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Great Family-Friendly Festivals

Fête Du Citron, February 15—March 3

What to do with 145,000 tons of citrus fruit（柑橘属水果） for two whole weeks? Artistic masters create a series of mind-blowing sculptures and patterns exhibited around the city of Menton, in the south of France. Highlights include the Golden Fruit Parades that occur every Sunday, which are an endless series of coaches, entertainers, bands, folk groups, dance groups and citrus fruit fioats.

Haro Wine Festival, June 28-30

Forget food fights. How about a wine fight? The wine fight, a feature of Wine Festival in Haro, a quiet town in Spain, reunites thousands of locals and tourists and uses more than 130,000 liters of wine during the battle. There's even a kid-friendly battle a couple of days before using grape juice.

Guca Trumpet Festival, August 8—11

Held in Guca in the middle of Serbia, it's regarded as the world's largest brass（铜管乐器） music festival. Each band gets to play three tunes as folk dancers dance for an enthusiastic audience. Visitors become part of Serbia for a night, dancing to brass band concerts all night long.

Cascamorras, September 6-9

In the towns of Baza and Guadix in Spain, the athletic festival is a whole lot of fun. Villagers from Baza invite tourists to get covered in black olive oil and brightly-colored paste（糊） in neighboring town Guadix.

In Baza, people run down the hill into the village and in Guadix through the town, ending in the evening when they're attacked by water from villagers and then sprayed with foam（泡沫）. The chosen villager "Cascamorras" must try to stay clean.

It was July 2019 and my mum Rebecca was taking me on a 120km walking holiday from Portugal to Spain as a special treat for my 10th birthday. One day, while walking along the coastal path staring out at the Atlantic ocean, I chatted away to Mum. "When Lexi turns 10, are you going to take her on a trip like this?"I asked, referring to my seven-year-old sister. Mum said Lexi had already asked to go to Svalbard in the north of Norway because she was crazy about polar bears.

Although I was still on my first special trip, I'd been learning about ancient civilizations at school and knew I'd love to see some relics in the flesh. So I continued saying, "Why don't I go to Egypt while you're in Svalbard with Lexi?", adding that my dad, Olaf, could take me there. "Great, but I'm not paying for it. "Mum replied, chuckling. "That's fine. I'll pay, "I said, "Tll save up my pocket money and get a job. "

So that's exactly what I did. Though I was too young to do any other paid work, I had my own solution. I started saving my $10-a-week pocket money. Also, I washed my parents'car or mowed the lawn for extra cash. 

In 2020, we moved to Perth. One day, I saw a pamphlet (小册子) in the letter box advertising a job delivering catalogues. When I told Mum I wanted to do it, she tried to put me off the idea, reminding me that the work was tiring and time-consuming. But when seeing the determination in my eyes, she agreed to call them. Thankfully, my young age didn't bother them-I got the job. On a Monday, a mountain of catalogues were dropped off at our house, which shocked me a lot. I told myself to calm down and dedicated to work. It took me nine hours to sort through them. At first, I used my bike and carried the catalogues in my backpack to deliver them to 430 houses in my area. 

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After several deliveries, I found it wasn't very efficient. 

Three and a half years later, I saved a massive $6, 500, and Dad and I flew to Cairo, Egypt. 

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1. 活动介绍；

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Dear Chris

How are you doing?

Yours, 

Ii Hua

Growing up on a farm, Tori James spent much of her early years outdoors, building shelters and playing in muddy streams. She 1  herself as an ambitious and adventurous child and owes the Duke of Edinburgh Award to her love for 2  James says she could never have  3  that one day she might be the youngest British woman to 4  the peak of Mount1. 1. Everest. 

Today, James is a(n) 5  adventurer. Alongside her successful climb of the world's  6  peak  in 2007, she was  a member  of the  first all-female team to 7  a tiring 650-kilometre ski race to the Magnetic North Pole in 2005, and in 2014 she set the 8  for the longest non-stop open-sea kayak crossing in UK waters. 

Yet ahead of her first exploration at the age of 18, James had 9 her ability to last a month out in the cold without the comfort of a hot bath. "It's only by 10 our comfort zone that we understand our true potential, "she explains, "That's when the 11 happens. "

James encourages would-be adventurers not to be 12 by the conventional image of the rugged (粗犷的), hardy explorer. "I am such a believer that, with the right support and skills, everyone can bring 13 to an exploration, "she adds, "Sometimes, it's only out in the field that someone's 14 talents emerge, 15 in the process of exploration. "

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How to Deal with Awkward Silences

We all know what it's like when a conversation dies off and you're left to sit in silence.   Thankfully, filling these silences isn't as difficult as it may seem. Read on to learn how to initiate small talk and deal with awkward silences. 

● Think of topics ahead of time. 

Before attending a social event, think of a few "go-to" topics to jumpstart a dead conversation. This will help you to fill the silences instead of struggling for words in the moment. Recent news, local events, popular books and television shows are all good fallback options.

·Ask open-ended questions. 

Ask questions that have more than one possible answer. They help avoid resulting in short response. For example, instead of asking, "Did you like your high school?", you could ask, "What did you like about your high school?"

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As with any good conversation, the biggest key is to listen. If they respond to your question with a short statement such as"Yes"or "No", that might indicate that they aren't comfortable talking about a particular subject. Instead, talk about something that you know they're interested in. For example, "I heard you won your football game the other night. I'd love to hear about it. "

● Give a compliment(表扬). 

 For example, you could say, "I really like your shirt. Where did you get it?" This could move the conversation in another direction while making the other person feel good. Stick to saying nice things if you're trying to make small talk. 

A. Keep the conversation flowing. 

B. It also allows you to spend more time together. 

C. Listen carefully and respond to their reactions. 

D. There's only one word to describe it:awkward. 

E. This is always a safe bet, as long as it's appropriate. 

F. Such questions are likely to get the person talking more. 

G. However, avoid some subjects that may cause arguments. 

The memory of one particular summer evening is still burned in my brain as if it were yesterday. There was nothing but wide-open fields for miles and miles around our rural Minnesota home. We never saw strangers -not ever -and here on this hot evening was a real live one walking up our driveway. 

A young man, a slightly-built hitchhiker(搭便车的人)approached our door. He knew there was a storm coming, and he desperately needed shelter. Not wanting to intrude    on    our home and family, he asked my dad if he could sleep in our basement for the night for protection from the rain. Instead of saying yes, my dad loaded us all up in the 1959 Chevrolet: five kids, my mum, and the man. 

Our family consisted of three older children whose father had died young and three more children from the union of my mother and father. Our older brother Jerry was in the Navy, on a ship somewhere overseas. Our mum and dad worried about him. 

We drove him 10 miles to the next town, where Dad bought the man a room for the night along with a hot evening meal. In the car after we dropped off the stranger, I heard my dad say to my mum, "I just hope that if Jerry ever needs anything, this kindness will be returned to him. "

Weeks later, Dad told my uncle about the young man. My uncle suggested that perhaps my dad shouldn't have taken the risk of having a stranger in our car. My dad replied, "You are absolutely right. I should have invited him into our home. "

2024 Travel Planner: The Best Things to See in the UK 

Icons of British Fashion, Oxfordshire 

A fashion exhibition will open at Blenheim Palace in March. Icons of British Fashion is the largest event in the palace's 300-year history and will showcase some of Britain's most famous designers. Clothing, drawings, photographs and patterns will be on display. 23 March to 30 June. Palace entry tickets are valid for a year and cost f38 for adults, f22 for under-16s. 

Toulouse-Lautrec in Bath

A new exhibition, Toulouse-Lautrec and the Masters of Montmartre, opens at Victoria Art Gallery in Bath in April. More than 30 pieces from the artist's colourful career will be shown alongside works by other artists of the day. This is the only chance to see Lautrec's complete collection of posters in the UK before it moves to a permanent home at the Musee d'Ixelles in Belgium. 26 April to 29 September, adults £10, children £3.50. 

Back in Time at Beamish

A truly recreated 1950s picture house at Beamish will offer visitors a chance to recall the golden age of movie-going. The cinema will be the latest addition to a "1950s Town" opened last summer at the living history museum. Adults £24. 95, children £15. 45, a family of four £63.50, valid for a year.

National Gallery goes on tour

The National Gallery celebrates its 200th anniversary on 10 May. To mark the occasion, the gallery is lending 12 of its most iconic paintings to 12 venues across the UK. Paintings will travel to centres from Brighton to Edinburgh, and will all go on display on 10 May. Each of the 12 venues will run exhibitions and digital interventions to showcase its particular painting. 

As The Jungle Book song Bear Necessities goes, "forget about your worries and your conflict" can be a little bit difficult when you find yourself face to face with a real bear.

Bears are common in the Northern Hemisphere. As human habitats stretch toward the wilderness, more and more animals cross their paths with those of humans. This can lead to dangerous encounters especially when precautions are not in place. In these situations, keeping your distance is still the best advice.

According to the National Park Service, one should also remain calm as bears, more often than not, are not really willing to attack you. Once in a standoff (对峙), avoid making sudden moves or loud noises as these can trigger aggression. 7-year-old Huxley did exactly what he was told when he encountered a massive bear.

It was a Sunny morning. Huxley was wandering on his way home when a big hulking (笨重的) figure emerges from behind him. A hurried glance backward, he knew it was a black bear. The bear approached cautiously at first, probably sizing up the figure in front of him. A second later, perhaps judging that Huxley was no match for it, the bear burst into a full sprint (冲刺) and ran its way toward the boy.

At first, Huxley was really frightened. However, he knew it was impossible to run or fight with the big beast. In the moment of crisis, he remembered his mother reminds him regularly about these possible encounters. She tells him that if Huxley finds himself face to face with a bear and there are no adults around, he should remain calm.

Huxley calmed down at thinking of this. He stared at the bear down without any movement. This might have been the reason why the young bear stopped dead in its tracks. They faced each other motionless, and there was only a foot distance between them.

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From around the corner, a neighbor hurriedly walked to the scene.

The neighbor continued to pressure the bear while the animal tried its best to find an escape route.

1. 现状；

2. 危害；

3. 提出建议。

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The tourism phenomenon (cause) by Harbin, in Northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, shows no sign of fading. Recently, the ice city (lead) to fierce competition among tourism authorities in several cities. More (interesting) , the video of the leaders of local tourism dancing with performers has entertained millions of netizens (网民) .

Diligent (effort) that were made by Harbin (attract) tourists to the city were heads of local tourist joined by netizens across the country, who discussed about the exceptional skills possessed by their own office, all to achieve similar success in their own cities. 

Starting from January 9th  January 12th, the official account of the Department of Tourism of Henan Province has seen  increase in the number of videos being posted, with more than 30 clips released per day. So the tourism authorities in Shanxi and Shandong provinces find  a must to promote their tourism resources on social media. Winter, the (tradition) tourism off-season, draws new tourism fever,  shows the fast tourism development in China.

Last year, I started the journey of being a remote product designer. The thought of a 1 schedule, a comfortable home office, and the escape from the crowded public transport was incredibly 2 . The first few weeks were filled with a long-lost feeling of3 .

However, the 4 of working from home gradually set in. I had started my day with the best intentions, promising myself quick breaks and regular5 . But deadlines, endless emails, and virtual meetings 6 me to my computer throughout the day, leaving me little time to 7 . Gone were the short walks to a colleague's desk and the quick lunchtime walks around the office complex. Finally, my world was8 to the walls of my home, my steps 9 in mere meters rather than kilometers.

One day, I tried 10 one of my favorite dresses and it wasn't passing through my waist at all. Glancing at myself in the mirror, I saw a 11 person carrying extra weight, rather than someone enjoying freedom. The12 of work and personal life had left me feeling like I was a never ending motion machine.

This incident marked the13  of a journey of self-discovery. I made up my mind that I needed a(n)14  not just for my waistline but for my overall well-being. It was a promise to prioritize my physical and mental health, and a commitment that I could 15  control over my life and my body.

It happens from time to time that after a whole morning of studying, you are tired in the afternoon. It is then that you may want to eat something sweet, perhaps a sweet drink or a chocolate bar to lift your mood. 

But a study suggests that sugar can make you feel worse rather than lift your mood. The German and UK researchers collected data from 31 studies involving nearly 1,300 adults.  Those emotions include anger, alertness, depression and tiredness. They found that people who have too much sugar become more tired and less alert within an hour, and that these feelings become more intense over time. 

According to researchers when people take in sugar, their blood sugar levels rise rapidly, leading to a burst of energy and a short "feel good" period. However, as they begin to digest the sugar, their blood sugar levels decrease quickly, leading to a bad feeling. As with caffeine, this prevents the body from relaxing, leaving people being tired and less alert.

 According to WHO, it is healthy to have the sugars found naturally in fruit, vegetables and milk, so long as they make up less than 5 percent of our daily total energy intake. 

So the next time you feel tired and can't concentrate on study and work, perhaps you should think twice before you bite into a chocolate bar. There are still other ways to relieve tiredness.

A. Maybe a little exercise at midday is a better idea.

B. So cutting sweet food out of the diet is a good choice.

C. hey studied the effect of sugar on some aspects of mood.

D. After all, it's believed that a "sugar rush" gives you energy.

E. Sugar in any form is not necessarily good for the human body.

F. But the result of the study doesn't mean giving up sweet food altogether.

G. To remain on a "high", people may eat more sugar until they become addicted to it.

Facial recognition cameras are everywhere, including in your smartphone. Many people rely on this technology to unlock their phones, open doors or make quick payments, but everyone is wearing mask. What a trouble! 

Now, tech companies have updated their software. Facial recognition technology can now identify people even if they are wearing a mask. 

Beijing-based tech company Hanwang has announced a software which can correctly recognize 95 percent of people wearing masks, Engineering&Technology (E&T) reported. What's the secret? It's all about your eyes.

Marios Savvides, a professor at Carnegie Mellon University, US, studies facial recognition technology. "As we get older," he said, "our faces change shape, but not the area around our eyes. It stays the same — even if we put on weight."

Another company has also been working on this kind of software. Tech5 has Al that measures the shape of your face. It also scans your iris (the colored part of your eyes). Tech5 hopes to ignore all of the face below the nose. 

Facial recognition software is about more than just unlocking your phone. It's about public safety. Touchless verification (验证) has become extremely important due to the COVID-19. More than that, facial recognition can be used to fight crime (犯罪). "It can detect crime suspects," said Huang Lei, Hanwang's CEO. Hanwang's technology is used by police in high-security settings. This means places like government buildings, subway stations and airports, Huang admits one big weakness of this new technology: It fails when people wear both masks and sunglasses. "In this situation, all of the key facial information is lost, but I believe we can overcome the weakness in the future," said Huang.

Mona Lisa, also called Portrait of Lisa Gherardini, wife of Francesco del Giocondo, Italian La Gioconda, or French La Joconde, oil painting on a wood panel by Leonardo da Vinci, is probably the world's most famous painting. It was painted sometime between 1503 and 1519, when Leonardo was living in Florence, and it now hangs in the Louvre Museum, Paris, attracting people throughout the world to see it in the 21st century. The sitter's mysterious smile and her unproven identity have made the painting a source of ongoing investigation and fascination.

But at least a dozen excellent copies of the Mona Lisa exist, many of them by Leonardo's students. One such copy at the Prado Museum in Madrid was thought to have been painted years after the original. However, during the restoration of the painting in the early 2010s, which included using advanced reflexology to examine the work beneath the surface, conservators discovered that the painting had changes that mirrored those of the original. The findings suggested that the artist — likely one of the master's assistants — painted the copy as Leonardo worked on the Mona Lisa in his studio. Thus, "the Prado version" became the only known copy completed during Leonardo's lifetime. Conservators cleaned the entire painting and removed its black background, revealing a detailed landscape resembling Leonardo's version and vibrant colors, possibly arousing those of the original before the paint applied by early restorers darkened over time.

In June, a copy of the Mona Lisa is said to have been sold for a record 2.9 million euros (22 million yuan) at Christie's in Paris. The copy is believed to have been made by a follower of Leonardo da Vinci in the early 17th century and later was purchased by Harkin in 1953 from an art dealer in Nice, France, hence it got the name Heggin's Mona Lisa. High imitation is also worth money! As the art investment market heats up, various art reproductions continue to emerge. Collectors have not rejected these fine copies, some of which have not only made it into the house, but also sold for high prices. Is it really worth it to pay a high price for an art reproduction? This issue is getting more and more attention from collectors.

In today's world, cultural heritage — a term Yale University President Peter Salovey referred to as "the record of humanity" — is increasingly under attack by threats ranging from climate change, theft, mass tourism, and war. Historic buildings, works of art, traditions, and even local languages are disappearing at an increasingly rapid rate.

Yale is leading a new organization, the Global Consortium for the Preservation of Cultural Heritage (GCPCH), to work on the preservation of cultural heritage. The first official meeting of the organization took place in Milan, Italy, which gathered 36 international university officials and experts from around the world to determine next steps for advancing GCPCH's mission(使命).

During the meeting, experts and officials determined that the mission of GCPCH is to share knowledge and to promote relationships between the parties that seek to protect various forms of cultural heritage worldwide. More specifically, GCPCH will create a map of education programs and field experiences, research projects, and funding sources. 

The two-day meeting of GCPCH was hosted by Bocconi University. It kicked off with an address by UNESCO Director — General Irina Bokova. "Knowledge-sharing gets all stakeholders(有利益关系者) involved at a global level," said Bokova in her inspiring speech. "Together we need to strengthen the networks and build more bridges between all actors."

Stefano Baia Curioni, vice-president of ASK Research Center of Bocconi University. commented on what an honor it was for Bocconi to host the meeting. "It is with great pleasure that we gather such a set of leaders who bring so many valuable points of view on challenges related to the preservation of cultural heritage," Baia Curioni said. "We know how important the work of this body is to advancing our collective work, and are honored to support such efforts."

Museum of Brands

Do you remember Watney's Party Seven? Do you hope to enjoy the taste of Spangles? Could you still sing the Fairy Liquid song? Surround yourself with objects of your childhood and find your memories in our Time Tunnel at the Museum of Brands, Packaging and Advertising, Notting Hill, near Portobello Road Market.

£7.50; Tue-Sat: 10:00-18:00 Sun: 11:00-17:00 Closed Mon. 

Garden Museum

The Garden Museum is the only museum in the UK to celebrate the art, design and history of gardens. It holds three temporary exhibitions each year, and an exciting programme of over 30 events. Visitors can also see an exhibition of paintings and tools all year round and experience the British love for gardens. 

£10.00; Sun-Mon: 10:30-17:00 Sat: 10:30-16:00

Foundling Museum

The Founding Museum shows the history of the Foundling Hospital, Britain's first children's charity and first public art gallery. And through an exciting programme of. exhibitions and events, it celebrates the ways in which lots of artists have helped improve children s lives for over 270 years.

£8.25; Tue-Sat: 10:00-17:00 Sun: 11:00-17:00 Closed Mon. 

Cartoon Museum

See great British cartoon art from Steve Bell and Matt, Ronald Searle and Manga to favourite characters like Dennis the Menace and Andy Capp. Something for everyone — including a great shop full of funny books and Cards. 

£7.00; Mon-Sat: 10:30-17:30 Sun: 12:00-17:30

Meagan and her close friend Samantha, both school teachers, lived together in an apartment in Denver. On mornings when Samantha had class, Meagan would help to watch her 2-year-old daughter, Hannah. Also part of the household was Meagan's pet, Willie, a particularly intelligent and chatty parrot.

Willie was indeed funny and a good talker. In addition to some vocabulary learned from Meagan, he became a great mimic (会模仿的动物) of cats, dogs, and chickens. Plus, he could sing along to the radio. The bird was a nice playmate for the little girl, and he always knew how to lift her spirits. The bird was more than just a pet; he was a member of the family.

One day, with Samantha at school, Hannah had comfortably positioned herself in front of morning cartoons while Meagan was busy cooking in the kitchen, preparing the little girl her favorite breakfast treat, an apple pie. When Meagan was done baking the apple pie, she placed it at the center of the kitchen table to cool. She looked at Hannah and, confident the child was fully engaged with the TV, walked out of the kitchen quickly to use the bathroom.

Meagan was gone maybe 30 seconds. And suddenly, she heard the bird going crazy, screaming loudly. She heard two very distinct words from the parrot's mouth. "Mama! Baby!" Repeated over and over again. "Mama! Baby! Mama! Baby!"

Meagan ran out of the bathroom to find Hannah in the kitchen, holding the partly eaten apple pie, fighting for breath, her face and lips a terrifying shade of blue. And Willie was still screaming loudly.Hannah had climbed up on a chair, gotten the apple pie from the kitchen table and was clearly choking on it.

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With a pounding heart, Meagan grabbed Hannah immediately.

Around lunchtime, Samantha came back from school.

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Fairy-tale ice sculptures attract hundreds of thousands of tourists into China's Harbin.China's annual Ice and Snow Festival, with (it) fairy-tale ice sculptures, opened on Friday, drawing large crowds of tourists who walked carefully over the (slip) ice and snow. This year the ice park covers 810, 000 square meters with 250, 000 cubic meters of sculptured ice (harvest) from the nearby frozen Songhua River, and lit up at night with colourful lights.

The sculptures, some of were a-few-storey-high, featured Chinese style buildings and bridges, fairy-tale castles, towers and one modeled after Beijing's Temple of Heaven. All of them left a deep (impress) on the visitors.

The festival's marketing vice director Sun Zemin told Reuters the average number of people visiting the park daily has increased (significant) to around 30,000 this year. Over the past few days, the festival park (receive) more than 163, 200 people, (generate) 46. 18 million yuan ($6 45 million) in income, nearly six times higher a year ago. That helped draw some 3.05 million tourists to the city during the same period, and Heilongjiang's Culture and Tourism Department called the tourist boom "ice and snow miracle" in Harbin this winter.

My son just turned 14 and does not have a smartphone. When he graduated from Grade 8 he was the only kid in his class without one. He asks for a phone1 he's going to high school. I say no, he asks why, I explain ( yet again ), and he pushes back.

"You can choose to do things2 when you're a parent，"I told him. Sometimes, I wonder if I'm being too stubborn or unfair. However, the more researches I do, the more3 I feel in my decision. Many studies4 the current mental health crisis among adolescents to fundamental changes in the5 from in-person to online interaction.

But other parents6 my idea. "He must feel so left out !" Then there are the parents who tell me with7 that they wish they had put off their teenager's phone ownership longer than they did. They urge me to8 .

If teenagers between the ages of 13 and 18 are truly spending an average of 8 hours 39 minutes per day on their devices, then what are they not doing? Kids9 in their devices are missing out on real life, and that strikes me as really sad. I want my son to have a childhood he feels10  with and proud of. I want it to be full of11 ，imaginative play and physical challenges which he must sort out himself without asking for me at the push of a button. The easiest and simplest way to achieve these goals is to12  giving him a smartphone.

Some think my son is missing out or falling behind, but he is not. He does well in school, hangs out with his friends in person, and moves around our small town13 .

He swears he'll give his own 14-year old a phone someday, and I tell him that's fine. But recently, he14 that he missed the beautiful scenery on a drive to a nearby mountain because he had been so abandoned to his friend's iPad. If that is his version of admitting I'm15 I'll take it.