If you have a little child, who hates sitting in a child car seat, then the FreedomRide is the answer to your problem.
Would you want to be1in an unchangeable position every time you're in the car. No.
You Wouldn't!
When a2sits in a car for any length of time, we stretch, we change the position, we move our legs, and shift3. We do this automatically, and without4. But kids in a traditional car seat can't do this. They are stuck in one position, and they5move. We move because the6of blood needs to be restored in our legs as we sit in the7position for any extended length of time.
In a traditional car seat, the child can't move to8the pain, so it9them in a bad mood.
The Freedom Ride lets them have a little10, and still be safe. The 5-point Harness gives them additional safety11a traditional child car seat.
I am the Webmaster for islandbreeze.com, and12Joey Safe asked us to redo their web site, I was13by this system. That is because I have two small children, and we obviously14car seats. I live in Southern California, and every15of months, my wife, the girls and I, go to see grandma who lives in Nevada. It's a 5-hour drive, so the Freedom Ride16well. Our trips are so much better now, especially, since there is17room in the car without the car seats.
The Freedom Ride really did18it easier to go on trips. The only thing you need when you use the Joey Safe19 your old child seat is a pillow.20, my kids want to take a pillow anyway! As a dad, I feel safe driving with the kids in the Freedom Ride.
We all love watching fireworks, from the attractive shows on the Fourth of July (a national holiday in the US that celebrates the beginning of the United States as a nation) to the Roman candle burning in the backyard. But let's 1 and think about the price we pay for just a few minutes of 2.
First, the amount of money we spend on fireworks is3 The excitement is gone 4Let's face it, what we really are doing is burning 5Yet, year after year, thousands of cities and towns spend our tax dollars on fireworks displays. Those tax dollars would be put to much better 6 feeding our hungry and housing our homeless.
Second, there is the matter of 7 Fireworks contain chemicals that are harmful to people and animals. Over the years, these chemicals will 8 the air we breathe and the water we drink.
Third, let's 9 the trash left behind after a fireworks display. What a 10! One would probably 11that those who set off the fireworks would have the politeness to 12the trash afterwards.13 they don’t The mess they leave behind 14 the kind of attitude many Americans have toward our15
Fourth, fireworks are16 Some fireworks can damage your hearing, especially the fireworks used in public displays that give off a big BANG Losing your17is too high a price to pay.
18all the safety warnings, we still see injuries and deaths as a result of fireworks. Approximately 10,000 Americans are injured every year by fireworks.
In my view, all consumer fireworks should be19 Public fireworks displays should be kept to a minimum and should be paid for through volunteer funding, not tax dollars. Finally, those people in 20of fireworks displays should be responsible for cleaning up the mess they make.
I've always had strong opinions of how love should be expressed, but others have their own ways of showing care.
What I1 most about visiting my boyfriend's parents is the loud tick of the clock in the dining room as we2 ate our meal.With so little conversation I was quick to regard his family as3When we got into the car to go home, his father suddenly appeared4he began to wash his son's windscreen.I could feel he is a 5man through the glass.
I learned another lesson about6a few years later.My father often 7 me early in the morning.“Buy Xerox.It's a good sharp price,” he might say when I answered the phone.No pleasant8 or inquiry about my life, just financial instructions. This manner of his angered me and we often 9But one day, I thought about my father's success in business and realized that his10for my financial security lay behind his short morning calls.The next time he called and told me to buy a stock，I11him.
When my social style has12with that of my friends, I've often felt disappointed.For example, I always return phone calls13 and regularly contact my friends.I expect the same from them.I had one friend who 14called, answering my messages with short e-mails.I rushed to the 15. She wasn't a good friend! My anger grew as the holidays approached.But then she came to a gathering I 16 and handed me a beautiful dress I had fallen in love with when we did some window-shopping the previous month.I was shocked at her thoughtfulness, and17 for how I'd considered her to be uncaring.Clearly I needed to18 my expectations of friends.
Far too often, I ignored their 19expressions, eagerly expecting them to do things in my way .Over the years, however, I've learned to 20 other persons' love signs.
To be a good teacher, you need some of the gifts of a good actor: you must be able to 1the attention and interest of your students, you must be a 2 speaker, with a good, strong pleasing voice which is fully under your control; and you must be able to3what you are teaching, in order to make its meaning clear.
Watch a good teacher, and you will see that he does not sit still 4 his class: he stands the whole time he is teaching; he walks about, using his 5 , hands and fingers to help him in his explanation, and his face to express
Feelings. Listen to him, and you will 6the loudness, the quality and the musical note of his voice always 7 according to what he is8 about. The fact that a good teacher has some of the gifts of a good actor doesn't 9that he will indeed be able to act 10on the stage, for there are very important 11 between the teacher's work and the actors. The 12has to speak words which he has learnt by heart; he has to repeat exactly the13words each time he plays a certain part, 14 his movements and the ways in which he uses his voice are usually 15beforehand. What he has to do is to make all these carefully learnt words and actions seem natural on the stage.
A good teacher 16 in quite a different way. His students take an active part in his17: they ask and answer questions, they obey orders, and if they don't18 something, they say so. The teacher therefore has to suit his act to the needs of his students, which is in his class. He can't learn his part by heart, but must 19 it as he goes along. I have known many teachers who were fine 20 in class but unable to take part in a stage-play because their brains wouldn't keep discipline: they could not keep strictly to what another had written.
The aim of writing a letter of application is to help you to "sell" yourself. It should state 1 the job you want, and should tell what your abilities are and what you have 2. It should be simple, human, personal and brief without 3 out any necessary fact.
In writing a letter of application, bear in mind that the things a possible employer is most 4 to want to know about are your qualifications, your achievements and your aims. The opening paragraph is perhaps the most important part. If the first few sentences fail to 5 the reader's attention, the rest of the letter may not be6 at all. Try to key your opening remarks to the needs or interests of the employer not to your own need or desire. For example, instead of beginning with "I saw your 7 in today's paper." you might say "I have made a careful study of your advertising during the past six months" or "I have made a survey in my neighborhood to find out how many housewives 8 your product and why they like it."
Try to 9 generalities. Be clear about the kind of job for which you are now 10 College graduates looking for their first positions often ask "What can I 11 in a letter? Employers want experience, which, naturally, no 12 has." The answer is that everything you have ever done is 13
It is important to write a good strong closing for your letter.14 a specific request for an interview or give the possible employer something definite to do or expect. An excellent 15 is to enclose (内附) a stamped, self-addressed (写上自己地址的) envelope with your letter. That makes it easier for a possible employer to get in touch with you.
Consider these situations: You have just read an excellent book and want to tell a friend about it. You have seen an exciting movie and want to 1 your instructor to go to see it. You have heard an inspiring lecture, and want to 2 your newly found knowledge with a roommate who didn't attend the lecture.
How to give this type of3? You could tell everything you 4 about the book, movie, or lecture, but you will probably just want to select the5points and tell these to your listener. This, of course, is called summarizing.
To create a good summary—one that is both accurate and brief—you need to follow two steps. First, 6 information by reading, taking notes, or listening carefully so that your summary is as brief as possible but still accurate and 7. Your audience will help you decide how thorough you need to be. If you give your summary to 8, perhaps for an examination, it will need to be extremely complete9accurate. You will need to keep in mind any10your instructor might have given you during the lecture to indicate what he or she considers especially important. If you are summarizing a movie for a friend, you can be less thorough. Part of the task of summarizing is knowing what to include and what to leave out.
In case you missed it, a video last week showed a miniature horse eating a bowl of carrots—from a high chair. A high chair. Yes, really.
It might seem 1, but it might also be the logical extension of the growing 2 of treating animals as human and treating pets as children. Examples of this attitude are 3, and range from the innocent to the near-crazy. Some people even 4 their pets for Halloween or create social media accounts for them. Should this cause 5? Should we just smile and nod when people treat their pets as such? Should we shrug off the Facebook page “Animals are People Too” and “My Child has Four Paws”?
No. 6 animals aren't people. And pets aren't children.
There seems to be confusion about the 7between pets and children. People 8 the language of parenthood when talking to their “fur kid” or “baby”. Of course, it's one thing to use such language lightly, as an innocent expression of love or a(an) 9 of the great joy and deep bonds that pets, like children, can create. It's quite another to use this language 10.
Words 11. Using inaccurate labels for things doesn't just blur(模糊) the very real lines between pets and people; it can lead to dangerous delusions(错觉). What if a woman 12 having a baby won't be much different from being a “dad” to a dog?
“Pet parents” point out that they do everything 13 parents do—feed, bathe, clean up, care for and love. 14, all these actions form only part of the routines of true parenthood. One does not, and cannot, teach 15 and morality to cats and dogs, yet that's the most important job of a parent. Having a child means preparing another mind and soul for adulthood and 16. Having a pet means keeping an animal obedient and dependent so it never 17 the way a child eventually will.
Pets and children serve different roles, 18 different places in the lives of humans. 19 these fundamental differences benefits neither creatures nor people. We call “pets” 20 loving them any less. So stopping calling your pets your “children”.
Trees have always held much attraction for people. They are the 1 and biggest life-forms on our planet and one of the most beautiful. As a direct 2with thousands of years of history, trees appear in many religions and have 3 artists over the years.
When I was a child I 4a science fiction story that made me think about trees in a new way. In the story, 5 from an advanced civilization come to our planet and their spaceship 6in the middle of a forest. The aliens (外星人) have a long 7with the trees of the forest and then leave, 8to think that the inhabitants (居民) of Earth are noble, intelligent and peaceful.
Trees 9a lot about being part of a community and how cooperation is better for a society than 10. Scientists are only just beginning to understand how it all 11, but we now know that trees growing together share all of the available resources (资源) with each other. So, strong trees in a good 12 will share food and water with 13 trees that receive less sunlight. By 14, a community of trees makes itself stronger. The 15of giant redwood trees, for example, grow together under the ground. It's as if they are 16hands. This means that they are 17stronger when there are heavy winds or floods.
We all acknowledge that trees are 18 for the environment and the survival of our 19. Perhaps they have even more to 20 us in the future.
Why is setting goals important? Because goals can help you do, be, and experience everything you want in life.1just letting life happen to you, goals allow you to make your life happen. Successful people2how their life should be and set lots of goals. By setting goals, you are3your life. It's like having a4to show you where you want to go. Think of it this way. There are5drivers. One has a destination in mind (her goal) which can be found on a map. She can drive straight there without any6time or wrong turns. The other driver has no goal or destination or map. She starts off at the same time from the same place as the first driver,7she drives aimlessly around, never getting anywhere, just8gas. Which driver do you want to be? Winners in life set goals and follow through on them. They decide what they want in life and then get there by making9and setting goals. Unsuccessful people just let life happen by accident. Goals aren't difficult to set and they aren't difficult to reach. It's up to you to find out what your goals really are. You must know what to achieve and in what direction to aim your life, or you'll be 10.
Computer hackers have now got their hands on mobile phones. "A phone virus programme can 1 your phone do things you have no control over", computer security experts 2. It might 3 the White house or the police. or forward your personal address book to a marketing company. Or it could simply cat into the phone's operating software, turning it 4and erasing your personal information. Similar viruses have already made mobile phone owners 5in Japan and Europe. Ari Hypponcn, chief technical officer of a computer security company in Finland, said a virus "can get your 6 and send them elsewhere. And it can record your password". Mobiles are now able to surf the Net, send emails and 7 software. So they are an easy target for the same hackers who have sent viruses to computers over the past decade.
"It's technically 8 now. "said Stephen Trilling. director of research at anti -virus software maker Symantec Corp based in the US. "If the phone is connected to the 9, it can be used to transmit threats and attack targets, just as any computer can."
In Japan, if you opened a certain email message on your mobile, it would cause the phone to repeatedly dial the national emergency number. So phone operators had to cancel emergency calls until the fault was removed. In Europe. mobiles' short message service, or SMS, has been used to send codes that could damage phones. Mobile users can 10 viruses, of course, by sticking to their traditional phones without Web links, some experts said.
Time spent in a bookshop can be most enjoyable, whether you are a book-lover or merely go there to buy a book as a present. You may even have entered the shop just to find 1from a sudden shower.
Whatever the 2, you can soon become totally unaware of your surroundings. The desire to 3 a book with an attractive cover is irresistible but you might end up with a rather 4 book. A book-lover 5 adopts this method of selection. All too often you soon become 6 in some book or other, and usually it is too 7when you realize you have spent far too much time there and must 8 to keep some forgotten appointment — without buying a book, of course.
This opportunity to escape the reality of everyday life is, I think, the main 9 of a bookshop. There are not many places where it is 10 to do this. A music shop is very much like a bookshop. You can wander round such places to your heart's content. If it is a good shop, no assistant will 11you with the unavoidable greeting: "Can I help you, sir?" You needn't buy anything you don't want. In a bookshop an assistant should remain in the 12 until you have finished browsing. Then, and only then, are his services 13 Of course, you may want to find out where a particular section is, but when he has 14you there, the assistant should retire considerately and look as if he is not interested in 15 a single book.
Scientists in Norway have some good news for coffee drinkers. Researchers have already found evidence that the drink or the beans can help with weight loss, 1 one's risk of developing some diseases, promote muscle growth, protect against certain types of cancers and can even reduce one's risk of premature(早于预期的) death, among many other 2. Now it is said that a cup of 3 reduces physical pain.
The surprising finding is 4 a study involving 48 volunteers who agreed to spend 90 minutes performing computer tasks meant to finish office work. The tasks were known to 5 pain in the shoulders, neck, forearms and wrists. The researchers wanted to 6 how people with pain and those who were pain-free tolerated(忍受) the pain of such tasks. As a matter of convenience, the scientists allowed people to drink coffee before taking the test "to avoid 7 effects of caffeine lack, e.g. decreased vigor, sleepiness, and exhaustion." they reported.
When it came time to analyze the data, the researchers from Norway's National Institute of Occupational Health and Oslo University Hospital noticed that the 19 people who drank coffee reported a 8 intensity(强度) of pain than the 29 people who didn't. In the shoulders and neck, 9 the average pain was rated 41 (on a 100-point scale) among the coffee drinkers and 55 for the non-coffee drinkers. Similar gaps were found for all pain sites measured, and coffee's obvious pain-reduction effect 10.
However, the authors of the study, which was published this week in the journal, BMC Research Notes, warn that the results of the study come with many 11. For starters, the researchers don't know how much coffee the coffee drinkers consumed(消耗) before taking the computer tests. 12, they doubt whether the coffee drinkers and non-coffee drinkers were 13 in all aspects except for their coffee consumption. Problems like these tend to 14 the importance of the findings. But those doubts are 15 to trouble the coffee drinkers looking for any reason not to cut back on their daily caffeine habit.
In China, the Spring Festival is the most important of all the holidays in the year. Two important things 1 to make this holiday different from all the others: giving presents and spending it 2 the family. Many weeks 3 the Spring Festival, we know it is coming. In the 4 goods for this special holiday appear and outside them are the special New Year decorations. The advertisements 5 all the newspapers tell us that there are "Only five 6 shopping days to Spring Festival". 7 you go, you will realize that.
Spring Festival, which comes "only8 a year”, is coming again. Giving 9 to one's family is a very sweet custom. The spirit behind the present matters most, not the present 10. It is good at Spring Festival to 11 to the hometown and meet parents, grandparents and as many aunts, uncles and cousins as possible.
In the past, 12 New Year's Eve, all the members of a family 13 stay at home making dumplings together. 14 many people enjoy watching TV. During the day, children wear their new clothes. The evening is usually spent in games, talking, more eating and 15.
A "blogger" is a person who writes on an Internet website called a "blog". The word "blog" is a 1 way of saying "web log", or "personal website". Anyone can start a2 ， and they can write about anything they like.
There are millions of blogs on the internet today. They3 news, information and ideas for people who read them. They contain 4 to other websites, and they provide a place for people to write their5and react to the ideas of others.
A research company called Perseus has6 more than 3,000 web logs. It says that blogs are most7 with teenage girls. They use them to8 their friends know what is happening in their lives. The study9 says that more than 100,000 bloggers stopped taking part in the activity after a year.
10, some people develop11 blogs to present political and other ideas. 12 ， the Republican and Democratic parties in the southern state of Kentucky recently started their own blogs. And American companies are beginning to use blogs to advertise their13.
At the same time, some longstanding blogs have14. Last week, blogging leader Dave Winer closed his free blog service "weblogs. com". He said the site became too expensive to 15. He started the blog four years ago, and thousands of people had16 on it. They were 17that the site had been closed.
One blog that is still going18 is called Rebecca's Pocket. Rebecca Blood created the website in 1999. She wrote about the history of blogs on the site. That19 led to a book called The Weblog Handbook. It has been20 into four languages so far.
Many things happen when people are ageing. Apart from the greying hair and wrinkled skin, there is a(n) 1 change which comes with older age. When humans reach their later years, they favour more long-term 2 and their social cirele is reduced.
Now, for what appears to be the first time, scientists have seen the same 3 in another species. Twenty years of observations of chimpanzees (猩猩) reveal that older males choose to keep contact with their 4 friends at the expense of other relationships.
The researchers studied 78,000 hours of observations made between 1996 and 2016 that followed the social 5 of 21 male chimpanzees between the ages of 15 and 58 years old. They classified the chimps' 6 depending on the amount of time they sat with others and groomed (梳毛) them. They then rated (分类) the various pairings as mutual (相互的) friendships, where both chimps seemed to enjoy the relationship; 7 friendships, where one chimp was more keen to be friends than the other; and non-friendships, where neither chimp showed 8 the other.
When the scientists looked at the 9 of friendships, they found that the older chimps had more mutual friendships and fewer one-sided friendships than younger chimps. Another 10 seen in older humans was also spotted in the chimps. As the males got older, their levels of 11 gradually become less, meaning they started fewer fights and tended to threaten others in their group less often.
The observations have left the researchers 12. According to an idea in psychology known as socio-emotional selectivity theory, older humans prefer more 13 relationships because they are aware that time is running out. However many animal experts argue that chimpanzees 14 the human sense of mortality (死亡) , suggesting something else is driving the behaviour.
Robin Dunbar, a professor of evolutionary psychology at the University of Oxford, said in humans, the 15 social circles with age is due to declining social motivation to get out and meet people combined by lack of opportunity. In chimpanzees, as older males compete less for mates, they may focus on close, reciprocal (互惠的) relationships with trusted partners, he said.
So far, many dolphins worldwide have been captured and kept in small pools, performing for people, especially kids. These dolphins are fed with fish instead of having to 1 them. Gradually, they start spending most of their time near the pool waiting for food rather than underwater. They get out of shape and can no longer 2 long distances, which affects their 3 greatly, resulting in 4 consequences (后果).
Thus comes the question, "Should captive(被俘的) dolphins be 5 ?"
Jeff Foster, an dolphin expert, decided to help two captive dolphins, Tom and Misha, to reach their top physical 6 . Every day, he used to train the two dolphins to get used to their wild homes again. Twenty months later, Tom and Misha began to act like 7 dolphins and they were set free back into the sea.
8 Tom and Misha lived in captivity for 4 to 5 years, they were able to adapt to the wild. It was 9 what Foster had hoped for. His dreams for the dolphins had finally come true and he knew that the dolphins would 10 in the wild.
This program was successful, but there have been other failures. For example, another dolphin, Keiko, returned into the ocean in 2002, but 11 a year later because of all the misery (不幸) he 12 . The sudden 13 change did not suit him well.
If people want to avoid these accidents, we must go to great lengths and put in the 14 to ensure it doesn't happen ever again. In fact, with virtual reality technology picking up, there can still be great ways to 15 kids with sea animals without having to capture dolphins.
As human beings, we are alike in many ways. Yet1 our similarities, no two people are exactly the same. Even identical twins2 different life experiences. Just because of these3 , the "one size fits all" solution will not be the most4 answer to our problems.
One of my life5 is to find what works for me best, and forget the rest. Just that something works well for someone else, doesn't6 mean that it will work well for me too. I have found that I am successful when I7 any new method or strategy I learned to deal with my8situation.
A perfect example of why it's best to find what works for you is when it9 to trying to pick a diet and an exercise plan. There are10 diet plans and exercise programs out there to11 from, and it can be quite overwhelming(令人不知所措的). When choosing a12 plan you have to consider food allergies, how portable the food is if you are away from home most of the time, and many other13. When choosing an exercise program you have to consider your starting level of fitness, and health issues that might adapt your ability to do the program, and 14 you actually enjoy the exercise enough to15 with it. Many people like jogging, but it is probably my least16 form of exercise. By finding more suitable and enjoyable alternatives（供替代的选择） that give me the same17 or better, it is easier to stick with my exercise program.
You18 yourself better than anyone, so don't be 19 to experiment with different solutions to whatever you are trying to achieve. Don't20 use something because it is "the best", or because it works well for someone else. Find what works best for you, and forget the rest.
Disneyland opened on July 17 and is1one hour south of Los Angeles, California. You may get there by air or by bus.
Disneyland attracts most of its visitors from 2. So avoid weekends and school vacations to get the 3 waits. The period before or after Christmas Day is the busiest of the year, with the park often holding more extra guests each day. Whenever you visit, 4 early—about an hour 5 the opening time—to get the popular attractions before crowds 6.
Disneyland also sells tickets online, but does not allow you to 7 them at home. So you'll have to order far enough 8 for them to arrive by mail. Tickets 9 also be available through your local auto club, Disney Store or your school or work office.
Space Mountain 10 in early July, 2005 after a two-year rehab (修复) to rebuild the track and improve show 11. If you are travelling with little kids, you'll want to visit Fantasyland first in the morning, 12 several popular kids' rides in that area, especially Dumbo and Peter Pan, have low capacities (容量) and build long 13 early in the day. 14, head west to Adventureland and New Orleans Square 15 the park opens, visiting the Indiana Jones Adventure and Splash Mountain, and coming back to the Haunted Mansion and Pirates of the Caribbean.
When you are stuck on a problem, sometimes it is best to stop thinking about it—consciously, anyway. Research has shown that taking a break or a nap can help the brain create1to a solution. Now a new study2on the effect of this so-called incubation（潜伏期）by using sound cues to focus the sleeping mind on a targeted problem.
When humans sleep, parts of the brain replay certain memories, strengthening and transforming them. About a decade ago researchers developed a technique, called targeted memory reactivation（TMR）, aimed at further enhancing3memories: when a sound becomes associated with a memory and is later played during sleep, that memory gets4. In a study published last November in Psychological Science, scientists tested whether5the memory of a puzzle during sleep might also improve problem-solving.
About 60 participants visited the laboratory before and after a night of6. First, they7spatial, verbal and conceptual puzzles, with a distinct music clip repeating in the background for each, until they had worked on six puzzles they could not solve. Overnight they wore electrodes（电极）to detect slow-wave sleep, which may be important for memory enhancement—and a device played the sounds 8to three of the six unsolved puzzles. The next day, back at the lab, the participants attempted the six puzzles again. (Each repeated the experiment with a different set of puzzles the following night.) All told, the subjects solved 32 percent of the sound-stimulated puzzles compared with 21 percent of the 9puzzles.
The researchers "very bravely went for quite complex tasks that involved a lot of complex processing, and remarkably they found these really strong effects in all of their 10." says Penny Lewis, a psychologist at Cardiff University, who was not involved in the research. "These are supercool results. Now we need to go out and try to understand them by firstly replicating（复制）them and secondly trying to 11the component processes that are actually being influenced."
Beyond providing new evidence that humans restructure memories while sleeping the research may have 12implications. "In a futuristic world, maybe TMR could help us use sleep to work on our problems," says lead author Kristin Sanders, who was a graduate student at Northwestern University during the study. Sleep-monitoring technology is increasingly accessible—and even without devices, prospective solvers can focus on important problems before 13.
Still, sleep is not 14; people need to do their homework and load their heads with the puzzle pieces involved. "I'm not going to solve cancer with this technique," Sanders says, "because I am totally 15cancer research."
Usually when another old cave is discovered in the south of France, it is not news. Rather it is an ordinary1. Such discoveries are so2these days that hardly anybody3them.4, when the Lascaux cave complex was discovered in 1940, the world was5Painted directly on its walls were hundreds of6showing how people lived thousands of years ago, most of which were about people7animals, such as wild cats or dogs. Other images picture animals,8horses, which appear in more than 300 wall images by far9all other animals.
Early artists drawing these pictures finished a difficult but10task. They did not limit themselves to the easily11walls but carried their painting materials to spaces that required climbing high walls or going into narrow12in the Lascaux complex.13, the paintings have been14to the destructive action of water and temperature changes, which easily15the images. Because the Lascaux caves have many entrances, air movement has also damaged the images16.
Although they are not out17, where natural light would have destroyed them long ago, many of the images are in bad condition and are18recognizable. Therefore, the place was closed to19in 1963, 23 years after it was discovered, to prevent further20.
