Here are some drop-dead wonderful botanical gardens where you can fill your mind with facts as well as filling your camera roll with beautiful pictures.

    Cape Town, South Africa

    Rhodes Drive, Newlands, 7735 Cape Town, South Africa.

    Kissing the east side of Table Mountain, Kirstenbosch is one of the world's most biodiverse gardens and a leader in conservation science. The sprawling site contains incredible forms of flora and near-endangered plants that have been cultivated since the early 1900s. Explore at ground level or from up above along "the Boomslang" , a treetop walkway.

    Don't miss: The beautiful sculpture garden includes a bust of Nelson Mandela and breathtaking Mambo sculptures, carved from opal stone（蛋白石）.

    Singapore Botanical Gardens

    1 Cluny Rd, 259569 Singapore.

    This place is called the Disneyland of Botanical Gardens. Now 160 years old, the tropical garden has it all：a section of the city's primary rainforest, an orchid garden, a ginger garden and an exhibition on ethnobotany, plus some wise old trees. It even has a pair of swans from Amsterdam, a national flower called Vanda Miss Joaquim and its own mist garden.

    Don't miss：The National Orchid Garden with more than 1 000 species and 2 000 hybrids on display, plus a series of special tools and equipment to ensure the right humidity（湿度）.

    Ryoan-ji Temple, Kyoto, Japan

    13 Ryoanji Goryonoshitacho, Ukyo Ward, Kyoto 616 -8001, Japan.

    While Kyoto's bonsai-and bamboo-filled botanical gardens are worth a visit, you should also check out the city's Zen Buddhist temple. Set inside a fifteenth-century temple, this is a place for reflection. For maximum zen（禅/禅宗），walk the grounds and a lake flanked by Japanese blossom and maple trees.

    Don't miss: Try the local delicacy, yudofu（boiled tofu）at the temple's traditional restaurant.

    Sometimes while sitting doing nothing, our minds recall events from the past that make us all tingly inside. I had one of those moments yesterday. I believe this was triggered（引起）by the oldie The Impossible Dream that was playing on the radio yesterday afternoon!

    In 1971, returning from our regular Friday night pregame meeting, I had no sooner walked in the door of our three-room apartment hack than the phone rang. It was the township police. They inquired if I was the football coach. I answered yes and asked if there was a problem. He said our football team had climbed the fence of the township football field and were sitting somewhere around the 50-yard line quietly. It was really not a problem. However, he thought I would like to know. I called my assistants, and made our way to the field.

    We met the police at the locked gate. The field was dark and silent. Then, suddenly, we heard voices singing—together and on key—the team theme song, The Impossible Dream. Silently, we listened and became overwhelmed（压倒）with emotion. Even the policemen had tears rolling down their cheeks. When the team had finished, they walked slowly to the now-opened gate of the field and were shocked to see us waiting there. Of course, our first words were, "What is going on?"

    Mike Bernert, the team captain, replied, "Well, coach, you told us to visualize our performance in our mind just before the night of the game. So we came and visualized the upcoming game while sitting on the 50-yard line. Afterward, we would sing The Impossible Dream.”

    The coaches and I were overwhelmed. And of course, the team, which was undefeated at this point, never lost a game that season.

    Like producers of wine from France's Champagne area, Brazil's chocolate industry is using geographical indication, or GI labels with good results. These labels show where the cocoa comes from and its quality. The special labels can lead to higher prices on the market.

    Henrique Almeida is the 63-year-old owner of a farm in Coaraci, in the northeastern Brazilian state of Bahia. He is pleased with the "South Bahia" geographical indication for his cocoa. "The production of fine cocoa and the creation of the geographical indication label make it possible to have a profitable business and pull our region upwards," Almeida said.

    For many years, farmers in Bahia had produced common cocoa, used widely in the chocolate industry. But in 1989, an outbreak of "witches' broom" disease sharply reduced the productivity of Bahia's cocoa trees. These trees make up to 86 percent of Brazil's national crop. At the time, Almeida, like other producers in southern Bahia, chose to improve the quality of his crop in order to be able to continue growing.

    "When I bought the farm, standard cocoa prices were low, and cocoa farmers were unmotivated（无动机的）, while the chocolate market was doing well," he told the French news agency AFP. "I started growing fine cocoa to make my own chocolate and add value to my product."

    The label is the result of 10 years of work by Almeida and other cocoa producers, as well as cooperatives and researchers. Together, they created the South Bahia Cocoa Association to define（定义）production rules. The National Institute of Industrial Property registered the GI 6 years after the first registered GI.

    The “South Bahia” label is the second GI given to Brazilian cocoa. The Linhares region in the state of Espirito Santo was the first GI to be registered in 2012. Tome-Acu in the northeastern state of Para became the third in 2019.

    While it's no surprise that heavy drinking comes with health consequences, women in particular are more likely to suffer from alcohol—including an increased risk of alcohol-related death, according to a new study.

    The study, published in the journal Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, looked at the death data of Americans 16 and older from 1999 to 2017. The researchers found nearly 1 million alcohol-related deaths in that time period and the largest annual increase of alcohol-related deaths occurred among Non-Hispanic white women.

    "Historically, the most protective factor for women was that it was less common for women to drink a lot," Keith Humphreys, a professor of Stanford University tells Yahoo Lifestyle. "That was changed largely by alcohol companies. Women were targeted in advertising and it worked—and now women drink much more and now they're dying much more.”

    Excessive alcohol use can lead to several health problems over time—and women are particularly affected. "The risk of cirrhosis（肝硬化）and other alcohol-related liver diseases is higher for women than for men," according to the CDC. Drinking too much alcohol can also affect the brain, causing shrinkage（收缩）and memory loss. Research suggests that women are weaker than men to the brain damaging effects of alcohol abuse, and the damage tends to appear with shorter periods of excessive drinking for women than for men. Heavy drinking also influences heart health. The CDC states that studies show women who drink excessively have a higher risk of damaging the heart muscle than men, even for women drinking at lower levels.

    The health consequences of drinking also develop more rapidly in women than in men. "You'll commonly see a woman who hasn't been drinking alcohol as long as men and the physical punishment comes faster,” says Humphreys.

    Homemade lemonade goes great with outdoor spring and summer entertaining. Follow the instructions to serve at your next picnic or barbecue.

    This will make it easier to squeeze（挤）the juice from the fruit. Warm lemons by placing in the microwave. First poke（刺） the skin of the lemon with a fork, being careful not to poke all the way through the skin to the flesh. Place the lemon(s) in the microwave on high for 20 to 30 seconds. Allow them to sit in the hot water for 30 seconds.

    After the lemons have been warmed, roll them on a solid surface. Keep rolling until you feel the flesh softening. After rolling the lemons, cut them in half crosswise. Place one half of the lemon on the juicer, apply pressure and twist the lemon to remove the juice.

    Remove all the seeds from the juicer once you have finished. The extra pulp（果浆）that has collected in the bottom of the juicer can be added to the lemon juice once the seeds have been removed, unless pulp-free juice is required. If it is necessary to use pulp-free juice, strain juice to separate any pulp that may have gotten into the juice.

    In a saucepan, bring  cup of water to a boil and then add  cup of sugar. Continue to cook over medium low heat until sugar has completely dissolved.    Stir to mix thoroughly and then allow the mixture to cool. The lemon syrup can be stored in the refrigerator until needed or it can be mixed with water to produce lemonade.

    Taste to test for sweetness and make necessary improvements. Refrigerate until chilled or serve over ice.

A. To make lemonade, add lemon syrup to   cups of water.

B. Lemons can also be warmed by placing them in boiling water.

C. Remove from the heat and add  cups of fresh lemon juice.

D. The juice can also be removed by squeezing the lemon by hand.

E. For additional flavor, add your favorites when adding the fresh lemon juice.

F. The lemons should be room temperature or warmer before the juice is removed.

G. About 4 medium lemons can produce 1 cup of lemon juice required for this recipe.

    Even though in Moscow dusk falls early in winter. Instead of snuggling up（舒适地蜷缩）in her comfortable home after school, Arina Buntova is making her 1 to the Russian State University for the Humanities（RSUH）for her Chinese 2 class.

    The 14-year-old has been 3 Chinese at the Confucius Institute at the RSUH for a year and a half. "I 4 the Chinese language because I want to 5 to China," she told Beijing Review.

    On November 25, three classes for children were 6 in session at the institute, while crowds of adults were just arriving for their 7 classes. "The number of Chinese language students in 8 is increasing year by year, and their 9 is also growing, ” Aleksandr Bezborodov, the university's president, said, "Meanwhile, many Chinese 10 have come to study at the RSUH and several Chinese officials have visited the university.”  "The two peoples' interest in each other's cultures 11 an important opportunity for the development of the institute,” he 12.

    Taras Ivchenko, dean（院长）of the Confucius Institute at the RSUH, said over 10 years ago, the university 13 that there was a need to provide courses for those who 14 wanted to study Chinese. In 2007, the institute 15 two classes with about 40 students, while in 2019, it provided classes to more than 500 students through 18 classes during the spring semester and 21 in the 16, Ivchenko said.

    The institute has over 20 instructors, most of whom are Russians who speak 17 Chinese. There are also two guest teachers 18 some teaching assistants from China. Chinese language learners in Russia have much 19 access to teaching resources compared to decades ago, Ivchenko said, citing（引用）his 20 experience as both a learner and an educator.

    Kip Keno, an untrained Randi tribesman, was already 28 years old,  he made his second Olympic appearance at the 1968 Mexico City Games. Suffering from violent stomach  (cause) by a gall bladder infection, Keno entered the 10,000 m. He was running with the leaders when, with two (circle) to go, he doubled up with pain and fell onto the field. He jumped back up and finished the race,  he was canceled qualification for leaving the track.

    Four days later  he earned a silver medal in the 5,000 m,  (leave) behind Mohamed Gammon of Tunisia by narrowly a metre. In the 1,500 m, Keno tried to defeat the finishing kick of the favourite, Jim Ryan, by building up a huge lead. His strategy worked and he  (win) by 20 m, the (large) advantage of victory in the history of the event.

    In 1972, Keno entered the steeplechase (障碍赛) even though he had little experience in event. Still, he was able (defeat) teammate Ben Jericho and won another gold medal. Six days after this victory, he added a silver medal in the 1,500 m, winning a good medal.

    Keno and his wife, Phyllis, (eventual) established a children's home and school for orphaned and abandoned children.

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    I was born as a poor boy and grew up in the streets without the care, guidance and supervision of your beloved parents. I have been experienced an empty stomach, be almost frozen. And I have also existed without secure shelter and proper education. As a young man, with some sadly experiences of life, I start to dream for my future. I want to become a great man who have power and authority, like Abraham Lincoln, Benjamin Franklin, Martin Luther King, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Winston Churchill and so on. Yes, I dream to become such great man because I want to change and improved my beloved country, when people in need can live a happy and peaceful life.

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Dear Bill,

    ……

    Looking forward to your early reply.

Yours,

Li Hua