Here are the most popular part-time jobs to look into during the coronavirus outbreak
Supermarket Fresh Delivery Staff
Requirement: valid(有效的) driver license and ID required. Amazon has encouraged employees laid off in other industries to apply.
Salary: The wages will increase by £2 per hour in the UK and around €2 per hour in many EU countries. Amazon currently pays delivery jobs £15 per hour in the UK.
Online Tutors
Requirement: No additional resources are required to become an online tutor other than computer skills and an understanding of the subject at hand (related degree preferred). Some employers prefer tutors with specific subject qualifications, while other related working experience will also increase your employment opportunities.
Salary: Tutors. com estimates that the average online tutor makes £21 per hour. However, many important factors, including academic qualifications, certifications and years of work in your area of expertise(专长) will affect the pay.
Freelance(自由职业的) Writers
Requirement: Excellent grammar and writing skills are essential. Prior writing experience is always a plus, but some employers may prefer candidates with a bachelor's degree in Journalism, communication or related fields.
Salary: The average salary is £22. 27 per hour in the UK. However, during the pandemic wages may vary within a certain range.
Web Designers/ Developers
Requirement: Proficiency in graphic design software and consumer recognition is necessary. Web designers must have the ability to understand users and create “roles”, as well as the ability to use sitemaps and figure out user path flow.
Salary: The average wage in the UK is £36 per hour.
Multiple measures have been taken to fight food waste, but a young man is making a big difference with technology. Liu Jichen, a student from Tsinghua University, has developed a Wechat mini-program
called Clear Your Plate. After a meal. users can open the mini-program and take a picture of their empty plates. Once the image is recognized by the AI, students can collect points and use them to buy gifts or charity meals which will be donated to children in poor rural areas. Liu and his team launched the Clear Your Plate campaign in November, 2020 for the third year. It has swept over 1, 017 universities across the country. The one-month campaign attracted almost 1. 6 million participants and collectively reduced food waste by 862 tons and carbon emissions by 3, 337 tons.
The idea, to develop such a mini-program came from Liu's experience in a canteen. In 2017, he found that a restaurant would give diners who finished off their food a card and offer small gifts after a certain number of cards had been collected. “Technological innovation is a good way to reduce food waste, ”Liu thought. He organized a team of 20 members to work on the proiect at the end of 2017. To solve the AI's problem of identifying photos of empty plates, the team spent half a year collecting over 100, 000 samples in canteens and restaurants. In 2018. the mini-program was officially put into operation. They then launched a campaign later that year.
There were so many unknowns in research and development. For our team members. the biggest psychological challenge was whether we were confident enough to complete it, ”said Liu
Now, they have achieved their goal, and the mini-program has more than five million registered users.
“We hope that our efforts can start a new trend among the younger generation by encour- aging them to cherish their food and develop the habit of thrift(节约)，” Liu said. “ Through the campaign， we hope to inspire everyone to take action against food waste and contribute Chinese wisdom and solutions to global food security challenges. ”
Masks that helped save lives are proving a deadly danger to wildlife, with birds and sea creatures trapped in the shocking number of thrown-away facial coverings. Single-use masks have been found around pavements, waterways and beaches worldwide. Worn once, the thin protective materials can take hundreds of years to decompose. “Face masks aren't going away any time soon — but when we throw them away, these items can harm the environment and the animals, ” Ashley Fruno of animal rights group PETA said.
In Britain, a gull was rescued by the RSPCA after its legs became tangled in the straps (带子) of a mask for up to a week. The animal welfare charity took it to a wildlife hospital for treatment before its release.
The biggest effect may be in the water. More than 1. 5 billion masks made their way into the world's oceans last year, accounting for around 6, 200 extra tonnes of ocean plastic pollution, according to environmental group Oceans Asia.
Conservationists in Brazil found one mask inside the stomach of a penguin after its body was washed up on a beach, while a dead puffer fish was discovered caught inside another off the coast of Miami. French campaigners found a dead crab trapped in a mask near the Mediterranean.
Masks and gloves are “particularly problematic” for sea creatures, says George Leonard, chief scientist from NGO Ocean Conservancy. “When those plastics break down in the environment, they then enter the food chain and impact the entire ecosystems, ” he added.
There has been a shift towards greater use of reusable cloth masks as the pandemic (疫情) has worn on, but many are still using the lighter single-use varieties. Campaigners have urged people to bin them properly and cut the straps to reduce the risk of animals becoming trapped. Oceans Asia has also called on governments to increase fines for littering and encourage the use of washable masks.
An improvement in the immune system process would not be a good thing. It would mean your immune system was overactive, and overactive immune systems can lead to some problems. Don't worry! Here are some basic steps you can take to ensure it is normal and thus functioning.
Get enough sleep. It makes your body easier to get sick, as does an irregular sleep schedule. A single night of only 4 to 5 hours of sleep causes your natural killer cells to drop by 70%. Increase your chances of fending off illness by allowing yourself a solid 7 to 9 hours of shut-eye nightly.
Eat well. Fuel your body by eating a wide range of plant-based, fiber-rich, and colorfully varied foods. There is no strong scientific evidence for any specific type of food being linked to better immune function, so you can ignore the supplements (增补药) being marketed toward the coronavirus in particular.
Keep exercising. Exercise has many benefits. It helps to maintain immune health by getting white blood cells moving through the body. If you're already feeling ill, however, you can continue exercising as long as your symptoms are above the chest. If your conditions are further down, take a break for a few days.
This advice is everywhere these days, but don't stop paying attention to it. Keep washing your hands! It's the simplest and most effective protection against catching unwanted bacteria. Think about reducing places for bacteria to hide, such as under long fingernails and rings, either by wearing fewer of them or including in your hand-scrubbing.
A. Practice good health habits.
B. Bury your bad habits in the water.
C. You might want it to function normally.
D. It boosts feelings of well-being and happiness.
E. Little sleep is like a giant welcome mat for illnesses.
F. Focus on getting your nutrition from whole foods instead.
G. You are going to be good at containing and fighting it off.
Have you ever had the feeling that you have flown halfway around the world and left part of yourself behind? Moving from one place to another at such a(n)1speed may leave you feeling uncomfortable. Actually, our minds and bodies need to2such changes, Therefore, traveling3becomes an important part of our understanding of the world.
Slow travel isn't a new4and has been part of social and environmental movements for at least the past 40 years. Lets take a look at the reasons why choosing slow travel is 5both individually and globally. Slow travel6all sorts of people. If you are new7, you may even find that going slow can become your friend. Today slow travel is a(n)8of looking at the options that are available and 9their effects. For example, it considers personal, social and spiritual reasons for moving from one place to another. Also, it can 10that the effect on the environment is given its rightful place and the11of people can also be considered. The search for a(n)12on how we travel can make sure that our needs as well as those of the planet can be13.
The gains from slow travel14from the very moment that you step out of your front door.
Taking time to15the detail of your journey and the local areas that you visit. The people and places you will see by16other forms of transport instead of air travel are more17than those that you will18on a flight. In our age, the slow movement can bring 19, since it can take time to do things properly, and therefore help travelers enjoy more.
Therefore, make the time to go slow so as to20the local culture, eat the local food and smell the flowers!
Shanghai is considered as international cultural metropolis(大都市) with a large number of cultural facilities and. (event) in the eyes of foreigners.
(conduct) by a university in Shanghai, a survey interviewed 436 international students, travelers as well as foreign residents in the city. More than 97% of the participants view Shanghai an international cultural metropolis. In their opinions, the city is modern, welcoming and diverse. 95% of the foreign participants, had learned about Shanghai before their visit, said that the city lived up to (they) expectations. However, 61. 2% of them thought that Shanghai was much better than what they imagined it to be.
The survey interviewees said that their viewpoints on the city (influence)by the cultural infrastructures(基础设施) in the city, such as libraries, theaters and museums. The survey showed that Shanghai had built 131 museums by the end of 2018，(mean)that there was a museum for every 185，000 residents. The large number of small coffee shops, teahouses and bars (be)also highly thought of by foreigners. The Oriental Pearl Television Tower and the (history )architectures on the Bund are seen as cultural landmarks of the city.
假如英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌的以下作文。文中共有10处错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。多改或不按格式要求改不得分。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧, ）并在其下面写出该词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线(＼)划掉。
修改：在错的词下面划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
Last Sunday, my classmates and I went to the neighboring community near their school. On arriving there, we gave a speech on how to protect our environment, where attracted a lot of people. After the speech, people realized they should take a bus or ride a bike instead driving to reduce air pollutions. Then we were divided into five groups and try to collect the rubbish in the community. Influencing by us, many people joined us and began to pick up the rubbish. It wasn't long before the community looked clean or tidy. Though we were a bit tiring, we still felt very happily. Now the environment around us is becoming the better and better.
为了缓解学习压力，你校将于本周末组织一次游览长城的徒步旅行。请你写封倡议信，刊登在校英语报上，动员大家积极参与，内容包括:
1）活动目的;
2）徒步旅行的益处和注意事项;
3）发出倡议。
注意： 1）词数100左右;
2）可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
