The best restaurants for outdoor dining in Greater Boston
Beehive Restaurant (541 Tremont St. , Boston)
If you want to have fun while you enjoy your meal, head to Beehive, where you get specialized brunch, cocktails, and live music with your patio(露台) dining.
"Great food and service, fun atmosphere in and out."
—Esta E. , Back Bay
Brighton Bodega (328 Washington St. , Brighton) and Devlin's Bistro & Bar (332 Washington St. , Brighton)
Although these are two separate eateries, they share a patio space in Brighton. Visit Brighton Bodega for its Asian-inspired small plates and Devlin's for the drinks menu. While you're there, you may get to experience some live jazz.
"These sister restaurants share a lovely patio area with a good atmosphere and excellent food! I love the constantly changing and always creative Brighton Bodega menu, and the steady favorites menu of Devlin's. "
—Wendy, Cambridge
Chart House (60 Long Wharf, Boston)
Chart House has served hungry customers in the Boston area for more than 60 years and continues to do so with its patio dining experience and "perfect views".
"It is not in a too-crowded area. It's not amidst cars and too many passers-by, so you can hear the water and the silence once in a while. There is parking at the back so I can drive in, dine, and drive out. "
—Lissa W. , Uxbridge
Frenchie Wine Bistro (560 Tremont St. Boston)
Outdoor dining is becoming more popular in Boston, but there's something about it that feels very European. especially at this South End spot. Sit out on the patio for its modern French menu and wide selection of wines.
"It's just the best. Great views, food and drink, and THE BEST people watching!"
—Chris H. Boston
George Turner, 48, owner of Penuel Bicycles in Inglewood, California, talks with respect about his childhood BMX dirt bike. "I was mad keen on cycling." he says. "I did whatever it took to get on that bike, as long as I was home before dark." Home meant housework, homework and annoying brothers. But a bike meant escapes.
In 2010, George transformed his childhood love into a livelihood, and opened his bicycle shop, Penuel Bicycles. The shop fulfilled a lifelong dream. Before that, he had worked for years delivering boxes for FedEx while selling bike accessories online.
"Bicycles kept me out of trouble," George remembers. "They were part of my life." He figured that was still true for kids when he opened Penuel Bicycles. George expected parents to crowd inside, eager to buy shiny new bikes for their kids. He looked forward to helping boys and girls discover the joy of riding — and stay out of trouble — just as he had.
None of that happened, however.
George found that kids these days lead a different life. Usually, they don't want a bike for their birthday. And most of them ever don't know how to ride a bike. Instead of getting out and riding, they prefer spending their time on their phones indoors. As kids don't ride, it is impossible that parents crowd in his shop to buy new bikes. Nine years after opening his Penuel Bicycles, George feared that he had to close the shop.
Then in 2020, the coronavirus pandemic swept the nation. Surprisingly, the pandemic saved George's business. During the pandemic, many American people found that cycling was a good way to exercise and also a safe way to get around. The demand for new bikes kept growing and people in George's neighborhood pulled out their old bikes and wheeled them to Penuel Bicycles to get repaired. Now he is trying his best to meet his customers' needs and hopes that his customers can really discover the joy of riding.
Scientists say the plant enset, an Ethiopian staple (主食), could be a new superfood and a lifesaver in the face of climate change. "This is a crop that can play a really important role in addressing food security and sustainable development," said a university professor in Awasa, Ethiopia.
Enset, or "false banana", is a close relative of the banana but is consumed only in one part of Ethiopia. The banana-like fruit of the plant is inedible (无法食用的), but the stems and roots can be processed to make porridge and bread.
However, Ethiopia is isolated (隔离) by dry lowlands, which are unsuitable for enset to grow. And the procedures for enset raising and preparing require special knowledge. Therefore, despite its wild relatives distributing across Africa, enset is only used as a crop in Ethiopia and has never been widely adopted elsewhere.
Using agricultural surveys and modelling work, scientists found the crop could potentially feed more than 100 million people and boost food security in Ethiopia and other African countries.
Study researcher Dr James Borrell, of the Royal Botanic Gardens, said planting enset as an alternative crop for tough times could help support food security. "It's got some really unusual characteristics that make it absolutely unique as a crop," he said. Reaching ten meters tall, as few as 15 enset plants can feed a person for a year. Also, it has flexible harvest times, stores well, and is relatively drought and disease tolerant. All these features have earned it the name, "the tree against hunger".
There is growing interest in seeking new plants to feed the world. Nearly half of all the calories we eat come from three species - rice, wheat, and corns. "We need to diversify the plants we use globally as a staple because all our eggs are in a very small basket at the moment," said Dr Borrell.
With its first public appearance at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, rock climbing, the once less popular sport, is set to reach new heights. Yet its popularity is raising questions about the damaging environmental effects of climbing chalk—an essential climbing tool.
Made from magnesium carbonate (碳酸镁), which occurs in nature as the mineral magnesite, climbing chalk is used to improve climbers' grip (紧握) on rocks. However, the resulting chalk marks have become so bad in the United States that parks are beginning to restrict its use. Utah's Arches National Park allows only colored chalk that mostly matches rocks, while Colorado's Kent Mountain Adventure Center bans all chalk.
Beyond the visual pollution, new research suggests chalk may be harming the plants that grow on rocks. The latest study on the effects of climbing chalk found that it negatively impacted four plants living on rocks in laboratory settings.
However, Daniel Hepenstrick, a co-author of the study, emphasizes that his study is far from conclusive. Additional field research needs to be done to understand the full effects of climbing chalk. But that is easier said than done. The environmental impact of rock climbing, in general, isn't well known. "Access is one limitation, as most scientists are not climbers. Even in accessible areas, the variable terrain (地形) itself can present a challenge to measuring climbing's effects. It's been difficult to find the mechanisms that are potentially impacting the sensitive cliff communities," says ecologist Peter Clark.
Climbing groups such as Access Fund are taking a wait-and-see approach to Hepenstrick's report before making any policy adjustments. "It's data for us," says executive director Chris Winter. "If there is a conservation concern, we take that quite seriously."
Until additional studies can be conducted, responsibility is mostly left to climbers, who "do care about nature," says Hepenstrick, an occasional climber himself. "You could inform them that using climbing chalk in a certain way could have an impact, and they would take that in."
Choose What to Remember, What to Forget
I was sorting through some boxes in the drawer last week when I came across a teddy bear from my childhood. when I saw my faded old friend. In an instant I was reconnected with where I lived, who was around and how I felt.
. I once had thrown away a pair of running shoes that reminded me of the difficult days. According to a recent study it's possible to use thinking tricks to remove negative associations. And, in the process, you can learn a lot about how memory works — including how to get yours under control.
First, volunteers were shown how to create connections between an item and negative emotions. They did this using vivid mental imagery (意象) — linking a child's sports shoes to images of a playground accident, for example, so that the object became uncomfortable to have nearby.. And this turned out to be more than just a temporary distraction (分心). It gradually weakened the bad memories — in some cases, erasing them altogether.
. And you can strengthen both of these factors when you want to remember. For example: pick up a favourite present and enjoy the pictures it brings to mind. On the other hand, when you want to forget the bad associations, practice pushing away any images.
The pictures you attach to things can connect you to some extremely powerful memories, for good or bad..
A. Unpleasant past memories flashed through my mind.
B. It shows that recall relies on associations and images.
C. Not all objects make such welcome memories, however.
D. Powerful memories flooded back from nearly 50 years before.
E. But the good news is that you can choose to remember the good things.
F. Again, strengthening the images will continually sharpen the memories.
G. Later, they were shown how to actively forget those feelings by pushing away any pictures.
It was a day like any other. I awoke and stretched as the summer sun lay casually 1 my sheets. This summer was going to be different— I had my2and my car. With my new found freedom fresh on my mind, I leapt out of bed and ran to the kitchen. My mother was bent over the sink with her phone. "Yes… I'll be there soon," she said, then 3 "You need to dive me to 4 my truck." she said, turning to me.
As we 5 our way to the car dealership, my mother kept 6 me this highway was dangerous, and always 7 with rushing cars. When we drove back home, I followed 8 behind my mother. Everything was fine at first. My mother put her right 9 on, indicating that we were to the exit. The only problem was that I was one lane over and my 10 was blocked by a giant truck in the right lane. Stupidly, I sped up and 11 to pass the truck. However, I judged everything 12. The most horrifying and unimaginable 13 announced the collision, and my car began to spin off the road. There were bloody 14 up and down my legs and arms, but everything 15worked like it should.
Tears 16 in my mother's eyes as she hugged me tight. Hours seemed like minutes, and 17 I knew it we were driving home in my mother's truck. It didn't 18 me until later that day, just how fragile life is. Sure, I could easily have been killed. In half a second, all my achievements and ambitions would mean 19. Everything I'd ever done would be all I'd ever be remembered for. Life is so fragile and deserves to be lived 20.
Earlier this June, the Olympic Council of Asia announced that the 2022 Asian Games,were originally scheduled for September in Hangzhou, would be postponed due to the pandemic situation. According to the Games' organizing committee, all 56 competition venues and 31 training venues will be (gradual) opened to the public from July 1.
Sports centers with relatively low operation costs will provide free admission to their gymnasiums, squares, and track and field venues. Those (design) to host competitions—such as rowing, shooting and cycling — will hire professional teams to run the venues and maintain facilities. It (expect) that these venues will offer sports-related experience activities to the public. Venues located in universities will stage (variety) of sports events, improving their utilization (使用) beyond their daily use in students' education.
The committee has promised to open venues a controlled and orderly manner as it tries to protect and maintain the quality of the facilities. Each venue will establish an operation and maintenance team (ensure) that the venue will meet the requirements of the Asian Games.
opening of the venues and facilities emphasizes the important roles that the 2022 Asian Games play in enhancing sports culture, meeting the (grow) needs of citizens, gaining experience for holding high-level competitions.
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Dear editor,
I'm sorry to occupy your precious time, and I really want to tell you anything about the problem of some people keeping too many pets nowadays. I take the problem more and more seriously for the following reasons. First of all, as it is known to people, pets make so much noise that trouble residents a lot. What's more, it is widely accepted that animal waste pollute the environment, which makes people quite uncomfortable. Many owners like taking his pets to public places where they may frighten children or even bite people. The mostly important is that pets can spread some diseases and this has attracted many attention. Take all these factors into consideration, I sincerely hope that I can get help from you and expect the media do something for this.
Yours truly,
Wang Lin
1）2022年的母亲节你为妈妈做了什么；
2）妈妈的反应（如情感、话语表达等）；
3）你的感想。
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Dear Chris,
I'm so glad to receive your e-mail asking what I did for my mother on this year's Mother's Day.
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Best wishes.
Yours,
Li Jin
