Make space in your summer for free fun

    You don't have to go to the moon to meet an astronaut. You can do it at the Air and Space Museum on July 16.

    Pioneering pilot Amelia Earhart disappeared on a flight around the globe in 1937. But she'll be at the National Air and Space Museum on July 16—the museum's first Family Day of the season—to tell you all about her adventures. (Okay, it's actually an actress pretending to be Earhart.) NASA astronaut Patrick Forrester will be there to answer your questions, too. Come to learn how space exploration changed the world.

    Another Family Day event takes place on July 25. At "Discover the Moon Day!" you can steer (驾驶) a robotic rover (a vehicle for exploring the surface of a planet), examine meteorites (陨石) that were found on the moon, see the capsule (太空舱) that took the Apollo 11 astronauts there and back and view photos of the lunar surface using 3－D glasses.

    You can create lunar art and take a moon quiz. We'll give you one example: July 20, 1969—46 years ago this month. Do you know what happened that day?

    National Air and Space Museum

    Independence Avenue at Sixth Street SW

    Open daily 10 a. m. to 7:30 p. m. through September 1(with a few early closings at 5:30 p. m. ; visit our website for details).

    Family Day programs are from 10 a. m. to 3 p. m. Information specialists are available Monday through Friday from 9 a. m. to 5 p. m. and Saturday from 9 a. m. to 4 p. m.

    All ages, but best for age 7 and older.

    For more information, call 202-633-2214 or go to www.airandspace.si.edu.

    I was about 5 when I first heard the word "Greenland", and my interest grew from there. Finally, after decades, I decided to go.

    When I finally arrived, the place, at first glance, was clearly misnamed: The east coast of Greenland was an expanse (宽阔的区域) of ice and snow, with no sign of human habitation.

    One of my purposes of going to Greenland was to make contact with some native Greenlanders. I didn't know I would achieve this, but success came in an unexpected way.

    When I arrived at the Illunnguujuk Hostel, where I had reserved a bed, a young couple and their baby were out front, enjoying the sun and unusual warmth. Greenlanders speak their own Inuit language and learn Danish in school, and many also speak English well. The young woman, however, was not one of these. Her English turned out to be anticlimactic.

    When I identified myself, her eyes widened. Another traveler had arrived earlier and, mistaking him for me, they had given him my bed. There was no more space in the hostel. "But don't worry," she said, as she threw herself into cleaning a tiny house the family owned. "This is for you," she said. And as if that weren't enough, she invited me to eat supper with her family. That evening I sat down to a dinner of fresh fish with a loving, happy native family.

    When I first set foot in Greenland I found myself all but shocked by the emptiness, the vastness, and the silence. I had decided that I would probably never return. And then I was taken into this Greenlandic home. I can now say that even cold, empty, and silent scenery is worth visiting, so long as one has a warm and welcoming place to go to.

    It is widely known that any English conversation begins with The Weather. Such a fixation with the weather finds expression in Dr. Johnson's famous comment that "When two English meet, their first talk is of weather." Though Johnson's observation is as accurate now as it was over two hundred years ago, most commentators(评论员) fail to come up with a convincing explanation for this English weather-speak.

    Bill Bryson, for example, concludes that, as the English weather is not at all exciting, the obsession with it can hardly be understood. He argues that" To an outsider, the most striking thing about the English weather is that there is not very much of it." Simply, the reason is that the unusual and unpredictable weather is almost unknown in the British Isles.

    Jeremy Paxman, however, disagrees with Bryson, arguing that the English weather is by nature attractive. Bryson is wrong, he says, "because the English preference for the weather has nothing to do with the natural phenomena(现象)." The interest is less in the phenomena themselves, but in uncertainty." According to him, the weather in England is very changeable and uncertain and it attracts the English as well as the outsider.

    Bryson and Paxman stand for common misconceptions about the weather-speak among the English. Both commentators, somehow, are missing the point. The English weather conversation is not really about the weather at all. English weather-speak is a system of signs, which is developed to help the speakers overcome the natural reserve and actually talk to each other. Everyone knows conversations starting with weather-speak are not requests for weather data. Rather, they are routine greetings, conversation starters or the blank "fillers", In other words, English weather-speak is a means of social bonding.

    Sand, sun, fitness, and fun were popular at the LeapFrog's Fit Made Fun Day event on September 6. With LeapFrog's new LeapBand activity tracker, the event took place at Santa Monica Beach in California educate kids about staying active.

    The LeapBand is Leapfrog's newest product. It straps (用带子系好) onto the wrist, like a watch, features a virtual (虚拟的) pet that kids can care for. Kids do activities such as walking like a penguin and popping like popcorn to earn points and power-ups, which unlock new pets and rewards.

    "We want to make sure kills understand that gelling up, getting active, having fun, and getting healthy tips can all be part of their daily lives," says Greg Ahearn, who works for LeapFrog. "Our goal with the LeapBand is to get kills up and active and having fun."

    The event included creative Illness activities for kids and parents. Artie Green and Easy A. D., who are a part of an organization called Hip Hop Public Health, performed songs and taught dances. There were photo opportunities, healthy snacks, and goodie bags too.

    Mia Hamm, a former member of the United States national women's soccer team, is the official spokesperson for the LeapBand. Hamm took part in Women's World Cups and the Olympics. When she was about 15, she knew that her sport was soccer. "I loved the way it challenged me every single day," she said. Hamm says exercising should be fun "whether it's playing soccer with your friends or hopping on one foot or dancing". She advises aspiring athletes to "go for it. It's a lot of hard work, but it's meaningful".

    Later in the afternoon, the crowd came together to try to break three Guinness World Records: the most people making sand angels, the most people hopping on one foot, and the most people doing the swim dance. Participants (参加者) enjoyed exercising together, dancing, hopping, and flapping along to music. Better yet, they broke all three records! Ahearn hopes these families and many more continue to take part in fitness activities. "Fun is the most important thing," he says.

Should schools allow Halloween celebrations?

    Halloween is one of the most celebrated holidays in the United States.        Many schools also celebrate the holiday by having kids dress up in costumes, take part in costume shows, and join in a variety of activities relating to Halloween. On October 31, the halls of schools across the country will be filled with princes, princesses, and superheroes. In addition to costumes, school Halloween celebrations often include classroom parties and trick-or-treating.

           They also say that dressing up in costumes allows kids to express themselves and show off their creativity.

           Officials at many of those schools say the celebrations are too time-consuming (费时的) and take away class time. They also point out that kids who can't afford costumes or who don't celebrate Halloween for cultural reasons feel left out. For example, Seth Boyden Elementary School in Maplewood, New Jersey, canceled(取消)its Halloween celebration last year. Officials at the school said that in the past, many students stayed home on that day.

           Bree Picower, a Professor of Early and Elementary Education at Montclair State, said, "Maplewood is a wonderful example of a school being responsive to society. Many schools plan to learn from it. Schools are places where students should feel included."

    Parents in Maplewood had different opinions of this policy. Some said that the new no-Halloween policy was a welcome change.       

A. It brings a lot of safety problems.

B. Experts say Maplewood is not alone.

C. Many people dislike these costumes.

D. Each year there're millions of Americans celebrations the holiday.

E. But more and more schools have canceled(取消)Halloween celebrations in recent years.

F. Many teachers, parents, and students see these celebrations as a fun break from the school day.

G. And others said that it was unfair that their children are now not allowed to celebrate Halloween in school.

    The British Isles consist of two large islands. One is called Ireland and 1 Britain. Britain, or Great Britain, is the larger one of these two islands, and it is 2 into three parts: Scotland, Wales and England.

    The United Kingdom is that part of the British Isles3 by the Queen. It is made up of Scotland, Wales and England, that is, the 4 of Britain, and also about one sixth of Ireland, the northern part. The 5 of Ireland is self-governing. The 6 name of the United Kingdom is 7 "The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland".

    England is8and richer than Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland，and has the most 9 of the United Kingdom, so people often use the 10 "England" and "English" when they 11 "Britain" and "British". This sometimes makes the Scots and the Welsh a little 12. The Scots in particular are very 13 of their separate nationality. The Welsh too do not 14 themselves as the English, and have a culture and 15 a language of their own.

    Ireland became part of the United Kingdom in 1801, but for forty years the "Irish 16 "was the greatest headache of the United Kingdom. 17, Ireland was divided into two: Northern Ireland still 18 to the United Kingdom, and in 1922 the rest of Ireland 19 to found an Irish Free State，later called Eire and now the Republic of Ireland.

    The Republic of Ireland does not regard itself as part of Britain, and is not now even a supporter of the Commonwealth of Nations. Unlike the major Commonwealth countries, it did not lift a finger to 20 British in the Second World War and now wants the whole of Ireland to be a republic.

    It's well known that pound notes show the face of Queen Elizabeth Ⅱ. However, something.       (interest) about British money is that there are also faces on the back of the notes. Did you know that the picture changes every few        (year) to show a different famous person from British history?

    At the moment, we can find the face of Charles Darwin on the ￡10 note. He is a(n)        (science), famous for his theories about evolution (进化). From 1992 to 2003, Charles Dickens        (be) on the banknote. He is one of the country's favourite authors,        novels like Oliver Twist and David Copperfield were voted as some of Britain's best works of literature.       (recent), it was announced that Jane Austen would replace Darwin on the ￡10 note. She is one of my favourite authors,        (remember) for books like Pride and Prejudice and Sense and Sensibility. People think it was a very good        (choose) to put Jane Austen on a banknote because most of the people on British money are men.

    In addition to writers，other people such        inventors and social reformers have also been on banknotes. By       (put) their faces on banknotes, the UK shows that it is very proud of all these historical figures!

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧)，并在其下面写出该加的词；

删除：把多余的词用斜线(\)划掉；

修改：在错的词下画一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

注意：1．每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；

2．只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。

    I think that teenage years should be the best in everyone life because you have few problems than adults. Most teenagers have a lot of friends with whom they can discuss things they are interesting in. Teenagers have a preference to up-to-date clothes and modern music. They also like do sports and compete. Their parents are such curious about their life that they'll sometimes enter their rooms without a permission. Teenagers stop think like children as they grow up, and their beliefs and interests changes as well. So my opinion is that teenage years are total magical and I'd like to be a teenager forever.

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2）以蓝色 大海、美丽的海滨而闻名，是避暑胜地；

3）每年夏天有许多来自国内外的游客来到这里，你可以沿海漫步、游泳、观赏秀丽的景色；

4）近年来，青岛发生了巨大的变化，它在对外贸易方面起着重要的作用，青岛已成为国际港口城市。

注意：1）词数100左右；

2）开头已给出，不计入总词数。

Ladies and gentlemen,

    Welcome to Qingdao. I'm very delighted to be your guide here.