Must-Visit Attractions in Turin, Italy
Mole Antonelliana
The tall pointed structure of Mole Antonelliana is the highest point of the Turin skyline and a symbol of the city. It was built in 1848 and is now the National Museum of Cinema. But the real draw is the viewing platform at the top of the building, which offers amazing views of the city and mountains beyond.
Piazza Castello(卡斯特罗广场)
In the heart of the historic centre of Turin is Piazza Castello, which hosts two major Baroque structures—Palazzo Reale and Palazzo Madama(夫人宫). Palazzo Reale was originally built in the 16th century and underwent repairs in the late 17th century. Palazzo Madama dates from 1003 and is now home to the Museo Civico d'Arte Antica, which has a remarkable collection of paintings from the medieval, Renaissance and baroque periods.
Basilica di Superga(苏佩尔加大教堂)
The Basilica di Superga was built in the 18th century on the Superga hill with amazing views over the city and wider landscape. From here you can see peaks(顶峰) of the Alps such as Monviso and Doufour peak.
Parco del Valentino
Located on the west bank of the River Po that runs through the city, Parco del Valentino makes for lovely walks. The park is also home to the Castello del Valentino—one of the Residences of the Royal House of Savoy.
Fahim was only 11 years old when he first met Alberto Cairo in 1993 in a hospital in Kabul, the Afghan capital. At the time, Kabul was caught in a bloody civil war. After his left leg was blown off, Fahim went to the hospital to seek treatment. This is a hospital run by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). There, he met Alberto Cairo, who arrived in Kabul in 1990.
Over the next three decades, Fahim has made countless trips to the hospital. During those visits, the compassionate(慈悲的) treatment from Cairo deeply moved him. "He is a friend of the Afghan people,"Fahim said of Cairo. When Fahim decided to study medicine, it was Cairo who kept encouraging him. Today, Fahim works as a nurse and an anesthetist(麻醉师) in a hospital in Afghanistan.
Fahim is only one example of what Cairo leaves behind in Kabul, the city that has become his home for the past 30 years.
For Cairo, the job as a doctor came by chance. "I was a teenager in Italy when I saw a man doing something that seemed so simple and so helpful: helping people to walk. That moment left a strong impression on me. I eventually left my training as a lawyer behind to choose medicine.”
In his early years in Afghanistan, Cairo was shocked by the great number of patients seeking treatment for wounds caused by the war. Each year, the rehabilitation centres(康复中心) treat more than 13,000 new patients—most of whom, like Fahim, require lifetime treatment.
At first, the ICRC's treatment centre only focused on war sufferers, but Cairo expanded its treatment to include all people with disabilities in the country. He made two decisions that have left a lasting impact. One was to employ former patients to work in the treatment centre. The second was to organize an athletic group for people with disabilities.
Smart Highway is a creative idea for smart roads of tomorrow: Smart Highway is the result of the teamwork between builder and developer Heijmans and designer Daan Roosegaarde.
Among them, Glowing Lines, the world's first light-emitting(发光的) highway, is a safe and environment-friendly road. The site of the pilot project is a part of the N329 Highway in Oss, located in the province of Noord-Brabant, the Netherlands.
The road was built by Heijmans and was designed by Daan Roosegaarde, using light- emitting paints. The paints absorb ultraviolet light(紫外线) during the day and give it off for up to 10 hours at night. Solar energy panels(太阳能板) or other sources of power can provide energy to make sure that the road continues to provide light as required, despite weather or daylight hours.
The Van Gogh-Roosegaarde bicycle path is a creative path, inspired by Van Gogh's Starry Night and designed by Daan Roosegaarde. There are thousands of light-emitting stones, giving visitors an experience of poetry and design. The path gets energy at daytime and emits light during the night. It is supported by LED light to make sure of safety, quality and light during the whole night. Art and technology merge in this new, public view. The bicycle path is 600 metres long and is part of the Van Gogh cycling path.
The Van Gogh-Roosegaarde bicycle path is set up as a cultural and enjoyable road, based on the light-emitting technologies developed for the Smart Highway. Riding a bicycle at this site is a wonderful experience. Furthermore, the path is lit up in such an environment-friendly way without destroying the ecology. As a tourist attraction, the bicycle path also offers economic added value to the Eindhoven region: Visitors can experience the pathway in the evening and will likely stay in the region longer.
A scientist has set out to prove that flowers can hear everything around them, and she was right, She looked at the flowers of the evening primrose(夜来香) and used sound tests to prove they replied to the sound of bees' wings by increasing the amount of the sugar in their nectar(花蜜).
Thinking that the world is completely filled with sounds. Lilach Hadany, who teaches at the University of Tel Aviv, felt it wouldn't make any sense for flowers to pay no attention to them. In her opinion, any living creature must make use of all its senses to survive until it can reproduce. To prove her guess, Hadany and her team gave the flowers of the evening primrose five sound tests, including three different computer-produced frequencies, silence and the recording of a bee's wing beats.
The study shows that silence had no effect on the flower. However, with the extremely low frequency and the bee's wing beats, the flower spent the following three minutes increasing the sugar content in its nectar by 17%-20%, an obviously clear suggestion that Hadany's guess was right.
Hadany's team found that pollinators(传粉者) were nine times more likely to choose to visit a flower that had been visited by another pollinator within the last six minutes, showing how valuable that small increase in sugar could be for the flower's chances of reproduction.
"We were quite surprised when we found out that it actually worked,"Hadany said. "But after repeating it in other situations, in different seasons, and with flowers grown both indoors and outdoors, we feel very confident in the result."This has helped open up a relatively new field of study-the study of flowers' relations with sound.
Many people were never taught how to express their emotions. Because they do not know how to express them, they end up repressing(压抑) their emotions instead. For people who have gone through painful life situations, they can end up engaging in unhealthy behaviours to avoid expressing their emotions, such as performing self-injuries or developing eating disorders. Here is how to express emotions.
●Recognize the importance of expressing emotions.
For example, many people who struggle with ongoing depression or anxiety are often actually angry. Because the unexpressed anger has nowhere to go, the person experiences the emotion as depression or anxiety. If you want to take control over your emotional life, you need to first recognize that it is important to express your emotions.
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Many people who have never learned how to express their emotions have a difficult time even labeling what those emotions are. Some people might feel anger when the emotion that they are actually dealing with is pain. Others might cry and feel sad in situations in which anger is really the more appropriate(合适的) emotion. Practise labeling the emotion that you are actually having.
●Express your anger physically.
Anger can be a frightening emotion for many people to express. Anger is best expressed physically, especially if you have a lot of repressed anger to process. Some good ways to express anger include punching pillows, hitting the ground with a baseball bat, popping balloons or going for a walk.
●Cry out your pain.
Tears really do heal a wounded spirit. However, many people have a hard time expressing their sorrow. You will feel much better after a good cry.
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A. Label your emotions appropriately. B. Unexpressed emotions affect your life. C. Everyone must express his or her emotions immediately. D. A good laugh can do wonders for a person's emotional state. E. Expressing emotions is the best way to release repressed feelings. F. Choose a physical activity that will not harm another person or yourself. G. Try watching a sad movie and allowing yourself to cry for the characters. |
Thanks to skateboarding, I've had a happy childhood. When I was a(n)1, I would spend one or two hours on a skateboard every day after school.
It was a sunny afternoon. I took my skateboard to the2with several friends as usual. In the beginning, we had a great time skateboarding. After a while, we3skating and one of my best friends said, "It's kind of4! It's too easy for me. I have no interest in it anymore."Another friend5and came up with a(n)6, "Do you see that small7by the playground? Let's sit on our skateboards and slide down to the8. Whoever gets to the bottom first is the winner.""It sounds good. Let's have a9,"I responded with10.
When we got to the top of the hill, the11began. I was the first one to rush out. Maybe everyone thought I would be the12, but at the middle of the hill, a stone hit my skateboard. I got 13badly. My knees were bleeding. I was14and could not stop crying. All of my friends tried to15me. About 10 minutes later, my parents16and took me to the hospital.
I was traumatized(受到创伤) by the experience, and I got too scared to get on my skateboard for a long time. And now, I'm not17in it anymore. But this unusual18has been imprinted(铭刻) in my memory, and it constantly19me to be careful when doing sports and always make 20a priority(优先).
The beginning of a new year brings opportunities to look forward to, but sometimes the best way forward isn't straight head.
(fall) on Jan. 31, National Backward Day is an opportunity to reverse(颠倒) the set routines of daily life. Backward Day (start) in 1961 by two farmers, Sarah Nicole Miller and Megan Emily Scott, and the occasion has stuck, according National Today. Taking part can be as simple as wearing a hat backward or as (excite) as reverse skydiving.
But for some, like Aaron Yoder, track and field coach at Bethany College in Lindsborg, Kansas, going backward (be) a daily practice. When an injury kept him sidelined(退赛) from running—and work, relationship, and family challenges mounted— Mr. Yoder decided (turn) it around, literally. Running backward, works different muscles, delivered new freedom. "It was a reset. It was kind of like a rebirth," he says.
Mr. Yoder now holds the fastest backward mile (recognize) by Guinness World Records, clocking in at 5: 54. And the (advantage) of backward thinking have spread into "different elements of teaching, coaching, life," he says.
His advice for those who might try backward running on Jan. 31, "Just make sure you got a clear path.”
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧)，并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1．每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2．只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
Helping others are a great pleasure. I still remember that person who once helped myself.
One morning, my mother got ill and I quickly ride my bike to buy some medicine for her. I was on such a hurry that my bike hit a tree and I fell onto the ground. Just then, a man saw that was happening when drive past. He stopped take me to the nearest hospital. Luckily, the doctor said I wasn't bad hurt. Then the man took me to a drugstore and helped me buy some medicine. Finally, he drove me home. How kind he was!
Since then, I have started to help others in the need. I think a little help can make a big different to others.
