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Uses of Banana Peels (皮) You Probably Ignored

Soothes the itchy (发痒的) insect bites

With the good weather approaching, various bugs, insects and mosquitoes multiply. If you want to relieve the sting or bite of these insects naturally, banana peel can help you. Rub the red, inflamed bites with the inside of the banana peel. The banana polysaccharides (多糖) infiltrate the skin and reduce the swell. 

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Spring then summer is coming, and there' s one little annoying thing: the flies. To catch them, you can make a trap made of natural ingredients. All you will need is a large yogurt cup, banana peels, a hammer and a nail. Make holes at the bottom of the yogurt cup with the hammer and nail, place the banana peels inside, turn it over, and place it near the food that you are trying to protect. Flies will get into the sweet smell in the holes, but there is no way out of the yogurt cup. 

Cheap and simple teeth whitening

You don' t have to spend a huge amount of your salary on aesthetic dentistry to make your teeth whiter. Simply rub your freshly-brushed teeth with the inside of the banana peel every day for about 2 minutes. Salicylic acid in bananas gently bleaches teeth, effectively eliminating dirt which causes discoloration. 

Water purification

This effect was the most surprising for us. The Sao Paulo Research Foundation, led by Gustavo R. Castro, tested the suitability of banana peels for the treatment of wastewater from industrial plants. It turned out that the banana peel adsorbs heavy metals such as lead and copper from the water. 

Erases the ink stain (污点)

If ink gets on your skin, it is difficult to clean it off. Only with water and soap is it almost impossible to make your hands clean. But the good news is that the banana peel is good for that—rub the patches on the inside of the peel and see how they disappear. 

The Belfast community was busy helping a deaf woman find her beloved dog "Ruthie" the past couple of days.

Ruthie went 1 several days ago when she jumped out of the car wearing her retractable leash (伸缩皮带). Marina Delune, her 2 , posted on her community website that she needed help looking for her lost dog. She thought only a few people would 3 . So she was surprised when help started to pour in. "The response that I got was literally overwhelming," Marina said. "It was extraordinary. I couldn' t even 4 all the responses. "

A doctor named Kimberly Mitchell headed to Marina' s house to help her out. When she pulled into the driveway, she sensed that Ruthie was just nearby. Despite the cold rain, Kimberly 5  the yard. Later on she expanded her 6  to the neighbors'  yards, but 7  came up empty-handed. 

It was dark by the time she rounded the corner of a neighbor' s house and saw a small hole in the bottom of their deck. Kimberly used her cell phone flashlight to look around in the darkness. "Right there under the deck, I 8 her little face. She was looking right at me. "

It turned out Ruthie' s leash was stuck. The house' s owner, Collin Brewster Cunning, crawled under the deck and 9 her. The reunion of Ruthie and Marina was nothing but emotional. Marina cried and held on to Ruthie and her two rescuers. "We were in a three-way 10 with Ruthie in the middle. It was absolutely amazing," Kimberly said.

The British have many traditions but there is nothing more quint essential(典型的) than taking afternoon tea. We know the Brits have a love affair with drinking tea,  more than 160 million cups drunk every day, but it was the invention of afternoon tea that turned tea-drink into  popular pastime.

This sociable feast involves drinking good quality tea (comfortable) while nibbling(小口吃) on nice sandwiches, scones with jam and cream and a selection of small cakes. And, of course, it can only happen in the afternoon! Afternoon tea, which (design) as a light snack to bridge the gap between lunch and dinner, dates back to the 1840s. It went on to become a (fashion) social occasion for the upper classes.

Now there is a resurgence(复苏) in its (popular) in the UK and it is available to anyone who can afford it.  it can be enjoyed at home, the best way to experience it is at a smart hotel or café. But if you're thinking of visiting such a place(enjoy) a plate of sweet and savory treats with a steaming hot brew, remember the rules you must follow to avoid (ask) to leave.

Writer Henry James once noted that "there are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea". I'm sure once you (try) it, you will agree.

The evening before Walter Carr's first day of work, his car broke down. After he asked for a ride and it 1 , the young man was anxious about 2 to get to work in Pelham. Carr considered and concluded there was only one 3 : He would walk it . It would take him five hours 4 , according to the web mapping service. He 5 the road at midnight to arrive at his place of work by8:30 a.m. It was 6 to stick to one side of the road in the darkness. Sometimes the light of the oncoming vehicles 7 him and he lost the sense of 8  now and then. "I just worried about taking a wrong way," Carr said to The Washington Post. Even he 9  two aggressive dogs on the road. After his several hours' 10 , he reached Pelham and the day 11 . A kind driver came along in the daylight of dawn and 12 a ride and breakfast while he was resting by the side.

Twenty-year-old Carr 13 made it. When his new boss Luke Marklin heard his story, he was so 14 with Carr's heart that he gave Carr his Ford Escape. "The only thing standing in his way seemed to be the 15 . The vehicle was going to be put to better use." said Marklin .

We're directly affected by our environment. When the rising temperature or the bitter cold is the first thing on your mind, it might be hard to discuss anything else. However, as a matter of fact, you needn't have worried so much about this.However, there are ways to change the activity into a meaningful moment between two people.

Talking about shared interests is the easiest way to make a connection with someone-and more personal talking

about the weather. When you start a conversation with someone, try searching for pieces of information that you can connect to.

Don't ask someone what they do.

When speaking with someone for the first time, work is always one of our topics. But wanting to know what someone does for a living may kill our conversations.When it comes to small talk, try avoiding jobs and discovering general interests instead.

Enjoy the silence.

No one likes a long stop-but most silent moments between topics aren't as long as you think they are. Sometimes stops are needed in order to continue a conversation. Remember that if you say something, the other person may need to think about it, so enjoy the silence.

Look at your conversation as a learning experience.

Different people have different thoughts, ideas and feelings. Ask someone about a topic they're familiar with that you know nothing about. Every time you meet someone new-or even speak with someone you know-it's an opportunity to learn something.You can expand your knowledge of other areas, cultures and nations.
 

A. Search for common interests.

B. Keep your introduction simple.

C. Small talk may not be pleasant.

D. In fact, a little quiet can be a good thing.

E. It'll benefit you more than you may realize.

F. Making small talk is an art that can be mastered.

G. It may send the signal that the most important part about us is our job.

Every April for the past decade, systems biologist Gutiérrez has driven 1,600 kilometers to reach one of the driest places on Earth: Atacama Desert, parts of which receive less than three millimeters of rain annually. His team investigated 32 plant species, some closely related to grains, beans and potato crops, from three altitude ranges. They collected plants and soil from nearly two dozen sites each year, froze the samples in liquid nitrogen, and brought them back to his laboratory. "We knew almost nothing about how these plants survived," Gutiérrez says. "There was great potential to study these wild species, which is now a little easier with all the genomic(基因组的)tools we have." They analyzed the plants' genes and the microorganisms, hoping to find what helps them thrive in such extreme conditions.

Scientists usually conduct genetic studies on lab-grown plants, which lets researchers tightly control factors such as the amount of nutrients and light the plants receive. But sampling plants in nature captures critical differences based on their varied living conditions. "This study merges the genomics with ecological understanding of how plants behave in their natural environment," says Davis, a plant biologist, who was not involved in the research. "That just by itself makes it very significant."

To identify genes that contribute to the plants' survival, Gutiérrez worked with other scientists to compare the genetic codes of the sampled Atacama species with those of closely related plants. In what the researchers describe as a "genetic gold mine," they traced genomes' evolutionary changes and identified adaptive mutations(变异)related to stress response, metabolism（新陈代谢）and energy production. These mutations might help desert plants tolerate intense solar radiation, get the most out of water capture and adjust flowering times. The researchers also discovered some bacteria that live on the desert plants' roots and convert nitrogen from the air into a usable form, aiding growth in nitrogen-poor soils.

Researchers could potentially insert newfound genes into food plants and grasses used for biofuel, Gutiérrez says, giving such species better survival odds when planted in saltier soils and areas experiencing drought—conditions expected to become more severe with climate change.

When she was ten years old, Isadora Duncan dropped out of school to teach people dance. If that job was left to any other ten-year-old, it would have turned out frustrating, difficult, and a little discouraging.

But Duncan was different. Not only was she already talented enough to earn money even at that age, but she also had a rare kind of confidence that helped her treat troubles as fuel —something to strengthen the fire that is already burning inside of her.

It's no surprise, then, that when she moved to New York to join a theatre company, she found herself limited. The existing dancing style, their way of operating—all of this seemed to her the work of a misguided past. Duncan was very direct about what she wanted, confidently telling people she had a different vision of dance that she was going to spread in the world. This, naturally, led to laughs early on, but as she built up her work, these instances became less frequent. Today, she is remembered as "The Mother of Dance", with much of the modern art owing its expressive style to her influence. Inspired by the ancient Greeks, she brought the style to life.

In her autobiography (自传), one of the things Duncan frequently regards as the basis of her expressive spirit is the fact that she had a childhood where she wasn't constantly watched. The expectations of her mother were open-ended. It was the freedom of this lifestyle that drove her to see what she could do.

Growing up, before she left school, she was told one of two things: that she was either completely useless or that she was a genius. There was nothing in between. Even when she started working, people either bowed to her or they basically ignored her. But Duncan never doubted her own genius.

There is an old quotation "if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid." And it captures an important truth. At school, Isadora Duncan was a failure. In the dance hall, she gave form to brilliance.

What's the best book to read when you travel? Of course, it is the book with the background of the story. Books will bring you closer to the places you visit. When it comes to the names of places and scenic spots, you can't help thinking out of your mind and the scenery in front of you will become romantic.

Where'd You Go, Bernadette

Maria Semple's novel, which has recently been adapted into a movie, is told in emails, and stories. It follows Bee Branch trying to track down her mother.

Set in Seattle, Washington, this funny yet heart-breaking novel is a great companion as you visit landmarks mentioned in the book.

Midnight's Children

Midnight's Children is a fantastical novel that tells some of the histories of India.

Salman Rushdie's story begins at midnight, on the night of India's independence, when the 1,001 children born that hour are found to possess magical powers. Featuring magical realism, the book is set during 20th-century India.

A Wild Child's Guide to Endangered Animals

From New York Times bestselling author Millie Marotta comes this great celebration of the animal kingdom. Stressing the difficulty of 43 endangered species from around the world, the book takes readers on a trip through freshwater, oceans, forests, mountains, deserts, grasslands and wetlands while learning about rare and well-known animals and their living places.

My Name is Red

The book, written by the Nobel Prize winner for Literature Orhan Pamuk, has been translated into more than 50 languages and published around the world.

It tells a story of a young man, who has been away from home for 12 years, coming back to his hometown in Istanbul. The book, painting detailed pictures and telling from many angles, encourages people to have a deeper thinking of life.