Four-Day Rwanda Gorilla Trekking (徒步旅行)
This four-day travel will take you for gorilla trekking of Mountain Gorillas in Volcanoes National Park in Rwanda, the "land of a thousand hills". Gorilla trekking in Rwanda is one of the highlight travel experiences in Africa.
Day 1: Pick u from Kigali Airport一Transfer to Kigali Serena
Today upon your arrival at Kigali International Airport, you will be warmly welcomed and transferred by road to your hotel, You will relax at the hotel for the rest of the time.
Journey Time: 10 minutes Accommodation: Kigali Serena Meal Plan: Not included
Day 2: Kigali City Tours- Transfer to Volcanoes National Park
Today after breakfast, you will go for a guided city tour of Kigali, one of the safest and cleanest capital cities in Africa. The tour will start from the first modern building that the city was founded on, during which you can learn about the country's history. After the city tour, you will begin the journey northwards to Volcanoes National Park. Bisate Lodge(旅馆) is Rwanda' s first real comfort lodge. Activities at the lodge include Bind watching and participating in the reforestation programme.
Journey Time; 3 hours Accommodation: Bisate Lodge Meal Plan: All food
Day 3: Gorilla Trekking- Visit Twin Lakes
Today after breakfast, your guide will transfer you to Volcanoes National Park headquarters to start your gorilla trekking.
You will trek through foothills of the Virunga, enjoying great views from all angles. Upon seeing where the mountain gorillas are, you will stay with them for an hour as they go about their day-to-day life- playing, feeding, touching among others. Coming face to face with these endangered mountain gorillas is an experience you will never forget.
PS: We highly recommend that you hire services of a waiter who carries your backpack during the gorilla trekking. It costs 15 US dollars per waiter.
Accommodation: Bisate Lodge Meal Plan: All meals
Day 4: Departure
Today after breakfast, you will be transferred back to Kigali International Airport for your onward journey.
Laurie Santos greeted her Yale University students with slips of paper that explained: No class today.
It was mid-semester (学期). With exams and papers coming, everyone was exhausted and stressed. There was one rule: They couldn't use the one hour and a quarter of unexpected free time to study, and they had to just enjoy it. Nine students hugged her. Two burst into tears.
Santos, a professor of psychology, had planned to give a lecture about what researchers have learned about how important time is to happiness, but she created a special class on the psychology of living a joyful, meaningful life and she wanted the lessons to stick. All semester, she explained why we think the way we do. Then, she challenged students to use that knowledge to change their own lives.
On that spring afternoon, nearly a quarter of the undergraduate students were enjoying an unexpected break at the same time. No, not just enjoying it-really loving the gift they had been given. Skyler Robinson, a sophomore, had been confused for a moment by all the possibilities it opened up. He felt very, very happy. Then, he took a nap. "That nap," he said, "was fantastic."
Santos designed this class after she realized, as the head of a residential college at Yale, that many students were stressed out and unhappy, struggling through long days that seemed to her far more crushing (惨重的) and joyless than her own college years.
Santos said students were most skeptical of the idea that good grades aren't essential to happiness. And when she joked she was going to teach them that by giving everyone "D", she was flooded with calls from frightened students and parents. Santos told them she was creating a center for the good life at the college she leads at Yale. As for the good life, she told them they already know how to live it-they just have to practice and put in hard work.
So many students have told her the class changed their lives. "If you're really grateful, show me that." she told them. "Change the culture."
An 80-year-old man and his family may soon get a bill for the cost of his rescue mission. After an all-night search by rescuers, James Clark of Dublin, Ohio, was found "not moving and exhibiting what appeared to be signs and symptoms on low nody temperature to the point of not being able to speak any clear words," according to a statement. Rescuers wrapped him in a sleeping bag and carried him out about 1.7 miles to safety.
Similarly, in 2015, a family of four received an about 8500 bill after their daytime hike left them lost in the dark and requiring search and rescue (SAR). This raises an interesting question: Who pays for the cost when you get lost or injured in the great outdoors?
The high cost of SAR missions is what prompted states like New Hampshire to pass laws that establish programs like Hike Safe to hold individuals more financially accountable for their rescues. However, some people have called for more strict laws to shift SAR costs off taxpayers. They say such a move would ultimately make people more responsible, but it's a controversial idea. "Society rescues people all the time-auto accident victims, home fire victims-and at far greater cost than wildemess hiker rescues." writes Backpacker.
Critics say putting a price tag on SAR could cause people to hesitate before calling for help in emergency situations. But Heggie says this isn't actually the reason why the National Park Service doesn't charge for SAR. "If an agency such as NPS starts charging the public for SAR costs, the agency essentially has to conduct SAR operations. If something goes wrong during the SAR operation, somone could lead to a lawsuit(起诉)."
Both Heggie and Kupper say the best way people can avoid needing rescue is simply by being prepared, suggesting that people research hikes before they go pay attention to their surroundings, pack essential gear and not rely on a cellphone as a survival kit. "The best time to prevent SAR incidents is when people are still at home," Heggie said.
Changing weather pallerns, stronger storms, longer droughts- these are just a few signs that our climate is changing rapidly.
Recently, lawmakers in New Zealand signed the Zero Carbon Bill, which lays out a path for the country to reduce its carbon emissions to zero by 2050.
Net-zero is the balance between the amount of greenhouse gases a country releases into the atmosphere and how much is removed from the atmosphere.
A reasonable way to achieve net-zero is to divide the goal into two parts. To reduce emissions, countries can gradually adapt their economies to be less carbon dependent. This can be done by developing renewable energy, improving transportation and food production, stopping deforestation and restoring lands, reducing food wastage, and consuming less meat.
Countries can then address remaining emissions with carbon removal, a process that removes greenhouse gases directly from the atmosphere. This can be done by planting more trees and developing technologies that capture and store carbon.
New Zealand's Zero Carbon Bill aims to reduce fossil fuel usage and replace it with renewable energy sources. The government has also focused on promoting electric vehicles, public transportanon, biking, and walking. Additionally, New Zealand is committed to planting 1 billion trees by 2028.
The country wants to include agriculture into its climate solution. The government will tax farmers who do not decrease their carbon emissions by 2022. Currently, agriculture in New Zealand accounts for over half of its greenhouse gas emissions.
Methane is a greenhouse gas produced by the decomposition of organic matter from crops and livestock such as sheep and cattle — known as biogenic (生物的) methane. New Zealand will reduce biogenic emissions by 10% before 2030 and between24% to47% before2050. Here, the country is being denounced for not doing enough as methane is a much stronger greenhouse gas, even though it does not stay in the atmosphere as long as carbon dioxide.
Sixty countries have already committed to net-zero, yet they only make up 11% of global emissions. We need convince our leaders that our planet cannot survive if we don't take action.
How to Become a More Positive Person
Everyone wants to be happy. We all wish to live fruitful, meaningful, and positive lives. Too often, our daily habits become self-defeating and lead to disappointing results which leave us unhappy and unfulfilled.
This leads to a general sense of negativity within us. The good news is that once you understand you're your magnificent mind works, you can take control of your thinking, your subconscious (潜意识的) program, and ultimately your results. You can build a beautiful life filled with joy, rewarding relationships, and experiences.
This all begins with six very powerful words: you become what you think about. Repetition of thought will eventually imprint on your subconscious hard drive. Once you master this process, you will be in the driver's seat. Think positive thoughts, and you will automatically adopt positive behaviors. You will see and feel the effects almost immediately.
You must also surround yourself with enthusiastic and productive people, Let their positivity shine on you like a beacon(灯塔) of light. Avoid unnecessary contact with negative people from your past. When you do need to interact with them, limit the time you spend together.
Watch TV shows that are uplifting and inspirational. Avoid the news. I call it the bad news. Stay away from it as much as you can. Read positive books, articles, and magazines. Visit inspirational websites for motivation quotes and listen to educational podcasts that have real value in your life.
Therefore, rid your life as completely as possible of mental junk food, It has been said that you become the average of the five people with whom you spend the most time. I believe that's true. Choose your friends and associates carefully. Stand guard at the gateway to your precious mind. Avoid pessimists (悲观主义者).They will pollute your thinking and destroy your chances to be your best self.
A. You will be in control.
B. It's poison for your mind.
C. It occurs without our knowledge.
D. Unfortunately, this isn't always the case.
E. Avoiding contacting too much is important.
F. The vast majority of our behavior is habitual.
G. Remember you become what you think about.
I work as a waiter at a restaurant. Last night an elderly couple came into the restaurant and my co-worker 1them. We usually do our own tables, but because we were so2last night that we helped each other out. Then the elderly couple 3 to me that they were ready to order.
The husband began ordering and it was very clear that he had a4disorder. I could tell the wife had told her husband very complexly what she wanted, as a way for him to5 ordering. It took a while for him to order, and in the meantime she was sitting there and she looked so proud and6despite her husband's immense stammering (结巴).
Honestly, the whole thing just had a strong influence on me. It was beautiful and just made me 7 that a huge part of 8 is acceptance, tolerance and support. She could have made the order and made things a lot 9 for her husband and avoided the 10from other tables, but she didn't. Instead, she 11him and was proud to see him 12the order.
This whole thing reminded me that life is 13 for all of us. I assumed these wealthy people had everything going well for them and I'm sure they do, but it just reminded me that all of us have our 14. I initially took their15of wanting to order as being rude, but I think they signaled it because he really wanted to get the order right.
A world champion has retired because he has decided humans cannot beat (computer) at his game.
The grand champion is Lee Se-Dol from South Korea, was a world champion at the ancient, strategy board game Go. Some people compare Go to chess. Mr. Lee isonly person in the world to ever beat Google's AlphaCo which is a special AI computer program (create) by Google to play Go. Mr. Lee, an 18-time world champion, said, "With the first appearance of Al in Go games, I've realized that I'm not at the top even if I become the number one."
The game Go came in China around 3,000 years ago. Today, it is played (main) in China, Japan and South Korea. It is believed to be the (old) board game in the world. Mr. Lee started playing the age of five. He (turn) professional seven years later, when he was 12. He played five games against Google's AlphaCo and lost four of them. He said his one victory was because of a "bug" in the program. The bug did not know what (do) when Mr. Lee made a "tricky" move. Today's Go programs are much more (power) than the one that beat Mr. Lee.
1）发出邀请；
2）演出时间，地点、活动安排等；
3）期待她前往。
注意：
1）词数80左右；
2）可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
参考词汇：黄梅戏 vs 琼剧Huangmei Opera vs Qiong Opera
Yogurt（酸奶）
It was a rough week. The price of oil rose sharply as the temperature dropped badly in Maine. We were looking at a high of eight degrees that week, and I had missed three days of work, so my payment was going to be lower than normal, I was stressed, to say the least. I shopped strategically, looking for every possible way to cut pennies so I could buy groceries and keep the house warm.
My eight-year-old son, Peter, didn't understand when I told him we were struggling that week. He wanted a special kind of yogurt, but I couldn't spare three dollars to buy it for him. It was the kind of yogurt with a cartoon kid riding a skateboard on the front of the box, and a mere two spoonfuls in each cup. It was the kind of product that wastes a parent's money and makes me hate advertising. I felt guilty as a mother when those big eyes looked at me with confusion, as if to say, "It's just yogurt. What's the big deal?" So I found a way, I put something back as single mothers often do. He got his yogurt.
On the way back from the grocery store, I noticed a homeless man holding a sign by the side of the road. My heart hurt, and I tried not to look at him. I watched people avoid him on the street and walk by without even meeting his eyes, let alone show their kindness. I looked at him closely then—bare hands holding a piece of cardboard, snot (鼻涕) frozen to his face, a ripped jacket. And there I was struggling because I had to buy oil-to heat my home.
I reached into my wallet where I had throe clumps (叠) of money already folded and ready for rent, oil, and farming, I had calculated what we needed to the penny.
I handed the man a five-dollar bill. He trembled as he took it. "God bless you," he smiled. That's when I started to cry.
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1）所续写短文的词数应为150左右;
2）至少使用5个短文中标有下划线的关键词语;
3）续写部分分为两段，每段的开头语已为你写好;
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My son said suddenly, "I thought you didn't have any money to spare, Mom." ……
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On that day, my son performed an act shat most adults wouldn't have done. ……
