4 . The number of times I’ve been asked how I became a food and travel writer is too many to count. Frankly, I’m not exactly sure how to ______. Eating is a necessary part of life, and I appreciate good ______, whether it’s chicken and rice served from a hawker stand or a perfect dish in a Michelin-starred restaurant.

I’m not a ______ writer of food, since I ______ review restaurants in the traditional sense. Instead, I’m more interested in food’s ______ and what it reveals about cultures. For instance, how did Mexican cacao get to Europe, and how did the Czech kolache find its way to Central Texas? Knowing the ______ behind such things is a ______ in history that goes far beyond a pretty dish presented on a plate.

There’s not a more ______ way to get a taste of a place than by taking food-themed tours. Many tours include market visits, which are the best way to experience life as a(n) ______. Markets are the hearts of communities and reveal not only the way a culture eats, but also how they ______ and interact.

Traditions and culture are deeply ______ food and through cooking lessons. The number of cooking classes that I’ve ______ around the world can’t be counted. Now, I’m no Alain Ducasse in the kitchen, and rarely do I ______ at home. However, including these types of classes into my journey is something that I ______. And even though the acquired cooking skills don’t translate back to my home kitchen, the cultural ______ still resonates (产生共鸣).

6 . Top Theme Parks and Amusement Parks in Australia

Magic Mountain Merimbula

Located in the town of Merimbula, this small theme park is situated on the Sapphire Coast. There are multiple attractions in this place including Kiddie Splash Pool, Magic Carpet Slide and the Diamond Pyth on Roller Coaster. You can buy souvenirs from the gift shops for friends and family back home.

Opening hours: Monday to Sunday 10 am to 4 pm

Price: $90 per person

The Big Banana Fun Park

The Big Banana Fun Park is located in the city of Coffs Harbour and it boasts a large walk-through banana. Guests can go roller skating at the ice-skating rink, enjoy water slides and play golf.

Opening hours: Monday to Sunday 9 am to 5 pm

Price: $25 per adult (age 13-99); $15 per child (age 1-12)

Wet Wild Gold Coast

Owned and operated by the Village Roadshow Theme Parks, this park features 17 water slides, 4 pools, and 2 children’s areas. If you are traveling during the winter season, there is nothing to worry as the pools and slides are heated according to your convenience.

Opening hours: Monday to Sunday 10 am to 5 pm

Price: $24 per person

Big Splash Waterpark

Featuring nine slides, a 50-meter (164 feet) pool, and kiddie pools, this park is a perfect spot to chill when the sun is out. Being one of the oldest theme parks in Australia, it boasts the famous Jammo Pool.

Opening hours: Monday to Sunday 10 am to 6 pm

Price: $150 per adult (age 13-99); 40% discount per child (age 1-12)

Enjoy with your kids at one of the theme parks in Australia.

9 . Washington Square Park, Manhattan

Its central fountain (喷泉) and Washington Arch (拱门) are immediately recognizable because they’re often seen in films and on television, and the park serves as the center of the famous Manhattan neighborhood. People of all ages cool themselves off here, while musicians from around the globe play for a crowd. The park, rich in history, remains one of the jewels in the park system, serving local residents, chess players, students, performers and tourists.

Van Cortlandt Park, The Bronx

The park gets visitors from the Bronx seeking a bit of calm, and a place with real nature. It’s home to the country’s oldest golf course as well as the oldest building in the Bronx, the Van Cortlandt House Museum, which hosted George Washington on a few occasions during the Revolutionary War. Facilities include a pool, tennis courts and plenty of spots for baseball, soccer, and music.

Maria Hernandez Park, Bushwick, Brooklyn

The park was renamed after Maria Hernandez. Today it feels like a big party, with shopping, a mix of food and music performances in the central courtyard. It’s a park with a lot of personality, but it’s important to say it’s about the Latinx community first. You’ll find the majority of people here speak Spanish and come from Latin America.

Astoria Park, Queens

It works hard for the people of Queens, offering, as many parks do, a calm, green place. Its location is close to a river. Its facilities strengthen the community feel, with a large public pool, a soccer field and a big piece of grassland that serves as a site for regular events, including movie nights, concerts and fireworks shows. There’s also an annual festival.

English and French tourist guidebooks that introduce the popular attractions along the Yellow River were distributed (发行) on Tuesday in Yuncheng, North China’s Shanxi Province,     1    (promote) international tourism along China’s “Mother River”.

The Yellow River Tourism Overseas Promotion Season 2023,    2    includes the distribution of foreign language guidebooks, aims at giving a full picture of the Yellow River, the birthplace of Chinese civilization.

During the opening ceremony, English and French guidebooks containing nine    3    (select) tourism routes were distributed. Zhang Ruirui,     4    official from the Department of Resource Development at the Ministry of Culture and Tourism,     5    (say) that there are a total of 40 tour routes along the Yellow River.

As the second    6    (long) river in China and one of the cradles(摇篮)of Chinese civilization, the Yellow River flows through nine provinces in northern China.     7    desert views of the Silk Road in the Hexi Corridor to Confucius’ hometown in Shandong Province in East China, the nine routes chosen    8    (careful) cover the nine provinces which the river runs through,    9    point out the unique attractions worth    10    (visit) in each area.

In addition, five other routes that take tourists deep into villages along the Yellow River are included in the new guidebooks, too.