Universal Studios Singapore is Southeast Asia's first and only Universal Studios theme park, featuring 24 rides, shows and attractions in seven themed zones.
Off-Peak: Mon-Thu, except Gazetted School & Public Holidays.
Peak: Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays, Public Holidays, June, December.
Fun for the Family
Your little ones will be delighted to catch their favourite cartoon characters up-close. Get ready to strike a pose with Elmo, shake hands with the cast from Madagascar or get close to your favourite Minions for the family album. Don't forget to enjoy exciting shows and have an exciting time on the rides.
Fun for Thrill-Seekers
Don't miss the world's tallest roller coasters Battlestar Galactica: HUMAN vs. CYLON.
Indoor coaster: Revenge of the Mummy and TRANSFORMERS.
The Ride: The Ultimate 3D Battle.
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Despite being labeled a "fool", Feng Yaning has never stopped taking care of her adopted son.
In the winter of 2003, Feng found a baby boy at a spot near her home in Ancun township in Lantian county, Shaanxi province. She took the abandoned child back home. "The boy looked cute, and I hoped he could become a companion for my daughter," Feng said. She called the boy Feifei. When Feifei was one year old, however, he was found to "neither be able to turn over nor crawl, and his head would fall back when he cried." He was diagnosed with cerebral palsy in the hospital. Upon learning the diagnosis, Feng burst into tears.
Despite being called a "fool" by people around her, Feng insisted on raising Feifei. "He has been abandoned once, so how cruel would it be if I abandoned him again?" she said. The woman surmounted many difficulties in taking care of Feifei as the boy could not walk, eat, or relieve himself. At the time, Feng's husband was working in neighboring Henan province, and she farmed 4 mu (0.26 hectares) of land on her own to make a living. When she went to labor in the field, Feng put the boy on her back while leading her daughter by hand. Whatever their jobs are, the couple never leave Feifei alone at their rented home in suburban Xi'an and they take care of the boy in turns around the clock.
Feifei, now 14, has learned to walk, how to count and can whisper some simple sentences. Feng said she was happy to see her daughter, who is 20 years old, also shows her love to Feifei. Her husband said they would not abandon the boy, no matter what difficulties face them in the future.
MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab (CSAIL) has released a video of their ongoing work using muscle signals to control devices. Their latest involves full and fine control of drones (无人机), using just hand and arm gestures to pilot through a series of circles.
This work is impressive not just because they're using bio-feedback to control the devices, instead of optical (光学的) or other kinds of gesture recognition, but also because of how specific the controls can be, setting up a range of different potential applications for this kind of remote tech.
This particular group of researchers has been looking at different applications for this tech, including its use in collaborative robotics (协作机器人) for potential industrial applications. Drone piloting is another area that could have big applications in terms of real- world use, especially once you start to imagine entire groups of these taking flight with a pilot provided a view of what they can see via VR. That could be a great way to do spot surveying for construction, for example, or remote equipment check of dangerous places and other construction that's hard for people to reach.
The development of drones is just part of the team's work. Smooth robot and human interaction is the ultimate goal of the team working on this tech. Researchers believe the process should be as easy when controlling and working with robots. They say thinking and doing are essentially happening at the same time when we communicate with our environment, but when we act through machines or remote tools, there's often something lost in translation, showing slow learning, and the requirement of lots of training. Therefore, much more work is going on.
With the electronics industry developing, electronic products have become ubiquitous (无处不在的) in today's life. Meanwhile, there are more and more abandoned electronic products, commonly called e-waste. It's estimated that the number will grow to more than 60 million tons by 2021.
What contributes to the sharp rise in e-waste? Technology is developing rapidly, covering almost every aspect of our lives. Meanwhile, the lifespan of devices is getting shorter—many products will be thrown away once their batteries die. Companies intentionally plan the obsolescence (淘汰) of their goods by updating the design or software and discontinuing support for older models, so that it is usually cheaper and easier to buy a new product than to repair an old one.
What can we do about the growing e-waste problem? Recycling is very important and essential. As more people buy electronic equipment, producers are facing shortages of the raw materials, needed to make their products, so recycling and reusing e-waste makes economic and environmental sense.
Recycling e-waste is practiced both formally and informally. Formal e-waste recycling usually involves taking apart the electronics, sorting the materials and cleaning them. Companies must obey health and safety rules to reduce the health and environmental harm of handling e-waste by using: pollution-control technologies. All this makes formal recycling expensive. Informal recycling is typically, unlicensed and uncontrolled. At informal recycling workshops, people recover valuable materials burning devices to melt away non-valuable materials. Usually they do not wear protective equipment and lack any awareness that they are handling dangerous materials.
With the flood of e-waste growing around the world, recycling alone will not be enough to solve the problem. In order to reduce e-waste, producers need to design electronics that are safer, and more long-lasting, repairable and recyclable. The best thing we can do is to resist buying a new device until we really need it. Try to get our old product repaired if possible and, if it can't be fixed, resell or recycle it responsibly and correctly.
If you are too familiar with the physical feeling of being stressed, it may be time to make some changes. Here are a few ways that can help you keep calm and carry on.
Work out.
When we are stressed, the part of our brain that registers fear lights up like a fireworks display. It can make stress hormones (激素) less active. And it can cause your body to release endorphins (胺多酸), which are feel-good chemicals that can help improve your mood.
Be decisive.
Sandwich or salad? Break up or stay together? And it turns out that being good at making decisions may be good for your health. Want to be more determined? Simplify your decisions by focusing on facts. So you understand what's really important. Looking for information about your situation can help you make more reasoned judgments and can help you feel more confident.
Bottling up your feelings causes anxiety. Next time you're sweating something, pause to examine your situation more closely. Ask yourself: what are the positives? How can I look at this as an inspiring challenge rather than a problem? Changing the way you look at a situation can help you respond in a less stressful way.
See every glass as at least half full.
You may tend to have a negative outlook, but chances are that you can change your outlook through your experiences. The best way is to deliberately avoid other pessimists and surround you with optimists. Having something that you are enthusiastic about and achieving goals related to it can help many people have a more optimistic outlook.
A. Are you a pessimist?
B. Take steps to reduce stress.
C. Regard problems as opportunities.
D. Maybe a tough work assignment will help you learn.
E. It's also important to feel as if you have a purpose every day.
F. Regular exercise can provide a satisfying release for negative feelings.
G. We face dozens of choices every day and each of them requires us to make a decision.
My life five years ago is unrecognisable from the one I lead now.
In May 2014, I booked a trip to Sri Lanka for 1. The beaches, sunshine and friendly locals were delightful. However, the only 2 for me was the street dogs. Their soulful eyes 3 me as if asking for help. One dog, I called Tom, 4, appealed to me. He was 5. I asked several local vets (兽医), but despite me offering to 6, none would agree to treat a street dog, because they weren't viewed as 7, which shocked me and I didn't know what to do.
Back home, I couldn't get poor Tom out of my 8. I was desperate to make a real 9. Why not go to Sri Lanka and start 10 these animals? I had some savings, I thought I could 11 for a year, help some dogs and come home. I sold my car and booked my 12 for October 2014.
Landing in Colombo, I 13 straight for Talalla, where I'd met Tom. My first 14 is Joy, who had been bitten by another dog. I 15 her up, and bandaged her. No one had ever seen a bandaged dog before! But I felt so happy to have 16 something when she went back onto the 17, now wagging her tail.
In the blink of an eye I'd been 18 in the country a year, then two—and now over five years have 19. Sri Lanka is my home. Up to now, I have helped around 12,000 street dogs. People have described me as 20, but I get as much back from these dogs as I give them, and I feel so lucky.
An organization has taken measures (add) chopsticks to the Shanghai Intangible Cultural Heritage list recently. Xu Hualong, chairman of the organization, says chopsticks are increasingly ignored in modern China the fact that they are unique Chinese items. China's neighbor Japan attaches great importance to protecting chopstick culture and (set) aside August 4th as Chopstick Day already.
Chopstick culture in Shanghai dates back to the Tang Dynasty, when these items (make) in the City God Temple area, enjoyed widespread popularity.
After opening as a commercial port, Shanghai is proud of (have) the first mechanized (机械化的) production line for chopsticks, are not only supplied to Zhongnanhai and Diaoyutai State Guesthouse but also presented to foreign friends as (gift).
At least 1.8 billion people (current) use chopsticks worldwide. Chopsticks, though small, serve as means to pass down Chinese civilization. It's believed that recognizing the cultural value of the custom matters in the (promote) of Chinese traditions.
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Dear Mary,
With my birthday drawing nearly, I came to invite you to join in my birthday party, only be told that you happened to be out. So I leave you this note to offer my plans.
My birthday party will be held in this Sunday. At noon, we will play an interesting game, which can bring us lots of funs. Then I will treat you to the sci-fi adventure film in the local cinema, allow us to relieve our study pressure. In the evening, we will enjoy a big dinner at a BBQ restaurant that there are all kinds of delicious food. Please do come to my party, and I will feel disappointed.
I am looking forward to hear from you as soon as possible.
Yours,
Li Hua
