—Take it easy. You are well prepared for it, aren't you?
What sentence element (句子成分) does the underlined part serve as?
What sentence element does the underlined part serve as?
What sentence element does the underlined part serve as?
A trip to the capital wouldn't be complete without seeing the following attractions in London.
The London Eye (Ticket from £24.50)
Explore London from above on the London Eye. Your ticket includes a 30-minute ride with breathtaking views over London as well as an amazing 4D experience. Book ahead to save money and skip most of the queues with a fast-track entry ticket.
Tower of London (Ticket from £25)
Hear the many stories of the Tower of London on a Yeoman Warder (Beefeater) tour. See the famous Crown Jewels, the White Tower and find out what it was like to be a prisoner in the Tower of London.
Kidzania London (Ticket from £18.50)
Test out a range of professions and activities including journalism, animal care, cabin crew and tour guiding at KidZania London. Work to earn KidZos and save them for the next time or spend them in the Airport Shop. Great for kids to learn and have fun.
The Royal Observatory Greenwich (Ticket from £16)
Visit the home of time and explore outer space at the Royal Observatory in Greenwich. See and stand astride the Prime Meridian line (子午线), the reference point for Greenwich Mean Time. Learn about the history of longitude (经线), touch a piece of rock from outer space, and enjoy amazing views over London.
Coronavirus information: London is currently subject to a four-week national lockdown from 5 November, which means attractions are temporarily closed. You can still book tickets in advance ready for when they reopen with social distancing and other safety measures in place. Cycle or walk to these attractions where possible.
In 1939, seven-year-old Miriam Schreiber should have started first grade. Instead, she spent that year — and the following five — trying to survive. She was living in Poland when World War II broke out. "My entire life was ruined within minutes," she says, "I was looking forward to starting school." But she never made it. And not having a degree made her depressed for a long time.
Decades later, though, the now 89-year-old Holocaust survivor finally got something she had always longed for. Kapiloff Brander, director of community programs at Jewish Family Services, reached out to the New England Jewish Academy, a Jewish high school, to ask whether the school could help Mariam fulfill her wish. Richard Nabel, the principal of the school, brought a few senior students to Miriam's home to hear her story before they came up with the idea of presenting her an honorary diploma at the school's 2020 graduation ceremony.
Miriam suffered a lot in a slave labor camp in Siberia before she got liberated in 1946. She and her remaining family members went to a refugee camp in Germany, where she got married and had her first child at the age of 16. Having spent years in refugee camps in different countries, she finally immigrated to America in 1960. Getting a formal education was never an option for her but she learned seven languages over the years. "I educated myself," she says, "I read books day and night. I still do."
On August 16, during a socially distanced ceremony in the school gym, Miriam was presented with a high school diploma from the New England Jewish Academy. "There weren't too many dry eyes among the 30 of us there," says Nabel. Miriam's family was especially moved. "I'm not sure she even realizes the importance of that moment to me," says Bernie, her eldest son. "I am so proud of her."
Cuckoos (布谷鸟) are masters of cheating. When it comes to raising young, they don't spend the energy building a nest, protecting eggs or feeding children. Instead, the female passes these roles on to other birds. They don't raise their own young. Usually, they lay their eggs in the nests of other birds, fooling other birds into thinking the cuckoo eggs are theirs.
To succeed in doing this, a female cuckoo watches over her chosen nest to observe feeding times. When the host parent leaves its nest in search of food, the cuckoo quickly lays her eggs among those already in the nest. Sometimes, she will even destroy and remove one of the host's eggs to make room for her own.
Cuckoos are medium-sized birds with long tails, and often have gray or brown backs. When they hatch (孵化) and begin to grow in a host's nest, the difference between the two can be obvious to an onlooker. Often the cuckoo is twice the size of its foster parents, but still continues to receive food from them.
The cuckoo imposter (冒名顶替者) is usually the only baby bird that the host parent has to care for. This is because when the cuckoo hatches after around 11 days, it gets rid of all the other eggs in the nest. It will lift each egg onto its back before throwing them one by one over the edge of the nest. Even then, the non-biological parent will continue to treat it as one of its own.
Also, cuckoos have developed to produce eggs that are similar in color to their main hosts'. This reduces the chances of eggs being attacked. Female cuckoos have been known to take host birds' attention away after laying their eggs by producing a noise similar to Eurasian sparrow hawks, scaring birds away from returning to the nest and allowing time for the cuckoo to make her escape unnoticed.
Delivering medical supplies to hard-to-reach places has been an issue for years. Worldwide, more than two billion people lack access to essential life-saving supplies, such as blood and vaccines (疫苗). In the African nation of Rwanda, for example, several remote health clinics do not have sufficient quantities of blood and other healthcare products. A company called Zipline is trying to address this problem. It uses drones (无人机) to transport medical supplies around Rwanda. A drone can now deliver medicine in 30 minutes.
Drones are also assisting emergency organizations after natural disasters. In 2015, for example, a powerful hurricane destroyed thousands of buildings in the Pacific island nation of Vanuatu. Around 75,000 people lost their homes, and at least 15 died. After the storm, drones photographed the damage. These surveys helped emergency workers assess the situation quickly and answer important questions: Which areas were hardest hit? Were crops damaged? What roads were affected?
Drones are also helping to protect wildlife populations in parts of Africa and Asia. Every year, poachers (偷猎者) kill thousands of elephants, rhinos, and other endangered animals. To stop them, the environmental organization World Wildlife Fund is using drones to find where poachers are hiding and if they are carrying weapons. Equipped with infrared video cameras, drones can easily identify people and animals at night. These drones are not only helpful, but they are affordable.
As well as finding poachers, drones can be used to track animals. Scientists at Liverpool John Moores University (LJMU) plan to employ drones for an ambitious conservation project: documenting the world's wildlife. The long-term project will start with scientific surveys of animal populations. And animal species can then be identified using special software.
Ironically (讽刺地), a tool originally created for military use is increasingly being used to save lives instead of taking them. Drones have the potential to provide solutions that will benefit both humans and animals.
Bad news for people who frequently use the emoji (表情符号): It is no longer cool.
In recent weeks, two generations have been debating in videos and comments on Tik Tok over the symbols of millennial (千禧一代) culture that are now considered uncool by Generation Z (born after 1996). The symbols include the popular laughing crying emoji that some millennials (born in the 1980s), including me, use hundreds of times a day, or more.
"Face with Tears of Joy", the official name for the laughing crying emoji, is currently the most-used emoji on Emojitracker, a website that shows real-time emoji use on Twitter.
"What's wrong with the laughing crying emoji?" one user asked in a Tik Tok comment. Another responded, "It's so off." In a different video, a woman says she's cut back on using it after learning kids don't.
"I use everything but the laughing crying emoji," 21-year-old Walid Mohammed told CNN Business. "I stopped using it recently because I saw older people using it, like my mom, my older sisters and just older people in general."
For many Generation Zers, the emoji has become a popular replacement for conveying laughter. It's the visual version of the slang phrase "I'm dead" or "I'm dying", which means something is very funny. Other acceptable choices—the emoji officially called "Loudly Crying Face", or just writing "lol" (laughing out loud) or "lmao".
"Tears of Joy was a victim of its own success," said Gretchen McCulloch, the author of "Because Internet: Understanding the New Rules of Language". "If you express digital laughter for years and years in the same way, it starts to feel insincere. . . It gets worn out through continued use," she said. That's why Generation Zers may be looking to fresh and novel ways to signal they're laughing in different ways.
"Older generations tend to use emojis literally while younger people get more creative," said Jeremy Burge, the chief emoji officer of Emojipedia, an emoji dictionary website. Generation Zers told CNN Business they like to assign their own meanings to emoji, which then spreads to others, often through social media.
It's a nightmare having to wait for exam results. If you're stressed out after taking your exams, don't worry! There are some steps you can take to calm down and reduce your stress.
Take some deep breaths. Stress and anxiety can trigger your body's "fight or flight" response, making your breaths shallow and rapid. Put one hand on your chest and the other on your abdomen (腹部). As you breathe, you should feel your abdomen expand along with your chest.
Try not to go over the exam in depth straight afterwards. Some people find it comforting to talk to friends a little about what they wrote. However, it only makes you worry about the answers you can't change. It is also a bad idea because your brain does not perform well under stressful conditions. You will be unable to think clearly right after a stressful exam.
Get some exercise to relax. You might not feel like hitting the gym or going for a run directly after an exam, but getting some moderate physical activity is a great way to reduce stress! If you're stressed out over your exam, try doing exercise like jogging, cycling or even a quick walk. Regular exercise has been shown to decrease tension and improve your sleep.
Regardless of your results, you should celebrate the fact that you have worked hard on your exams. Reward yourself by doing something you enjoy. If you can do it with friends, all the better. Studies have shown that spending time with friends and loved ones is an excellent way to relieve stress and promote a sense of calm and well-being.
A. Spend time with positive people.
B. Do something enjoyable to relax.
C. Fight this stress response by taking deep breaths.
D. You may feel like you perform much worse than you actually do.
E. The situation will be worse if you're not sure of your performance.
F. Whatever makes you laugh will help you sort out your post-exam stress.
G. It can produce endorphins (内啡肽), which are natural painkillers that boost your mood.
When I was a boy growing up I cannot once ever remember either my mom or my grandmother wasting food. Anything we didn't eat at one meal was 1, stored, and served as leftovers later on. I can remember my grandmother making a huge pot of brown beans with a large cake of cornbread. We would all eat until we were 2 but there was always about half of the beans 3. A few days later Grandmother would take those 4 out of the refrigerator, boil pasta, add parsley and 5 them all together into her delicious Pasta Fasule (意大利面食). And I also remember when I 6 my mom fry bacon for us in the mornings, she would always take the butter and carefully pour it into a container. Then she later would 7 it to flavor up (调味) so many other dishes.
I learned their 8 well and after I grew up I tried to never waste food myself. I always 9 the week's meals ahead of time and only bought what was on my shopping 10 so nothing went to waste. Every meal went into our stomachs and any leftovers were later eaten by either myself, my boys, or my dogs. To me throwing food in the trash was just 11. All the work it took to grow it, harvest it, and prepare it needed to be 12 and not wasted.
I learned something else over the years, however: When it comes to 13 there are no leftovers. Each moment that you don't live is 14 forever. Life cannot be saved. Life cannot be 15. Life has to be lived, TODAY!
A painting with a (long) of 1014.37 meters has received a Guinness World Record title for the longest drawing by an individual artist. The record (announce) at the Simatai Great Wall, was surrounded by the green mountains of an early autumn, and the painter unfolded the painting with great care in the presence of many viewers.
took the artist Guo Feng two months to complete the black-and-white painting named Yongsheng in Chinese, meaning living forever. Clearly (inspire) by the view of the Great Wall from the sky, he wanted to call for peace and harmony in world. In fact, Guo Feng is more familiar the public as a music producer than as a painter. And one of his songs, Let the World Be Filled with Love, has enjoyed great popularity all over the country for (decade).
The painting is made up of 10 subthemes, and was created (large) using marker pens. "I have been drawing for more than 10 hours a day over the past months and sometimes I began working at 4 am," said Guo. "Creating the work on the Great Wall was a lonely and quiet time for me (look) into my past, today and the future," he added.
|
be eager to refer to leave an impression on in view of a variety of turn out turn up apply to apply for be scheduled to figure out look forward to |
