【推荐2】Feeling tired of your constant work? Here are some highly rated films you can enjoy to relax a while.

Never Give In

A look at the life and legend of Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson. Recovering from a life-threatening brain hemorrhage (脑出血), the greatest football manager becomes aware that his memory might desert him, so he begins to recall the most important stories of his life, both in and out of football, to his son Jason in Never Give In. The film, stories of growing-up and family, includes deeply moving insights from his wife and sons, as well as former players, along the way.

Oslo

Adapted from the Tony Award-winning play of the same name, the film is based on a true story of negotiations between implacable (难以和解的) enemies. It narrates the secret talks, unlikely friendships and quiet heroics of a small but committed group of Israelis, Palestinians and one Norwegian couple.

Blue Miracle

The original film is based on a true story. To save the orphanage, a guardian and his kids cooperate with a washed-up boat captain for a chance to win a profitable fishing competition heroically. The colour blue features significantly in every scene, such as on clothes, interior and exterior of buildings, boats, etc.

The Box

The Box is centered on the true story of a young singer Ji Hoon living inside a“box”and a producer who used to be a big shot in the music industry. The two will cross their paths and sunbathe on a road trip filled with music and jamming sessions (即兴演奏会), chasing dreams and figuring out life as it goes.

【推荐3】Four Animation Studios(动画工作室)

1.Pixar Animation Studios

Location: California, USA

Pixar was bought by Steve Jobs in 1986. Later in 2006 it was bought by Disney. The studio has produced many successful animated films including:

Toy Story             Finding Nemo

2.Walt Disney Animation Studios

Location: California, USA

Walt and Roy founded the Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio in 1923. After years, Disney Animation has become the most famous animation studio in the world. Its best-known films include:     

The Lion King          Big Hero 6

3.DreamWorks Animation

Location: California, USA

In 1994, Steven, Jeffrey and David founded DreamWorks. It now belongs to Universal Pictures. It has made films like:

Shrek                 Kung Fu Panda

4.Studio Ghibli

Location: Tokyo, Japan

Ghibli is one top animation studio in Japan. Eight in 15 top animated films produced in Japan are created by Ghibli. These works make it famous all over the world. You must have heard of the following films:

Castle in the Sky     My Neighbor Totoro

【推荐2】Little remains of the original Potala Palace built in the seventh century, as a place of meditation by King Songtsen Gampo on the occasion of his marriage to Princess Wencheng of the Tang Court. Standing atop the Red Hill in Lhasa, the current structure dates from the 17th century; it was rebuilt by the 5th Dalai Lama and became the Winter Palace for Dalai Lamas from that time. The 13-storey building of 1,000 rooms can be seen from many miles away.

The Potala is divided into two sections—an outer section, the White Palace, and an inner section, the Red Palace, the latter containing the temples and reliquary (遗骨) tombs of the Dalai Lamas. The entire building is a structure of stone and timber. At a height of 117 metres, the Potala was the world’s tallest building until 20th-century architects designed cityscapes of new buildings that far surpassed the Potala in height—but not in its architectural majesty (威严).

There are small palaces within grand palaces. The Potala stands so high that it looks like a magnificent castle in the heavens. The statues of King Songtsen Gampo and Princess Wencheng are the worship. Among the eight tomb pagodas (塔) of the Dalai Lamas, the tomb of the fifth Dalai Lama is the most extravagant (奢侈的), standing 14 metres high. Eleven thousand ounces of gold were used in the gold plating, and the designs and decorations are all inlaid with diamonds and pearls as well as turquoise (绿宝石), agate (玛瑙), and coral stones.

【推荐3】Any mistake made in the printing of a stamp raises its value to stamp collectors. A mistake on one inexpensive postage stamp has made the stamp worth a million and a half times its original value.

The mistake was made more than a hundred years ago in the British colony of Mauritius, a small island in the Indian Ocean. In 1847 an order for stamps was sent to a London printer. Mauritius was to become the fourth country in the world to issue (发行) stamps.

Before the order was filled and delivered, a ball was planned at Mauritius’ Government House, and stamps were needed to send out the invitations. A local printer was instructed to copy the design for the stamps. He accidentally inscribed the words “Post Office” instead of “Post Paid” on the several hundred stamps that he printed.

Today there are only twenty-six of these misprinted stamps left fourteen One Penny Orange-Reds and twelve Two Penny Blues. Because of the Two Penny Blue’s rareness and age, collectors have paid as much as $16,800 for it.