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London weekend Walks

1, 000 Years of History

11:00 am Westminster Underground   

This walk is the best choice for the first-time visitor. We'll show you where kings and queens were crowned(加冕), where they lived and where they are buried. You will see where politicians have shaped the course of history over the years. This walk finishes at the House of Parliament, which you can visit afterwards at a good discount.

Canals and Cafes

11:00 am Camden Town Underground

Camden Town, with its canals, cafes and studios, is the home of many artists, musicians and writers. The high point of the walk is a visit to Camden Lock, London's most exciting street market. You may like to take a canal trip to London Zoo after this walk.

Historic Greenwich

2:00 pm Tower Hill Underground

The walk begins with the best boat ride in London, five kilometers down the river from Tower Bridge to the Royal Naval College in Greenwich. From there you'll walk through Greenwich Park past the Naval Museum and other historic buildings to the village itself. We'll take you down narrow streets with busy shops and markets, back to the riverside where this walk ends.

Unexpected London

3:00 pm Tower Hill Underground

This walk begins with a ride on Europe's most modern city railway giving you fine views across the Thames and riversides area. We will get on and off the train for mini-walks to discover the hidden corners of the former port(港口) of London.

To go on one of our walks, simply meet your guide in the street outside the underground stations. All these walks last about two hours and end near underground stations. A walk costs ￡4.50(￡3.50 for the elderly). Children under 12 can go for free but they must be with an adult.

Samsung Electronics America announced that Galaxy device owners can make their own repairs to the Galaxy S20 and S21 family of products, as well as the Galaxy Tab S7+, starting August 2nd.

Samsung is cooperating with iFixit, the leading online repair community, to deliver their Self-Repair program. This program adds to Samsung's continued expansions for convenient repair for consumers and helps them with sustainable solutions to support a more circular economy by extending the life of their devices, as well as minimizing e-waste.

Samsung consumers who wish to make their own repairs can now purchase real device parts and convenient, easy-to-use repair tools, available through iFixit, Samsung retail (零售) and service locations, at the same pricing offered to our repair providers. In addition, Galaxy device owners will have full access to online repair guides that provide both visual and written step-by-step instructions, and best of all, at no cost.

"Making replacement parts available is a key sustainability strategy. We're excited to be working directly with Samsung and their customers to extend the lifetime of their phones, " said CEO of iFixit.

Starting today, Galaxy device owners can replace the phone screen, back glass, and charging ports. In the future, Samsung plans to expand self-repair to include more devices and repair options from our extensive product portfolio (档案).

Furthermore, the program makes it easy for consumers to return their thrown-away parts for responsible recycling, as the new display kits will come with a return label to ship thrown-away parts back to Samsung — at no cost to the consumer.

In addition to the convenience of these new self-repair options, Galaxy smartphone owners have a choice on how they can extend the life of their devices across Samsung's expansive care options, including: Through Samsung's perfect care network, customers have access to over 11, 000 Samsung Mobile certified repair technicians in the U. S.

Some earlier studies had found no clear color preference among mosquitoes. One study found they prefer blue, another that they prefer yellow-green. What should people make of such conflicting results?

The apparent color of an object doesn't just depend on the wavelengths of light it gives off, Claire Rusch explains, who studies mosquitoes for years. It also can be affected by the brightness of that light and its contrast against surrounding colors. Humans see an object's color largely in terms of the wavelengths of light it gives off. But other creatures' eyes may be more sensitive to contrast or brightness. "We needed to control all of those variables to really be sure a mosquito's preferences came from the wavelength of the object, " Rusch says.

To do this, she designed a test chamber (室) that was 450 mosquito-body-lengths long in her experiment. Lined with cameras, it recorded the insects' flight patterns. Two small colored disks laid on the floor of the chamber.

Since the researchers wanted to know if mosquitoes were attracted to certain colors, the disks couldn't be the darkest or brightest objects in the chamber. Otherwise, it would be unclear if the mosquitoes were attracted to the disks' color, contrast or brightness. So, the researchers projected a chessboard pattern onto the floor of the chamber and gray along the walls. That way, if the mosquitoes went to the colored disks, it could only be due to the disks' color.

The researchers released about 50 starved mosquitoes into the chamber at a time. Because mosquitoes don't start hunting until they've sensed CO₂, so the team sprayed (喷) CO₂ inside the chamber. They found before CO₂ was sprayed, the mosquitoes ignored all the colored disks. With CO₂, mosquitoes ignored any disk that was green, blue or purple. But the insects did fly toward disks that were red, orange or light blue. They seemed to especially like red.

To further investigate that, the team placed disks with different skin tones. But the mosquitoes didn't seem to prefer any particular skin colors. All were equally attractive.

Due to climate change and changes in land use, wildfires are predicted to rise by up to 14 percent by 2030, 30 percent by 2050 and 50 percent by the end of this century, and even areas once considered safe from major fires such as the Arctic, will "very likely" experience a major increase in burning, according to a new report by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP).

The report, Spreading like Wild fire: The Rising Threat of Extraordinary Landscape Fires, says that wildfires and climate change are "mutually worsening." Wildfires are made more serious by climate change through increased drought, high air temperatures, low humidity (湿度), lightning, and strong winds. Meanwhile, climate change is made worse by wildfires, mostly by damaging, sensitive and carbon-rich ecosystems like rain-forests.

Wildfires can threaten people's health and lives, pollute water, destroy crops and reduce land available to grow food. Costs of rebuilding after areas are struck by wildfires can be beyond the means of low-income countries. Wildlife, as well as natural habitats, is also rarely spared. All these slow progress towards the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

While the situation is certainly extreme, it is not yet hopeless. The publication calls on governments to adopt a new "Fire Ready Formula", with two-thirds of spending devoted to planning, prevention, preparedness, and recovery, with one-third left for response. Currently, direct responses to wildfires typically receive over half of related expenditures (花费), while planning and prevention receive less than one percent. "We have to minimize the risk of extreme wildfires by being better prepared: invest more in fire risk reduction and shift from passive response to prevention and preparedness, " said Inger Andersen, UNEPExecutive Director.

Setting up data and science-based monitoring systems, strengthening regional and international cooperation, restoring ecosystems and thinning forests around areas where nature and human living spaces meet are just a few suggested examples of investments into prevention, preparedness and recovery.

Nowadays, being a parent has become harder than ever before. When it comes to useful parenting methods, advice from experts is different. One of the things researchers and educators agree on, however, is that if you want to raise successful children, you must "give them wings and let them fly." _ But how do you go about it? Here are some tips to raise independent kids.

Let go. It's natural to want to help your kids but raising independent kids requires you to fight the urge(欲望)to help at all times. Providing unnecessary help means you're taking away important chances to build independence. The golden rule is: if they can do it, don't insist on doing it for them.

Be present. Raising independent kids is difficult. It requires you to find the right balance between being present and letting go. You need to create the environments that allow them to feel confident enough to go out on their own.

Competitiveness draws the attention of many parents. Your kid is unique. It's important to find out what he or she likes and to focus on developing his or her personal strengths. Research has shown that the activities to show children's unique abilities help lead them towards a meaningful life and help them develop confidence in their abilities.

A. Be their model.

B. Focus on their strengths.

C. Kids need to take chances.

D. You must inspire independence.

E. The competition among parents is very fierce.

F. They are worried that their kids will get left behind.

G. Your presence is necessary to help your kids become independent.

Our dog Tiki had slipped out of the door. I was1the neighborhood with my seven-year-old son Jordan and three-year-old daughter Julia.

The last few months had been 2. After being fired, I couldn't 3our house in Indianapolis. Later the kids and I moved in with my parents in Northern Indiana.4was easier for Julia at her age, but Jordan 5his old school and friends.

Finally, we returned home empty-handed, but I was still 6, thinking someone might reach me through Tiki's tags (标牌)Just then I realized with7that I had forgotten to  8 his tags.

We were sad, especially Jordan. One day, he said the teacher had hung the students' papers about their 9 in the hallway, adding, "Whenever I see my paper, I feel sad. " 10 , it was about Tiki. I was heartbroken. Later when he went to school in a ratty(破烂的)T-shirt from his old school, I chose to  11 it. If wearing it helped him12 the schoolday, that'd be more  13 than looking untidy.

Unexpectedly, the school's caretaker sent Tiki back the next morning. It turned out that he saw Jordan's paper saying "I hope my dog Tiki can come back. "in the hallway. However, he didn't 14 the dog his daughter found with ours because the dog had tags from Indianapolis until he saw Jordan's old school's name on the T-shirt. All that finally made the15possible.

As the effects of global warming, rising sea levels and natural disasters become more serious before, some local communities are taking action. Among them is one community in Florida local people and government officials are proving successful in protecting (coast) cities from the dangers of rising sea levels.

The community has studied how much sea levels will rise and has suggested (way) to address the problem. It has persuaded the state government (ban) new developments on land near the coastline and recommended building sand dunes (沙丘) along beaches. Kristin Jacobs, one of the group's founders, decided to take action in 2008 after it became (gradual) clear that her state's 27 water authorities couldn't agree on joint action.

While some Florida government officials doubt the climate will become hotter or colder, the people (live) in these locations are certain of the need to protect their communities.

At present, coming with ways to fight against the effects of climate change under a limited budget (be) a pressing concern. Only time will tell whether these coastal communities will succeed in the end.

1）用眼的不良习惯和问题;      2）保护眼睛的措施和建议。

注意：1）词数80左右;            2）可以适当增加细节, 以使行文连贯。

参考词汇：myopia近视

How to Protect Our Eyes

Last Saturday, David was taking a walk in the park near his home when he noticed a woman with a boy of about eight years old. When David passed them, he heard the woman yell, "How stupid you are! You're good at nothing." David stopped and looked at the little boy. The boy said nothing. He just stood there, looking upset.

David was reminded of his English teacher Mrs Brown in middle school. After he entered a middle school, David lacked self-confidence because he was often made fun of by others. He was often told that he was good at nothing, which David believed. But one day it all changed.

One day, in an English writing class, Mrs Brown asked them to read a novel. They were asked to write a new chapter of the novel after they finished reading it. A few days later, David handed in his story. He didn't give it much thought. But the next day, to his surprise, the comment "well done" from Mrs Brown came into view the moment he turned to the page where the story was written. When David read that, he almost burst into tears. He never expected to be praised one day. He suddenly gained some self-confidence.

That day after he returned home, he wrote a short story and gave it to Mrs Brown the next morning. And again he was praised. David became very interested in writing. He often wrote short stories and asked Mrs Brown to read them and correct them for him. Mrs Brown always corrected the mistakes he had made and gave him good advice to improve writing skills. One year later, David joined the school newspaper and became an editor of it. He was no longer that boy who lacked self-confidence. He gained his confidence and was hopeful about his future.

He succeeded in entering a college and kept writing. Several years after graduating from college, he had his first book published. With some more books coming out, he became famous as a writer in his country. And he owed his success to Mrs Brown's encouragement. Without her encouragement, his life might be very different now.

注意：续写词数应为150左右。

Inspired by his own life story, David decided to do something for that boy.

……

The mother was ashamed when she heard that.