2 . From her classroom window, Aynagul Bagjuli noticed the blooming flowers under the clear blue sky and had an idea. Out in the spring air, Aynagul Bagjuli taught her students “Late Spring,” a classic poem from the Tang Dynasty. The 27-year-old teaches literature at Jamatirki Middle School in Akto County.

Less than three years into her teaching job, Aynagul Bagjuli has won widespread recognition from her colleagues and students for her passion and extraordinary teaching skills. Aynagul Bagjuli is a native of Akto, where over 90 percent of the land is mountainous. Life there is tough.

Aynagul Bagjuli spent her high school years in Wenzhou. Later, she studied at the Capital Normal University in Beijing. She is among more than 100,000 students from Xinjiang’s remote areas to have received better education in the central and eastern regions of China, under a program financed by the central government since 2000. The program, aiming at cultivating (培养) professionals among ethnic groups in Xinjiang, covers part of their tuition and living expenses.

Aynagul Bagjuli’s father died when she was three, leaving her mother to raise three children. “Without the government-sponsored program, I would not have even dreamed of going anywhere outside Xinjiang, let alone attending university in the capital,” she said.

Aynagul Bagjuli gave up several employment opportunities in cities to return to her hometown. Before securing a teaching job in her hometown, she traveled to several cities and villages in different provinces, learning about diverse cultures. She loves sharing her experience with her students and believes this is an effective way to arouse their interest.

3 . The 2017 Noble Prize for Physics was given for the confirmation of a prediction made 101 years earlier. In 1916 Albert Einstein, whose theories of special and general relativity revolutionized scientists’ understanding of the universe, predicted that, in certain circumstances, the fabric of the universe itself should swing and bend.

The cause is gravitational waves In 2015 gravitational waves were directly observed for the first time. LIGO, an American observatory based in Washington State in that country’s northwest, and Louisiana in the southeast, detected waves produced by a pair of crashing black holes, each about 30 times the mass of the sun. That produced ripples (波纹) in space-time with a frequency of about 150 Hz, or cycles per second, and a wavelength of around 2, 000km.

This detection marked the beginning of the era of gravitational wave astronomy, which uses gravity to examine the universe in the same way that conventional astronomy uses electromagnetic radiation, from visible light to radio waves and gamma rays. On June 29th four projects led by researchers in America, Australia, China and Europe claimed to have pushed forward the state of that emerging art. They announced the detection of new, extremely low frequency gravitational waves which could offer insights into some of the hardest-to-study bits of the universe.

Gravitational wave detectors are interferometers (干涉仪). They work by dividing a ray of light into two,and sending each half down one of a pair of long,straight arms. At the end of the arms,the light waves are reflected back towards the source, where they are recombined. If that journey is uninterrupted, the returning rays will cancel each other out when they are put back together. If they do not, then that suggests some disturbance has disturbed them on their journey.

4 . Best China Nature Tours with the Most Beautiful Landscapes

8-day Lhasa & Everest Base Camp Tour

A famous saying in Tibet goes: “No Tibet tour is complete without visiting Mount Everest!” That’s right! This is a once-in-a-lifetime adventure that everyone should take so they can leave their footprints on the highest mountain in the world but remember not to leave carbon (碳) footprints. This tour will help you realize that dream. The tour starts from Lhasa, travels via the cities of Gyantse and Shigatse, to Mount Everest, and then back to Lhasa.

6-day In-depth Guilin Tour

It is specially designed for travelers who are interested in visiting Guilin, including Guilin City, Yangshuo Town and Longji Rice Terrace. You will have flexible time for both arrival and departure (离开). Not only will Li River and Yangshuo be covered, but also the Longji Terrace.

6-day Fujian Tulou & Xiapu Photography Tour

Unlike well-known Beijing, Shanghai and Guilin, Fujian Province is often ignored by foreign tourists. In fact, there are two masterpieces worth your attention—Tulou and Xiapu mudflat. One is built by native Hakka people, and the other is carved by nature. This Fujian photography tour can be customized depending on which sites you want to visit, what photos you want to take, and on the weather condition when you go. Feel free to tell your interests and ideas to your personal travel advisors!

11-day Amazing Yunnan Tour

Yunnan is a land of the most magical attractions like ethnic groups, snow-capped Tibetan Peaks, ancient tiny villages and temples, species of plants and animals... It’s hard to appreciate all that Yunnan has to offer until you get there. This tour covers the highlights of amazing Yunnan, including top landscape of Kunming, Dali, Lijiang and Shangri-La.

5 . I had a wonderful Easter (复活节) when I was four years old. On Easter morning, there was a _________ to find Easter eggs.

“We will get an egg, right?” I asked my mom. “Yes, of course,” she replied, with a _________ smile.

The staff member in charge of the hunt _________ that when she yelled “Go”, the hunt would begin. “Get ready!” the staff member yelled. “We are starting in 3…2…1…GO!”

Kids rushed across the lawn (草坪), _________ from one tree to another searching for the plastic Easter eggs filled with candy. Ten minutes passed but I had nothing to _________. I looked across the lawn and saw the other kids _________ holding up their plastic eggs and knew my chance of finding even one egg was getting _________. Just then my mom pointed to a tree across the lawn. “Look! There’s one!”

A shiny blue plastic egg was resting on the ground _________ the base of the tree. I looked up at my mom in _________. However, instead of smiling back at me, she was turning to the left, in the __________ of another mom. The two moms were alternating (交互的) between __________ at each other and at what appeared to be the last Easter egg.

I hadn’t seen my mom run before that day. She had been born with __________ knees and when she was in elementary school she had worn special shoes to __________ a foot problem.

The other mom also ran toward the shiny blue egg. In one last __________ of speed, my mother reached the tree, bent down and __________ the egg. “Yay! I got an egg!” I shouted in excitement.

8 . Researchers say they have found a new species of tropical fish during an expedition (探险) to remote islands off the Pacific coast of Mexico. Named the tailspot wrasse (尾斑隆头鱼), the colorful species was found living among volcanic rocks in the waters surrounding the Revillagigedo Archipelago — an island system known as the “Mexican Galapagos” for its vast marine biodiversity. The discovery was officially penned into the scientific record on Tuesday with the publication of a paper on the species in the journal PeerJ.

“I can’t believe that we can still find species that are new to science in a place where people are visiting pretty regularly — it just shows how big and complex the world is,” said UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography’s Ben Frable, who was one of the scientists in the expedition.

Based on the samples examined by Frable and the rest of the team, the species ranges in size from about an inch long to nearly six inches, Scripps said. They are also believed to be hermaphroditic (雌雄同体的), beginning life as female with some later changing to male.

The smaller female fish are mostly white with red stripes on top and black patches on their back fin. The male fish are described by Frable as having an orange-red up top fading to a yellow belly with a dark band at the base of the tail.

According to Scripps, researchers believe they are related to other fish in the wrasse family. However, the species are believed to be endemic, meaning it cannot be found anywhere else on Earth.

Located just 250 miles south of the Baja California peninsula, the Revillagigedo islands are well-known for their abundance of marine life, in part due to protections that prevent fishing in the area.

9 . Next time you book a trip with Expedia, a travel booking platform, you can ask a new travel adviser for help: ChatgPT(聊天机器人). It is an advanced AI chatbot trained by an American company OpenAI.

As the leader in travel tech, Expedia continues to improve the main operating system for the industry, constantly increasing capabilities(性能) and making trip planning faster, simpler and even more informative. By combining ChatGPT with the Expedia app and combining it with other AI-based shopping capabilities, like hotel comparison, price tracking for flights and trip cooperation tools, travelers now can be offered an even more easy way to build their perfect trip.

Expedia’s ChatGPT feature, which is in a testing step, allows users to have conversations with the program in the app and get recommendations on where to go, where to stay, what to do and more. As part of the process, hotels mentioned during the conversation are saved in the app, helping members stay organized and making it easier for them to start choosing dates, checking availability(可用性), and adding on flights, cars or activities. In a video show that Expedia shared, a user asks for suggestions for an upcoming trip in Hawaii, including “romantic places on Maui”. After the program lists a few options, the feature allows them to click through to their saved items.

Travelers can use the feature in the company’s iOS app. They will need an Expedia account so the hotel recommendations can be saved to a “trip” in the app, according to a spokesperson. The feature is not available for Android users and is only available in English. “This is a new technology, so we intend to test and learn how travelers interact with it but eventually, we hope this experience will be used more broadly,” the Expedia spokesperson said in an email.

10 . If you want to learn the culture of a city or a country, museums should definitely be added to your must-visit lists. We highlight some of the world’s most fascinating museums for you to explore to help you have a better understanding of native culture.

Design Museum Holon

Design Museum Holon is the first museum in Israel devoted to design. After being established, the museum opened on 3 March 2010, It is in the eastern part of the new culture area of Holon, The museum was noted by travel magazine Conde Nast Traveler as one of the new world wonders.

Bildmuseet

The museum was founded in 1981 by Umea University and it exhibits Swedish and international art, visual (视觉的) culture, design and architecture. In connection with the exhibitions program, it also arranges lectures, screenings, concerts, performances and workshops. In spring 2012, the museum moved into new places on the Umea Arts Campus.

Stedelijk Muscum Breda

Stedelijk Museum Breda is a historic museum in Breda, in the south of the Netherlands. It is housed in one of Breda’s oldest buildings. In its former life, it was a guesthouse for pilgrims (朝圣者) in 1246 as well as a hospital in the 16th century and an old men’s house in the 17th century.

The Palace Museum

The Palace Museum was built by the third Emperor of the Ming Dynasty. Emperor Yong Le. The palace was built between 1406 and 1420, but was burnt down, rebuilt and renovated (翻新) countless times, so most of the architecture you can see today dates from the 1700’s and onward. It is now a major tourist attraction in China.