A road trip is not just about taking in the scenery through the car windscreen. Instead, the changes in location let you increase the scope of your holiday. Here are four recommended routes.
CCR 200
It is a new coastal road trip showing off the hidden side of the Lake District. The route takes in various nature reserves as well as other attractions like beaches and castles. The road trip is aimed at campers of all kinds and has been divided into five sections that can each be done in a day.
The Explorer's Road
The Road extends almost the entire length of eastern England, featuring some of the country's hidden treasures and finest attractions. Along the way you can explore breathtaking beaches, spectaculan countryside and historic landmarks, with plenty of campsites lining the route.
South West Coastal 300
The South West Coastal 300 is around the southwest of Scotland. It's a fantastic way to discover one of the UK's hidden treasures. Inland, there are demanding hills that provide a steep one to walkers and climbers, not to mention hundreds of square miles of forestry and rolling countryside where cycling enthusiasts can clock up the miles.
Atlantic Highway
The route roughly follows the line of the Atlantic coast. There are picturesque village views and you certainly won't be short of things to see or do. And there is no shortage of stopovers. The only downside is that the roads round here are extremely busy occasionally, so if you want a more stress-free trip, try heading down out of summer.
It was our first Thanksgiving in the new house, and I wanted everything to be perfect. However, my husband just got a new job in retail, so our family "plan" for everyone to take part in the necessary prep work had been torpedoed. To make matters worse, a key project for me that week had claimed two days of planned vacation. John Lennon was right: Life is what happens while you are making other plans.
By Wednesday night, while my husband was selling camping equipment as Christmas gifts, my children and I were at home and into full-blown vacuum mania (吸尘狂潮) . I was thankful that a kid's pocket money did not make up salary as I put my six and eight-year-old to work, going against all child labor laws. For my part, I was as busy as a bee in the toilet bowl, heading for a breakdown
I don't remember what my son asked me as he was trying his best to finish the vacuuming, but I do remember twisting into that mean-and-tight mom face before barking out a rude answer. Instead of dashing out of view, my second-grader turned off the vacuum and walked the whole way around the stairwell to face me. He never said a word. He just wrapped his arms around me for a hug that made me feel ashamed of myself to this very day. My son took a risk to teach me that sometimes we need a hug most when we are least huggable.
It was the perfect Thanksgiving. The people I loved gathered around my table where a pumpkin covered up last year's gravy stain (肉汁污渍) . We dined on just one choice of pie, and my dad used a mismatched dinner fork without complaint. My daughter drew a picture of us on a paper plate where no one had their eyes closed.
I learned a lot from an eight-year-old that holiday, and I've tried hard to remember it. If you find a person complaining about her job or her dress size, give her a hug. It just might be what she needs most.
It takes eight hours and $250, 000 to get to what remains of the RMS Titanic. On Sunday, five people got into the underwater craft Titan to make that journey. The craft lost contact only an hour and 45 minutes into the eight- day expedition. Later wreckage (残骸) was found matching that of the craft. Despite the danger of traveling some 12, 500 feet below the surface, this was an irresistible opportunity—very few people get to see the Titanic with their own eyes. Actually, dives to the Titanic have been around for more than 20 years.
It wasn't until 1985 that an expedition led by Robert Ballard and Jean-Louis Michel discovered the Titanic's final resting place. In July 1986, Ballard placed a memorial on the ship, asking that the site be left undisturbed in memory of the more than 1, 500 people who died there.
But that didn't happen. Instead, competition over who would be allowed to salvage (打捞) artifacts (文物) from the ship heated up. In part, it was an effort to document and conserve the artifacts — but it was also a rush for profits from artifact sales and public displays.
In 1992, a federal court ruled that TVLP was the first and exclusive salvor of the Titanic. Now known as RMS Titanic Inc. , the company has conducted eight expeditions to the Titanic, and has sold more than 5, 000 objects taken from the site, including jewelry.
While battles for visitation and salvage rights were fought in court, expeditions to the Titanic continued, giving rise to a small but pricey tourist market. Multiple companies offered public tours to explore the Titanic wreck, with prices ranging from $32, 500 to $105, 129 per person over the years. The Titanic was damaged significantly upon impact with the seabed, and slowly, iron-eating bacteria are consuming what remains. In 2019, a dive confirmed huge portions of the ship were collapsing. Today the surrounding site is littered with trash. Visitors have also littered the area with memorials. Attempts to protect the wreck are ongoing. In 2020, the United Kingdom and the United States agreed to work together to grant or deny licenses to people entering and taking artifacts from the site.
When I mentioned to some friends that we all have accents, most of them proudly replied, "Well, I speak perfect English/Chinese/etc." But this kind of answer misses the point.
More often than not, what we mean when we say someone " has an accent" is that their accent is different from the local one, or that pronunciations are different from our own. But this definition of accents is limiting and could give rise to prejudice (偏见). Funnily enough, in terms of the language study, every person speaks with an accent. It is the regular differences in how we produce sounds that define our accents. Even if you don't hear it yourself, you speak with some sort of accent. In this sense, it's pointless to point out that someone "has an accent". We all do!
Every person speaks a dialect, too. In the field of language study, a dialect is a version of a language that is characterized by its variations of structure, phrases and words. For instance, "You got eat or not? " (meaning "Have you eaten?") is an acceptable and understood question in Singapore Oral English. The fact that this expression would cause a standard American English speaker to take pause doesn't mean that Singapore Oral English is "wrong "or "ungrammatical". The sentence is well-formed and clearly communicative, according to native Singapore English speakers' solid system of grammar. Why should it be wrong just because it's different?
We need to move beyond a narrow conception of accents and dialects — for the benefit of everyone.
Language differences like these provide insights into people's cultural experiences and backgrounds. In a global age, the way one speaks is a distinct part of one's identity. Most people would be happy to talk about the cultures behind their speech. We'd learn more about the world we live in and make friends along the way.
Imagine that you are an actor performing in a play for the first time. You have learned all your lines and you know where to walk on stage. Waiting behind the closed curtain, you can hear the audience whispering and taking their seats.
Then your big moment arrives! The curtain goes up, and the crowd falls silent. All you can see is the spotlight shining down on you. The inside of your mouth is dry, and your hands are wet.
If you have experienced a moment like this, you know all too well what it means to have stage fright. It is one of the most common types of fear and tends to strike people when they find themselves at the centre of attention. People experience it when playing sports, giving a presentation, or even speaking in class. A person who suffers from stage fright may get sweaty hands, a dry mouth, a tight throat, or shaky knees. Stage fright is actually a form of panic (恐慌), and these feelings are very real.
The experience differs from person to person, but the same chemical process takes place in each of us. In reaction to anxiety, our bodies produce a chemical that prepares us to either fight or run away quickly. Scientists refer to this as our bodies' "fight or flight" reaction. As a result, we feel great energy that makes our hands sweat, our hearts race, and our knees shake
Practicing your performance and following some simple tips can help calm nerves and manage the feelings caused by anxiety. First, dress comfortably and properly. Second, before the performance, take deep breaths and stretch to help relax your body. Third, stay away from drinks that contain caffeine (咖啡因). Instead, try a banana! Some doctors believe that eating a banana can help calm your heart and the rest of your body. Finally, when you look at a crowd, try to focus on particular people instead of the whole group. These tips have helped many people learn to deal with their fears.
A. These might make your heart race even faster.
B. Stage fright is part of the body's reaction to stress.
C. You don't have to be onstage to get stage fright.
D. The good news about stage fright is that here are ways to deal with it.
E. Therefore, you'd better learn to be relaxed about this fear.
F. Then you try to speak your lines, but nothing seems to come out.
G. An researcher once gave some tips to cope with the stress
At the age of 41, I still stutter (口吃) . I am fine with it now but that wasn't always the 1 . It wasn't too difficult for the first couple of years of school. In fact, I don't recall being 2 at all, though there was a great deal of curiosity about my 3 speech.
A few years later, I began to dislike being different. I felt that I 4 for all the wrong reasons. Just 5 the pain of not even being able to say your own name, I would often give 6 names when meeting new people, because it was easier. It was 7 for me to be Jason or Mike, Chris or Kevin or just whatever sounds I was confident I could make at that particular moment.
Sometime in eighth grade, my 8 changed. I turned what I'd always thought of as a negative into a positive. I finally 9 that difference and ran with it. 10 waiting in fear for the teacher to 11 my name, I raised my hand when I knew the answer to a question. I always volunteered to read and even used oral presentations as an opportunity to show my comedic talents, I went from a stuttering kid who seldom spoke a word to a stuttering man who now speaks for a (n) 12 . Self-acceptance continues to be essential in the success I've experienced as a speaker, comedian, writer and soldier. My only 13 is that it didn't happen sooner.
It's never easy to be a kid. It's especially 14 when you're different, but it doesn't have to be The time to accept your 15 is now.
Exploring nature allows us to catch sight of rare animals and come across special places of beauty. Of course, none of this would be possible protected nature areas. This is why national parks are so important. A few national parks allow things like hotels and recreation areas (construct) within them, . most parks do not allow any development at all.
One good example of this is the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park in Australia, was created in 1975 to protect the reef from overdevelopment and fishing. Stretching over 2, 300 kilometres, the Great Barrier Reef . (consider) one of the natural wonders of the world. As the largest structure in the world (make) by living creatures, it is also home to (vary) of tropical wildlife. Since the Great Barrier Reef is just below the surface of the water, it becomes . excellent place to see nature and attracts millions of people to travel there every year. (64) (fortune), in recent years the Great Barrier Reef . (experience) rising ocean temperatures, the biggest danger to the reef, causing the colorful reefs to turn grey and some even to die.
I'll never forget the day when Mom made me go to a birthday party. I was in Mrs. Black's third grade class in Wichita Falls, Texas, and I brought home a birthday invitation. "I'm not going," I said. "She's a new girl named Ruth, and Berniece and Pat aren't going, either. She asked the whole class, all 36 of us."
As Mom studied the handmade invitation, she looked strangely sad. Then she announced, "Well, you are going! I'll pick up a present tomorrow. "I couldn't believe it. Mom had never made me go to a party! I was sure that I'd just die if I had to go. However, Mom remained unaffected, no matter how much I begged.
When Saturday arrived, Mom rushed me out of bed and made me wrap the pretty pink mirror brush-and-comb set she'd bought for $ 2.98. She drove me over in her yellow and white car.
Ruth answered the door and signed me to follow her up the steepest (最陡峭的) , scariest staircase I'd ever seen. Stepping through the door brought me great relief. The hardwood floors shone in the sunlit room, White snow-like mats covered the backs and arms of the well-used furniture.
The biggest cake I ever saw sat on one table. It was decorated with nine pink candles, a carelessly printed Happy Birthday Ruth and what I think were supposed to be rosebuds. Thirty six paper cups were near the cake, each one with a name on it.
This won't be too awful, once everyone gets here, I decided.
"Where's your mom?" I asked Ruth
Looking down at the floor, she said, "Well, she's sort of sick."
"Oh. Where's your dad?"
"He's gone."
Then there was a silence, except for a few rough coughs from behind a closed door.
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Some 15 minutes passed. . . then 10 more.
We two started with the cake, enjoying each bite.
