Hong Kong and Paris are now the world's most expensive cities to live together with Singapore. It's the first time that three cities have been for the first place in the 30-year history of the Economist Intelligence Unit's 2019 Worldwide Cost of Living Survey.
Hong Kong moved up three places to join Singapore, which has been the world's most expensive place to live for the last five years. Paris, which has been one of the top 10 since 2003, moved up this year from the second most expensive last year. Paris, Singapore and Hong Kong are all 7 percent more expensive to live than New York.
The survey released on Tuesday compares the cost of 160 items, such as food, drink, transport, utility bills, and rent, in 133 cities. The top 10 most expensive cities are largely from Asian and European cities.
● Japan's Osaka moved up six positions, and now shares the fifth place with Switzerland's Geneva.
● New York and Los Angeles are the only North American cities in the top 10, to seventh place, a position it shares with Denmark's Copenhagen.
● Los Angeles was named the 10th most expensive city in the world, along with Israel's Tel Aviv. San Francisco has also become a more expensive place to live in.
● Swiss cities Zurich and Geneva, coming in at fourth and fifth (with Osaka), had the highest costs when it came to household, personal care and entertainment.
Three months from retirement (退休), I was anything but excited. Retirement felt more like an end than a new beginning.
A new beginning didn't come until I saw an advertisement in the newspaper for a little dog. I called to see if I could just have a look. To my surprise, they agreed. Within seconds of laying eyes on that small black-and-white fur ball, there was no way I went home without her. I named her Kelly.
I kept her in a large box, with some toys. She was very energetic. Even after a long walk, she still required attention and care until I played a game with her, which almost drove me crazy. So I turned to my cousin. "Get her into a good dog school. A dog like Kelly is in need of friendship with other dogs," he replied.
It was amazing to watch Kelly run around a yard with other dogs. Best of all, I noticed how well-behaved Kelly was after the play. One day, a strange woman called, "Would you be able to watch my dog for the weekend? I'll be happy to pay." Word spread until I was making money from nursing dogs. Kelly loved the friend, and I had to admit I did, too.
I set up the Hot Dggity Doggie Camp company in 2007. At first people didn't quite understand what I was doing. Gradually, word got around that you could drop off your dogs and picked them up after work at Hot Diggity Doggie. Business was growing rapidly. Every day the dogs were there to greet me. They needed me. And I needed them. Nowadays dog day care isn't unfamiliar around here. In fact, now I have quite a few competitors in town. The more happy dogs, the better.
"Snowplow(扫雪机) parenting" is the newest parenting style that can include parents booking their adult children haircuts, calling their college kids to wake them up so that they don't sleep through a test, and even calling their kids' employers.
"'Helicopter (直升机) parenting' means monitoring their kids' every activity, which is out of date." Claire Cain Miller and Jonah Engel Bromwich wrote in The New York Times. "Some rich mothers and fathers now are more like snowplows: clearing any problems in their children's path to success so that they don't have to meet failure or lose opportunities."
There is a mother who started a charity in her son's name to try to raise his chances of being accepted to the college. Another parents spent years helping their daughter avoid foods with sauce, which she didn't like. Once she got to college, she had problems with the food in her school because it was all covered in sauce.
A survey says that three-quarters of parents of children between the ages of 18 and 28 ask for doctor visits or haircuts for their children, and 11% say they would call their kids' bosses whether their children are having an issue at work.
As reported, wealthy parents try to get their children into top colleges by giving a large amount of money to a school, such as paying for a building. This parenting has become the most popular way to raise children, whatever the income, education, or race is.
Julie, a teacher at Stanford, told the Times that "snowplow parenting" is not a reasonable approach. "The parents should prepare the kid for the road, instead of preparing the road for the kid," she said.
The ocean waves (波浪) are getting stronger as a result of climate change, which might cause dangers for coast cities in the future, according to the latest study published in the scientific journal Nature. Researchers found that waves have increased in strength by 0.41 percent per year since 1948. This change is related to the increasing sea-surface temperature, which is driving sea level to rise and bringing more serious and extreme weather.
This relationship is important, as it shows that "global wave power can be a valuable reminder of global warming, carbon dioxide concentration, the global sea level rise or the global surface atmosphere temperature," said director of research at the Environmental Hydraulics Institute at Spain's University of Cantabria.
The study reveals a long-term and increasing wave energy. The effects of this increase are particularly clear during the storm seasons. A storm was formed in the winter of 2013-2014 in the North Atlantic, which affected the west coast of Europe. "The storm in 2017 in the Caribbean reminded people of the huge economic effects coming from coastal storms," said the study.
Researchers hope the findings could provide a more complete understanding of the dangers faced by coastal cities in the coming decades. "Our results show that ignoring the changes in wave power and having sea level rise may cause us to think little of climate change, which will result in not enough or poor preparation," warned the author Fernando J. Mendez, a professor at the University of Cantabria.
The findings may warn governments to better protect the population in the coastal cities and infrastructure (基础设施) such as ports and harbors by building coastal defenses.
How to Create Good Study Habits for Exams
With good study habits, you'll be able to reduce your pressure and take your exams with confidence. , your new habits will be part of your life soon. You can create good study habits for exams by first setting up a study schedule and learning your course material. To better your study habits, you can employ good studying tips to improve your learning
⒈Choose a daily study time. , Therefore, you should set aside time every day to study so that you can learn the material you're expected to know.
⒉. Electronic products are a big problem, so turn off your phone and television. , stay away from social media. Keep your cell phone away from you, as it will take your attention away. Only check your emails or messages after studying.
⒊Create a study plan. Make a timetable for exam days by marking the dates in your plan or notebook. Think over how you will prepare for the exam. For example, choose the time when you want to focus on the subject, and which sections you will review each day. It's okay for your plan to be an outline. .
A. Turn off your electronics
B. Make use of your electronics
C. You should keep track of social media
D. Don't waste too much time making your plan
E. Preparing for a test begins well before the exam day
F. When you need to use your computer during your study
G. While building good study habits might seem hard at first
Annie was a great teacher who opened the door to Helen Keller's life. However, she was sometimes ignored as people only 1 her student. In fact, her learning was just as difficult, if not more 2 than Helen's learning as a learner. Without Annie, Helen's life would have never truly 3.
Annie had trouble with her 4 when young. She went to Perkins School for the blind in Boston where she 5 many operations. As a result, her sight gradually improved and she became an outstanding 6 in her school.
After graduation Annie went to Alabama and met Helen, who was blind and deaf. She 7 her to read, write, speak, and most importantly, to 8 the world around her. Annie would let Helen 9 a thing and then she would 10 what the thing was onto Helen's hand. Touching was almost Helen's only way of knowing things. To help Helen learn to write, Annie got her student a specially-designed board so that Helen could write 11 on the paper placed over it.
Learning to speak was 12 . Annie would place Helen's hand on her throat to feel the vibrations (震动) while speaking. Years later Helen finally 13 to speak clearly. If Annie hadn't been that 14 and helpful, Keller wouldn't have gone to Radcliffe College and graduated with good results.
Annie and Helen once traveled to Hollywood to film a movie based on their own lives. The movie, called Deliverance, was a(an) 15. But this didn't discourage them from trying to earn their 16 in the entertainment field. They found that they were natural 17 and performed in many shows! Through their work, they 18 two million dollars for the blind.
Annie stayed with Helen until she died in New York in 1936. Another woman was asked to 19 Helen. For Helen, however, no one could ever take the 20 of Annie.
On March 31, the Eiffel Tower, one of the world's most visited and recognizable places of interest, celebrated the 130- year anniversary (周年纪念日) of its opening.
It was only supposed to exist for 20 (year). Maybe Parisians decided it was (easy) to just leave it in place than pull it down. It looks like they made the right choice. More than 250 million people (pay) a visit to the tower so far, according to (it) official website.
Designed by French Gustav Eiffel, the tower was meant (serve) as the entrance to the 1889 World Fair in the (begin). It took just over two years to build it. Although it is popular now, not all French people liked tower when it opened. However, the visitors to the 1889 World Fair found it (entertain) to visit the Eiffel Tower. Two million people visited it during the fair. It then became useful as a radio antenna (天线) during the First World War.
Tourists have a choice when they climb the tower. They can either walk 1, 665 steps to the top use one of the elevator cars from 1899. Once tourists reach the top, the Eiffel's office is, they can have a drink in the tower's top-floor champagne bar. Today, the tower stands as a symbol of France.
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧)，并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线(\)划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：⒈每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
⒉只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。
Three years before, I visited the Great Wall with my parents. In the way to the Great Wall, we met a foreign lady. She was happily handing out pencils to friendly students which were talking with her. My mother was asked me to chat her.
Without the second thought, I begin to talk about the warm weather with her. We quickly became friend. I learned that she came to China by herself, so she didn't feel lonely with so many kind people around. Thought highly of my spoken English, she gave me a pencil made in Canada.
⒈英语角活动目的；
⒉志愿者工作时间和地点；
⒊志愿者基本工作。
注意：
⒈词数100左右；
⒉可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
