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Your family may love to travel. However, you may worry about the environmental effect of doing so. It is time to take an eco-friendlier trip. We have discovered four destinations for you.
Vienna
Explore the kid-friendly city of Vienna, Austria. Here, you can find plenty of bike-share stations for getting around. The city has a large number of playgrounds and some fantastic museums for children. In the city, there are many hostels run by local people. There is always one that suits your family's taste.
Volcan Tenorio Area
When you think about taking your kids to Costa Rica, you normally focus on viewing its amazing wildlife. But what about turning to the human activities？One way to do so is to stay on a farm. Kids can take a hand in looking after animals and learning about traditional farming methods.
Khao Sok National Park
In this park, you can show your children a different side of Thailand. Use a local guide to introduce you to the interesting plants and animals. Stay at one of the locally owned cottages. You can even spend a night in a raft house on Chiaw Lan Lake, which runs without electricity.
Countryside of Fiji
Leave luxury hotels behind and head to a village homestay in Fiji. Your kids will learn all about Fijian culture. Your money will go directly to the community. With older children you can join in both sea conservation and community projects, with the help of a reliable organization.
On November 7, Lewis Pugh completed a one-kilometer swim in the freezing waters of King Edward Cove, off South Georgia in Antarctica. He was wearing only his swimming glasses, cap and Speedo!
Pugh is an advocate for our oceans and seas, working to protect these ecosystems with their large diversity of marine life. When asked why he doesn't wear a wetsuit (防寒泳衣), Pugh says, "I ask world leaders to do everything they can to protect our oceans. Sometimes the steps they need to take are difficult and unpopular. If I'm asking them to be courageous, I must also be. Swimming in a wetsuit would not send the right message."
It took Pugh about 19 minutes to complete the one-kilometer swim in Antarctica where the water averaged about 1.6 degrees Celsius. He says that his body can only tolerate about 20 minutes in the freezing waters before it starts shutting down. As he swims, his body temperature steadily drops, which in turn causes his muscle control to drop, slowing him down. When he is done with his swim, his support team rushes him to a hot shower and it takes almost an hour for his body temperature to return to normal.
Doctors and Pugh caution that one must receive months of training to swim in such cold waters. Even expert swimmers who are unused to freezing water can drown within minutes because of the physical shock experienced by the body. Pugh says he trained for six months before this swim.
This is not the first time that Pugh has swum in dangerous conditions. In 2007, he swam one kilometer in the North Pole to draw attention to the melting Arctic ice due to climate change. In 2015, he swam in the Bay of Whales in Antarctica's Ross Sea as part of his successful campaign to help set up a marine reserve there.
Using dozens of cameras set up throughout Sweden's big forests, weeks-long live broadcasts (电视节目) of deer and other wild animals have caught Swedish audiences' hearts. As three deer nervously come to a lake on screen, comments on the live TV program flood in. "Go on!"; "Jump in!"; "They're beautiful!" The program Den stora älgvandringen has attracted a large community that watches and comments on the animals' every move.
Den stora älgvandringen is another example of the so-called "slow TV", where things are just left to happen at their own pace (节奏). Broadcast for a few weeks each spring on TV and online, the video is recorded in real time from a control room lined with screens. Teams work day and night to offer different viewpoints from 30 cameras, some of which can be controlled from a distance. "We can't decide what happens. We don't want everything to be perfect. I mean that this is nature and anything can happen. And we really want to show what it is like," producer Johan Erhag said. "On all the social media, most things are very stressful. There's a lot of music in programs. There's a lot of speaking. But this program is the totally opposite way."
A hunter in his spare time, Persson said he enjoys the slow and natural pace of the show. "It's kind of calming and also interesting. It's basically wind blowing and you are waiting for something hopefully to show up. You might think that a day spent waiting would be a day lost but it's not. Instead, it could be an activity that is quite healthy for more people," Persson said.
"After watching the program, I find there are many things to look at and feel about nature," Anders Lindberg, a columnist said. "The whole idea of sitting and watching nothing happening for hours in nature is wonderful. We can practice meditation (冥想), which I think for many people is something they lack in big cities. Nature could be a powerful tool used to bridge the gap between mind and body, making us feel close to the world around us."
Shortly after its opening on the first day of Chinese New Year, The Wandering Earth began to gain momentum (展现强劲势头). In a little over a week, it made 2.8 billion yuan in the domestic market alone. The film's popularity and success has come as a surprise to many reviewers especially since there hasn't been that much success for Chinese-produced science fiction in the past. Many agree that this film will change the embarrassing situation and bring in a new age for Chinese science fiction.
As a genre (类型), Chinese science fiction has lagged behind general fiction in both the film and publishing industries. Even Liu Cixin's (the author who wrote the short story on which The Wandering Earth is based) The Three Body Problem —which is currently quite popular — didn't have many readers until it was translated into English and won the Hugo Award (雨果奖) in 2015. Personally, I haven't read much of any genre written in Chinese, but I do notice that there aren't many separate sections of the bookstore dedicated to science fiction. I cannot speak for everyone, but some people seem to have misunderstandings regarding the genre.
My parents were the type who tried to steer me in the direction of non-fiction and the classics. They believed that science fiction and fantasy were "unrealistic nonsense" and would "rot my brain." Actually, great science fiction writers do their research. More often than not, one can learn a great deal about science and its possible development from reading science fiction. Sure, some of the concepts may be confusing or technical in nature, but that is also part of the appeal. Things like the internet, electric cars and tablet computers were first theorized (建立理论) in science fiction before they were invented. The author simply uses a combination of science and their imagination to create worlds different from the Earth of today, from which we can get bits and pieces that can be turned into a reality.
The world is changing. There may very well be a time when Earth is no longer able to sustain the entire population. We could be living on Mars or in giant spaceships; perhaps we will be forced to move Earth to a new solar system just like The Wandering Earth. Each of these scenarios has appeared in science fiction multiple times. If we are to be prepared for what is to come, we can look into modern science fiction for a window into the future.
Many people travel to enrich and enjoy themselves. Lonely Planet and Forbes listed their top trends of 2019. Here, TEENS has picked out three of them. Let's take a look.
Augmented attractions
World travel can be expensive. But virtual reality and augmented reality (VR and AR), are giving more possibilities to "travel" for little cost. With ever-improving headsets, smartphones and WiFi connections, technologies have changed the way we travel.
In 2019, NASA provided a VR experience of Mars, allowing people to "walk" its surface with just a headset. Paris' famous museums, meanwhile, provided more applications with AR technology, which gives visitors more context and information about exhibits.
Which style do you prefer, travel on your own or with family and friends? Traditionally, travel seems to be a group activity to have fun together and avoid loneliness. But that has changed. This year, solo travel has become popular, especially among young people.
Traveling on your own means that you are the boss of everything, choosing wherever you want to go, whatever you're eager to tuck into and whenever you go out. For some people, it also releases a better person, ready to deal with anything. It opens up your mind to new things and pushes you out of your comfort zone.
Getting off the common path
There are always some "must-see" spots anywhere you travel. Paris' iconic Louvre Museum is an example. However, with crowds blocking your view of Mona Lisa to take pictures with their phones, you may not be able to enjoy this masterpiece.
In order to avoid the crowds, many like to visit less famous places after searching online or following local agencies. With less transportation and fewer things to do, hitting up small towns lets people slow down and notice the little things. Do you know better ways to enjoy the scenery?
A. Solo Travel
B. Package Tour
C. Travel brings power and love back into your life.
D. However, their travel methods may be different each year.
E. Traveling in a totally foreign land on your own can be challenging.
F. Take a walk, ride a bike, sip coffee a little slower, take a deep breath and explore.
G. It brings the 360-degree experience of museums, and historical sites to our homes.
During my first three years of college, I put on about 30 pounds of weight. Between classwork and a part-time job, I had zero time for 1 . Besides, I ate a lot of fast food. Not surprisingly, I got a fat stomach.
After leaving college, I 2 to take exercise. Invited by a friend, I began working out with exercise machines three times a week. I was the kind of person who did not try something 3 . I ate the same foods; I did the same things. Clearly, I 4 my routines (习惯). My friend, however, became 5 . One day, he said, "We're not getting enough exercise. We should play tennis instead."
Me? Play tennis? No way. I was strongly against his 6 . I was not good at sports. But I was 7 the exercise machines. However, weeks later, I found myself standing on a tennis court (球场). As I held my racket (球拍), I felt 8 . I gave my friend some looks that could kill. I ran after every ball he served to me, completely 9 about 90% of them, and hitting the rest into the other court. The first few months were quite 10 . But one day, as the ball enough came flying toward me, my racket and the ball finally met in the place where it is most effective to hit a ball. I watched 11 as my return landed where I had aimed (瞄准) it, I had finally 12 how to play tennis properly!
Tennis would finally become my 13 . I played it for several years, only 14 because of a knee injury. I learned a lesson during my journey toward learning to play tennis: I can do whatever I set my mind to. I just 15 to put in the work, and the results will follow.
The representatives from six major international film festivals attended a (week) programme. Maria says that the Venice Film Festival is the oldest film festival in the world, is an annual festival that (begin) in 1932. Kathy tells the audience that the Sundance Film Festival deliberately boycotts all Hollywood films and that they don't foresee ever including . Isabel says Cannes is festival that can make films famous, at which many films (show) to the public for the first time. At Berlin International Film Festival, Hollywood films are the minority, films that are likely to be overlooked at other festivals have a real chance of (become) champions. Mike thinks the Toronto International Film Festival is the (two) largest festival in the world. Xu Li says the Shanghai International Film Festival has a good reputation worldwide and they have varieties of (entry) from many different countries.
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