Newport, a beachfront city of beauty and excitement, is popular among tourists. Check out the top things to do in this wonderful city.
The Wedge
Whether you're a passionate surfer, or you simply want to relax and watch the daring wave runners and body surfers, the Wedge is the perfect place to spend your afternoon. The Wedge has some of the largest waves in Southern California, measuring up to 30 feet. Obviously, it's not a place for beginner swimmers or young children.
Balboa Fun Zone
The small park is full of fun activities for children, and with views of the Pacific, they are sure to enjoy their time. This boatyard-turned-amusement park has been in operation since the mid-1900s. Over time, more and more activities have been added, and nowadays there are enough features to keep you busy for hours.
Fashion Island
Fashion Island is a shoppers' paradise, featuring more than 100 brand-name stores, including large chain stores like Macy's and Neiman Marcus. It also shelters a variety of local and upscale dining options, a Whole Foods Market and a movie theater. Children can enjoy playing with the little games scattered around the area while parents are shopping.
Newport Beach Whale Watching
Newport Beach is one of the country's best whale watching destinations. In winter and early spring, you'll catch sight of gray whales migrating south to give birth to their calves; they'll turn around and head north around April or May. In summer and fall, blue whales are often found swimming in the waters surrounding Newport Beach.
On a Saturday morning last November, I got up at 5 to be at the Armory track on 168th Street in Harlem, a neighborhood in Manhattan for the girls'4×2 relay race (接力赛).
I joined the team when I was a freshman at Abraham Lincoln High School. I hadn't considered it until a girl came up to me and said, "You look like a good runner. Would you like to join the track team?" She thought I would make a good runner because she saw my legs and arms were built, but I was just naturally slim.
I was excited and surprised, "I don't know. What do I have to do?"
"It is a lot of hard work and devotion. It's not easy."
She was right. My team had practice every day from 3:30 to 6 except for Fridays. When we didn't have practice, I'd run on my own on the boardwalk. I got faster and focused. Track helped me get away from troubles. Arguments with my mom, problems with schoolwork, and dramas with the kids at school. I felt calm every time I ran.
I got to the Armory at 7. My team was already there. We gave each other hugs and high fives. When the officials called for the relay race, I went out to the starting line. Then the gun went off. As I pounded the track, I was focusing so much on myself. I started running away from my problems. I couldn't see anyone or anything but the finish line. Everything else was just a blur. I fought to the finish line. I wasn't only fighting against the other teams; I was also fighting to win my battle against my stress.
I could feel the wind blowing against my skin. I felt like I was flying. My stress disappeared. I came in second as I passed the baton (接力棒) to my teammate.
On Nov.13, 2023, the Kenyan government announced a surprise public holiday for a nationwide tree planting day, part of its plan to plant 15 billion trees by 2032.
"This Monday on Nov.13, the public across the country were expected to plant trees as a contribution to the national efforts to save our country from the terrible effects of climate change," said Kindiki, the Home Minister of Kenya.
Kenya's present forest coverage stands at about 7%. Deforestation speeds up climate change, which is worsening droughts in the Horn of Africa, including Kenya, where rains have failed for five seasons in a row. So the government has set aside more than $ 80 million this year, managing to augment tree coverage to more than 10%.
"It is a moment for Kenyans to stand together in the defense of our environment," said Soipan Tuya, the Environment Minister. He referred to the day as "a ‘hummingbird(s)' contribution day". Hummingbirds are small birds, but they play an important part in the environment by pollinating(授粉)flowers.
He added, "Having been planting trees for most of my life, I thought I was doing rather well, but the government's plan to plant 15 billion trees by 2032 was ‘an unprecedented(史无前例的)show of promise by the government towards our climate action duties.'"
Are you a fan of birds? If so, you may have admired their beautiful colors and sweet songs. But do you know these feathered friends can actually do more than that?
A new study published in the journal Scientific Reports finds that exposure to birds, either in the home or outdoors, can boost people's moods.
Researchers at King's College London used a smartphone app built by the school's Urban Mind project to collect the real-time feelings of study participants upon seeing or hearing a bird. A total of 1,292 people living in the United Kingdom, Europe, and the United States participated in the study which was conducted between April 2018 and October 2021.
The app asked participants three times a day whether they could see or hear a bird followed by a series of questions on their mental well-being. Participants were also asked questions about whether they could see trees, plants or hear any water to see if people were experiencing better mental well-being due to being in or seeing nature, and not just because of exposure to birds.
According to the study, the mental well-being of study participants with and without depression was significantly improved after seeing a bird or hearing birdsong compared to not seeing or hearing a bird.
There is a growing number of studies that link spending time outdoors (either in green leafy places or next to bodies of water) to improved mental health. But there are few studies that look at how different aspects of nature can play into humans' mental well-being.
And while the study adds to the small pile of research on birds and mental health, the report marks the first time researchers have studied the responses to birds and mental well-being in real-time, according to Ryan Hammoud, lead author of the study.
"They kind of examine nature as a single object when nature includes many different characteristics and features like trees, plants, water, birds," said Hammoud, "We choose to focus on bird life to try and understand which specific characteristics of nature benefit mental well-being."
Laziness and tiredness are so alike that it is difficult to tell them apart. .
Feel unrelated to everything.
People experiencing·tiredness-most commonly don't feel like themselves anymore, don't feel interested in anything and always struggle with sense of helplessness to manage their lives.
Used to be active.
A clear difference between someone who's tired and someone who's lazy is that tired people felt attracted by many things before. . And they find it hard to do the things they once loved.
Become moody and angry.
? Do you often feel emotionally (情感上地) out of control and don't know why? If you start to have trouble controlling your emotions, especially when it never used to be a problem for you, this might be a warning sign of tiredness rather than laziness.
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One of the signs is that you care little about yourself and try to keep away from others. You don't want to dress up yourself and you spend most of your time by yourself doing nothing.
Change day by day.
Tiredness develops in different stages. All of the points mentioned above won't just happen overnight. However, by the time you reach the final stage, tiredness has already become rooted so deeply in your life that the continuous mental and physical tiredness become much greater and harder to treat. .
A．Focus on signs
B．Pay little attention to your selfcare
C．Do you suddenly find yourself easily angry
D．Do lazy people always feel uninterested in things around
E．But they may now be struggling to find interest or enjoyment
F．Here are five obvious signs to show you're experiencing tiredness rather than laziness
G．So the earlier you notice signs of tiredness, the more easily you can get help and recover from it
One day recently, Laurie Fenby was 1 at a garage sale in Rochester New York and as she was leaving, she found a 2 on the ground.
Laurie looked inside and 3 a Jamaican (牙买加人的) driver's license, some American cash and some Jamaican 4 . She tried all the usual ways to find the man, whose name was George. She 5 for suggestions through Next door, a community website. One lady advised her to contact (联系) a little 6 that is known to have many Jamaican migrant (移民) workers as 7 . Laurie called the store and found that yes, indeed, there was someone named George who 8 his wallet.
When George contacted her, he was able to 9 everything in the wallet and Laurie was able to 10 it. But it didn't stop there. Laurie asked George, "What do you and the migrant workers 11 ?" He said they need some warm clothes. Laurie 12 contacted the community and was able to organize a clothing 13 . Many people donated lots of 14 , shoes and other supplies. Recently Laurie met George and the other migrant workers in Rochester. They were so 15 to Laurie and her friends.
Henry was walking along the street (hold) the bank note in his hand. His coat was (wear) in several places. He saw a sign for a tailor's shop. Henry walked into the shop and wanted to buy a suit coat. One clerk treated him in rude manner. Then another clerk came up to serve him. Finally, Henry took a suit coat. When he said he had no any small change and (pay) it in a month, the clerk tried to control his anger, saying, "I suppose a gentleman like you only(carry) very large bills." Henry told him not to judge people their clothes and that he just didn't want to cause him trouble with a large note. The clerk said no trouble. So Henry gave the bank note to the clerk. The clerk was so (astonish) that he dropped Henry's coat. He folded the bill and (slow) unfolded it again, as if looking at something he couldn't believe was there .Seeing the scene, the owner asked the clerk to give Henry the change quickly. However, when he saw the bank note, he changed his attitude and took Henry to another part of the shop, there was a wide range of (option) for Henry to choose from.
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 bad 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.
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Six months later, football season started.
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