Your Garden Escape
Even in the big city you can find oases of calm and beauty. From a royal palace to a classical garden, we recommend great green spaces to escape the hustle and bustle of London.
Horniman Gardens
Horniman Gardens cover 16 acres with breathtaking views of London. Visitors can enjoy the Sound Garden, Meadow Field, and even a Prehistoric Garden, which features a display of "living fossils. " The gardens are very popular with families, and dogs can be let off their leads in the Meadow Field.
Chiswick Garden
As a classical garden landscape in London, it was here that the English Landscape Movement was born with William Kent's designs. Enjoy fresh bread, seasonal food, and natural wines in the award-winning cafe, while admiring the beauty of the naturalistic landscape, spotted with impressive art and statues.
Buckingham Palace Garden
The 39-acre garden boasts more than 350 types of wildflowers, over 200 trees and a three-acre lake. The garden also provides a habitat for native birds rarely seen in London. A tour of the garden can be completed by having a cream tea in the cafe overlooking the Palace's famous grassland and lake.
Kew Garden
The Royal Botanic Garden at Kew is one of the world's most famous gardens and a UNESco World Heritage Site. Have a walk through the vast garden, spot local wildlife at the lake, or get your hands dirty by trying a gardening lesson. Be sure to visit the Temperate House, which contains some of the rarest and most threatened plants.
"A bird with a broken wing will never fly as high. "I'm sure T. J, Ware was made to feel this way almost every day in school.
By high school, T, J. was the most celebrated troublemaker in his town. Teachers literally cringed when they saw his name posted on their classroom lists.
I met T. J. for the first time when all the students at school were attending ACE training. At first, he showed no interest in the discussion. But slowly, the interactive games drew him in. T. J. had some brilliant thoughts on those situations, which were welcomed by his group. By the end of the activity, the other students on the team were impressed with his concern and ideas and elected T. J. co-chairman of the team.
When T. J. showed up at school on Monday morning, a group of teachers were expressing their disagreements to the school principal about his being elected co-chairman. The principal reminded them that the purpose of the program was to uncover any positive feeling and enhance its practice until true change can take place. The teachers left the meeting, firmly convinced that failure was unavoidable.
Two weeks later, T. J. and his friends led a group of 70 students to collect food . They collected a school record: 2, 854 cans of food in just two hours. The local newspaper covered the event with a full-page article the next day. That newspaper story was posted on the main bulletin board at school, where everyone could see it.
T. J. 's picture was up there for doing something great.
T. J. started showing up at school every day and answered questions from teachers for the first time. The event he started now yields 9, 000 cans of food in one day, taking care of 70 percent of the need for food for one year.
T. J. reminds us that a bird with a broken wing only needs mending. But once it has healed, it can fly higher than the rest. T. J. got a job. He became productive. He is flying quite nicely these days.
Parenting styles have evolved over the years in response to the rapid social changes. Whether it is tapping technology or applying the best parenting practices, parents nowadays generally invest more time in finding out how best to raise their child.
Modern parents have access to the internet and social media for ideal parenting advice and tips. There are also numerous parenting groups for different age groups on social media that parents can join. A parent can post questions from how to manage the constant cries of an infant to how to talk to a moody teenager, and chances are, the parent will be flooded instantly with advice and relevant articles. The availability of resources has helped modem parents to be more? involved and supportive of their children's development, academically, emotionally and socially. Modern parents are also keener to find out about effective parenting methods to raise disciplined and confident children.
Meanwhile, one of modern parenting styles, helicopter parenting, arises. When parents become over-involved, over-concerned and over-controlling, they start helping children with what they are capable of on their own, for example, selecting activities and friends for them. Such a parenting style can restrict the children's ability to handle responsibilities independently. Children might be ill-equipped with life skills such as operating a stove or monitoring their schoolwork. Overprotecting children from failures may also be prevented from developing resilience （韧性） and acquiring skills like problem-solving.
On the other hand, parents in the past tended to supervise less. Children were given more control over how they managed their schoolwork and the friends they chose to play with. They were often expected to shoulder the responsibilities of caring for younger siblings and managing household chores. Living in the preinternet era, parents were less informed about different parenting approaches and personalities.
There is no one right way to raise a child and there is no need to doubt about the best parenting style. Each child is unique and should be raised differently by parents who are present, but-not hovering （守候）; who are supportive but not controlling; and who protect but not spoil.
To a chef, the sounds of lip smacking （发出响声的）, and swallowing are the highest form of flattery （恭维）. But to someone with a certain type of misophonia （恐声症）, these same sounds can be suffering. Brain scans are now helping scientists start to understand why.
People with misophonia experience strong discomfort, annoyance or disgust when they hear particular triggers （诱因）. Researchers previously thought this reaction might be caused by the brain overactively processing certain sounds. Now, however, a new study published in Journal of Neuroscience has linked some forms of misophonia to heightened "mirroring" behavior in the brain: those affected feel distress （痛苦） while their brains act as if they were mimicking the triggering mouth movements.
The research team, led by Neweastle University neuroscientist Sukhbinder Kumar, analyzed brain activity in people with and without misophonia when they were at rest and while they listened to sounds. These included misophonia triggers （such as chewing）, generally unpleasant sounds （like a crying baby）, and neutral sounds. The brain's auditory cortex （听觉皮层）, which processes sound, reacted similarly in subjects with and without misophonia. But in both the resting state and listening trials, people with misophonia showed stronger connections between the auditory cortex and brain regions that control movements of the face, mouth and throat, while the controlled group didn't. Kumar found this connection became most active in participants with misophonia when they heard triggers specific to the condition.
Some mirroring is typical in most humans when witnessing others' actions; the researchers do not yet know why an excessive mirroring response might cause such a negative reaction, and hope to address that in future research. "Possibilities include a sense of loss of control, invasion of personal space, or interference with current goals and actions. " the study authors write.
Fatima Husain, an Illinois University professor of speech and hearing science, says potential misophonia cures could build on the new findings by giving advice to patients about handling unconscious motor responses to triggering sounds — not just coping with the sounds themselves. If this works, she adds, one should expect to see reduced connected activity between the auditory and motor cortices.
There are a number of ways to help improve final exam test scores without staying up all night and cramming （死记硬背）, for instance, taking advantage of the resources available and taking care of your body.
Stay on top of your work. Completing all of your week by its due date will help you stay on top of the content, minimizing the time needed to prepare for finals.For instance, attending class is a guarantee not to fall behind in your work.
Don't feel like you need to give equal study time to each course. Look back at your progress throughout the semester. If your grade is borderline, between a 'C' and a 'B', for example, or you're hoping to raise your grade, you'll want to put in a bit more effort.
Find a study partner or a tutor. It is advisable to find a tutor or a study partner at the beginning of the semester as you can bounce around ideas and ask questions while studying. However, stay away from good friends when struggling with the material.
Select your studying environment strategically. You need a quiet studying location free of distractions.Sometimes colleges open up conference rooms or other spaces to allow additional room for studying during exam week.
Maintain your health in the finals week. Finals can be a stressful time, so make sure you are taking care of your physical self. Exercise is an effective tool in helping your body reduce stress.
A. Keep track of your progress.
B. Figure out which courses to prioritize.
C. But don't overdo it this week to avoid a muscle injury over finals.
D. If the library, study area, or outdoors does not work for you, keep looking.
E. Reviewing in the finals week is a lot easier if you've been keeping up all along.
F. Plus, you will assess time needed for better academic performance prior to the finals.
G. The best study partner is often someone you don't know well and less likely hang out with.
Borneo is home to some of the most extraordinary wildlife. Several years ago, I decided to go there for a visit. A local person offered to be my guide, which was a great bonus for me.
One day, my guide turned off the smooth road and took me across a1 hillside instead. We picked our way carefully when2 , a Rafflesia （大王花） popped into my view among those stones. Oh, dear! More than3 , I bent down and put my nose practically inside the flower's core.
4 , to my surprise, it was only one of the5 during the trip.
As I6 the end of my trip, there was still something I had yet to see. We planned to7 most feared creature there, the saltwater crocodile, which can grow to a8 of 6 meters or more. When we shone a flashlight towards the muddy shore, little sounds9 in the darkness as if something unseen underwater had broken the10 . Taking a second look, we spotted two greedy11 just above the water line. As we drew near, it12 and we saw clearly it was a crocodile. With great caution, we neared it and finally could13 its true dimensions. It was a baby-no more than 0.6 meter long. Aha, whatever, I could now report to the 14 back home, who had never been to Borneo, that I had15 a hungry crocodile in the wild and lived to tell the tale.
The world out there is so fascinating. Don't let work run your life. Why not step outdoors and enjoy the wonders nature offers to you?
On Aug 13, four Chinese irrigation sites won global（recognize） and were added to the 2018 list of Heritage Irrigation Structures, amongDujiangyan is the oldest and only surviving damless irrigation system in the world.
Built over 2, 000 years ago inis now Sichuan Province in Southwest China, this amazing engineering achievement is still playing a crucial role in irrigating farms and providing water resources for more than 50 cities in the province.
In ancient times, the region in which Dujiangyan now stands（threaten） by frequent flooding from the Minjiang River. Li Bing, a local official of Sichuan Province at that time, together with his son, decided to construct an irrigation system on the Minjiang River（prevent）flooding. After many studies, they found the（simple） solution was to build a dam, but this would have ruined the Minjiang River. So instead Li designed a series of（channel） built at different levels along Mount Yulei that would take away the floodwater while leaving the river flowing（natural）. Better still, the extra water could be directed to the dry Chengdu Plain,（make） it suitable for farming.
Ever since the great Dujiangyan Irrigation System was completed, the Chengdu Plain has been freeflooding and the people there have been living peacefully.
I had a dream from primary school: to work in television. My parents owned a little grocery store, so we were definitely not fancy people. Thankfully, my dad had raised me to have a lot of confidence. He often said, ＂You can do anything you want to do. ＂ My dad was particularly supportive. He was my steady rock— always there for me.
With his help and encouragement, I was admitted to the radio and television arts program at Ryerson in Toronto. I really loved the program and workéd hard and I was named the most outstanding graduate. I felt like I was already living my dream. I began to think that maybe I could apply for an internship in CBC or CTV.
Luckily, Global Television had just started broadcasting in Canada that year. I thought to myself: I'm new and they're new, so if I'm going to get to know one person at Global, it might as well be the president. I was scared, but I knew deep down inside that this was what I wanted. When I called my dad and told him my plan, he said, "Good, Faye. That's exactly what you should do. "
With my heart just about pounding out of my body, I called up the president of Global Television. Suddenly Mr. Slaight was on the phone. "I've heard that your studio facilities are amazing. I could come at eleven o'clock on Monday or eleven o'clock on Sunday for a tour. What would suit you better?" I caught him totally off guard. He stuttered a bit, and then picked a day.
When I hung up, I was scared but excited.
I arrived at the studio on the appointed day. When Mr. Slaight took me around, he looked at me and said, "What do you want?" He sounded furious but curious. "All I want is a chance to audition （试镜）. I just want you to know my face. That's all I'm asking. "
I didn't know whether I'd ever hear from him again, but two weeks later, his secretary called, "Mr. Slaight wants to know if you'd like to come and audition for a new school life show. "I immediately answered, "Sure!"
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When I arrived at the station, I went directly into the audition and began my short performance.
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Finally came the day of my first public appearance on live TV with my parents at home watching.
