Whether you're travelling to the islands or the mountains of Thailand, you're likely to spend at least one night in its capital city on the way. Bangkok might be noisy and polluted but it's also an exciting city with plenty of things to see and do. Why not make it a longer stay?
Where to stayThe Khao San Road was a famous traveler spot even before Leonardo di Caprio's character in the film The Beach stayed there. But it's noisy, not very pretty and not very Thai. For something more authentic, Phra Kanong offers an alternative place to stay, with its fantastic street markets where Bangkok people eat, work and live every day. It's not as convenient for the main tourist sites, but it has a Skytrain station so you can be at the Grand Palace in 20 minutes.
How to get aroundBangkok's traffic can be a nightmare. Sure, you can easily take a taxi - if you want to spend hours stuck in traffic jams--but there are two much better ways to get around the city. To explore the temples and historical sites, catch an express boat or a longtail boat along the Chao Phraya River and the canals. For the modern part of the city, the Skytrain is a fast, cheap way to travel from the river to the shopping malls and nightlife of Sukhumvit, and the famous Chatuchak street market.
What to doAfter you've seen the main sites like the Giant Buddha at the temple of Wat Pho and the spectacular Grand Palace, and shopped at Chatuchak market, check out the snake farm and watch the live snake show. You can even touch a snake yourself if you want to!
Maria and her parents moved to the US from Brazil one year before the pandemic（流行病）. Better education opportunities lay ahead, and they were excited to get Maria into an American high school to prepare for college.
Each parent got a job, and Maria started studying. She also signed up for a service club because she wanted to meet people, practice her English and be a part of the community. “I love to serve,” Maria says. “I think it is my thank-you for the opportunities I have.”
She worked at the local food bank with other kids of her age, organizing bags for families who were having a hard time making ends meet. But when the pandemic hit, she found herself at the food bank for another reason: to bring home groceries to her parents. “We were all shocked when my mother lost her job. My friends at the food bank got me through it,” Maria said.
Luckily, her father kept his job. And with classes moving online, Maria was able to secure a full-time job and do her class work at night. Three of her courses were college prep classes that demanded a lot of work. During her
senior year, Maria worked 40-hour weeks and studied even more. Yet, in her spare time, she packed food bags for others before taking hers home.
Just before graduation, Maria came into the food bank. One of the volunteers started getting a bag ready for her. “I don't need one today,” Maria said. “My mother got a job. I'm here to help.”
Maria supported her family for eight months. She graduated on time and got scholarship offers from three different colleges. She moved to part-time work and has completed her first semester of college.
The world of work is changing. Are people ready for the new job outlook? A survey of 15-year-olds across 41 countries by the OECD ( 经 合 组 织 ) has found that teenagers may have unrealistic expectations about the kind of
work that will be available.
This selection is partly due to wishful thinking on the part of those surveyed. Furthermore, teenagers can hardly be expected to have an in-depth knowledge of labour-market trends. They encounter doctors and teachers in their daily lives. Other popular professions, such as lawyers and police officers, are familiar from films and social media.
Four of the five most popular choices are traditional professional roles: doctors, teachers, business managers and lawyers. Teenagers cluster around the most popular jobs, with the top ten being chosen by 47% of boys and 53% of girls.
More boys than girls expect to work in science or engineering. The problem continues in higher education：with the exception of biological and biomedical sciences, degrees in STEM subjects (science, technology, engineering and maths ) are male-dominated. In America women earn just 35.5% of undergraduate STEM degrees and 33.7% of PhDs. In Britain only one in five computer-science university students is a woman.
Women play a much bigger role in the health- and social-care sectors. The problem is that some of these jobs are not very well paid. Home-health and personal-care aides had median annual salaries in 2018 of just over 24, 00.Some jobs in health care are extremely profitable, of course. But another gender imbalance emerges here: women make up only one-third of American health-care executives. In contrast, they tend to dominate the poorly paid social care workforce.
The biggest problem in the labour market, then, may not be that teenagers are focusing on a few well-known jobs. It could be a mismatch: not enough talented women move into technology and not enough men take jobs in social care. Any economist will recognise this as an inefficient use of resources. Wherever the root of the problem lies— be it the education system, government policy or corporate recruiting practices— it needs to be identified and fixed.
For many years, school children in the US have been taken on “field trips” to cultural institutions such as museums of art. Educators arrange them in the belief that schools exist not only to teach economically useful skills, but also to produce civilized young people who appreciate the art and culture. While there are parents who will take their children to cultural places in their free time, there are plenty of other children who will never have this kind of opportunity unless schools offer it. So you could say that taking school students on field trips is a means of giving everyone equal access to their cultural heritage.
However, the attitude towards field trips in recent years is changing, with the number of tours organized for school groups falling significantly in museums all around the country. The most obvious reason is the issue of finance. Because there are increasing demands on their funds, after all, computers and sports facilities aren't cheap, schools are forced to make a difficult choice about how to spend the limited money they have. Faced with this dilemma, field trips are an obvious thing to cut since they are seen by many as a luxury.
Additionally the nature of these field days is also changing. Schools increasingly use trips to amusement parks or sporting events as a treat for students rather than an opportunity for cultural learning. This shift could have a basis in generational differences between teachers' reasons for organizing days out of school. A recent survey conducted among 500 Arkansas teachers showed that older teachers were significantly more likely to take the primary purpose of a field trip as a learning experience than younger teachers, who view it as fun.
Some evidence shows the trend of fewer trips may have a negative effect on children's development. A research led by Jay Greene at Arkansas University found that students who received a tour of an art museum greatly improved their knowledge of and the ability to think critically about art. They also display stronger historical interest and were more likely to visit cultural places in the future. The researchers warn that if schools cut field trips or switch to less educational destinations, valuable opportunities to broaden and enrich children's learning experiences are lost.
Leonardo da Vinci is often thought of mainly as an artist, with world－famous works like The Last Supper and
Mona Lisa.But his notebooks, filled with his strange writing, show that his main interests were in engineering and technology. 
If his pioneering work on anatomy ( 解 剖 学 ) is also taken into consideration, it is not hard to see why
Leonardo is considered to be one of the greatest geniuses of all time.
Born in 1452 to a Florentine lawyer and a local village girl, Leonardo was given only a very basic education. After ten years in the workshop of the artist Verrocchio, he began to work for himself. The work he did shows an unbelievable combination of technical skill and very careful observation.
At the age of thirty, he left his hometown and moved to Milan, where he spent seventeen years working for the Duke of Milan. In fact, his paintings were increasingly influenced by his interest in mathematics. During this period, he painted The Last Supper and developed his ideas for chemical weapons.
In 1506 he returned to Milan and became increasingly interested in science. He also studied many other animals, comparing their bodies to the human body. From then on, Leonardo spent the rest of his life mainly on his scientific studies.
A. Before long, he returned to his paintings.
B. Of course, his place in art history is certain.
C. It also shows his great interest in technology.
D. The notebooks are full of drawings for all kinds of inventions.
E. He began to study human bodies and the movement of the blood.
F. It was a good chance to make some money with his new inventions.
G. Here he continued to combine his scientific work with his paintings.
For the past ten years, my dad and I have attended the same school— he as an administrator and I as a student. Our relationship, in and out of school, has been totally unpredictable.
When I was younger, all that my dad said was doctrine ( 信 条 ) and anything he did I, 1, copied. We played games together, and stayed up late reading bedtime stories. I could 2 my dad taking me to school,running into him3during the day and riding home with him every afternoon.
As I grew older, we were not as 4as we used to be. He wasn't cool any more. He wore his socks too high, listened to 5country music and laughed too loudly in front of my friends. He became a total embarrassment.
However, the 6 that occurred in school were even worse. The worst one happened in seventh grade. My dad came to our New Year party,7to run away. as Donald Duck, guitar in hand, singing silly songs. Just kill me! I wanted to run away.
This 8 continued into high school, but we somehow began to find a balance. Things started to9around the time of my 10th grade physics project. The10was to build a wood bridge with the best strength-to-weight ratio(比率). All the students and physics teachers11. So did my dad, the only administrator! Embarrassed, as usual, I12 the scene.13, later when I learned from my friends that my dad14 all competitors and won everyone's admiration, I found that mixed in with my15 was a touch of pride.
I had needed someone else to show me what I16 in my dad. It wasn't the fact that he'd won; it was more than that. I began to17 that we have many of the same values and sometimes the same opinions. No matter how much I had tried to18 him, he still influenced me.
I feel19to have such an unusual father. The20 I have developed with my dad over the years has enabled me to look back and see how I've grown.
Even as a young boy, Leonardo da Vinci showed promise as an artist. He trained for seven years, and then ( strike) out on his own. Afterwards, he set out (work) for wealthy men throughout Italy. Leonardo began his career as a painter, but he most often worked as an engineer. One of the reasons was that Italy was war,and people needed engineers.
After Leonardo's death, it (discover) that he had kept many notebooks illustrating his work. Although his notebooks were popular in the royal families, none of were published until the late 19th century. Until then, few people had had any idea they contained.
As it has turned out, his notebooks areamazing treasure box of drawings, such as airplanes, tanks, robots, and diving (equip). Along with these drawings are notes (describe) his work. Many of these notes are(science) in nature, involving his research in many different fields. His notebooks show that he was the greatest artist and scientist of his time.
Zhang Hua is a kind-hearted boy, who is always willing to helping others. Every morning he takes out of rubbish for an old neighbour who lived alone. Sometimes he takes a walk with her and tells her interested stories. Whenever he meets with someone in troubles, he will lend a helping hand. As result, he is high thought of in his neighborhood. Some classmates misunderstand him, saying he is a fool. Some even think she expects something in return. But he doesn't care if they like him. In his opinion, helping others can not only bring him happiness and also make him grateful for that he has.
1）时间、地点;
2）活动过程和意义;
3）学生的感受。
注意：
1）词数 100 左右;
2）可以适当增加细节, 以使行文连贯。
