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Most of us travel with our parents as children and teenagers. For some of us, during the travel, our parents are our inspiration. These trips are normally full of rental cars, beaches, and hamburgers. My family would go to Galiano island every summer, and we did a week in Mexico in 1995, and then we did two different trips to Anaheim to experience the magic of Disney, Universal, and Knott's Berry Farm.
But all of these are childhood experiences and memories. I didn't really truly travel with my parents until I was an adult when I got the chance to travel with mom and dad.
I was in New Zealand for a study abroad, and invited my parents to come down for a 2-week road trip around the North Island and then 10 days in Fiji. Why not? They said, as if this was something they were invited to do every day. I didn't really plan anything, but my mom had done some reading and I knew some highlights (最好的部分) after living in New Zealand for 5 months.
I had booked a hotel for their first night in Auckland. The only other preparation I had done was to book a rental car. My parents immediately reached an agreement that I should be the driver, for the whole two weeks. The main reason for this, understandably, was that neither of them had ever been in a country where you drive on the left hand side of the road and on the right hand side of the car. This led to me driving my parents around the entire North Island of New Zealand for 2 weeks! But still, everybody had jobs. Dad had the maps, and mom had the guidebook, and I just took them where they told me to go.
Sometimes, I was asked who I was traveling with. When I said "my parents", the response was, "Ohhh, older people." Actually, I have some tips on travelling with parents happily.
More schools around the USA are using online classes when communities run into troubles like wildfires, storms or water shortages.
In Jackson, Mississippi, a problem with the public water system left the city without safe water for several days. As a result, schools had to go online for one week in May. The time in online learning did not last long for the 20, 000 students in Jackson. Earlier this month, children went back to in-person learning when the city said water was safe for normal use.
However, online learning caused problems for children and teachers. At home, children attending online classes often had their whole family in the house. Early in 2020, school officials had high hopes for online learning. Since then, the problems with it have become clearer. The change to online learning has caused many students to fall behind where they should be in their studies. And it has added to new worries about students' health.
In 2018, two powerful storms hit the same area, causing schools in some places to close. Some students were out of school for weeks. There were attempts(尝试) at online learning, but many children did not have laptop computers or other technology. For this reason, most schools tried to move students to other in-person buildings.
"Schools now will look first to online learning," said Gary Henry. He is head of the University of Delaware and has been part of a research team studying online learning. For a period of a few weeks, he said it could be a step to keep students on schedule. But the pandemic(疫情) showed that it was not a good way over a long period of time. "It's a difficult start," said Henry. "It's better to have the kids in the classroom so you can see how they are doing, and provide timely support to them."
Many travelers are familiar with the UNESCO's World Heritage List (世界遗产名录) However, less is known about the organization's List of World Heritage in Danger. It currently states 53 World Heritage sites under threat of "serious and specific dangers" due to factors such as climate change, armed conflict, and development pressures. The accelerated(加速) degeneration(退化) of these cultural treasures is a reality that should concern the world, since the younger generation may not have the opportunity to visit them.
For this reason, insurance(保险) company Budget Direct, and Neo Mam Studios, a creative studio based in the UK, have started a project, creating a series of GIFs to repair World Heritage sites and demonstrate what these ruins would have looked like if they had been protected.
Drawing attention to sites at risk, the project aims to give everyone the opportunity to visit these sites virtually (虚拟的). It started with in-depth research around the sites on the List of World Heritage in Danger. Based on the results, the team made a selection according to two main standards: First, they were man-made places. Second, they still had standing elements. Focusing on the selected sites, the team worked with architects Jelena Popovic and Keremcan Kirilmaz and industrial designer Erdem Batirbek to research and illustrate six of these legendary locations.
In this series of GIFs, six sites are digitally repaired to their former glory. They include Hatra in Iraq, Leptis Magna in Libya, Palmyra in Syria, Portobelo-San Lorenzo in Panama, Nan Madol in the Federated States of Micronesia as well as the Old City of Jerusalem and its Walls. Time does not stand still, and neither does technology. Thanks to these technologies, we can travel virtually, without leaving home, to those places that, whatever their future may be, will always be part of the collective memory.
I was lucky to serve as a RA(resident assistant, 宿舍协管员) for two years at Manhattan ville College, which has students from more than 50 countries. I talked with a lot of students who had trouble living in a dorm room.
• Make your room as YOU as possible. It's your HOME. Show your style. Put up the posters your mom never lets you put up at home. Do whatever you can to make your room a comfortable place so you'll feel right at home.
• A clean room is a happy room. Cleanliness is important whether you share a room with one person or seven. Thus, your room will be always clean.
• Snack time is the best time. Some colleges have dining 24 hours a day, while others offer no food after midnight. Have snacks on hand because you'll get hungry during those late-night homework adventures. Try healthy snacks such as fruit and yogurt. And remember the Freshman 15 doesn't apply (对……适用) only to freshmen.
• The key to getting along well with others is communication. If there's a problem, ALWAYS talk it out with your roommate first. If you still have problems after talking, turn to your RA for help.
A. Be open to differences.
B. Don't shout, but talk it out!
C. Here are some survival tips I want to share.
D. It's unfair for only one to clean up all the time.
E. But watch out for Freshman 15 — gaining 15 pounds!
F. Make a timetable that can be followed by everyone.
G. Your dorm room isn't just where you sleep or study.
I visited my sister's family yesterday. When I arrived there, my 14-year-old nephew looked quite 1. When asked about the reason, he said he was going to take an exam. I was not2 after listening to his explanation.
I know it is commonplace to3 anxious thoughts before an examination or during the examination. Moderate (适度的) levels of stress4us to work hard, overcome our limitations and give our best5. However, when we are overly anxious, we may feel like a complete failure and see no6in making an effort.
As a society which now believes firmly in 7, achieving, and winning, we might8 turn examinations into larger-than-life events. We seem to 9 the fact that an examination is just something used to tell us how well we have grasped a particular curriculum(课程) and where we need to improve in that specific curriculum. Whatever the10of an examination we have got, they cannot change who we are and what we will do in our lives. Therefore, 11we fail to perform well, we must12 ourselves that it is just one exam in our long life and it is not going to be the end of the world.
Comparing ourselves with others brings a lot of fear in our mind and prevents our13. Rather than thinking about either defeating others or getting defeated by them, we should14this unhealthy thought and make self-perfection our long-term goal. Let's always make every effort to15ourselves and realize our internal potential (潜力).
China is a big old country has a history of more than five thousand years. We are proud of (it) culture and part of the culture even influences the world (great), for example, the thought of Confucius (孔子). As Chinese economy develops very fast and plays important role in the world, more and more (foreigner) learn Mandarin (普通话) in Confucius institutions. The Chinese traditional culture can (test) by the time. It unites (团结) the whole nation and no matter what kind of disaster comes, we will fight together for the county's future. Today, many young people lose faith in traditional culture and they are crazy the western culture. They follow the western fashion, (think) we are the old style. But some day, they (realize) they are wrong (ignore忽视) traditional culture.
1）阐述玩抖音的危害；
2）提出建议和解决办法。
注意：1）写作词数应为80左右；
2）开头和结尾已为你写好，不计入总词数。
Dear Alice,
I am worried to know that you should be so addicted to TikTok these days.
……
Yours,
Li Hua
Easton retired(退休) as a school teacher, and he didn't have enough savings. What's worse, his wife, Cassandra, had heart disease that needed expensive treatment.
To save his wife's life, Easton didn't have a choice but to take up a job, and he found one as a pizza delivery(递送) man at Rooster's Pizza. On his first day on the job, his co-workers judged him because the sight of an 84-year-old pizza delivery man was undoubtedly a rare one. But Easton didn't care.
After delivering the first two orders that day, Easton was on his way to deliver the third one, when he realized his car was low on gas. He stopped at a gas station, worried he would be late for his next delivery. Determined to make it on time, Easton grabbed the steering wheel and drove as fast as he could. However, as he reached one of the main roads, a police car stopped him.
When Officer Jenkins and Officer Matthew walked up to Easton's car, they were shocked to see an 84-year-old behind the wheel of a pizzeria car. Moreover, they didn't expect an old man to be speeding.
"You see," Easton said nervously, "I am running late for pizza delivery. We have a policy of delivering pizza within 45 minutes, or I'll have to pay for it out of my pocket, and I need money for my wife's treatment. I hope you understand…"
Officer Matthew looked at Easton's teary eyes and trembling hands and felt deeply sad for him. However, he couldn't go against his line of duty. They had to give him a ticket anyway. Easton was late for the delivery that day, prompting his manager to deduct(扣除) it from his salary. He was also warned that he would have to leave if he repeated the mistake.
Not losing heart, Easton set out for his deliveries the following day. "Rooster's Pizza!" he shouted as he rang the doorbell of one of the houses on his list.
注意：1）续写词数应 150 左右；
2）请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
When the door opened, Easton recognized his customer was Officer Matthew!
Easton couldn't believe what had just happened and was surprised by what Officer Matthew did for him.
