The United Kingdom is a land of natural beauty and history, with many of its finest attractions discovered through hiking. Now, dust off your boots, plan according to the following routes presented by a survey of senior hikers and an incredible experience will wait for you.
Wales Coastal Path
Wales is the only country in the world that has an official walking path covering its whole borders. The Wales Coastal Path is a footpath stretching 870 miles from Chester to Chepstow. Walking the whole thing might be demanding, but there are plenty of stretches that can be enjoyed over a day or two.
Southwest Coast Path
You need a fair amount of annual leave, a casual 52 days or so, to undertake this in one go. The route runs from Somerset all the way to Dorset, via rugged cliffs, cute fishing villages and surfing spots along the coastline. You can surely jump on to any point as you like, but you can't afford to miss all the pubs full of jokes and laughter on the way!
Coast to Coast Walk
This long-distance trail isn't official, but popular in the country, taking hikers from the Irish Sea to the North Sea as it rolls into historic Robin Hood's Bay in Yorkshire. Following local footpaths, the route takes you through three UK National Parks: the Lakes, the Yorkshire Dales and the North York Moors.
Cleveland Way
You'll want nine days to fully complete this hike, which explores both the North York Moors and the county's world-famous coastline. Just make sure you allow enough time to properly enjoy spots like Roseberry Topping hill and pick up a gentle afternoon walk at Whitby's clifftop church.
As William Shakespeare is to literature in English, so is the poet Du Fu to the Chinese literary tradition. "We have Dante, Shakespeare and Du Fu. These poets create the very values by which poetry is judged", remarked by Harvard Professor Stephen Owen in Du Fu , China's Greatest Poet, a new BBC documentary that aired on April 7.
Aimed at introducing the charm and beauty of traditional Chinese literature to viewers around the globe, the documentary invited famous British actor Ian McKellen, who played the wizard Gandalf in the film series The Lord of the Rings, to read 15 of Du's poems that have been translated into English.
The one-hour film traces the poet's life experiences in detail. Born in 712, Du lived under the reign of the Tang Emperor Xuanzong(713—756), a time marked by extraordinary prosperity, inclusiveness and cultural accomplishment.
However, as the An Lushan Rebellion floored the empire, the 43-year-old Du, the former civil servant at the Tang court, had to take his family out of his hometown, and faced starvation and sufferings. Through ups and downs, the poet never stopped writing and about 1,500 poems have been kept over the ages.
Even though he never held a high position in the government, Du still cared about common people. For example, in the poem My Cottage Unroofed by Autumn Gales, he wrote that "Could I get mansions covering ten thousand miles, I'd house all scholars poor and make them beam with smiles".
"That is why he was honored as a Poet Sage by later generations. A difficult life and his spirit of concern about the world helped him create so many masterpieces", Shi Wenxue, a cultural critic based in Beijing, told the Global Times.
Without doubt, Du is a cultural symbol of ancient China, but his brilliant works and core spirits have also inspired people outside of China. As the documentary noted, his work represents a precious cultural heritage for the entire world, not just China.
The next time you have cheese loudly, remember the French scientist Louis Pasteur who discovered that bad milk, and many diseases are caused by bacteria (细菌).
Louis Pasteur is known as the father of microbiology. In his lifetime, he not only proved that bacteria are the cause of diseases, but also discovered the process of vaccination (接种疫苗), which has saved billions of lives.
When Pasteur worked with chickens that were suffering from cholera during his experiments, he accidentally spread cholera to his chickens. Pasteur's chickens became mildly sick but did not die. This was strange as every chicken that came near cholera earlier had died. He realized soon that the cholera had become weak. By the time he tried again, the chickens he had cured earlier did not get cholera anymore. He realized that a weak cholera helped, his chickens develop an antibody against it.
Later, Pasteur went on to try this on cows, pigs and dogs. All his research helped him develop different vaccines. We now know that the process of vaccination introduces a weakened kind of bacteria into our body. Our body reacts by creating antibodies to fight the bacteria. Now, when our body comes across the same bacteria which are much stronger, it can fight them off.
Louis Pasteur received numerous awards for the advancement of biology, chemistry, and medicine. He founded the Pasteur Institute to study diseases. It was the first university, to teach microbiology and today there are 32 institutes across 29 countries. For every child vaccinated against a deadly disease, we have Louis Pasteur to thank.
Breathing dirty air can cost someone's lifespan (寿命) months—even years, a new study finds. Worldwide, air pollution lowers average lifespans by a year. Scientists shared their new findings in Environmental Science & Technology Letters.
Air pollution (污染) has been linked to many health problems. Most earlier studies have looked at how tiny air pollutants affected rates of illness or death. But now an environmental scientist, Joshua Apte, is going even further. He works at the University of Texas, Austin. He together with his team is looking at life expectancy, hoping to make the threat easier to understand.
PM 2.5 is what scientists call tiny particles of pollution in the air. Higher levels of PM2.5 can cause health problems and cut months, if not years, from the average lifespan. This analysis shows pollution affects life expectancy in different parts of the world.
The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends limiting PM 2.5 to 10 micrograms (微克) per cubic (立方) meter of air. Apte's group used data to try to find how this low level would help people. But meeting the WHO standard won't get rid of health damage from dirty air. That's because even below 10 micrograms per cubic meter pollution still causes huge risks.
Reducing air pollution could increase life expectancy. The scientists also compared how other threats shorten life spans across the globe. These risk factors included smoking and cancer.
These results show that in poor countries, cleaning up dirty air could greatly increase lifespans. It could have as big an effect as cleaning up drinking water, or curing lung cancer. However, in wealthier countries air pollution shortens life expectancy by less than half a year. All forms of cancer, in fact, shorten the average life expectancy by more than 3.5 years. "Knowing this can really help people. or policymakers, decide where to spend their money." says Kirk Smith.
The sound coming from Taronga Zoo Sydney in Australia may sound like the cries of a human baby. It's just a brown, long-tailed bird named Echo that has learned how to mimic (模仿) the cries of human babies.
Echo is a superb lyrebird (琴鸟), an Australian bird named for the shape of its tail. It's a U-shaped stringed instrument that was popular in ancient Greece. The zoo says lyrebirds are experts at mimicking. They can mimic any sound in their immediate surroundings, including those from car engines, as well as animal sounds, such as dog barks and bird calls.
Seven-year-old Echo can mimic the sound of a fire alarm and the "leave immediately" announcement at the zoo, Leanne Golebiowski, a bird expert at Taronga Zoo Sydney said. But it's not clear how Echo perfected the calls, as the zoo is closed to visitors because of COVID-19 lockdowns (封锁). Glebiowski said, "I can only guess that Echo picked it up from our guests. But this concerns me, as I thought the zoo was a happy place for families to visit!"
Male lyrebirds use their mimicking talents mainly for mating. During their breeding season, male lyrebirds can be heard singing for up to 4 hours a day. Their songs consist of a lot of different bird calls that they have picked up from their surroundings.
A. The number of lyrebirds is on the increase.
B. The tail looks like an instrument known as a lyre.
C. However, don't be alarmed.
D. The female should stay with him.
E. But sometimes their mating songs include other non-bird sounds.
F. Obviously, he has been working on his craft during lockdown.
G. About a year ago, Echo started practicing baby cries, she said.
When low temperatures this past winter froze Kodak, Tennessee, Sean Patel, owner of the local Quality Inn, wanted to do something to help his neighbors. With the extremely low temperatures 1 pipes and causing a power failure, he 2 his hotel to all people, even if he 3 out of rooms. He also provided them with food and warmth until the 4 was restored.
The man from India, who came to America in 2004, saw 5 in the people around him when he 6 in Tennessee, and wanted to be a part of it.
"I saw how much people 7 each other here and it touched me," 8 Patel. "It's not always about money. Sometimes you just need to talk. I always wanted to be that kind of 9."
So, he did what came 10: Patel turned to social media to say, "If you can get here, we will 11 of you." Even when there were no 12 rooms, Patel would make 13 for those who needed it whether that was in the hall or around the pool area, just to give them someplace warm.
Between Christmas and New Year of 2021, all 60 rooms in the hotel were completely 14 with some rooms 15 as many as eight or nine adults. Some 16 even stayed in the hall or meeting rooms just to have a 17 place.
"It wasn't about who was Black or White. All were a 18 here. I still had clothes on my back. The kids were safe. We could have a shower and eat food, even though business was 19," says Patel. "But we all have to 20 for each other."
It's almost time for me to say goodbye to Australia. I've enjoyed my time here very much. After being here for a while, my(big) impression is the complicated mix of peoples and cultures make up the nation. Although the main cultural influence since 1788 (be) Western culture, minority cultures have also played part in shaping the unique Australian culture, with many of the new cultural influences(contribute) by immigrants. It is said that now nearly half of all Australian citizens were either born overseas or have parents who were born overseas.
(personal) speaking, I like most about Australia is the people themselves. They have a straightforward and free-and-easy attitude life, and their (friendly) and warmth made me feel at home wherever I went. After (experience) Australia, I have to say that I agree with the tourism slogan: "There's nothing like Australia."
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Tony gave Claire a new haircut and improved his makeup. Because of he was not allowed to accompany her to the shops, he wrote out a list of things that he would need for his work on the house. Claire went downtown and buys these things. She had appointment to paint her nails, then she went into an expensive clothes shop. The saleswoman there was rude to her, and she rang Tony and told him she was being treated badly. He spoke to the woman, that immediately changed her attitude. Claire thanked Tony, tell him that he was a "dear". As she turned around, there stood Gladys Claffern. What awful to be discovered by her, Claire thought. By the look on her face, Claire knew that Gladys thought they were in a relation. After all, she knew Claire's husband's name was Larry, not Tony. Although it was complete innocent, Claire felt guilty.
