No TV? No problem! You can still watch free sports. Here’s what you need to know to access free live sports streams (体育直播).

The sports you can watch: Football, basketball, baseball, college sports, hockey, golf, tennis, e-sports and more.

Notes: It is required to register (注册) with your full name and home address .All streams need either a valid login from a cable or satellite subscription.

The sports you can watch: Soccer, cricket, women’s basketball, and surfing. A range of unofficial streams will cover virtually the sports above.

Notes: Facebook Watch has a limited number of official sports streams, but Facebook users use the service to stream live sports.

The sports you can watch: Many professional sports, including baseball, football, soccer, basketball, and hockey.

Notes: Reddit doesn’t host sports streams, but it is devoted to finding a range of links to live streams for every popular sport.

The sports you can watch: Football, baseball, soccer, tennis, volleyball, baseball, and rugby.

Notes: This site features intrusive pop-ups. It’s a fairly comprehensive site, and there’s a good chance you’ll find a good game or match.

It has become common knowledge that our oceans are filled with garbage. Broken objects, used plastic bottles and so on fill our beaches and cover the ocean floor, doing huge damage to ocean creatures. Many individuals and organizations are working to remove this garbage, and recent technological developments have given them a new tool to do so: the trash-eating robot.

Robots of various shapes have been designed to collect garbage that they find floating in the ocean. For example, the French company IADMEEYS has developed what it calls the jellyfishbot. This small robot gathers up everything it meets, including liquid hydrocarbons (碳氢化合物) such as gasoline and oil. The jellyfishbot is remotely controlled and can clean up to 1,000 square meters per hour. The jellyfishbots’ small size and ability to be easily controlled make them ideal for cleaning up crowded areas such as ports.

For larger, more open areas, a much larger robot called the Interceptor has a similar function. Designed for use on rivers, the Interceptor looks like a boat with a conveyor belt (传送带) that picks up trash. Once a sensor indicates that the rubbish bins are full, the Interceptor automatically sends a text message to onshore operators. These operators collect and empty the rubbish bins, sending the garbage to local waste management facilities.

The Interceptor’s name comes from the verb intercept because its purpose is to prevent trash from getting to the ocean. Most of the garbage in the oceans comes down rivers. Cleaning up trash that litters the ocean is good, but to keep the oceans clean, new garbage must be stopped from getting there. Therefore the Interceptor is used to stop pollution before it enters the ocean.

The Interceptor is completely solar-powered and operates on its own, which minimizes the need for human involvement.

Robots are able to clean up large amounts of garbage without humans struggling through beach cleanup by hand. Hopefully, they can be a big part of the solution to ocean pollution.

There are many reasons to be excited for colder temperatures as we head into autumn: sweater weather, colorful leaves, drinking coffee without breaking a sweat.

And while we’ve got a personal preference for cold, there are also many scientific reasons that cold is better than hot. And it’s not just about whether you prefer the winter or summer Olympics—it’s about what effects cold temps have on your body. Dive below for the details.

Professor Patrick Baylis recently completed a heat study where he found that a high of 90degrees Fahrenheit(华氏温度计的)makes an average person’s happiness drop in the same way it does between a Sunday and Monday. For many of those who work Monday to Friday, you don’t need research to tell you the Sunday Scaries are real.

Sleep is extremely important for our physical and mental health, and the most suitable temperature is part of getting a good night’s sleep. Dr. Christopher Winter, a neurologist and sleep specialist, states that between 60 and 67 degrees Fahrenheit is the ideal temperature when you’re catching zzz’s. In addition, Dr. Winter recounts that studies have also found that cooler body temperatures lead to more deep sleep. Those who sleep in cooler temperatures also sleep longer and feel more awake the next morning.

When your body shivers, it has to work harder to maintain your body temperature. According to Nancy Clark, shivering can burn 400 calories per hour. When it’s that cold, you expend more energy than in warm weather, though how much depends on factors like the exact temperature and your clothing. Some studies have also found that physical performance drops in hotter temperatures. For example in one study, marathon runners slowed as temperatures increased.

Many of us have a very definite preference between cold and hot, but some research has found that cold has more benefits. Autumn is on its way. Take action for cold temperature.

I was recently in Door County Wisconsin, the land of cherries—a fruit sweet to taste and, for me sweeter to recall. The little fruit reminds me of a chat I had with my daughter Molly, now 19, about ten years ago on the summer shores of Lake Michigan.

Molly and I have much in common, including a lasting love of homemade pies. As I get aged, I’ve never changed the sense that freshly baked pies are the most delicious. My daughter agrees.

When she was younger, we would talk about pies before, while and after eating them. She made a special face and sign—one eye closed, fork waved twice in the air—whenever a tasty pie had been eaten up. So this chat wasn’t all that strange as we drove around Door County, a land of cherries that July day.

“Dad,” Molly asked from the back of our car, “try to guess my two favorite pies.” I thought before answering, given the importance of the subject.

Pumpkin and Wisconsin cherry, I answered, looking at her through the rearview mirror(后视镜). Our Lake Michigan location had given me the idea of my second guess and, I thought, her question. But that was not Molly’s answer. Her expression told me she was confused. But as quickly as the look came, it was replaced by a naughty smile. “OK,” she corrected, “try to guess my three favorite pies.” Molly had changed her rankings(排序), putting her original top two picks to second and third place.

Our brief chat stayed with me. Too often facts around me change, but my mind doesn’t. Unaffected by new information, I function like a navigation (导航) system that has missed a turn but won’t return. Since that summer day, when I sense myself behaving this way, I try to recall the “favorite pie” chat with my daughter and correct my course.

It was a small moment that Molly has probably forgotten, but I never will. Sometimes big lessons come from small moments.

Morning or night? Which time of day do you enjoy the most and are more mentally alert? Whichever one you prefer, there is a name for you.

Early birds or morning larks, as you can guess, are morning people. They have more energy in the morning and are happy to greet the day.     16     Therefore, morning larks tend to hit the day early. As most of society runs on daylight hours, morning larks are seen as productive people. As the saying goes: “The early bird gets the worm.”

    17     These people have the least energy in the morning. They would rather get a few more hours of sleep than rise with the sun. But on the flip side, night owls come alive in the late evening hours. They become energetic and find inspiration in the moonlight. It’s no surprise that they can stay up well into the night.

While all birds are created equal, some night owls wish they could rise earlier.     18    

●People can’t adjust their bedtimes overnight. So for those night owls wishing to rise at dawn, start with a 15-minute change. Go to bed 15 minutes earlier than usual and wake up that much earlier as well. Keep the pattern going until you find yourself rising with the sun.

●Though it may be challenging, start your morning with as much light as possible.     19     See what a difference it makes in helping you start your day.

●    20     Don’t work hard to rise early during the week only to sleep in on weekends. To make the change from owl to lark you need to be consistent (坚持的) and rise early every day.

For the night owls out there, hopefully these tips will make your mornings more bearable.

As a writer, I’ve felt that someday, somewhere my work would ________ human hearts. One night, it did.

I’m in a bar. A small, ________ man sits beside me. “My daughter has been in Germany for five years.” he says. “I think the ________ of that girl.”

“Does she ________ you?”

“Sometimes. But we don’t talk much.” his lips tighten as he looks into his beer. “It costs a lot of money to phone over there.”

“Write a(n) ________,” I suggest.

“Can’t hold a pen,” the old man says. “My arm is paralyzed(瘫痪的).” To show me, he lifts the ________ arm with his good hand.

I grab my notebook and open to a clean page, ________ in hand.

“What’s her name?”

“Suzie.”

“Dear Suzie,” I ________ repeat, then pen the words. “You talk, I’ll write.”

“Tell her I ________ every day... at the Senior Center. The ________ is wonderful. Spaghetti, cake, ice cream. All you can eat.” He adds, “Just no ________”

I listen and write nonstop, a kind of ________ opening between us.

“Tell her not to ________. I dance every night I can.” his eyes ________. “Tell her... I think the world of her.” his voice shakes. With his left arm, he reaches a finger beneath his glasses and wipes a ________.

Then I pick up his limp arm, “You ________ it,” I urge and watch him write each word, which read “Jove Da.” I knew he means “________, Dad.”

“Thanks,” he ________, then clears his throat.

“No big deal.” I pat his shoulder and leave, “Tomorrow I’ll bring a stamped ________.”

On the way home, I knew I had just written my Pulitzer Prize ________.

It looks like Disney has done it again! Pinocchio is just the latest of the company’s cartoon classics,     41     will be adapted into a live-action (真人版) film. Like Disney’s previous live-action adaptations, the creators have honored the original while making changes based     42     the original source.

The hand-drawn 1940 film Pinocchio was     43     (original) adapted from the classic Italian novel written in the 1800s.     44     the book and original movie are quite different, they both follow the adventures of the wooden boy Pinocchio. The original tale     45     (mean) to teach children lessons on morality (道德).

The creators also made sure to keep the beloved characters from the 1940 film. Many familiar faces such as Pinocchio’s loving father, the wise Jiminy Cricket will appear. Besides, several actors with previous Disney films     46     (accept) some of these characters recently.

Before you start to worry that this film will be just a copy of the original, let’s go over its differences.

One change to the story is the     47    (add) of a new character—Sofia the Seagull.     48     change to the story is made by an actor who is not new to Disney live-action adaptations. According to him, his character plays a bigger and     49     (frightening) role in this film than in the 1940 tale. He’s an unusual creature.     50     (see) Pinocchio’s puppet brought to life in this exciting adaptation, you can catch it on Disney this month!