Four Healthy Experience Gifts Wellness Fans Will Love
Healthy classes
Deciding to eat healthier is usually a top New Year's resolution for most people. You can help a loved one by treating them to a healthy cooking class to learn new tips and tricks that make cooking a healthier, more enjoyable experience. When people sign up for a cooking class, they are going to have a better mental attitude and mood. Sur La Table offers gift certificates (证书) to a variety of cooking classes nationwide that will appeal to just about any taste.
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Salt cave spa day
Sure, you could gift someone a day at any spa and they'll enjoy it. The goal is to breathe in the refined (提炼的) air, which may help improve breathing system problems, from asthma, colds, to allergies, according to the Salt Therapy Association (which also has a list of locations nationwide). While the science on salt caves is limited, consider it another way to reduce stress and find more balance.
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Year-long pass to parks
Research has shown that spending time outside can help improve your memory, and lessen feelings of sadness. And research on people without sadness has shown similarly promising results of nature's effect on one's mood. For those who love a good nature walk or hike, consider gifting a year-long pass to parks. This experience gift gives them admission (进入许可) to more than 2,000 sites.
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A night in
Sometimes all we need is permission to do nothing, even if that's just at home. The Lather Wellness Retreat offers the chance to relax without having to go anywhere. When we give ourselves permission and the gift of wonderful activities that will help us to reduce our stress, we sleep better and our immune systems (免疫系统) are more balanced.
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I was dropping my mom and sister off at the train station after their holiday visit. On the way I saw a man in a wheelchair in an empty car park. It looked like he wasn't wearing shoes.
After dropping off my family, I went back to the park and he was still there. His chair was on the incline (斜坡) that led to the street and it looked like he was struggling with his bare (赤裸的) feet to keep the wheelchair from sliding (滑) away into the street. I asked if he wanted me to pull him back up. He nodded. I asked him to pick up his feet and pulled him back up into the park. He didn't react when I asked if this was far enough. Then, I opened the box I had brought with me. It was a shoe box with an old pair of shoes that I had kept in my car in case I found someone in need.
You could imagine the look on his face. First it was shock, then it was pure delight. When he spoke, I couldn't understand what he said, but I knew he was thanking me.
On the way back to my car, I saw a couple who were in need and gave them a couple of my bags for the homeless. As I drove past the first man, I saw he had already put on one shoe and was working on the second.
Keeping old pairs of shoes in my car for situations like this is so much more important than throwing them out or selling them at a yard sale.
The popularity of Chinese-owned video-sharing service TikTok (抖音) continues to grow among young people in the United States. In 2019, experts say the service more than doubled its American user base to 37 million. TikTok is especially popular with teens and young adults.
The service lets users create and share their short videos that they think interesting and useful, and many of them are under 15 seconds. The TikTok app offers a wide choice of sounds, brief parts of songs and special effects tools to help create a video. Some TikTok-based memes are very popular. Videos often include popular songs from well-known artists and TikTok has even helped launch the careers of new music stars.
TikTok is considered a competitor to the video-sharing app Snapchat, as well as Facebook's Instagram service. Snapchat and Instagram also mainly interest young users with a wide mix of photos and videos centered largely on fashion, pop culture and humor.
Last year, TikTok was the second-most downloaded app from Apple and Google stores. Only WhatsApp was downloaded more. Research company Sensor Tower guesses people have downloaded the TikTok app 1.65 billion times.
TikTok has been used by many major companies to reach young people who use little or no traditional media. One of those companies is American-based e. l. f. Cosmetics. The makeup company's chief marketer, Kory Marchisotto, said that TikTok is "where the Gen Z party is". Gen Z is a name used to call the generation born between the late 1990s and the early 2000s. "That's where they're all hanging out," Marchisotto said.
Companies appearing on TikTok can make money through advertising. Often, the companies create user "challenges" as part of their ad campaigns. In challenges, users are invited to publish their own videos in which they perform similar dance moves. One campaign by e. l. f. Cosmetics, for example, asked people to wink and move their lips while following a song. TikTok users created 3 million videos that received more than 4 billion view.
A new coffee culture is forming in and around San Francisco, California. A growing number of coffeehouses there are barring paper cups. Instead, they are using glass containers or creating "bring your own cup" policies. The movement started among neighborhood cafes in an effort to reduce waste. Now it is gaining support from large businesses in the city—and around the country.
Famous cook Dominique Crenn is opening a cafe in San Francisco next year that will not use to-gabags, throw-away coffee cups or any plastic. Diners who plan to buy a to-go drink from boutique Crenn will be asked to bring their own coffee cups, a spokeswoman said.
The Blue Bottle coffeehouse company uses about 15,000 to-go cups each month at its 70 shops across the U.S. The company recently said it wants to "show our guests and the world that we can get rid of disposable (一次性的) cups".
Blue Bottle plans to stop using paper cups at two of its stores next year. The move is part of a promise to produce "zero waste" by the end of next year.
Larger coffee and fast-food businesses around the U. S. are feeling a sense of urgency (紧急) to be more environmentally friendly, said Bridget Croke. She is with the New York-based investment company Closed Loop Partners. It is working with Starbucks and McDonald's to develop a substitute (替代品) for the disposable coffee cup.
Today's to-go cups for hot drinks are not only made from paper, they also have plastic to prevent leaking. This makes them hard to recycle, Croke said. She admitted that it is not likely that large national food and drink companies will stop using disposable cups totally or ask all customers to bring their own.
So, her company is looking for other solutions. In partnership with Closed Loop, Starbucks and McDonald's paid $10 million to develop the "single-use cup of the future". The result is expected to be recyclable and to break down naturally.
Things You Shouldn't Do While Shopping
●Leave your kids alone.
If you plan to bring your children with you to do holiday shopping, make sure that they are well-rested and fed. It's also not the staffs responsibility to watch over your children since they have to attend to other customers. If you do have to take your kids with you, use this as an opportunity to teach them the manners every parent should teach their children.
●Park like you own the place.
The only thing worse than shopping in stores during the holidays is parking at the store. Be patient in the parking lot and avoid unnecessary honking (鸣笛). It is also suggested that you leave your car at home and take a cab, Lyft, or Uber instead.
●Keep the shopping cart (购物车) in the middle of the passageway.
Keep in mind that the flow of traffic in the passageways is the same as on the road—stick to the right and let people pass on the left. You shouldn't park your shopping cart in the middle of the passageway, because that could make it difficult for other shoppers to get by.
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For the clothes that don't fit after the try-on, fold or hang them and return them to a staff member on your way out. This will make the shopping experience more pleasant for both the shoppers and the staff since the changing rooms won't be filled with unwanted and messy clothes. By keeping your changing room clean, you're showing respect for your fellow shoppers and the staff who work there.
A. Otherwise, the staff have to organize them.
B. Leave unwanted clothes in the dressing room.
C. Especially rude driving habits could be dangerous, too.
D. The extra cost could be worth the lack of parking stress.
E. If it is possible to shop without a cart, you could save some money.
F. If you're looking at something, park your cart to the right side of the passageway.
G. You should never leave your kids unattended because they may injure themselves.
There's nothing like a heartwarming rescue (营救) story, especially when it involves two animals. Africa is known for its many kinds of wild animals, so spotting a wild animal isn't1.
A farmer is used to spotting large creatures. One day, he saw something usual. Upon a closer look, it became2to the farmer that this was a baby giraffe. Not only was the little baby all on its own, but it also3to be no more than a few days old. It seemed that it needed some4. Since the newborn was obviously without its5, the farmer knew he had to find a safe place for the baby. The closest one was a rhino (犀牛) health recovery center.6It wasn't their specialty (专业), the center7to take care of the baby giraffe. The caretakers couldn't turn down a (n)8 creature There, they9 the baby giraffe jazz.
Apart from the workers, there was one animal who10to leave Jazz's side, and that was a dog, Hunter. He seemed to want nothing more than to11friendship to any suffering animals. He12watched over Jazz from the moment the baby was13Hunter appeared hopeful although Jazz's14was not good. The dog slowly15the sleeping giraffe, doing all he could t16the poor creature without hurting the young animal. Several days later, Jazz clearly appreciated Hunter's17, because before long he was beginning to get closer to the dog.
The dog selflessly gave his friendship. The animals were18species, but they19 to become friends.
Before long, Jazz was looking like any20baby giraffe. He was sitting tall at his best friend's side. Meanwhile, Hunter looked happier than ever.
Piloting a small plane for a sightseeing flight with three passengers, I once experienced engine failure. This was partly made accident and was a valuable learning experience.
Five (minute) into the sky, I saw the right fuel tank was empty. I'd checked the tanks before take-off as the indicators (指示器) are far from (rely). I guessed the instrument failure was because of a fuel leak.
Still I'd rather be safe than sorry so I decided to change the flying position of the plane a bit (raise) fuel economy. Generally, the fuel mixture in a planes engine (have) a bit more fuel than required for burning. The unburned fuel cools the engine from the inside.
(keep) an eye on the engine temperature, I started reducing the mixture when suddenly the engine stopped. The plane went (complete) silent and started to fly on its own. I immediately applied the urgent situation checklist from memory and the engine came back to life.
I told my passengers I had to land, while they remained absolutely unaware of had just happened. Back on the ground, we found that one of the two magnetos (磁电机) providing (electric) for the spark plugs (火花塞) had failed.
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：
1．每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2．只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
We have a small piece of land to grow vegetables, that are growing better than ever. Today, my mother picked a lot of vegetables and asked me to send any to one of her colleagues, whom I call Auntie. She was very happily. She liked the fresh vegetables very much and said thank to me. She also sent his regards to my mother.
After supper, I was about to doing my homework when I heard a knock at the door. When I open the door, I saw Auntie standing outside with many gifts are in her hands. I knew immediately that she came thank us for the vegetables. What a thoughtful or kind woman!
2）请她介绍景点和风俗习惯等。
注意：
1）词数100左右；
2）可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Dear Martha,
Yours,
Li Hua
