This summer there is plenty to keep you all busy from free movies at Regal Mayfaire stadium to free theater performance.

Free Movies

Free movies will be shown on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays at 8 a.m. at Regal Mayfaire stadium from June 14 to Aug 11. Call 9102563425 for more information.

Free Admission to Hundreds of Museums

This Saturday, July 25, hundreds of US museums are admission-free for the Smithsonian’s annual Museum Day.

Unlike previous Museum Day celebrations, you must sign up for a free ticket that allows two people to any of the participating museums. That means filling out a form and having the ticket emailed to you. Not bad for a free offer that will give you admission to museums such as the Adler Planetarium and the Air & Space Museum in Downtown Wilmington. Please see the website for the list of collections: http://www.mec.com.

Downtown Wilmington Concert

Downtown Sundown Concert Series will take place every Friday at 6 p.m. from June 16 to Aug.15. See the following link for a list of bands: http://www.wilmingtondowntown.com. Local performers will be performing “Much Ado about Nothing” at the newly built Greenfield Lake Amphitheater. All shows are free to the public.

Free Night of Theater

It’s the yearly run of the Free Night of Theater, when hundreds of theaters in 120 US cities give away thousands of tickets to local productions.

While the opening date is June 15, many of the theaters start giving away their free tickets by Oct. 1 or in waves during the month of June for performance dates throughout the month. Ticket seekers are limited to two tickets for one performance.

Find your city on the Free Night of Theater website (http://www.retheater.com) and check the listings for performances, their dates and their ticket giveaway times and locations.

Of course, she wasn't really my aunt and, out of fear, I never called her that to her face. I only referred to her as “My Aunt Fannie” because the name always made my father laugh quietly and gave my mother cause to look strictly at both of us — at me for being disrespectful of my elder and at my father for encouraging my bad behavior. I enjoyed both reactions, so I looked for every opportunity to work the name into as many conversations as possible.

As a young woman, my mother had worked in the kitchen of a large Victorian farmhouse. During those years, my mother helped Aunt Fanny make the best blueberry jam ever tasted by anyone in Glenfield. She was well-known for her jam and for never sharing the recipe with others. Even though my mother knew the recipe by heart, as long as Aunt Fannie was alive, she never made the jam without Aunt Fannie in our kitchen to direct the process and keep the secret.

Each August, my mother would prepare me for Aunt Fannie's visit. One year, after I had helped with the jam process, Aunt Fannie gave me a coin and then made me promise that I would never spend it. “Hold onto this coin," she said, “and someday you will be rich. I still have my very first coin, given to me by my grandmother.” So, I kept the coin in a small box and waited to become rich.

I now have the blueberry jam recipe and the coin from Aunt Fannie. In people's eyes Aunt Fannie's success resulted from that secret recipe. But to me, it was just a common recipe. Neither have made me become a rich person, but I keep them as reminders to hold onto the valuable things in life. Money can make you feel rich for a while, but it is the relationships and the memories of time spent with friends and family that truly leave you wealthy. And that is a fortune that anyone can build.

By the end of the century, if not sooner, oceans will be bluer and greener thanks to a warming climate, according to a new study.

At the heart of the phenomenon lie tiny marine microorganisms(海洋微生物)called phytoplankton. Owing to the way light reflects off the organisms, these phytoplankton create colorful patterns on the ocean surface. Ocean color varies from green to blue, depending on the type and concentration of phytoplankton. Climate change will fuel the growth of phytoplankton in some areas, while reducing it in other spots, resulting in changes in the ocean’s appearance.

Living on the ocean surface, Phytoplankton absorb carbon dioxide into the ocean while giving off oxygen. When they die, they bury carbon in the deep ocean, and help to adjust the global climate. But phytoplankton are allergic to the ocean’s warming trend. Warming changes essential characteristics of the ocean and can affect phytoplankton growth.

Stephanie Dutkiewicz, a scientist in MIT’s Center for Global Change Science, built a climate model that projects changes to the oceans throughout the century. In a world that warms up by 3℃, it found that multiple changes to the ocean color would occur. The model projects that currently blue areas with little phytoplankton could become even bluer. But in some waters, a warming will make conditions suitable for phytoplankton, and these areas will turn greener. “Not only are the quantities of phytoplankton in the ocean changing,” she said, “but the type of phytoplankton is changing.”

And why does that matter? Phytoplankton are the base of the food web. “If certain kinds begin to disappear from the ocean,” Dutkiewicz said, “it will change the type of fish that will be able to survive.” Those kinds of changes could affect the food chain.

Whatever color changes the ocean may experience in the coming decades will probably be too gradual and unnoticeable, but they could mean significant changes. “It’ll be a while before we can statistically show that the changes are happening because of climate change,” Dutkiewicz said, “but the change in the color of the ocean will be one of the early warning signals that we really have transformed our planet.”

Motivational Tips for Students

Sometimes, students see homework as a meaningless task with a single aim to cause them stress, consume their free time and exercise their brain cells. However, homework contributes to your academic achievement.     11    .

Change your views.     12    , you may understand its importance when you realize that it’s the foundation for economics, business, science, and many other fields of study. When it comes to English homework, you need to understand that English is an essential tool in communicating with people from other countries.

    13    . There isn’t a student who absolutely loves all subjects. All you need to do is focus a bit more on the area you love and get some serious attitude about it. Maybe you can start a blog associated to the area you love and become a self-appointed expert in it. Research deeper, become more involved and enjoy your devotion to the things that interest you.

Don’t be afraid of competition. Being competitive doesn’t mean that you have to become the classmate no one likes. You can team up with one or two friends and inspire each other to do better in all subjects.     14    .

Reward yourself with a prize. Make sure to set deadlines for each step and reward yourself with small treats or breaks after every achievement. When you focus on the prize, you will be motivated to do everything right.

Get support around you. You can get enough support in your home or from your friends.     15    . Many people will cheer for you if you are brave enough to cheer for yourself.

Coronavirus(冠状病毒) is not only a globally terrible story, but a window to people's soul Coronavirus erupted in many countries and resulted in a great number of deaths, leaving the world _______.To control the spread, the Spanish government _______ announced lockdown(防范紧闭)and _______ people to stay at home.

With the 80-year-old birthday _______, Charo intended to prepare for it, which fell just days after the _______. At the thought of the lockdown, _______, the urge to celebrate it wasn't as particularly strong as ever.

On the birthday, having her simple meal, she was called out by her neighbor when she was a bit _______. With the door opened, Charo was _______ to find there was nobody, but a gift. It was a cake with a birthday candle that was placed _______ on a table outside her front door! She was ________. Who could remember the special day? Her friends and neighbors, who were familiar with her, had moved away.

As Charo ________ up the cake and stepped out to find the visitor, her neighbors suddenly appeared behind their apartment windows, ________ singing the birthday song. ________ of what happened, the elderly woman struggled to hold back ________ when she returned to her house. After a while. she rushed back to the window to ________ at her neighbors and expressed ________ with a round of applause(鼓掌).

The lockdown didn't stop a(an) ________ from getting together. Fear around emergencies can also provide ________ examples. In the face of threat, these adorable people are helping people, ________ the lives of one another in their ________ways.

In recent years many TV shows have become     36     (extreme) popular among Chinese audience. Those programs,     37     (range) from talent or dating shows to reality shows have received both commercial success and public attention.

Their popularity is mainly based     38    simple facts. First, they care about social concerns. Second, without exception, they explore     39    perfect balance between the international forms and Chinese expressions.

Despite apparent highlights, much room     40     (leave) for improvement. Above all, commercial interests often outweigh educational purposes, causing many     41     (complain) about the     42     (bearable) advertisements. In addition, some sharp remarks,     43    they are eye-catching, may have     44     (mislead) effects on the youth.

As far as I am concerned, such shows should shoulder more responsibility instead of merely entertaining the public.     45    is expected that these programs should be positive in their forms as well as functions. Meanwhile, the media should also safeguard the values of our society.