A 3-Day Tour from Los Angeles to San Francisco
Tour Code：GOL—LA—344 Duration：3 Day（s）/ 2 Nights Tour Guide：Chinese, English
Day 1—Los Angeles—17-Mile Drive—San Francisco
We will depart from Los Angeles this morning and travel to the picturesque Monterey Peninsula! Sea breezes, surging waves, bizarre rocks, and adorable seals along with sea lions rest on the beach. First, we will stop at a world's first-class golf course resort to sightsee the amazing ocean views and multimillion-dollar mansions. Then we enjoy the scenery of the 17 Miles dr. , which is truly breathtaking!
Hotel：Wild Palms, a JDV by Hyatt Hotel or Similar.
Day 2— San Francisco City Tour
Join us today as we head over to San Francisco! San Francisco is home to over 50 rolling hills and is surrounded by water on 3 sides. We will visit the Golden Gate Bridge, Lombard Street, Palace of Fine Arts, and Fisherman's Wharf! You can even take an optional cruise on the San Francisco Bay.
Hotel：Holiday Inn Express Chowchilla or Similar.
Day 3—Yosemite National Park—Los Angeles
California is known for its natural beauty that it portrays, today we will be showing you the greatest one of all! It is beyond your imagination! We will be visiting Yosemite National Park, one of the most spectacular places to visit in the world!
Hotel→ Yosemite National Park → Los Angeles
WHAT'S EXCLUDED.
× Lunch and dinner. Service fee （minimum USD＄12/person/day）
× Expenditure for personal purposes
ATTRACTION PRICES
Attractions | Adult | Child（3—11 years. ） | Senior（65+ years. ） |
San Francisco Bay Cruise, CA | ＄47. 00 | ＄34. 00 | ＄47. 00 |
San Francisco In-Depth Tour, CA | ＄45. 00 | ＄45. 00 | ＄45. 00 |
Lately, an 86. 6-metre-tall mass-timber（拼接木材） tower in Milwaukee, Wisconsin designed by Korb+Associates Architects, has been certified as the world's tallest timber building. Located in a neighbourhood near the lakefront, the 25-store y tower is made almost entirely from timber except for the base, elevators and stair shafts（竖井）.
The structure took only two years to build. It has a concrete-framed podium（基座） at the base that is six storeys tall and the 19-store y timber tower rises from the podium. The core containing the elevator shaft and staircase is made of concrete to help the building deal with wind and earthquakes, as well as for fire safety reasons. "Our cores are concrete, "Korb+Associates Architects founder Jason Korb said.
Thornton Tomasetti associate Alejandro Fernandez, who worked on the project, said that the city required a three-hour fire rating for the columns, so the team worked with the Forest Products Laboratory to optimize the columns to meet this standard. "We think it was the first three-hour fire testing on columns, " said Fernandez, adding that the floor plates had a two-hour rating, meaning the components can burn for two hours without losing structural integrity.
Because of requirements preventing external wood exposure and the developer's desire to capture the lake views, the outside of the structure is made almost entirely of glass and metal panelling.
Both Korb and Fernandez agreed that many of the drivers behind the project were economic——from the real estate perspective of the facade（建筑物正面） to the cost restrictions of the timber. Much of the wood was sourced from Austria because sourcing high-quality supplies from North American manufacturers would have been too expensive. Economic benefits were increased by labour usage of the project. Korb estimated that the project used about 25 per cent of the onsite labour required for a concrete structure and that it was completed in about half the time.
Both Fernandez and Korb believe that the tower will provide further proof of concept for developers who are looking to create innovative structures from timber. And mid-rise developments like these that "attract people to the urban core"are a "good"thing, Korb added.
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Nowadays, smartphones fill us with text messages. Social media attack us with endless notices. Many consumers are buying the latest digital devices, from tablets and fitness trackers to commercial drones. Simple living seems to be a thing of the past.
Thoreau would beg to differ. As a writer who claimed the value of simplicity almost two centuries ago, he went against his time. He lived during the height of the Industrial Age, distinguished by the rise of huge factories and powerful machines such as steam engines. Thoreau withdrew from city life to live alone in the woods. He brought with him only the necessities of life and wrote about this adventure in his book Walden.
In Walden, Thoreau is basically making a philosophical statement：We are not living deliberate or meaningful lives, thanks to modern technology. We created powerful machines to make life more convenient. Unfortunately, these machines have done the opposite. In his words, "Men have become the tools of their tools".
When technology causes that much distraction and confusion, it may be healthy to simplify life by shortening these technological use. Personally, I've done so in two ways. First, I don't use data on my cellphone. I only use it to call or text. Second, I quit most social media. As a result, my technology distracts me very little, which allows me to live in. less confusion and, therefore, more deliberation. Sure, that's not as extreme as Thoreau-moving to the woods, but it's a realistic move I can make toward a more meaningful life.
One final clarification：Thoreau's message of simplicity isn't about rejecting all technology. It is, however, rejecting technological consumerism, or compulsively buying more technology for the sake of having more technology. This is why Walden is such an important book for technology education. Simplicity means minimizing material distractions so as to maximize life's meaning.
Stages of a Hurricane：Simple Storms Grow Into Giants
A storm progresses through four different stages before it is actually considered a hurricane. First is a tropical （热带的） disturbance, which has thunderstorms and rotating （旋转的） winds. Next is a tropical depression （低气压）, which is similar to a tropical disturbance, but has winds between 23 and 39 miles per hour. A tropical storm is the next level, which has stronger wind speeds between 40 and 73 miles per hour. The wind picks up energy from the warm surface ocean water.
As a hurricane crosses over land, it begins to become weaker and reduce in strength.
At this point, a hurricane can still cause a lot of damage because of high winds, rain, and flooding, but unless it makes its way back over the open ocean, it is downgraded from a hurricane back to a tropical storm.
What's Your Name, Hurricane?
Hurricanes and tropical storms are given names to help people recognize them. Before 1953, hurricanes were not given official names. From 1953 through 1978, hurricanes were only female names like Isabel, Camille, Claudette, and Wilma. Beginning in 1979, hurricanes were given the names of both women and men. For example, in 2010, storms were named as follows：Alex （male）, Bonnie （female）, Colin （male）, Danielle （female）, Earl （male） and so on.
There are six different lists of names that change. The only way that a new name is added is adopted when a hurricane has been particularly deadly or costly and the name is retired, then replaced with a new one.
A. It is difficult to give hurricanes official names. B. And the same names are used every six years. C. During this period the hurricanes do not destroy things as usual. D. Once winds reach 74 miles per hour, the storm is officially called a hurricane. E. Scientists refer to hurricanes and storms by name as they track them across the ocean. F. This is because it's no longer over the warm ocean water where it needs for energy. G. Today, the names alternate （交替） male and female, and they are named in the order of letters. |
A few years ago, I started a daily running habit. After a few months, I found myself in a good1 ：Running was getting mentally and physically easier, and I noticed I had more2 throughout the day. But after about a year, I started getting3 in my ankles and knees——nothing4 , but enough for me to constantly 5 if I was damaging my body more. My running habit started to 6 my daily life, so I decided to make a 7 . Now, I do regular full-body 8 and only run once a week. And on the days when I don't do full workouts, I go for a walk. My body feels stronger, and my mind is clearer.
I also revisited my 9 habit. When I first started writing, my goal was to one day get a book deal from a major 10 . And so I built habits to get me there. I 11 talked to people in the publishing world and 12 myself to write pages and pages each day. While I was doing this, I kept writing 13 articles on the side. Soon, though, I 14 a shift：Readers kept telling me that they found value in these shorter pieces, and it15 that this was the type of content I enjoyed writing most. So I've changed my writing habits.
Even the best routines are useless if they are no longer serving you. Just get rid of them, and replace them with new ones that will help you get where you want to go.
On the north bank of Fuxian Lake in Chengjiang County, Yunnan Province sits a straw-hat-shaped mountain （ call） Maotian Mountain, a 512-hectare site is praised as a "world-class treasure trove of fossils" by the international scientific community. On July 1, 1984, young paleontologists in China discovered a fossil of the arthropod （节肢动物化石） with a long tail in Maotian Mountain. " we had studied in China were just shell of fossils. The arthropods, lifelike fossils with legs, which belonged to fossils of soft-bodied animals, are game changer in the research of China's paleontology （古生物学）", Hou Xianguang, a paleontologist said.
Scientists have obtained a large number of research results on Chengjiang Fossil Site. The reason why Chengjiang fauna （动物群） is great significance is that it is closely related to the emergence of the animal tree of life.
Up to now, more than 20 phyla and more than 280 species （ record）in the Chengjiang Fossil Site, of which, 80% are new species. On July 1, 2012, the Chengjiang Fossil Site （ be） inscribed on the World Heritage List by UNESCO, （ become） China' s first World Heritage Site for paleontological fossils.
The UNESCO evaluation says the Chengjiang Fossil Site is one of the （ early） records of a complex marine ecosystem of the early Cambrian communities. The property displays excellent quality of fossil （ preserve）. It presents an exceptional record of the rapid diversification of life on Earth during the early Cambrian period.
要求如下： （1）采取正确的态度。（2）寻求帮助。（3）保持有规律运动的习惯。
注意： （1）词数100左右；（2）the mental health consulting room （心理健康咨询室）
How to Improve Students' Mental Health
Merchant Tovel loved attention. Knowing that people would listen if he had news to share, he went around his village making up stories about the local rabbi（犹太教神职人员）.
"He mixes dairy and meat!" said Tovel.
The townspeople shook their heads, for they all knew that dairy and meat must not be mixed in the course of any meal.
"And he sneaks（偷拿） food on Yom Kippur, " added Tovel.
"Not Yom Kippur!"cried the townspeople.
For not only is Yom Kippu r the most important fasting day of the year, but it is also the holiest Jewish holiday.
Later, alone in his home, the talebearer felt bad about what he had done. His stories about the rabbi had spread quickly. "I will go to the rabbi and beg him for forgiveness, "he decided. Then all would be well again.
The next morning, he went to the temple and knocked on the door. "Rabbi, "he called, "it is merchant Tovel, coming to see you about an important matter. "
"Come in, Tovel, "the rabbi said warmly, opening the door.
In a matter of moments, Tovel told the rabbi all the things he had said. Then he asked, "What can I do to make things right?"
The rabbi thought for a moment, then told him, "You must take a feather pillow（枕头）, cut it open, and feed the feathers to the wind. "
Tovel thought that the rabbi's suggestion was strange, but the task seemed simple enough. And if it would take away the guilt he felt, then why not do it?Tovel thanked the rabbi and quickly left the temple. At home, the talebearer grabbed a feather pillow, waited for the afternoon winds to pick up, then climbed to the top of a hill. There, he cut open the pillow and watched the feathers float far and wide across the land. Satisfied, Tovel returned to tell the rabbi of his deed. "Now go and gather those feathers, "the rabbi commanded.
注意： 续写词数应为 150 左右；
"But they are everywhere!" Tovel cried. "How will I get them all?"
Feeling disappointed, Tovel returned to tell the rabbi about the feathers he couldn't collect.
