Haad Farang (Haad Sai Yao)
This small but attractive bay has waters free of riptides(激流), making it safe for families to play water in the sun. As its nickname implies, Farang is Thai for foreigners. You'll find a large concentration of backpackers here. Still, with only a couple of simple food shops, it's a far cry from the noise of Chaweng beach on Koh Samui or Kamala on Phuket.
Rent a sea kayak(皮艇) and go around the corner to Tham Morakot(the Emerald Cave) a winding cave that opens up to a bay walled by thick leaves and often visited by groups of monkeys. It is very inspiring, but to fully appreciate it, be sure to prepare a light to avoid knocking into cave walls and other kayaks. To avoid being crowded, make the trip in the late afternoon.
Where to eat
The Ko Yao Viewpoint Restaurant is the best place for tourists. Drink the sweet cock-tails and sit in the last rays of the day.
Where to stay
Lowe prices of comparable quality are se slightly back in the forest, but if you want beachfront access, it's worth choosing one of the basic hotels at Koh Mook Charlie Beach Resort.
How to get there
Fly from Bangkok to Trang with AirAsia (from £30), then take a one-hour Tigerline ship from Hat Yao Pier (£19). Besides, a five-hour ship from Phuket at Rassada Pier (£41) goes directly to the inland and will drop passengers at Haad Farang.
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Several years ago, I read about the world's longest foot race. It's called the Self- Transcendence 3100 Mile Race, held between June and August every year. According to a Reuters report, "The longest foot race in the world is 3,100 miles, long enough to stretch from New York to Los Angeles. Those running it choose a different route: They circle one city block in Queens for two months straight."
It reported, "The athletes lap their block more than 5,000 times. They wear out 12 pairs of shoes. They run more than two marathons daily. In the heat and rain of a New York sum-mer, they stop for nothing except to sleep between midnight and 6 am."
I find it incredible that someone can run that far for that long. But what I find even more incredible is that it is done by running the same half-mile stretch over and over again. If the running didn't kill me, the monotony(单调乏味) would!
But I thought of a great picture of life. Our life is a long race. But I don't know how often we have considered that the difficulty in the race is not only in its length, but also in its monotony. So much of what we do is repetitive and mundane.
A mother works hard to take care of her children. But she does the same thing every day: diapers(尿布) to be changed，clothes to be washed，dirty dishes to be cleaned. A father works hard to provide for his family, but every day he is working on an assembly line doing the same job repetitively, dealing with hard-to-please customers.
One of the difficulties in living life is in hanging there through those difficult times when you're running across the same ground over and over again. However, you should believe that you can survive the monotony and continue to run, and the finish line lies ahead.
Ocean sounds may help people sleep at night, but marine animals depend on them for sur-vival. For example, dolphins rely on echolocation(同声定位) to hunt and communicate with their companions. Such species are in trouble, because human-generated ocean noise has in-creased significantly since the Industrial Revolution.
Ships alone always generate low-frequency volume along shipping routes by an estimated 32 times. That along with tones from sonar(声呐), seismic surveys, pile driving. and even motorboats, all of which can be heard easily by marine animals in the water, can trap whales in ice by delaying their migration, according to a review published last week in Science.
The paper notes that climate change also threatens the sound track of the sea. The Great Barrier Reef has quieted over the years, but it has become smaller in size and become less habitable because of climate change. Animals that rely on the sounds of coral reefs to locate food and settlements may struggle to adapt.
Earlier this year, whale scientist and National Geographic Explorer Jansen Greenwood found an unusual scene. He returned from studying whales in Antarctica to find few cars on the road, virtually no ships on the sea, and humpbacks(座头鲸) arriving at one of the Golden State's most popular coastal recreation spots from their winter habitats in Mexico. He believed the reason may be that the place was suddenly free of the human noises.
The experts argue that making the sea quiet should be a core component of environmental policy. And they say it can be done: A study conducted at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, for example, found that a reduction in shipping traffic coincided with an average decrease of 1.5 decibels(分贝) in waters along shipping routes near the Port of Vancouver.
If, as the saying goes, less is more, why do we humans overdo so much? In a new paper featured on the cover of Nature, University of Virginia researchers explain why people rarely look at a situation, an object or an idea that needs improving, in all kinds of contexts, and think to remove something as a solution. Instead, we almost always add some elements, whether it helps or not.
"It happens in engineering design, which is my main interest," said Leidy Klotz. "But it also happens in writing, cooking and everything else. Just think about your own work and you will see it. The first thing that comes to our minds is, what can we add to make it better. Our paper shows we do this is harmful to ourselves, when the only right answer is to subtract(减去)."
Klotz, whose research explores the overlaps between engineering and behavioral science, teamed with three colleagues from the Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy on the interdisciplinary (跨学科的) research that shows just how additive we are by nature.
"Additive ideas come to mind quickly and easily, but subtractive ideas require more cognitive(认知的) effort," Converse said. "Because people are often moving fast and working with the first ideas that come to mind, they end up accepting additive solutions without considering subtraction at all.
"The more often people rely on additive strategies, the more cognitively accessible they become," Adams said. "Over time, the habit of looking for additive ideas may get stronger and stronger, and in the long run, we end up missing out on many opportunities to improve the world by subtraction."
Klotz has a book that takes a wider view of the topic, Subtract: The Untapped Science of Less: coming out a week after the Nature paper. "It's an incredibly interesting finding. and I think our research has great implications across contexts, especially in engineering to improve how we design technology to benefit humanity," Klotz said.
Do you want to become a famous singer? Singing is a great career choice for those who are passionate(热诚的) about it. However, only being passionate isn't quite enough.Here are some useful tips that can help you.
Be patient.This is not only because you may have to practice the same thing again and again, but also because in the initial stages of your career, you might have to face rejection several times, Sometimes, even if you get a chance to show your talent, everything might just not go your way.
Be confident about your skills, and don't be afraid of facing a large audience. You have to completely overcome your stage fear, as stage performances are part of a singer's job. Besides, such live concerts help in gaining a lot of popularity and public support.
Participate in competitions and talent shows. Nowadays, for people wanting to achieve name and fame in the field of music, many competitions and talent shows arc held, which expose them to the industry, and offer them a fair chance to be a part of it. By taking part in such events, you are making yourself known.
Be brave. No matter how good a singer or performer you are. you will have to face criticism at times. Learn to deal with every kind of criticism by being optimistic.Move on, rather than being disturbed or getting into arguments.
A. Overcome your fear.
B. Ask for encouragement.
C. It is a necessary ability for a singer.
D. You also need to adopt proper methods.
E. And be determined enough to rise from the ashes.
F. You should make sure that you have great talent for it.
G. People will remember you if you often appear before them.
The picture of a father sleeping on a hospital floor is causing a lively discussion about equal parenting.
The mother of the family, Sara Duncan1why she wanted to photograph the moment The father, Joe Duncan works as a technician and had just2a 12-hour shift(轮班) that night on March 23, Sara told him she wanted to bring their daughter to hospital after3she was breathing with great4, Sara knew her husband was 5, and had to return to a morning shift a few hours later. But he was a very6person. He didn't want his wife to7to their child on her own in the hospital. Sara said her child received small treatment and was8to go home after two hours. When she looked down on the ground, Sara9Joe had already fallen fast asleep. She looked at him thinking how10she was lo him.
Sara's post was11more than 31.000 times. She wrote: "Wives and their husbands appreciate shared parenting roles and responsibilities, but the share isn't always 50/50. Sometimes it's 60/40, 70/30, or1280/20. The everyday housework heavily13women. And husbands have to be14to spare no efforts."
It's important to discuss your expectations of roles and responsibilities if parents and all people are to be valued15and if we're going to keep moving forward in our culture.
The 93rd Academy Awards Ceremony (The Oscars) is to be broadcast on Sunday. To be a member of the Academy, a person has to work in the production of movies(release) in theaters. When winners receive an award, they usually begin by thanking the Academy and other moviemakers like(they). There is a time limit for Oscar acceptance speeches, which are supposed to be less than 45(second). However, the winner of the best ac-tor award usually speaks for about two minutes. At that point, music usually begins to play, telling the speaker (finish).
The Australian actor, Paul Hogan,(give)advice to the winners at the 1987 Academy Awards Ceremony. He said when winners make the speech, it'sgood tip to remember the three Gs: Be gracious, Be grateful, Get off.
"Be gracious" means being kind and respectful. After all, the winners are speaking to a group of people withthey want to continue working in the future. "Be grateful" means being (thank),and "get off" means leaving the stage Many Oscar winners use their time to speak in support of their favorite causes(事业). That can make their speeches much longer,people watching on TV usually enjoy(hear) shorter speeches
假定你是李华，上周五你校举办了"红歌赛"。请你为校英文报写一篇报道，内容包括：
①活动的目的；
②活动的过程；
③你的感受。
注意：
①写作词数应为80左右；
②请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答
Ona windy day in December of 2016, a video online showed a girl was sitting on the sidewalk with a sign reading "Homeless and Hungry, Please Help!" The girl looked to be about 10 or 11 years old. Many people simply walked past the girl without even taking a look at her.
The girl remained sitting there with a plastic cup between her two feet. Occasionally, a person stopped to drop some small change into her cup. An old man slowly walked up to the girl and softly bent down next to her. He asked if she was homeless. The little girl could only respond by simply shrugging her shoulders(耸肩).
The old man was very confused and tried to ask the girl more questions. Again, the little girl could only respond in the same way. The old man eventually gave up and dropped some coins into her cup. The girl was alone again and was looking hopefully down the street to see if anyone was coming her way. More people passed her without giving any notice to her. She was unsure of what was about io happen.
Then a woman approached the girl. After reading the little girl's sign，she decided to talk to the girl. However, the woman changed her mind suddenly. Hope quickly left the girl's face as the woman walked away.
The video showed a few minutes later, the same woman was moving towards the girl. She was seen to be carrying two packages of food. She then lowered herself next to the girl and asked her something. She then put the two packages down and dropped a $20 bill into her cup. The woman went on to explain that she didn't have much more to offer because she was homeless as well. The girl remained silent as a young man began approaching the pair. The man approaching the pair was the person behind Robby TV. Robby was a filmmaker that posted videos online. The girl was a child actress. This entire scene had turned out to be a social experiment.
Paragraph 1：Roby stepped towards the little girl and the kind woman.
Paragraph 2：Those who watched the video were shocked at the lack of sympathy and the help that was offered to the little girl.
注意：
①续写词数应为150左右；
②请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
