【推荐1】The New York Aquarium offers diverse sea animals and nice viewing experience for all our guests. Whether you’re observing penguins or swimming underwater to look at coral reefs (珊瑚礁) under the water, or cheering California sea lions on at the theater, you’ll find plenty to see and do during your visit. Your underwater adventure is waiting for you! This summer, go to Coney Island to learn about the underwater world at the New York Aquarium.

Just off the Coney Island in Brooklyn, the New York Aquarium features more than 300 marine (海生的) species, such as dolphins and seals. Meet some of our mammals and fish, and learn something useful about them.

Total Experience Ticket

Adult $18.00

Child (Aged 3—12) $14.00

Senior (65＋) $15.00

Groups (at least ten visitors) $8.00

*Includes admission to our 4­D Theater Plus General Admission.

*Children under 3 are free!

*To enjoy the group rate, you must make a reservation at least two weeks in advance of your group’s visit. Please call 718­741­1818.

A Special on Friday Afternoon

Admission on Fridays beginning at 3:00 pm is by donation. Suggested donation is $13 for adults, $9 for children, and $10 for seniors. Every dollar you give supports our work in caring for animals at the aquarium.

Aquarium Parking

Car $13.00

Bus $13.00

Please note：

*Due to rising costs, the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) reserves the right to change all fees without notice.

*All buildings and exhibitions in this aquarium are accessible by wheelchair.

*For further information, please call 718­265­3454.

【推荐2】Special breaks: four UK’s creative places

Chair-making, Leicestershire

Spend a week in the National Forest woodlands learning to make your own chair. People having different levels of experience are welcomed. Beginners can make a single Windsor chair, while the more advanced learners can design their own chairs.

Price: £650 per person

Dates: 21-27 Jun., 31 Jul.-6 Aug, 4-10 Oct.

Drawing, North Yorkshire

Learn how to create beautiful pen and ink drawings on this four-day art holiday in the North York Moors. Aimed at beginners, it teaches a range of styles and techniques to build confidence and improve drawing skills. The course is mainly based at Larpool Hall, Whitby in Yorkshire, a Georgian house with views over the Esk Valley.

Price: £405 per person

Dates: 25-28 Sept.

Clothes-mending, West Sussex

West Dean College of Arts and Conservation has a wide range of textile (纺织) courses, from making belts to weaving, dyeing and printing. Those who have reconsidered their shopping habits may enjoy the Mending Your Clothes course, in which the well-known textile artist Celia Pym teaches techniques for repairing woven clothes.

Price: £381 (course only) per person, and £196 for accommodation and meals

Dates: 21-23 Aug.

Wildlife photography, Dorset

Red squirrels are now very rare in England, but Brownsea Island has a large population of red squirrels. On this short trip, guests will explore the island and learn how to photograph the creatures in the woodlands. Led by Emma Healey and Sean Weekly, the course is an opportunity to take advantage of the best light of the day to take wildlife photographs.

Price: £475 per person (including accommodation, most meals and tuition)

Date: 14 Sept.

【推荐3】It's always adventurous and romantic to visit an island country. Take a look at some breathtakingly beautiful island countries in the world, which everyone should visit at least once in his lifetime.

Maldives

It's believed that Maldives is one of the most popular honeymoon places as well as one of the most beautiful island countries. Situated in the middle of the Indian Ocean, Maldives is made up of a series of ancient coral reefs that grow up along the sides of ancient volcanoes, with fascinating beaches.

Fiji

Fiji has plenty of surprises for any adventurous travelers. It is famous for the world's best surf scenes, attracting many surfing lovers to ride the great waves. Well, if surfing is not for you and you love sitting on the beach and relaxing, hiking or seeing breathtaking waterfalls, Fiji is also a suitable island country to visit.

Malta

Malta, a beautiful southern European country in the Mediterranean Sea, has a rich history and culture. There are amazing sky-high cliffs to climb, wonderful temples to visit and lots of amazing places to go diving. There are plenty of interesting things to explore here and everyone can find something to enjoy. The historic part of Malta is shown in its architecture, great walled cities, and many underground tunnels.

【推荐1】It’s easy for consumers to buy food and drinks like a bowl of hot rice and coke online or from neighbourhood shops, but for astronauts such things were impossible in the past.

Members of China’s Shenzhou manned space flight last year, however, were able to enjoy such food, thanks to Joyoung, a Chinese firm. Joyoung created a mobile space kitchen for the astronauts. A drinking water machine, an air heater and a soybean milk maker were all accessible in the kitchen through a smart app. Tang Hongbo, who was a member of the Shenzhou manned spacecraft said in the news that during his three-month trip, he could eat hot food with just half-hour efforts, a contrast to the past when similar attempts required several hours. “If we had time, we would also use equipment to eat homemade yogurt. We could also control the equipment in the space kitchen through mobile phone apps.” he said.

In the past, most foods couldn’t be directly heated in a microwave oven in the space. Conduction equipment often caused uneven (不均匀的) heating. An astronaut had to spend as long as four hours to heat some vegetables in the space kitchen. To solve the problem, Joyoung has developed equipment that gives out hot air to heat vegetables in a 360-degree way. That enables astronauts to eat steaming-hot fish-flavoured pork and Gongbao chicken, a spicy, stir-fried Chinese dish.

Besides Joyoung, a group of companies, including Xiaomi Coip and Huawei Technologies, have contributed their technologies to the development of the space station. A vacuum (真空) cleaner made haircuts on the spacecraft possible. NOLO VR, a Chinese virtual reality manufacturer, has helped astronauts develop an experimental equipment through which laboratory technicians on the ground can see and experience what astronauts are doing in space.

【推荐2】As we all know, science is developing faster than ever before. Recently, NASA astronaut Scott Kelly showed a photo of the orange zinnia (百日菊) online. It is the first flower to ever bloom (开花) in space and has attracted much attention all over the world. This may be the most exciting news in the field of science. The zinnia in the picture is so beautiful and looks similar to that on earth. Kelly cared for it for more than a month.

Scientists chose the zinnia flower species because it has a longer growth cycle. As a result, it can help them understand how plants flower and develop in microgravity (微重力)

“While the plants haven’t grown perfectly,” said Gioia Massa, the NASA science team leader, “I think we have gained a lot from this, and we are learning both more about plants and how to better operate between the ground and the station.”

This was not the first time that scientists had tried to grow the zinnia in space. Other astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) began growing the colorful flowers last year. However, the zinnia leaked (渗漏) water out of the tips of the leaves. What was worse, the spread of bacteria was wrecking its growth. Kelly then took over the operation and began taking care of the zinnia as he would in his own garden.

The ISS also successfully grew red romaine lettuce in July 2015. Kelly even took a bite of the harvested plants and posted the photo. NASA’s new experiment using the plant growth system will be started later. Astronauts will try to grow Chinese cabbage, dwarf tomatoes and so on.