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Germany is famous for its history and culture, and it also has some of Europe's most wild and wonderful scenery. Here are four parks worth visiting.
The Bliesgau Biosphere This place is home to almost half of all German flower species. The grasslands run for miles, drawing in different butterflies. Thanks to its great climate, this is an area of sustainable development. In fact, this park is an example of farming done right and offers a wealth of agricultural know-how to anyone eager to learn.
Berchtesgaden nature park Berchtesgaden is one of Germany's oldest and most beautiful conservation areas. Paths go in and out of the forest, leading you along the banks of glassy lakes. The more adventurous visitors may choose paragliding（滑翔伞运动）. Back on the ground, a network of more than 150 miles of walking paths goes through the forest.
Southern Black Forest nature park The highland areas, with views over Switzerland and France, are a good place for food- lovers. Activities in the park range from hiking and fishing to mountain biking, while the slower travelers will enjoy the paths to get away from everyday life.
Jasmund nature park It lies on the west coast of the offshore island of Rugen. This protected site is the smallest of Germany's national park. It is here that painter Caspar David Friedrich found himself inspired to create one of his masterpieces, Chalk Cliffs on Rigen, in 1818. Here long paths can take you all the way to the Rugen coastline, where white-sand beaches and blue waters wait for you.
Many years ago, when we were a young couple with two small children, aged 2 and 4, we were practically impecunious. My in-laws lived from hand to mouth, so we didn't expect any help from them. My parents lived a great distance away, and I was too ashamed to let them know about our situation.
My husband was trying to earn a living with an old pick-up truck, carrying groceries for local shopkeepers, but it was constantly breaking down. It took almost all the money we had to have it fixed. The truck was also the only means of transportation for us.
We lived in the countryside, and we always used the back door because the driveway led to it. One winter evening, I stepped outside to take a bag of trash to the barrel and almost tripped over something. It was nearly dark and I had to bend down to see what it was. I could hardly believe my eyes. There sat a large basket loaded with food.
It was heavy, so I called my husband to carry it into the house. Once inside we discovered two loaves of bread, some butter, several cans of vegetables, a can of orange sauce, and a large turkey. There was so many things that I can't remember them all, but they were what we needed to fix a wonderful dinner-everything except potatoes.
A little while later I remembered that I hadn't taken the trash to the barrel. Then it was dark, so I had to turn on the yard light— and that's when I spotted a small bag of potatoes sitting on the porch.
That dinner was the best I could remember. We weren't able to thank our donators, though, because we never found out who had been so considerate to help a struggling young family. Whoever it was, we are forever grateful.
Languages have been coming and going for thousands of years, but in recent times there has been less coming and a lot more going. When the world was still populated by hunter -gatherers, small, tightly knit （联系）groups developed their own patterns of speech independent of each other. Some language experts believe that 10, 000 years ago, when the world had just five to ten million people, they spoke perhaps 12, 000 languages between them.
Soon afterwards, many of those people started settling down to become farmers, and their languages too became more settled and fewer in number. In recent centuries, trade, industrialization, the development of the nation-state and the spread of universal compulsory education, especially globalisation and better communications in the past few decades, all have caused many languages to disappear, and dominant languages such as English, Spanish and Chinese are increasingly taking over.
At present, the world has about 6, 800 languages. The distribution of these languages is hugely uneven. The general rule is that mild zones have relatively few languages. Often spoken by many people while hot, wet zones have lots, often spoken by small numbers. Europe has only around 200 Languages: the Americas about 1, 000, Africa 2, 400；and Asia and the Pacific perhaps 3, 200, of which Papua New Guinea alone accounts for well over 800. The media number（中位数）of speakers is a mere 6, 000, which means that half the worlds languages are spoken by fewer people than that.
Already well over 400 of the total of 6, 800 languages are close to extinction（消亡）, with only a few elderly speakers left. Pick, at random, Busuu in Cameroon（eight remaining speakers）, Chiapaneco in Mexico（150）. Lipan Apache in the United States（two or three） or Wadjigu in Australia（one, with a question-mark）: none of these seems to have much chance of survival.
Is there anybody out there? For centuries humans have wondered although the ways in which we have gone about this have varied. As we have gained a greater understanding of the universe, our searches have taken on more concrete（具体的） forms. Questions about aliens （外星人） have become a subject for science rather than science fiction.
Now new cooperation between the Very Large Array （ VLA ） observatory in New Mexico and the SETI Institute in California means that our curiosity about whether aliens exist can be closer than ever before to being satisfied. Data from the VLA'S 28 radio telescopes, used to scan a vast area of sky, will be fed through a special supercomputer that will search for distant signals.
How likely it is that a signal will be found, and what this might mean, are hard questions to answer. SETI's existing projects have not discovered any signals from other planets so far. But recent discoveries in space and Earth sciences have provided some encouragement for those who are enthusiastic about the possibility, however remote, of detecting other civilizations.
Once it was thought that our solar system could be unique. Since the discovery of the first exoplanet （a planet beyond the solar system ） in the 1990s, thousands more have been located. Around one in five stars is now thought to have a planet in their orbit（运行轨道） in a so-called "habitable（适合居住的） zone"—that is, at a distance from the star where the temperature means that life is theoretically possible.
Are Earth's 7.5 billion humans, along with billions of other animals and plants they share their home with, on their own in the universe? If there is another life form somewhere, could it be as intelligent as humans? Or could it threaten them? I think all of these need further exploration. As explorations of Mars continue, and a new set of observations from the James Webb Space Telescope are set to begin, our interest in the possibility of alien life appears as much as before.
Many people often find themselves waking up in the middle of the night, unusually awake and excited. That's really frustrating. However, there is no need to worry. Here are some effective ways to help you fall asleep again.
Remain in bed. For you to fall asleep, your heart rate needs to slow down. When you get up, your heart rate goes up. So, avoid going to the bathroom during the night if you can. Do not eat too little or too much for dinner. Do not drink and fill your bladder（膀胱）before bed. It may make you fall asleep faster, but it may also disrupt your sleep later in the night.
Stay in the dark. When you cannot sleep, LED lights on printers and cable boxes may be the reason. The same is true for light streaming in through cracks in curtains. You should cover lights with tape and wear a sleep mask. A popular choice has deep eye cups so your eyes can open and shut while you wear them.
Quiet your mind. Try ways to relax, such as deep breathing, meditation, and mindfulness exercises. The point is to keep your brain busy with something that is not demanding and is relaxing.
If your wake-up time is 6: 30 a. m. and your clock reads 3: 00 a. m., do not think Oh no! I have only three hours left! Instead, say to yourself Oh great! I have three more hours to sleep!
You have a problem if you wake three times a week for more than three months. It may affect your quality of life. You need to find a sleep expert who can help identify the cause and fix it.
A. Think in a positive way.
B. Maintain a calm attitude.
C. They may keep you awake.
D. Most importantly, avoid alcohol in the evening.
E. You can do simple math problems in your head.
F. Getting up to do some mild exercise is also helpful.
G. Tossing and turning in bed, they are unable to fall asleep.
Feeding the stray cats （流浪猫） in my neighborhood used to be part of my daily routine.
Last month, my favorite cat named Ginger1a litter of cute babies! Thrilled and excited, I 2them a new cat house, food bowls and even a large pack of cat food. I 3the whole package of love and care behind the bushes so that they'd be safe and sound.
However, a few days later I found what I bought for Ginger was4!I started looking for Ginger and her house right away. To my5 a security guard showed up. "I know what you're looking for," said the middle-aged man. "6. The cat family is safe, and they didn't need those things. "
My mind was filled with questions and anger, but he seemed7. "Ginger is an
8creature. She can manage herself without you. I9your willingness to help, but Ginger should take responsibility for herself. 10, by providing her with everything, you're making her more and more dependent on 11. You've been making life way too 12for them—and that's no good for any wildlife. "
I understood his13. For Ginger and her babies, my care and love are a14, but as a helper, I was doing too much. I should let them be who they really are. A15doesn't always have to "help".
Classical Chinese garden design aims to create a natural landscape and thinks highly of the perfect harmony between man and nature.
A Chinese garden is like a scroll (卷轴) painting, (show) a series of carefully composed scenes. New views are showed as one visitor (walk) along the paths. In the gardens, you can see some winding paths seemingly lead to nowhere. There, a path seems to end, but all of a sudden, a new world is rolled out before you: pavilions (亭子), rock formations, spring waters—all combined to provide a pleasant surprise! At the (enter) to a Chinese garden, there is usually a huge stone or wall( use) to produce unimaginable delight when you turn around the wall. A Chinese garden may have windows on all (it) four walls. And it is interesting that the windows, visitors may see different views at different angles.
A Chinese garden is where culture is both created enjoyed. All plants mark the shift of the (season). Water and rocks (similar) create the balance of nature's yin and yang.
"To a person nothing is more pthan their life and if they eme with that life, how could I refuse that trust." These words of Dr. Lin Qiaozhi give us a look into the heart of this awoman and what c her through a life of hard choices.
As a five- year- old girl, Lin Qiaozhi was deeply aby her mother's death. At age 18, instead of following the traditional path of marriage like the m of girls, she chose to study medicine." Why should girls learn so much? F a good husband should be their final goal!" her brother c , thinking of the high tfees. She r, "I'd, rather stay single to study all my life!"
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