Noteworthy Theme Parks
Peppa Pig Theme Park, the US
The world's first Peppa Pig Theme Park opened in February 2022 in Florida.
Devoted to the classic British animated TV show, the park welcomes guests with well-designed activities. The Daddy Pig ride takes families on a windy road in the show's red car. They can also enjoy a dinosaur ride, and play games at the Fairground.
Tickets from $34.
Columbia Pictures Aquaverse, Thailand
Thailand's Columbia Pictures Aquaverse opened in October 2022.
The movie-themed water park features rides and experiences inspired by popular films like Zombieland. In addition to the rides, the park hosts performances at its Mega Wave Pool, where guests can hang out in the pool while enjoying movie screenings and pop concerts.
Tickets from $41.
Katmandu Park, Dominican Republic
Opened in March 2023, the park is full of mystery (奥秘).
The 4D dark ride is brought to life by lighting and projection effects. Another key attraction is EtherQuest, an interactive walk-through experience. Aside from the rides, guests can also check out a sky-high ropes course, and climbing walls for younger adventurers.
Tickets from $120 for adults: $85 for children for a one-use pass.
Legoland Korea Resort, South Korea
Opened in May 2022, the park is designed for 2- to 12-year-olds.
This playful wonderland is devoted to all things of Lego, with more than 40 rides and attractions across seven thematic zones. Guests can get on family-friendly rides, visit Legoland Lookout for great park views, and get hands-on experience with creative workshops.
Tickets from $38 for adults; $30 for children.
Every Saturday night, all through that lazy spring, I used to take a rose to Miss Caroline Wellford. Every Saturday night, rain or shine, at exactly eight o'clock.
Miss Caroline was abandoned by her future husband Jeffrey Pinniman, who married Christine Marlowe, a younger and prettier girl. It almost became a scandal in our town. Miss Caroline could hear unkind things about her everywhere she went. For six months she had shut herself up in her house and seemed determined to turn herself into an odd old maid. She looked like a ghost that night when I delivered the first rose. "Hello, Jimmy," she said listlessly. When I handed her the box, she looked shocked — "For me?"
Again the next Saturday, at exactly the same time, I found myself delivering another rose to Miss Caroline. The third time she opened the door so quickly that I knew she must have been waiting. There was a little color in her cheeks and her hair no longer looked so straggly.
The morning after my fourth trip to her house, Miss Caroline played the organ again in church. She held her head high with the rose pinned to her blouse.
When I made my final trip to Miss Caroline's house, I said, as I handed her the box, "This is the last time I'll bring this, Miss Caroline. " She hesitated and invited me to come in and handed me a model of a sailing ship, exquisitely（精巧地）carved.
Fleeing back to the shop, I looked in the file where Mr. Olsen kept his untidy records, and I found what I was looking for. "Pinniman," it said, in Mr. Olsen's crabbed script.
The years went by, and one day I came again to Olsen's flower shop. My old boss and I talked a while. Out of curiosity, I asked, "D'you suppose that Mrs. Pinniman ever knew her husband was sending flowers to his old flame?" "Jeffrey Pinniman never even knew about it. " Mr. Olsen smiled, "It is a lady who said she wasn't going to sit around watching Miss Caroline make a martyr (长期受痛苦的人) of herself at her expense. "
It's a sweet moment, as a chimp reaches up to kiss his mother's face. The touching photo was taken by the famous conservationist and activist Jane Goodall in 1993 in Gombe National Park in northwest Tanzania where she has studied chimpanzees for more than six decades.
The image is part of Vital Impacts consisting of a group of 100 photographers. The women-led non-profit was founded by award-winning photographer Ami Vitale and visual journalist Eileen Mignoni. They are selling fine arts images, most of which focus on wildlife and nature, with earnings benefiting conservation organizations including Jane Goodall Institute's Roots and Shoots program.
"Our purpose is to use photography to create awareness and understanding; to help us see that the survival of the planet is closely connected with our own survival. As photographers, we have a huge opportunity to inform and influence change, but pressing the shutter (快门) is just the start," Vitale said.
"For an image to have significance, it needs to reach people. To this end, we are working to get the photographs of Vital Impacts photographers and our students into high-profile media and exhibitions around the world. "
The organization gives special attention to photographers who are committed to the planet. Funds will be used to support global conservation and environmental initiatives and the group will offer two $20,000 environmental storytelling awards.
Vital Impacts has raised more than $1.5 million from the sale of fine art prints since the organization was set up in late 2021. Some of its profits were donated to the organization Direct Relief, which shipped more than 1,400 tons of medical supplies worth $545 million to support 351 healthcare equipment in disaster zones. Other profits were able to provide fuel and vehicle assistance to support wildlife corridors (廊道), a monitoring program, and the restoration of the Snake River in the Pacific Northwest.
A small robot that can change its shape and produce heat shows potential in targeting cancer cells and preventing internal bleeding. It can also be used for delivering drugs directly to tumors ( 肿 瘤 ) or inaccessible areas within the human body.
Researchers, led by Ren Hao Soon at the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems in Stuttgart, Germany, developed a centimeter-sized robot inspired by pangolins (穿山甲). It is constructed with soft and magnetic (磁性的) materials, allowing the robot to change its shape.
To enable movement, shape shifting, and heat generation, the researchers applied magnetic fields to the robot's metal parts. By adjusting the frequency of these fields, the robot was able to heat up and give out heat into its surroundings. The team observed that the robot's body temperature could be over 70℃.
In addition, the researchers used the robot's heat to deliver substances within a simulated (模拟的) stomach environment. They attached something simulating medicine capsules onto the robot, which dissolved upon heating, thereby releasing the goods. This technique holds promise for targeted drug delivery inside the body.
Soon, his team also tested the robot's ability to halt bleeding. They created wounds using a dead pig's stomach. By pumping blood through a small incision using a syringe, they simulated bleeding. Subsequently, the robot extended and covered the area, giving out heat to help stop bleeding.
According to Jake Abbott from the University of Utah, the robot could potentially be employed for targeted destruction of tumor cells, reducing the need for exposing large amounts of tissue to radiation or chemicals. By raising the robot's temperature to a level unsafe for normal cells and keeping it in place for a few minutes, cancer cells can be killed.
Hotels orbit Saturn's pale orange moon,Titan. Cruise ships roam the docking stations like fish. Have you ever imagined making this future space travel in the fiction films a reality?
Large companies and entire governments have teamed up to make space travel and exploration easier and quicker. Several countries are planning space missions between now and 2025. Some aim to build stations orbiting the moon. Eventually, they maybe build settlements there!
Yet no human has traveled beyond Earth's orbit since 1972. Money is part of the problem. To put a pound of anything in space costs about $10,000. Consider that the old NASA space shuttles carried 2. 2 million pounds (998,000 kg) of fuel alone. Once in space, we face the problem of enormous space. Current technology and fuels can propel spacecraft at around 36,000 miles (58,000 km) per hour. Therefore, Human astronauts need some sort of new engine technology. Without it, they would not likely live long enough to complete journeys to other worlds.
Some human astronauts live and work in the International Space Station(ISS). They're in small spaces far from home. They suffer mentally and emotionally. Moods sour. Depression kicks in. Clear thinking muddies. Fear runs high.
Accessing fresh food is another issue. Today, astronauts eat lots of freeze-dried meals.
We need those to be healthy. Of course, space doesn't have grocery stores. Deep-space travelers may need to grow food on board. Unfortunately, good nutrition cannot fully protect an astronaut. All that time spent floating affects bones, muscles, and the blood. The body suffers damage from radiation streaming from stars and supernovas.
A. Others intend to land humans on Mars.
B. Freezing food reduces its vitamins and minerals.
C. Even if a trip fit within a lifetime, it wouldn't be easy.
D. In some ways, we are on the edge of this imagined future.
E. Frozen food cannot provide them with enough good nutrition.
F. With that amazing speed, spacecrafts would carry astronauts to other worlds.
G. Even at that speed, it would take 78,000 years to reach the nearest star system.
Next week, Pushpa Nagaraj will 1 for her 720th exam. But she won't be taking the exam for herself.
When Pushpa Nagaraj was 2 in Bangalore, the attractive high tech capital of India, her father lost his job after an injury, and the family suddenly found itself 3 . Her brother dropped out of school to take odd jobs - and Ms. Nagaraj 4 she'd have to as well.
Today, she has a 5 job at an IT firm. But she's never forgotten 6 it's like to have a question mark over her future. Since 2007, Ms. Nagarai has been a volunteer scribe (抄写员) 7 reading exams aloud and 8 answers for hundreds of students with disabilities, especially those with visual impairments.
Many 9 students "worry about the writing exam results and drop out," says Vijaya Sundararaman, a local educational expert, who helped Ms. Nagaraj begin volunteering. "And so, their education comes to an abrupt 10 , midway. "
11 about Ms. Nagaraj's volunteering has spread, and she now gets requests from people in Jaipur and the state of Sikkim, both located more than1000 miles from Bangalore. She's also created a network of 12 who help each other answer requests.
Ms. Nagaraj is keenly aware of ongoing 13 , chief of which is that every once in a while, she has to 14 requests from students to give them the answers during exams. Another challenge is to expand the circle of scribes. Despite these, she is very grateful for having the opportunity to help others. "I have no 15 . Actually, I feel very blessed" she says.
Exploring nature allows us to catch sight of rare animals and come across special places of beauty. Of course, none of this would be possibleprotected nature areas. This is why national parks are so important. A few national parks allow things like hotels and recreation areas (construct) within them, most parks do not allow any development at all.
One good example of this is the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park in Australia, was created in 1975 to protect the reef from overdevelopment and fishing. Stretching over 2,300 kilometres, the Great Barrier Reef (consider) one of the natural wonders of the world. the largest structure in the world made by living creatures, it is also home to (vary) of tropical wildlife. Since the Great Barrier Reef is just below the surface of the water, it becomes excellent place to see nature and attracts millions of people to travel there every year. (fortune), nowadays the Great Barrier Reef (experience) rising ocean temperatures, the biggest danger to the reef, causing the colourful reefs to turn grey and some even to die.
Every afternoon, as they were coming from school, the children used to go and play in the Giant's garden. It was a large lovely garden, with soft green grass. The birds sat on the trees and sang. One day the Giant came back after visiting his friend. When he arrived he saw the children playing in the garden. "What are you doing here?" he cried in a very gruff(粗哑) voice, and the children ran away.
"My own garden is my own garden," said the Giant, "I will allow nobody to play in it but myself. " So he built a high wall all round it, and put up a notice board—INVADER WILL BE ACCUSED.
Then the Spring came, and all over the country there were little blossoms and little birds. Only in the garden of the Giant it was still winter. The birds did not care to sing in it as there were no children, and the trees forgot to blossom.
The only people who were pleased were the Snow and the Frost. "Spring has forgotten this garden," they cried, "so we will live here all the year round. " The Snow covered up the grass with her great white cloak(披风), and the Frost painted all the trees silver. "I cannot understand why the Spring is so late in coming," said the Giant, as he sat at the window and looked out at his cold white garden.
The Spring never came, nor the Summer. It was always Winter there, and the Frost and the Snow danced about through the trees. One morning the Giant was lying awake in bed when he heard some lovely music. It sounded so sweet to his ears that he thought it must be the King's musicians passing by. It was really only a little linnet(红雀) singing outside his window, but it was so long since he had heard a bird sing in his garden that it seemed to him to be the most beautiful music in the world. "I believe the Spring has come at last," said the Giant and he jumped out of bed to have a look outside.
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Surprisingly, he saw a most wonderful sight.
With these words in mind, the Giant decided to help the crying boy.
