There are many famous lakes in China. The following are some of them.
West Lake, Hangzhou
West Lake is a gift of nature. Located in the west part of Hangzhou and surrounded (围绕)by green hills, this lake is famous for beautiful scenery, a lot of historical sites and native products. In addition, West Lake can always be seen in paintings.
Kanas Lake, Xinjiang
Kanas Lake is one of the deepest lakes in China. It is home to about 800 kinds of plants and more than 100 kinds of birds. Surrounded by snow-capped mountains and thick forest, the lake takes on different colors in different seasons. Kanas Lake is also a mysterious(神秘的) place, and it's said that large creatures have been seen in it.
Erhai Lake, Yunnan
Located in the northwest part of Dali City, Yunnan Province, Erhai Lake is a plateau(高原), lake. As the lake has a shape of an ear, it gets the name Erhai. Called "the pearl on plateau" for its beautiful scenery, it is also one of the most attractive places in Yunnan.
Yamdrok Lake, Tibet
Surrounded by beautiful snow-capped mountains, this lake is fed by many small streams. With an area of 675 square kilometers, this lake has large lakeside grassland, which serves as highland pastures(牧场). There are lots of fish living in the lake, which are caught by local people. From April to October, fish caught in this lake are sold at the market in Lhasa.
More sections of the wall surrounding the Forbidden City in the heart of Beijing are now open to the public, reported the Beijing Daily on Thursday.
The Palace Museum in the Forbidden City has opened the southern, eastern and northern sections of the Wumen Gate (Meridian Gate) at the southern end to the southwest corner tower. Visitors can walk on the wall and overlook three-quarters of the palace.
Built in the 1400s, the Forbidden City's wall is the largest and best preserved royal palace wall in China, with a length of 3, 437. 6 meters. It is 9. 3 meters high and 8.55 meters wide at the base, 6. 63 meters at the top.
The wall has a gate on each side. At the four corners of the wall sit towers, which are the most visible parts of the palace to people outside. Their splendid roof structure and shadows in the water surrounding the palace always draw crowds who photograph the beautiful scenery. The move was mainly to avoid overcrowding during China's week-long Golden Week holiday and offers visitors more opportunities to see the cultural relics. Such an arrangement will remain in place after the National Day holiday.
In recent years, the Palace Museum has taken many measures to control the number of visitors, while unveiling more areas to the public.
In 2015, to celebrate its 90th anniversary, the museum made 65 percent off the royal complex, including a small section of the wall, accessible to the public. In the Lantern Festival of 2019, the museum opened parts of its outer walls at no cost to a limited number of visitors at night for the first time.
Blue whales are the largest creatures to live on Earth after the dinosaurs. These amazing creatures are not only the largest whale species but also the largest mammal (哺乳动物) species to have ever existed on Earth.
The average length of a blue whale is 23－27 meters and its weight is from 100 to 150 tons. In spite of their large size, blue whales can swim at a fast speed of 25 to 30 miles per hour. The blue whales are not really blue in color but are actually gray. Blue whales feed on krill (磷虾). They take in a lot of water. They have a very unique way of communicating with each other by sending low frequency sound waves, which is even higher than the sound produced by a plane.
Before the whale hunting time started, blue whales could be found in all major oceans. Once, there were more than 200, 000 blue whales that swam in the oceans. The Seas of Canada, North Atlantic Ocean and the seas to the south of Madagascar are among the most popular regions where blue whales can be found nowadays. Other major parts are the Antarctic Ocean and the Davis Strait.
Early whaling was limited by simple tools and whaling skills. So the damage to whale populations was not great. But with the development of powerful guns and steam-powered boats, whaling advanced. More whales were hunted at a rapid rate. In 1931 alone, 29, 649 whales were killed. Humans competed to hunt the big animals. Besides, the number of blue whales is low due to more man's deep-sea activities.
Fortunately, officials are doing something great about the blue whales. The International Whaling Commission has taken steps to protect these wonderful creatures. Committees of experts have been formed to work against whaling.
British scientists are using two self-directed water vehicles to explore the animal and plant life of the Celtic Sea as part of their research on robots.
The Celtic Sea is a body of water off the southern coast of Ireland. The area is known for its unusual sea life. The scientists attempt to figure out why sea creatures are so attracted to this part of the Atlantic Ocean.
One of the research vehicles is powered by batteries. It collects data for the National Oceanography (海洋学) Centre in Southampton, England, and the World Wildlife Fund. The vehicle can stay floating on water for up to 30 days. Reports of what it finds in the Celtic Sea are sent by satellite.
Stephen Woodard is an engineer who helped design the vehicle. He says it has equipment that can discover small organisms (微生物) called zooplankton and fish. He adds that other sensing equipment measures water currents and other features of the sea life.
The vehicle also creates a 2-D map of the sea. Another vehicle that can stay floating on water for months sends information about the areas of an ocean that have a lot of plant and animal life activity.
Lavinia Suberg is one of the scientists studying the creatures of the Celtic Sea. She says productive ocean areas, like the Celtic Sea, attract small organisms, which then attract fish. She adds that areas with a large increase in fish often attract sea mammals(哺乳动物) and birds.
Using these robotic ocean vehicles greatly reduces the cost of exploring the seas with manned laboratories. Scientists can spend more time studying the collected information. They say the research will give them a better understanding of the needs of the Celtic Sea for management and protection.
As people continue to use the Internet more, they share more information about themselves. It is important to protect yourself and stay safe online.
____ When searching for information online, you should check to make sure that you are accessing a trustworthy site. When you need that wireless(无线的) connection, always use private Wi-Fi. Installing(安装)antivirus software and enabling your firewall will add another layer of protection against hackers(黑客).
Besides. although our generation is often thought of as experienced in using social media, many people use the same password for their logins(登录). ____ Instead, you can create different passwords for each of your accounts. Using numbers and special characters(@, S, *) will make your passwords stronger.
___ By keeping your accounts private, you can see who is following you and has access your posts. Don't accept requests from people you don't know. _3___
While these tips can help you stay safe from getting hacked, you may still be hacked. ____ If you cannot get into your accounts, make sure you contact those companies as soon as possible. If your device(设备)has been hacked, it is best to completely remove your device storage. Stay safe!
A. First, you should keep your devices safe.
B. All things can cover the world in a moment.
C. It makes you wonder if they mean what they say.
D. Social media is also an easy place to learn more about you.
E. When this happens, it is important to change your passwords at once.
F. And make sure not to share sensitive information like your birthday or age.
G. This makes it easy for hackers to get your information with just one password.
About a year ago, my department invited me to submit a 5-minute video clip about my research laboratory to be screened at a secondary-school summer camp. With many1under my belt after five years as a main investigator, I was quite 2 about getting this 3.
Three seconds into 4 myself on my phone in my office, I realized that I had been too 5. I had to press 'Pause' 6 I couldn't help looking around the room. And while watching myself on camera, I couldn't obtain the excitement I brought to the classroom — all my 7 trained teaching method didn't work well for a video clip. Admitting that my acting career had 8 a wall, I decided to9 to a directing role and asked my graduate students to help me to film and present the video.
The 5-minute clip 10 taking 2 hours to finish, but it was so well received by the audience that it 11 me to create an account on Bilibili, one of the leading video-sharing websites in China. I got my lab to 12making short films in Chinese on the main topics of our 13, which include digital fabrication(组建) in architecture and adaptive structures that can respond to stimuli(刺激物). In the nine or so months since I created that 14, our lab videos have attracted more than 20, 000 subscribers(订阅者) and received nearly 3 million 15, mainly in China.
Peking Opera (consider) as a national treasure in China, dates back to 200 years ago. The early Qing Dynasty saw the great (develop) of this opera. Qianlong emperor in the Qing Dynasty had interest in the local opera. (celebrate) his eightieth birthday, he asked opera troupes(戏班) different places to perform for him in Beijing, so the four big Huiban Opera Troupes entered the capital. (gradual), they combined with the Kunqu Opera, Hanju Opera and Luantan, and formed the present Peking Opera.
Peking Opera is a form of (tradition) Chinese theater that combines music, performance, and dance. Many audience from different (country) think that is the largest and most influential kind of opera in China and the influence is beyond compare in China.
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According to reports, one of the biggest causes of wildlife losses is human activity. Three-quarters of the world's land is affected by human activity. Many natural habitats have been destroyed to create farmland, and the industrial(工业的) over-fishing of the oceans has caused thousands of species dying out, The Guardian (卫报) noted.
