New Attractions Across the UK
Glide at Battersea power station, London
The Battersea power station has London's newest ice-skating arena. Glide has three interconnected skating areas around a 10-metre Christmas tree. There is a rinkside bar serving wine and hot chocolate; street-food trucks and huts dishing up hog roasts and fondues; and a vintage fun fair.
Until 8 January, from £8 children /£12 adults /£36 families,
www. batterseapowerstation. co. uk
Wake the Tiger, Bristol
This "amazement park" combines an art gallery, theme park and film set. Artists, videographers and robotics experts have teamed up to make an immersive experience with 27 different environments, such as secret passageways, hidden forests and ice caves. Visitors enter a portal to a parallel dimension, emerging in an abandoned factory that is now home to alchemists （炼金术士） who are trying to save the world.
£12.50 children /£18.50adults,
www. wakethetiger. com
The Children's Country House at Sudbury, Derbyshire
Sudbury Hall in Derbyshire reopened as the Children's Country House - the first stately home aimed at kids. The National Trust worked with 100 children to make the hall fun and interactive, so now visitors can create their own portraits in the picture gallery, dance and sing in the saloon and curl up with a book in the library. There is also an evacuee - themed escape room, a revamped museum of childhood and gardens with new play and picnic areas.
£11 children /£22 adults /£55 families,
www. nationaltrust. org. uk
Eureka! Science and Discovery, Merseyside
Designed for children under 15, Eureka! is a museum aiming to bring science, technology, engineering and maths to life. Home, exploring how things around the house work; and Nature, looking at solutions to big environmental problems. Mersey Ferries is offering museum - goers 20% off river cruise tickets, so families can combine a visit with a hop - on, hop - off boat trip from Liverpool.
From L6. 95 children /£15. 95 adults, closed 1 January,
www. eurekadiscovery. org. uk
As a young girl growing up in France, Sarah Toumi dreamed of becoming a leader who could make the world a better place. Her passion to help others was awakened when, from the age of nine, she accompanied her Tunisian father to his birthplace in the east of the country during holidays. There she organized homework clubs and activities for children. Toumi witnessed first-hand the destructive effect of desertification. "Within 10 years rich farmers became worse off, and in 10 years from now they will be poor. I wanted to stop the Sahara Desert in its tracks. "A decrease in average rainfall and an increase in the severity of droughts have led to an estimated 75 per cent of Tunisia's agricultural lands being threatened by desertification.
Toumi recognized that farming practices needed to change. She is confident that small land areas can bring large returns if farmers are able to adapt by planting sustainable crops, using new technologies for water treatment and focusing on natural products and fertilizers rather than chemicals.
In 2012, Toumi strengthened her dream to fight the desert. She moved to Tunisia, and set up a
programme named Acacias for All to put her sustainable farming philosophy into action. "I want to show young people in rural areas that they can create opportunities where they are. Nobody is better able to understand the impact of desertification and climate change than somebody who is living with no access to water. "
By September 2016, more than 130, 000 acacia trees had been planted on 20 pilot farms, with farmers recording a 60 per cent survival rate. Toumi estimates that some 3 million acacia trees are needed to protect Tunisia's farmland. She expects to plant 1 million trees by 2018. In the next couple of years, Toumi hopes to extend the programme to Algeria and Morocco.
WHEN KIM JI-UN lived in Seoul, she worried about finding a good job. Now, she is worried that drought may ruin her crop. The 23-year-old started a farm last year. Her first harvest was a success; she was surprised that her black beans did better than her strawberries.
Ms Kim is part of a phenomenon called kwichon, or returning to rural life. Created a millennium ago, kwichon appears during periods of economic hardship. This time, in the wake of the pandemic, many new farmers have never lived in the countryside before. By planting young farmers in rural areas, the government hopes to enjoy big rewards in future.
The plan is working. In 2021 nearly 380, 000 people moved to the countryside. Comfort with digital technology gives young farmers a leg up, says Cho Kyung-ik, the director of the Beginning Farmer's Centre, an institution educating those who wish to kwichon at its downtown offices. They sell fresh produce on Naver, South Korea's largest search engine.
The centre teaches techniques like how to use a tractor or select the best crops. It arranges a trial period during which ambitious farmers work under the guidance of an old hand, learning what it means to do back-breaking labour from dawn to dusk.
The most important lesson is how to get on with the locals. The villagers are also offered tips on how to act towards the newcomers. That part is not yet a total success. Ms Kim says her neighbors have a bad temper. "The old people come in here and give me unwanted advice, or say that I will never be able to grow anything," she says. Her black beans beg to differ. She and the South Korean government will be hoping that her crops put the argument to rest for good.
There's a new AI bot: ChatGPT, and you'd better pay attention, even if you aren't into artificial intelligence. The tool is an AI chatbot system that OpenAI released in November 2022 to show off and test what a very large, powerful AI system can achieve.
ChatGPT remembers the thread of your dialogue, using previous questions and answers to inform its next responses. It gets its answers from huge quantities of information on the Internet. ChatGPT is built on top of the OpenAI GPT-3 family of large language models and is fine-tuned (a method of transfer learning) using both supervised and reinforcement（强化） learning.
You can ask ChatGPT anything, like explaining physics, asking for birthday party ideas and getting programming help. Perhaps it's not smart enough to replace all humans yet, but it can be creative, and its answers can sound professional. A few days after its launch, more than 1 million people were trying out ChatGPT. UBS analyst Lloyd Walmsley estimated in February 2023 that ChatGPT reached 100 million monthly users in January, accomplishing in 2 months what took TikTok about 9 months and Instagram two and a half years.
ChatGPT is free to use at the moment because it is still in its research phase. But when too many people hop onto the server, it overloads and can't process your request. It just means you should try visiting the site at a later time when fewer people are trying to access it. If you want to skip the wait and have reliable access, there is an option for you. As of Feb. 1, 2023, OpenAI has a ChatGPT proplan, ChatGPT Plus, which allows users to have general access even during peak times. This service does come at a cost of $20/month.
However, ChatGPT can not replace Google. ChatGPT is an artificial intelligence bot that provides solutions to your questions, but Google is a search engine in which you can search for as much information as possible. ChatGPT has limited knowledge due to its programming but Google has unlimited knowledge which is updated every day.
Planting and growing things offer a lot more than fresh vegetables and flowers. Working in a nice outdoor space can benefit people in more than one way.
It's a fun workout. It's wonderful to get out in the garden on a beautiful day to give it a tidy.
Planting seeds, pulling up weeds, moving pots, pushing a lawnmower, and other gardening tasks actually provide a whole - body, moderate - intensity workout for adults over 65 years old, suggests a 2014 paper from the American Society for Horticultural Science. Even better, whatever your age, it is an activity with a purpose - and one that might keep you in motion longer than traditional exercise.
More than just good exercise for your body, gardening provides a workout for your brain, according to a 2019 study that appeared in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. Researchers measured brain nerve growth factors related to memory in study participants - all seniors - before and after they created a vegetable garden, and found that their levels of brain nerve growth had increased significantly.
It boosts your immune system. Having dirt under your fingernails may be a sign of poor hygiene, but scientists say it could also be a mark of good health. Thanks to beneficial bacteria found in soil, gardening may strengthen your immune system, according to research that includes a 2015 study published in the international journal ImmunoTargets and Therapy.
It nourishes your spirit. suggests an experiment conducted by NASA in 2016. The scientists found that planting and nurturing seeds, even in small pots, lifted astronauts' moods and eased their stress in the severe environment of outer space. And if gardening can do that for astronauts, it should be more than good enough for those of us who watch them on TV.
A. It sharpens your mind
B. It improves adaptability
C. Here are some science - based advantages
D. Helping you get sick less and fight off infections easier
E. Helping you have a better appetite and gain more weight
F. Knowing it's doing you good physically might make it more entertaining
G. Working with plants provides stress relief and positive sensory stimulation
I was a stay-at-home dad, which gave me plenty of time to cook. Ever since I was a kid, cooking had been one of my1 . My dad had given me some great advice. "If you're gonna cook," he began, "you might as well make sure it's tasty. " So with that2 , I'd set about making each dish as3 as I could. I figured that if something looked and4 good then, chances were, it would taste great too.
One day, I was on the Internet when I noticed my best friend, Dave had5 a video of him cooking.
He was6 with The Fathering Project, a non-profit organization that helped men be the best dads they could. "We're always looking for content," he said, "Can you7 your videos with us?" I was more than happy to8 other fathers to get into the kitchen. So I started to9 videos of my cooking. I also gave viewers plenty of10 . "The kitchen can be a place to11 with others," I told them. My son and daughter helped me with washing and cutting, but most importantly, we all shared a12 with each other, My videos grew so13 that dads around the country were setting out for my suggestions. It's been an enormous14 to transform my enthusiasm into something that's helping others. I hope my videos will keep giving dads a taste of the15 cooking brings to our lives.
Brain fog is not a medical or scientific term; it(use) by individuals to describe how they feel when their thinking is not sharp. We all once experienced this feeling. Perhaps you couldn't think(clear) when you were sick with the flu. Or perhaps you tookpill that made your thinking fuzzy for a few hours. In each case you probably just waited to get back to normal, whether that meant(recover) from your illness or waiting for the side effects of the pill to wear off.
Recently many people(struggle) with "brain fog" since recovering from the virus of Covid -19. They may experience a lack of mental clarity, poor focus and(concentrate), memory problems, difficulty with multitasking, and more. (help) clear the brain fog, it's highly recommended to do exercise moderatelya daily basis. Besides, a healthy dietincludes olive oil, fruits and vegetables, nuts and beans, and whole grains has been proven to improve thinking, memory, and brain health. Additionally, getting engaged in various social(activity) benefits a lot.
Peter woke up early in the morning. He went downstairs in a hurry and started to have his breakfast as quickly as possible. "Why are you in such a hurry, early bird?" Mum asked him." We will have an English spelling test today, Mum," Peter said. "Mr. White promised to offer prizes to those who get 100. "
Peter reviewed the spelling of each word once more carefully when Dad drove him to school. At last, it was time for the students to have a test. "Responsibility, "Mr. White started. Peter wrote it on his test paper quickly and confidently.
"The second word: contribution," Mr. White said. "So easy. " Peter thought happily. He quickly wrote the word down. Thirty words later, the test papers were collected by Mr. White. After marking the test papers, Mr. White said, "Three of you win a prize today for excellent test scores. Peter, David and Mary get 100 on the spelling test!"
Mr. White praised them. Meanwhile, he gave the three students each a dictionary. Peter's was an English-Chinese dictionary — the one he liked best. Peter was so excited that he held it high when his classmates cheered.
After Mr. White gave the test paper back, Peter had a look at the words, feeling proud of his spelling.
All of a sudden, the word "contribution" confused him. It didn't seem right. Peter began to compare it with the one on the word list. It turned out that he had spelled it wrong.
Staring at the red sign "100" which was written on his test paper, Peter was lost in thought. After a while, he remembered a lesson Mum used to teach him, "We ought to be an honest person."
注意：1. 续写词数应为150左右；2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
Paragraph 1:
Peter raised his hand slowly and nervously.
Paragraph 2:
Peter didn't expect that his teacher would praise him for being honest.
