Have you been watching the Beijing Winter Olympics on TV recently? Which of the winter sports have you enjoyed
In a speed skating competition, skaters often leave traces(痕迹)on the ice. These traces look like ribbons. This give the
The ice Ribbon is
After the Winter Olympics, the Ice Ribbon will be open to the public. More people will be able to enjoy many different ice sports in the stadium, such as figure skating(花样滑冰)and curling(冰壶). The Ice Ribbon will
In summer, it’s common on the street to see many Chinese women holding umbrellas to protect
This may be caused by the different standards (标准) of beauty
Why do they like tanned skin? Michelle Louis reported in her research, “
Perhaps there is no real ideal standard of beauty. In
In a word, different standards of beauty should be respected. People may grow up with only one idea of
Do you know about International Tea Day (ITD)? It was named by the UN
Tea is the world’s
Help
Jia Wei, a 14-year-old from Jilin, is feeling down these days. “From the Ukraine crisis (危机) to the crash (坠机) of flight MU5735 to another rise in COVID-19 cases, pieces of bad news come on the heels of one another,” Jia said. “I feel sad and scared.” What Jia said shows
It’s normal to feel scared or upset after getting bad news. Some may have difficulty sleeping.
We can try to
If we can’t help checking our phones, we should learn about time management. For example, spend half an hour reading news and then put the
Finland, a small country located in Northern Europe along the Baltic Sea, the Gulf of Bothnia and the Gulf of Finland, is a beautiful place to
The air quality in Finland is the best in the world according to the data from WHO. As 75% of the country is covered by forests, people can connect with nature
With the development of economics (经济), the problems of the left-behind children (留守儿童) have become an important problem. More and more
The biggest problem is that the children
The left-behind children’s study is the
There are also many other problems of the left-behind children, such as having no ability
In a word, to solve all the problems of the left behind children needs the government,
Researchers around the world are trying to find out
For researcher Todd Kautz and his team that means giving COVID tests to animals
Scientists are worried that the virus could change within animal populations. That could possibly create dangerous new viral (病毒的) mutations (变异)
The pandemic has shown that the health of humans and
Now the
“If the virus can be found in a wild animal, it will always be out there with the threat to go
China is a country with many colorful festivals. The Dragon Head Raising Day is one of them. This special day is on the second day of the second month in the Chinese lunar calendar. It s
The dragon is
Also, people eat special foods on that day. The foods usually named a
Today, many customs have disappeared. But one that has
When Words Get Stuck
Does this happen to you? You are in the middle of a conversation. Suddenly, you get stuck on a word. It’s r
What happened? You have just experienced a tip-of-the-tongue moment. Well, you don’t need to feel n
Lise Abrams is a psychology(心理学)professor at the University of Florida. He has studied tip-of-the-tongue moments for more than 20 years. According to his r
We are more likely to get stuck on words we s
Here is an example. Think of the name of the hero in the last novel you read. Now think of a tool with many buttons you use to do calculations. Which word comes to your mind first?
“Calculator!” you will say. That’s because all calculators s
Can we do something to a
Sitting on the couch in front of the television may be relaxing,
Australian researchers collected information from more than 11,000 people over the
The study came out in the British Journal of Sports Medicine. Lennert Veerman is the main author of the study.
Veerman also thinks people who care about their health can simply turn