Los Angeles is one of the most popular tourist destinations in the world, attracting thousands of families each year. This is because there are many great attractions for people of all ages to enjoy on your next holiday. Let's look at some of the best places you can go in the City of Angels.
Santa Monica Pier
One of the best ways to keep everyone in the family entertained is by going to an amusement park. You can choose to visit Santa Monica Pier. This location has appeared in a range of television shows and movies, making it one of the most popular locations in California. Also, there is no price of admission. This ensures that it is an affordable area to explore with your family.
The Hollywood Walk Of Fame
Intended to honor the stars of television and movies, this has become one of the most iconic tourist attractions in Los Angeles. You can find the stars of your favorite celebrities. In addition, there are plenty of street performers who dress up in costumes. For a small tip, you will be able to have your picture taken with them. In addition, this area features a range of theatres and cinemas.
Getty Centre
This is one of the biggest museums in Los Angeles. You can view everything from modern art to pieces from the Middle Ages. It also has a 134,000-square-foot Central Garden. This area features over 500 different types of plants. There are plenty of exhibits designed to entertain children, such as peep-hole walls and family activities.
Griffith Observatory
If you are interested in stargazing, you'll love the Griffith Observatory. Often, you will be able to view some of the most interesting astrological events for free. This makes it the perfect place for you to teach your children more about the way the universe works.
Zhu Dejun's first job after graduating from college was as a road design engineer in his hometown, Alshaa League, North Chin's Inner Mongolia autonomous region(内蒙古自治区). In 2011, when Zhu was conducting a road survey along with his colleagues, he saw a plant that he didn't recognize. Later, Zhu learned that the plant was a saxaul (灌木梭梭) tree which is an excellent tree species for sand fixation and afforestation (造林) in desert areas. Known as a desert guardian, a fully grown saxaul tree can hold together a 10-square-meter patch of desert land, according to Zhu.
Zhu quit (辞去) his job at the design institute in 2014 and joined a nonprofit organization, the Society of Entrepreneurs and Ecology Conservation, or SEE, in the same year, concentrating on dealing with desertification (沙漠化) .During the past eight years, Zhu has been leading a team from SEE to plant saxaul trees in sandy areas in Alshaa League and other places of Inner Mongolia.
In 2014, the SEE launched a project titled "one million saxaul trees", aiming to reach that number from 2014 to 2023, turning the desert of more than 133, 330 hectares (公顷) back into a satisfying ecosystem. By the end of 2018, half of the organization's goal had been achieved. In 2016, Ant Finance cooperated with SEE to introduce the Ant Forest platform, not only encouraging people to choose "a low-carbon way" of shopping, traveling and living, but also to help control desertification.
Through the participation of a greater number of online users, who grow virtual trees, the SEE Foundation, set up in 2008, has been providing subsidies (补助金) for local herdsmen and farmers while also offering technological support to plant saxaul trees in desert areas. Now, Zhu is the head of the foundation's project to fight desertification. He also gives lectures about saxaul trees and the fight against desertification at schools, hoping to raise awareness among young people.
Heatwaves in the U. S. and floods in western Europe have dominated the news cycle recently, forcing us to re-examine the relationship between climate change and extreme weather. Other catastrophes are going unnoticed.
In the past week, 380,000 people have been evacuated due to floods in China's Henan province,30 villages in Uganda were affected as rivers overflowed and 25 people died in landslides after Mumbai was hit by big storms. Temperatures in Turkey and North Africa approached 50 ℃, while South Africa and Brazil froze. Siberia is battling wildfires again. Finland experienced 31 continued days with maximum temperatures above 25 ℃, the longest heatwave ever recorded in the country. In Iran, the hottest summer in decades has led to water shortages that in turn caused protests in the country's southwest.
All these disasters are part of a series of extreme weather events that paint a picture of a world that's already warmed 1.2 C from pre-industrial times. There's no doubt that it will get warmer.
The global climate is out of balance, German meteorologist Johannes Quaas said in an interview last week. Our climate's reaction to greenhouse gas emissions isn't immediate. The warming and resulting weather events that we see today are a reaction to emissions that entered the atmosphere decades ago.
Scientists estimate that, even if we meet global emissions reduction goals, the planet will continue to warm after that. That will take the planet to somewhere between 1. 5 ℃ to 2 C above pre-industrial times by the end of the century. While their warming predictions have been correct in the past, there's no way to be absolutely sure when temperatures will stop rising, because the experiment we're running on the planet has never been attempted before.
Death, violence and destruction are all signs of humanity's struggle to adapt to a changing climate. "lt seems like there's something in human nature that makes us be behind the events, and not ahead,"said Hans-Otto Portner, an adviser to the German government on climate and the environment. " Maybe that's because the nature of unprecedented events is that we can ‘t imagine what's coming. "
Ecofriendly replacement products for single-use plastics are appearing everywhere. But have you heard of edible (可食性的) straws? Now EQUO, a new eco-friendly company in Vietnam has come up with a natural edible solution to plastic or paper straws.
The edible straws are completely plastic free, nontoxic, chemical free, and 100 percent biodegradable according to a company press release.
"It's well known that plastic straws are harmful to the environment. Most of the 500 million used every day in America end up in oceans where they pollute water and harm marine life. Currently over eight billion straws pollute the world's beaches," said Marina Tran-Vu in the press release. "Although there are some plastic and paper straw alternatives on the market, most are environmentally harmful, and we were also unsatisfied with the quality and lasting of paper straws."
All of the materials are locally from regions that support sustainable farming according to the company's website and they struggle to have zero-net influence by" using the power of mother nature". The name of the company was created by combining "ECO" — meaning environmentally friendly — with "STATUS QUO" — meaning the existent state. EQU stands for creating products that have minimal influence on the environment. The company was first shown on Kickstarter on May 18 and hit their funding goal in only 30 days.
Many countries are banning single-use plastics. The EU banned 10 single-use plastic products including straws that will take effect in 2021. Other items that will no longer be made of plastic include cutlery (餐具), and balloon sticks. These 10 items make up a large percentage of ocean waste that harms marine life.
So do your part, use biodegradable cutlery — you can carry your own , edible straws, and reusable water or coffee cups. These small items can contribute to reducing plastic waste.
Nowadays, family life has become even more challenging than before. Then, how can we create a happier family life? Let's see some advice.
Enjoy togetherness. When children are babies, parents are advised to spend one-on-one time with their babies. This can be a big mistake since enjoying each other's company (陪伴) is one of the easiest ways for families to create lasting happiness. Parents should regularly spend quality time with their children doing activities together like playing games, sports.
Although the Internet has certainly made communication easier, it is still important to have face-to-face time with your family members. Try to avoid using your cell phone so much. Many families have regular meetings where they discuss issues affecting (影响) the family. This can be a great way to start talking face to face. You can talk about your family's values, or how you can work together as a group to solve problems that affect the family.
Plan fun activities as a family. This can be something that you do once or twice a month, or even once a week. This can be something as easy as going to the beach, a park, or going on a trip to visit relatives. Doing the activities regularly can help you build stronger relationships with your family members, and relieve (释放) stress that many families feel.
A．Talk more as a family.
B．Let family members talk about activities.
C．But, as children get older, the one-on-one time is reduced.
D．Parents need to help their children manage their daily stress.
E．Make quality conversation with your family members, instead.
F．You can also try simpler ones such as camping overnight in your backyard.
G．Regular communication like this can help you build stronger family relationships
Driving is a dangerous activity. Every single day people, for a variety of reasons, are hurt or killed in accidents. One woman, an emergency nurse in the Phoenix, 1 to let a man in an accident become just another motor vehicle death 2 .
On the morning of July 26, Leigh Ann just 3 her fourth straight night shift. After a stress-filled day at work, Leigh Ann was 4 . She was heading home along the way when she noticed a horrible 5 in the distance. As she got closer, she 6 it was a cement truck turn on its side.
Obviously, it was a(n) 7 accident, and emergency first responders had not yet 8 . Leigh Ann knew that she had to act. She hurried over to the truck, 9 crossing the usually busy highway, which was empty at the time.
She then quickly 10 the situation. She discovered the driver was trapped, still 11 , but injured and losing blood at an alarming rate. The nurse 12 the man, and then used the man's belt to stop any further blood loss. Leigh Ann 13 him until the rescue team took him away.
As for what put her in that 14 to help that man, Leigh Ann said. "My professional spirit does direct my 15 . I'm far from perfect, but at that particular moment, my previous work encouraged me to give a helping hand."
Located in Shaoxing, east China's Zhejiang Province, Luzhen features typical (tradition) black-and-white residences (住宅), arched stone bridges beautiful water views, like many other water towns in the area. But it is unique, since the town is (actual) a recreation of Luzhen, a fictional town found in the novels of Lu Xun, one of China's most influential writers. He (use) Luzhen as the location for many of the scenes in his novels, including "The True Story of Ah Q," "Kong Yiji," and "A Madman's Diary."
(take) a boat across the Jianhu Lake, it's easy to reach Luzhen while enjoying the picturesque scenery along way.
The main street of Luzhen was built according to the descriptions in Lu Xun's novels, tourists can find the shops and restaurants mentioned in the books, and the buildings have been recreated to match the descriptions penned Lu Xun.
There are also statues of the characters from Lu Xun's novels, depicting (描绘) the classic scenes from the (story). Observant visitors may also be lucky enough (find) some of these characters come to life on the streets, behaving just as they did in the novels.
英国朋友Mike发封邮件，邀他和你一同前往，内容包括：1.告知安排；2.表达期待。注意：1. 写作词数应为 80 左右；2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
Dear Mike,
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Yours,
Li Hua
No one is born a winner. People make themselves into winners by their own efforts. I learned this lesson from an experience many years ago. I took the head coaching job at a school in Baxley, Georgia. It was a small school with a weak football program. The school took part in the league matches every year. However, it never ended well. We were more of the audience, watching and cheering instead of sweating out in the fields.
Fortunately, the school held the tradition that the school's old team was to play against the new team at the end of spring practice. For lack of resources, the old team had no coach, and they didn't even practice to prepare for the game.
I was assigned (指派) as the coach of the new team, which was why I was excited. I believed that we were going to win, but to my disappointment, we were defeated. I couldn't believe I had got into such a situation. Thinking hard about it, I tried to figure out the reason and what I should do next.
It didn't take long before I came to realize that my team was depending on me. Without proper guidance or previous experience, my team was at a loss what to do. I had to change my attitude so that I could bring out the best in them about their ability and potential.
I would let my action do the talking. First, I started doing anything I could to help them build a little pride. I could see their spirits lifted, with their head held high in great confidence. Most importantly, I began to treat them like winners. Only when they regarded themselves as winners could they willingly invest time and energy.
This summer, the other teams enjoyed their vacations.
……
Six months later, football season started.
