Hemingway

Emest Hemingway, the man was more interesting than the myth. A new six-hour three-night documentary from Ken Burns and Lynn Novick aims to look beyond the bullfighting, the wildlife hunting, and the broken marriages and romances to find the artist who made a lasting impact on world literature at 27 and kept finding ways to live up to his reputation. Begins Monday: April 5. at 8 p. m, PBS; check local listings

Home Economics

The latest family situation comedy features Topher Grace as one of three adult brothers who stay close despite the enormous gap in wealth that affects how daily life plays out in their separate Bay Area households. With Caitlin McGee as the poor guy in the three, Jimmy Tatro as the younger brother who made a fortune, and Grace as a writer who also works at the studio. Wednesday. April 7, at 8：30 p. m. on ABC

This Is a Robbery

Thirteen empty frames hang in Boston's Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in honor of the masterpieces that were stolen by thieves the night after St. Patrick's Day 1990. This documentary explores the mystery of where these great paintings have vanished to, gathering stories from investigators who have looked into Irish gangster Whitey Bulger, the local Italian mafia（黑手党）, and even the IRA（Irish Republican Army）. Available Wednesday, April 7, Netflix

Them

The title recalls Jordan Peele's Us, and like that horror film, this new series from executive producer Lena Waithe unfolds the terror of racism. In 1953, a middle-class black family moves across the country to a new home in Compton, a mostly white Los Angeles suburb. The neighbors launch a campaign of terror, and the house itself seems to turn against them. Available Friday： April 9, Amazon Prime

Baseball is one of the oldest sports in the U. S. Most historians agree it happened before 1900. Baseball was once America's favorite game, but has now lost that claim to basketball. It is a name that requires strength. but not hugeness. And agility, quickness, perfect vision and quick reaction are even more important than pure strength.

A system called PITCHf/x has been used since 2006 to track and record the path of a pitch and its speed. The system uses radar and cameras to track how the ball moves after it is hit and also records the movement of players on the field. The fastest runners are only a little slower than Olympic running champion Usain Bolt. In other words, some players are very fast runners. The system also shows how far some players run to catch balls and how quickly they react to batted balls. Some players ran more than 17 meters in under two seconds to catch a ball. Other players showed they could throw the ball over 150 kilometers per hour. Some teams are using this intormation to provide better treatment to their players and to compare players and teams.

Baseball has a lot of traditions including unwritten rules of behavior. For example, newer players are expected to show respect to the other team by restraining （抑制）reaction to a great home run hit（全垒打）. A home run is when a player hits the ball so far that he can travel around all four bases in one trip. He as well as anyone already on base can score after it. In recent years, some young players have wildly celebrated their home runs by throwing their arms in the air or dramatically throwing their bats to the ground. Many older players find such behavior unsportsmanlike while Bryce Harper of the Washington Nationals, one of the best young players in baseball, recently told ESPN that he is tired of hearing older players complain about the young, “There're so many guys in the game now who are so much fun." He said he thinks it is too bad those players are restricted by the unwritten rules about behavior on the field.

Insects are to the animal kingdom what the deep sea is to Earth, We think because we know the birds and the mammals so we've already discovered what's on this planet. In fact, we've just scratched the surface.

The Smithsonian Institution says that "there are more insect species that have not been described（named by science）than there are insect species that have been previously named. "Flies are particularly diverse: more than 124,000 species have been identified, but scientists suspect countless more are awaiting discovery.

The Amazon is home to at least 10 percent of the world's known biodiversity and hundreds of thousands of insect species. But it's an uncertain time for the rainforest and for insects.

A 2019 study suggested that about a third of insect species would be vulnerable to extinction in the next few decades, a result of habitat loss from intensive agriculture, pesticide and fertilizer pollution, and climate change, among other factors. And in Brazil, President Jair Bolsonaro has been actively promoting development of the Amazon, more than 300,000 square miles of which has been lost to industry since the 1970s.

Although it's common for scientists to find new insects in the Amazon, the number of unfamiliar fly species caught in the tower traps of insects was surprising. Moreover, many species appeared only in traps set above the ground level. Almost two-thirds of fly diversity is present in the 8- to 32-meter traps, but not in the soil. That means quite a lot of loss when big trees are cut down.

Many of the mystery flies seemed to be phorids（蚤蝇）, creatures the size of a few grains of salt, some of which lay their eggs in bees, ants, and other insects.

Brown, one of the world's leading experts on the family Phoridae, knew he needed to see these new phorid species in the wild for himself—and as quickly as possible. "I always feel like we're one farmer and a machete（大砍刀）away from losing a whole bunch of species," he said.

Su Min, a 56-year-old retiree from Henan Province in central China, has become famous online because of her solo road trip. She posted video updates as she drove and in October, one of them went viral on Douyin, the Chinese TikTok. In it, she described how oppressed she had felt by housework and her husband. Millions watched the video, sharing it with labels like "runaway wife.”

Her main appeal is not the scenic views she captures, but her accounts of her abusive marriage, dissatisfaction with domestic life and newfound freedom. Older women send her messages about how painfully familiar her story feels; for younger women, she is an adviser about marriage. "I wish my mother could be like Auntie Su and live for herself, instead of being trapped by life," read a comment on one of her videos. Her unexpected popularity demonstrates a flourishing awareness of gender equality in China.

Ms. Su used to work in a fertilizer factory and she married her husband at 23. She thought marriage might be a way out of the endless chores she shouldered. But instead she found herself laden with even more housework, as well as verbal and physical abuse She resigned herself to her unhappy life at home. Then, in late 2019, she came across a video online of someone introducing their solo road trip. She remembered her childhood dream of driving—the freedom and comfort it had represented. Over the following months, she devoured every video she could find about road trips and made up her mind: Once her grandsons entered preschool, she would set out on a trip of her own. On Sep. 24, she fixed her tent to the top of her Polo car and set off from her home in the city of Zhengzhou.

Ms. Su journeyed across the country while making her videos, in which she was grateful for her newfound freedom. In March. Net-a-Porter, the luxury shopping website, even featured Ms. Su in an advertisement for International Women's Day. Still, Ms. Su blushed when asked about her new fume and said she was not yet qualified to be called a feminist（女权主义者）. "It took me so many years to realize that I had to live for myself."

How to Create a Study Schedule—Summer Study Routine

Summer is here and for a lot of people it's a time to have a vacation and relax. But if you need to study. it's very important to create a study schedule so you have enough time for your studies as well as time to enjoy your break. When you're making your own study schedule, here are some tips to keep in mind.

The first is to start early. Some students leave all their work until the last few days of the summer.     16     As soon as you' re able, get started with your schedule. The sooner you start, the sooner all your work is done and you' re free to do whatever you want during the holidays.

The second tip is to create a list of everything that needs to get done. You can, for example, write everything in the order of time and separated by subject.     17    

The third tip is to plan it out. Make a schedule using a calendar or Excel.     18     Design it to what suits you the best and make it something you want to follow. When you're doing this, plan your time using two kinds of time blocks: free time and fixed time. Free time is when you have other summer activities and relax. Fixed time is

when you need to do something which you've determined beforehand regardless of most situations.     19     That's up to you to decide and depends on the goals you've set up for yourself.

The last tip is to stick with it. The best way to follow your study plan is by being motivated to use it! Reward yourself for completing the things and cross them off your schedule.     20     If you can get something done sooner, go ahead. But if you miss a day, don't feel guilty about it. Remember that this is your break and you don't need to work 24/7.

What are your plans for this summer?

Labor Day in the US falls     36     the first Monday of September every year. It has     37     rich history centered around workers.     38     most Americans likely consider Labor Day a unique American experience, in reality, Labor Day has     39     (it)origins in Canada.

Caused by the labor conflicts in 1870 in Toronto, a parade was held in 1872 in support of a strike against the 58-hour workweek. As a result, 24 union leaders     40     were responsible for organizing the event were arrested under anti-union laws.

The first Labor Day celebration in the US can     41     (trace)to Sept. 5, 1882. It was designed to comfort city workers after numerous strikes and even     42     (violent)in some cases. Labor Day has been celebrated since. President Grover Cleveland declared that day Labor Day in 1894. The     43     (extend)weekend helps Americans who choose     44     (travel). Originating as a celebration for the working class, Labor Day has also evolved into the unofficial end of the summer season and for many school districts it has been the beginning of the     45     (academy)year again.