In recent years China has made great efforts to make the best use of local conditions to help rural residents boost their incomes. Let's have a look at some regional products that have helped to revive (振兴) the rural economy. Maybe here is one project that appeals to you.
Woodblock printing
With a history of more than 1, 000 years, woodblock printing was adopted by ancient Chinese as a way to keep written records. Sibao town in Fujian province is famous for the preservation of traditional Chinese woodblock printing. The town now has 50 ancient bookshops and many cultural relics. It also invited tourists and students to learn from artisans.
Bark paintings
Bark paintings, a form of intangible cultural heritage (非物质文化遗产) of the Inner Mongolia autonomous region, is made from bark chippings scaling off white birch trees. The painting has helped many villagers overcome poverty in White Wolf town, as the town is rich in forest resources and making such paintings is environmentally friendly and also beneficial by providing employment for some locals.
Handicraft weaving and tie - dyeing
Experiencing traditional handicraft dyeing and weaving techniques is a special cultural and creative endeavor in Pingtian village of Sidu town in Lishui, East China's Zhejiang province. It is also an effort to protect and carry forward traditional handicraft intangible cultural heritage. All the dyes used are produced from plants and tea leaves in the mountains around the village.
Oilpaper umbrella
Oilpaper umbrella is a kind of traditional Chinese handicraft made of bamboo and paper coated in the oil of the tung nut for waterproofing. It has been around for at least 1, 000 years and was eventually adopted in other parts of the planet. Both ceremonial and practical, the oilpaper umbrella was used on rainy days, as well as during many ceremonies and festivals.
Classical musician Titcomb feels strongly about Symphony No. 2 and its composer, Mahler. "Mahler is just... It's so remindful. It's so emotional and maybe it is a cheap thrill, but to me it is a deep emotional work."
Titcomb played the trombone (长号) professionally for more than thirty years. He says it was a difficult decision to stop playing and to do something else. "When I had to decide to stop my career as a player and move on to just the organizing of an orchestra, it was my heart and soul to play in orchestras and after a 30 - year career I think I have done my part and wanted to move aside. Now I'm semi - retired. I only play the trombone in my wife's rock and roll band, but for 30 years I was a member of the New York City Opera Orchestra and I also played very often with the Metropolitan Opera and various other organizations and the New York City Ballet as well."
Now Titcomb is the Managing Director for PONY, which hopes to bring new audiences to classical music and aims to make performances higher - tech and more affordable. PONY is composed of many New York's finest musicians and many of them continue to work in the major companies at Lincoln Center including Metropolitan Opera, New York Philharmonic. And musicians come together shortly after some big events, such as natural disasters.
Mahler Symphony No. 2 music is reflective of a project dear to Titcomb's heart. Titcomb has worked effortlessly on bringing the Philharmonia Orchestra of New York, which aims to use performances to support disaster relief, and to give people in disaster some inspiration to continue to deal with their troubles. Seeing an orchestra of 90 players on the stage and making music together with a chorus of 200 made him smile.
Titcomb's devotion to music is wonderfully inspiring. He built a hugely successful career with little more than plain hard work and determination.
A big city might not seem like the best place to learn about nature and the environment. But one group in Washington, D. C. is trying to change that. City Blossoms is a non - profit organization, with the aim to bring nature to children who might not otherwise have green spaces. The organization has assisted in creating green spaces at seven elementary schools.
City Blossoms assists schools in creating and caring for the garden. But the gardens are mainly operated by the schools. McNerney partners with schools that already understand the importance of an outdoor education. "It's a school - run program that City Blossoms is supporting," McNerney said. "We don't want it to be a 'plop and drop' where it's seen as a City Blossoms garden and it's not fully embraced by the community, because that won't really lead to a sustainable garden program."
"At the end of the day, we're not designing these sites," said Isa Zambrano, who oversees the community gardens for City Blossoms. She helps maintain the community spaces for City Blossoms. "The community designs it. Every garden takes the shape of the community and the culture that exists there. Young children and older adults have gotten involved with the community green spaces," said Isa. During cooking lessons, for example, people will talk about meals that are special to their culture.
While City Blossoms' main goal is to teach children, many older families and adults have also gotten involved. The organization holds gardening lessons for all ages. Isa said the pandemic had made people want to spend more time outside experiencing nature. "People have really woken up to the fact that green spaces are really important in our communities," she added. "They have realized the good that comes from being outdoors and being disconnected from technology," she explained.
Ants have the ability to sniff out cancer cells in humans, a new study has discovered, suggesting they could be used for cancer diagnosis in future.
Researchers from the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) discovered that ant species Formica fusca (丝光褐林蚁) has a well - developed sense of smell. It was able to distinguish cancer cells from healthy cells in humans, thanks to their sense of smell, limited trials revealed. But more clinical tests must be carried out before they could be used in clinical settings like hospitals, the team said.
To conduct their research, the scientists performed tests with 36 ants, smelling cells under a laboratory setting. First, the specialists exposed the ants to the smell of a sample of cancerous human cells. This smell was then associated with a reward of sugar solution. In a second step, the researchers exposed the ants to two different smells. One was a new smell and the second was the smell of the cancer cells. Once this test was successful, the researchers exposed the ants to different cancer cells. As such, the scientists found that ants distinguished between cancer and healthy cells.
After training, Formica fusca ants are able to detect organic compounds (混合物) released by cancer cells. "This first study shows that ants have high potential, are capable of learning very quickly, at lower cost, and are efficient," points out CNRS. This isn't the first time that scientists have used the animal sense of smell to locate cancer cells. "Dogs' noses are well suited for medical diagnosis and used for the specific detection of cancer," the researchers explained. However, training them to do so requires several months to a year. "On the other hand, insects can be easily raised in controlled conditions, and hundreds of individuals can be trained with very few trials," the researchers pointed out. "Our approach could potentially be applied to a range of other complex smell detection tasks including the detection of explosives, spoiled food, or other diseases."
How to Control Weeds When Planting
No matter what you choose to grow in the garden, at some point, you will have to deal with unwanted plants, known as weeds. Even a tomato plant can become a weed if it grows where you don't want it to.
Weeds can bring many problems. They steal nutrients and water. Weeds can also bring harmful bugs and diseases into your garden. Some weeds release chemicals that can slow the growth of nearby plants.
It is important to note that some weeds are not all bad. In fact, you can eat them. Dandelions (蒲公英) are also viewed as a weed by many people. And you can eat or use nearly every part of the plant. But even other weeds can do good things in our garden. The roots of weeds can prevent the soil from being blown away by wind or washed away by rain.
However, left to grow on their own, weeds can take over a garden. To slow the growth of weeds, add a layer of weed - free, organic material to the top of your garden, around the plants.
A simple and effective method of weed control is to break up the surface layer of the soil. But you must do this regularly. Do not turn the soil over. If you turn the soil over, you give those seeds the light and air they need to grow. Probably the best way to fight some weeds is to eat them! Just make sure they are, in fact, eatable.
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A. But their leaves are also full of nutrients. B. This makes it difficult to reshape a garden. C. A weed is just a plant growing in the wrong place. D. This improves the soil and keeps weeds from growing. E. Besides being unwanted, what else do weeds do to a garden? F. Buried in the soil are weed seeds, waiting for the right conditions. G. So, before we hurry outside to kill all the weeds, consider their good side. |
After the long, boring winter, kites everywhere couldn't wait for the chance to go dance in the air and to run after the sun. Every kite was1but one.
In the back of a closet, looking depressed and thin, one lonely kite preferred to2. His outline was so classic, which you may think was a3to steady his flight. But he didn't like flying. 4, it was the belief that the higher the flight, the further the fall that scared the kite most of all.
The kite5it wouldn't be long before his boy would take him away for another6 public display. At that very moment, the closet door opened.
"Come on," said the boy excitedly and7outside to play with the kite. The boy started8to give the kite a lift. The9on the kite was at once strong and swift, carrying him up high into the air. Closing his eyes tightly, he10 violently all over in panic. The boy ran all through the park while other kids11 at his kite rolling over and falling. "The kite must either be 12 or broken", other kids were joking. The boy went back to his kite. "Facing fears bravely, we can scare them away." With these words, the kite got up his13 and decided to give flying another try.
The timid kite felt peaceful and delighted,14his wings and waved his rag tail, a broad smile spreading on his face. The boy believed the kite learned a15— don't be afraid of fear. Instead, embrace it bravely and optimistically.
A Lifelong Journey, an epic drama telling China's great transformation in over half a century, has earned widespread applause.
The TV series consists of 58 episodes. It is adapted from a famous novel of the same name, won the 10th Mao Dun Literature Prize, one of the country's top honors for local writers. (start) in the late 1960s, the story follows the ups and downs of three siblings in a working class family in northeastern China, striking a chord with viewers for its details (vivid) bringing them back to old times.
Its author is regarded a representative writer of the "educated youth literature". He was originally unwilling (sell) the adaptation copyright as he believed it would be difficult to bring the story to life on TV. He also (praise) the cast featuring native actors from northeastern China. That instills a localized and distinctive flavor to the TV series, which is hard to be represented merely through literary (describe) in a novel.
Li Lu, director and chief producer, said the novel has laid solid foundation for the adaptation, with its (success) building of a group of convincing characters. With popular TV series or movies, the stories that have inspired such screen works will. also benefit and see (they) influence grow even further.
I believe in love. I believe in all the elements from which love is made. And I believe in their combined power.
Four years ago, when we decided to adopt Luke, the people from the orphanage (孤儿院) dropped him off and turned to leave. "What are his favorite things?" I yelled. "Noodles," they replied without even saying goodbye. The boy was nearly six years old, only 28 pounds and his face was crisscrossed with scars. Clearly, he was terrified.
Luke kicked and screamed. I stood between him and the door to keep him from leaving. His cries were painful, animal - like. He had never seen a mirror and tried to escape by running through one. I wound my arms around him so he could not hit or kick. After an hour and a half, he finally fell asleep, exhausted. I called room service. They delivered every noodle dish on the menu. Luke woke up, looked at me and started sobbing again. I handed him chopsticks and pointed at the food. He stopped crying and started to eat. He ate until I was sure he would be sick.
That night we went for a walk. Delighted at the moon, he signed, "What is it?" I said, "The moon. It's the moon." He reached up and tried to touch it. He cried again when I tried to give him a bath until he started to play with the water. After the bath, I powdered him and clothed him in soft pajamas. Luke was a sad and shy boy for a long time. He always attempted to mask something by keeping his head down and not speaking unless spoken to.
"What should I do?" I repeated to myself until Luke noticed a photo on the wall, in which I was standing out of the orphanage.
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"Who is she?" Luke asked. Now, every little change Luke made has produced a combined power. |
