This year we've all been spending more time than expected in our own neighborhoods.
While lockdown and safety measures have hit our city centers hard, in many places local communities have been thriving（兴旺）. Here are some examples.
Marrickville, Sydney
Offerings in Marrickville are in sheer variety, where you can pick up world-class Vietnamese food along Illawarra Rd, tuck into plant-based pizza at Pizza Madre, then wash it all down with a brew from one of the district's many, many craft beer companies.
Haut-Marais, Paris
Not to be confused with Marais proper-delightful, of course, but rather touristy, darling—Haut-Marais is the northern, bleeding edge of this historic district.
To Parisians, it feels like this neighborhood practically invented the cocktail bar, so visitors are recommended to sally down its winding streets and investigate joints like the Little Red Door speakeasy and Bisou（French for"kiss"）.
Shaanxi Bei Lu/Kangding Lu, Shanghai
Once part of the Shanghai International Settlement-a Western enclave until 1941-this formerly sleepy neighborhood is quickly morphing into a buzzing destination of new cafes, bars and restaurants.
You'll still find traditional lane houses and old-school noodle shops, but now you can scoot along to an all-day roller skate bar, Rink, or quaff natural wines at the laid-back SOiF.
Wedding, Berlin
Wedding is a neighborhood in the northwest section of Germany's capital.
Though the city is known as a place for 24-hour partying, Wedding's side streets are quiet enough to guarantee you'll get a good night's sleep once you're done hitting the beer halls.
By day, you can enjoy the great outdoors at Plotzensee lake and woodsy Volkspark Rehberge.
Erin Jackson wasn't going to miss a chance at Olympic gold if her teammate could do anything about it.
Jackson, the world's top ranked woman in the 500 meter event for speed skating, slipped（滑倒）during U. S. Olympic trials in Milwaukee-costing her one of two spots in Beijing.
Those prized spots went to the winner of the event, Brittany Bowe, and the second-place finisher Kimi Goetz.
Jackson, who came in third, looked liked she was going to miss her likely final trip to the Olympics after competing in Pyeongchang in 2018.
Missing the competition would've been a shock, as Jackson is the top-ranked skater in this event, according to ESPN. In November, she became the first Black woman to win a World Cup event in speed skating. So, Bowe decided to step in.
Bowe, who is heading to her third Olympics, decided to give up her qualifying spot, which opened up an opportunity for Jackson to take her place in Beijing.
"Erin has earned her right to be on this 500 meter team, "Bowe told NBC. "She is ranked number one in the world and no one is more deserving than her to get an opportunity to bring Team USA home a medal. "
Jackson, who calls Bowe a long-time friend and mentor, said she was"beyond grateful and humbled. "
Bowe and Jackson both grew up in Ocala, Fla. where they each started their inline skating careers. They both eventually switched to skating on ice.
Bowe will still be heading to Beijing, as she qualified for the 1, 000 and 1, 500 meter competitions.
That's where Jackson will be cheering on her friend.
Jackson tweeted, "You can bet I'll be the loudest voice in the oval cheering for her in the1, 000and 1, 500 next month. "
In 2050, London's climate will feel more like Barcelona's, according to a new climate change study.
If you think people in London will have more sunshine, cheaper fruits and no need to bring an umbrella at any time, think again. London could be facing severe drought, as Barcelona did in 2008, when it nearly ran out of drinking water.
Hundreds of other major cities worldwide could be facing droughts, flooding, storms, and other climate catastrophes, said the study conducted by the Crowther Lab at ETH Zurich University.
The study predicted the future climate conditions of 520 major cities worldwide, and paired those predictions with the conditions of cities today. By 2050, Seattle will feel like San Francisco, and New York will feel like Virginia Beach, according to the report.
An estimated 77%of cities around the world will see their climate conditions dramatically change, indicating" the global scale of this climate change threat and associated risks for human health, "the study warned.
Regions with northern latitudes, including most of Europe, will face the most dramatic temperature changes. In London, for example, the warmest month will rise by 5. 9℃, leading to a mean annual temperature rise of 2. 1℃.
However, the danger is different in tropical regions-temperatures there won't rise by much, but the rains are expected to change significantly. This year, the monsoon（季风）rains that bring relief each year came weeks late in some places in India, extending nationwide droughts and leaving people struggling for drinking water. Then when the monsoon rains do arrive, they come so fast and so heavy that cities flood, leaving dozens dead. What's worse, according to the study, of the 22%of cities that are facing unknown, currently non-existent climate conditions, 64%are in the tropics.
An ice shelf the size of New York City has collapsed（坍塌）in East Antarctica, an area long thought to be stable（稳定）and not hit much by climate change, concerned scientists said on Friday.
The collapse, caught by sat elite images, marked the first time in human history that the frigid region had an ice shelf collapse. It happened at the beginning of a freakish warm spell last week when temperatures increased more than 70 degrees warmer than normal in some spots of East Antarctica. Satellite photos show the area had been contracting speedily the last couple of years, and now scientists say they wonder if they have been overestimate East Antarctica's stability and resistance（抵抗）to global warming that has been melting ice speedily on the smaller western side and the vulnerable peninsula.
The ice shelf, about 460 square miles wide holding in the Conger and Glenzer glaciers from the warmer water, collapsed between March 14 and 16, said ice scientist Catherine Walker of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute. She said scientists have never seen this happen in this part of the continent and that makes it worrisome.
"The Glenzer Conger ice shelf probably had been there for thousands of years and it's not ever going to be there again, "said University of Minnesota ice scientist Peter Neff.
The problem isn't the amount of ice lost in this collapse, Neff and Walker said. It's negligible（不值一提）. But it's more about the where it happened.
Neff said he worries that previous assumptions（先前假设）about East Antarctica's stability may not be so right. And that's important because the water frozen in East Antarctica if it melted would raise seas across the globe more than 160 feet（50 meters）.
Scientists had been seeing the ice shelf contract a bit since the 1970s, Neff said, "We probably are seeing the result of a lot of long time increased ocean warming there, "Walker said, "It's just been melting and melting. "
And then last week's warming" probably is something like, you know, the last straw on the camel's back. "
Spreading kindness not only helps others feel better about themselves-it can also boost（促进）the giver's health and happiness, according to research. Here's why. A 'helper's high'
Putting the well-being of others before our own without expecting anything in return stimulates（刺激）the reward centers of the brain, studies show. Those feel-good chemicals flood our system, producing a sort of "helper's high."
One reason for this, experts say, is because kindness contributes to（促成）our sense of community and belonging. .
Pain reduction
Giving seems to lessen our pain. A recent study found that people who said they would donate money to help orphans were less sensitive to an electric shock than those who declined to give. In addition, the more helpful people thought their donation would be, the less pain they felt.
The study found that regions of the brain that react to painful stimulation appear to be instantly deactivated by the experience of giving.
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Giving donations to others, or "prosocial spending," has been shown to reduce blood pressure and improve heart health. One study asked a group of hypertensive people to spend$40 on themselves, while another group of people with high blood pressure were told to spend the money on others.
They found that those who spent money on others had lower blood pressure at the end of the six-week study. In fact, the benefits were as large as those from healthy diet and exercise.
Happiness
Researchers found that being kind could boost happiness. the first group had to do an act of kindness each day; the second group tried a new activity; and the third group did nothing. The groups who were kind and did novel things saw a significant boost in happiness.
It seems acts of kindness can be as simple as giving a compliment or opening a door for someone.
A. Healthy heart
B. It's a win-win for all.
C. Lower blood pressure
D. How could this happen?
E. You'll experience even greater joy.
F. The study assigned people to three groups
G. And that is a key contributor to a healthy, longer life.
Daniel Day-Lewis is one of the outstanding actors of his generation. Like Robert De Niro and Christian Bale, the actor Daniel Day-Lewis1that to play a role really well you have to 2 the way the character lived. But sometimes his 3can be extreme（极端的）!For example, when he was playing a（n）4 artist in the film My Left Foot, Day-Lewis 5to leave his wheelchair. The crew 6him everywhere and fed him with a spoon… even when he wasn't 7!
In In the Name of the Father, he played Gerry Conlon, who went to 8 for a crime that he hadn't committed. Day-Lewis prepared for the 9 by spending several nights alone in a freezing prison cell. He 10crew members to throw cold water at him, even when they weren't filming, because this had happened to Gerry Conlon. In 1997, Day-Lewis 11the lead role in the film The Boxer. By the time filming started, he had been training for two 12, seven days a week!He was as 13as a professional boxer.
Other actors don't always like his 14. Day-Lewis made co-star Liam Neeson angry when they were making Gangs of New York together. He 15Neeson by his characters name, even when they were 16in the hotel after work. "I've never17anyone like him, "said one crew member. "Daniel was playing a gangster（歹徒）called Bill the Butcher（屠夫）and when he was doing a 18scene he got really angry. He was 19terrifying". He discovered later that Day-Lewis had been 20a butcher for months before filming started!
After 16 days and 109 events, the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics officially ended on Sunday with the （tradition）closing ceremony.
A small, but enthusiastic, group of audience sat in the stands at Beijing's Bird's Nest stadium during the bitterly cold night in the host city. Some did the wave and cheerfully waved the Chinese flag while （wait）for the night's festivities to start.
The acting （reduce）, echoing the muted opening ceremony held earlier this month. Organizers emphasized snow ice as the main theme. The center stage of the Birds Nest was made up of 11, 600 square meters of an LED screen which aimed（imitate）"a crystal clear ice surface" throughout the ceremony.
Triumphant athletes, appearing no （little）excited than they did during the opening ceremony, proudly waved （they）nation's flags during the parade of athletes.
During the closing ceremony, organizers held the last medal ceremony for the women's cross country 30km mass start. U. S. skier Jessie Diggins won silver after a tough push to the finish line. Diggins' disclosed after her competition that there was a （possible）of her participating in the next Olympics.
As part of Sunday's ceremony, IOC leader Bach handed over the Olympic flag the mayors（长）of the Italian cities of Milan and Cortino, hosts of the2026Winter Games.
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Last night a tornado struck Amity in Texas. We were the first rescue workers whom arrived in Amity. We got there about half a hour after the tornado hit the village. The sight was frightened. The biggest problem we had was getting into the village. Unfortunate, the road was blocked with cars and many damaged building, so we had to go in on foot. The injured were quickly taken to hospital one in another. However, another problem we had was the people who lost our homes. To our joy, when the news were posted on the Internet, and people from all walks of life helped the homeless.
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Nowadays our environment problems are becoming more and more serious.
