【推荐1】New York Botanical Garden: All-Garden Pass

Feel a little bored with city life and want to get close to nature? This ticket is a good choice for you.

The New York Botanical Garden has featured the landscape of the northeast since its founding in 1891. It’s located on a 250-acre site that contains a landscape with over one million living plants, the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory—a greenhouse containing several habitats, and the LuEsther T. Mertz Library, which contains one of the world’s largest collections of plant-related texts. Your All-Garden Pass includes admission to the 50 outdoor gardens and all indoor elements at the New York Botanical Garden.

Summer brings rich flowering to the 50 gardens and plant collections. This summer, Jeff Leatham, the famous artistic director of the Four Seasons Hotel George V Paris, returns for The Orchid (兰花) Show’s 19th year. Visitors will be surrounded by orchid towers of orange, yellow, and green and rolling fields of white, together with artistic decorations and colorful lights.

◆ You are required to wear a mask.

◆ All participants aged 5 and older must present proof that they have received two doses(剂量) of an FDA- or WHO-approved vaccine. In addition to proof of vaccination, all participants who are over 18 years old must present a government-issued photo ID, such as a driver’s license, a passport, etc.

Most of the garden consists of outdoor spaces, and a visit can include lots of walking, so be sure to dress accordingly.

【推荐2】The Best Hotels in Edinburgh Close to the Must-See Sights

Edinburgh is home to some of the best hotels in Scotland. Here are some selected hotels, ranging from iconic five-star institutions to new apartment hotels.

The Balmoral Hotel

For luxury accommodation, the Balmoral hotel offers five-star service and fantastic views of Edinburgh Castle. It is in the city center and features the iconic clock tower. The Balmoral is probably the most famous hotel in the city and is famous for its hospitality. It is also popular with locals for afternoon tea.

Wilde Apart Hotel

Wilde Apart hotel is a modern, stylish hotel. The hotel features well-appointed (设备齐全的) serviced apartments that have fully equipped small kitchens, free WiFi, and car parking nearby. The apartments are ideal for those who are staying in the city for more than a night or two and would like to have a small kitchen to enjoy breakfast or lunch.

The Radisson Collection Hotel

The Radisson Collection Hotel overlooks the iconic Royal Mile. It’s just a short walk from attractions such as Edinburgh Castle and Holyrood Park, and it’s within easy reach of local restaurants, shops, bars, and galleries. Everything you will want to see and do in Edinburgh is close to hand, and it’s five minutes from Waverly Train Station and airport links. The hotel’s design is modern.

Scotsman Hotel

Originally built as The Scotsman newspaper offices in 1905, Scotsman Hotel has been carefully restored into nine floors of rooms and suites with commanding views over the city. Located at the top end of North Bridge, the hotel occupies the prime real estate spot (黄金地段) in Edinburgh. Easy access to Waverley Train Station and airport shuttles, the hotel is probably the most well-appointed accommodation in terms of transport links.

We hope you love the Edinburgh hotels we recommend!

【推荐1】Perhaps some girls are wondering whether their kitties can see colors. The simple answer is yes, but the detailed answer is much more interesting.

To help you understand how your cat sees, it’s helpful to understand how our eyes work. It’s the eye and brain working together that turn light into color. Our eyes can react to the light and send signals to the brain. Those signals are translated into colors. The amount of three primary colors — red, blue, and green determines the final color your brain registers. It’s thought that people can see as many as one million colors.

Both people and cats have three different types of cones (视锥细胞), allowing us to see that red, blue, and green. The big difference is that cats have considerably fewer overall cones than people. As a result, they’re not able to see as many different color variations as we are. There’s also a difference in the richness of color they see because they are much less sensitive to changes in light than we are.

Compared with humans, cats tend to see blues, greens, and grays best. Cats can easily tell the difference between these three colors groups. However, reds and pinks, and likely yellows, are difficult for cats to tell. However, cats can see much better in low light than we can. They have more rods (视杆细胞) (responsible for detecting motion) than humans, so they better detect small movements that are significantly farther away. Cats have broader surrounding vision since their eyes are set more on the sides of the head.

Interestingly, cats can’t see well close, right in front of their face. If you’ve been wondering why your cat doesn’t play well when you shake a toy right in front of them, it’s because they can’t see it. They’re using their other senses to figure out where that toy is.

【推荐2】Experts say that the ability of dogs to smell is one million times stronger than that of humans. With so much sniff (闻) power, it’s hardly surprising that they stick their heads out of car windows. They don’t care about the scenery. What they’re after are the smells.

When dogs put their faces into the wind, their upper lips and noses are sniffing, their eyes partly closed, and their ears folded back. It looks as if they’re enjoying themselves very much, but mainly they’re concentrating. It’s as though they’re closing down all the rest of their senses to concentrate on this one. Every dog loves to hang his head out of the window, and all dogs have an excellent sense of smell. This ability is increased when they are moving quickly, which is one reason that they take advantage of open car windows. It also probably makes them excellent hunters.

Smell is so important to dogs that they have two systems for it. One is in the nose, which consists of a huge amount of tissue (组织) with scent receptors (嗅觉感受器). This area takes up about 1/2 square inch in humans, but up to 20 square inches in some dogs. As air moves over the tissue, odor molecules (气味分子) reach the millions of scent receptors. The more air flowing there is, the better dogs smell. So they love to put their faces into the wind.

Dogs have a second system in their mouths, where a tiny pipe leads to Jacobson’s organ (犁鼻器). Its task is to catch different types of smells. Dogs depend on it to find the sources of smells.

【推荐2】The Bad Guys

Adult: $18.49       Senior: $16.99       Child: $15.49

ANIMATION

Based on the bestselling book series by author Aaron Blabey, The Bad Guys is an all-new animated feature film from DreamWorks Animation about a group of frightening animals who set out to change people’s perception (看法) of them.

Family Camp

Adult: $12.59       Senior: $11.49       Child: $10.49

COMEDY

When two polar-opposite families are forced to camp together, the dads struggle to hold onto their families and marriages as they compete for the camp trophy (奖杯). Family Camp is a laugh-out-loud comedy that is sure to touch the hearts and tickle the funny bones of every family member from eight to eighty.

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness

Adult: $24.49       Senior: $22.99       Child: $21.49

ACTION

Doctor Strange teams up with a mysterious teenage girl from his dreams who can travel across multiverses (多元宇宙), to battle multiple threats, including other-universe versions of himself, which threaten to kill millions across the multiverse. They seek help from Wanda and others.

Spider-Man: No Way Home

Adult: $22.49       Senior: $20.99       Child: $19.49

ACTION

With Spider-Man’s identity now revealed, Peter asks Doctor Strange for help. When a spell goes wrong, dangerous enemies from other worlds start to appear, forcing Peter to discover what it truly means to be Spider-Man.