将在六座历史建筑上为六位英国杰出女性悬挂蓝色铭牌，其中包括戴安娜·斯宾塞嫁给查尔斯王子之前居住的位于伦敦的科勒恩公寓。戴安娜在科勒恩公寓和三位好友一起度过了结婚前的最后时光。英国文化遗产协会策展主任安娜·艾维斯在一份声明中说：“这将是一项非常受欢迎的计划。戴安娜激励了很多人，也是很多人的文化偶像。她不仅提高了人们对地雷与流浪者等问题的认识，还致力于消除人们对麻风病、抑郁症等疾病的偏见与误解。”

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________ used to live in the Coleheme Court apartment.

4    “Borrow a cup” trial in Starbucks星巴克推可重复使用杯子

Starbucks is launching an experimental “borrow a cup” program at select locations in its hometown， Seattle. The program will kick off as a two-month trial in five Seattle stores. Customers at those stores will have an option to receive their drinks in a cup they can use again. Customers will order their drinks in a reusable cup and pay a $1 refundable deposit. When the customer is done with their drink， they return the cup and receive a $1 credit as their refund plus 10 Bonus Stars for their Starbucks Rewards account. If customers take the cup home， they can also take advantage of Starbucks's partnership with Ridwell， a company that will pick up the reusable cups from your home. Each cup is then cleaned and sanitized and put back into the rotation for another customer to use. The chain says one reusable cup replaces 30 disposable ones.

星巴克正在其西雅图总部的5家门店试推“可重复使用的咖啡杯”活动，为期两个月。这些门店的顾客可以选择用一个可重复使用的杯子来领取饮品。顾客购买饮品时可支付1美元押金选择可重复使用杯子。顾客饮用完毕，归还杯子后门店将退还押金，并在顾客的星巴克会员账户中奖励10颗星星。顾客如果把杯子带回家，还可以联系与星巴克合作的Ridwell公司，Ridwell公司会从你的家中收回可重复使用的杯子。每个回收的杯子都会清洗消毒，投入下一次使用。星巴克表示，一个可重复使用的杯子可以取代30个一次性杯子。

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One reusable cup replaces ________ disposable cups.