Each year Canada Chocolate Town, St .Stephen, New Brunswick, celebrates our community's rich and delicious heritage with our annual Chocolate Fest. Now in its 30th year, this week-long, family-oriented festival is "choc—full" of activities, fun events, and all things chocolate—related. Our beloved mascot, the Great Chocolate Mousse, and his lovely wife Tiffany, invite you to join us this August for the sweetest festival of the year—Chocolate Fest!
Carma Charlotte County Coffee Morning
9：30 a.m. to 12 noon
Location：St. Stephen Town Square
Come out and join us for a Starbucks coffee, cup of tea or juice and scrumptious home—baked goods, many featuring chocolate. Sponsored(赞助) by Carma Charlotte County and adoption programs(收养项目)—caring for homeless and feral cats.
Dots Delecto Birthday Party
11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Location：Boys and Girls Club of Charlotte County
Who does St. Stephen love? Dot Larsen! Please join us for chocolate cake and chocolate milk and help celebrate Dot's birthday. Come and play in our indoor/outdoor playground, have your face painted and enjoy a barbecue, to help raise funds for the Barracuda Swim Team. For details call BGCCC, 466-4300.
Lucy the Lady Bug's 1st Birthday Party
12 noon to 3 p.m.
Location：Kings brae Garden, St. Andrews
Come to celebrate with Lucy and her friends for a picnic on our front lawn (草坪) —bring your own picnic or have lunch at our Garden Cafe. At 2 p.m., join Lucy and her friends for an amazing race adventure through the big maze (迷宫), find treasure in the fantasy garden and much, much more!
Cost：$16/Adult, $12/Students and Seniors, Free/Children 6 and younger.
For more than a decade, Nancy Richards Fares e has been taking heartwarming photos of children around the world. Throughout her travels, the American photographer has noticed a common characteristic(特点) that seems to go beyond cultures. "They play no matter what's going on," she said on a video call.
When Nancy Richards Farese visited Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, she took photos of the poor children there. Among the hardship, children played with what they made for themselves. They blew pinwheels(玩具风车) and pulled a water bottle as a toy with wheels and an old rope. She said, "The other adults and I had a thought of the seriousness of this situation. We were sorry they were in a difficult situation. However, the kids were actually doing something, quite naturally, to help themselves feel good."
Farese's new book brings together almost 100 photos she has shot while examining children's play across 14 countries. Her young subjects(年轻受试者) play chess in Jordan and in Cuba; they jump, laugh and run; they kick and throw balls, climb and jump ropes. Dolls and kites often appear. Many games are seemingly global.
The photographer said, "We sometimes pay no attention to the importance of playing, but when you talk to scientists, they will say it is one of the most fundamental (基本的) things we ever do in our lives. It is something we were born with. It helps shape our ideas and other characteristics. It's just interesting to realize that our abilities to work together, to understand tolerance(容忍) are just simple developmental sides that we practice in a game. And they are so important."
"We move through the world everyday with this treasure. We should allow ourselves to play as a regular practice—to be creative, to set aside even five minutes every day as a time when we're in nature," she added.
When you hear the word "birthmark", you probably think of one of those black or brown spots that you have on your body. For me, it's different—I have them on my lips and inside my mouth. I'm used to being asked, "What are those black marks on your lips?" When I tell people they're birthmarks, they usually say, "That's strange." I used to consider them ugly. However, my mom calls them beauty marks
In pictures, I used to hide my birthmarks by pursing(噘起) my lips so I wouldn't have to deal with people's questions. As I was growing up, people wore me out with them. Some people would ask me the same questions even before knowing my name. In society I feel like we judge people by their looks before their personality.
My birthmarks are caused by a genetic condition from my mom's side of the family. My mom's mom has birthmarks on her lips, and my mom's uncle and my uncle have some on their bodies. Every year I plan to have a procedure to remove them. But when imagining the process, I always get nervous and give up.
My cousin faces a similar challenge. She has a huge birthmark that takes up her whole arm. She's never tried to hide it or change her appearance. Once, her grandmother told her that the birthmark looked extremely prominent and suggested that she should wear long sleeves more often. If my cousin had actually taken that suggestion, she wouldn't be such a personas she is.
Inspired by my cousin, I am finally accepting who I am and now I don't hesitate when someone asks me about them either. I say, "They're beauty marks" and smile without pursing my lips.
There have been many studies that show being in nature is good for your health. Walking in the woods is good for your well-being(健康). Living near trees can help you live longer. But when you go for a walk in the woods, what makes you feel good? Is it the sights or smells or sounds? A new study finds it might be the birds you hear while you have a walk.
Researchers from California Polytechnic State University analyzed(分析)how much the natural sounds people hear when they're outdoors influence well-being. They found that the "chorus(合唱)" of birds singing increased well-being in protected natural areas.
For the study, researchers put 10 hidden, evenly spaced(等间距的) speakers (扬声器) on two parts of trails(小路) in the Boulder Open Space and Mountain Parks in Colorado. They played recorded songs from 11 kinds of birds. The researchers take tums to play the birdsong for a few hours a day for a week, and then turned off the speakers for a week at a time. They interviewed hikers after they passed through the areas with the speakers.
"The main result is that hikers that heard the birdsong showed a higher level of well-being compared to those that did not hear the birdsong," Biology Professor Clinton Franeis, who led the research, says.
Hikers who heard more birdsong on the first part of the trail said they felt better. Those who heard more birdsong on the second part reported that they thought more birds lived along that part of the trail. This feeling of more birds helps make the hikers feel better. "With the chorus, we were able to show that natural sounds have a clear influence on the quality of hikers' experiences," says Francis.
It is a great challenge to go from junior school to senior high school, which can be a brand new experience to teenagers. However, there's no need to worry..
You're not alone
Keep in mind that everybody else in your grade is in the same boat,. Moving up to senior high school is an opportunity, not a problem. Things are different and all that you need to do is to behave in a polite way and learn the new rules.
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Sometimes you may come across different situations. If you have no idea what to door are worried about anything, then turn to someone for help. Teachers are probably the best people to turn to as they're experienced in helping new students deal with different problems.
Changes are around you
.You'll have a homework diary or a student planner. In different classrooms you will have your lessons with different teachers. On different days you will have homework for different subjects, so make sure you get organized. Make sure you have a copy of your school timetable written down so that you know which rooms your classes are in and on which days you will have your different subjects.
Other tips
Just be yourself!.Besides, having early nights makes a difference and you'll find it easier to get up in the morning!
A. Friends are helpful
B. Teachers are ready to help
C. Most of them are just as nervous as you are
D. You have to make a change in senior high school
E. Here are some tips on how to survive in the first week
F. If you act naturally, people will know you much better
G. There are lots of differences between junior high school and senior high school
After graduation, I decided to take the gym seriously. Accompanied by a friend, I1 a routine of walking on the treadmill(跑步机). I was 2 with our routine in the gym. My friend, however, became bored.
One day, he suggested that we 3 an outdoor sport. I was an uncoordinated (动作不协调的) person, so I4 his idea.
But several weeks later, he managed to 5 me to step on to an outdoor racquetball(美式壁球) court. When I hit the ball, I sent it flying in every direction except the direction that I had 6 .Still, somehow, I tried hard to learn it and became 7 after constantly practicing.
"We're not getting enough8 on the treadmill z. Why not play tennis to build up our body?" suggested my friend.
"Tennis? I can't play tennis! That 9 real skills!" I firmly resisted(抵制) his new 10 However, weeks later, I started playing tennis. After several months of11 practice, one day, as the ball came flying towards me, my racket and the ball met in what tennis players viewed as the "sweet spot". I had 12 learned how to play tennis properly!
I learned a valuable 13 from these experiences：I can do whatever I set my mind on. I just need to put in efforts, and the results will 14 . And I become quite15 about trying new things and I'm always filled with a sense of excitement.
Cusco is a popular destination for tourists, because of (it) unique place in the history of South America. Cusco was the capital city of the Inca Empire which was the most (power) in South America until the 1500s.There are two (especial) interesting things to admire about the Inca civilisation.first is the roads and paths they built (connect) their important cities. These Inca roads (make) up of two north-south highways and many small roads crossing the mountains east west. The roads were for Inca soldiers and their (official). Second, the Incas built wonderful cities full of (amaze) architecture-but there were no markets in these cities. One of the interesting questions of history is the Incas lived without shopping!
