Washington, D. C. Bicycle Tours
Cherry Blossom Bike Tour in Washington, D. C.
Duration: 3 hours
This small group bike tour is a fantastic way to see the worldfamous cherry trees with beautiful flowers of Washington, D. C. Your guide will provide a history lesson about the trees and the famous monuments where they blossom. Reserve your spot before availability—and the cherry blossoms—disappear!
Washington Capital Monuments Bicycle Tour
Duration: 3 hours(4 miles)
Join a guided bike tour and view some of the most popular monuments in Washington, D. C. Explore the monuments and memorials on the National Mall as your guide shares unique facts and history at each stop. Guided tour includes bike, helmet, cookies and bottled water.
Capital City Bike Tour in Washington, D. C.
Duration: 3 hours
Morning or Afternoon, this bike tour is the perfect tour for D. C. newcomers and locals looking to experience Washington, D. C. in a healthy way with minimum effort. Knowledgeable guides will entertain you with the most interesting stories about Presidents, Congress, memorials, and parks. Comfortable bikes and a smooth tour route(路线) make cycling between the sites fun and relaxing.
Washington Capital Sites at Night Bicycle Tour
Duration: 3 hours(7 miles)
Join a small group bike tour for an evening of exploration in the heart of Washington, D. C. Get up close to the monuments and memorials as you bike the sites of Capital Hill and the National Mall. Frequent stops are made for photo taking as your guide offers unique facts and history. Tour includes bike, helmet, and bottled water. All riders are equipped with reflective vests and safety lights.
I really love my job because I enjoy working with small children and like the challenges and awards from the job. I also think my work is important. There was a time when I thought I would never have that sort of career(职业).
I wasn't an excellent student because I didn't do much schoolwork. In my final term I started thinking what I might do and found I didn't have much to offer. I just accepted that I wasn't the type to have a career.
I then found myself a job, looking after two little girls. It wasn't too bad at first. But the problems began when I agreed to live in, so that I would be there if my boss had to go out for business in the evening. We agreed that if I had to work extra hours one week, she'd give me time off the next. But unfortunately, it didn't often work out. I was getting extremely tired and fed up, because I had too many late nights and early mornings with the children.
One Sunday, I was in the park with the children, and met Megan who used to go to school with me. I told her about my situation. She suggested that I should do a course and get a qualification(资格证书) if I wanted to work with children. I didn't think I would be accepted because I didn't take many exams in school. She persuaded me to phone the local college and they were really helpful. My experience counted for a lot and I got on a parttime course. I had to leave my job with the family, and got work helping out at a kindergarten.
Now I've got a fulltime job there. I shall always be thankful to Megan. I wish I had known earlier that you could have a career, even if you aren't top of the class at school.
No one thought that the RMS Titanic would sink on its first time at sea. But in 1912, the ship hit an iceberg and sank during the night. No one knew exactly where it had sunk. Even if someone had known, it was 12,500 feet (3.8 km) underwater. To search for the Titanic so deep in the water seemed impossible. But, 73 years later, Dr. Robert Ballard thought he had found a way to go that deep.
In 1985, Ballard set out to find the Titanic. He would use an unmanned submarine（无人驾驶的潜水艇）called Argo. Ballard's research team controlled it from a ship on the surface. Argo had video cameras and lights on it. This let Ballard see the ocean floor.
Argo searched for signs of the Titanic. For many days and nights, Ballard and his teammates found nothing but sand and sea life. Time was running out. Ballard had only four days left before he had to return his boat. He knew this would be his only chance. Then, Ballard was awakened by one of his men. It was just after one o'clock in the morning. He rushed to the control room. On a screen was the view of one of the Titanic's boilers. They had found it!
Argo took amazing pictures of the ship. Ballard and his teammates found that the huge ship was in pieces. The debris was spread across one square mile (2.6 km2) of the ocean floor. They saw teacups, bottles, shoes, and other belongings（所有物）of the passengers.
During his career, Ballard has made more than 100 trips underwater. He has done much to teach children about the oceans. But, he will always be thought of as the man who found the Titanic.
"Let the world know China and let China know the world." I can't remember exactly where I have seen this slogan(口号) in Beijing. Considering the simple fact of the wish people have for learning foreign languages and the number of people going abroad each year, everyone can tell how hard China and Chinese people are trying to know the world. But I didn't know how equally important and urgent(迫切的) it is for the world to know China until I came to the UK.
In the selfintroduction during our first class in a PhD course, when I told them I wanted to finish the degree as soon as I could and then go back to China, the British students looked at me in both surprise and disbelief. Their idea is that everybody who comes to the UK, including the Chinese, will stay here to look for a better life and that this is the only place where one can find a better life.
When I asked my friend for advice about buying a new car, she looked at me, asking in surprise, "A new car?" Later I found out that her surprise was because of the popular image of Chinese students: either too poor or too economical.
When we Chinese students for the first time joined the monthly performance hour of the department and sang some traditional songs and gave a short humorous introduction, all the teachers and students were surprised. To them, Chinese students are so serious and shy. These ideas have been because of the fact that Chinese students are sometimes not seen among the students.
So "let the world know China" should no longer remain an empty slogan. It is something we all should do, home and abroad, and something we should do with confidence and openness.
In the villages of Mexico, as in some other parts of the world, shopping is a kind of game. In the fine department stores, of course, buyers pay the prices listed on the tags(标签).
Suppose a merchant is a Mexican shopkeeper who sells handmade silver jewelry to tourists. The merchant names a price. Immediately the tourist makes a much lower offer. The price the merchant puts on an article is not usually the price which will finally be paid. But the merchant pretends to be shocked. It takes a long time to make such remarkable earrings. But at great sacrifice the merchant will let the tourist have the earrings at a lower price. The two bargain. The tourist comes up a little, and then the merchant comes down a little. At last they agree on what both consider to be a fair price.
The merchant may talk about life in the village or mention interesting sights the tourist should see before leaving Mexico.
The merchant's way of doing business is much older than the supermarket way. It dates back to Old World times when the town market was the only place where people could exchange news and visit with friends.
In Mexico today, bargaining still makes life interesting for some merchants.
A. The buyers found bargaining really interesting.
B. Bargaining made their lives a little more colorful.
C. While the two bargain, they speak of other things as well.
D. Among the items of jewelry is a pair of earrings a tourist wants to buy.
E. But in most villages, bargaining is a game both buyers and sellers enjoy.
F. While in mountain areas, the buyers and sellers have to bargain every day.
G. The tourist is told that the earrings are real silver, made by people living in the mountains.
My family often had a gettogether with friends in my childhood. As I was smart, there was always someone who would come up to mention my high 1 and ask, "What are you going to do when you 2?"
Well, it started out being a teacher or a hero. 3 it was a fireman, an artist . . . As I grew older my dreams of the future 4. When I was going to college, I was asked, "What will you major in?", another question 5 to find out what I would be when I grew up.
By then I made up my mind to become a 6 programmer. So I was studying software for much of my life. I am 7 that I could realize my dream. The realization of my life purpose encourages me to help others to succeed in their own 8.
However, for many, there is a "9" which goes around stealing our dreams and robbing us of the 10 mental state to achieve our 11. Sometimes, the thief will come as a parent, a relative, or a friend, 12 the greatest thief is just ourselves.
Usually when we are about to 13 the aim, a "small" voice inside will say, "You will never 14. ""Very few have ever done this successfully. "And on and on the "small" voice makes us 15 heart and fail.
Failure, 16, helps our dreams to come true. It is one of the most important 17 we have, because it teaches us 18 lessons. And, when we learn these lessons well, we are 19 for success.
There are no "overnight" successes, but with perseverance, they will come. So just don't 20. Let dreams stay in your life.
When I was teenager, I worked parttime at my uncle's pub.
One day, a man walked into the pub and (order) three beers. But just one of them (drink) by him. I was confused. The next day that man ordered three beers again and drank one of them (quiet) at the table. He did the same thing every time he came to the pub.
One day, I asked the man he ordered three beers and just drank one. The man replied, "It seems strange, isn't it? You see, my two brothers live abroad at the moment. We have had an (agree) that every time we go to a pub, each of (we) will order two extra beers."
A few weeks later, the man came to the pub again, but he ordered only two beers, not three as usual. I was (surprise) and thought that one of his brothers might have died. But when I asked him why he just ordered two beers, the man said, "I talked my brother, Tom on the phone yesterday. He had promised to give up (drink)."
Jack failed in the history examination in the end of the school term. And then he was telling that he would never graduate. However, her father went to see the professor and said, "He's a good boy. If you let him to pass this time, I'm sure he'll pass history examination next year. "No, that's possible," replied the professor immediate, "I asked him when Napoleon died. He didn't know!" "Please, sir, give him another chances. None of us knew Napoleon was ill so I didn't take any newspapers in my house, " answers Jack's father.
