If you are looking for something fun and educational to do in Maryland, why not visit the Maryland Science Center? It is located at 601 Light Street, Baltimore, MD 2. The ticket prices vary depending on ages, groups and the exhibits you choose.
Introduction
The Maryland Science Center is basically a museum, but it gives everyone a chance to learn through experience and play, rather than just glance at an exhibit.
Activities
You can learn about various topics, including outer space, the human body, dinosaurs, electricity, marine(海洋的) biology, energy, and much more. You can also take part in the interactive activities, such as racing bubbles, digging for dinosaur fossils, using puzzle pieces to construct cars, and so much more.
The Davis Planetarium(天文馆)
At the Davis Planetarium, you can lie back in a chair and look at the stars while still inside the Science Center. The stars will appear on the ceiling of the theatre as you watch them.
There are different shows to catch at the Davis Planetarium. You can learn about the galaxy and astronomy during the Dark Matters show. Learn about the stars and planets during the Sky Live show. The One World One Sky show allows children to explore the stars. The Live from the Sun show will teach you all about the hot sun.
The Kids Room
For children, they can't miss the Kids Room. They will be able to play in a water area, construct dams and water towers, push buttons, ring doorbells, build with blocks, and more, and definitely they will learn a lot. In addition, there is also an area for kids of two years old and under, where they can crawl, walk and explore safely with soft toys.
I first met Paul Newman in 1968, when George Roy Hill, the director of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, introduced us in New York City. When the studio didn't want me for the film﹣it wanted somebody as well known as Paul﹣he stood up for me. I don't know how many people would have done that；they would have listened to their agents or the studio powers.
The friendship that grew out of the experience of making that film and The Sting four years later had its root in the fact that although there was an age difference, we both came from a tradition of theater and live TV. We were respectful of craft (技艺) and focused on digging into the characters we were going to play. Both of us had the qualities and virtues that are typical of American actors：humorous, aggressive, and making fun of each other﹣but always with an underlying(潜在的) affection. Those were also at the core (核心) of our relationship off the screen.
We shared the belief that if you're fortunate enough to have success, you should put something back﹣he with his Newman's Own food and his Hole in the Wall camps for kids who are seriously ill, and me with Sundance and the institute and the festival. Paul and I didn't see each other all that regularly, but sharing that brought us together. We supported each other financially and by showing up at events.
I last saw him a few months ago. He'd been in and out of the hospital. He and I both knew what the deal was, and we didn't talk about it. Ours was a relationship that didn't need a lot of words.
Staffan Lindeberg is a professor in the department of medicine at the University of Lund in Sweden. He was interested in a Stone Age diet. In the early 1990s he travelled to Papua New Guinea to study the diet of the people on the island of Kitava as it was very close to the Stone Age diet. While there, he found that people did not suffer from heart attacks, diabetes (糖尿病), being overweight and many other diseases common in western countries.
As a result of his findings, he decided to test patients in Sweden to see how such a diet would affect them. Fourteen patients followed a Stone Age diet while another fifteen followed a Mediterranean diet, also healthy with lots of fruit and vegetables. All of the patients in the tests had high blood sugar levels, most suffered from diabetes and all had heart problems.
At the end of three months, the group following the Mediterranean diet had reduced their blood sugar levels by a small amount but those following the Stone Age diet had much lower levels of sugar in their blood. The patients in both groups also lost weight although the level of sugar in the blood and the patients' weight didn't seem to be related.
So, what is it about the Stone Age diet that can make us healthier? The diet contains some meat, fish, vegetables and nuts (坚果) but it doesn't contain any dairy products (乳制品) or grains, and there is no salt.
The next question is whether the Kitava people are healthier than us. After all, their life expectancy (预期寿命) is much lower. According to Professor Lindeberg, this is not as simple as we may think. Because of their poor health care, there is more chance of them dying at a young age. However, if people on Kitava manage to reach fifty, they are likely to live as long as people in more developed countries.
T-shirts out; uniforms in
School uniforms are becoming more and more popular across the U.S.A. That's no surprise, because they offer many benefits. They immediately end the powerful social sorting and labeling (标记) that come from clothing. If all students are dressed in the same way, they will not pay too much attention to their clothing, and some of them will not be laughed at for wearing the "wrong" clothes.
Some people are against the strict rule of school uniforms, but they do not realize that students already accept a kind of rule — wanting to look just like their friends. The difference is that the clothing students choose for themselves creates social barriers; school uniforms tear those barriers down.
As in other places, uniforms remind the wearers of their purposes and duties. For example, when a man or woman puts on a police uniform, he or she becomes, for a time, the symbol (象征) of law and order. The uniform means to the wearer his or her special duties and sends the same message to everyone the wearer meets. People with different jobs wear uniforms of one kind or another. For students, the school uniform reminds them that their task for the six or seven hours they are in school is to get an education.
Some parents are unhappy about uniforms, saying that school uniforms will affect their children's "creativity." First, as noted above, the clothes students choose to wear do not necessarily express their individuality (个性). They just copy their classmates. Second, students have the rest of the day to be as creative as they like. While they're in school, their job is to master reading, writing, and maths; this should take up all the creativity they have. Mastery of those skills will be good for the students to build up their creativity in every way.
Mother's Day became an official holiday in the United States at the start of the 20th century.
The celebration is on the second Sunday in May as a way to honor mothers whose sons had died in war.
People give mothers gifts like flowers, cards, and jewelry to thank them for all their hard work. A popular symbol of the holiday is the carnation（康乃馨）.This is because when the holiday first began in the U.S. people were encouraged to wear a red carnation if their mother was alive or a white carnation if their mother was dead. In fact, Mother's Day is the most popular, date in the U.S. for people to go out and eat and it is estimated that people spend billions on meals and gifts. Mother's Day is also the most popular day to make long distance calls in the U.S. It is the second most popular gift—giving day after Christmas.
Like Father's Day, it indeed is a holiday that has changed in such a way that it makes money or profits.
In fact, the founder of the U.S. holiday, Anna Jarvis, began arguing against the holiday and was even arrested for disturbing the peace for demonstrating. Jarvis's own mother started the campaign to establish a mother's holiday during the American Civil War.
Mothers are not the only people celebrated on this day. All mother figures including grandmothers, great grandmothers, stepmothers, and foster mothers are honored on the holiday. In schools many students make special gifts, including handmade cards. While widely recognized, Mother's Day is not an American holiday.
A. It celebrates and honors mothers.
B. The story of Mother's Day is a long one.
C. But the holiday has long been blamed for it.
D. The holiday is celebrated in a number of ways.
E. Many other countries have their own Mother's Day.
F. Many people take their mothers out for a special meal.
G. And Australia celebrates Mother's Day with beautiful flowers.
A 90-year-old driver is providing it's never too late to pursue（追求）your dreams. Last year，Hershel McGriff became the 1 driver to compete in a NASCAR event when he raced at the Tucson Speedway in his home state of Arizona.
McGriff has been 2 since he was a teenager. His first time behind the 3 came when he was just 17 years old after he read an ad in his local newspaper and was drawn to the 4 that comes with driving hundreds of miles per hour around a track，5 for first place.
"I borrowed my dad's 1940 Hudson—an ugly car，and I got a couple of guys to help me，" McGriff
6 his beginning in the sport. "I didn't do very7. I think I finished 12th or 13th out of a bunch of cars. That got me started."
His first win on the NASCAR circuit (联赛) came when he 8 in Mexico at the age of 22. McGriff went on 9dozens of races，finally being 10as one of NASCAR's Greatest Drivers. Here tired from the sport at 74，but he never stopped his love for the track and decided to return to racing for a few special events that have made him famous in his hometown and 11others to keep pursuing their dreams as well.
McGriff's spot in the race was a gift for his 90th birthday from his son and long-time friend，team owner Bill McAnally. "Bill called me up on the phone and said， 'For your 90th birthday，I will furnish the car. All you have to do is 12 it，'" McGriff said. "When he made the 13, I was ready to accept."
McGriff's history﹣making race proves that you can pursue your dreams at any 14 but for this young -at-heart racer，it was just a chance to get behind the wheel and 15 pursuing his passion.
This was not an easy task. The reason this was difficult was that the team had (limit) resources. They did not have enough staff, and the laboratorythey worked had poor air quality. However, after hundreds of failed (experiment), they eventually(come across) a promising chemical. It worked well in experiments on animals, but they had to know if it was safe for humans. Tu Youyou (brave) volunteered to befirst human subject when they were ready(start) testing and the rest of her team followed her. The test was a success. The medicine they discovered, artemisinin, has now become the world's most (effect) drug for(fight) malaria.
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Jonah would never forget how he managed to overcome his shyness and make new friends all because of the timely advice he had followed a month ago. He remembered that day clearly.
The bell for the break resounded (回荡) through the corridors(走廊) at Glendale School. Instead of heading to the canteen like the other children did, Jonah fled to the library. He pushed open the door and headed for the nearest bookshelf. Other than the noise of the air﹣conditioner, the library was quiet and there was barely a soul in sight. Far in a comer, he spotted the librarian, who seemed too busy shelving some books to pay any attention to him. The windows to the library looked out to the canteen. Jonah could hear children laughing and chatting. He wished he was outside playing with some friends but he did not let this bother him.
Suddenly, Jonah heard a sound in the corner. He turned around and saw the librarian walking towards him. "Hi, I'm Mrs. Lim." she greeted him with a smile.
"Um...hi, I'm Jonah, "Jonah said, his face flushed red with embarrassment.
"Why are you reading here when you could be playing with your friends instead？"
"Uh..."Jonah looked around the library, avoiding her gaze. He did not want Mrs. Lim to know the real reason he was in the library. She had the same look in her eyes as Jonah's father during the quiet car rides home from school. Jonah was helplessly tight﹣lipped whenever his father asked whom he had played or eaten with at school. From his silence, Jonah's father knew he was lonely. It was not that Jonah did not have any friends. They all just happened to live really far away. Jonah would stay up late at night chatting on the computer with his old friends from his previous school. Somehow, it made him feel close to them despite the distance. In this new school, Jonah found it difficult to make new friends. Everyone seemed to have different interests and their own circle of friends.
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"I know how you feel," Mrs. Lim said gently, as if she could read Jonah's mind.
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In the hallway outside the library, a boy from Jonah's class was picking up something on the floor.
