Summer is the most popular season to visit Texas since there is so much to see and to do. While visiting the Lone Star State this summer, don't miss visiting some of these attractions and taking part in some of Texas' best summer vacation activities.
Visit SeaWorld
There are sea life shows, adventure camps, thrilling rides and a water park. A great many activities are waiting for you at SeaWorld.
Windsurf (风帆冲浪) at South Padre
With miles of shallow (浅的), calm water in the Lower Laguna Madre and strong winds conning off the Gulf of Mexico, South Padre Island is a windsurfer's dream.
Swim at Barton Springs
Barton Springs is in the famous Zilker Park. It was formed when Barton Creek was built. Since its opening, Barton Springs has become one of the most popular swimming pools in the state.
Take part in an outdoor adventure
In the scenic Texas Hill Country, Lake Buchanan Adventures offers different kinds of activities, including boating, hiking, camping and more....
Camp and hike in Big Bend Park
Big Bend offers a great number of outdoor activities in an old way. Backpacking, mountain biking, fishing, boating, hiking, nature watching and camping — you name it. If it can be done outdoors, it can be done in Big Bend.
Enjoy saltwater fishing
Saltwater fishing in Texas is as good as anywhere else in the USA．More and more fishermen have been discovering this in recent years and packing their bags and rods (鱼竿) to make good use of Texas' world-class saltwater fishery.
I am a strong believer that if a child is raised with approval (认可) he learns to love himself and will be successful in his own way.
Several weeks ago, I was doing homework with my son in the third grade and he kept standing up from his chair. I kept asking him to sit down, telling him that he would concentrate (集中注意力) better. He sat but seconds later, as if he didn't even notice he was doing it, he got up again. I was getting angry, but then it hit me: I started noticing his answers were much quicker and right when he stood up. Could he concentrate better while standing up?
This made me start questioning myself and what I had been raised to believe. I grew up to believe that a quiet child was more likely to succeed. This child would have the ability to study hard, get good grades and become someone important in life. Kids that were active and loud would only be losers.
Now people perhaps come to realize that their kids are born with their own sets of DNA, and all they can do is loving and accepting them. As parents, throughout their growing years and beyond that, we need to guide them and help them find their way.
I have stopped asking my son to sit down and concentrate. Clearly, he is concentrating, just in his own way and not mine. We need to accept our kids, and their ways of doing things. There is nothing sweeter than seeing our children being themselves. It makes us happy and that's just the way I want my kids to live a happy life.
BEIJING－China's space industry will develop quickly over the next 10 years as the country pushes ahead with its space programs after its first space docking on Thursday, Nov. 3, 2011.
Lab modules, a space station and 10 to 20 spaceships will be launched into space over the next 10 years, the Shanghai Securities News said on Friday.
The country will spend around 300 billion yuan ($47.47 billion) in producing those spacecrafts, according to the newspaper.
There are 20 or so space voyages being planned in China，the newspaper reported, citing Wu Ping, spokeswoman of China's manned space program.There will be an increased demand for spacecraft production and launch services.Space infrastructure (基础设施)has been included as one of China's strategic new industries to be developed over the next five years.
China started its threestage manned space program in 1992.In the first stage the country sent the astronaut, Yang Liwei, into space as part of the Shenzhou5 mission in 2003.It was the first time for China to send a person into space.
Also as part of the first stage, two astronauts conducted extravehicular (太空船外的) activities during the Shenzhou7 mission in 2008.
Now during the second stage China is focusing on space docking.It achieved its first space docking in two hours of Thursday when Tiangong1 and Shenzhou8 connected in space.As a "target spacecraft"for meeting and docking experiments, Tiangong1 will work as a platform to test longterm unmanned and shortterm manned operations.The next significant events will be the launching of Shenzhou9 and Shenzhou 10, with two similar docking exercises to be conducted and one of the missions to be manned.
China will complete the second stage after it builds its own space lab around 2016, Wu said.
In the third stage, China plans to develop and launch multiple space modules, forming a 60ton manned space station in 2020.
"The successful docking means China will enter a period of massive production of spacecraft.The space economy is about to take off, m" according to Dongxing Securities.
a.Building its own space lab.
b.Entering a stage of massive production of spacecraft.
c.Building a 60ton manned space station.
d.Sending a person into space.
My mother was diagnosed with Alzheimer's(老年痴呆症) last summer.Suddenly, it was difficult for me to accept that the roles were now reversed-my mother became my child, and I became her mother.I became impatient, argued with her, once I even yelled at her.Gradually, I was used to this kind of life.Now I am able to deal with her and the situation better.I have learned a lot of life lessons from the experience.
My mother reacts very sensitively to my feelings.That is typical of Alzheimer's patients.When I visit her, feeling busy and tense, she reacts immediately, takes on my mood, and becomes nervous and negative.But when I appear cheerful and attentive, she is happy.This has taught me to pay more attention to my own feelings when I am with other people.
I was thought I was very tolerant( 容 忍 的 ), but in reality, my tolerance ran out as soon as someone turned away from what I considered "right".With my mother I can now really be tolerant.Through her illness she has developed a childlike tactlessness(不得体).Eating out in restaurants, for example, is a bit embarrassing when she shouts at the waiter that the food is so bad or talks about people at the next table in a loud voice.Of course I make sure that my mother doesn't offend(冒犯) anyone, but I've stopped complaining about others and have become more tolerant.
I have also learned that everything has special value.When my mother got sick, I didn't want to burden my two daughters with it.They are young and have enough going on with their education and starting their careers.I felt that it was simply my job as my mother's daughter.The most wonderful discovery I've made through my mother's disease may be that my children not only offer to help me when they sense that I'm feeling overwhelmed, but that they take care of my mother on their own initiative(主动地).They visit her often, play cards with her, and look at photo albums together with her.It shows me that it's all worth it.
It's sometimes hard to understand a teenager. It's even harder if a teenager doesn't agree with you.
Listen to what the teenager has to say. While you may not entirely agree with what he's saying, the tension will be lessened if the teenager feels like you are listening and trying to understand him. Also, he might return the favor and give you the chance to talk as well. It's best to have a conversation where both of your opinions matter rather than fight and possibly hurt each other in the process.
Understand that while teenager may appear grown up and perhaps even sound matured, his mind has not fully developed, and he cannot think like an adult all the time. However, this doesn't mean you're completely right or he deserves to be ridiculed or treated like a child.
However, remember that the teenager should understand when "no" is "no". Avoid bringing up a compromise every time you disagree on something. This might teach him that he can always get away with what he wants, whenever he wants it.
If the conversation launches into an argument, stop it. Tell him that you both need to calm down and think clearly or the problem will never be solved. If he refuses to listen and continues arguing, step out of the room and allow time for both of you to settle down. Do not scold him or shout back. Your words will possibly be lost on the teenager since you both are too angry to listen to each other.
A．He still needs to learn, and he doesn't know everything.
B．Avoid having a bad tone, including accusations in your words.
C．Find the good points the teenager has and mention the negative points too.
D．This article tells you how to disagree with a teenager in a kind manner.
E．People like being listened to, so give him the chance to express his opinion.
F．Come up with a compromise if the situation allows one.
G．Bring up the topic after a while and make sure you listen to each other patiently.
It's a memorable period when I lost a long time job. It happened in 2004, when our company announced the job 1 , facing the global economic crisis. We all 2 the insurance company we worked for was not as 3 as it used to be. Then, one day, I entered my office and was 4 I got fired.
During that week, I did almost nothing to change my situation, 5 renewing my old contacts with writers that I built when I worked as an experienced 6 many years ago. Beyond this, I remained a 7 unemployed loser. Soon enough, I received an order from a writer. Then I was 8 by a few more people who needed my services, and gradually my reputation recovered.
Though this 9 job couldn't support me long, I could make ends meet while 10 a job. During my hard times, I 11 a man from Japan, who wanted to have his novel translated into English quickly, and I 12 that. We worked together for a while. He inspired me to find new opportunities from 13 companies instead of the same ones. I started to look at the world from another 14 ; I figured out what I truly wanted, and 15 the thought that "the man is for work, not the work for the man".
For those have seen War for the Planet of the Apes, it's easy to come to this conclusion-the movie isn't about war or the planet, and it's not (necessary) even about the apes. The movie is about (survive) and the choices we all make when one wants to survive, good or bad.
With a story that should have been full of conflict and violence, it takes a different approach. You may find (you) exposed to small pockets of action. While recent sci-fi movies have become (know) for their action and scenes, War for the Planet of the Apes has taken science fiction a thoughtful and intelligent direction.
War for the Planet of the Apes may not be the action and monster film that you had in mind, it's the kind of film that will make you want to sit in silence in the theater for a few minutes after it ends, taking in you've just witnessed.
The few movies that have that effect (be) usually about humans, but this film enables people (feel) that way about apes. And that is what makes it a masterpiece.
We figured that someone had found the kitten somewhere and left her there, and then rang the doorbell and ran away. They accurately guessed we would welcome an additional family member and take care of her.
My husband called her our little angel, so we named her accordingly. She had a calm aura (气质) about her as she walked straight into our home and hearts, fitting in perfectly. It seemed as if she was always meant to be in this big house with us. She was an old soul and turned out to be the perfect companion. Always by my side, she was more like a puppy than a kitten. Wise beyond her years, she enjoyed wandering through the tunnels and mysterious rooms as much as I did, but with much less fear. Angelica the calico was courageous.
So, I took a page from her book and decided to be brave, too. There was an underground stone cellar (地窖) I had been eager to explore. The only way in was down a rickety (摇晃的) ladder to its murky depths. I guessed it was an old root cellar, probably twelve feet deep.
I had promised my husband that I wouldn't explore dangerous areas unless he or someone else was around. Though I knew I was stretching it, I figured that Angelica would count as my companion. I was ready to explore this cellar, and so was she.
I equipped myself with a good flashlight and warm clothes, and carefully started down the rickety ladder while Angelica was looking down at me from above. Faint crack and sudden crash were what I could remember.
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I woke up with pieces of the rotting, broken ladder lying around me on the stone cellar floor.
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It seemed my companion, Angelica, was my last hope.
