【推荐1】ALL NEW!

REPTILE (爬行动物) PETTING ZOO at the Oak Park Nature Center

Kids! Are you tired of Mom or Dad taking you to the same’ old petting zoos where (if you’re lucky)you might get to touch a little rabbit or goat?

Mom or Dad! Are you tired of hearing your kids complain about how animals in the same old petting zoos are monotonous?

Consider This:

The fact is that most mammals (哺乳动物) are boringly warm, furry, . and come in a limited range of dull colors. Reptiles, on the other hand, are cold-blooded and covered with scales (鳞) of attractive colors, from bright green to bright red to dark purple-red. Some like the chameleon, can even CHANGE colors. Did you ever see a rabbit with scales and a purple tongue almost as long as its body? NO! In our zoo, you can see iguanas, snakes, bearded dragons, giant tortoise and other attractive creatures! Learn what these reptiles eat and how they care for their babies, which ones live in the desert and which live in wetlands, which ones are meat-eaters and which are vegetarians, which ones are deadly poisonous and which are not.

So Remember:

If you’re bored with furry animals like rabbits. . .

Then the place for YOU is the Reptile Petting Zoo!

Bring the WHOLE family —Grandpa, Grandma, Cousin Irene, even baby Joe!

There’s something for EVERYONE!

【推荐2】Teenagers love to socialize, and the following websites give them a chance to do that while playing games, exploring virtual(虚拟的)worlds and taking quizzes.

Instagram

Instagram allows teenagers to upload photos of their daily lives and share them with friends. People say that a picture is worth a thousand words, and that must be true because Instagram has around 300 million users who are active each month. The platform is all about photos with short captions(说明文字).53 percent of its users are aged 18-29, but a big percentage of those may be even younger and simply (list their age as 18 in order to use the platform)

Habbo Hotel

Habbo Hotel is a place for teens to chat/Each teen receives personal room to decorate with virtual objects. They can also dress their avatars(网络头像) in virtual clothes or create games to play with friends. The room might have music, be set up like classroom, or have other features so different avatars can visit one another. Each room has an adult moderator(管理员) to make sure it stays safe.

Fanlala

Fanlala is a social network that gives teens who love celebrities, music and TV shows a place to interact. Through it, users can get the latest news and gossip on their favorite shows, as well as take quizzes to test their knowledge.

Teen Chat

Teen Chat is place for teens to interact with one another through forums(论坛)according to their interests. For example, there are chat rooms for those who love anime(日本动漫) and for those who have just started college. There are also chat rooms for things like music, games, and sports.

【推荐3】Feeling down? Why not visit one of these four websites?

Collegehumor.com

This site was created in 1999 and gets about seven million visitor per month. Two of its videos have been chosen as winners for the Webby Awards: Pixar Intro Parody and Web Site Story. Other funny videos to looks out for include a debate on the advantages and disadvantages of going to college.

Funnyordie.com

This site has lots of really funny videos And as the name suggests, users vote on videos, choosing the options “funny” or “die”. If the video receives too many “die” votes, it's sent to the site's “crypt”. But if it gets enough “funny” votes, it goes into the Hall of Fame. The site was crated in 2006 by comedians Will Ferrell and Adam McKay. The site’s first video. The Landlord has had over 70 million views Videos to watch out for include Just a Tip: Taxi, with some valuable advice on how to catch a taxi, and Over Analyzing Texts, with some tips on how to respond to text messages

Reddit.com

Founded in 2005, Reddit.com is a social news and entertainment website. Registered users put funny content in the form of the video link or texts on the website. Other users then vote these things “up” or “down”. The most recent and well-liked content appears at the top on the front page of the site.

Theonion.com

First appearing as a satirical newspaper in 1988, Theonion.com has hundred of videos and articles on news and current affairs, and receives an average of 7.5 million visitors a months. It’s famous for its amusing items, such as Michelle Obama Seen Outside Walking Family Rhinoceros or Dad Can’t Believe Lawn.

JIUQUAN, Gansu Province, Sept. 6 (Xinhua) — China’s manned spacecraft Shenzhou-7 will be launched at an appropriate time between Sept. 25 and 30 from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwestern Gansu Province, a spokesman said here on Saturday. The mission will accomplish the first spacewalk by Chinese astronauts.

“All the major systems involved in the launching are now in the final preparation. The main tests for the spacecraft, the Long-March II-F rocket, suits for the space walk and a satellite accompanying the fly have also been finished, ” said the spokesman.

In addition, the ground control system is fully prepared, including the launch site, the landing site, and the communication for observation and control.

When Shenzhou-7 enters its orbit, one of the three taikonauts will conduct a space walk, said Zhao Changxi, a senior scientist with the project, earlier.

According to Zhao, cameras would be fixed outside and inside of the ship for live broadcasting of the space walk.

While the last mission of Shenzhou-6, with a crew of two, was aimed at several days of manned flight, this time the task might be more stringent as one of its main goals is the space walk.

Earlier reports said a crew of six astronauts had been chosen for the mission, with three manning the spacecraft and three substitutes.

China successfully put two manned spacecrafts into orbit in 2003 and 2005 respectively, becoming the third country to send an astronaut into space after the United States and the former Soviet Union (now Russia).