Celebrate Farming with LEAF Open Farm Sunday 2023
How many people have passed your farm, seen your pigs and wondered what happens behind the farm gate? There is a genuine interest across society to learn about where food comes from, what the work farmers do and how the countryside is managed.
Whether you host an event for 20 people or 200, the day is really rewarding, a great way to involve your local community and is hugely positive PR for British farming. A simple self-guided farm walk is all you need to offer, and LEAF has lots of free resources and top tips available to help with your planning, including:
● bow to manage your visitor numbers with the ticketing system
● planning and messaging for a farm walk
● creative activity ideas
● risk assessment templates (样板)
● creating a hand-washing station (needed if you have livestock)
Cooperate with a local farmer, run your own event, or offer to help someone who is taking part this year and play your part in promoting British farming.
Following registration, you will receive a handbook with guidance on how to organize a safe and engaging event. There is also a team of LEAF Open Farm Sunday ambassadors who are at the end of an email or phone to answer your questions.
To find out more, visit: farmsunday.org.
To be honest. I've been missing the online shopping experience in China since I moved to the US four years ago. So when I noticed Shein becoming mainstream in the US over the past few years, I though, Great! I finally have a Taohao replacement! So I went on my first Shein journey in August 2022.
But somewhere along the way, I started questioning why I enjoy this particular kind of shopping, and also what it means for an e-commerce platform to offer endless deals.
To be fair, there are Shein purchases that I've really enjoyed, like a $2 nylon watchband that feels better than my original Apple Watch band. I also think people should be able to choose quantity and price over quality, because the idea of demanding that people only buy premium products feels unrealistic.
But as it turns out, I've finally started to see through the illusion (错觉) of Shein-like platforms. To get these occasional incredible deals, you are encouraged to shop much more than is necessary or even reasonable. This illusion has worked for a long time and for a lot of people, including me! But it's become harder and harder to ignore the environmental consequences of my purchases, and the ways in which platforms trick people into buying more and more.
And I don't think I'm the only one experiencing that awakening. Broadly speaking, I think society is slowly but surely shifting toward recognizing the climate impact of mass-produced cheap goods. While these conversations have yet to happen as widely and furiously in China, companies like Taobao and Shein will inevitably have to answer the question of whether their business model is sustainable for everyone—or only for themselves. So where are they beading from here? There's certainly a lot of soul-searching for the industry to do.
And I'm doing some soul-searching of my own.
The memory of elephants is the stuff of lore (传说), and now it seems they can recall the smell of a relative even after a decade apart.
When Franziska Hörner at the University of Wuppertal in Germany and her colleagues heard about planned reunions between two mother-daughter pairs at zoos in Germany, the took advantage of the chance to test the elephants' memories. One pair had been separated for two years, while the other had spent 12 years apart.
Hörner collected faecal (排泄物的) samples from these African elephants and others at German zoos, hauling the stinking 10-to-15-kilogram samples around in her tiny car.
Her team presented these samples one at a time to the four elephants in advance of their reunions with family members. When they encountered faeces from unrelated elephants, either those in the same zoo or unfamiliar animals, they sniffed and walked away.
But when presented with a sample from the mother or daughter they were due to be reunited with, the female elephants repeatedly sniffed the samples and showed a variety of reactions, from making sounds to flapping their ears.
Such reactions may be linked to positive emotions, the researchers say. "That was amazing and really intense," says Hörner. "We were sure they do remember, and they know exactly what they are smelling there."
The sample size was small, but it would be cruel to do similar tests on elephants that weren't being reunited, says Hörner.
"I am not surprised that elephants have memories, especially in social contexts, that last a long time," says Joshua Plotnik at Hunter College in New York, who wasn't involved with the work. Elephants live in groups that split up and come back together over long periods of time.
But Plotnik says the experiment may not be a true test of memory. There may be scent cues (线索，提示) common to all relatives that can trigger recognition not linked to memory, he says, and presenting the elephants with other smells would help make sense of their responses.
Recently, the artificial intelligence app ChatGPT has been making headlines in the higher education media and beyond. Some have taken an alarmist approach, such as a recent Atlantic piece titled "The College Essay Is Dead." Others have been more optimistic, examining the limitations of the app as well as offering suggestions for how it can inform student learning and writing. Below is an FAQ about ChatGPT.
Q: How can I design assignments to discourage use of ChatGPT?
A: One important strategy for preventing use of ChatGPT or other similar technologies is to create assignments that require students to show stages of their work (outlines, rough drafts, etc.).
Ask students to refer to course materials and discussions, which would be impossible for ChatGPT to access and would also promote valuable integration skills.
Ask students to engage in and submit a reflection about what they have learned from completing the assignment. Sample tips include: a) Discuss the most challenging and most rewarding aspects of your project. b) What was the most surprising thing you learned in the course of this project? c) If you had the chance to do it again, what one thing would you have done differently on this project?
Teach citation skills and research skills, including expression of original thought.
It is worth considering why you assign writing in your classes and discussing that clearly with students. For most professors, writing represents a form of thinking. But for some students, writing is simply a product, a collection of words repeated back to the teacher. According to John Warner, a blogger and author of two books on writing, "If you can create an atmosphere where students are invested in learning, they are not going to copy, and they are not going to dodge the work. But the work has to be worth doing on some level, beyond getting the grade."
Q: How can I use ChatGPT in the writing process?
A: These types of apps are not going away and will no doubt rise sharply in the future, so encouraging students to use them productively could be seen as an important contribution to information competence.
Every parent wants their children to develop well. . However, for a child, play is the main way of interacting with the world, mastering new knowledge and skills. The game performs several functions.
. Through the game, the child learns new skills and develops speech, thinking and logic, memory, attention and other mental functions. This applies not only to special educational games, but outdoor games which promote physical development and strengthen the health of the child. Also, any games develop creativity and imagination.
Way of communication. A game for a child is also a way to convey to an adult their experiences: joys, anxieties, fears, hopes, expectations. Often, through the game, the child tells parents something important about himself and learns something important about his parents. The game is a way to be closer, to feel the support, care and love of parents. .
Development of social skill and familiarity with social roles. . Through the game, children learn about the concepts of "good" and "bad". In games, children learn different social roles: they learn to be parents, friends, teachers, doctors, kings and presidents. Many games develop independence and responsibility, teach the child to overcome difficulties, take care of others, give gifts and share.
Pleasure and joy. The game brings pleasure, joy and a lot of other positive emotions to the child and the significance of this cannot be underestimated (after all, even for adults, positive emotions are very important: they support us, help us develop and look at life positively). . It is the key to the full development of the individual.
A. Knowledge of the world.
B. Education and development.
C. Therefore, it is very important that parents find time to play together with their child.
D. Joint games best teach adults to understand their children and find a common language with them.
E. Also, through the game, the child learns to be proud of his success, which supports his self-esteem.
F. In games, children learn to follow the rules, control their behavior, develop communication skills with peers and adults.
G. Sometimes it seems that a child's game is empty entertainment and it would be better to replace it with something more useful.
Over half a century has passed since Xu Qiusheng, 81, graduated from medical school and started to work as a village doctor in Yangfang village, Fengsheng city, in East China's Jiangxi province.
Dubbed "guardians of health", village doctors like Xu have played an important role in 1 hundreds of millions of farmers in rural areas. They always keep a 2 schedule—offering outpatient services during the day and 3 emergency cases now and then in the evening, staying on 4 around the clock for patients.
Xu says that treatment and medicine are usually free of charge for villagers facing 5 difficulties. 6 he lives a plain life himself, he never asks for the medical expenses owed by villagers. Xu also 7 regular contact with high-risk people in the village to keep track of their health conditions.
Ahead of this year's Spring Festival. Xu, together with his daughter, who 8 to the village and followed in his footsteps of becoming a village doctor, 9 door to door visiting the elderly. Xu's daughter helped them 10 their blood pressure and blood oxygen.
The 11 of more than 1,400 villagers in Yangfang has become the 12 for rural doctors like Xu and his daughter. The clinic receives, at most, 30 patients a day, and doctors will deliver medicines to villagers' doors. Early this year, the village smoothly 13 its peak COVID-19 infection rate.
"I 14 my patients as my family members, and I hope the next generations of doctors in rural areas can continue to be the 15 of villagers," Xu says.
Have you ever seen the tide of the Qiantang River?
The Qiantang River, (locate) in Zhejiang on the southeastern const of China, stretches over more than 500 kilometers and flows into the East China Sea.
Every year the eighteenth day of the eighth lunar month, people gather along its banks expectantly, eager for the (arrive) of the tide. The waters of Hangzhou Bay and the Qiantang River meet on the horizon, (form) a thin white line. Hundreds of thousands of tons of water (dramatic) tumble (翻滚) back towards the land. The seawall contains the force of 7 tons per square meter. The waves can reach maximum of 9 meters, about three stories (height) and even taller than four of China's famous basketball player, Yao Ming.
The huge tides and waves do little (stop) the bold. People (jump) into the powerful waves as early as the Southern Song Dynasty of China, more than 800 years ago. The people of the time called them the Tide Players. It looks so much like today's surfing, without the surf board. Today, the Qiantang River attracts thousands of people are from far and wide for the annual tidal surfing competition.
Katie was six years old. She was part of a big family. She lived with her mom, dad and three older brothers. Her older brothers all played sports. They rode their bikes around town. Katie wanted to be just like them when she got bigger.
One summer day, the boys all decided to go swimming at the neighborhood pool. Katie wanted to go, too.
"But we're riding our bikes." said Tom. He was the oldest.
"You're too slow because you still have training wheels," added Mike, the next oldest.
"Boys, I want you to take Katie swimming with you," said Dad. "It will be fun."
The third brother, David, sighed. "Fine," he said. "But you'll have to peddle fast."
All four children put on the helmets and got on their bikes. The boys rode fast. Katie did her best to keep up, but her brothers were right. She was slower than they were. Soon she fell behind.
"Wait for me!" Katie cried. But her brothers were so far ahead that they didn't hear her. Katie wasn't going to give up. She pumped her legs up and down hard, and soon she arrived at the pool. Her brothers were waiting at the gate.
"Let's got!" said Tom. He paid the entrance fee, and they all went inside to put their beach towels on the chairs they liked best. The boys splashed around in the shallow end of pool with Katie. They feel bad about leaving her behind and wanted to make sure she had fun. But soon the boys noticed that their friends were all in line at the diving board. One by one, the brothers joined the big kids taking turns jumping off the springboard into the deep end of the pool. Some kids tried to make the biggest splash. Others worked on special jumps and dives to show off. Everyone was laughing and having fun.
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Katie was not having fun and she wanted to dive, too!
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She stepped out to the edge of the board and looked at the water below, starting to cry.
