【推荐2】New York Walking Tour

◆Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island Walking Tour

Start this exciting guided 4-hour tour by getting early Reserve Line Access boarding on the ferry to Liberty Island.Once there，go inside the base of the statue and head to the observation decks for an awesome view of New York City and its surroundings.Then come back on the ferry to Ellis Island to learn about the history of immigration(移民)to America that took place here between 1892 and 1954.

◆Central Park Walking Tour

Walk through Central Park’s most picturesque highlights on a 2-hour tour with a professional photographer.Remember your New York City adventure with unforgettable images of you with family or friends as you circle the towers at Belvedere Castle，walk through paths with flowers in the Conservatory Garden，or feed the swans by the Loeb Boathouse.

◆New York City Architecture Walking Tour

Learn about the history of the buildings that define the New York City skyline on a 3-hour walking architecture tour.Walk down the famous 42nd Street corridor with a longtime New York resident(居民)and architectural expert，stopping along the way to learn about Midtown Manhattan’s most iconic structures like the Chrysler Building，Ford Foundation，Grand Central Station and the New York Public Library.

◆Greenwich Village Walking Tour

Greenwich Village is one of New York City’s most beautiful and famous neighborhoods.Take a guided 2-hour walking tour of this legendary Lower Manhattan space.Hear about the famous artists who once lived here，from Edgar Allan Poe to Bob Dylan，Jimi Hendrix and countless others.Walk the winding streets and visit popular Washington Square Park，reliving more than 200 years of history.

【推荐1】Weekly Round-up

【推荐2】Shenyang — The remains of 117 Chinese People’s Volunteers soldiers killed in the 1950-53 Korean War returned to China on Sunday before the Commemorative Day of Martyrs.

This is the seventh annual repatriation (遣送), following a handover agreement signed between China and the Republic of Korea. and also the largest since the initial (最初的) return of 437 soldiers in 2014. Between 2014 and 2019, the remains of 599 soldiers were returned.

Earlier on Sunday, the ROK handed over the remains at a ceremony at Incheon airport outside Seoul. A Chinese military transport plane, escorted (护卫) by two Chinese fighter jets, carried the remains and belongings of the fallen soldiers back and landed at Taoxian International Airport at 11:18 am in the northeastern Chinese city of Shenyang near the border of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. Y-20 aircraft, the largest and most advanced domestically developed transport aircraft, carried out the task for the first time. It was labeled (贴标签于……) with the serial number 01, as a mark of high respect for the martyrs.

Vice Premier Sun Chunlan attended the ceremony along with CPV soldiers and citizens. China has never forgotten its fallen heroes and the contribution they made, Sun said in a speech.

Chinese people always remember the fighting spirit of defending the motherland, and China   will remember the past and cherish peaceful international environment, Sun said.

Wang Guobin, a 92 year old CPV veteran, said. I’m both happy and sad. I’m glad that after 70 years, they finally came home. And I am sad that they died in the 1950-53 Korean war and couldn’t come back until 70 years later.

Many local residents lined the roads to welcome the martyrs home and show their respect. The remains will be buried in a martyrs' park in Shenyang on Monday. It is the resting place of all soldiers’ remains returned by the ROK since 2014.

This year marks the 70th anniversary of the CPV’S participation in the 1950-53 Korean War. A total of 2.9 million CPV soldiers entered the battlefield, and 197,653 of them were killed in the war.

【推荐3】China plans to launch 156 small satellites by 2025 toprovide Internet services in low signal areas and placeswith adverse natural environment, according toChinaAerospace Science and Industry Corporation(CASIC).

Due to environmental conditionsof deserts,mountains and seas, half of the world's population has noaccess to the Internet, and the information deficiencyhamperslocal development.

It will be China's first broadband Internet accesssystem with small satellites hovering in low orbit, whichwill also help meet the needs of commercial space development.

The project, named Hongyun, plans to send the firstsatellite by 2019, and launch four more by 2020. By theend of 2025, CASIC plans to have all of the 156 satellites in operation.

The Hongyun Proiect, which focuses on communication,remote sensing and navigation, can offer communicationand Internet services for China and less-developed 3countries with reduced latency. Meanwhile, the projectcan also benefit emergency communication, sensor data collection and remote control of unmanned equipment.

Currently, international maritime satellites are widely used in communications in mountainous areas and airplanes, but those satellites, 36, 000 kilometers abovethe Earth, have time and signal delay as well as high cost for providing services.

The small satellites sent by the Hongyun Project will hover in low orbits only hundreds of kilometers to 1, 000 kilometers above the Earth, and thus could improve the Internet access. However, the low orbit satellites may face challenges in power supply, as they need more energyto reduce the influence of air-resistance compared to highorbit satellites. Experiments are needed to determinewhether solar energy alone is enough.

【推荐1】On average ,Americans spend about 10 hours a day in front of a computer or other electronic devices and less than 30 minutes a day outdoors. That is a claim made by David Strayer, a professor of psychology at the University of Utah. In his 2017 TED Talk , Strayer explained that all this time spent with technology is making our brains tired.

Using an electronic device to answer emails, listen to the news and look at Facebook puts a lot of pressure on the front of the brain, which, Strayer explains , is important for critical (有判断力的)thinking , problem-solving and decision-making.

So, it is important to give the brain a rest. And being in naure , Strayer claims , helps get a tired brain away from too much technology. More than 15,000 campers from around the world attended an international camping festival in September. That is when friends and family take time off and escape to nature for several days. They take walks, climb, explore , swim, sleep, eat and play. Camping may be just what a tired brain needs.

Take Carl for example .He lives in West Virginia and enjoys camping . He says that staying outdoors makes him feel at ease. It also prepares him for the work he must do. Kate Somers is another example who also lives in West Virginia. She says she enjoys camping with her husband and two children . She calls it a “regenerative” experience.

At the University of Utah , David Strayer has studied both short-term and long-term exposure to nature. He found that spending short amounts of time in nature without technology does calm the brain and helps it to remember better. However ,he found , it is the long-term contact with nature that does the most good. He and his research team found that spending three days in nature without any technology is enough time for the brain to fully relax and reset itself.

【推荐2】Here are some new books for children.

Lambslide by Ann Patchett

Nicolette Farmer is running for class monitor. The others on the farm tell her she’ll win by a Landslide（大胜利）. Some lambs wrongly hear the word for “lambslide” and can’t believe there’s a slide（滑梯）made just for them. But when they can’t find one on the farm, there’s only one thing left to do：take a vote!

They ask all the other animals if they would like a lambslide. Will the lambs ever get their special slide?

Price：US$13.37

Just Jaime by Teri Libenson

It is the last day of the seventh grade. So it makes Jaime and Maya think about who their real friends are. Jaime knows something is wrong with her group of friends. They’ve started to leave her. But she thinks at least she has her best friend Maya.

Maya feels more and more angry with Jaime. She thinks Jaime is too selfish, It’s like she is quite different from Jaime.

Price：US$11.69

Guts by Raina Telgemeier

Raina wakes up one day with a terrible stomach pain. Raina finally returns to school after several days’ rest. But Raina’s stomach trouble isn’t going away. It comes when she worries about food and other things at school. What’s going on?

Price：US$10.08

Camp by Kayla Miller

Olive is sure she’ll have the best time at summer camp with her friend Willow. However, Olive quickly makes friends with other children there. Willow struggles to keep close to the only person she knows-olive. However, the two find they like each other more after they have to deal with difficulties together.

Price: US$7.88

【推荐3】We have introduced solo (单独的) holidays for anyone travelling on their own without children. Now solo travelers can enjoy fantastic group holidays in beautiful locations hosted by a member of our staff.

Beach Break in Istria, Croatia: 7 to l1 May 2019

A 4-night solo beach holiday on the pretty Croatian peninsula. Relax by the pool or on the beach of our superior 4-star adult only hotel, complete with a wonderful spa. This solo trip is offered with a varied programme, including boat trips to the ancient city of Rovinj and the pretty coastal town of Porec and a visit of the historic seafront city of Pula. Read more.

Short Break in Slovenia: 17 to 20 October 2019

A short solo holiday to show you the best of Slovenia in 3 days. It includes a wine tasting evening, a visit of Slovenia's elegant capital with its charming old town and a boat trip on Lake Bled and the ancient Predjama Castle. Our 4-star hotel is worth a visit in itself with its amazing inside and impressive views of Lake Bled. Read more.

City Break in Vienna, Austria: 28 November to 1 December 2019

Join us on a solo city break to Vienna where pretty squares turn into magical Christmas markets. Your local tour guide will take you around pretty cobblestone lanes and show you the historic highlights of Vienna, followed by evenings in Viennese restaurants, walks around the Christmas markets and a tasting of the best Austrian wines. Read more …

【推荐1】The powwow was just fantastic! I could never have imagined how colorful and impressive this morning would be. The dances find the clothes, which were decorated with eagle feathers, attracted me.

I had heard about the powwow dancing in our culture class at Rice University, so I wanted very much to see what the Native Americans would look like in their traditional clothes.

The opening dance was scheduled to start at 7：30 a. m. Since I didn't want to miss any dances, I arrived there on time；however, the dancing began an hour late. How could I have forgotten that Native Americans have a different feeling for time, which I had learned in our class? I had intended to go back for my term survey paper as soon as the great one-and-a-half hour event was over!

First, they started to play music with their drums； it was accompanied by their low voices. “Hamma hamma…”. The music was exactly the same as I had heard in the movies.

Then, the Native Americans gradually changed their clothes； they wore their own extremely amazing clothes for the dances, with their hairstyles special and faces multicolored(多颜色的).

Finally, the competitions were started； the participants danced in different groups. They swung their arms and moved their feet in special steps, always to the beat of the music.

After one hour and a half of enthusiastically enjoying them, I took a walk along the food stands to eat some special Native American fried bread and other snacks. And I left that wonderful place for my hotel, having stayed two hours longer than I had first planned to stay.

I will never forget this wonderful morning that gave me a little view into the culture of Native Americans.

【推荐2】The world can be a scary place when you’re young. It can be even scarier when you’re a young little blue penguin（企鹅），the world’s smallest penguin.

Luckily, there are some humans willing to help, who stepped in to protect Billy, a blue penguin that appeared on a beach in Christchurch, New Zealand. Spotted on Nov. 29 at Moncks Bay, in Christchurch, the little penguin immediately attracted a small crowd. Jeff Mein Smith saw the crowd while he was bicycling that afternoon, and he hiked home to get his camera. When he returned to the scene, he found that the penguin had received a little sign，reading “Hi,I’m waiting for my mum to come back. DOC （New Zealand’s Department of Conservation） knows I’m here. Please leave me alone. Keep your dog away. Thanks, Billy the baby blue penguin. ’’

Billy, perhaps able to read somehow, or just pleased by all the attention, didn’t wander far from the sign, and some people had set up “a little penguin protection team” to keep the penguin safe, Mein Smith said.

Little blue penguins are primarily found in New Zealand and the southern coast of Australia. The DOC arrived later that afternoon to pick up Billy. “It's unusual for a blue penguin to be out in the open on the beach during the day. Normally they are at sea or in burrows（洞穴）during the day，” Anita Spencer, a DOC official said. “The bird is a female penguin，is around 2 months old and is underweight for its age. It weighs a mere 550grams, less than a standard basketball. A blue penguin should weigh around 900 gram this age. Most little penguins grow up to weigh 1 kilogram，” she added.

Billy was taken to the Christchurch Penguin Rehabilitation Center after being taken from the beach. The center will help the little penguin gain some weight before it allowed to return to the ocean.

【推荐3】When Dean Arnold got his first job, he was miserable , Each time he went to work, he coughed and he couldn’t breathe. Working in a bakery when you are allergic to flour can be painful.

But Arnold stayed with the National Biscuit Company for ten years. He was a businessman and he helped them improve production. At last his health problems became too serious. He left and formed his own company.

With his wife and mother, he founded Arnold Bakery. They tried new recipes . changing the kind and amount of flour used. This enabled Arnold to work there without too much pain. The bread, made with unbleached flour (标准粉), was baked in a brick oven .

They began by baking two dozen loaves. The bread was sold door to door for fifteen cents a loaf. Winning customers to his unusual, old-fashioned bread took time. But Arnold, struggling against his allergy, built his bakery into one of the largest in the United States.