Geographical, the official magazine of the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) has been published continuously since 1935. Each month, Geographical brings the world into its readers living rooms, highlighting the rich diversity of the world's cultures, wildlife and places. Geographical also provides an authoritative (权威性的)voice on the important social and environmental issues that face humanity, educating and informing is readers. Employing inspiring photography and exclusive in-depth editorial features, the brand offers a unique blend of:
●People and cultures
●Exploration and discovery
●Responsible travel
●Outdoor-equipment advice
●The natural world
●Environmental issues
●Science and technology
●The best of Britain
THE NUMBERS
Our 106, 000 readers are well educated, literate, and affluent (富裕的) They approach their purchasing decisions with a mixture of thorough organisation and meaningful intent.
82% of readers subscribe to the magazine.
Readers spend an average of 94 minutes reading each issue of Geographical.
On average, our readers pick up the magazine 5. 8 times per issue.
Each issue of Geographical is read by an average of 4. 1 people.
81% of readers archive their copies of the magazine for future use.
What it all adds up to... There is simply no other audience that has the all-round knowledge of, and ongoing interest in, the environment, geography and travel.
45% of readers agree that Geographical 'gives me ideas for things to buy'.
67% of readers contact advertisers in the magazine.
48% of readers are professionals.
19% of readers are students.
16% of readers are self-employed.
Brownrigg is a London tour guide and leads walks through the capital all summer long, whatever the weather. His dozen or so routes range in topics from Harry Potter to the London Underground, but all have something in common." 'I often end up talking about the weather, ' he says. 'It's a national obsession (痴迷). I realised how much it has shaped London's existence and history.
Brownrigg's Discovering Britain walk takes in several of the city's famous landmarks, from the Tower of London to the Shard, /each stop exploring some of London's extraordinary weather events.
We begin at the Monument, Christopher Wren's elegy to the Great Fire of London, with is pale stone column topped by a golden orb the Monument was designed to look like a giant candle. It stands 202ft high, exactly 202ft away from where the dire began in Pudding Lane. Despite its size. the structure is dwarfed by(相形见绌) today's surrounding tower blocks. Similarly, the causes behind the fire are sometimes overlooked. The Great Fire was a significant event in the City of London's history, one that was shaped by the capital's geography: The spark was the weather.
As we enjoy some autumn sun 'beside the Monument Brownrigg explains: The summer of 1666 was unusually warm. At that time London was crammed(塞满) with wooden buildings, many only a few feet apart. A long, hot summer 1eft them bone dry. Add stores of flammable materials -including gunpowder left over from the Civil War - and the city was a giant tinderbox. It caught a light on 2 September when a bakery oven wasn't cleaned properly The inferno(特大火) lasted three days thanks to a strong breeze. Besides fanning the flames, the wind caused more mess by changing direction.
Peanuts are among the most popular snack foods in the United States. Millions of American children are raised on peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. PB&Js, as we like to call them, are found in children's lunchboxes around the country. Or at least they used to be.
Now, many school officials ban peanuts or any products containing peanuts from school property. About 2 percent of US. School children will have an allergic reaction to peanuts. And that number is growing.
People allergic to peanuts can develop skin condition's or watery eyes. Children with a peanut allergy can develop a skin condition called eczema.
Some reactions are so severe they can result in death. So far, doctors have advised parents against serving peanut-containing foods to children under the age of 3. But a 2015 British study found that waiting too long most likely is partly to blame for the peanut allergy problem.
Anthony Fauci is head of America's National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. Dr.
Fauci spoke to VOA on skype. He notes that in Israel, people have a tradition of feeding peanuts to babies.
He says a team of experts have agreed on new guidance for U. S. pediatricians who specialize in children's allergies.
Fauci calls giving children peanuts a way of “challenging" their bodies. He thinks it could be done safely with some boys and girls, but not with others.
Researchers analyzed lyrics in best-selling songs from the 1950s to 2016 to find expressions of anger and sadness had increased, while words about joy had dropped.
The US study team looked at lyrics of more than 6, 000 songs from Billboard Hot 100 in each year. These are the most popular songs in the US each year as chosen by music fans.
In the past songs were ranked mainly by record sales, radio and jukebox plays, but more recently it is based on other popularity indicators (指标) such as streaming and social media to reflect changes in music consumption. Tones expressed in each song were analyzed using 'automatic quantitative sentiment (动量化情绪) which looked at each word or phrase in the song with a set of tones they express. The combination of the tones expressed by all words and phrases of the lyrics determines the sentiment of that song.
The sentiments of all Billboard Hot 100 songs in each year are averaged and the average of each year measured whether the expression of that sentiment increased, decreased or remained the same." The analysis showed the expression of anger in popular music lyrics has increased gradually over time. Study coauthor Lior Shamir, of Lawrence Technological University in Michigan, said: The change in lyrics sentiments does not necessarily reflect what the musicians and songwriters wanted to express, but is more related to what music consumers wanted to listen to in each year!
In 1968, Williamn Anders took what has been described as the greatest environmental photograph of all time while venturing farther than any other human had travelled before aboard the Apollo 8 spacecraft. He was orbiting the Moon when a half-illuminated slice of our home planet suddenly emerged beyond the lunar horizon.people called that photograph Earthrise.
In the 19th century, Tomas Moran's painting from a, little-explored comer of Wyoming helped to inspire US President Ulysses S Grant to create; Yosemite National Park. His description of what Carl Sagan later described as our pale blue don't far out there in space, was an artwork that had relevance to everyone.
the 52 years that have passed since Earthrise was taken, the humans on that little speck in space have increased the concentration of carbon dioxide in their atmosphere by almost 30 per cent, wiped out 60 per cent of its mammal; bird, fish and reptile populations, and now teeter on the brink of environmental catastrophe.
Perhaps the result justified the carbon-intensive means, but what about today's explorers? What expectations and values should we place on modern-day adventurers as they travel and return, often with stories from our last remaining wildernesses?
A. Impressed deeply by the splendid scene, Anders never forgot it in his life.
B. This wasn't the first time that art had proved to be an important tool for environmentalists
C. Grabbing his camera, Anders captured the image that later moved the world.
D. Yet, while Yellowstone, the world's first national park, today enjoys a little of protection, our planet is in serious trouble.
E. Though Yellowstone still exists, people ignore our planet.
F. But Anders' adventure on Apollo 8 went beyond national boundaries.
G. A lot of CO2 was produced when Apollo 8 was launched into orbit.
Not in history has a modem, city been so completely destroyed. San Francisco is gone. Nothing remains of it 1memories and a few homes that were near the edge of the city. The factories, great stores and newspaper buildings, the hotels and the huge homes of the very 2 are all gone.
Within 3 of the earthquake the fires began. Within an hour a huge tower of smoke 4by the fires could be seen a hundred miles away. And for three days and nights this huge fire moved in the sky, 5the sun, darkening the day and filling the land with smoke.
There was nothing 6the flames. There was no organization, no communication. The earthquake had destroyed all of the modern 7 of a twentieth century city. The streets were broken and filled with pieces of fallen walls. The telephone and telegraph systems were broken. And the great water pipes had8. All inventions and safety plans of man had been destroyed 9 by thirty seconds of movement by the earth.
By Wednesday afternoon, only twelve hours after the 10half the heart of the city was gone. I watched the huge fire. It was very 11 There was no wind. Yet from every 12 wind was 13 upon the city. East, west, north and south, strong winds were blowing upon the 14 city.
The 15 air made a huge wind that pulled air into the fire, 16into the atmosphere. Day and night the calm continued, and yet, near the flames, the wind was often as strong as a storm.
There was no water to fight the fire.17decided to use explosives. (炸药) to destroy buildings in is path 18They hoped this would create a block to 19or stop the fire. Building after building was destroyed. And still the great fires continued, Jack London told how people tried to save some of their20from the fire.
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Chinese sprinter Su Bingtian made the history on Sunday setting a new Asian record in the 100 meters sprint of 9. 83 seconds at the Tokyo Olympic Games, the first Chinese athlete to running in the showpiece event in the athletics competition at the Olympics.
Su's previous Olympic experience see him eliminated(淘汰) twice in the semifinals. However, he made the 100 meters sprint final two at the World Athletics Championship in2015 or 2017.
Su's appearance in the 100 meters final at the Olympics have been compared to the feat of Liu Xiang, that won a gold medal in the men 110 meters hurdles at the 2004 Athens Games - the only Chinese to win a gold medal in the track event at the Olympics
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