During the summer, most children get lots of chances to go outside and play. Sunny weather is the best, but even on cloudy days playing outside can be fun. But there is one thing that can ruin a wonderful day of playing outside: rain.
Rain is bad when it keeps you from leaving your house to play. But it's even worse when you are outside and it begins to rain suddenly. If you don't have a rain hat, a rain coat or an umbrella, what can you do?
The woman in this picture got caught in a rain storm, but she thought of a way to keep her hair dry. But what about the rest of her body? It looks like she probably got very wet.
Using a plastic bag as a hat was very creative. It's a little dangerous, though, because putting plastic bags on your head is not a good idea. Can you think of other things that you could make into a rain hat if you were caught out in the rain? What about a newspaper? There are many things that might work. You would probably look a little silly, like the woman in this picture, but at least your head would stay dry!
(Kayleen Hartman, Staff Writer)
多數孩童在夏天都有許多機會到外頭玩耍,陽光普照是最好不過了,就連陰天出遊都能充滿樂趣,不過有一件事會破壞美好的出遊日︰雨。
雨若讓你不能出門玩耍就很糟糕,但你若在外頭,天空卻突然開始下起雨來更糟糕。如果你沒有雨帽、雨衣或雨傘該怎麼辦?
照片中的婦女遇上的暴風雨,不過她想到了一個讓頭髮保持乾爽的方法,只是身體其他部位怎麼辦?看來她已被淋成落湯雞。
用塑膠袋當帽子是很有創意,不過有點危險,因為把塑膠袋套在頭上不是一個好主意。若在外頭碰到下雨,你能想到以其他物品充當雨帽嗎?用報紙呢?許多物品都能派上用場,你可能會看起來像照片中的婦女傻里傻氣的,但至少你能保持頭部乾爽。(翻譯︰鄭湘儀)
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A: What’s even more horrible is that the five suspects who purposely supplied ketamine to actor Matthew Perry were all his “friends.” B: Who exactly are the five suspects? A: They include Matthew’s two doctors, a broker, a drug dealer, and even his live-in assistant. B: Those scumbags should go to jail. A: Yeah, one of the doctors may be sentenced to up to 120 years in prison. A: 更可怕的是,提供男星馬修派瑞「K他命」的5人全是他的「朋友」。 B: 嫌犯是誰啊? A: 其中包括他的2位醫生、1位仲介、1位毒販、甚至他的同居助理! B: 那些人渣真該去坐牢。 A: 對啊,其中1位醫生可能面臨120年徒刑。 (By Eddy Chang, Taipei Times/台北時報張聖恩)
On blazing hot summer days, fresh ingredients and cool refreshments straight from a refrigerator feel like nothing short of a miracle. However, chilled foods didn’t begin with modern refrigerators. In fact, the origin of refrigeration precedes the invention of this now-indispensable appliance by centuries. Initially, the quest for refrigeration was motivated more by the desire to cool beverages than to preserve food. The ancient Greeks and Romans, for instance, used snow stored in insulated pits to chill wine. Around the fourth century BC, the Persians made a significant stride in refrigeration techniques when they devised the yakhchal. Fashioned from