Things to Do in Northern Ireland This Autumn
WEE BINNIAN WALKING FESTIVAL （SEPTEMBER）
The exact dates of this annual walking festival are still to be confirmed, but if it's similar to last year, it'll offer a choice of ten walks and hikes around the Mourne Mountains, ranging from easier lowland routes to tough, multi-summit challenges. Evening social events are also included.
GREAT NORTH LINKS CHALLENGE （18-20 OCTOBER）
Calling all golfers. You can enter this three-day event-spread along the north coast between Ballyliffin, Portruth and Portstewart, as an individual or team of four. A perfect opportunity to play three Irish Open links courses in three days.
ARMAGH FOOD AND CIDER WEEKEND （SEPTEMBER）
A four-day feast of authentic food and artisan ciders（苹果酒） in Ireland's "Orchard County". This celebration is also coupled with the traditional apple harvest. You can taste local food from the country's most inventive chefs.
OULD LAMMAS FAIR （LAST WEEK OF AUGUST）
People have been flocking to the seaside town of Ballycastle since the 17th century to celebrate this fair. Attractions include a Heavy Horse Show, horse speed events on the beach, funfair, outdoor concert and a fireworks display, as well as unique local produce and handmade arts and crafts.
Alicia Quarles has her hands full these days—both of them, at all hours of the day and night.
"Having a baby unexpectedly at 41 is one thing; having twins is a whole other beast," says the global entertainment editor.
Actually, until her pregnancy Quarles had been living at breakneck speed. It went so until last year. "I was exhausted," she says. "I'd been working three jobs, doing my charity and going nonstop. I was afraid my mental health was getting worse." In early August she took herself to the hospital, to see if she was OK. Doctors ran multiple tests and told her that she had had an anxiety attack, and she was 11 weeks pregnant.
"She was stressed and decompensated （代谢失调的）, so everything just came to more than she could handle at
the time," explains doctor Miriam Barnes, who began treating her. "Fortunately, she tried to be positive and seek help from me immediately. I told her not to have any medication at that stage and advised her to take natural therapy （ 疗法）."
A week later Quarles learned that she was having twins. But instead of that news adding to her anxiety, "a total peace came over me, and it felt like it all made sense, " she says. Quarles, who did not take any medication, returned home to her loved ones in North Carolina, where she gave birth to Hudson and Harlow on Feb. 16. "There's nothing like family," she says. "I found out through working on myself in natural therapy that there were a lot of things I hadn't dealt with. I just kept going."
These days Quarles uses social media to document her joyful motherhood journey. Quarles has put her anxiety behind but remains in therapy—and wants to encourage others who feel stressed to get help. "At first I felt guilty and embarrassed, " she admits. "I don't anymore. My message is you can fall down. But you can stand up, by yourself or with the help of others. It's not a shame, and it's a blessing."
Desperately ill and seeking a miracle, David Bennett Sr. took the last bet on Jan. 7. when be became the first human to be successfully transplanted with the heart of a pig. "It creates the beat; it creates the pressure; it is his heart, " declared Bartley Griffith, director of the surgical team that performed the operation at the University of Maryland Medical Center.
Bennett, 57, held on through 60 tomorrows, far longer than any previous patient who'd received a heart from another species. His remarkable run offered new hope that such procedures, known as xenotransplantation（异 种移植）, could help relieve the shortage of replacement organs, saving thousands of lives each year.
The earliest attempts at xenotransplantation of organs, involving kidneys from rabbits, goats, and other animals, occurred in the early 20th century, decades before the first successful human-to-human transplants. Rejection, which occurs when the recipient's body system recognizes the donor organ as a foreign object and attacks it, followed within hours or days. Results improved after some special drugs arrived in the 1960s, but most recipients still died after a few weeks. The record for a heart xenotransplant was set in 1983, when an infant named Baby Fae survived for 20 days with an organ from a baboon（狒狒）.
In recent years, however, advances in gene editing have opened a new possibility: re-edit some genes in animals to provide user-friendly spare parts. Pigs could be ideal for this purpose, because they're easy to raise and reach adult human size in months. Some biotech companies. including Revivicor, are investing heavily in the field. The donor pig was offered by Revivicor from a line of animals in which 10 genes had been re-edited to improve the heart's condition. Beyond that, the pig was raised in isolation and tested regularly for viruses that could infect humans or damage the organ itself.
This medical breakthrough provided an alternative for the 20% of patients on the heart transplant waiting list who die while waiting or become too sick to be a good candidate.
Science is a process that builds upon existing theories and knowledge by continuously revising them. Every aspect of scientific knowledge can be questioned, including the general rules of thinking that appear to be most certain. So why is science trustworthy if it is always changing? If tomorrow we will no longer see the world as Newton or Einstein found it to be, why should we take seriously today's scientific description of the world?
The answer is simple: Because at any given moment of our history, this description of the world is the best we have. The fact that it can be made better can't diminish （降低） the fact that it is a useful instrument for understanding the world.
Consider a folk healer's herbal medicine. Can we say this treatment is "scientific"? Yes, if it is proven to be effective, even if we have no idea why it works. In fact, quite a few common medications used today have their origin in folk treatments, and we are still not sure how they work. This does not imply that folk treatments are generally effective. To the contrary, many of them are not. What distinguishes scientific medicine is the readiness to seriously test a treatment and to be ready to change our minds if something is shown not to work. A research doctor in a modern hospital must be ready to change his theory if a more effective way of understanding illness, or treating it, becomes available.
What makes modern science uniquely powerful is its refusal to believe that it already possesses ultimate truth. The reliability of science is based not on certainty but on a complete absence of certainty. As John Stuart Mill wrote in "On Liberty" in 1859, "The beliefs which we have most warrant （依据） for, have no safeguard to rest on, but a standing invitation to the whole world to prove them unfounded. "
Are your teenagers getting enough sleep? It's the key to exam success. If they sleep well, they will be more likely to perform better. Here are some practical ways you can help them.
Parents should avoid falling asleep on the sofa in the evenings or using tech devices when it's late. Commit to your own bedtime routine so that your teenager can be your follower.
Work out exactly how much sleep they need. Teenagers should aim for between eight and ten hours' sleep a night, according to the World Health Organisation.Maybe it's eight, or maybe it's nine. But those who get less than seven hours most nights are not getting enough.
Establish a wind-down （放松） routine. Once they know how much sleep they're aiming for, help them to achieve this by negotiating a 30 to 60-minute wind-down routine before they go to bed, at the same time every night.
Let them have a weekend lie-in. Enable your children to get up as late as they can, sparing them the morning chores.Troubling teenagers out of bed at weekends works against their sleep pattern.
They will reward you more.
A. Lead by example.
B. Let your teenagers have more sleep.
C. Half an hour of exercise can excite their body.
D. But the exact amount of sleep your teenager needs is unique.
E. Getting up late occasionally will improve their work efficiency.
F. On study-leave days an extra hour in bed will help them concentrate better.
G. A bath will bring the body temperature down a degree which is ideal for sleep.
The 8-year-old boy across the street stormed in and out of his own house very often. A neighbor, William Dunn,1 what was going on in his life, So Dunn asked him.
"He told me that he didn't have a2 , " says Dunn, now 58, "and I realized there was3 I could do for him. " That something was4 , a passion Dunn's father had shared with him.
Dunn has taken groups of kids out almost every5 to fish. Most didn't have father figures in their lives and had never fished. "They'd been through a lot, and their lives were6 ," Dunn says. "But when they were fishing, all of that7 . Out on the boat, they'd be smiling, and even8 ."
Jayden, now 13, has become a devoted fisherman and9 Dunn with helping him mature. "I hope he knows I mean it when I say thank you, " he says.
Just as10 as the fishing are the11 Dunn forms with the kids. "When Jayden was going through a12 period recently in study—I let Dunn know that his grades were suffering and he had a little talk with Jayden, " Jayden's mother says. To her delight, Jayden's grades13 improved in the next exam.
"There is nothing like seeing a14 light up with a smile, " Dunn says. "I feel lucky to15 that every weekend. "
The animated film Chang An has become a surprise hit, earningimpressive 600 million yuan at the box office of the Chinese mainland within just ten days of its release, It has appealed to audiences of all ages, who（enthusiastie） recite poetry alongside the characters on screen. taking them on a fantastic journey. This film not only identifies with the Chinese people but also allows the world （explore） the rich tradition of Tang poetry and the "Chinese Poetry Universe. "
The story centers around the deep friendship between poet Gao Shi and the romantic poet Li Bai offering a brief look into the glorious history of the Tang era,is known for its economic prosperity and cultural advancement. The 48 Tang poemsfeature） in the movie present a view of the most excellent poets of that time as well as their political ambitions and ideals. These poems transport audiences sandy deserts to mist-filled regions along the Yangtze River.
Chang An is undoubtedly a masterpiece that shows the unique（characteristic） of Chinese culture to the world. In China, poets and their poems（consider） national treasures. These poems describe not only the historical changes of a dynasty, but also（people） understanding of the world. The film has raised the audiences'（aware） and enhanced their love and belief in Chinese culture.
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Dear Kevin,
I hope this e-mail finds you well.
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Yours sincerely,
Li Hua
Sandro was born and grew up in Milan. Until he was 13 years old, he never wanted to leave his hometown. But last year, Sandro's father's investment went bad, wiping out the family and sending his parents to prison. As a teenager under 16 years old, Sandro was forced to go to Newcastle in the northeast of England to stay with his uncle Lawrence.
Sandro had a lot of difficulties in the new environment. He didn't like the food in England. Nobody could forecast the weather in Newcastle. He had to start learning the second foreign language in his new school. Pocket money was not enough as usual. Almost every subject was a challenge for him. Most importantly, he had no friends. It seemed nobody knew him and he knew nobody in the school.
On an early summer evening, when Sandro was going home alone from school as usual, a man called him from behind. Sandro turned around and saw Eddie, his PE teacher, standing in front of him.
"You know, the school will have a swimming competition next month. There will be all kinds of races. Will you participate?" Eddie asked.
Sandro took a look at Eddie with doubt and answered, "You sure? Me? No. I won't. I can swim, but I'm slower than a snail. "
Eddie smiled and then said, "Yes. Indeed. You are, in breaststroke（蛙泳）, in backstroke, and in butterfly, but not in freestyle. So join the freestyle race! 200-meter freestyle is the game suitable for you. "
Sandro was speechless at that moment. He had never known someone in the school was observing him and caring for him.
"I don't think I can win anything. " Sandro was still a little puzzled.
"But you may get more recognition and consequently you can make some friends. That is more important than prizes. " Eddie responded immediately.
Having hesitated for a while, Sandro agreed to have a try.
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Every afternoon for the next month, Sandro trained really hard.
Sandro dived into the pool confidently like other competitors.
