Best Summer Camps For Teenagers 2022
Summer camps provide experiences to teenagers, which help them grow as individuals and teach them lessons they remember forever. Here is a list of our best summer camps for teenagers.
Robin Hood Camp
This camp help campers to get a sense of self-confidence to find out their creativity and imagination through the outdoor summer camp experience. Lake activities, outdoor sports and camp games will be provided for teenagers to build unique memories.
Ages: 8 to 16.
ID Tech Camps
ID Tech offers virtual technology camps for teens. At the camps, teens receive a STEM education while making friends with other students who attend. You can sign up for all types of STEM-related camps that involve coding, designing robots and much more. Meanwhile you can sign them up for private online lessons for a more personalized experience. Our expert instructors have years of experience and often come from famous universities like Stanford, California Institute of Technology and New York University.
Ages: 12 to 16.
Catalina Sea Camp
Catalina Sea Camp is an adventure camp in Catalina Island, California. It's perfect for kids who enjoy being out in the ocean and participating in exciting water sports. It also has free online marine biology courses for our little campers, making it perfect for those interested in a future career in the field.
Ages: 10 to 16.
Green Wood Camp
This summer camp gives campers a chance to enjoy lake activities that include sailing, kayaking, canoeing and other adventures in woods, sports and activities that the camp organizers help to put on. There is a day camp, family camp and overnight camp to choose from.
Ages: 10 to 18.
See more detailed information at //summercamphub.com.
I like flying to a foreign destination to visit the attractions during holidays, like millions of people are doing nowadays. The world has an amazing variety of must-see sights, from breathtaking natural scenery to impressive old cities, but too many of us are visiting them at the same time is putting pressure on these delicate and ancient places. Therefore, a number of beauty spots and historic sites have been introducing charges or restrictions on the tourists, which is meant to reduce overcrowding that can do harm to the surroundings of a place, protect old buildings in danger, and tidy up the mess that visitors leave behind.
The famous Italian city of Venice has, for example, introduced an entry fee of up to €10 for short-stay tourists. Citizens in Venice have long complained that the city is too crowded with tourists. Now, passengers arriving by cruise ship will have to pay a "landing tax". Mayor Luigi Brugnaro says, "It would increase much-needed income to keep the city clean."
Many cities in Europe have already charged a tax on tourists who stay in hotels and guest houses. This tax raises money to help protect the environment, pay for maintenance(维修) costs, or promote tourism. In Rome, new laws have been introduced to bring down bad tourist behaviour, such as forbidding drinking water from fountains and attaching "love padlocks" to bridges. Now the rules work well.
As more of us can now afford to travel, tourist destinations are getting busier, so maybe new laws and taxes on tourists are to be a necessary part of the sightseeing experience and benefit the beautiful attractions a lot.
Every few years, the humpback whales(座头鲸) come into the bay of California in November while they're migrating(迁徙). In 2020, the whales were around again, so I decided to take out my kayak(小皮船) to watch them. I invited my friend Liz Chong to go with me but was refused at once, for she was worried that my light narrow boat would overturn while we were in it. I promised the boat was super stable, and told her how magnificent it would be.to watch whales. After half an hour persuading, she finally agreed to go with me.
We set out the next morning, and there were already other whale lovers in the bay. I spotted two pairs of whales swimming toward us. We were in excitement: it's amazing to be so close to such a giant creature. We paddled closer, for I thought we'd be safe as they were just passing by. Suddenly, a group of fish, being run after by the whales, started jumping out of the water into our kayak, sounding like crackling glass around us. At that moment, I realized we were too close. Then the kayak was turned over—the whales were going to drag us down! Just in seconds one of them swallowed almost my entire body except for my right arm with a paddle. Liz, meanwhile, was being attacked by another whale too.
We didn't know that whales have enormous mouths but tiny throats—anything they can't swallow, they cough out. Luckily, wearing life jackets, we were soon popped up out of the water. The entire suffering lasted only ten seconds, but to me it felt like forever.
A few people nearby shot a video of the entire incident. They came up to check if we were OK. "You were in the whale's mouth!" they told us. "We thought you were dead." A few days later, I studied the video and saw how close I'd come to being injured or killed. I became so much more appreciative of life after that day.
A study has found insect numbers have declined by half in some parts of the world due to climate change and intensive agriculture. The combined pressures have caused "substantial declines" of insects, according to the UK researchers.
We must acknowledge the threats we pose to insects before some species are lost forever. Lead researcher, Dr Charlie Outhwaite of UCL, said, "Losing insect populations could be harmful not only to the natural environment, but to human health and food security, particularly with losses of pollinators (授粉者)." Hopefully, we can take actions to help ensure vital insects thrive(繁荣). "Our findings highlight the urgency of actions to slow down climate change, including preserving natural habitats, slowing the expansion of high-intensity agriculture and cutting carbon emissions(碳排放)." she added.
Decreasing insects populations around the world have caused widespread concern. In the latest study, the researchers pulled together data on the range and number of nearly 20,000 insect species, including bees, ants, butterflies and dragonflies, at about 6,000 different locations. In areas with high–intensity agriculture and substantial warming, insect numbers have decreased by 49% and the number of different species have dropped by 27%, compared with relatively untouched places that have been less impacted by climate change and human activities, according to the research published in Nature.
Preserving natural habitats near farmland may be of help. It creats a protection for insects which need shade to survive in hot weather, according to Dr Tim Newbold, also of UCL. Another researcher, Peter MeCann, also added, "We need to acknowledge how important insects are for the environment as a whole, and for human health and well-being. We have found the problems and now we have to do something."
How to Take Effective Notes During Lectures
Effective note-taking is an active part of the learning process that requires you to get the main idea and write down its key words in your own way.
Prepare for the lecture in advance.
Teachers hand out outlines of their lectures before they begin.It can help you focus on the difficulties you have in understanding and you will be able to ask better questions in class.
Find your style of taking notes.
For example, some visual learners could draw certain shapes to represent important concepts. Some people prefer writing words, and some may find it most helpful to record a lecture and listen to it while studying. You have to find the style works best for you.
Rather than writing complete sentences or even complete words, create a form of fast and brief writing with some signs or phrases to make note-taking easier. This will help you take notes quickly and keep up with the lecture.
Take down key points.
It is important to write down key points from the lecture.Things like key ideas, definitions, and descriptive phrases can help you remember the subject. For example, if the lecture is based on a specific battle in history, try to write down the date, the major characters involved and the overall outcome of the struggle.
A. Develop your shorthand.
B. Write questions as you are listening.
C. Skimming them will warm up your brain.
D. Everything you learn may be helpful in the future.
E. Different people may have different ways of note-taking.
F. It means you need to focus on the most meaningful information.
G. With the following tips, you can become a better lecture note-taker.
When I was a kid, I used to see happiness as success. I thought I was a successful kid, for I always found1in doing what I like.
However, my view of success gradually changed as I grew up. In middle school and high school, my family made me2that academic excellence meant success and they expected me to be a top student. Such expectations on me turned out to be unbearable3. Though I had pushed myself very hard, I couldn't really 4during classes. My mind was wandering somewhere else. As a5, I only got a slightly above average academic record. This left my6disappointed. Later they transferred me to a new high school. I had to say good-bye to all my7and buried myself in study. But things didn't get better. I became more aware that I had 8far behind my classmates. I wondered9they were always performing well at school. I felt eager to be like them,10, I filled my schedule with as many things as possible. Unfortunately, I11to catch up with them.
This is not the end. During college years, I12over 30 part-time jobs and received a few responses, but no13. This fall, I requested a variety of internship (实习) again,14with more rejections. I began wondering, "Is there just something I15but everyone else has? What am I doing wrong?"
Reflecting on these experiences, I've realized that the source of my unhappiness wasn't my actual failures, but the16why I thought I would failed. I have been trying my best to meet my parents'17or to be someone else. When I can't do that, this form of failure keeps me thinking that I am not18. I have ignored that I'm good at19else. From now on, no matter what happens, I won't be20by the past any more. My newest version of success is to be adapted to who I am.
Xu Yuanchong, China's most distinguished master translator, passed away in Beijingthe age of 100. Having translated about 120 Chinese poetry works into both EnglishFrench, he gained worldwide recognition.
Xu once(study) with Qian Zhongshu, Wu Mi and other Chinese masters at the National Southwest Associated University. In 1944, he was admitted into Tsinghua University. In 1948, he went to University of Paris for further study after(graduate) from Tsinghua University.
Xu devoted(he) to translation for more than 60 years. While doing translation, Xu would pay much attention tobeauty of image, sound and form, leaving something out and adding something to make the translated works(beautiful) than the original works. In 2010, Xu(award) the honour of Lifetime Achievements in Translation from the Translators Association of China. What's more, he was also the first Asian translator(win) the Aurora Borealis Prize for Outstanding Translation of Fiction Literature, which was one of the highest honors among international(translator).
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1．每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2．只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
This summer vacation was the meaningful one. I spent twenty days stay with my grandparents in the countryside. Besides doing farm work and taking care of my grandparents, I help the children in the neighborhood with their lessons. All of it showed great interest in English. They could write English well but they could hardly speak it. So I worked as their English teacher improve their spoken English. Finally, they all made great progresses and their parents spoke high of me. I was very happy and proud of myself because of I was able to do something help. Now I have made up my mind to be a teacher which is needed in the rural area.
1）写信目的；
2）自身优势（知识、能力、经历等）；
3）表达期待。
注意：
1）词数100左右；
2）可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Dear Mrs. Jones,
……
Yours,
Li Hua
