Dear Tommy,
I am Ole Orvér, Finnair's chief commercial officer. It's my pleasure to warmly welcome you back to the skies with Finnair. I'd like to reflect on some of the developments that we hope you find exciting and helpful:
●This summer season you can fly with Finnair to over 70 European and five US destinations. In Asia, we serve eight cities, including Guangzhou and newly added Mumbai starting 6 August. We operate over 300 daily flights and I'm excited about the addition of Seattle and Dallas to our US network.
●Travel is recovering everywhere, and airports around the world are working hard to manage increased traffic volumes. It is a good idea to reserve some extra time at the airport before your flight. We are doing our very best together with our partners both at Helsinki and in our outstations to offer you a smooth travel experience during this popular travel season.
●You are again able to offset(碳补偿) flight carbon emissions, this time with a service that combines sustainable aviation(航空) fuel and certified climate projects. We at Finnair have ambitious emissions targets and our customers wish for a simple and transparent way to contribute.
●Finnair Plus turned 30 in May. We are committed to developing the programme further to serve you in the best possible way. To make your flight bookings smoother, we recently upgraded the experience of booking award flights in the Finnair app.
Finally, I'd like to thank you for your patience when we haven't got things quite right. Wherever you're travelling in the next few months, I hope it's memorable. Thank you for flying Finnair.
Kind Regards,
Ole Orvér
It was a Sunday and I was with my mom in a mall. Mom is short. It is easy to overlook her in a crowd because she is nothing extraordinary to see.
We walked down the mall, glancing at windows briefly because we both knew we wouldn't buy much, like always. I remember I was looking up at the people we passed - at first indifferently, but then attentively. Ladies wore five-inch heels and bright clothing. Men strode(阔步行走) by smelling of perfume.
An uneasy feeling started to settle in my chest. I tried to push it out, but once it took root it refused to be tossed away. I could not deny it; I was ashamed of my mother.
We were in a high-class neighborhood, I knew that. We lived in a small, overpriced apartment building that mom chose to move to because she knew the schools were good. But as I scrutinized the passers-by and then turned accusing eyes on Mom, I realized for the first time that we didn't belong there.
I could see the heavy lines around Mom's eyes and mouth. She wore cheap, ragged clothes. Her eyes were tired from working long hours to make ends meet and her hair too gray for her age.
I looked at her, and I was ashamed. My mom is nothing extraordinary, yet at that moment she stood out because she was just so plain.
I didn't want to be seen with her. Just then, pointing to a sweater in a high-end store, mom said, "This will look good on you. Do you want it?" I almost agreed, thoughtlessly. Then I took a closer look at the small, weary woman and my words died in my throat. Her clothes were old because she spent money buying me new ones. She looked tired because she was busy working to provide for me. She didn't wear jewelry because she was just content with me.
Suddenly, Mother was beautiful and extraordinarily wonderful in my eyes.
I was no longer ashamed of her, but of myself.
"No, thanks." I said.
Record-breaking heatwaves seen across the world this summer are set to repeat themselves due to human-caused climate change - even if we reached net zero today.
The summer of 2022 has set thousands of new temperature records across the United States alone, according to data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
The mechanisms(机制) behind these heatwaves may vary by region, but, as with the "heat dome (热穹顶)" that broke temperature records in the Pacific northwest in 2021, air pressure systems are key.
"Partly, it's the large-scale weather patterns, " said Craig Clements, professor at San José State University. "Here in the California Bay Area, we have this high pressure ridge(高压脊), which is a big buildup of air, and that air tends to be still. Thus, there's no sea breeze that usually cools off San Francisco, and that really is triggering the extensive heat. We can just continue to heat it with the sun's input because there's no cloud cover. "
It's natural for these air pressure systems to change over time. On the West coast of the U. S. , low pressure systems bring rain and cooler temperatures due to air from the north, with high pressure systems following behind.
However, Clements notes that these weather patterns are becoming more pronounced and lasting longer. They're also becoming less "natural".
"At this stage, the 'natural cycle' no longer applies." said Chris E. Forest, professor at Pennsylvania State University. "Across the globe, the likelihood of breaking weather extremes is directly related to the impact of climate change related to multiple causes, but primarily, increasing heat-trapping gases like CO2 and changes in landscape and landcover."
Brian Hoskins, professor at the University of Reading in the U. K. , echoed the point." We know of no natural cycles that would lead to such records, " he said. "I consider that it is virtually impossible that they would have happened without human-caused climate change."
In the long term, even if we got to net zero emissions today, it will take the next 30 to 50 years until we start to see 'stabilized' global temperatures and the future extremes will be worsened by each degree of warming.
The word paradigm comes from the Greek. It was originally a scientific term, and is more commonly used today to mean a model or theory. In the more general sense, it's the way we "see" the world - not in terms of our visual sense of sight, but in terms of perceiving, understanding, and interpreting.
A simple way to understand paradigms is to see them as maps. We all know that "the map is not the territory." A map is simply an explanation of certain aspects of the territory. That's exactly what a paradigm is. It is a theory, an explanation, or model of something else. You can never arrive at a specific location in a new city with a wrong map.
Each of us has many maps in our head, which can be divided into two main categories: maps of the way things are, or realities, and maps of the way things should be, or values. We interpret everything we experience through these mental maps. We seldom question their accuracy; we're usually even unaware that we have them. We simply assume that the way we see things is the way they really are or the way they should be. And our attitudes and behaviors grow out of those assumptions. The way we see things is the source of the way we think and the way we act.
We see the world, not as it is, but as we are -or, as we are conditioned to see it. Clearheaded people see things differently, each looking through the unique lens of experience. But this does not mean that there are no facts. Instead, each person's interpretation of these facts represents prior experiences.
The more aware we are of our basic paradigms, maps, or assumptions, and the extent to which we have been influenced by our experience, the more we can take responsibility for those paradigms, examine them, test them against reality, listen to others and be open to their perceptions, thereby getting a larger picture and a far more objective view.
Games like Pump It Up are enjoyable because it takes things that make games addictive - points, levels and challenges, for example-and puts them and physical movement together. You can apply these techniques to your everyday fitness routines to make exercise feel as fun as a video game.
Have an objective.
When you're playing a game, there's always an objective. Exercise should be no different. Create a clear fitness goal. Aim to walk 10, 000 steps a day, for example, or try to run a total of 6 miles every week.
Compete against others.
Research suggests that adding an element of competition to your exercise routine can actually help you work out harder. Competing against others will help you walk more steps. You can also look into fitness programs that encourage friendly competition.
Researchers found that collaboration-getting a group to work together toward a common goal—was also an effective way to increase physical activity. So grab a close friend or family member and bring them to the gym with you - there's a reason why the "gym buddy" exists.
Add an element of novelty.
Some people love video games because there's a lot of unpredictability and surprise. You can recreate this sense of wonder in your own exercises. Ride your bike from one friend's house to another. Beat your personal record to the peak of a trail run.
A. Look for opponents.
B. Team up with partners.
C. It needs to be both specific and challenging.
D. You can participate in a step-tracking challenge.
E. Take photos of at least 5 different flowers on your neighborhood walk.
F: It helps you focus and motivates you to keep playing until you win the game.
G. This powerful combination motivates people to keep on playing and exercising.
Veteran (老兵) Willenbring has always been a fighter. She grew up with her parents on the West Coast during an adolescence she describes as sometimes1. But the military struck Willenbring as a way to 2 the aggression she says built up during an unstable upbringing. In 1998, she joined the army and was 3 to a foreign country.
"We were actually part of the initial 4to go into the country," she says. "And I can't even describe the 5." In the scenes of destruction, Willenbring recalled some ordinary sights that briefly woke her from the stress of the war every night. As her mission came to an end, her luck ran out. She ended up severely 6 and had to be taken away in an air ambulance.
She 7 returned to her home country, and spent three years living in her hometown, a city called Salem. She 8 to adjust to civilian life. Fireworks would 9 particularly difficult episodes. "I had PTSD (创伤后应激障碍) so badly that I could not 10living in a city anymore, " she says.
Instead, in 2010 Willenbring 11 on a plot with sheep in rural Oregon. The sheep, she says, have helped her manage her trauma symptoms. She's surrounded by animals that 12 her emotions and can tell her own mood.
The 13 rural life is an apparent contrast to the chaos of battle. Willenbring hasn't had a major14related to her PTSD for eight years. Farming has its dramas, she says, "but it is also something that is about creation, about15 over death rather than death over life."
Liangzhu Museum displays various burial objects found in the Archaeological Ruins of Liangzhu City, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The ruins have gained worldwide recognition evidence for the existence of at least 5, 000 years of Chinese civilization.
When Zhang Han set foot inside Liangzhu Museum, the 10-year-old embarked on a tour that took him back more than 5, 000 years. Wearing the smart glasses, Zhang (present) with virtual images of relics. Augmented reality glasses feature among a string of measures taken by the museum to give visitors a more vivid experience of Liangzhu civilization, while (help) them gain a better appreciation of Chinese culture.
Tourists can also visit the official website of Liangzhu Museum to enjoy a virtual tour. With click of the mouse, they can gain access to exhibition halls that they may never be able to visit (physical).
(advance) technologies are increasingly playing a major role in Chinese museums. In the northwestern Chinese city of Dunhuang, is known for the UNESCO World Heritage Site Mogao Grottoes, the "digital Dunhuang project" has made extensive use of digitalization. By the end of 2021, it (complete) the digital collection of 268 grottoes, the image processing of 164 grottoes, and so on.
The protection and (revive) of Dunhuang's ancient culture is not an isolated case in China. The Yungang Grottoes in Shanxi province also have 3D "digital archives", which allow precious cultural relics and historical archives (preserve) permanently.
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Save the Forest
I am very delighted to enter my ideal school. For most freshmen, August is the month for military training, which serves as a good chance to get familiar with new classmates and adapt to campus life.
Our school's training took place from Aug 23 to 29. One of the challenges was to make a blackboard presentation in the new classroom. When I found out that I was in charge of this project, I had butterflies in my stomach. After all, this was the first activity in our school life.
"Would other top students alienate (疏远) me? Could I manage to both complete this project and rehearse for the closing concert? What if my classmates wouldn't follow instructions under my leadership? I was thinking of these tricky questions by myself.
The project began on Aug 24. The group of blackboard presentation was composed of four girls. The three other girls in the group were flexible. We gave up our lunch break hour and returned to the dormitory later at night so as to work longer on the project. One girl questioned my design, saying that we should abridge (删减) the text and leave more space for pictures. The disagreements between us upset me from time to time, but whenever there was a conflict, I tried to stay calm, decide whether to take her suggestions and then make adjustments accordingly. Gradually, I found her to be a person of strong opinion and organizational capabilities. Sometimes I was absent for a rehearsal, and I felt relieved to leave the project in her care. Other classmates turned out to be amazingly warm-hearted. Every day, five or six students came to ask me if they could help out with the decorations. Then came the big day.
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Two hours before our presentation, we were in need of paper flowers.
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Eventually, the school leaders announced the result of the competition.
