Handling is the movement of changing the spatial position of objects.

the office move which is scheduled for the end of this work. Most of the work will be done over the weekend by Trudi Brook, Frank Lee and there are assistants in the Maintaince Department. George Harvey will be handling the equipment, such as computers, printers, the network cabling and the phones. You've probably all noticed the containers in the corridors -- all items that are work-related such as files, books, general office equipment should be put into the large blue plastic containers. Label the containers that you use with your name and the desk number that you are going to use if you know what it is. As a guide, it has been estimated that each person should use no more than two containers. If you find that you need three or more, perhaps this will be a good opportunity to throw a few things out.

The next week, it's going to be chaos, I'm afraid and it will be very difficult to get any serious work done. I would ask you all to try and complete all jobs with priority one and two well before then. In fact, by midday on Thursday the latest, because on Friday you'll be hard at packing and clearing your desks.

Now, as you know we'll be moving to the ground floor, the plan has been lying around for a couple of weeks now you should all have seen it. Most of the problems have been sorted out. The drinking machine will still be on the other side of the building, I'm afraid. But the partitions in the office area have been removed. And I don't think it will be as dark as we feared, much better than we thought it was going to be.

As you know, the main concern at the moment unfortunately is the laser printers. We still have to work out the best place for them. I reckon they'd be the best right in the middle of the room, but George insisted it would be easier to put them all against the wall. Now we'll have to leave them where they are.

The phones are also going to be a bit of problem. For the first few days, all the phone numbers will be different. The Telecom engineers will be working flat out to change them all to your old numbers as soon as possible. They promise that by Thursday next week you will all have your usual numbers back.

The Wednesday morning's meeting of project leaders must carry on as usual except that the first meeting after the move will be in the afternoon instead of in the morning. The reason for the move, as you all know, is that marketing has taken on several more staff in the last twelve months. They need the space and so our home on the ground floor will feel a little crowded. It's only a temporary move of course. And in months' time, I'm sure we'll find larger premises.

Well, that's about it. Good luck. And let's hope things will go smoothly.

？You will hear someone giving instructions about moving offices.

？Mark one letter (A, B or C) for the correct answer.

？You will hear the records twice.

The phones will be handled by

A．Peter Brook.

B．George Harvey.

C．Dave Riley.

tion in agriculture.

Lessons learnt in Britain (and no doubt elsewhere ) from the BSE (疯牛病) crisis were evident in the UK government's announcements last week of plans to change the way it regulates genetically modified crops. Out goes any lingering assumption that the technology is inherently safe, and in comes a new requirement for industry to demonstrate practically that its products will not have adverse ecological effects.

In a welcome move, a new steering group of scientists will be able to commission research it considers necessary on the ecological impacts of genetically modified crops. The government, in turn, promises not to allow the commercialization of any crop until the scientists are reasonably satisfied that it is safe to proceed.

The government's attempts to build public trust in its scientific advice, and to include public views in its policy decisions, however, leave some questions open. It has chosen to set up a new forum of 'environmental stakeholders' whose view would contribute to decisions about genetic modification in agriculture. This forum, spanning the spectrum of interests and opinion, will need to make constructive suggestions, and avoid well-trodden, predictable and ultimately time wasting disputes between industry and environmentalism.

The government is already poised to embark on a survey of the public--as opposed to environmentalist--perception of the biosciences. Ministers would be wise to wait for its outcome before putting more flesh on the stakeholders' forum. But the latter should eventually be encouraged to make constructive contributions to the research agenda. In doing so, it will not only address public concerns about the risks of genetically modified crops, but should also help rebuild public trust in the application of science to foods. Here again, however, the government will need to ensure that the chance to influence research is not used as an unyielding instrument of obstruction by fundamentalist opponents of genetic modification.

Scientists on the whole are supportive of the changes, particularly the decision to authorize research trials on a commercial scale. They rightly seek better security arrangements following recent incidents of crop destruction. They should cautiously welcome, rather than oppose, increased public awareness and scrutiny of their activities while being themselves watchful over the details of the processes the government is putting in place.

What may chiefly be responsible for the lessons the UK government learnt from the BSE crisis？

A．It is beneficial to find some way to build trust in genetic modification in agriculture.

B．The technology must be inherently safe, its products exerting no adverse ecological effects.

C．With its handling of genetic modification in agriculture, the practical technology is booming.

D．A strict assumption and a new requirement may have more probably helped.

A、overconfidence in the handling capability of the pilot.

B、overconfidence in the handling capability of the pilot of computers.

C、over-reliance on automation.

move against those who ignore him, after police and lawmakers disregarded his decision to fire the national police chief.

Suroyo Bimantoro defied Wahid's dismissal by attending a ceremony promoting police officers in Jakarta yester- day.

He late met with senior legislators who accused Wahid of violating the constitution by firing the chief without consulting parliament. More than 100 senior police generals signed a statemeat backing Bimantoro, the state news agency reported.

Bimantoro said he would only step down ff parliament asked him to, which is unlikely to happen.

Wahid's spokesman Yahya Staguf said that firing Bimantoro was constitutional and that the police chief had been meddling in politics.

He said Bimantoro was trying to create a rift between the President and Vice-Prresident, who many lawmakers want to replace Wahid if they oust him durning impeachment proceedings in August.

"Those actions will be considered insubordination and stem action will be taken if this is ignored," Wahid's spokesman said.

The president, facing impeachment over 'allegations of corruption and incompetence, which he denies, fired Bimantoro and several Cabinet ministers on Friday and condemned the police for their handling of recent violence in East Java, where officers shot and killed one of Wahid' s supporters last week.

Wahid ordered an investigation into the violence and warned police officers on Saturday not to disobey him, saying that those who did not accept Bimantoro's removal would be prosecuted for insubordination.

Lawmakers were not fazed.

"The police chief is still Bimantoro. He is still active," said Arifin Panigoro, a top lawmaker from Megawati' s party, the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle.

The powerful army is also hacking Bimantoro, the Takarta Post's Internet edition said yesterday, quoting unidentified sources.

Several senior army officers met late Saturday to discuss the situation, military spokesman Air Vice-Marshal Graito Usodo said, but he declined to say if the army was backing the police chief's stand against Wahid, calling it "a political matter." Wahid, a Muslim scholar, is from East Java and many people there revere him as a holy man and sage, regarding attempts to oust him so tantamount to sacrilege.

Wahid wanted to fire _______.

A．a cabinet member

B．the national police chief

C．a lawmaker

D．a Muslim scholar