Among many celebrated U.S. places for very cool sunsets, here are notable favorites.
California Dreamin'
While you are visiting California Dreamin', El Matador's eye-catching nightfall is a worthy way to lead you into deep thought. It is about the sands of time. Pack a basket of delicious food for a late-in-the-day picnic overlooking the Pacific Ocean, via the Pacific Coast Highway. The sunset is a sweet dessert.
Grand Canyon, Arizona
The 1,218,375-acre Grand Canyon National Park is wonderful. The canyon itself stretches 277 miles. Its wildlife is also so abundant. You can go to the South Rim of the canyon (大峡谷), which offers the best sunset advantages. Sometimes, you can see deer running and eagles flying with the sunset standing as the background. An unforgettable thrill: Grand Canyon Floor Landing Helicopter Sunset Tour by Canyon Tours.
Florida Serenity
Called the River of Grass, Everglades National Park — South Florida's amazing 1.5-million-acre wetland reserve — is quilted with coastal trees and grass. An especially chosen sunset-watching site is near Mrazek Pond, approximately three miles north of the Flamingo Visitor Center. This is a birder's (观鸟者) dream place, too, home to more than 360 species.
Hawaii Aloha
Haleakala Crater in Hawaii Aloha, a vast dormant (休眠期的) volcano 10,023 feet above sea level, is famous for its sunrises — so that dawn sun-seekers climb the volcano in the middle of the night to make the long drive up a winding road to the summit. But Haleakala's sunsets are just as amazing. Since fewer people arrive late in the day, a more personal sunset participation is possible. Consider a private or group sunset hike to appreciate the Pacific Ocean. It is worthwhile.
Travelers to a new city are often encouraged to take a bus tour. The thinking is that they can later return to the places that attracted them，but that's nonsense! What you see from the inside of a fast-moving bus is sanitized(净化过的)and unreal, entirely removed from the real sights, sounds, and smells outside.
The best way to experience any destination is on foot, without an itinerary, wandering where your spirit leads you. Even in the largest cities, the savvy(资深的) traveler plunges into the very center of town and walks down the nearest street, experiencing the actual life of the people while looking into the grocery stores and courtyard. You eventually get to many of the same sites that are on the bus route—the museums, the monuments, the city hall—but you will have witnessed so much more because you will have felt the contemporary life of the city you're visiting.
"But what if I get lost?" people ask. No one ever gets permanently lost in a major city. Eventually, a trolley or a bus passes with the words "Central Station" on its front and you can easily return to the center of town. Besides, the most wonderful things can happen if you do get lost, such as stopping at a sidewalk cafe to sit and relax and then asking directions from the locals at the next table. Hopefully, your trip may be attractive by this encounter. Here are a few ways to make the most of your travels：
Know before you go. Before you depart, spend time in a library or bookstore, learning about the history and culture of your destination so you will better understand the place you're visiting.
Move around like a local. Use the local subways, trams and buses. You'll not only save money, but also learn how people live there, and you'll gain a realistic perspective of the city.
Check the bulletin board. Bulletin boards list free lectures, concerts, workshops and social gatherings, giving you a chance to join or meet the area's most dynamic residents.
Take a walking tour. If you must book a guided tour, select the nonstandard, inexpensive kinds conducted on foot.
So, the next time you feel lured by a sightseeing bus tour, save your money and instead, wander around on your own. I promise you a time you'll remember fondly.
Roberto Novo has styled the hair of a lot of stars. But during COVID-19, he's turned his gifts to the heads of lesser-known, older New Yorkers- and he's done it for free.
The Argentina-born stylist welcomes them to his Manhattan apartment or visits them in their homes. His two dogs keep everyone company. He calls his project "Free haircut and puppy love."
It started last summer when he and his dogs visited a client who had been isolated (隔离) for months due to COVID-19. Seeing how happy it made her, he asked if she had friends in her apartment building who might be interested in a free hairdo.
"It doesn't get any better than that — bring some joy to senior citizens in these hard times," Novo said. "People are really suffering in this situation right now. So if I can help them with a simple haircut, that's a gift."
On a recent day, Novo and his dogs walked into Madelon Spier's apartment and quickly turned the living room into a salon (美发厅). Sitting in a black chair, Spier waited to get her hair styled. "I think he's an amazing artist. And we're all pictures that he's painting," Spier said. "There's his personality (特色), and his way of cutting — a way of looking at a person and knowing what's right for them," said Spier.
Neighbor Andrew Langerman said Novo also gave him his first haircut in months. "I've just been so lonely during COVID-19," he said, and now, "I feel a lot better. I wasn't really feeling very well when I came here but then I felt great just being with everybody. And I had a good haircut."
As Novo finished a cut, he ordered pizzas that the group later shared. They talked and laughed.
"I always tell people if I die and I'm born again, I'll do everything exactly the same way," said Novo.
Sea life near Turkey is being threatened by a layer of brown foam on the ocean s surface.
The actual name for the foam is mucilage (黏液). Scientists first noticed and described mucilage in 2007, when it was found near Turkey. Then, it was also found in other parts of the Aegean Sea, near Greece.
This year's outbreak of mucilage is the worst ever recorded. It's been developing for seven months and is now covering large parts of the Sea of Marmara. The Sea of Marmara is an "inland sea", surrounded by land belonging to Turkey, and connected to the Aegean Sea and the Black Sea.
There are many different kinds of algae (海藻), and it's natural and normal for algae to grow in the ocean or in other bodies of water. But when there is lots of food for the algae, and other conditions are just right, there can be "an algae bloom" which results in algae growing quickly and in huge numbers And in very bad situations, mucilage is the result.
There are two main causes for the present outbreak of mucilage. One is the heavy pollution sewage, fertilizers, and other chemicals- flowing into the Sea of Marmara. The second cause is higher water temperatures because of climate change.
The mucilage causes problems in lots of different ways. For one thing, by covering the ocean's surface, it stops sunlight from reaching all the sea life below. "This mucilage is now covering the sea surface like a tent canvas," says Muharrem Balci, who teaches biology at Istanbul University. Because there is so much algae, it takes up lots of oxygen from the seawater. That means that there's very little oxygen left for the other sea creatures that depend on it. The BBC reports that divers in the area are seeing large numbers of dying fish. After a while, the mucilage falls to the bottom of the ocean, where it covers the sea floor threatening to poison creatures that live there, like crabs and mussels. This year, the mucilage has been found as deep as 30 meters below the surface.
Some individuals are born with a gift for public speaking. Do you want to be a good public speaker? Here are some principles you must master.
People want to listen to someone who is interesting, relaxed and comfortable. Too often, when you stand up to give a speech, you focus on the "public" at the expense of the "speaking. " Focus on the speaking. Talk directly to your audience, be yourself and make a connection.
Even the most successful public speaker will make mistakes. Yet, the only one who cares about any mistake is the one who is speaking. People's attention wanders constantly. In fact, most people only absorb about 20 percent of a speaker's message. So, don't stop speaking when you make a mistake unless it's a truly serious one.
Your goal is not to be a perfect public speaker. And like everything else in life, that takes practice. Remember, even world champion athletes practice their skills on a consistent basis.
It's rare to hear someone say, "I wish that speaker had spoken longer. " On the other hand, you probably can't count the times that you've thought, "I'm glad that talk is over. It seemed to go on forever!" So surprise your audience. Always make your presentation just a bit shorter than anticipated. It's better to leave your listeners wishing for more than shifting restlessly in their seats waiting for your speech finally to end.
A. Do the opposite.
B. You want to be an effective public speaker.
C. You don't need to apologize for a minor slip.
D. When it comes to public speaking, less is usually more.
E. The objective of most speeches is to benefit the audience.
F. Take the fear out of public speaking by focusing on your listeners.
G. However, the majority of people are effective speakers because they train to be.
From an early age, Parker always said that he would be an astronaut when he grew up. But no matter how hard he studied，he was never1to fly in space.2he grew over the maximum age for taking the selection tests. In other words, he would never be able to fulfill his 3.
Thinking about all the time and4Parker had put into trying to be an astronaut, people felt5for him. Despite what he was told about having to6his ambition, Parker continued training and studying,7he were going to have the tests next month.
He carried this on and on as he got8, and when he was a very old man he heard that they were doing some very important9experiments. For those experiments they needed a very10astronaut. Parker, who now walked with a11, was the only old man in the whole world who was12to fly in a rocket. Therefore, Parker found himself flying in13, all with the help of science.
It was clear that the14gained during those missions helped to cure one of the worst sicknesses for old people, and Parker was15as a hero.
Photos of the astronaut with a walking stick and no teeth16all over the world, and became a17of how you can never train or learn too much. It showed that18effort always brings19, even though it may not be in the form we had first20.
Our grandparents seem to have magic powers sometimes. Give them a Chinese lunar calendar they will know what the weather will be like days or even months later.
What's the secret? They are following the 24 Solar Terms(节气), were added on Nov. 30 to the list of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity(人类非物质文化遗产) by the United Nations(UN). It is a knowledge system and social practice (form) through people's observations of the sun's annual movements and its influence on the climate.
The 24 Solar Terms (come) into being during the Qin and Han (dynasty).
At that time, most Chinese people made their living on farms, so weather changes were (extreme) important for them. But of course, they had no satellite, Internet or weather broadcast (help) them. these difficulties，they managed to work out 24 Solar Terms by studying the sun's movement and also (pay) attention to other natural changes such as air temperature, water and crop growth.
It is honored as China's (five) great invention, after papermaking, printing, the compass and gunpowder. Now, it is still widely used in daily life even in the age of technologybased modern farming.
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Last summer, I entered into the driving test to get a driving license. When I am taking the test on the road, I made a mistake. As result, I failed. I had to taking a make-up test. Because of my carelessness, I didn't pass it again. Face the result, I calmed down and analyzed the reasons. After that, I took another make-up test and final succeeded. It is unavoidable that we suffer failure. That counts is how we should dealt with it. They shouldn't be afraid of failure. We should accept it naturally. Failure is just one part of life, but all part of life can help us grow.
