FOUR BEST BOOKSHOPS IN LONDON
Looking for something to read while in London? If so, you're in luck: the British capital happens to have an incredible collection of bookshops.
Daunt Books
Are you going on a trip and want to read a novel or nonfiction book set in the place you're headed? This bookshop arranges books by country, so it's easy to find anything by place. (83 Marylebone High Street. Monday-Saturday: 09:00-19:30; Sunday: 11:00-18:00.)
Foyles Books
Dig, if you will, the picture: four miles of shelves holding up to 200,000 books. This legendary (传奇的) bookshop is impossible to leave empty-handed. It was once listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as the biggest bookshop on the planet. (107 Charing Cross Road. Monday-Saturday: 9:00-21:00; Sunday: 11:30-18:00.)
Hatchards
In the year 1797, this London bookshop—the oldest in the city today—first flicked on its lights. It stocks an excellent selection of fiction, nonfiction, history and other genres. (187 Piccadilly Street. Monday-Saturday: 09:30-20:00; Sunday: 12:00-18:30.)
London Review Bookshop
There's an excellent selection of history, philosophy, politics, new fiction and many other genres here. Plus, there's a nice cafe in which you can crack open that tome (巨著) for the first time and start reading. (14 Bury Place. Monday-Saturday 10:00-18:30; Sunday 12:00-18:00.)
Do you want to live another 100 years or more? Some experts say that scientific advances will one day enable humans to last tens of years beyond what is now seen as the natural limit of the human life span.
"I think we are knocking at the door of immortality (永生)," said Michael Zey, a Montclair State University business professor and author of two books on the future. "I think by 2075 we will see it and that's a conservative estimate (保守的估计)."
At the conference in San Francisco, Donald Louria, a professor at New Jersey Medical School in Newark said advances in using genes as well as nanotechnology (纳米技术) make it likely that humans will live in the future beyond what was possible in the past. "There is a great effort so that people can live from 120 to 180 years,” he said. "Some have suggested that there is no limit and that people could live to 200 or 300 or 500 years."
However, many scientists who specialize in aging are doubtful about it and say the human body is just not designed to last past about 120 years. Even with healthier lifestyles and less disease, they say failure of the brain and organs will finally lead all humans to death.
Scientists also differ on what kind of life the super aged might live. "It remains to be seen if you pass 120, you know; could you be healthy enough to have good quality of life?" said Leonard Poon, director of the University of Georgia Gerontology Centre. "At present people who could get to that point are not in good health at all."
Plastic-Eating Worms
Humans produce more than 300 million tons of plastic every year. Almost half of that winds up in landfills(垃圾填埋场), and up to 12 million tons pollute the oceans. So far there is no effective way to get rid of it, but a new study suggests an answer may lie in the stomachs of some hungry worms.
Researchers in Spain and England recently found that the worms of the greater wax moth can break down polyethylene, which accounts for 40% of plastics. The team left 100 wax worms on a commercial polyethylene shopping bag for 12 hours, and the worms consumed and broke down about 92 milligrams, or almost 3% of it. To confirm that the worms' chewing alone was not responsible for the polyethylene breakdown, the researchers made some worms into paste(糊状物) and applied it to plastic films. 14 hours later the films had lost 13% of their mass — apparently broken down by enzymes (酶) from the worms' stomachs. Their findings were published in Current Biology in 2017.
Federica Bertocchini, co-author of the study, says the worms' ability to break down their everyday food — beeswax — also allows them to break down plastic. “Wax is a complex mixture, but the basic bond in polyethylene, the carbon-carbon bond, is there as well,” she explains, “The wax worm evolved a method or system to break this bond. ”
Jennifer DeBruyn, a microbiologist at the University of Tennessee, who was not involved in the study, says it is not surprising that such worms can break down polyethylene. But compared with previous studies, she finds the speed of breaking down in this one exciting. The next step, DeBruyn says, will be to identify the cause of the breakdown. Is it an enzyme produced by the worm itself or by its gut microbes(肠道微生物)?
Bertocchini agrees and hopes her team's findings might one day help employ the enzyme to break down plastics in landfills. But she expects using the chemical in some kind of industrial process — not simply “millions of worms thrown on top of the plastic.”
Volunteering Is Fun
One afternoon I was sitting at home feeling so bored. Instead of feeling sorry for myself, I wanted to meet people and have new experiences so I decided to start volunteering. I searched on my computer and found a website where I could volunteer on a farm in France.
My time working on a farm was a new experience for me. It was basically a free holiday as food and accommodation were provided. However, it was not my typical holiday as I had to look after fifteen horses and sleep at the top of a tower in a castle! I was an awful farmer but it did not matter because I made some great friends. However, you do not need to go abroad to volunteer. I have had plenty of adventures at home as volunteering can become a hobby. For example, I love singing so I had a good laugh waving my arms in an attempt to conduct my local choir. I did slowly improve and it felt great to conduct the choir in a concert. At university, I organized a concert for charity with my friends. It was really fun finding bands and raising money for a cause we believe in.
It is true that you feel good volunteering but there are also other advantages. I once volunteered as a server at a charity sports event where the organizers gave me cupcakes to thank me for my services. I also volunteered in a charity shop so I found loads of nice cheap clothes to update my wardrobe (衣柜).
While this is all fun, my favorite aspect of volunteering is creating and sharing stories. My terrible attempts at farming have given me hilarious stories to tell! Talking to volunteers from different countries and backgrounds has also helped me learn more about the world. I feel thankful to have had so much fun with many nice people thanks to volunteering.
You're growing up. That means you're probably experiencing lots of changes, all at once. Your body is changing. It might even seem as if your entire self is changing. It can be confusing and even scary. . And it's good!
Growing up means that you can do more, learn more, and start to make your mark on the world. In order for that to happen, your body produces chemicals called hormones that help both body and mind grow. Hormone levels change constantly, rising and falling.
. But it's partly to blame for intense emotions, surprising reactions, and mood swings.
Because of the way your brain develops, it is somewhat ruled by emotion now and through your teen years. As a result, growing up can seem like an emotional roller coaster!
Take care of yourself. If you eat right, sleep enough, and get good exercise, your brain will be much more able to deal with the stress.
. When you feel your moods swinging or you're upset, or confused, some quiet time will allow you to gather your thoughts and get calmer.
Practice relaxing your body and take a deep breath when you wake up and when you go to bed. . Plus, when stuff happens during the day, you'll be able to calm yourself quickly with a deep breath or two before you react. Your body is changing.
A. Work out regularly to keep physically fit.
B. Take a time-out.
C. But the truth is, it happens to every teen.
D. It will help you fall asleep—and start the morning right.
E. Here are a few things you can do to make the ride smoother.
F. This changing is needed for your body's development.
G. Usually, these feelings settle down when you realize what is going on.
After typhoon, I went to the disaster-stricken area to look after rescued animals. There I met Lucy, another 1.
Lucy operates an animal 2 center. When I came to her website, I 3 a picture of Victor, a dog. I asked Lucy about Victor. She told me that she rescued Victor from a 4 man who'd thrown him around or put him into a tiny box. Victor had 5 on Lucy's lap for several hours while she assured him he was safe and 6 to find him a loving home.
I decided to 7 Victor. I renamed him "Chase" for his 8 for chasing everything. Months later, Chase's love for people and his 9 nature led us to earn a therapy-dog certification and start a 10 program at the local 11.
Kids read out to Chase to 12 their skills. Sometimes, even a kid who is 13 with reading will be comfortable doing so to a dog.
One little girl jumped up and down when she saw Chase entering the library. Her joyful enthusiasm made me 14. When Chase greeted' her with a 15, she clapped and said, "Look, Mommy, he's bowing!" Chase gave her his undivided 16 while she read him a story. When her time was up, she signed up to read again.
I'm grateful for everything about Chase that made this girl jump so 17. I hadn't 18 him to bow; he'd bowed naturally. I'd known the library visits would be about helping kids learn to read. But I hadn't realized what a 19 builder those visits would be for kids who were shy or didn't fit in. Chase was also a wonderful ambassador (形象大使) for dogs—teaching kids to be loving and 20 to animals.
Da Mao and Er Shun, two pandas sent to Calgary Zoo in Canada in 2014, are being sent back to China two years ahead of schedule. The animals feed on fresh bamboo, is especially flown in for them from China. Some joked that the pandas are "leading too luxurious a life". But with the pandemic (流行病) (disturb) flights, fresh supplies have got delayed. According to the zoo staff, pandas are picky eaters and will reject bamboo that (spend) a lot of time in transport.
The pandas are (possible) just two out of hundreds of animals who might be suffering because of the pandemic. In April, CNN reported that financial issues were forcing Neumunster Zoo in Germany (kill) some animals to feed the others; similar things (report) from the United Kingdom and other countries too.
Our focus is on human welfare all the time, but animal welfare should not take back seat. So, we should say they are fortunate enough to have a hometown to return to when faced with difficulties. It is China has successfully controlled the outbreak that it can consider getting the pandas back and providing fresh bamboos them. In fact, resumption of flights, reopening of zoos and returning home can be （benefit）to millions of animals. It is hoped that other countries control the epidemic soon so that all animals can benefit.
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Today I tried cooking a simply dish myself. I like eating frying tomatoes with eggs, and I thought it must to be easy to cook. My mom told me how to preparing it. First I cut the tomatoes into pieces but put them aside. Next I broke the eggs into a bowl and beat them quickly with chopstick. After that I poured oil into a pan and turned off the stove, I waited patiently unless the oil was hot. Then I put the tomatoes and the beaten eggs into pan together. "Not that way," my mom tried to stop us but failed. She was right. It didn't tum out as I had wished.
