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阅读及听力 2023(A-WEEK31-1-2-3) India Gate monument.
1 Similar shantytowns were also
India Removes the Poor to Prepare for G20 destroyed in other Indian cities where
Gathering lower-level G20 meetings are taking
India has changed the look of its place.
capital, New Delhi, substantially in In July, a report by a rights activist
preparation for a meeting of group found that preparations for the
international leaders this week. The G20 summit resulted in the
two-day meeting of the Group of displacement of nearly 300,000
Twenty (G20) opens Saturday. people.
The Indian government spent about 2
$120 million on the New Delhi Many were from neighborhoods where
project. Prime Minister Narendra diplomats were expected to visit for
Modi called it a "beautification G20 events.
process." But, many of the city's poor The report also said the government
say that process destroyed homes and destroyed at least 25 shantytowns and
small businesses, leaving them night shelters to establish parks in
displaced and without a way to make their place. And, it said the
money. They say they feel erased, government offered no shelters for the
treated like the many dogs and newly homeless.
monkeys removed from neighborhoods Abdul Shakeel is with the activist
in the city. group Save Colony Forum. He said
About 20 million people live in New people's lives are being destroyed to
Delhi. India's total population is 1.4 better the city's "appearance."
billion. "The money used for G20 is taxpayers'
Since January, hundreds of houses and money. Everyone pays the tax," he
small roadside businesses have been said, including those made homeless
destroyed, displacing thousands of by the demolitions.
people. Dozens of poor neighborhoods Rekha Devi lost her home in the
called shantytowns were crushed to project. She appealed to the
the ground. In many cases, residents government to save her house. She
did not receive timely warnings about offered to provide documents to prove
the planned destruction. that generations of her family lived in
Officials say they carried out the same house for almost 100 years.
the demolitions against illegal The government refused to consider
properties. Rights activists and the the papers and destroyed Devi's home.
displaced citizens say the destruction US Extends Protection for Migrants from Six
has pushed thousands more into Countries
homelessness. The administration of U.S. President
Now, New Delhi roads are newly Joe Biden recently announced it is
smooth and paths are brightly lit. The extending temporary protection
city's buildings have fresh paint and from deportation to migrants from six
colorful flowers are everywhere. countries.
The G20 includes the world's 19 Nationals of Sudan, Ukraine, El
wealthiest countries and the European Salvador, Honduras, Nepal and
Union. The leaders meeting, or Nicaragua can remain in the United
summit, will take place at a new States under the extended policy.
conference center near the famous
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The Temporary Protected Status (TPS) warned that ending TPS for just
program permits migrants, whose El Salvador, Honduras, and
home countries are considered unsafe, Haiti would cause the U.S. economy to
to live and work in the United States. lose over $160 billion over 10 years.
They can do so under the program Adding new countries
although they do not have normal Immigrant organizations have called
legal permission to be in the country. for the U.S. to give new
However, they can only be in the U.S. TPS designations. They hope the
for a set period of time, and they must government will add Mauritania and
meet U.S. government requirements. the Democratic Republic of Congo
Daniel Costa is director of (DRC) to the program.
immigration law and policy research Nils Kinuani is the immigration
at the Economic Policy Institute, an coordinator for the Congolese
organization based in Washington, Community of Washington
D.C. Costa said current TPS holders Metropolitan. He told VOA the group
have high employment rates and add had conversations with U.S.
billions of dollars to the U.S. economy Department of Homeland Security
every year. (DHS) officials in April.
3 "We have been also working with
"TPS raises wages through... congressional leaders to push for this
work authorization for people who designation," Kinuani said.
don't have it...Higher wages also The U.S. Department of State says the
mean more spending back in the DRC is suffering a humanitarian crisis
economy, which creates more jobs," he marked by over 20 years of civil war
said. and conflict.
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Honduras, Nicaragua and El Salvador 1
Temporary Protected Status more than Study: Whole Genome Testing Finds Diseases
20 years ago. When the Biden Better in Children
administration extended TPS for those Brynn Schulte nearly died two times
countries in June, it was for people when she was a baby. At one point she
who were current TPS holders. needed emergency surgery for
If the Biden administration again bleeding in her brain.
gives those countries temporary No one knew what was wrong. Then, a
protected status, it would expand TPS test that looked at her full genetic
for many people. It would permit any details found a rare bleeding disorder.
qualifying migrant who entered the Catching the disorder early saved her
U.S. during the last 20 years to life.
receive TPS. "You have this hopeless feeling when
A report by the Niskanen Center, a you don't really know what's going
Washington-based policy research on," said her father, Mike Schulte. He
organization, said the "vast majority" noted that the test made a difference in
of TPS holders are employed. finding the cause and "getting her the
"More than 94 percent of TPS holders right care that she needed almost
were in the labor force as of 2017," immediately."
the report stated. It said that they Brynn, now 4, got the genetic testing
worked in industries including sales as part of a clinical trial. The results
and health care. The 2017 report of which were published recently
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in The Journal of the American blood transfusions and tests for

Medical Association. different bleeding problems.
Testing all of the details of a person's When Brynn was a month old, she had
genes is called "whole genome" surgery after a huge brain bleed.
testing. Whole genome tests are much Her mother Lindsay Schulte said no
better than narrowly targeted tests one was sure about her condition. "I
when it comes to finding genetic don't think we slept. I mean, watching
differences, called abnormalities, that your child nearly die in front of your
can cause disease. eyes twice is a memory I'll
The study found 49 percent of these never erase," she said.
abnormalities, compared to 27 percent Then the Schulte family learned about
with more commonly used tests the clinical trial. Brynn and both
targeting only some genetic diseases. parents got the whole genome testing.
Whole genome tests could solve the The results came in less than a week
problem of doing several narrowly later: She had a rare bleeding
targeted tests on babies, which still disorder. It affects an estimated 1 in 2
might not find the disorder. Experts million to 1 in 3 million live births.
warn there are some problems because She also had another condition that
labs vary in how they understand caused a severe reaction to some
results. Also, whole genome tests are drugs.
costlier and less likely to be covered Doctors said the correct results would
by insurance. likely have taken more time or even
But researchers hope that whole missed with several narrow, targeted
genome tests will at some point be tests.
used for millions of hospitalized That is because targeted tests cover
babies with rare and difficult maybe 1,700 out of 20,000 genes. But
conditions. The U.S. National Human whole genome testing "captures more
Genome Research Institute has found things," said Dr. Paul Kruszka of
that around 350 million people around GeneDx. It is a company that provides
the world live with rare disorders. And whole genome testing but was not
it found that about 80 percent of the involved in the study.
more than 7,000 conditions are Dr. Jill Maron is a study writer and a
genetic. chief of children's medicine at Women
2 & Infants Hospital in Rhode Island.
"I've been doing clinical trials of She said full genome tests generally
babies for over 40 years," said study cost about three times more than
writer Dr. Jon Davis, chief of newborn narrow tests and are not covered by
medicine at Tufts Medical Center in public insurance in most U.S. states.
Boston. "It's not often that you can do 3
something that you feel is going to Experts like her say that
really change the world and change greater access to full genome tests is
clinical practice for everyone." necessary if more children are going
No one was sure about Brynn's to be helped.
condition Thirteen US Universities Form a Free Speech
The night Brynn was born, she had Group
difficulty breathing. There was also Thirteen American colleges and
some bleeding in her brain. So, universities recently announced the
doctors gave her creation of a plan to support freedom
of speech. Real Madrid head coach Carlo

The plan is part of an effort designed Ancelotti has said Manchester
to fight what the schools call threats to City must be considered favourites to
U.S. democracy. win the Champions League this
Among the schools taking part are season.
Cornell University in New York state; City won the last season's competition
Rutgers University in New Jersey; -- their first European Cup title -- as
Notre Dame, the Catholic university in part of a historic treble, beating Inter
the Midwestern state of Indiana; and Milan 1-0 in the final after eliminating
Benedict College, a historically Black holders Madrid 5-1 on aggregate in
school in South Carolina. the semifinals.
The effort is called The Campus Call Madrid, who have won the
for Free Expression. The organizer of competition a record 14 times
the group is The Institute for Citizens including five times in the last decade,
and Scholars based in Princeton, New kick off their 2023-24 campaign
Jersey. It is paid for by the Knight hosting Group C opponents Union
Foundation, a private group based in Berlin at the Bernabeu on Wednesday.
Miami, Florida. The aim is to build "I think City are favourites," Ancelotti
respect for freedom of expression in told a news conference on Tuesday.
colleges. Another goal is to help "They have a squad which allowed
students bring opposing groups them to win it last year, which hasn't
together. changed much. There are always
The effort for free speech comes after surprises, above all in the latter
students at several schools blocked stages, but right now City could be
people invited to speak in recent considered favourites."
years. The students said they Madrid's group will see them
disagreed with the writings, face Napoli, Braga and Union Berlin
comments, ideas or actions of the as they look to reach the next round.
invited speaker. "Obviously [our target is] to get
Jonathan Alger is the president of through the group stage, to go through
James Madison University in Virginia, the quarters, and to compete until the
one of the schools in the group. He end," Ancelotti said. "Making the last
said the group is concerned about four, we can say that without too much
"deep polarization" in the U.S. where pressure, that's a target we can
people cannot discuss their different reach."
ideas in "constructive and civil ways." Manchester City knocked out Real
He said colleges and universities need Madrid in the Champions League
to be an example for the nation. semifinals last season on their way to
The group started preparing for The the title. DAX Images/NurPhoto via
Campus Call for Free Expression in Getty Images
March 2022. That was when college "I see us as a team that will compete,"
presidents gathered to discuss ways to he added. "We've never thought of
get their students involved in ourselves as favourites and I don't
democracy. think City will either as of today."
阅读及听力 2023(C-WEEK31-1-2-3) The Italian coach confirmed that
1 right-back Dani Carvajal would miss
Man City 'favourites' to win Champions League - Wednesday's game with a muscle
Ancelotti strain, but he refused to rule the
defender out of Sunday's LaLiga derby money wasted while, above it

with Atletico Madrid. all, owners the Glazer family are
"We prefer to rest him to avoid regularly used as an example of the
problems," Ancelotti said. "He'll worst kind of custodian.
undergo tests tomorrow. He feels quite Ten Hag will walk out at the Allianz
OK so we think it isn't serious, he Arena on Wednesday with his United
could be back soon." team rocking after their worst start to
2 a season since 1989-90, before the
Trip to Bayern will show Man United how far they Premier League's inception in 1992.
have fallen 3
The UK television broadcaster The 3-1 home loss to Brighton on
of Manchester United's trip to Bayern Saturday was United's third defeat in
Munich in the Champions League this five games to leave them 13th in the
week billed the match as a clash table, already nine points behind City.
between "two of the biggest teams in One of the biggest clubs in the
the world" in their advertising push, world? Bayern must be playing
but Erik ten Hag and his players will someone else. United often seem only
arrive in southern Germany amid an able to talk a good game.
undeniable feeling that their club is On their website there's a quote -- "At
now a shadow of its former self. Manchester United, greatness is more
There are metrics by which United can than just a word; it's a way of being,
still be considered a heavyweight of never settling for ordinary" -- except
European football, but most of them there has been little evidence over the
have nothing to do with football at all. last decade to suggest it's true. One
In July, they announced a record 10- club chief once told reporters that
year £900 million kit deal with Adidas "United will always be in for the best
and last week, they agreed a £60m-a- players" but Harry Kane, Declan
year front-of-shirt sponsorship with Rice and Jude Bellingham all moved
U.S. tech company Qualcomm, also a this summer and United were nowhere
record. near any of them.
Everywhere else you look, however, Ten Hag began the window
there's mediocrity. prioritising the arrival of a proven
It's been more than a decade since goal scorer, yet Kane -- scorer of 213
United's last Premier League title and Premier League goals for Tottenham
15 years since they last won the Hotspur -- joined this week's
Champions League. Old Trafford, at opponents Bayern for a £101m
one time known for being one of the transfer fee. United, meanwhile, said
biggest and best stadiums in the they wouldn't pay more than £60m for
world, has a leaky roof and toilets that 20-year-old Rasmus Højlund before
notoriously flood on match days. The eventually paying £72m. A bid of
training ground at Carrington has £50m for 18-year-old Evan
been overtaken by a bigger and better Ferguson was laughed off by
facility 10 miles away built by Brighton.
neighbours Manchester City, who left Kane has already scored four goals
their own site at Carrington in 2014. for his new club, and another on
United's recruitment department is Wednesday night would rub it in even
also routinely mocked for more that United no longer sit at the
underwhelming signings and the same table as the German champions.
Bayern have won the Bundesliga title The TPS program does not lead
in each of the past 11 seasons, but still to permanent U.S. residency. As
signed Kane, in part, to help compete of March, about 610,000 foreign
for the Champions League. They've nationals held temporary protected
won it twice since United last lifted the status.
trophy -- Bayern's last triumph coming TPS holders who leave the U.S.
in 2020 -- and over the past 10 years, without first getting a travel
have won 16 Champions League authorization may lose their TPS
knockout ties compared to United's status and may not reenter the
two; against Olympiakos in 2014 country.
and Paris Saint-Germain in 2019. US City Turns to Science to Help Reduce Gun
阅读及听力 2023(A-WEEK32-1-2-3) Violence
1 "That's where I got shot," said
US Extends Protection for Migrants from Six Rashaad Woods, pointing toward a
Countries small store in the city of Knoxville in
Leaders of Black Mauritanians say the the state of Tennessee. Nearby are
U.S. had an earlier policy of not a nightclub where some people were
deporting Mauritanians because of the shot and killed and a church with
country's human-rights record. Haddy bullet holes in the walls.
Gassama is with the organization 2
UndocuBlack Network. She wrote that "There was a point in time I
the abuses "include the practice of wasn't comfortable standing here,"
enslaving Black people" and keeping a said Kodi Mills. "But that time is
system of apartheid. passing."
Apartheid is a political system of The two men work for Turn Up Knox,
racial separation. a community-based organization that
In January, Democratic Senator began operating in July of 2022. It
Sherrod Brown and Republican mentors children and teenagers on
Representative Mike Carey sent a how to prevent conflicts from
letter to Biden and other government becoming violent. The project is a
officials to support TPS for central part of city efforts to use
Mauritanians living in the U.S. research-based methods to reduce gun
without legal permission. violence.
Congress established TPS in 1990. Turn Up Knox began operating after a
Currently, 16 countries are designated sharp rise in shooting deaths in
for the program. Knoxville. The larger city effort to
Current TPS holders who want to reduce gun violence includes policy
extend their protection must register changes in policing and other action.
again during the 60-day registration However, it does not depend on
period for their country's designation. restrictions to gun ownership. That
Re-registration opens soon for four was important, since Tennessee has
countries, starting with El Salvador on repeatedly moved to loosen gun
September 10. restrictions.
TPS designations are set for six, 12, or In 2021, Tennessee started letting
18 months. About two months before a people carry handguns in the open or
country's TPS ends, the DHS secretary hidden, without a permit. This year,
has to decide if the U.S. will end or the minimum age for carrying
extend the TPS. handguns dropped to 18.
Turning to research for answers shooting deaths per year. The

Indya Kincannon is the city's mayor. number rose to 38 in 2020 and
"I wanted to be able to fix it," she said grew again to 41 in 2021.
of the rising gun violence. As shootings increased, Kincannon,
As the gun violence goes up in the the city's mayor, looked to ideas by
United States, so has research into Thomas Abt, a crime researcher at the
how to stop it. Researchers estimate University of Maryland. His plan
there were more than 48,000 gun includes having police and community
deaths last year, with gun-related organizations work closely together.
killings and suicide rates not seen Abt's Center for the Study and
since the early 1990s. Practice of Violence Reduction at the
Gun-related incidents are now the University of Maryland worked with
leading cause of death among an outside researcher to study
American children and teenagers. Knoxville's violent crime.
Now, researchers say they know more The study contained a few surprises,
about which public health strategies said Knoxville Deputy Police Chief
help reduce gun violence and which Tony Willis.
ones do not. Just 12 percent of killings by gun were
A report from the non-profit research related to organized criminal groups
group Rand Corporation points to alone. That suggests many of the
policies that it found help reduce gun shootings only involved personal
violence. These steps include laws that disagreements.
permit the charging of adults who let The city's plan centered first on areas
children have unsupervised access in East Knoxville with high rates of
to guns. The researchers say strong gun violence. The effort involves
background checks on gun purchasers church leaders and community
also helps reduce gun violence. organizations. It also included a new
3 police chief, an investigative division
Another helpful measure involves centered on homicides and shootings,
banning guns from people with a legal and officers who work mostly in areas
record of family violence, Rand with many shootings.
reported. A goal is to increase public trust in
The RAND report also noted policies law enforcement, which had been low.
that do not help reduce gun violence. 阅读及听力 2023(B-WEEK32-1-2-3)
For example, it said concealed carry 1
laws increase gun killings, as do gun Thirteen US Universities Form a Free Speech
buyback programs. Group
East Knoxville and trusting police The group came up with
About 16 percent of Knoxville's five principles of free expression and
population is Black and about 40 pushed for each school to design its
percent of that group is very poor. own programs. The principles are to
Many of them live in East Knoxville, be used for new student orientations,
where the firearm violence has greatly educator training and special campus
increased. gatherings called convocations.
Like other American cities, violence The principles include developing
increased in Knoxville during the knowledge that challenges common
COVID-19 pandemic. Before the beliefs and assumptions; reaching
pandemic, there were around 20 decisions based on evidence;
understanding one's own values and preparedness."

gaining respect for others who have Some other colleges and
different opinions; feeling a sense of universities in the group include
responsibility to others and the need to Wellesley College in Massachusetts,
work toward change; and learning Wesleyan University in Connecticut,
that free expression Claremont McKenna College in
has consequences and does not always California, Duke University in North
lead to approval. Carolina and the University of
Jonathan Holloway is the president at Pittsburgh in Pennsylvania.
Rutgers. He said he saw a growing The Knight Foundation gave
lack of respect for Vinnakota's institute $250,000 to
American institutions, and he wanted organize discussions among university
to push back against those feelings. In leaders over the next year-and-a-half.
a discussion with the Associated Alberto Ibargüen is the head of the
Press, he said he was concerned by Knight Foundation. He said the group
seeing the Confederate flag marched is interested in supporting the project
through the U.S. Capitol building because, "we believe in the free
during the riot on January 6, 2021. exchange of ideas...we believe in an
"That's when things shifted for me," he informed citizenry..."
said. PEN America is a nonprofit group that
Holloway will lead a first-year class works with colleges and universities
at Rutgers this year that looks at the on free expression programs. It is not
meaning of democracy. The aim is for involved in the Campus Call for Free
the class to create a program that will Expression. Kristen Shahverdian is the
improve civic education. group's Free Expression and
The nonprofit groups who are Education program senior manager.
supporting the presidents say they are She said her group tells students about
concerned that students may not be writers and artists around the world
learning about how to be good citizens who have faced attacks or suffered for
while in college. their ideas.
Rajiv Vinnakota is president of the "They understand
Institute for Citizens and Scholars. He the ramifications of squashing another
said students become part of a 's speech," she said.
community with more different kinds Lucas Morel is a professor of politics
of people than they have ever at Washington and Lee University in
experienced while in college. He Virginia who is not involved in the
wants students to learn how to interact project. He is the head of a group
with people who have different called the Academic Freedom
opinions and experiences. And he Alliance. He said more universities
hopes the 13 schools will be able to should work on programs that permit
lead the way for others who will soon students to learn by discussing
join the group. different evidence-based ideas. He
2 said colleges are not just for helping
Vinnakota questioned if educators can students get a job, but they should
"get above" issues of free expression help young people become citizens
to get people to see that higher who care about the world around
education "can and should" play a them.
leading part in what he called "civic 3
"If we don't do a good job of helping protect against disease in lower-

them be careful readers and careful risk populations, Offit said.
listeners, it stands to reason that as 阅读及听力 2023(C-WEEK32-1-2-3)
citizens they won't be careful listeners 1
and careful expressers of their own Trip to Bayern will show Man United how far they
thought," he said. "And it will be have fallen
difficult for us to function as a self- United didn't even qualify for the
governing society." competition in 2014-15, 2016-17,
Who Should Get the Updated COVID Shot? 2019-20 or 2022-23.
American health officials say most The Glazers' insistence on taking
people should get the updated money out rather than putting it back
COVID-19 vaccine this year. in, coupled with the wrong people
Last week, the U.S. Centers for placed in crucial positions, has
Disease Control and Prevention contributed to a seemingly
(CDC) approved the updated COVID- inescapable cycle of failure. More
19 shots from Pfizer and its partner than £1.6 billion has been spent on
BioNTech as well as from Moderna. A new players since 2014 but there's so
third vaccine from Novavax remains little to show for it that Donny van de
under study. Beek, named on the Ballon d'Or
Who should get the updated shortlist in 2019 before joining
vaccines? from Ajax Amsterdam for £35m in
U.S. health officials approved the 2020, won't even travel to Munich
shots for adults and children as young because Ten Hag has decided he's not
as six months old. They said starting good enough to be part of this
at age five, most people can get a season's 25-man Champions League
single shot even if they have never had squad.
a COVID-19 shot. Younger children When United make their return to
might need more shots depending on Europe's top competition this week,
their history of COVID-19 infections there is likely to be a sense that
and vaccinations. England's most successful club
CDC Director Mandy Cohen said last (historically, at least) are back where
month that she expects the COVID they belong, but alongside it, there
shots to be given yearly like the flu will also be a feeling that coming up
vaccines. However, not all doctors against Bayern is another reality
agree that everyone needs them every check about how far they've fallen.
year. Bayern have genuine hopes of winning
Dr. William Schaffner, an infectious it this season -- they're second
diseases specialist at Vanderbilt favourites behind holders City -- while
University, is an advisor to the CDC. Ten Hag desperately needs a positive
He said, "If you're six months of age result to stop the bleeding after a
or older, you should get a flu vaccine. disastrous start to the new campaign.
Sounds good to me for COVID also." United may feel like they deserve to
Another CDC advisor is Dr. Paul share a stage with Bayern and the rest
Offit, a University of Pennsylvania of Europe's heavyweights but, these
infectious disease expert. He said he days, there is little to back it up.
believes the shots should be given Are Barcelona back? Expect Van Bommel,
yearly to high-risk groups. Studies Antwerp to test them
have not shown the updated shots FC Barcelona have suddenly begun to
play like Barca again, which is to say supported the club since visiting
they look like the overwhelming, the Costa Brava on holiday as a
attractive, dynamic teams in which kid and stumping up the money it cost
their current manager, Xavi, used to to go on the Camp Nou tour.
conduct magical football symphonies. Cut to the end of that 2005-06 season.
There has been a lot of dross Xavi had missed 31 LaLiga and
from Spain's champions over the past Champions League matches through
few months. injury but played four times, including
2 two starts, immediately before the
Winning dross, but pattern-free, Champions League final
stubborn, uninspiring stuff all the against Arsenal in Paris. He was
same. Yet this weekend's 5-0 win ready; still more ready was Andres
over Real Betis was an exhilarating Iniesta.
display of instinctive, daring, one- 3
touch, third-man running, passing- He'd starred throughout that
triangle soccer. Not since Xavi's team championship-winning season, but
played with dash and delight in when game day arrived in Paris, three
beating Real Madrid 3-1 in January, dramatic lightning strikes hit in the
in the Super Cup final, have the men Barcelona starting XI, announced well
in Blaugrana produced anything even before Jens Lehmann's 18th-minute
vaguely similar. red card.
That performance was eight long layNext: both Xavi and Iniesta were
months ago, so maybe it's the perfect benched for the test against Arsenal,
time for the Catalan manager to be which offered Barcelona their first
reacquainted with someone who European Cup win since 1992.
symbolises both the best and worst of Instead, Van Bommel started in
times for Xavi, and for the values of midfield alongside Edmilson and
Johan Cruyff that have infused this Deco. Barcelona's then-coach, Frank
club since the Dutchman became Rijkaard, had opted for height, power,
coach in 1988. That someone is Mark strength and brawn right across the
Van Bommel, the board -- preferring those attributes
Royal Antwerp manager and someone over the smaller, slighter, technically
whose personality, physique and brilliant, Barca-trained, house-style
football mentality embodies a debate talents.
that could corrode and undermine the What happened? Barcelona were
values Xavi's trying to establish, just outplayed by 10-man Arsenal for a
as the Champions League arrives in long time, trailing 1-0 before Iniesta
Catalunya's capital city again. came on at half-time. Henrik Larsson
Explained in brief, that debate is: joined him 15 minutes later and the
height, power and aggression vs. final turned on those two men. Xavi
vision, technique, speed of action and would later state that "unless Andres
thought. came on in that match, we weren't
Van Bommel joined Barcelona in 2005 going to win."
just as Xavi suffered the worst injury Iniesta eventually revealed in 2018:
of his career. The Dutchman started "Rijkaard took me aside and said
well -- in fact, there's no better something really tough to me,
introduction to Cules (Barca fans) something that had no logic to it, and
culture than to announce that you'd that meant he chose not to start me in
that match. It's still one of the toughest not deal with enough of the
things to digest all these years later in problem. They note that the
a sporting sense -- one of the career programs do not deal with suicide by
moments that left the worst taste in my gun nor the issue of poverty as a risk
mouth." for gun violence.
Van Bommel, big, aggressive and Charlene Roberts' 25-year-old
tough, was whom Rijkaard went with. daughter, Jessie, was shot and killed
When Iniesta left Barcelona to play for in 2019 while sitting in a car. Her son
Vissel Kobe, Xavi wrote him an open Kevin, 33, was killed in 2021 in
letter that alluded to that situation. "It gunfire at a birthday party.
made me furious when people used to She is now raising Jessie's son,
say that Barca needed more 'muscle,'" Princeton. She says he is strong but
he wrote. "What were they saying? that he has also changed.
The more important muscle needed to "He always had the biggest smile, just
play football, as Cruyff said, is the like his mother," she said. "It breaks
brain. The bravest, most valuable my heart. He fakes a smile now. He
thing is to use intelligence. You and I don't have that smile anymore."
just had to suffer in silence: we UN: Hundreds of Thousands in Southeast Asia
preferred to do our talking on the Tricked into Online Crime
pitch." The United Nations human rights
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1 forced hundreds of thousands of
US City Turns to Science to Help Reduce Gun people in Southeast Asia into unlawful
Violence online scam operations.
"We would have someone get killed in A scam is a dishonest way to make
broad daylight, with a lot of witnesses, money by tricking people.
but no one wanted to talk," Kincannon The Office of the U.N. High
said. "That means we need more Commissioner for Human Rights
partnership in the community, to build released a new report on the issue on
trust." Tuesday.
That is where Turn Up Knox is 2
expected to help. It involves ex- It said that at least 120,000 people in
offenders, victims and other Myanmar and about 100,000 in
community members assisting. They Cambodia "may be held in situations
help identify those most likely to be where they are forced to carry out
shot or to become shooters. They also online scams."
mentor teenagers and operate Cybercrime scams have become a
a lawn service that gives jobs to kids. major problem in several Asian
And, they teach families how to settle countries. Many workers are forced to
conflicts and deal with shooting join in scams targeting people over the
events. internet. Criminal groups have
Sometimes, when someone is in increasingly targeted migrants. They
danger of becoming the victim of offer false promises of real
a revenge shooting, Turn Up Knox employment to the victims.
gives the person a bus ticket to leave The U.N. rights office said it is hard to
town for a few days. estimate how many people are caught
However, some experts say programs up in such operations. It is also
built around Thomas Abt's ideas do difficult to know how much money the
criminal groups make through their second term on the slogan "He
scam operations. But it is believed to kept us out of the war."
be in the billions of U.S. dollars every But Wilson's idealism eventually made
year. him believe the U.S. must enter the
Some victims have been subjected to conflict. He famously said, "The world
torture, cruel punishments, sexual must be safe for democracy."
violence and other crimes, the rights He spent the last months of his
office said. presidency fighting to create a league
Pia Oberoi is a senior advisor on of nations that would prevent future
migration and human rights for the wars.
Asia-Pacific area at the U.N. human Wilson did not succeed in that effort.
rights office. She described two kinds But the effects of his presidency are
of victims: people who have lost large still seen today in both the domestic
amounts of money and people and foreign affairs of the United
trafficked into working for the States.
scammers. Early life
Oberoi told reporters in Switzerland Woodrow Wilson was born in the state
that many of the scams started during of Virginia in 1856 and grew up in the
the COVID-19 pandemic. Lockdowns South.
shut down casinos that were an Wilson's father was a Protestant
important part of the economy along Christian minister who supported the
boarder areas and in Cambodia. The views of the Confederacy during the
closures caused "economic distress" Civil War.
that left "middle class, Wilson's mother had been born in
educated...young people" out of work. England but raised in the United
Many of them got talked into working States. She was reportedly warm and
for the schemes. loving, especially to her husband and
In May, leaders from the Association four children.
of Southeast Asian Nations agreed in a Wilson's early life was marked by poor
meeting in Indonesia to increase health and a passion for learning. His
border controls and law enforcement. education included tutoring by
And they agreed on increasing public Confederate soldiers, classes with his
education to fight criminal groups that father, a year at Davidson College, a
traffic workers to other nations, where bachelor's degree from the school now
they join in the online scams. called Princeton, one year of law
3 school, and a doctoral degree in
Woodrow Wilson: Idealist history and political science from the
Today we are talking about Woodrow University of Johns Hopkins.
Wilson. He served two terms, from He remains, so far, the only president
1913 to 1921, and led the United with a Ph.D.
States through the first World War. Wilson's academic interests were in
Wilson might have seemed an unlikely government, and how it could be most
war president. He was a university effective. Even as a young man, he
professor before he entered politics. supported the idea of a strong
And, when the conflict began in executive, either a prime minister or a
Europe in 1914, Wilson strongly president.
rejected the idea of the U.S. getting 阅读及听力 2023(B-WEEK33-1-2-3)
involved. He even campaigned for his 1
Who Should Get the Updated COVID Shot? prevent severe disease and
In Britain, the British government's death. But most Americans have
vaccine committee said only adults 65 not had a vaccination in about a year.
and older and people at risk will be The CDC says that people can get a
offered the shot as they are the most yearly flu shot and the updated
likely to benefit. COVID shot at the same time. The
Will the shots be effective? agency says there is no difference in
Unlike last year's shot which targeted effectiveness or side effects.
both the original virus and the 2
Omicron variant, the updated shot Is Green Hydrogen a Truly Clean Burning Fuel?
takes aim at an Omicron sub-variant Green hydrogen has been presented
named XBB.1.5. The drug companies around the world as a clean energy
added that early testing has shown solution. But is this fuel truly clean
that the updated shots work against burning? And what does it take to
the latest sub-variant BA.2.86. produce it?
Officials from the World Health What is hydrogen?
Organization (WHO) recently said Hydrogen is the lightest chemical
BA.2.86 has already been identified in element. It has no color, taste, or
several countries, including the United smell, and can combine with oxygen to
States, Switzerland, South Africa, form water.
Israel, Denmark and Britain. What is green hydrogen?
The severity of the COVID-19 To be considered green hydrogen, the
pandemic has decreased. But WHO production process of separating
Director-General Tedros Adhanom hydrogen from other elements must be
Ghebreyesus said the new COVID-19 powered by renewable energy.
variants show that the virus remains a Hydrogen has been produced and
health threat around the world. widely used for more than 100 years,
The CDC said last month that only 42 mainly to make fertilizers and plastics
percent of people said in a study that and to process oil. The gas has mostly
they would or probably would get the been produced from fossil fuels,
new vaccine. Yet only about 20 percent especially natural gas.
of American adults got an updated Industry estimates predict the
shot, called a booster, when it was worldwide market for green hydrogen
offered a year ago. could reach $410 billion by 2030. This
Doctors hope enough people will get would double its current market size.
vaccinated to help avoid another What can green hydrogen be used for?
"tripledemic" like last year. At that Green hydrogen can be used in
time, U.S. hospitals said they had to several industries, including
deal with an early flu season, a rise in steelmaking, concrete production and
respiratory syncytial virus known as in manufacturing chemicals and
RSV, and another sudden increase in fertilizers. It can also be used to
coronavirus cases. produce electricity, as a fuel for
This year, hospitals in the U.S. transportation and to heat homes.
reported a small increase in COVID- Supporters say green hydrogen could
19 patients over the summer. But the be used to make these processes better
number was much smaller than the for the environment.
year before. Officials said earlier Francisco Boshell is an energy expert
vaccinations or infections have helped at the International Renewable Energy
Agency in Abu Dhabi, the United Arab York state. He told the AP he
Emirates. He told the Associated Press thinks green hydrogen is being
(AP) that he is hopeful about green praised too much, in part because
hydrogen being able to produce more of lobbying efforts by the oil and gas
clean energy. This could especially be industry.
true with energy from renewables like But Boshell, of the International
sun and wind power, which cannot Renewable Energy Agency, disagreed.
easily be stored for later use. His organization has projected
Are there concerns about green hydrogen demand will grow to 550
hydrogen? million tons by 2050. That would be
3 up from the current 100 million tons.
Boshell said one problem with The International Energy Agency says
hydrogen is its unpredictability. The production of hydrogen is responsible
gas is highly flammable, meaning it for creating around 830 million tons
can easily catch fire, and requires of carbon dioxide per year.
special pipelines for safe transport. 阅读及听力 2023(C-WEEK33-1-2-3)
This means most green hydrogen will 1
likely be used close to where it is Are Barcelona back? Expect Van Bommel,
produced. Antwerp to test them
The Energy Transitions Commission is As for Messi? He was so furious at
a research group based in London. Its having been displaced by a bang-
experts said in a 2021 report that, average player like Lopez,
because hydrogen is highly flammable countryman or not, that he lost his
and difficult to transport, its use for temper and refused to come down to
heating buildings and other uses is the pitch and join the trophy
limited. The commission is calling celebrations with the rest of his
for net-zero emissions by 2050. teammates.
The report said hydrogen is also less A couple of months later, I had my
effective than direct electrification first-ever interview with him and he
methods. This is because some energy was clear that he regretted the attack
is lost when renewable resources are of fury, stating firmly that "God
changed into hydrogen and then that willing, I'll have many more chances
hydrogen is changed again to power. to win it."
The report suggested that the gas There were a couple of other parallels
could be used as a way to avoid between that rainy night in Saint-
storing electricity in batteries. Denis and the visit of Van Bommel's
Some studies have questioned the high team to Barcelona's temporary
cost of hydrogen production as well as stadium on Montjuic this week -- not
its investment risks. There are just the apparently perpetual brains
concerns linked to a greater need for vs. brawn argument. Barcelona beat
water than other clean power systems. Arsenal 2-1 that night thanks to a
Critics have also pointed out the lack striker in his mid-30s (Samuel Eto'o),
of international guidelines that make it Larsson with his two assists and a
difficult for a worldwide market to Portuguese-speaking right-back,
develop. Juliano Belletti, who crashed home
Robert Howarth is an environmental the winner.
expert and professor of environmental Before drawing the thread tight, and
biology at Cornell University in New mentioning Robert Lewandowski (a
striker in his mid-30s) or rampaging whether Van Bommel sanctions

Portuguese right-back João Cancelo, tactics aimed at testing the
it might be fun to throw in a very little- referee's tolerance by aggressively
known anecdote. bullying a side packed with physically
diminutive talents like Alejandro
Two weeks ago I was with Larsson, Balde, João Félix, Gundogan, Frenkie
and we had a replica Champions de Jong, Ferran Torres, Lamine
League trophy. Inspired by being with Yamal and Gavi.
"my old friend" (the trophy, rather Back to the comparisons with Larsson
than me), he told me that once the and Belletti. With the arrival and
celebrations in Paris were eventually immediate eruption of Joao Felix next
finished that night, he and his wife, to him, Lewandowski has begun to
Magda, ushered all the other squad look like... Robert Lewandowski
members into taxis and then couldn't again.
find one themselves. A couple of His goal against Betis, the crucial
drinks had, understandably, been strike to make it 2-0, was embellished
enjoyed and they randomly asked the by him turning to Felix and warning
nightclub bouncer if he knew how to the Portugal international that he
get a cab. Instead, he phoned his wanted a dummy when the ball was
brother, who was a painter and played in. Then getting that,
decorator by trade, got him to get out when Andreas Christensen slid the
of bed at 5 a.m. to turn up in his work ball through, and the Pole produced
van and drive the Larssons back to the type of sprint and finish he hasn't
Barca's hotel in Versailles. really shown for just short of a year.
2 Last week Lewandowski admitted to
Imagine the scene of a Champions the Polish media that "before coming
League winner and his wife rattling to Barcelona, I was a bit of a goal
around in the back of a fan machine ... here I've become a bit
surrounded by paint pots, ladders and more 'human.'" Is he back?
a variety of workman's tools. 3
"Painting the town?" At any rate, what And then there's Cancelo. Like his
glamour! Portugal teammate Felix, he looks
Just before leaving the Van Bommel custom-made for this team not only
subject to focus on Xavi's Barcelona, because of his abilities, but because of
it's worth remembering that these ill the problem he solves at right-back.
feelings, which sprung up between the He plays with Pep Guardiola orders in
Dutchman and his two former Camp his head and pops up as an "inside"
Nou teammates, resurfaced in fullback, perpetually offering himself
the World Cup final four years later. as a "free" man in midfield. It's
That night in Johannesburg, the now- intoxicating to watch.
Antwerp coach properly put the boot Each of the Joaos scored, each of
in, was extremely lucky not to be sent them looked like the "missing piece"
off before half-time and bullied Iniesta and each of them, you might say, has
so often that the man who eventually arrived at Barcelona just in time. I bet
scored that glorious goal reacted and Van Bommel will have his own
admitted that he, himself, was a little thoughts on the matter. They'll
fortunate not to be sent probably be grumpy ones, too.
This week, it'll be interesting to see Guardiola: 'Easier' for Man City to retain

Champions League political power. The Democratic
Manchester City's bid to retain their Party in New Jersey became
Champions League title will be less interested in Wilson when they were
difficult than their long endeavour to looking for a candidate with an honest
win Europe's top club competition, public image.
manager Pep Guardiola said on In truth, party officials believed he
Monday. would be a weak leader whom they
City lifted their first Champions could influence. Wilson surprised them
League crown with a 1-0 win by winning the seat as New Jersey
over Inter Milan in Istanbul in June, governor easily, and then rejecting
bringing an end to years of their efforts to control him.
disappointment and near misses in the He went on to pass major reform
competition. legislation in New Jersey that reduced
Asked about City's chances of corruption and protected the rights of
retaining the title ahead of their workers. His actions drew the
Group G opener at home to Red Star attention of Democratic Party leaders
Belgrade, Guardiola told his Monday seeking a candidate for president in
news conference: "It'll be easier. The 1912.
most difficult to win is the first one. It Presidency: first term
is incredible for us but it is just one." Voters did not overwhelmingly choose
However, Guardiola said his players Wilson in 1912. Although he did well
should not feel at ease, adding: in the Electoral College, he earned
"Tomorrow is the first step. We will try only a little more than 40 percent of
and get the first three points. the popular vote. Other votes were
"It's important the players don't feel mostly divided between two former
relaxed. For our club to win the presidents, Theodore
Champions League is incredible but in Roosevelt and William Taft.
perspective how many [clubs have] Yet Wilson quickly asserted authority
won one Champions League? A lot. over Congress and pushed through a
"We haven't done anything special number of laws aimed at dramatic
with just one, but we are incredibly reform.
proud." Historian Kendrick Clements at the
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1 Carolina says Wilson had a strongly
Woodrow Wilson: Idealist progressive vision.
He wrote a number of books, He was interested in "expanding
including a biography of George economic opportunity for people at
Washington, and a history of the the bottom of society
United States. He also taught popular and eliminating special privileges enj
classes at several colleges, including oyed by the richest and most powerful
Bryn Mawr in Pennsylvania, Wesleyan members of society."
in Connecticut, and Princeton in New 2
Jersey. One of Wilson's most important acts
In time, Wilson became the president was to create a new federal agency
of Princeton. He made major reforms called the Federal Reserve Board. It
to the school until some faculty and still regulates American banks, credit,
alumni resisted his efforts. and money supply. He also created the
Wilson had always been interested in Federal Trade Commission to ensure
fair business practices, and the fighting.

Department of Labor to protect Following the war, Wilson had a
workers' rights. grand vision for how to gain lasting
And he supported laws to reduce peace in Europe. In a speech known as
working hours for railroad employees, "Fourteen Points," he proposed that
bar child labor, and offer government the countries that had won the war not
loans to farmers. punish Germany.
But even during Wilson's busy Wilson also wanted European colonies
lawmaking, the threat of world war to rule themselves, and other areas be
demanded his attention. Wilson had given immediate independence.
declared that the U.S. would remain Most importantly, Wilson suggested a
neutral in the growing conflict League of Nations that would
between the Allied and Central guarantee the member countries'
Powers. independence and safety.
One of his reasons was that people in But few world leaders agreed with his
the U.S. were immigrants from the plan completely.
countries that were at war. Wilson did Even in the U.S., many Republican
not want the conflict to divide lawmakers in Congress resisted
Americans. Wilson's idea for a League of Nations.
However, he permitted international Some strongly objected to any treaty
trade, including with Britain and that would limit the country's
France. As a result, many believed the independence. Others did not want the
U.S. was favoring those countries. country to be involved in world issues
In 1915, a German submarine sank a at all.So Wilson began a trip across
British ship called the Lusitania and the U.S. to raise public support for the
killed more than 100 Americans on League of Nations. He traveled more
board. than 15,000 kilometers in 22 days and
Wilson protested several times to gave 29 speeches.
Germany about the sinking. He Wilson's doctors warned him that the
warned that the U.S. would not accept trip was hard on his health. But
another such aggression. But two Wilson was firm about pressuring
years later, Germany attacked Senate Republicans to adopt the
U.S. commercial ships. It also invited agreement.
Mexico to enter into an alliance Finally, he collapsed from exhaustion.
against the United States. Shortly after, he suffered a major
At the beginning of Wilson's second stroke. Although he recovered
term in office, he asked Congress to somewhat, he remained
declare war on Germany. partly paralyzed. He rarely appeared
Presidency: second term in public again.Instead, Wilson
The U.S. entered World War I on the communicated to Congress through
side of the Allied Powers. The his wife. When Republicans changed
additional support came at an the treaty to deal with their concerns,
important time. American soldiers Wilson told his supporters to reject it.
were able to help resist German troops In the end, the U.S. never did join the
in France. League of Nations.
3 When a new president, Warren
In time, Germany asked for Harding, was sworn-in in 1921, Edith
an armistice – an agreement to stop and Woodrow Wilson retired to a
house in Washington, D.C. Three teachers often run into trouble

years later, the former president died with students and the
quietly there, finally at peace. administration, they care about their
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1 Brunson said in an interview
Is Green Hydrogen a Truly Clean Burning Fuel? with Education Week that two writers
Boshell said just replacing this soon the show are former teachers. She
called gray hydrogen – hydrogen said she wanted all the writers to have
produced from fossil fuels – would "a healthy relationship to education."
establish a long-term market for green 2
hydrogen. She added that since the COVID-19
"The first thing we have to do is start pandemic, education has been a
replacing the existing demand for gray subject on the minds of everyone.
hydrogen," he said. "And then we can "Three years ago, no one was talking
add additional demand about teachers as much as they are
and applications of green hydrogen as now," Brunson said. "And now,
a fuel for industries, shipping and everywhere we look, we're talking
aviation." about education...I hope that it leads
TV Show Explores Teaching at an Urban Public us into a better place in this country
School with our treatment of education,
An American TV show called Abbott specifically public education."
Elementary is a comedy about Sara Jones is a professor of
teachers in a Philadelphia elementary elementary education at Illinois State
school. University. Next spring, she will be
The show has been praised for being teaching a class on Abbott
funny, smart and heartwarming and Elementary. At each class, students
for dealing with important education will watch an episode of the show then
issues. Over two seasons of discuss an issue related to urban
35 episodes, the show has explored education that appeared in that
education issues like school episode. The class will also read
budgets, charter schools and teacher related research papers from
mental health. education experts.
The show is on ABC, one of the Jones is a former elementary school
biggest American television networks. teacher and has researched urban
The show is being aired at a time of education. She said the show covers
teacher shortages and debates about many issues that come up in her
how race issues and history should be research like teacher shortages,
taught. teacher training and unfair use of
The creator and star of the show is public money.
Quinta Brunson. Brunson's mother "I immediately fell in love with
was a public school teacher in the characters and the storytelling and
Philadelphia. Brunson plays a young, that connection to my own teaching
second-grade teacher named Janine at experience," Jones told VOA.
Abbott Elementary. The show follows The class is part of the university's
several other teachers at Abbott, honors program instead of the
which is a badly supervised and education school, so it will have
majority-Black school that does not students from different areas of study.
have enough money. Although the Jones added that the show is funny
and interesting but deals with issues in teaching. "Who are we without
a simple way that people who are not teachers? Who are we without
involved in education can understand. the people who teach us how to read?"
A repeated issue in the show's second AI Development Requires Large Amounts of
season is the charter school Water
movement. Charter schools receive Researchers say the methods used to
public money but operate outside the create artificial intelligence (AI)
public school system. Charter schools systems require large amounts of
also receive private money. water. As a result, people are calling
Businessmen like Facebook co- on AI developers to reduce their water
founder Mark Zuckerberg and former usage and take more responsibility for
Microsoft chief Bill Gates have the environmental resources they use.
invested money in some charter The Associated Press recently
schools. In Abbott, a group called reported on water usage by American-
Legendary Charter schools threatens based OpenAI, the company that
to turn every public school in launched the ChatGPT AI tool.
Philadelphia into a charter school. ChatGPT is a so-called "chatbot"
3 designed to interact smoothly with
Charter schools do not have the same humans and perform high-level
operating requirements as local writing. Such tools are also known as
government-operated public schools. "generative AI" or "large language
Critics argue that charter schools models."
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to traditional public schools. 1
In one episode, the teachers discuss Guardiola: 'Easier' for Man City to retain
the threat of Legendary charter Champions League
schools. One of the older teachers, Guardiola said the injured trio of Jack
Barbara, says, charters "take our Grealish, John Stones and Mateo
funding. Not to mention the private Kovacic, who all missed City's 3-1 win
money from wealthy donors at West Ham United on Saturday,
with ulterior motives." would still not be available on
But the principal, Ava, who is often Tuesday.
portrayed as foolish says, "Weird cash "I think they are getting better, they
swirling around? Don't threaten me are not for tomorrow," Guardiola
with a good time." added.
Jones said the story explores urban "Hopefully for Nottingham Forest [in
school issues better than most shows the Premier League on Saturday] or
on television, including the news coming games because we need it
media. because we have not a big squad at
"I hope students will get from (this that moment but it is what it is.
class) a deeper understanding of those "Look how we prove [ourselves]
issues and perhaps a shift without them in the last games.
in perspective about particularly Hopefully they'll be back soon because
urban schools." we need the competition."
Brunson said she hopes people who City also won the Premier League and
watch the show will be more likely to FA Cup to seal a treble last season but
support schools and teachers. despite that
"It's a public service," Brunson said of success England defender Kyle
Walker said there was no shortage of when Robinson missed most of

motivation in the squad. the season with a back injury.
"It's our job [to be motivated]. We're With a healthy Robinson and Duncan
at a massive club for a reason," he and with Gregg Popovich in his first
told reporters. full season as head coach, the 1997-98
"It comes from within that you have to Spurs won 56 games and reached the
keep going and be motivated. The second round of the playoffs.
manager wants to win more, he Both Robinson and Duncan were All-
doesn't settle for second and we need Stars and named Rookie of the Year in
to follow in his footsteps. their respective debut seasons -- with
"What we've done is in the past now, Robinson averaging 24.3 points, 12.0
it's a new season. The manager drew a rebounds and 3.9 blocks and Duncan
diagram and had us at the bottom of putting up 21.1 points, 11.9 rebounds
the mountain and we have to climb it and 2.5 blocks.
again. Going again is what separates Now Victor Wembanyama, a 7-foot-3½
good teams from great teams." generational big man out of France,
Don't expect an instant turnaround for Victor comes to San Antonio on the heels of a
Wembanyama and the Spurs 22-60 campaign as the No. 1 pick in
The San Antonio Spurs have been here the 2023 draft, bringing with him lofty
before. expectations heightened by the perfect
In 1987, after finishing 28-54, they circumstances of the Spurs' two
won the draft lottery and the right to previous No. 1 overall picks. Robinson
select David Robinson, a 7-foot-1 and Duncan each led one of the three
generational big man out of Navy. biggest turnarounds in NBA history
A decade later, following a 20-62 (2007-08 Boston Celtics, +42 wins
season, they again won the draft after acquiring Kevin Garnett and Ray
lottery and the right to select Tim Allen; 1997-98 Spurs, +36 wins in
Duncan, a 6-foot-11 generational big Duncan's first season; 1989-90 Spurs,
man out of Wake Forest . +35 wins in David Robinson first
2 season). So pencil Wembanyama in for
Two picks, two Hall of Famers, five an All-Star trip to Indianapolis in
NBA championships. February, a Wilt Chamberlain Trophy
Robinson didn't make his NBA debut as Rookie of the Year and a Spurs trip
until 1989 because of his two-year to the second round of the playoffs,
service requirement with the Navy. right?
The Spurs went 21-61 the season 3
before Robinson's arrival. Led by It's not that simple -- and neither
Robinson, fellow rookie Sean Elliott -- Wembanyama nor the Spurs is
the No. 3 pick in the 1989 draft -- and expecting to match that kind of
then-coach Larry Brown, the Spurs immediate success.
jumped to 56 wins in 1988-89, "Not [skipping] any steps for me
finishing second in the Western makes sense because it's easy to make
Conference and reaching the second that mistake," Wembanyama told
round of the playoffs. reporters on draft night. "I'm glad I
Duncan joined a Spurs team that had got people around me that can help
won at least 55 games in three me not make that mistake."
consecutive seasons before Despite adding Wembanyama, the
plummeting to 20 wins in 1996-97, Spurs did little to upgrade their roster
beyond that this summer. As a result, new. Many large cities put such
San Antonio has the lowest wins teams in place after the killing
forecast of any team in preliminary of George Floyd during his arrest by
projections for the upcoming 2023-24 police in Minneapolis in 2020.
campaign, an average expectation of Some people believe mental health
25.9 wins. response teams might be more
Although it might seem shocking for successful in answering some
the Spurs to add Wembanyama and emergency 911 calls than police. The
improve by fewer than four wins over job of a mental health worker is to
their 22 from last season, it's worth help people who have emotional
noting that San Antonio actually problems or mental sickness. The job
performed much worse in 2022-23 of the police is to enforce laws. They
than the team's record indicated. The are not trained to treat mental health
Spurs were outscored by 10.1 points conditions.
per game, far worse than the Detroit In Clear Creek County, the case of
Pistons (minus-8.2 points per game), Christian Glass received a lot of
who finished with the league's worst attention. News reports said Glass
record at 17-65. called the 911 emergency phone
In fact, San Antonio's 22 wins were number when his car got stuck on the
tied with the 2020-21 Oklahoma City roadside. Police answered the call, but
Thunder for the most in NBA history Glass refused to get out of his car.
by a team outscored by double digits Later, the police broke the car window.
on average. Before the Thunder, only Glass threatened them with a small
the 1990-91 Denver Nuggets had even knife. He was then shot and killed by
reached 20 wins while getting police. The lawyer for Glass's parents
outscored so badly. said he was having a mental health
If we treat the Spurs as an 18-win crisis. He believed
team (their expected record last year) that supernatural beings meant to
rather than a 22-win team (their harm him.
actual record), they are projected to After legal action, Clear Creak County
improve by about eight wins. San agreed to pay $19 million as a result
Antonio used its salary cap space to of the case and two officers face
facilitate three-team trades, taking criminal charges.
back expiring contracts for New York City officials said mental
wings Reggie Bullock and Cedi health response teams resolve half of
Osman, who are useful but won't likely their calls by talking to people or
play ahead of incumbent taking them to social services or
starters Keldon Johnson and Devin community health centers. However,
Vassell. the Associated Press (AP) reported
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1 health crisis program, called B-
US Cities Answer Some Emergency Calls with HEARD, have had difficulty dealing
Mental Health Teams with the number of calls and cases.
Clear Creek County in Colorado is The program answered about two
one of the latest places to begin using percent of the 171,000 calls
mental health teams to answer some throughout the city in 2022.
emergency 911 calls. Carleigh Sailon was a mental health
Mental health response teams are not response team supervisor who used to
work in a program in Denver, discussed using mental health

Colorado. response teams. They said they
2 faced difficulties in finding enough
She said mental health teams aim to trained mental health workers,
meet the needs of the community and training workers at 911 call centers
send the right experts to solve the and sending unarmed civilians into
problems. situations that could be dangerous.
Mental health teams may also have However, an official for New York's B-
more time to spend in response to an HEARD program believes the effort is
emergency call than police. That could important.
be a reason that mental health 3
response teams might be more Laquisha Grant is with the New York
successful than police in answering Mayor's Office of Community Mental
some 911 calls. Health. She said, "We really think that
For example, a mental health team every single B-HEARD response is
responded to a 911 call about a just a better way that we, the city, are
homeless man in Denver, Colorado. providing care to people."
The team spent three hours helping the Support Grows for Bioeconomy in Amazon
man get a form of identification, food, Brazil's Amazon rainforest has long
and medications. They also took him been home to small and mid-
to a shelter designed to house sized sustainable businesses. These
homeless people. Police might spend companies use the area's nuts, fruits
10 to 90 minutes on a call. and other materials.
This would not be long enough to help Now there is a push to increase the
a homeless person. number of those businesses. And a
At least 14 of America's 20 biggest new term has come about to describe
cities are using mental health teams to these kinds of businesses:
answer some emergency 911 calls. "bioeconomy."
New York City, Los Angeles; Houston, Marcelo Salazar has a drink company
Texas; and Columbus, Ohio, spent called Mazo Mana Forest Food. The
almost $125 million on their business partners with communities
programs. Smaller cities are also that live from the forest and gather the
starting to use the teams. nuts, cocoa beans, acai, mushrooms,
The AP reports that federal fruits and other ingredients that go
government information is incomplete into the drinks. They have received
on how effective mental health financial support from an investment
response teams are. But a recent study group in Manaus, Brazil. The hope is
of a mental health response program that the bioeconomy counters an
in Denver from Stanford University economy based on forestry and
suggested they have good results. The ranching.
2022 study found that, in some Denver Leaders from Amazon countries used
neighborhoods where the programs and heard the term repeatedly at an
were in place, few small crimes were August meeting in Belem. The officials
reported while violent crimes expressed interest for policies to
remained unchanged. protect the rainforest and provide
At a conference discussing mental paying work for tens of millions who
health teams in Washington, D.C. this live in it.
spring, officials from several cities However, beyond general support for
the idea, there was little agreement they're doing out there."
about what exactly a bioeconomy In 2020, Microsoft said it was
should look like. Salazar was on a developing one of the world's most
team chosen by Brazil's environment powerful supercomputers for OpenAI.
ministry to speak about the subject. At the time, it did not name the Iowa
The idea is not new. It is the latest city as home to the project. Microsoft
term for sustainable development, also described the effort as a "single
called the green economy. system" with a huge number
Besides the Brazil nuts and acai of semiconductors and processors to
harvesters, people are making support AI workloads.
chocolate from native cocoa. There is In late May, Microsoft President Brad
a sustainable fishery for one of the Smith made his first public comment
world's largest freshwater fish. A about the company's new "AI
community of rubber gatherers is supercomputing data center" in West
helping produce shoes. Des Moines. He noted the center was
"The challenge is scale," Para state built to support development efforts
Governor Helder Barbalho said. His for the ChatGPT system.
state is believed to be the only in Water is taken from the nearby
Brazil that has a complete bioeconomy Raccoon and Des Moines rivers to
plan. cool down the Microsoft-OpenAI
阅读及听力 2023(B-WEEK35-1-2-3) computing equipment, the AP reports.
1 In its latest environmental report,
AI Development Requires Large Amounts of Microsoft said its worldwide water
Water usage rose 34 percent from 2021 to
The development and training 2022 to almost 1.7 billion gallons.
methods used to create large language Industry experts have suggested the
models require powerful computing large increase was directly linked to
systems. This process uses a lot of the company's AI research.
electricity and produces a lot of heat. 2
Data center operators pump in water "It's fair to say the majority of the
to keep equipment cool. growth is due to AI," said Shaolei Ren.
Open AI – which is backed by software He is a researcher at the University of
maker Microsoft – operates a series of California, Riverside who has been
data centers in West Des Moines, studying the environmental effects of
Iowa. The city in the central part of AI products such as ChatGPT.
the state is home to about 68,000 In a paper set to be published later
people. this year, Ren's team estimates
"They're building them as fast as they ChatGPT takes up 500 milliliters of
can," said Steve Gaer, who served as water each time someone asks the tool
the city's mayor when Microsoft first a series of between five and 50
arrived. He said the software maker questions. The estimate also includes
was attracted to the city because of its indirect usage companies generally do
efforts to improve public projects. The not measure. This includes water used
former official also said Microsoft to cool power plants that supply the
provided a huge amount of money in data centers with electricity.
taxes in support of the efforts. "Most people are not aware of the
"But," Gaer said of the company, resource usage underlying ChatGPT,"
"they were pretty secretive on what Ren said. "If you're not aware of the
resource usage, then there's no way and drafts of their work to prove
that we can help conserve the their thought processes. Other
resources." teachers, though, think students have
Ren noted that Google reported a 20 always found a way to cheat and AI is
percent growth in water usage during just the newest tool.
the same period. He believes that The recent growth in the number of AI
growth is largely linked to the services has raised many questions for
American-based search engine educators. They want students to give
company's AI development work. correct answers but also know how to
Microsoft said in a recent statement to do the work to get to those answers.
the AP that it is investing in research Educators say there is agreement at
to measure the environmental effects least on some of the most
of AI activities. The company pressing challenges they face with AI
promised to work on ways "to make use.
large systems more efficient, in both They say it is difficult to identify AI-
training and application." created schoolwork. They say
In its own statement, OpenAI said it sometimes students are accused of
had given "considerable thought" to using AI to cheat when they did not.
the best use of computing power. "We In some cases, the cheating is clear to
recognize training large models can see, said Timothy Main, a writing
be energy and water-intensive," it professor at Conestoga College in
said. Canada. He told the Associated Press,
A West Des Moines government "I had answers come in that said, ‘I
document from 2022 says the city "will am just an AI language model, I don't
only consider future data center have an opinion on that.'"
projects" from Microsoft if those Last semester, Main's writing class
projects can "demonstrate had 57 academic honesty cases. Half
and implement" technology of them involved use of AI to cheat.
to significantly reduce water usage This fall, Main and his fellow
from current levels. professors are changing the rules for
Educators Seek to Stop AI Use for Cheating the writing course. The teachers will
Recently, artificial intelligence (AI) ask students to write more about their
services - such as ChatGPT – have opinions. They also put in place strong
become a major resource for cheating rules against using AI.
in university. College administrators have asked
3 teachers to make the rules more clear.
Now, teachers are thinking of new Many universities are letting their
ways to teach classes in order to stop professors decide the rules about
students from cheating with AI. using AI on their own.
Teachers say they want to use AI to 阅读及听力 2023(C-WEEK35-1-2-3)
teach and learn in new ways. 1
However, they need to stop students Don't expect an instant turnaround for Victor
from using the technology on Wembanyama and the Spurs
assignments and tests. Meanwhile, the Spurs didn't do
For some students, that means a anything to improve their biggest
return to paper tests instead of online weakness: point guard depth. San
tests. Some teachers will be requiring Antonio was outscored by 11.8 points
students to show the editing history per 100 possessions with starter Tre
Jones on the bench, according to NBA contract as part of a sign-and-

Advanced Stats, and went 2-14 in the trade for Grant Williams,
16 games Jones didn't play. Yet the symbolizes the Spurs' apparent
Spurs chose to waive veteran point patience. It's possible that swap could
guard Cameron Payne after acquiring ultimately amount to nothing, but San
him from the Phoenix Suns in another Antonio timed it for after Luka
deal that saved another team money, Doncic's current contract ends and
leaving combo guard Devonte' just as Wembanyama -- who will be 26
Graham and natural shooting in 2030 -- should be reaching his
guard Blake Wesley as the backups. peak.
Of course, there's a logic to this. Because he spent four years playing
Between Wembanyama and three college basketball then two more
players drafted in the first round in years in the Navy, Robinson was 24
2022 (Wesley, Jeremy years and 90 days old when he
Sochan and Malaki Branham), San debuted in the NBA. Duncan was 21
Antonio is building around four years and 189 days old after spending
players who are 20 or younger. four years at Wake Forest.
Weighted by subjective projections for Meanwhile, Wembanyama will be 19
minutes played, the Spurs have the years and 294 days old when he makes
NBA's youngest projected rotation. his debut for a team that will be
The benefit will likely be another significantly younger than the ones
lottery pick to go along with Robinson and Duncan joined.
Wembanyama and Sochan, the No. 9 Youth will play a pivotal role in why
overall pick in 2022. And San Antonio San Antonio is taking a slow and
has plenty more tools to upgrade the steady approach to improvement.
roster looking forward. Including team On draft night, Popovich was asked
options, the Spurs have 10 players about managing expectations -- both
under contract next season with a Wembanyama's and the team's --
total of around $80 million in salary, heading into the season.
giving San Antonio the ability to "It's about not skipping steps, which I
extend the contract of wing Devin say often. It's A to B to C to D on a
Vassell ahead of restricted free agency variety of levels. One is O's and X's of
and still have max-plus cap space. the game. The rules are a little bit
Down the road, as the Spurs start to different, obviously, than FIBA. He'll
see their own draft picks come later in have to get used to that," Popovich
the first round, they'll have more said of Wembanyama on June 22.
coming from other teams. Although "Because of all the hype, he'll have a
some picks are protected in a way that target on his back. So more than O's
they might not convey, San Antonio and X's to begin with, we'll be most
has collected five extra first-round interested in setting a framework in an
picks via trade along with swap rights environment where he's comfortable,
in 2026 (Atlanta Hawks), 2028 where he can be Victor. He's
(Boston, so long as the Celtics don't not LeBron [James] or Tim or Kobe
have the top overall pick) and 2030 [Bryant] or anybody else. He's Victor,
(Dallas Mavericks). and that's who we want him to be."
2 Like Wembanyama, James was touted
The 2030 swap, in particular, acquired as a generational superstar coming
from the Mavs to take Bullock's into the league in 2003. But James
wasn't able to lift the last- Wembanyama played in only two

place Cleveland Cavaliers into the games -- in part because he was
playoffs until his third season in the coming off a full season that ended
league. just weeks before the draft but also
3 because there were more chances to
In fact, since 2009, only one No. 1 work out with the teammates he'll be
overall pick has made the spending more time with on the court
playoffs: Markelle Fultz with in the regular season. It's all part of
the Philadelphia 76ers in 2017-18 the slow process that the Spurs and
(and Fultz battled injuries that season Wembanyama are hoping will pay off
and played just 14 games for a team in the long run.
that was finally coming out of the 阅读及听力 2023(A-WEEK36-1-2-3)
Process rebuild). Half of the teams 1
that made the No. 1 pick since 2000 Support Grows for Bioeconomy in Amazon
needed at least three seasons to get Para is Brazil's top producer of acai,
back to the playoffs. yet its economy is far more dependent
"I think when we set out on this draft on iron ore exports to China. A large
journey a few years ago, we wanted to amount of land in Para is used by an
find pieces that were very versatile estimated 27 million farm cows. The
that could play with different types of state emits more greenhouse
players, different offensive systems gases than any Amazon country
and styles and, obviously, a core thing besides Brazil.
to us and what we do is the But when it comes to larger
unselfishness, the body movement, the sustainable companies, there are few
ball movement and trying to play an success stories. The best example has
intelligent brand of basketball," Spurs been skin product company Natura.
general manager Brian Wright said on Twenty years ago it started a product
draft night. "We think we have a young line using ingredients from traditional
group of guys that can do that and, Amazon communities and family
obviously, adding a talent like Victor farms.
just only adds to that." When the company started, local
While San Antonio competed in both people were using ucuuba trees to
the NBA's California Classic Summer make brooms. They greatly increased
League in Sacramento, California, their earnings by leaving the trees
and the Las Vegas Summer League, standing and selling the seeds to
Wembanyama did not. With an eye Natura. The change helped conserve
toward the season and getting more than 2 million hectares of forest.
acclimated, the Spurs kept him in San Natura bought goods from 41
Antonio to get practice time with communities – home to 9,120 families
players such as Johnson, Sochan and – who in 2022 received about $9
Vassell, who weren't on the summer million.
league squad. Para State's plan for the bioeconomy
"I feel like to be able to play through names 43 forest products that could be
an 82-game season, I got to go exported, including acai, cocoa,
through a lot of conditioning and level cassava, pepper, fish species and
up on the energy level," Wembanyama essential oils for skin products.
said from San Antonio on June 30. And the neighboring Amazonas state
When he did get to Las Vegas, is creating a bioeconomy plan with
financial support from the U.S. Agency Bongo family's 50-plus years in
for International Development. power.
But some earlier efforts reveal The Gabon officers call themselves
problems. The Committee of Transition and the
A state condom factory in the Amazon Restoration of Institutions. They said
city of Xapuri opened in 2008. It was the country faced "a severe
supposed to provide a market for institutional, political, economic, and
hundreds of rubber-gathering families. social crisis." They said the August 26
But the factory closed 10 years later, vote was not credible.
after federal funding came to an end. One of the officers is Brice Oligui
Locals resorted to cattle ranching and Nguema. In a video he appeared to be
today the area ranks high for the military's leader. He told French
deforestation. newspaper Le Monde that he and
Cocoa beans have also caused other generals would meet on
problems. The trees can be a way to Wednesday to select someone to head
let forest grow back where it has been the transitional government.
cut down. But its appeal in places like Hundreds of people celebrated the
the Ivory Coast and Ghana has meant military's intervention on the streets of
massive deforestation to make way for Libreville, the Gabonese capital.
the trees that earn more money. The officers said they had detained
2 Bongo, who took over in 2009. Before
Salazar, head of Mazo Mana, views that, his father Omar, had ruled
his company as both social-minded Gabon since 1967. The officer also
and good for the economy. It keeps said they had arrested the president's
nearly 10 percent of its money for its son and others for corruption and
partner community associations. treason.
Salazar thinks the sustainable Opponents say the family has done
companies that succeed and grow big little to share the state's oil and
will be those with a mission to solve mining wealth with its 2.3 million
the Amazon's problems. He says those people. Violent unrest broke out after
companies will drive an economy that Bongo's disputed 2016 election win.
sees the value of the forest. There was a failed coup attempt in
Gabon Military Seizes Power In Oil-rich Country 2019.
Military officers in oil-producing 3
Gabon said they had seized power on The 64-year-old Bongo was last seen
Wednesday and had put President Ali in public voting on Saturday.
Bongo under house arrest. The French Condemnation
military seized control minutes after France, Gabon's former colonial
the Central African state's election ruler, condemned the takeover. France
body announced he had won a third has troops in the country.
term. "We condemn the military coup and
The officers said they represented the recall our commitment to free
armed forces. They said on television and transparent elections," French
that the election results were canceled. government spokesman Olivier Veran
They also said the borders were closed said.
and state institutions had broken up. The coup creates more uncertainty for
The military takeover took place after France's presence in the area. France
a vote that was set to extend the has about 350 troops in Gabon. Its
forces have been kicked out of Mali "Asking students questions like,
and Burkina Faso after coups there in ‘Tell me in three sentences what
the last two years. is the Krebs cycle in chemistry?'
The African Union's Peace and That's not going to work anymore,
Security Council chair called for a because ChatGPT will spit out a
meeting on the situation with Burundi, perfectly fine answer to that question,"
Senegal and Cameroon. China called Hart-Davidson said. He thinks
for a peaceful resolution and Russia professors should word their questions
said it hoped for a quick return differently.
to stability. Evidence is growing that AI services
Rukmini Sanya is an expert at the have changed how students study and
Economist Intelligence Unit. He said, find information.
"Mr. Bongo is not expected to be able Chegg Inc. is an online company that
to suppress the uprising." He said helps students with schoolwork. Its
there was "widespread public services have been identified in many
discontent" against Bongo, his family cheating cases. On May 1, the
and his ruling party. company's leader warned that
Gabon produces about 200,000 ChatGPT was hurting the business's
barrels of oil a day. International growth. He said students who were
companies include France's paying for help from Chegg were now
TotalEnergies and Anglo-French using ChatGPT for free instead.
producer Perenco. French miner The day after he spoke, the company's
Eramet said it had halted operations market value fell by almost 50 percent.
in Gabon. Bonnie MacKellar, a computer science
There were concerns professor at St. John's University in
about transparency regarding New York City, thinks that there is
Saturday's vote. During the election, going to be a move back to paper
there was a lack of international tests. Her class already had a
observers and some foreign "plagiarism problem" she said, and
broadcasts were suspended. The she worries that new students may not
government also cut internet service learn the skills needed for more
and put in place a nighttime curfew. difficult classes.
On Wednesday, internet access Ronan Takizawa, a sophomore at
appeared to be in place for the first Colorado College, has never had a
time since the election. computer science exam on paper. He
Shortly before the coup, the election agrees that it would make sure
body had declared Bongo the election students learn the material.
winner with 64.3 percent of the vote. However, Takizawa thinks that
His main opponent, Albert Ondo Ossa, students are still not sure when it is
received 30.8 percent of the vote. alright to use AI and when such use is
阅读及听力 2023(B-WEEK36-1-2-3) cheating. Other students say ChatGPT
1 has made them afraid about being
Educators Seek to Stop AI Use for Cheating unjustly accused of cheating.
At Michigan State University, Arizona State University sophomore
professors are given several options of Nathan LeVang says he checks all his
statements to choose from, assignments with a tool that helps
administrator Bill Hart-Davidson told identify AI material.
the AP. 2
"If it takes me 10 minutes after I write cities to follow where COVID-19

my essay to make sure everything is spreading. In addition, such
checks out, that's fine," Levang told methods can help officials learn how
the AP, adding, "It's extra work, but I fast current variants are spreading
think that's the reality we live in." and how severe they are.
New COVID-19 Variant Expands Internationally 3
International health officials are "Governments cannot drop the ball,"
closely following a new version of Van Kerkhove said. Health officials
COVID-19 as it spreads to more say BA.2.86 broke off from the
countries. Omicron variant, which has been
The version, or variant, is called spreading in the U.S. at least since
BA.2.86. Officials from the World last year. It was first discovered in
Health Organization (WHO) say it has Denmark on July 24.
already been identified in several Some international scientists have
countries, including the United States, said that while it is important to keep
Switzerland, South Africa, Israel, following BA.2.86, the variant was
Denmark and Britain. unlikely to cause a new, harmful wave
WHO Director-General Tedros of infections. This is because much of
Adhanom Ghebreyesus recently spoke the population has built up defenses
to reporters about the latest COVID- against COVID-19 because of
19 developments. He said the new vaccinations or previous infection.
COVID-19 variants show that the Testing new vaccines
virus remains a health threat around Scientists are currently testing how
the world. effective newly created COVID-19
Tedros noted the latest data show that vaccines will work against BA.2.86.
COVID-19 infections and Van Kerkhove noted that in the past,
hospitalizations are decreasing. But he vaccines have been better at
added that the agency had seen preventing severe sickness and death
"increasing reports of hospitalizations, than blocking re-infections. U.S.
ICU admissions and deaths in some health officials said earlier this month
countries." ICU is a short form for the the latest COVID-19 vaccines are set
term intensive care unit, part of a to be released sometime in September.
hospital that cares for very sick The U.S. Centers for Disease Control
patients. and Prevention (CDC) completed a
Maria Van Kerkhove is with the risk report on the new variant last
WHO's Health Emergencies Program. week. The report said BA.2.86 may be
She said that, as of last week, only capable of causing infection in
about 10 cases of the BA.2.86 variant vaccinated people and those who had
had been found worldwide. But Van COVID-19 before. But officials noted
Kerkhove added that health officials there is so far no evidence that the
are worried because the variant new variant is causing more severe
appears to have more than 30 sickness than earlier ones.
genetic mutations. The WHO said COVID-19 testing has
She said the WHO is currently trying dropped by 90 percent worldwide from
to closely follow the movements of the the highest point of the pandemic.
latest virus variants. The efforts Testing rates have also fallen sharply
include taking in the U.S., and genetic sequencing is
wastewater samples from different down by around 90 percent, said Dr.
Ashish Jha. He served as the White in his hand but returned after
House COVID-19 Response the All-Star break.
Coordinator until June 2023. After spending his first three years in
Jha said data from hospital stays, the league with the Washington
emergency room visits, deaths, Wizards, Oubre spent time with
wastewater testing and sequencing the Phoenix Suns and Golden State
efforts had given health officials Warriors before landing in Charlotte
improved information about current in 2021.
virus spread. A pure scorer, Oubre has had the most
阅读及听力 2023(C-WEEK36-1-2-3) success thus far in his career with the
1 ball in his hands as a secondary
Don't expect an instant turnaround for Victor creator.
Wembanyama and the Spurs 2
"Some players have tried to win the Victor Wembanyama reaffirms Olympic
championship, win a ring, for years commitment for France
and haven't made it," Wembanyama PARIS -- Victor Wembanyama will be
told reporters on draft night. "I don't aiming for the gold medal with France
want to be one of those. This is going at the Paris Olympics.
to be -- my goal is going to be to get The San Antonio Spurs rookie on
closer and closer every time to the Tuesday reaffirmed his commitment to
ring and to learn how to make it." France's national squad at the
Sources: Kelly Oubre Jr. expected to sign 1-year Summer Games next year in his home
deal with 76ers country.
Free agent guard/forward Kelly Oubre "Performing well at the Olympics
Jr. is expected to sign a one-year deal would be a great story," Wembanyama
with the Philadelphia 76ers, sources told French media. "I'll be present at
told ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski. the Olympics, and there's no other
Oubre could get significant goal than gold."
opportunity on the wing with the France came to the FIBA World Cup
uncertainty around James Harden, as the reigning Olympic silver
who has requested a trade out of medalists but failed to qualify for the
Philadelphia. second round. Wembanyama did not
The Sixers lost Georges Niang, Jalen participate in that event, as the No. 1
McDaniels and Shake Milton in free pick in the NBA draft opted instead to
agency, meaning Oubre has a chance prepare for his rookie season.
to walk into a lot of minutes, and a "The World Cup was very
really significant scoring role, off the disappointing," Wembanyama said.
bench. "But I have no judgment to make as I
Oubre, 27, will be entering his ninth wasn't there."
season in the league and has Lakers, Jarred Vanderbilt agree to 4-year, $48M
developed into a solid scorer, extension, sources say
averaging 20.3 points in 48 games for LOS ANGELES -- Jarred
the Charlotte Hornets last season. He Vanderbilt has agreed to a four-year,
is a career 43.4% shooter from the $48 million extension with the Lakers,
field and averaged 32.3 minutes per locking in the defensive-minded
game last season in Charlotte. forward a couple of weeks before the
He missed a chunk of last season after start of training camp, sources told
having surgery to fix a torn ligament ESPN on Friday.
The Lakers announced the deal on Police noted that Altman was
Monday but did not release terms. "respectful and cooperative with
Sources said the contract includes a troopers."
player option for the fourth season. "We are aware of an incident involving
Vanderbilt was acquired from the Utah Cavaliers President of Basketball
Jazz in a flurry of moves that Lakers Operations Koby Altman," the
vice president of basketball operations Cavaliers said in a statement
and general manager Rob Pelinka Saturday. "We are currently gathering
orchestrated near the trade deadline more information and have no further
last season and was a key piece in Los comment at this time."
Angeles' late-season push to the play- Altman, who turned 41 on Saturday,
in tournament through the Western arrived in Cleveland's front office in
Conference finals. 2012, rising from the pro personnel
Vanderbilt, 24, averaged 7.2 points, department to assistant general
6.7 rebounds and 1.2 steals in 26 manager. He was promoted to general
games (24 starts) after joining the manager in 2017 and then elevated to
Lakers. president of basketball operations in
3 January 2022 when he signed a
He was often asked by Lakers coach contract extension through the 2027-
Darvin Ham to guard the opposing 28 season.
team's most lethal offensive threat. The Cavaliers finished fourth in the
The rangy 6-foot-8, 214-pound Eastern Conference this past season
forward is the fifth member of last and made the playoffs for the first time
season's Lakers team to receive a without LeBron James on the roster
multiyear extension this offseason, since the 1997-98 season.
joining Anthony Davis, Austin
Reaves, D'Angelo Russell and Rui
Hachimura.
Cavs president Koby Altman faces impaired
driving charge
Cleveland Cavaliers president of
basketball operations Koby Altman
was arrested Friday night and
charged with operating a vehicle
while impaired.
Ohio State Highway Patrol troopers
stopped Altman just before 9 p.m. in
Cleveland. He was charged with
"committing a marked lanes violation
and OVI."
"Troopers initiated a traffic stop and
during their interaction with the driver
indicators of impairment were
observed," the OSHP said, according
to multiple reports. "The driver was
subsequently placed under arrest for
OVI and soon after offered a breath
test which he refused."

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