【正文】 nt park, you may see Snow White or Mi ckey Mouse i n a parade or on the street. O f course Disneyland al so has m any exciti ng ri des, from giant swi ngi ng shi ps to teri fyi ng freefal drops. Wi th al l these attracti ons, no wonder touri se i s i ncreasi ng wherever there i s a Disney l and. If you want to have fun and m ore than fun, e to Disneyl and! Dol ywood, i n the beautiful Sm oky Mountai ns in the southeastern USA, i s one of the m ost unique them e parks in the worl d. Dol ywood shows and cel ebrates Am erica’s traditional southeastern cul ture. Al though Dol l ywood has rides, the park’s main attraction is its cul ture. Famous country m usic groups perform there al l year in indoor and outdoor theatres. Peopl e e from al l over Am eri ca to see carpenters and other craftsm en m ake wood, gl ass and i ron objects i n the ol dfashi oned way. Bisi t the candy shop to try the sam e ki nd of candy that Am eri can southerners m ade 150 years ago, or take a ri de on the onl y steam engi ne trai n sti l worki ng i n the southeast USA. You can even see beautiful bal d eagl es in the worl d’s l argest bal d eagl e preserve. And for those who like rides, Dol lywood has one of the best ol d wooden tol l er coasters, Thunderhead. It is worl dfam ous for having the m ost l ength in the sm al l est space. Com e to Dol l ywod to have fun l earning al l about Am erica’s historical southeastern cul ture! If you want to experi ence the anci ent days and gread deess of Engli sh knights and l adi es, pri nces and queens, then Engl and’s Cam el ot Park is the pl ace for you. Every are of the park is m odel l ed after l ife in the days of King Arthur and the Kni ghts of the Round Tabl e. In one pl ace, you can watch m agi c shows wi th Mei li n the Wi zard. If you want to see fighti ng with swords or on horseback, then the jousti ng are i s a good place to vi si t. If you do wel l there, Ki ng Arthur m ay choose you to fi ght in the big jousti ng tournam ent. Do you li ke anim al s? Then visi t the farm are, and l earn how peopl e i n anci ent Engl and rantheir farms and took care of thei r anim al s. To enter a worl d of fantasy about anci ent Engl and, e to Cam el ot Park! Fut ur oscope – excit em ent and lear ning Last week I took a journey deep i nto space, to the end of the sol ar system, and was pul l ed i nto a bl ack hol e. Then I took a trp to Brazil and experi nced survivi ng an airpl ane crash i n the jungl e. After that, I joi ned som e di vers and went to the bottom of the ocean to se strange bli nd creatures that hace sen sunli ght. For a break, I took part i n som e car raci ng and then skied down som e of the m ost di fi cul t mountai ns i n the worl d. I ended m y travel s by m eeti ng face to face wi th a di nosaur, the terri bl e TRex, and survived the experi ence! I di d al this i n one great day at Futuroscope. O pened i n 1987, Futuroscope i s one of the l argest spaceage parks i n the worl d. Thi s sci ence and technol ogybased them e park i n France uses the m ost advanced technol ogy. Its 3D ci nem as and gi ant m ovi e screens provi de brand new experi ences of the earth and the beyond. Vi si tors can get clost to parts of the worl d they have never experi enced, goi ng to the bottom of the ocean, fl yi ng through the jungle or vi siti ng the edges of the sol ar system . The am azi ng, uptodate i nform ati on together wi th m any oportuni ti es for handson l earni ng m akes the worl d e to li fe i n a pl etel y new way for vi si tors. Learni ng centres throughout the park l et visi tors try their own sci entifi c experim ents, as wel l as l earn m ore about space travel, the undersea worl d and m uch m ore. I bought tim e tickets for m ysel f and m y friends at the park’s entrance, but tickets are al so avail abl e onl ine. Futuroscope is not onl y for i ndivi dual s, but i s al so the perfect m i x of fun and l earni ng for cal ss outi ngs. Cl asses or other large groups that let Futuroscope know thei r plans i n advance can get the group admi si on. For anyone i ng from out of town, Futuroscope has m any excel lent hotels nearby, most of whi ch provide a shutl e servi ce to the park. If driving, Futuroscope i s wi thi n easy reach of freeway. Pl an your trip wel l before starting, since Futuroscope i has so many shows, activiti es and great souvenir shops that i t i s diffi cul t to see them al. Com e ready to walk a l ot – be sure to wear som e fortabl e sneakers or other walking shoes. The Polynesian Cult ural Cent er Some di fferences between peopl e, i t i s great to have som e simi l ari ti es i n body l anguage. We can ofen be wrong about each other, so i t i s an am azi ng thi ng that we understand each others as wel as we do! TH E O PEN H AN DA UN ICERSAL SIGN When m eeting peopl e at the ai rport, m ost peopl e smi l e and shake hands with peopl e they m et. We know that sm il e i s usual l y a si gn that peopl e feel friendl y and hapy, but what if we don’t know who the new person is? What if we are not introduced by a friend? What i f we are m eeti ng a stranger in a unfami li ar pl ace? Som eti m es peopl e are dangerous and hum ans have to fi nd ways to protect them selves. We have to make sure we can trust peopl e we don’t know, and we have to show that we are not dangerous. Showing our hands m eans that we are not armed. In m any cul tures today, the Western custom of shaki ng hands i s used. We use our ri ght hand, whi ch i s usual l y strong than the l eft one. If we are usi ng our hand this way, i n cannot be hol di ng a kni fe or a gun. It shows that we trust the other person, and that the other person can trust us. N ot al l cul tures use the handshake, and peopl e in m any Asi an cul tures do not al ways touch another person. The tradi ti onal greeti ng i n China was to cover the left hand wi th the ri ght and bow. Japanese peopl e mi ght cover one hand w