Does space fascinate you? Or does art excite you? If not all these, are you interested in the development of journalism? Here are several museums that are designed in such a way that you could go back in time.
The National Archives Museum
The National Archives Museum is one of the top museums in Washington, with the original founding documents of the United States. These papers, together known as the Charters of Freedom, lay down the philosophy of the United States of America.
National Gallery of Art
Next up in our list is one of the top museums in Washington, which is a special place called the National Gallery of Art and is home to the largest collection of masterpieces, which includes drawings, paintings, prints, photos, sculptures, and many more.
Newseum
The Newseum is a place located in Washington known for its unique interactive experience, which deals with some of the most vital incidents in history by using the free press as a guide. You could find out how the radio was invented by going to this place.
National Air and Space Museum
We also highly recommend you to visit the National Air and Space Museum because outer space is what Americans are incredibly proud of. There are several things you could be a part of when you visit this place. The timing for opening is from 10 am to.5pm from Tuesday to Saturday for the general public. For the members, the time extends till 8 pm on Thursday.
CHRISTMAS 2020 was shaping up to be a heartbreaker for Melanie Lee. A few weeks earlier, her 33-year-old son had lost his battle with a long illness. Then the transmission (车辆变速器) on her 2007 Chevrolet Tahoe conked out. She had no means of paying for it to be fixed.
"When it broke down, I broke down," Lee told CNN. "Now I don't have my baby, now I don't have transportation. How am I supposed to stay active in my grandchildren's lives?"
Enter Eliot Middleton, 38, is the owner of a barbecue restaurant and former auto mechanic who, in his free time, repairs and gives away used cars. He'd heard about Lee's situation from her nephew Frank McClary, the mayor of Andrews, South Carolina (population 3,000). On Christmas morning, Middleton showed up unannounced at Lee's home with a gift: a white 1993 Oldsmobile.
"I had no idea what was going on," said Lee. "He handed me the keys and didn't ask for anything. " Once again, she's able to pick up her granddaughters from school and take them to dance class. "I got my freedom back. "
The idea for the used-car giveaway came to Middleton a year earlier during a food drive he'd organized. Many of those who'd lined up for a meal walked up to four miles to get there because they didn't have cars.
Cars are a lifeline in this part of South Carolina, Middleton told CBS. "There's no public transportation, no Ubers, no taxis to take people to job interviews, doctor appointments, even food shopping. " So he posted on Facebook an offer to trade slabs of his restaurant's specialty, barbecued ribs, for broken-down vehicles. Since then, friends and strangers have dropped off more than 100 cars in various states of disrepair. Many sit in Middleton's yard waiting to be fixed up and donated, usually to those he's heard about through word of mouth. It's a list of names that grows daily.
"People think Eliot is an angel," Mayor McClary told the Washington Post. "And I do too."
Biologists in the United States are sounding an alarm about a deadly disease that has been attacking a quiet, intelligent animal: the bat. The disease, called white-nose syndrome, is an infection caused by a fungus (真菌) that attack the nose, wings, and other skin areas on the bodies of bats while they are hibernating (冬眠) in large groups in their caves. The disease was first discovered in a New York cave in the winter of 2006, and it is spreading quickly. Infected caves have been discovered in 19 states and in Canada.
Scientists have discovered that the source is a strain of a cold-loving fungus usually found in polar regions. They are not sure how the fungus kills bats. One theory is that the fungus causes discomfort. The bats began to become upset and partially wake up from hibenation. This activity causes them to burn precious stored body fat and die of starvation. Experts estimate that over.5..5 million bats across nine species have disappeared because of the disease. Wildlife experts fear that if the infection spreads to more bat populations in the Southeast and Midwest, endangered bat species, such as the Indiana bat and Virginia big-eared bat, may be in grave danger of extinction.
Why should Americans care about the loss of these creatures? In warm months, bat fly at night, eating up to their body weight in insects. They control the populations of insects that bite, eat crops, destroy forests, and spread disease. Because of this, the United States government is getting involved. It has heard announcements from bat experts and is taking seriously their pleas (请愿) for funding to study the disease. The possibility of what one lawmaker called "an ecological and economic disaster" is very real if the deadly disease spreads further.
Should Elizabeth II be the last queen? And should police officers be banned from using guns? Pupils at Redden Court School, a state high school in London's eastern suburb, compete with interesting topics when they give up their lunch breaks for debate club.
The school is one of many public ones to have taken up debating in recent years. Last year the English-Speaking Union (ESU), Britain's main debating organization, began to provide free help to 100 schools with lots of poor pupils. It hopes to change the view that debating is for rich kids.
Advocates propose a range of benefits. Duncan Partridge of the ESU argues that the confidence and fluency debating inspires will help children in future university applications and job interviews. Teachers at Redden Court say it has improved pupils' ability to set out their arguments logically, in writing and in class, and they believe debating can be of wider use still.
Yet, despite these organisations' best efforts, success in debating competitions is not just becoming more concentrated in private schools, but in a few of them that take it most seriously. Some hire international debating superstars to tutor their pupils. In 2015 Eton College, one of Britain's grandest schools, opened a debating club that cost ￡18 million. In the past decade just two state schools have won the ESU's annual debating competition in England.
Joseph Spence, master of another top private school, says another problem is that "there is something quite white, middle class and male about the debating form. " Some worry that school debating promotes skilful rhetoric (虚华辞藻) but not critical thinking.
To respond to such criticism, the ESU is designing a new debating format that encourages teams to shift their position in response to their opponent's arguments. It has also introduced a policy that from this year, at least 30% of its competition members must come from state schools. However, is affirmative (积极的) action a just response to continuing inequality?
If I could have your attention, please. I'd like to talk to you about young people's screen time. There is so much to look at: photographs, social media feeds, messages and emails; it is no wonder they are glued to their screens.
There have been many claims about the damage looking at screens does to our eyesight. This is a particular concern for children and young people, who spend a higher percentage of time using electronic devices.
But a new study says time in front of computers and phones might not be as bad for young people as many people think. Research by the Oxford Internet Institute examined data from more than 17,000 teenagers in the UK, Ireland and the United States. Professor Przybylski, director of research at the institute, said, "99. 75% of a person's life satisfaction has nothing to do with their use of social media." The research found that family, friends and school life all had a greater impact on health.
The Oxford researchers are confident that their study is strong in its findings and that any relation between screen time and mental health is very small. Dr. Max Davie, officer for health improvement at the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, calls the study a "small first step", but he said there were other issues to explore, such as screen time's interference with other important activities like sleep, exercise and time with family or friends.
A. But is it good for them?
B. People are addicted to the screens and chatting on social media.
C. People's life satisfaction is closely related to their use of mobile phones.
D. So, does this mean young people can spend longer looking at social media?
E. Some people feared staring ata small bright box could make us short-sighted.
F. Perhaps, deciding the "right" amount of screen time has to be of personal judgment
G. Their study found most links between life satisfaction and social media use were "small".
Dad is a retired officer. In his precinct (管辖区) lived a family, consisting of a 1single mother and her four sons.
The three older sons were all involved in2as a career. Drugs, sale of stolen items, etc. The youngest who was about 10 years old was likely to follow in their footsteps. She was always very 3 when being questioned where her sons were. During a talk with my dad, she expressed her4 in regards to her youngest boy who was about 10 years old. She felt powerless in 5him to the right track.
My dad asked if she would allow her "baby" to 6 the inner city and spent the summer in the rural areas at our house. The 7agreed and thought that it would be 8 for her boy to see another side of family life which he had never been 9 to. So it was done.
My dad had three sons and a daughter (me). We had a new 10 in our family for the summer. Although we must have seemed very unfamiliar to him, he had no trouble 11. He enjoyed the pool in the backyard and made many friends. The whole neighborhood 12 him and he loved the attention. At the end of summer he 13 to his mother.
I 14 about him several years later. Dad told me he went to night school for accounting and 15 landed an office job and he was the only son who did not become a career criminal (罪犯).
In May 2021, Congo's Mount Nyiragongo, one of the world's most dangerous volcanoes, burst to life without warning. Lava erupted from cracks and (stream) down the mountain toward cities below, (leave) hundreds dead, missing or injured.
Now, using data from monitoring stations were built near the volcano in 2015, researchers have pieced together how that eruption happened so (sudden). The data also suggests the event could have been deadlier and people should (well) understand this volcano's particular dangers before the next eruption. The mountain sits near eastern border of Congo, threatening both the Congolese city of Goma the Rwandan city of Gisenyi. Nyiragongo's last two eruptions were both strong enough (feel) by people living nearby. , before the eruption on May 22, 2021, even the sensitive monitoring stations near the volcano didn't notice clear warning (sign) of lava on the move underground.
1）活动安排：
2）期待来临。
注意：1）词数80左右
2）可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
I was hit on my back as I walked down the hall. I turned around angrily, only to discover a lovely cat. His name was Oscar and he was born at the shelter I was visiting. The volunteer let me know that the mother was abandoned by her owner. She and the rest of the litter(幼崽) had been adopted quickly, but Oscar remained.
I could tell he was just what we needed. We were just married, full of love and hope, but we were also facing a few unexpected trials. Just weeks after our wedding, my husband was injured in an accident at work, which not only broke his body but his spirit. Hours of physical treatment led to sleepless nights. I hoped that this little cat would cheer up my husband.
When I brought Oscar home, I asked my husband to shut his eyes and open his hands. I handed him the cat, who reached up and rubbed his paws (爪子) against my husband's face. It had been months since I saw my husband smile like this, and Oscar himself couldn't stop purring (发出呼噜声).
Years passed, and our sweet Oscar continued to bring us comfort. He had an ability to know if someone was having an emotional moment; he would always try to help.
One day, I received a phone call from my mother telling me that my father had cancer. I swore to do everything I could to help him. Feeling upset, I took a bath to try to collect my thoughts. Oscar reached up opened the closed door, and jumped directly into the bathtub with me. Hearing the loud noise, my husband ran into the bathroom to find Oscar all wet just inches from my face. That little guy was all heart.
Fortunately, my father beat cancer and recovered fully. Following his final treatment, he was given two weeks of rest at home. He asked if he and my mother could "babysit" Oscar for those weeks. We were more than happy to share.
注意：1）续写词数应为150左右：2）段落开头已给出
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On the final day of Oscar's visit, my father decided to bake cookies for me and my husband to thank us for "lending" him our cat.
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"Did you add these paw prints on the cookies?" I asked my dad surprisingly.
