Some best places to go in Shanghai
The Bund
1.3 miles to city center
Type: Free, Neighborhood/Area, Sightseeing
Time to spend: 1 to 2 hours
Shanghai's picturesque waterfront, known as "the Bund," is where you'll find those classic skyline photo opportunities. With the Oriental Pearl TV Tower, the Shanghai World Financial Center and other skyscrapers standing across the Huangpu River, the view stuns. And behind you, attractive European-style buildings housing restaurants and shops line the waterfront boulevard, affording plenty of activities.
Shanghai Museum
0.2 miles to city center
Type: Museums, Free, Sightseeing
Time to spend: 2 hours to half day
Located on the People's Square near Nanjing Road, the Shanghai Museum is hard to miss thanks to its distinct architecture and remarkable size. And you really shouldn't skip this historical gem. Frequently called one of the best museums in China, this expansive museum houses a diverse collection of artifacts that chart the nation's history. Highlights include ornate calligraphy, beautiful jade carvings, thousand-year-old bronze works and traditional Chinese garb.
Zhujiajiao
26.3 miles to city center
Type: Free, Neighborhood/Area
Time to spend: half day to full day
This ancient water town, the Venice of Shanghai, saw its heyday during the Ming Dynasty, when its success as a commercial hub resulted in the construction of its picturesque waterways. The area remains composed of numerous canals with bridges connecting visitors to scores of charming narrow streets. Expect to find tiny cafes down back alleys, friendly boatmen offering rides and hole-in-the-wall shops selling souvenirs.
Nanjing Road
0.9 miles to city center
Type: Free, Neighborhood/Area, Shopping
Time to spend: 2 hours to half day
Whether or not you have money to bum, consider visiting Nanjing Road to witness the hustle and bustle of Chinese commerce. The Shanghai equivalent of New York's Fifth Avenue, Nanjing Road stretches six miles total and boasts retailers from all over the world in addition to local shops and department stores. In the daylight, you'll admire the graceful architecture of the surrounding buildings. At night, you'll be surprised at the beautiful logos and brand names that line the avenue.
Chuvina was 56 when she discovered knife throwing in 2007. She'd done a simple job in the coat check section of the local factory. One day, two young men discussed the possibility of opening a knife throwing club there. It was the first time that Chuvina had heard of knife throwing, so she desired to have a try and signed up for training. Just a month and a half later, she learned that her hometown would host a knife throwing competition. She signed up and shocked the audience by winning first place.
Her victory inspired many people, but there were also those who simply called it beginner's luck. Chuvina silenced the latter at the 2007 National Knife Throwing Championship in Moscow, where she beat the best knife throwers in the country. Her first prize had been a new heater, but for her win at the nationals, she received a mobile phone and an air mattress. These motivated her to participate in more competitions.
In 2008, Chuvina competed in the World Knife Throwing Championship, against 36 of the world's best knife throwers. She was the oldest player, but she won once again, becoming number one knife thrower all over the world.
Throughout her amazing career, Chuvina won 5 national championships, as well as 50 medals and titles. She was considered as a national treasure, getting much attention from the press, giving interviews and making appearances on television shows.
If your fingers get chilly all year round—even in the peak of summer—you're not alone. Many people get cold hands during all of the seasons, due to a number of causes, from genetic to chronic illnesses.
Common reasons include being elderly and thin. If your hands are regularly cold or numb, however, it's a good idea to see a doctor to rule out more serious causes. Cold hands are one of the symptoms of both anemia (贫血症) and hypothyroidism (甲状腺机能减退). Diabetes, which reduces blood circulation, can also trigger it. And if your heart is weak from heart disease, your body may prioritize sending blood to your core over your limbs.
For many others, cold hands are a sign they have a largely harmless condition called Raynaud's disease. When any of us goes out in the cold, our bodies activate the muscles in our smallest blood vessels to make them even smaller—a survival mechanism to keep blood, and thus warmer temperatures, in our core. For people with Raynaud's, this reaction is too strong, and instead of just a bit less blood going to their fingers, far too little gets there.
Raynaud's is more common in women, and it most often develops before the age of 30. In fact, if you develop Raynaud's when you're older—usually after 40—it can be a sign of another underlying issue. That could be a smaller problem—a previous incident of frostbite (冻伤) or a sign of a more serious autoimmune condition, like lupus (狼疮).
For the majority of people living with Raynaud's, medication won't be necessary. However, a rare, more severe form of Raynaud's affects less than one in 1,000 people. In these cases, blood can become completely blocked, causing sores on the hands. If they go untreated, it can lead to gangrene (坏疽) and, very rarely, amputation (截肢).
To address the plastic pollution troubling the world's seas and waterways, Cornell University chemists have developed a new polymer (聚合物) that can degrade (降解) plastic when exposed to ultraviolet radiation, according to the research published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society.
"We have created a new plastic that has the mechanical properties required by commercial fishing gear. If it eventually gets lost in the water environment, this material can degrade on a realistic time scale," said lead researcher Bryce Lipinski, professor of chemistry and chemical biology at Cornell University. "This material could effectively reduce persistent plastic accumulation in the environment."
Commercial fishing contributes to about half of all floating plastic waste that ends up in the oceans. Fishing nets and ropes are primarily made from three kinds of polymers, none of which easily degrade. "While research of degradable plastics has received much attention in recent years," Lipinski said, "obtaining a material with a mechanical strength comparable to commercial plastic remains a difficult challenge."
Coates and his research team have spent the past 15 years developing the new plastic called isotactic polypropylene oxide, or iPPO. While its original discovery was in 1949, the mechanical strength of this material was unknown before this recent work. The high isotacticity and polymer chain length of their material makes it different from previous plastics and provides its mechanical strength.
Lipinski and other scientists want no race of the polymer to be left in the environment. He notes there is precedent (先例) for the biodegradation of small chains of iPPO which could effectively make it disappear and ongoing efforts aim to prove this.
Most students seem to have considerable "test anxiety". If you do this, you will not be able to show what you are really able to accomplish. Here are some suggestions that you should consider.
Waiting until the night before a test to start studying is likely to spike your anxiety. Instead of waiting until the last minute, start studying as soon as a test is scheduled. With several days or even a week to prepare, you'll feel more relaxed because you have plenty of time to learn the material.
Organize Your Materials
It's important to gather all of your materials, including your books, notes, and other studying tools before the big exam. Keeping them all in order and handy is a great way to make sure that you can reference and cross-reference them.
Review your notes each night.
Reviewing your notes daily will help you to organize the material for yourself. Don't expect that your understanding will come during the lecture. You need to spend time thinking about the course outside of class.
Get a good night's sleep before the exam.
Staying up too late studying the night before an exam is a bad idea, in general. If you do just one thing, this is it: get enough sleep the night before your exam. Sleep, particularly deep sleep, is critical for memory formation. Make it a practice to get a good night's rest after any intense day of learning and studying.
A. Draw up a schedule.
B. Learning simply doesn't work that way.
C. Leave yourself plenty of time for studying.
D. Most students suffer mental illness when preparing for a test.
E. It will help your brain to retain as much information as possible.
F. Many talk themselves out of doing well before they even have the exam.
G. This will also make your life a lot easier when you get heavy into your studying.
When I was younger, I was accustomed to obeying orders. Go to school. Go to play basketball. 1 the parents. One of the most 2 commands was: Be quiet.
So, I learned to stay quiet—about problems, desires and feelings. I developed a rich 3 world and my thoughts were to be 4 mostly to myself.
On the 5 side, that made me more 6. But it also caused that I didn't experience what I wanted, as the wants and the communication both got stopped by a blanket of 7.
It was a long time before I knew it was okay to 8 about needs, desires, and feelings. As I got older, I found people 9 me to open up and share more. That was difficult to do though. I wasn't 10 it. When people wanted to know more about me, 11 felt like they were shining a burning spotlight into my 12. But this left me 13 inside my own thought. I couldn't talk about what I felt, needed, and wanted, no one could help me make 14. Even if people offered 15, it was misguided because they didn't really know what I wanted. They had to 16, but their guesses were wrong.
However, in order to seek for personal 17, I read lots of books and listened to many audio programs. I liked it when other people 18 their stories, goals, ambitions, mistakes, and feelings. Every now and then, I'd come across something that struck me as really 19 and authentic. And I gradually found I really need to 20 my quiet and safe area now.
Dunhuang Sand Painting — A Call to Cherish (珍惜) Art
Dunhuang, an ancient Chinese city on the Silk Road, has number of historical attractions and the world's most treasured grotto (石窟) art.
Recently, a sand painting was finished at Mount Mingsha, (make) a sharp contrast to the surrounding desert. As the sun rose and set, the painting gradually faded away within a day after (remove) canvas (帆布) over the painting.
This work was accomplished by a young team of(artist) led by Liu Jie, an expert in solid colour sand painting. He(hope) the unique piece would remind people that art can easily fade away without proper protection, and said that the great culture of Dunhuang should be protected carefully.
"It is very meaningful to be part of this campaign to raise awareness. Hopefully, watching the (disappear) of the painted sand can motivate a desire to cherish what is precious and translate itaction," Liu said.
The good news isscientists as well as visiting scholars from across the world are drawn to the caves. Thanks to international cooperation and advanced technology, Mogao's relics have been(successful) preserved. All these show how Mogao has built bridges of common understanding and share its(culture) heritage with the world.
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。
Chelsea Hill is a respectable girl. Since the age of three, she has dreamed of be a dancer.
That ambition was nearly on an end one night in 2010. Hill, then a17-year-old high school student in Pacific Grove, California, was in a car accident, that put her in hospital for 51 day and left her paralyzed from the waist down. For most people, that will have ruined any hope of dreams. For Hill himself, it was the beginning. Although it was real tough, but Hill achieved the dream in her wheelchair. Hoping to expand her dance to help women like her, Hill moved to Los Angeles in 2014 and formed team of dancer with disabilities naming the Rollettes.
1）出发及返回时间；
2）活动安排：采茶、品茶、观看表演等；
3）期待Henry一同前往。
注意：1）词数100左右；
2）可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
