【推荐3】There are 19 children’s parks in Beijing with activities geared to the younger crowd. A few are detailed below:

Guanyuan, located north of the Chegongzhuang subway station, was once the garden of government officials and the royal family. The garden was burned down in the Ming Dynasty, rebuilt during the Qing Dynasty and burned again around the turn of the 20th century. As the largest and best-equipped children’s park in Beijing, the center includes the Hall of Science and Technology with manually operated exhibits, the Cultural and Art Hall for music and other performances and the Sports Hall.

In Yuyuantan between Sanlihe Road and West Sanhuan Road, this park offers a science hall and amusement park rides in a lovely natural setting. Cherry trees attract visitors in spring. The lake brings swans and wild ducks in the warmer months and swimmers year around.

On the shore of Longtanhu Park in the Chongwen District, Beijing Amusement Park, a Sino-Japanese joint venture, combines modern amusement facilities with garden landscaping. There are nearly 90,000 trees, 11 bridges, 115,000 square meters of water surface and 122 rowboats to be enjoyed.

Shijingshan Amusement Park, opened in 1986, north of the Bajiaocun subway station, brings a Cinderella Castle straight out of Grimm’s fairy tale into the heart of Beijing. Chinese gardening, European architecture and Japanese amusement facilities create a unique atmosphere.

【推荐2】Welcome to Scotland

Please come to Scotland to discover its most famous scientific thinkers, enjoy expert talks and explore Scottish historical sites.

Day 1: The Double Tree by Hilton Glasgow Central

After checking in the Double Tree by Hilton Glasgow Central, you’ll meet your fellow guests to hear opening comments from the tour leader and then enjoy two lectures from author Dr Craig Smith and research fellow Dr Bill Jenkins. Then you’ll have dinner together in the hotel.

Day 2: The Hunterian Museum

After breakfast, we shall walk to Glasgow’s Hunterian Museum, the oldest museum in Scotland. In the afternoon, you’ll take a 90-minute meeting in the company of Dr Carol Trager- Cowan. Then in the evening, Dr Bill Jenkins will give a second lecture.

Day 3: The Falkirk Wheel, Whitelee Windfarm, Edinburgh and Thirlestane Castle

In the morning, you’ll board a comfortable bus for the 40-minute journey to the Falkirk Wheel. In the afternoon, you’ll travel south of Glasgow to Whitelee Windfarm. After checking into the MacDonald Holyrood Hotel & Spa in Edinburgh, you’ll take a short drive out of the city to visit Thirlestane Castle. You’ll dine in one historic private dining room.

Day 4: Check Out

After breakfast, the tour has finished. If you travel by bus to Glasgow, we’ll gladly give you a lift back there or we’d like to have you stay for some extra nights in Edinburgh to explore the city.

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【推荐3】Italy and China are two nations with a long, venerable, and complex history. These two countries came into contact with each other in ancient times, such as Marco Polo and Matteo Ricci, respectively an explorer and a missionary.

The two countries celebrated 50 years of diplomatic relations in 2020. On this occasion, they decided to set up the “Italy-China Year of Culture and Tourism”, a year full of events and activities aimed at boosting cooperation, traveling, and people-to-people exchange.

The opening event was held in January 2020. Due to the pandemic outbreak and the consequent travel bans, tourism and cultural exchanges were brought to a standstill and the events designed to promote exchange and tourism did not take place. However, these events have been rescheduled and will be held in 2022. The year of tourism and culture “remains a demonstration of the common intention to maintain an important people-to-people exchange between two of the world’s most important civilizations”.

In terms of tourism, the two countries show positive bilateral trends. There are several examples of twin towns between Italy and China. The three oldest pairs are Milan-Shanghai (established in1979), Florence-Nanjing (1980), and Venice-Suzhou (1980). Normally the pairings are made according to the existing similarities between the cities. Milan and Shanghai are respectively Italy’s and China’s fashion capitals and economic hubs. Florence and Nanjing were both capitals in ancient times and are filled with scenic spots and ancient buildings. Finally, Suzhou’s ancient part is characterized by canals, bridges, and narrow streets that remind of Venice’s structure, to such an extent that this East-China metropolis was nicknamed “The Venice of the East”. This kind of relation between cities is important to encourage cooperation in various sectors (education, tourism, culture, etc.) and to promote people-to-people exchange.

The touristic sector is an important one to cherish: It not only gives work to many people, but also plays a role in raising mutual understanding and familiarity between different countries. As stressed by an author, “The more Chinese tourists come to Italy and the more Italians travel to China, the closer the two countries become on a human level.”

【推荐1】Family plays an important part in much fiction, of course, but sometimes the short story form has offered us an insight into family life that the longer novel does not. Here are some for you to taste.

Prelude is one of Katherine Mansfield's longest and finest short stories. Because Prelude is a modernist short story, the emphasis is on characters rather than plots. Mansfield is using the Burnells’ house-move, and the period when they are busy settling into their new home, as a situation to observe family, women and class.

Katherine Anne Porter (1890-1980) wrote just one novel and fewer than thirty short stories, yet she is regarded as an important twentieth-century American writer, with He among her most celebrated and critically praised works. An important theme of Porter’s work is the search for meaning in a modern and increasingly materialist world.

It is a short story by the Russian-American author Vladimir Nabokov (1899-1977), originally published in the New Yorker in 1948. The story centers on an elderly married Russian couple who move to the United States; their son is suffering from paranoid delusions (妄想症) and has been limited to a care center. Signs and Symbols focuses on the couple’s attempt to visit their son and its result.

This short story was originally published in 1949. It involves an adult speaking to a child. It is about a young boy who runs from home and goes down to the nearby lake, where he gets into a boat and refuses to speak to his mother. The story ends with the mother bonding with her son.

【推荐2】In tough times — and there’s no doubt that 2020 qualifies as tough times — those of us who love to read turn to all kinds of different books. Here are the books that I’d recommend.

The Spy and the Traitor

The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War

by Ben Macintyre

This nonfiction account focuses on Oleg Gordievsky, a KGB officer who became a double agent for the British, and Aldrich Ames, the American turncoat(叛徒) who likely betrayed him, Macintyre’s retelling of their stories comes not only from Western sources (including Gordievsky himself) but also from the Russian perspective. It’s every bit as exciting as my favorite spy novels.

Range

Why Generalists Triumph(获得成功) in a Specialized World

by David Epstein

I started following Epstein’s work after watching his fantastic 2014 TED talk on sports performance. In this fascinating book, he argues that although the world seems to demand more and more specialization, what we actually need is more people “who start broad and embrace diverse experiences and perspectives while they progress”. I think his ideas even help explain some of Microsoft’s success, because we hired people who had a wide range of knowledge within their field and across fields. If you’re a generalist who has ever felt overshadowed by your specialist colleagues, this book is for you.

The New Jim Crow

Mass Incarceration(监禁) in the Age of Colorblindness

by Michelle Alexander

Alexander’s book offers an eye-opening look into how the criminal justice system unfairly targets communities of color and especially Black communities by explaining the history and presenting the numbers behind mass incarceration.

Breath from Salt

A Deadly Genetic Disease, a New Era in Science, and the Patients and Families Who Changed Medicine Forever

by Bijal P. Trivedi

This book is truly uplifting. It documents a story of remarkable scientific innovation and how it has improved the lives of almost all cystic fibrosis(囊肿性纤维化) patients and their families.

【推荐3】Drone（无人机）Training for Recreational Flyers

This is the perfect training course if you plan to buy a drone soon. Best of all, no experience is required and the drones will be provided，so you just need to book online and come along on the day. The training course is held at Hall ACT. The 4-hour beginners course is $285. This includes written material, use of the Drone-wise aircraft for flying and morning tea. If you are under 18 years of age, you will need to be accompanied by a parent or grown-up friend or relative. Book your place today at drone-wise. com. au/our-training-courses.

Led by Martin Bass and Tim Robinson, commercially rated drone pilots with considerable experience, this training course is a chance to get.

Basic Knowledge

Recreational drone flying and the law

Risks and how to manage them

Flying environment

Basic Flying Skills

Pre-flight planning and checks

Aircraft handling skills

Obstacle avoidance

Your Instructors:

Martin Bass. Martin is a pilot with over 20-year experience He is also a commercial drone pilot and enjoys recreational drone flying as well. In his other role as a consultant and trainer to local government, Martin is an experienced educator and holds an honorary position with the University of Western Sydney.

Tim Robinson: Tim is an experienced photographer as well as a commercial drone pilot. His photos are about nature and wildlife. Tim is also an experienced adult educator and has lectured at the University of Technology Sydney and the University of Canberra.