Have you ever been into a cave? If not, please follow us and explore some of the most beautiful caves from around the world!
Marble Caves
Located in the center of Lake General Carrera, the Marble Caves in Chico, Chile, are only accessible by boat. The surrounding crystal clear waters allow visitors to see the rock formations beneath them while the rock ceilings above change color(depending on the writer levels and the season). The best time to visit: during sunrise and sunset, when the sun' s rays light up the cave walls, making it an experience to remember.
Reed Flute Cave
Reed Flute Cave known as " the Palace of Natural Arts " is located in the northwest of Guilin in southern China. The limestone cave offers a grand fairyland of stalactites(钟乳石), stone pillars, stone curtains, birds, plants and animals in fantastic shapes and colors.
Fingal' s Cave
This incredible sea cave is located on the uninhabited island of Staffa in Scotland. The cave' s size, shape, and naturally—arched(拱形的) roof combine with the waves to create strange sounds that enhance its cathedral—like atmosphere.
The Blue Grotto
The Blue Grotto is the symbol of Capri. It is a sea cave found on the coast of the island and is a well-known spot to all who visit the area. This cave is unique for its brilliant blue light which comes from two sources: the entrance to the cave and a bigger hole beneath the entrance. When viewed from inside the cave, the entrance appears as a brilliant white light just above the waterline, while the underwater hole, which is the larger source of light, provides a blue light.
I' m retiring from teaching and will enjoy family life with my wife and grandchildren. Recalling my teaching career, I have a lot to share, but one thing is for sure: Teachers learn just as much from students as students learn from teachers. Here are a few of the things I have learned in my job.
Roger was physically and mentally delayed. About once a month, we would have a dance in our classroom. Roger was awkward and ashamed when it came to asking a girl to dance with him. But once, I noticed that Roger was slow dancing with Leah, one of the most popular girls in the class. He had the biggest smile on his face. The next day, when Roger left my classroom to work with his support teacher, I praised Leah for inviting Roger to dance. That simple act of including him in a slow dance was such a great move. At our next dance, Roger asked Leah and every girl in the class to dance. No one turned him down. Leah taught me about the kindness of a simple act and its great effect.
It was Serena who showed us what bravery was about. Serena was our play' s narrator (旁白员). She was scared she would forget her lines. " If you do, " I advised, " pause, stare at the audience and take time to remember. The audience will think it' s part of the play. " Halfway through the opening night, Serena forgot her lines. She stared out at the 300 people gathered in the gym. After what seemed like forever, Serena remembered. After the performance, she burst into tears backstage, thinking she had let everybody down. When our principal came back to congratulate our cast, she turned to Serena and said her pause worked so well. Little did she know about Serena' s little act of bravery.
Teachers spend hours making lessons to teach skills and knowledge. We adjust lessons, keep the good and throw out the bad. A good teacher listens to and learns from students and often it has nothing to do with the curriculum.
Fashion designers are always looking for new materials to work with. Lately, it' s all about environment-friendly materials - recycled tires, mushrooms, even pineapple fibers! What if you want such a pair of shoes? Thaely is here to help.
This sneaker brand out of Dubai wants to fight the growing problem of plastic pollution. Led by 23-year-old Indian businessman Ashay Bhave, they may have found a winning approach: making shoes out of plastic grocery bags. " Thaely " means " plastic bag " in the Hindi language.
" I was looking to create footwear that is cost-effective and safe for the environment, " Bhave said in an interview with a newspaper. " I needed to come up with something that uses recycled plastic without creating any more plastic waste. " Plastic bags were the perfect solution. He said five trillion plastic bags are used around the world each year. " I was motivated to find a solution to this problem, " Bhave said.
That solution was the fiber called ThaelyTex. Made entirely from plastic bags, the material looks and feels like leather. That sounds promising. Better yet, the production process requires no additional chemicals and produces no poisonous by-products. The result is a smart-looking pair of white low-top sneakers.
Bhave wouldn' t expose the full process for making ThaelyTex, but he said that each pair of shoes was made from up to 15 plastic bags and 22 plastic bottles. Where do they get the materials? Bhave told Elle that was the hardest part. " The biggest challenge we faced was right at the first step of acquiring the plastic bags. "
Finally, they got help from TrioTap Technologies, a waste management plant. Bhave said they offered to collect the bags and also process them into ThaelyTex.
So far, it seems like things are falling into place. There are already hundreds of pre-orders in place. It sounds like they have some plans for the future. " We have a few more colors coming up, " said Bhave. They also plan to put out a high-top model and bring in a line of clothing. Let' s hope their growth is also friendly to the environment.
Buy land, advised Mark Twain; they' re not making it any more. In fact, land is not really scarce: the entire population of America could fit into Texas with more than an acre for each household to enjoy. What drives prices rocket is a collision between uncontrolled demand and limited supply in the great metropolises like London, Mumbai and New York. In the past ten years real prices in Hong Kong have risen by 150%. Residential（住宅的）property in Mayfair, in central London, can go for as much as £55,000（$82,000）per square metre. A square mile of Manhattan residential property costs $16. 5 billion.
Even in these great cities the scarcity is artificial. Regulatory limits on the height and density（密度）of buildings constrain（限制）supply and increase prices. A recent analysis by academics at the London School of Economics estimates that land-use regulations in the West End of London inflate the price of office space by about 800%; in Milan and Paris the rules push up prices by around 300%. Most of the enormous value captured by landowners exists because it is almost impossible to build new offices to compete those profits away.
The costs of this misfiring property market are huge, mainly because of their effects on individuals. High housing prices force workers towards cheaper but less productive places. According to one study, employment in the Bay Area around San Francisco would be about five times larger than it is but for tight limits on construction. Add up these costs in lost earnings and unrealized human potential, and the figures become dizzying. Lifting all the barriers to urban growth in America could raise the country' s GDP by between 6. 5% and 13. 5%, or by about 1 trillion—2 trillion. It is difficult to think of many other policies that would produce anything like that.
An interview is a discussion with someone in which you try to get information from them. There are three basic sub-types of interview: structured interviews, unstructured interviews and semi-structured interviews. Incidentally, " respondent " and " informant " are words that are sometimes used instead of " interviewee " .
A great deal is provided by this personal contact: you are another human being and interviewees will respond to you, in bodily presence, in an entirely different way from the way that they would have reacted to questionnaires that came through their letterboxes or to emails. Most people want to help and give their opinions, and they will usually be energized to help by your physical presence.
If you take the trouble to schedule a visit, you can be more or less guaranteed of a response. Most importantly, though, you will be able to relate to interviewees while you are talking to them. You will be able to watch their behaviour which will give you important clues about how they feel about a topic. Because of the primacy of the personal contact, your appearance and tone are important—how do you want to be seen? As " one of us " ? As a person in authority? As an observer? …Or what? However you decide to present yourself, it is good practice of course to try to put the interviewee at ease before the interview begins — to talk about the weather, about your journey, about anything that will break the ice.
A. This is a ready-made support for you.
B. Its nature varies with the nature of the interviews.
C. You will be able to hear and understand what they are saying.
D. Your decision should influence the way that you look, sound and behave.
E. The information may be facts or opinions or attitudes or any combination of these.
F. Each involves the interviewer in fact-to-face contact or telephone contact with another person.
G. You will be using these clues to make informed guesses about what the interviewees might really mean.
When I was young, I loved and really did well in drawing and art. I won awards, got constant attention, and even saw my face in the 1 and on television because of my natural ability to 2 .
Most people who happen to come across something that they are good at are 3 to take it and run with it. Of course, my life was no 4 . From teachers, to principals, to family members, everyone seemingly had a ton of advice to give me in regards to art.
All the while, my true desire was 5 . I entered poetry, essay, and short - story contests and 6 them all. It was such a contrast from my artistic 7 experience! It was so bad that I 8 a good friend who told me once, " If you are so good at drawing why do you even care about writing? 9 drawing! "
Though well intended, eighteen years later I' m 10 I didn' t take his words to heart. Years went by with me still writing and still occasionally entering 11 . It wasn' t until my first year in college that I finally got honorable 12 in a poetry contest. As a writer I' ve truly 13 .
I' m sure there are things in your life that are 14 and yet, rewarding. Endurance（忍耐）, especially when it comes to things you truly love is essential. Take some time to devote some more energy to the " thing " that didn' t come 15 and see what happens.
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Treasure Our Youth
Ladies and Gentlemen,
That' s all! Thanks for listening.
Sometimes things may seem beyond our efforts, but keep on and you will find beautiful views in front of you.
I was on my second outdoor experience trip that every student had to go on. That year, we had a choice of what difficulty level we wanted: one through five. My friends and I had agreed that one would make us seem lazy and that challenging ourselves would make for a good story. In choosing level two, we believed that it would still be a fun experience.
We were quickly proven wrong.
The further we drove into the White Mountains, the higher the walls on either side of the winding highway grew. I was still in awe of the mountains I had seen so many times before, but I couldn' t help feeling my heart shaking with anxiety. Soon I would have to leave the school bus that brought 50 students out into the wilderness like every year before.
My group consisted of my friends, Riley and Ann, and six extremely athletic boys. We arrived at base camp lodge (木屋) first. After putting things aside and rearranging our bags, we made our way out into the wilderness.
The three of us girls were questioning if this was really a level two. The path was unbelievably steep (陡峭) and rocky toward the top of the mountain where the first hut was located. We were practically jogging in an attempt to keep up with the boys ahead of us. Before the trip, we were told to take breaks as often as we needed to drink water, but that wasn' t helping our pounding hearts and heavy breathing as much as it should have.
Then, 30 minutes into the most difficult hike the three of us had ever done, Riley slipped and landed on her knee. After a few moments, we turned back down the mountain as it was decided that Riley could not make the trip with us. We sat on the grass outside the lodge where we had started while Riley was brought inside to join the level one group. Ann and I exchanged breathless glances, our cheeks red and wet with sweat.
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" Do you think we should ask if we could join the level one group too? " I asked Ann.
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The next days, although extremely tired, we kept on.
