Greece Websites
Odyssey Online ★★★★☆
The Odyssey Online project was developed to help educators teach using works of art from the ancient Near East, Egypt, Greece, Rome and Africa. Its part on Greece is an attractive Flash presentation that includes information on Greek mythology（神话），daily life，architecture，and more.
Perseus Project ★★★★☆
Perseus Project is an impressive digital library for Greek and Classical resources from the Classics Department at Tufts University for primary and secondary source scholarly works that cover the history, literature and culture of the Greco-Roman world. The collection contains extensive and diverse resources including primary and secondary texts, site plans, digital images, and maps. Works are listed by author
The British Museum: Ancient Greece ★★★★☆
The British Museum site is full of interactive（互动的）tours，imitations，and games to make the study of Ancient Greece attractive for kids. You can follow the procession of the Panathenaic festival and build a virtual temple, as well as take a virtual tour of Athens, one-of the-most-influential cities in Ancient Greece. You can also command a Greek war ship, explore the battlefield at Plateia, follow an interactive story about women in Greece. and "set the scene in a virtual house. Another choice is to take an interactive tour ot the Olympics, Greek theatre, and Greek festivals.
Mr. Dowling's Electronic Passport: Ancient Greece ★★★★☆
Mr. Dowling's Electronic Passport introduces you to many civilizations with clear explanations, engaging pictures for kids, and "cool links". The helpful study guides, homework tasks and exams are free and available（可得到的）for you to print or to rewrite. However， the site＇s out-of-date design and lack of interactivity make it not so-cool
Intergenerational（两代间的）programs are helping people feel less lonely. These matching programs are making a difference.
When 76-year-old Antoinette-Marie Williams played 17-year-old Emmett Daniels at chess for the first time, she gave Daniels a run for his money. Paired through DOROT, a New York organization which was set up in 1976 and means "generations", they are a perfect match.
"The first day we played, we enjoyed each other," Williams said. "I was a good opponent （对手）for him. I don＇t think he expected it. "
Daniels said, "Our chess games matched perfectly. " Their weekly games have led Daniels and Williams to a developing, cross-generational relationship that they both enjoy.
Williams and Daniels' relationship is against the traditional idea that people of different Operations have little in common. Excited to meet and share their lives, Daniels told Williams that ·got accepted into college. Williams immediately congratulated him and said that she knew he'd do it.
Loneliness has been recognized as an important social problem for many years, but regarding felines as an epidemic（流行病）has appeared only in recent years. Fortunately, there are ways battle loneliness, including caring about the lives of lonely seniors by organizations like DOROT.
These programs try to create an atmosphere of change-and teach open ways to create greater mention. They encourage building a support network by reaching out to family and friends, Xning a community or social group. or volunteering to connect with like-minded people.
Another way to fight loneliness is to use technology to stay connected with loved ones, which wallops meaning and purpose through online activities and conversations. Practicing self-care is so encouraged, as is being patient because strong relationships take time and effort to create.
The connection between Williams and Daniels shows that these intergenerational relationships play an important role in reducing loneliness and adding joy to the lives of all the participants（参与者）, young or old.
Recently, according to drug company Novo Nordisk, the US Food and Drug Administration （FDA）approved（批准）Wegovy for children who are 12 and over．This weight loss drug has been shown to-encourage weight loss in-people struggling with obesity（肥胖），and this approval smooths the way for teenagers tousle the drug as part of a weight loss way as well.
Teenagers that have a BMI（体重指数）in the top 5％ of their age group will become eligible for a once-a-week use of the drug to go along with a meal plan for reduced calorie intake as well as an exercise plan.
In June 2021,the drug was approved by the FDA for people aged 18 and up with obesity to use,' Now, it will be available for teenagers from age 12 and up.
The teen obesity in the US continues to rise, affecting teens and their family. Now, more than ever, we need new choices to support teens. This FDA approval offers an additional tool to deal with this serious and long-lasting disease.
However, many experts have made it clear that while the drug can be a helpful additional tool, it should not be looked at as a cure-all medicine and neither should a weight loss drug.
Tom Sanders, Professor Emeritus of Nutrition and Dietetics at King's College London shared, "While drugs like this may prove useful in the short term for achieving rapid weight loss in serious obesity, they are not a cure-all medicine for preventing or treating less serious degrees of obesity; public health measures that encourage behavioral changes such as regular physical activity and balanced diets are still needed. It is rather like the situation we are in with the vaccine（疫苗）-we still need to stick with public health measures and should not depend too heavily on medicines. "
Scientists increasingly are aiming to move animals endangered by rising temperatures to new areas where they have never lived before in an effort to save them. One example is a project in Hawaii that moved，or relocated，a seabird species（物种）from one island to another about 800 kilometers away.
Traditionally，scientists have considered the idea of species relocation（迁移）risky. This is because it can cause problems for existing native animals. But some scientists now believe relocation is necessary to save threatened species. Moves have already been considered for several species, including birds, lizards, butterflies and even plants.
The relocation in Hawaii included the Tristram's storm petrel, a seabird that is native to low-lying islands in Hawaii and Japan. The project moved about 40 young birds from Hawaii's Tern Island to Oahu, one of the state's biggest islands. The Tristram's storm petrel is considered at risk of doing out.
Tern Island is now just 1. 8 meters above sea level. Scientists fear the island may disappear completely if the sea level there continues to rise. Scientists hope the relocated animals can someday be returned to their native environments if conditions change.
Some lawmakers in western states, including Montana, New Mexico and Arizona, are against the proposal. They say moving species to new places could create environmental problems and result in an "invasive（人侵的）species".
·Federal officials are expected to decide the proposal. Jason McLachlan is a biologist, who thinks the government proposal shows an important change "in the way we think of species protection and conservation".
Pacific Rim Conservation's YanderWerf said that to save storm petrels, scientists need to act before populations have crashed. "In 30 years, there will certainly be few such birds, if we don't do. Anything about it," he said.
James Watson is a scientist at the University of Queensland in Australia. He said that "Many, many species must be moved, or they could go out of existence". Watson added that increasing wildfire has forced some relocations of animals.
How to Keep Betta Fish
Keeping betta fish can be a fun hobby that does not involve going outside. It does not require too much skill, either. But you do have to be willing to learn. How do you take care of betta fish?
Required parts
First, Etta fish need a home. Second,the container needs small rocks or sand at the bottom. Third，a filter（过滤器）is needed to purify the water. Fourth. a heater is suggested to keep your fish in good condition.
Water quality
Make sure the water you add to the container is safe for fish. Tap water can be used. But it usually contains a chemical harmful to fish, so additional steps need to be taken to test the water. But many fish stores are happy to test your water if you give them some money. They can also provide advice on keeping fish in your area's water.
Betta fish care
You will need to feed your fish and change its water.
There are many choices for food. Pet stores will carry many of these. Feed your fish once to twice a day. Whatever food you choose, make sure it contains meat.
It is advised to change one fourth of your container's water once every week or two. Remove the old water and add fresh water.
Friends
Male betta fish are kept alone because they are fighting fish. H you have a larger container with other fish, they might live together peacefully. But do remember that male betta fish often attack other fish and may have to live separately.
A. That is what bettas eat in the wild.
B. Stores sell home water testing products.
C. Betta fish are known for their bright colors.
D. A container that holds at least I1 liters of water is suggested.
E. Males should never be kept with other betta males.
Bettas are popular with Americans as pets.
G. After setting up your container, there are two more things to consider.
In 1988, Tracy Chapman fascinated（迷住）a crowd of 60,000 with her performance of Fast Car at Wembley Stadium in London. It wasn't until this performance that the 1 became a huge hit. Here's the amazing story behind this moment.
Stevie Wonder 2 England on the Saturday morning of the concert and went straight to Wembley Stadium, where a room was 3 for him and his team to 4 before the performance. He was organized to perform in the evening after UB40. But his 5 had not been announced.
UB40 were finishing their set on the main stage. Wonder's equipment was set up, plugged in （插入）and 6 to be rolled on after a 10-minute act on a side stage. He was about to walk up the steps to the stage when it was 7 that his hard disk（硬盘），carrying all 25 minutes of synthesized（合成的）music for his act，was 8 ．He said he could not play without it, turned round, walked down the steps 9 ,with his band and other 10 following him, and went out of the stadium.
The concert organizer was restless and 11 . There was a great need to fill the 12 Stevie Wonder had left and at that moment, Tracy Chapman, who had already performed her act, 13 to appear again. Because the audience didn't know Stevie Wonder would appear, the organizer 14 . Tracy Chapman decided to play two new songs, Fast Car and Talkin. Before the concert, she had sold about 250,000 albums. In the following weeks, she sold two million more.
Sometimes, an inadvertent（不经意的）action can lead to 15 results, and opportunities are always given to those who are prepared.
An art show focusingChinese ink paintings and featuring many important painters from the 20th century opened at the Art Museum of the Guangzhou Fine Arts Academy in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province on Thursday, aiming at(provide ) a visual feast for visitors from the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.
The show features 66 ink paintings created by 52 artists, influenced the advance of China's ink painting over the last century, including big names like Qi Baishi, Lin Fengmian, Xu Beihong, Li Keran、Wu Guanzhong and Cuan Shanyue.
The(subject)of the paintings cover landscapes, birds, flowers and portraits. The show gives visitors a glance into the development of modern Chinese art in the first half of the 20th century.
Guan，an iconic（标志性的）master of Lingnan-style painting，is（ particular ）loved by people in southern China's Guangdong and Fujian provinces. Many of the(origin)works have long been known and loved by the public. This time visitors are lucky (see)the real works in the exhibition.
The show is co-organized by China Arts and Entertainment Group Ltd, and many works on show (choose)from the group's bolection last week.
The exhibition is part ofsecond Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Culture and Arts Festival which started on Aug. 31. It will run until Oct. 8 be displayed （展示）at a museum in Dongguan，Guangdong Province.
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Dear Jack,
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Yours,
Li Hua
I moved into my house at the end of last year. I noticed when I moved in that there was a tree in the front yard. All I could make of it at the time was that it was definitely some sort of fruit tree with thick branches spreading outside. It was so large that it almost covered all the yard. I liked the big tree though I didn't know exactly what kind of fruit tree it was. So I took good care of the tree.
Later, my friends told me it was a fie（无花果）tree and sure enough，as the months went by, the tree grew huge leaves and eventually bore fruit. Figs the size of my fist! I had never seen such big figs before and they tasted quite sweet.
While I enjoyed fresh fruit every day, I didn't know what to do with so many of them all. I learned how to make fig jam because I didn't want to waste the figs.
My next-door neighbors have always been polite since I moved in. They always waved to me as they pulled into their driveway or as they left for the day. I thought that was lovely in itself. However, we never talked face to face.
But about a week ago, my next-door neighbor came home from work and said hello, and properly introduced himself. He then asked if he could pick some figs from my tree. Immediately, I encouraged him to take as many as he liked. He told me a story about how he lived in the house next door for nearly 14 years. And 12 years ago, the former owners of the house I live in now were very good friends with him and they planted this very fig tree at that time. Now the old couple have moved to a nursing home. My neighbor visited them regularly.
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I decided to visit the old couple with my neighbor.
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Days later, I came home to find my neighbor and the former owners at my door.
