The first capsule hotel(胶囊旅馆) which will be opened in Shanghai has attracted many travelers with a little money because of its prices.

The hotel has 68 "capsules", each 1.1-meters high, 1.1-meters wide and 2.2-meters long. The basic price is 28 Yuan ($4.22) per person, plus an additional 4 Yuan an hour. The hotel also offers a package of 88 Yuan for 24 hours.

All of the capsules are from Japan where capsule hotels started, and each is with independent clocks, lights, TV and wireless Internet service. The hotel also has a public lavatory(洗手间)，shower room, smoking room and shared guest room.

"This is a huge bargain compared with other hotels in Shanghai," said Ta Zan, the owner of the hotel. Ta used to stay at capsule hotels in Tokyo during his college years and worked at a capsule hotel while he was doing his MBA in Germany in 2005, so he knows how they work and how to make guests feel comfortable.

He learned experience about capsule hotels from Japan but he has made some special changes based on Chinese guestsˈ habits. "In Japan capsule hotels are usually with bathtubs(浴缸), but in China people are more willing to take a shower, so we have the shower room," he said. He has also separated(分隔开) the capsules into three snoring (打鼾的) zones so that guests who often snore wonˈt disturb others. Like most of capsule hotels in Japan, the one in Shanghai is for men only.

But the idea of staying in such a compact space is not attractive to everyone. "I feel the idea is like putting a person in a coffin(棺材), and the price is also not that attractive. A bed at a youth hostel in Shanghai costs about 60 Yuan per night," said Wang Lei, a student from Beijing.

The day I received my letter of acceptance to New York University, I was extremely excited. It was my dream university, and my _  (1)   _ were pleased for me. But they also hadn’t  _  (2)   _  me to get into such a competitive school. In fact, the best thing they ever did for me was to  _  (3)   _  me from doing things  _  (4)   _ —indeed, when I was in elementary school, they offered to buy me a present  _  (5)   _  I got a C.

It _  (6)   _  when I was in third grade. An only child in an Asian family, I had just  _  (7)   _  with my family from Taiwan to Los Angeles. Months into third grade, I developed a strong feeling of  _  (8)   _  about getting bad grades. Seeing my anxiety, Dad said, “Kate, tell you what. If you get a C or  _  (9)   _ , I’ll buy you a present. If you score higher than that, I won’t buy you anything，because you won’t  _  (10)   _  it.”

Clearly dad wasn’t the  _  (11)   _  Asian tiger parent, pressuring me to work tirelessly for the best  _  (12)   _ , and neither was my mom. They didn’t want to push me. They wanted me to be _  (13)   _  and healthy. Dad’s  _  (14)   _  of a “failing grade” gift amazingly _  (15)   _  my worries and pressure. What’s more，I  _  (16)   _  getting A’s and B’s throughout high school, but without the added stress and fear of failing. I think it was my parents’ lack of stress on grades that gave me  _  (17)   _  to encourage my own desire for achievements.

I now realize I was  _  (18)   _  when I thought I didn’t receive a present from my dad that day. He gave me two invaluable  _  (19)   _ : the space to develop my own desire for excellence, and the healthy mind to _  (20)   _ it.

Equipped only with a pair of binoculars (双筒望远镜) and ready to spend long hours waiting in all weathers for a precious glance of a rare bullfinch(红腹灰雀). Britain’s birdwatchers had long been supposed to be lovers of a minority sport. But new figures show birdwatching is fast becoming a popular pastime, with almost three million of us absorbed in our fluttering feathered friends.

Nowadays，parents worry a lot because their children spend hours and hours in front of the TV screen. Because this doesn’t happen to only one specific family，many experts warn us that there can be some serious effects of children watching violence on television.

Children who become addicted(上瘾的) to TV sit down and turn on the TV as soon as they get home. Although they have lots of homework，they become absorbed in TV programs.

Since they spend tons of time watching TV，they have less time to enjoy real life activities such as playing with friends，playing outdoor sports，or enjoying other kinds of entertainment.

There are too many violent scenes on TV. Some experts say there are 25 acts of violence per hour on TV. In addition，there are many experiments by psychologists which show how TV violence influences children. Finally，people worry that children tend to imitate what they watch on TV and may start to behave more violently.

What should be done? First of all，the government should regulate TV violence. It should also encourage people to invent and develop new technology which can block violent scenes from the programs children watch. For example，with a rating system(分级制度) and the V－chip，unfit scenes of violence and sex can be blocked out. Second，parents should monitor what their children watch. At the same time，they should make their children interested in real life activities. Then when the children start to spend more time playing with friends or reading books，parents can stop their monitoring.

It is a fact that there is more violence on TV today than there was ten years ago. Moreover，violent incidents occur more frequently in real life. It’s time to realize how harmful watching TV violence is，and it’s time to keep our children from watching violence.

A Shoe Pattern

　　Harry is eighteen years old now. He studies in a middle school. His parents like him very much and hope he can become a famous man. So they tell him to study hard and they do all for him. They call him at six in the morning. After breakfast his father takes him to school in a car and in the afternoon, as soon as the young man comes back, the supper is ready. Of course, he never washes his clothes or goes to buy something in the shops.

　　Once Harry’s father was sent to London on business. He would stay there for half a year. Before leaving, he told his wife to take good care of their son. The woman had to get up earlier and did all what her husband did before. And two months later she was so tired that she was ill in bed. Now the young man got into trouble. He couldn’t do any housework. He had to do as his mother told him. Even he didn’t know where to get on the bus!

　　Yesterday Harry’s mother found his shoes were worn out and told him to buy a new pair in the shop. But he didn’t know how to choose. The woman had a sigh and gave him a shoe pattern(鞋样)and told him to buy a pair of shoes himself. It’s Saturday today and Harry doesn’t go to school. With a policeman’s help, he found a shop. The shopkeeper was friendly to him. The man brought a lot of shoes and asked him to choose. When he was trying on a pair, suddenly he remembered something and took them off. The man was surprised and asked, “What’s the matter, young man?”

　　“I’m sorry. I’ve left the shoe pattern at home!”

How to be a safe and smart searcher

Several keywords will help to find better results

Use more than one keyword when you are doing a search. If you want to find out about seagulls, for example, search for bird seagull and not just “ seagull” — because seagull might also be the name of just about anything else, from a hotel to a documentary film.

Avoid common words

Don’t use words like ‘a’ or the’ in a search. These aren’t always helpful and are usually unnecessary.

Remove unwanted results

Adding a minus symbol (-), for example, seagull-hotel-film, would leave out all references to hotels and films.

Check your spelling

Make sure that you spell every word in the search box correctly. The smallest typing mistakes can bring unwanted results — especially when the mistyped word exists.

Have a filter(过滤)

It’s a good idea to filter your online searches, especially when you are searching for pictures. Ask an adult to help you add a filtering system. There are lots of filtering software options available.

Experiment with different search engines

Keep trying until you find the one that’s best for you. Some search engines personalize the results, so check out the choice of using a search engine that doesn’t do this and you will get different results.

Reliability is very important when you are searching on the internet

Always ask yourself, “Is this reliable? Don’t make the mistake of believing everything you see. Some websites are unreliable and some information is false. Check your information on other websites before accepting it.

a. Ignore small spelling mistakes.                                       

b. Choose your search engine carefully.

c. Avoid terms like “a” or “the” in a search.

d. Use only one keyword in a single search.

e. Compare information from different sites.

Attractions

Do you：

◆Love the National Park, value it and hope to safeguard its future?

◆Wish to see the beautiful landscape of the Park protected?

◆Like to enjoy peaceful, informal recreation within the Park?

Aims

The Friends organization aims are to help protect and improve the Pembroke shire Coast National Park for all to enjoy. We are a voluntary organization and registered charity without financial links to the National Park Authority.

Activities

We encourage everyone to enjoy the National Park through regular talks and visits to interesting places in the Park with expert guides.

We keep an eye on planning applications，Park Authority policies and threats to the National Park such as massive leisure complexes. We work with like-minded organizations such as the Campaign for National Parks to make our voice more effective., We help children to understand the National Park by sponsoring publications such as an adventure booklet and projects in local schools.,Benefits,◆Guided visits to places of interest which may not always be available to the general public.,◆All members receive our regular News and Views.,◆Talks by experts in their fields on current issues.,◆A discount is available on Friends items for sale.,◆Satisfaction of participation in work parties， for those willing and able to be involved. If interested， please complete the Application Form at www. fpnp.org. uk.

When a person lives in a poor family, a growing body of research suggests the limbic (边缘的) system is constantly sending fear and stress messages to the prefrontal cortex (前额皮层), which overloads (使超载) its ability to solve problems, set goals, and complete tasks. The overload can be caused by anything, including an extremely stressful day at work or a family emergency.

It is believed that brain capacity (容量) is relatively fixed. And the science is clear—when brain capacity is used up on these worries and fears, there simply isn’t as much room for other things. Elisabeth Babcock, the president and CEO of EMPath, said poor people tend to get stuck in the cycles where stress leads to bad decision-making, thus causing other problems and bringing about the idea that they can’t improve their own lives. Maybe we can help them earn more money, or establish a sense of control over their own lives.

It’s true that the constant stresses of poverty（贫困） actually changes people’s brains. Race, the Deputy Director of the Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University, says children who grow up in and remain in poverty are doubly affected. But the sections of the brain in question are also known to be particularly “plastic”, Race said, which means they can be strengthened and improved well into adulthood.

“It’s going to enable them to understand that they can make a change,” “that things don’t have to be in a certain way if they are not happy.” Poverty can’t help people develop this sense of control over one’s own life, but we can use an understanding of the human brain to bring about lasting change.