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Eight years ago, I determined to start my first job—training horses in different countries. Now here I am, my connection with horses have taught me a lot. Let me share two 1 with you.

We can manage 2  through cultural sharing connection. Horse riding is the only sport in the Olympics where men and women 3  equally. In India, as the only woman 4  in the riding club, I had to teach some uneducated males who had a 5  understanding of horsemanship. People believe horse riding is a man's sport. As a woman, I had to 6  my right. I often trained difficult to ride horses as well as 7  the entire riding club. I worked hard, eventually 8  over those men, who were eager to learn horsemanship training techniques.

The second lesson is that we are never too old to learn. Riding can be learned at any 9 . My husband, Christian, had never ridden a horse before but had always 10  it. When moving to England, we invested in a young horse named Lilly, as a 11  project. At the age of 30, my husband started to learn horse riding, and now, the two can't be 12 .Lilly follows him everywhere. Christian finally realized his dream.

I never realized how many doors of 13  horses would open up for me. Because of horses, I14  the world, I help others, and I've watched them heal souls and 15  with people.

Reading is often seen as an individual activity, but it definitely doesn't have to be. If you join a book club, reading with others can be a positive social interaction. ① And here are some of the ways that becoming part of a book club can better your life.

② If so, a book club can help you discover and explore new types, authors, and perspectives(观点). According to a recent survey, 57 percent of book clubbers said they wouldn't otherwise have read some of the books selected by their book clubs.

In such a fast-paced world, sometimes it's challenging to find the time and motivation to read. By joining a book club, you make a commitment to read the book of the month or the week and discuss your insights with others. ③

Reading is one of the most important things you can do for your brain, but reading with other people can make it even better. ④ Being part of a book club can improve your learning skills, such as your memory, comprehension, vocabulary, and critical thinking skills. By discussing the book with others, you are exercising your brain and stimulating new neural(神经的) connections. Book clubs allow you to connect with other readers and learn from their perspectives.

Another plus is that at a book club you get together with your club members regularly, with whom you can share not only your thoughts about books but also other aspects of life. ⑤ Therefore, by reading with others, you are enriching your heart as well as your mind. So what are you waiting for? Join a book club now and enjoy the many benefits of reading with others!

A. This can help you meet your reading goals.

B. Joining a book club can offer you many benefits.

C. Book clubs can boost your happiness and well-being.

D. Do you often have difficulty finishing reading a book?

E. This brings a sense of community, belonging, and friendship.

F. Have you found yourself always reading similar types of books?

G. Meeting with others and exchanging ideas about things is the key.

Fathers can give their children an educational advantage at primary school by reading, drawing and playing with them, according to a newly published report. Research led by the University of Leeds has found that children do better at primary school if their fathers regularly spend time with them on interactive engagement activities like reading, playing, telling stories, drawing and singing.

Analysing primary school test scores for five- and seven-year-olds, the researchers used a representative sample of nearly 5,000 mother-father households in England from the Millenium Cohort Study.

According to the research, dads who regularly drew, played and read with their three-year-olds helped their children do better at school by age five. Dads being involved at age five also helped improve scores in seven-year-olds' Key Stage Assessments.

Dr Helen Norman, who led the research, said, "Mothers still tend to assume the primary care role and therefore tend to do the most childcare, but if fathers enthusiastically engage in childcare too, it significantly increases the likelihood of children getting better grades in primary school. This is why encouraging and supporting fathers to share childcare with the mother, from an early stage in the child's life, is critical."

Dads' involvement impacted positively on their children's school achievement regardless of the child's gender(性别), race, age in the school year and household income, according to the report.

There were different effects when mums and dads took part in the same activities—the data showed that mums had more of an impact on young children's emotional and social behaviors than educational achievement.

The researchers recommend that dads carve out as much time as they can to engage in interactive activities with their children each week. For busy, working dads, even just ten minutes a day could potentially have educational benefits. They also recommend that schools and early years education providers routinely take both parents' contact details (where possible) and develop strategies to engage fathers.

The Guilford County Department of Public Health is hosting two rabies(狂犬病) clinics this month in honor of World Rabies Day on Sept.28. The rabies vaccination(接种疫苗) will cost $5 per shot and will protect your pet for one calendar year. Dogs mustn't get loose and cats must be kept in cages.

The State of North Carolina requires dogs and cats to be vaccinated. The health department recommends that other animals that have regular contact with humans, such as horses, should be vaccinated as well. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the rabies virus causes approximately 55,000 human deaths worldwide each year, with most of the deaths occurring in children under 15.

The rabies virus is transmitted through the bite of an infected animal. When an animal has rabies(or is rabid), the virus circulates throughout its body and is transmitted to other animals or humans through its saliva. The most commonly infected animals are raccoons(浣熊), bats, skunks, and foxes.

The best ways to keep your pet from becoming rabid are to keep it tied when in public, as unchained pet s are easily exposed to wild animals. Feed your pet indoors if possible. Wild animals will break into your basement, outbuildings, or garage to seek food, so be sure the storage location you select for your pet food is secure. Moreover, do not try to touch, feed, or rescue wild animals. Do not pick up dead animals as the virus could still be present.

This year in Guilford County, the majority of the animal rabies cases have involved raccoons, with foxes in a very close second place. Guilford County has recorded fifteen cases of animal rabies thus far this year.

It was October 2005, and the catastrophic earthquake killing some 79,000 people in Pakistan had reduced the valley to mud and ruins.

Yasmeen Lari, a 65-year-old architect, was there to help lead the reconstruction of settlements, but she had never done disaster work before. Lari was known for designing smooth towers of glass and concrete. But here, she'd be drawing plans for earthquake-resistant homes using stone and timber debris(木材碎片). With each passing day, she felt deeply right to do disaster-relief work. So she made it her new mission, spending the next four months working with volunteer architects and engineers from Pakistan and abroad.

Inspired by local buildings made with sustainable materials such as timber debris, bamboo and mud, Lari's shelters can better withstand disasters. Lari says this local, cost-effective and zero-carbon approach is creating an ecosystem. Anyone can learn by watching DIY videos on Lari's Zero Carbon Channel on YouTube.

The design won a UN World Habitat Prize in 2018."We need to believe in people's capacity to bring about change. I treat displaced people as partners, not victims. They know what to do," says Lari.

Over the decades, Yasmeen Lari has won many awards as architect and environmentalist. While it may seem like an unlikely path for a girl who was born into a well-to-do family in1941, she had an unconventional upbringing. At home, her father would talk about the desperate need for housing. Listening to her father talk about the housing crisis and need for architects made an impression on Lari. On a family visit to London when she was 15, she applied to architecture school at Oxford Brookes University. She laughs as she recalls her bravery.

At age 83, Yasmeen Lari is still full of ideas about zero-carbon designs, skills building and self-sustaining villages. "Architects can no longer work for just the one percent," she says. "That doesn't allow them to serve humanity as much as they could."

Top Theme Parks and Amusement Parks in Australia

Magic Mountain Merimbula

Located in the town of Merimbula, this small theme park is situated on the Sapphire Coast. There are multiple attractions in this place including Kiddie Splash Pool, Magic Carpet Slide and the Diamond Pyth on Roller Coaster. You can buy souvenirs from the gift shops for friends and family back home.

Opening hours: Monday to Sunday 10 am to 4 pm

Price: $90 per person

The Big Banana Fun Park

The Big Banana Fun Park is located in the city of Coffs Harbour and it boasts a large walk-through banana. Guests can go roller skating at the ice-skating rink, enjoy water slides and play golf.

Opening hours: Monday to Sunday 9 am to 5 pm

Price: $25 per adult(age 13-99); $15 per child(age 1-12)

Wet Wild Gold Coast

Owned and operated by the Village Roadshow Theme Parks, this park features 17 water slides, 4 pools, and 2 children's areas. If you are traveling during the winter season, there is nothing to worry as the pools and slides are heated according to your convenience.

Opening hours: Monday to Sunday 10 am to 5 pm

Price: $24 per person

Big Splash Waterpark

Featuring nine slides, a 50-meter(164 feet) pool, and kiddie pools, this park is a perfect spot to chill when the sun is out. Being one of the oldest theme parks in Australia, it boasts the famous Jammo Pool.

Opening hours: Monday to Sunday 10 am to 6 pm

Price: $150 per adult(age 13-99); 40% discount per child(age 1-12)

Enjoy with your kids at one of the theme parks in Australia.

As the late afternoon sun beat down on his farm in Missouri last May, Brandon finished feeding his cows and decided to go home. As they often did, his two sons, Louie, 7, and Everett, 5, followed closely.

As they headed for the house, the two boys ran ahead of their father, who stopped to close the gate. Louie paused at a board covering an old well. The board had, over time, become easily broken. When Louie stepped on it, it caved in and he fell into the well. Brandon had just close the door when he heard a cry for help. He turned around and found his younger son Everett standing alone beside the well, pointing to it and screaming.

Brandon quickly realized what had happened. "No, Louie can barely swim," he panicked, his mind almost going blank. However, he knew he should calm down. He ran to the well and heard Louie hitting the water. Without thinking, he jumped in. Somehow, Brandon managed to grab on to a pipe that ran down the side of the well. He hit the cold water at the bottom of the well and lifted Louie up as he stuck his own legs and back against the narrow walls for support. "All right, Dad, we can climb out now," Louie said.

If only it were that easy!

The pipe that he'd grabbed during his fall was too slippery to be of any use. There was only one way out. Looking up to see Everett looking down at them, Brandon shouted, "Everett, you're going to have to be a big boy and save us. Run to the road and stand by the mailbox until someone stops. Tell them we need help. And Everett, stay off the road."

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Everett did as he was told.

The couple hurried to the well with Everett.

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A Stone Age bird sculpture (cover) in China could be a "missing link" in our understanding of prehistoric art. (date) back almost 13,500 years, the sculpture is now the oldest known example of three-dimensional art in East Asia.

Described being in "an exceptional state of preservation," the sculpture was found at an archeological site in Lingjing, Henan Province. It was hand-carved from burned animal bone. Researchers say the sculpture depicts (刻画) a bird on a base, pointing to deliberate marks the creature's eyes and bill (嘴) would be. It is believed that the bird's oversized tail was made (prevent) the sculpture from leaning forward when (lay) on a surface. This discovery identifies a(n) (origin) artistic tradition and pushes back by more than 8,500 years the representation of birds in Chinese art. The sculpture differs (technology) and stylistically from other sculptures found in Western Europe and Siberia, and it could be the missing link tracing the origin of Chinese statues back to the early part of the Stone Age. Li Zhanyang, who led study, has contributed to other archeological findings in Lingjing, including various ancient (tool) and two skulls belonging to an extinct species of early humans.

The wind and rain made it feel like a cold December day. I walked as fast as possible to the arena(运动场). When I got inside, it was 1 cold, and I was grateful that I'd 2 to wear much clothing. Then a voice called out, "Hi, Fran."

It was nice to see Lindy and Pippa-they were braving the 3 to help here, too. The arena was 4 . The nickering(嘶叫)of horses mixed with children's laughter. Volunteers led horses while parents tended to their children with 5 needs, preparing them for their riding lesson.

I couldn't help 6 . These children all faced daily mental and physical 7 , and their parents' love was 8 . Just the tiniest sign of 9 —a child managing a simple exercise—was a major 10 for the instructor, parent and child.

I realized why I came to this place. It was for the 11  of the children. Though the volunteer work here is extremely tiring, so many people 12  give their time because the children need us. These children have different 13  of mental or physical disabilities. Riding strengthens their muscles and bones, 14  them to enjoy a more fruitful life.

That day, as those children 15  me from atop their horses and smiled, my heart was filled with warmth. I was warm from the inside out.