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Tiger research: Indonesia While sustainable tourism helps protect many of the Indonesia's wildlife, one of its rarest species, the Sumatran tiger, suffers as the island's cities expand into its forest habitat. Fortunately Biosphere Expeditions have created a trip that not only benefits the seriously endangered animal, but helps protect it too. Based in a remote camp in the heart of the rainforest, volunteers will be needed to tour the landscape, documenting tracks, kills and scats(粪便) to aid important research into the lives of these big cats. Company: Biosphere Expeditions Length: 13 days More information: www. biosphere-expeditions. org |
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Cycling tour: Cambodia With an ancient world of temples and jungles, Cambodia is the kind of country that needs to be explored slowly. PEPY Tours offers 621 miles of green fields, dusty orange tracks and winding rivers on its 15-day cycling expeditions. Money goes directly to local people through homestays and lunches, while tours allow visitors to learn Khmer customs and contribute to ongoing community development projects. Company: PEPY Tours Length: 15 days More information: www. pepytours. com |
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Beach stay: Tanzania A winner in the Best for Beach category at the Responsible Tourism Awards 2014, Chole Mjini Island is a tourists' paradise(天堂) located off the coast of Tanzania. With no roads or electricity, guests to the low-impact destination can enjoy a simple life in hand-built tree houses and spend days either stretched out on deserted beaches or searching for whale sharks. Company: Chole Mjini Island Length: 6 days More information: www. cholemjini. com |
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Teaching: Morocco It's the breathtaking beauty that draws tourists to Morocco's High Atlas Mountains, but while the remoteness of the setting may aid its charm it also causes problems. Few inhabitants of the region's rural villages, especially females, continue their education past primary school. Education For All (EFA) is a Moroccan NGO that builds and runs girls' boarding houses near secondary schools in the High Atlas, making further education theoretically possible. Based in the beautiful town of Asni, the programme is looking for female volunteers with teaching experience. Company: People and Places Length: 4 weeks (minimum) More information: www. travel-peopleandplaces. co. uk |
Aesha Ash is a ballet dancer who began The Swan Dreams Project in 2011. It is a program designed to bring ballet to girls of color in her community. Aesha Ash is one of the few women of color to ever grace the stages of the School of American Ballet in New York City. She wants to expose her community to more positive images of women of color through the use of ballet. She wants to show the world that beauty and grace are not defined by status or race.
Aesha grew up in the inner city of Rochester, New York, where crime, gun violence and poverty were among the biggest threats to the community. For her, that's normal. That's just life in the neighborhood, but what she remembers most is the dance studio. She started dancing at the age of five. A teacher mentioned to her mother that she had some promise in ballet, and that it would be difficult for her, as a woman of color, to enter the ballet world. But the hardship she faced was the very thing that pushed her to pursue a career in ballet.
And there's so much negative stereotypes (刻板印象) and misunderstanding of who they are in the media. Through the use of imagery and her career as a ballet dancer, she challenges stereotypes that exist for women of color, particularly those from inner-city communities.
"It's important that our girls see that side of themselves because for many kids it's hard to be what you can't see. I hadn't seen a black ballet dancer before I decided that was what I wanted to be. It was really important for me to be in my environment displaying that because this is where I'm from. It was always beyond ballet," Aesha Ash stated.
Humans' ever spreading presence around the globe influences patterns of biological evolution in ways that we are just beginning to explore. On the Galápagos Islands, a body of evidence shows that the effect of our presence is increasing.
Luis F. De Leon from the University of Massachusetts Boston, together with other 6 scientists spent two years observing Darwin's finches (雀科小鸟) to evaluate our effects on their behavior. They started by conducting feeding observations on coexisting finch species at sites that ranged from non-urban areas to urban areas. They also employed finch-human interaction experiments to test whether and how finches respond to human presence. To measure whether finch feeding preferences varied with the degree of urbanization, "cafeteria" experiments were carried out — finches were presented with a selection of human and native food items.
The scientists found that Darwin's finches fed almost on human foods like rice and cookies or introduced garden species at urban locations. In contrast, at non-urban sites, finches fed mainly on native plant species and insects. Interaction tests suggest that urban birds get more accustomed to the presence of humans. Finally, at all sites of regular human presence, finches preferred human foods to natural foods.
The researchers warn that exploiting urban environments might present challenges for organisms (有机体), including shorter lifespans brought by the consumption of highly processed foods. Furthermore, the year-round availability of abundant human foods in urban environments might affect ecological and evolutionary processes that promoted species diversity. While the results clearly show a shift to human foods at urban sites, the adaptive significance of that shift is still an open question.
These findings also suggest that human behavior is the main driver of finch preference for human foods. The researchers propose a possibility that the effect of human behavior is facilitated by our tendency to feed birds, directly or inadvertently via food dropping or littering.
C The leaves of a native plant. D. The seed of an introduced plant.
When was the last time you had great fun with your family? So stand up and plan to have fun with your family.
Going to the zoo is definitely a number-one pick for family activities. Other than visiting animals, most zoos nowadays have rides that you can enjoy with your family. Meals are served in the zoo. To add some fun, ask to be the photographer for the day and you might be surprised by how creative you can be.
Having a picnic at the park is also a good activity for your family. Even though you might not be really keen on outdoor activities, you can still enjoy your time by playing together after having your lunch.
Visiting the nation's capital would be your choice if you want to go on a trip with your family. Learn more about the history by visiting historical sites.
A treasure hunt is a popular activity, so going hunting with your family is a nice choice. You can train yourself by asking to be the person in charge who can hold the treasure map and make decisions.
Create a video clip (片段) with your family. You may talk about your family life in the clip, about your interests or even create a drama.
Plant flowers and mow（修剪）the lawn. After a day of hard work, you can all sit back and enjoy a barbecue at your beautifully cleaned backyard.
A. History creates topics for you and your family.
B. Family is always the most valuable thing in life.
C. At bedtime read to your young kids and read with your elder kids.
D. Bring your own snacks if you want to save some money.
E. Here are two examples.
F. Make your family the characters in the clip.
G. Doing some yard work together can also be a fun quality time for your family.
It began in November 2016,when Hinton, then 17, got a text message from an 1 number inviting him to Thanks giving. When he asked who it was, the person responded:"Your grandma. "
"Grandma? Can I have your2 ?" the teenager replied. He received a photo of a woman he had never seen before. It was Dench，now 64.
Hinton wrote back,"You're not my grandma,"3 a laughing face. Still playing along, he jokingly asked:"Can I still get a4 though?"
Dench replied:"Of course you can. That's what grandmas do. Feed everyone. "Hinton soon realized her5 invitation had turned 6 , and he decided to take Dench up on her 7 . He went to her home in Mesa, Ariz. , about a 25-minute drive from his house south of Phoenix, for a Thanks giving meal with her family,including her actual grandson, whom she8 intended to text instead of Hinton.
Every year since then, the two friends and their families have gathered together for an annual Thanksgiving meal, and this year will be no9 ,despite the virus. Hinton, who shares regular10 on social media about his Internet-famous friendship with Dench,11 that the Thanksgiving tradition will 12 this year, as well.
Although Dench was13 about the misdirected text in 2016 at first, she said, both she and Hinton feel very14 that it happened. "Family is more than15 ," Dench said. "It's the people you want to be with. "
A concrete bookstore under（construct）in Wisdom Bay innovation park in Shanghai will be the first 3D-printed bookstore in China, and it is due to open to the public at the end of January, 2021.
"The bookstore was printed on-site in three weeks," He Yuting,is responsible for this project, from Tsinghua University School of Architecture in Beijing, told the Global Times on Thursday. The printing work has finished and the bookstore will（decorate）, He told the reporter.
（compare）with simple works such as a 3D-printed flower basin, the bookstore is an innovative attempt in the architecture field, as the 3D-printed architecture is（cheap）than conventional construction techniques and saves time, He said.
makes this bookstore so unique, is that "we used fiber concrete to resist compression," He added,（note）that the floor also has a heating system.
He mentioned the 3D-printed bookstore is as safe as traditional concrete construction based on their experimental data in（term）of structure and earthquake resistance.
So far, different teams in France, Switzerland and Russia all（have）similar research on 3D-printed concrete technology,China's research and achievements in this field are among the best in the world, according to He.
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Dear sir,
My name is Li Hua, a student in Xinhua High School,your sister school in China.
Yours sincerely,
Li Hua
Jenny was a pretty eight-year-old girl.
One day when she and her mother were checking out at the grocery store, Jenny saw a plastic pearl(珍珠） necklace（项链）, by which she was totally defeated. How eagerly she wanted it! But when she saw the price, her heart sank a little. She gathered up her courage and asked her mother if she would buy it for her. Her mother said, "Well, it is a pretty necklace, but it costs an awful lot of money. I can buy you the necklace, but when we get home, we should make up a list of housework that you can do to pay for the necklace. " Jenny agreed immediately, feeling a burst of joy. So her mother bought the pearl necklace for her. Jenny worked on her housework determinedly and earnestly every day. Soon Jenny paid off the pearls.
Jenny had a very loving daddy. When Jenny went to bed, he would read Jenny her favorite story. One night when he finished the story, he said, "Jenny, do you love me?" "Oh, yes, Daddy, you know I love you. " the little girl said delightedly, with a broad smile on her face. "Well, then, give me your pearls. " Hearing that, Jenny froze there, an anxious expression twisting her face. "Oh! Daddy, not my pearls! But you can have Rosy, my favorite doll. Remember her? You gave her to me last year for my birthday. Okay?" "Oh no, darling, that's okay. " Her father brushed her cheek with a kiss, gently and calmly. "Good night, little one. "
A week later, her father once again asked Jenny after her story, "Do you love me?" "Oh yes, Daddy, you know I love you. " the little girl murmured softly, trying to escape from her father's eyes. "Well, then, give me your pearls. " "Oh, Daddy, not my pearls! But you can have Ribbons, my toy horse. Do you remember her? She is my favorite. " The little girl begged. "No, that's okay," her father said, smiling broadly and sweetly and brushed her cheek again with a kiss. "God bless you, little one. Sweet dreams. "
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Paragraph 1:Several days later, when Jenny's father came in to read her story, Jenny was waiting anxiously for him on the bed.
Paragraph 2: Holding the plastic pearl his daughter offered, the father dragged out a blue box.
