Four Healthy Experience Gifts Wellness Fans Will Love
You'll surprise and delight your friends and family with these thoughtful gifts that have real health benefits.
Facial
Taking care of your skin is a way to take care of yourself. And anytime you prioritize your own wellbeing, that's a very good thing. Gifting a facial will allow you to feel the healing benefits of walking out with a fresh face. A new skincare and facial destination in New York. Philadelphia, and LA offers gift certificates to treat someone to muchneeded time.
Facials start at $ 65
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Massage (按摩)
"We don't have to tell you why a massage makes a good gift." If you are in businesses, the chance to really feel your body less tense is always going to be a winning experience gift. Massage is too often one of those things we know are good for you, but you may rarely schedule the time to do that. Make it easy in your life to take advantage of this relaxing selfcare experience.
Massages start at $45
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Personal training session
There are so many health benefits to working out. Not only does regular exercise help improve your health now, but it also helps you live longer. Gifting a yoga class or a oneonone personal training session can help ease someone back into a regular routine. You can help with this: a ClassPass gift card that will allow you to choose the class that suits you best.
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Private meditation (冥想) session
Investing in a regular meditation routine is an experience gift that you should give to yourself. Numerous studies have shown that meditation has an impressive list of benefits from reducing blood pressure to lessening symptoms of psychological depression. Meditation studios are popping up all over the country, so search for a studio in your area that offers private or group sessions, like MNDFL in New York or the Meditation Bar in Austin, Texas.
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At noon, I would race breathlessly home, a tenminute walk from my school. My mother was waiting for me with pleasure to have lunch while I shared what happened at school.
I had been picked to be the princess in the school play, and for weeks my mother had rehearsed my lines so hard with me. But no matter how easily I acted at home, hardly had I stepped on stage when every word escaped me. Finally, my teacher asked me to change to a narrator's part. Her word, kindly expressed, still hurt, especially when I saw my part go to another girl.
I didn't tell my mother what had happened that day. But she sensed my pain. Instead of suggesting we practice my lines, she asked if I wanted to walk in the yard.
Under the rose vine, we could see yellow dandelions (蒲公英), as if a painter had touched our landscape with shades of gold. I watched my mother casually bend down by one dandelion. "I'm going to dig up all these weeds, " she said, pulling it up by its roots. "From now on, we'll have only roses in this garden."
"But I like dandelions" I argued. "All flowers are beautiful — even dandelions."
My mother asked thoughtfully, "Yes, every flower gives pleasure in its own way, doesn't it？" I nodded, pleased I had won her over. "And that is true of people too, " she added. I burst into tears, a mixture of relief and regret swelling up as I told her what had happened.
"But you will be a beautiful narrator, " she said, encouraging me as she did. "The narrator's part is important, too." Composing myself gradually, I began to accept the narrator's part. Then came the performance day. I was still nervous, but it was at that very moment that I found a dandelion in my pocket. It was obvious that my mom secretly put the flower there, which magically gave me confidence.
If you make a list of the world's top ten most challenging jobs, chances are that being a teacher will not make the cut. But think about the discouraging task millions of educators face each day as they try to shape a group of often badtempered, wild kids into intelligent, wellrounded individuals. That surely has to be the toughest job in the world, especially given that there is no promotion or bonus awaiting them even if they are wildly successful!
What if these allimportant individuals that we often take for granted disappear from our lives? That was what Project Ed and Participant Media's Teach campaign asked filmmakers of all ages to imagine in their recentlyheld competition entitled "A World Without Teachers". Its purpose was to inspire more young people to become teachers. However, the 62 amazing video submissions also serve as a reminder of how horrible things would be if we didn't have these selfless individuals guiding us through life. What was interesting is that even the youngest participants did not appear to be happy at the idea of not having anybody telling them what to do.
A high school student Savannah Wakefield showed what art would be without teachers in the world. Would Monet have discovered his talent for impressionism? Los Angelesbased Miles Horst, who won the 1,000 USD prize for the best adult submission imagines a world where teachers are replaced by a "brain box" in his fun lively entry.
Youth category winner Marina Barham's video represents a fact we all know but often forget. Teachers don't just teach, they inspire—something that no electronic device, no matter how smart, can do! So the next time you think your teacher is being "mean" for trying to channel you in the right direction, imagine life without him/her. We have a feeling that it will not appear as rosy!
After a long day under the beating sun, an ice cream might be a tempting treat. But would you be able to enjoy it if you knew it was made from insect "milk？" Gourmet Grubb, a food company, is hoping to use ice cream to introduce the public to the world of eating insects. Its ice cream uses EntoMilk, a dairy alterative made from insects known as the black solider fly, which is full of nutrients and friendly to farm and produce. "The ice cream flavors include chocolate, peanut butter and Christmas spices. We set out to change the way insects were seen, produced and used in the food industry, " said Leah Bessa, who cofounded Gourmet Grubb in 2017, "We were expecting a lot of push back. However, people said the first bite was not a taste of disgust but a pleasant surprise and they couldn't wait to have one more."
According to Bessa, EntoMilk has "a slightly taste of earth" and gives the ice cream "a rich, creamy taste". The insect "milk" ice cream is made with natural ingredients, such as raw honey, cocoa, spices and organic peanut butter. But it's not just about the taste — Bessa says the insect "milk" is also high in nutrients that are comparable to fish and meat like beef, chicken, and pork. EntoMilk is five times higher in protein than dairy.
"Insects need very little water, feed and space to grow, " Bessa explained, "They also produce little or no greenhouse gases compared to traditional livestock." Insects can be farmed indoors in small, controlled environments and they can be raised in urban areas, reducing the time of transporting the milk to the city. It also means they are less at risk of being impacted by outer climate patterns, which would affect cattle and crops. There is also potential for insect farming to reduce waste.
The United Nations predicts that the world will need to double food production to feed the global population by 2050 and has long promoted insect farming as a sustainable alternative protein source to traditional livestock. Although over 1, 900 insect species are estimated to be consumed by humans worldwide, insects are yet to reach the mainstream of Western cuisine.
Welive surrounded by advanced technology.. You can get the information you want immediately over the Internet. With various technologies surroundingus, it's easy to wonder how ancient people got anything done.
Actually, all of our modern things are based on older technologies. Ancient people didn't necessarily have steel or wheels or electronic communication. Yet, they built monument (纪念碑) even bigger than Stonehenge. . And ancient Egyptians built the pyramids — with huge mystery rooms inside.
.The first "kitchen" flames were still older. Ancient human relatives cooked food over fires in Europe 800, 000 years ago. The first spear-throwers threw their weapons 279, 000 years ago—before modern humans existed.
At first, scientists long believed that the ancients who lived 80, 000 years ago were the first to throw spears with stone tips. Then came the discovery of 279, 000-year-old stone spear tips in Ethiopia. These pushed the date back..
Scientists have been trying to figure out how ancient people developed their tools and build their cities and monuments.. They are also recreating ancient techniques themselves — from rolling pyramid rocks to testing out ancient tar (沥青) recipes. They detect mystery holes in Great Pyramid of Giza: Using high tech tools normally reserved for particle physics research, scientists have found a large hidden hole inside Egypt's Great Pyramid of Giza. They have made some great discoveries, but they know there are still a lot of things waiting to be discovered.
A. Ancient people were really clever
B. Not all of these technologies are useful
C. For example, there are skyscrapers and spaceships
D. They also raised huge stone heads on Easter Island
E. They use modern technologies to explore the ancient places
F. Not all of advanced technologies were limited to modern people
G. And it has been suggested that even prehuman species hunted with spears
I work as a waiter at a restaurant. Last night an elderly and seemingly 1 couple came into the restaurant and my coworkers eated them. We usually 2 our own tables. At one point the elderly couple signaled to me that they were ready to3. I was super busy so I found myself a bit 4, but out of politeness I went to them and 5 their order.
The6began ordering and started stammering (口吃)to an extent I'd never heard before. It was very 7 that he had a speech disorder. I could 8 the wife had told her husband a great range of things that she wanted, as a way for him to 9 ordering. It took a while for him to order, and in the meantime, she looked so proud and content 10 her husband's severe stammering.
Honestly the whole thing just brought me to 11. It was touching and just made merealize that a huge part of 12 is acceptance, tolerance and support. She could have made the order and made things a lot 13 for her husband and 14 the stares from other tables, but she didn't. 15 she supported him and was proud to see him complete the order. I 16 took their gesture of wanting to order as being rude, but I think they 17 it because he really wanted to get the order right.
This whole thing also reminded me that life is 18 for all of us. I assumed this wealthy couple had everything going for them, but it just 19 me that all of us have our problems. Anyway, as long as we hold a positive attitude towards life, things will 20well.
AutumnEquinox (秋分) lies at the midpoint of autumn, (divide) autumn into two equal parts. After that day, the location of directsunlight moves to the south, making days (short) and nights longer in the northernhemisphere (半球).
is said in the ancient book is that on AutumnEquinox day the Yin and Yang are in a (balance) power. Thus the day and night are of equal length, as are thecold and hot weather.
ByAutumn Equinox, most of the areas in China (enter) the cool autumn. When the cold airheading south meets the declining warm and wet air, rainfall happens. Thetemperature also drops (frequent).
Accordingto experts, on the Spring Equinox and Autumn Equinox, the day and night are ofequal time both in the southern and northern hemispheres. Standing eggs on end, traditional Chinese custom, isconsidered the best on this day.
Butonce it (question) whetherstanding the egg had anything to do with the time. As is known now, the mostimportant thing is to shift the egg's center of gravity to the lowest part ofthe egg. In this way, the trick is holding the egg the yolk (蛋黄)sinks as much as possible. For this, you're better off choosing an egg that'sabout 4 or 5 days old, yolk is likely to sink down.
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧)，并在此符号下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线(\)划掉。
修改：在错的词下画一横线，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。
Nobody language can be attractive than smiling. Not only can a beautiful smilemake us happy, but also it enables us to feel delightful. Sometimes a smile istoo powerful that it gives people suffered from disasters great courage.
Alittle boy named Lang Zheng, for example, impressed and encouraged a plenty ofpeople when a serious earthquake happened in Wenchuan. Right after he isrescued by the soldiers from the ruin, he saluted and smiled to them. Her smilewas like sunshine, that warmed people who were in sorrow. It is safe to saythat without smiles, our life would be colorless and difficult. Smile now, oryou will find that life is full of wonders.
Host families wanted
Teachers and students froman American high school will visit our school two weeks later, host families are wanted to accommodate our friends.
Requirements:
1）An ability tocommunicate in English is required
2）A separate room is amust
3）A convenient means of transportation is preferred
If interested, please send your application in English to the office of our school before Friday. Please consult us for any further information.
写作要点：
1）参与该活动的意义
2）个人优势
3）作为接待家庭的计划打算
注意：可根据内容适当增加细节，以使行文连贯，次数120字左右。
