Lonely Planet's Middle East is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Wander at the mighty Pyramids of Giza, the last surviving ancient wonder; watch the sun set over the magic of Petra; and explore tree-lined avenues in Esfahan, Iran. All with your trusted travel companion. Get to the heart of Middle East and begin your journey now!
Inside Lonely Planet'sMiddle East:
● Colour maps and images throughout
● Insider tips to save time and money and get around like a local, avoiding crowds and trouble spots
● Essential info at your fingertips — hours of operation, phone numbers, websites, transit (换乘) tips, prices
● Honest reviews for all budgets — eating, sleeping, sightseeing, shopping, hidden highlights that most guidebooks miss
● Cultural insights provide a richer, more rewarding travel experience — covering history, people, music, landscapes, wildlife, cuisine, politics
Coverage Includes: Egypt, Iran, Israel, the Palestinian Territories, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
Book Details
ISBN: 9781786570710
Writers: Anthony Ham, Paul Clammer, Orlando Crowcroft, Mark Elliott, Anita Isalska, Jessica Lee, Virginia Maxwell, Simon Richmond, Daniel Robinson, Anthony Sattin, Dan Savery Raz, Andy Symington, Jenny Walker, Steve Waters 608 pages, 256 pages color, 90 maps | Dimensions: 128mm×197mm
Next edition due: Dec 2024
Our first welcome to the UK wasn't from the staff of Heathrow Airport or the coach driver who entered into our lives to take us to our new city and new home for the next three weeks. It was, in fact, the noisy and energetic seagulls full of songs that flew down to us. When we left from the plane's exit passage, we still could hear their loud and clear songs through the glasses. It was amazing that they lifted our spirits and cheered us up after our stupidly long and awful journey.
These seagulls welcomed us Chinese people into their home with open wings and if they could speak instead of merely squawk. I'm sure we would have struck up some bright and harmonious relationship. They liked to hover overhead around with childlike greetings they sang or just simply walk fearlessly close to our feet. Some of us saved bread our host family prepared in the lunchboxes for these friends. And lovely, we would like to share what we have for the rest of eternity.
But Julie, the mother of my host family, who then I stayed with, does not think so. Strangely as well, she could not give any reasons. The closed and squawk-proof double-glazing (window used to keep noise out) explains. Perhaps she prefers to sleep with her windows open but she always fails to do that, because those birds seemed to like staying up till next morning, wholly screaming for her on and on. And they decide to keep doing so every single night. Furthermore, every time she has to wash the marble floor of the gardens, Julie would look up around and swear to the droppings shortly followed by a smile on her face towards me and said. "They are friendly to you."
But stop thinking that she hates the creatures and never plans to have a change, because there is another side to her evident feelings towards the birds. We will do some shopping at weekends and every time there Julie doesn't forget to put a big bag of wild birdseed into her carriage which costs quite more than milks or juices for one week. I can see what it goes for since she refills the wild bird feeder before a big hurry to drive to work every morning and when working she knows what is happening back at home — seagulls are enjoying the seed and leaving for next morning.
I'm leaving soon and not likely. I guess, though I hope not, to get back to see my friends here in England in the future. I said I would miss all friends living here including the seagulls. And when Julie was refilling the feeder again, she said "They're nice but they are not my friends."
People who give, live longer, studies have shown. Now, a new study by University of Michigan researchers shows that why people volunteer — not whether they volunteer — is what really counts．
For the study, Konrath and colleagues analyzed data collected in 2008 and 2012 aiming at the same random samples of 3,376 people, Overall, they found that just 2.3 percent of those who once worked as volunteers had died, compared to 4.3 percent of non-volunteers. They further found that how much people volunteered mattered as well — only 1.8 percent of regular volunteers died, compared with 2.5 percent of occasional volunteers．
But what really made a difference were people's motives for volunteering. The researchers asked people to rate how important they found various reasons for volunteering, and they found that the more important people rated reasons such as feeling pity for people in need, the more likely they were to be alive. Those who rated motives related to personal benefit as more important were more likely to have died, and just as likely to die as those who didn't volunteer at all. These reasons included volunteering because they enjoyed the social contact, to escape their own problems, or to explore their own strengths．
Konrath says the current findings suggest it may be a poor idea to encourage people to volunteer because it's good for them. "Volunteering is increasingly being encouraged in schools and organizations. Some groups say that it's okay to want benefits for yourself, and encourage people to think of volunteering as an exchange for personal interests. Some groups emphasize the health benefits received through volunteering." Konrath added, "Of course, it's reasonable for volunteers to expect benefits for themselves. But the potential health benefits of volunteering are significantly reduced if self-benefit becomes a person's main motive."
Swot satellite is scheduled to be launched Thursday morning to conduct a comprehensive survey of Earth's vital resource. By using advanced microwave radar technology it will collect height-surface measurements of oceans, lakes and rivers in high-definition detail over 90% of the globe. It's rally the first time to observe nearly all water on the planet's surface.
The major mission is to explore how oceans absorb atmospheric heat and carbon dioxide in a natural process that adjusts climate change. Oceans are estimated to have absorbed more than 90%, of the extra heat trapped in the Earth's atmosphere by human-caused greenhouse gases. Swot will scan, the seas and precisely measure fine differences in surface elevations (高度) around smaller currents and eddies (漩涡), where much of the oceans' decrease of heat and carbon is believed to occur. "Studying the mechanism will help climate scientists answer a key question: What is the turning point at which oceans start releasing, rather than absorbing, huge amounts of heat back into the atmosphere and speed up global warming, rather than limiting it," said NadyaShiffer, Swot's program scientist.
By comparison, earlier studies of water bodies relied on data of rivers or oceans taken at specific, points, or from satellites that can only track measurements along a one-dimensional line, requiring scientists to fill in data gaps through extrapolation (外推法). Thanks to the radar instrument, Swot can scan through cloud cover and darkness over wide ranges of the Earth. This enables scientists to accurately map their observations in two dimensions regardless of weather or time of day and to cover large geographic areas far more quickly than was previously possible.
"Rather than giving us a line of elevations, it's giving us a map of elevations, and that's just a total game changer," said Tamlin Pavelsky, Swot freshwater science leader.
There are numerous reasons why people don't take First Aid training programs. Or they think that accidents happen to other people, not to them or their friends, family and colleagues. But if you ask any individual who has already taken a first aid training program if it was worth it, their answer will be "Yes!" Having, some basic first aid knowledge is essential and here are the reasons.
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Having a basic first aid knowledge means that you'll be confident in your skills and abilities in relation to first aid administration. By taking first aid training, it helps you to reflect on yourself and how you and others react in certain situations. Having this understanding will boost your confidence in a wide range of non-medical day-to-day situations.
It does more than help save lives.
It's true that having first aid training undoubtedly helps save lives. Giving appropriate first aid immediately can also help to reduce a person's recovery time and make the difference between the patient having a temporary(短暂的) disability and a long-term disability.
It enables you to increase patients? comfort.
Not all accidents, injuries or illnesses require a trip to the hospital but it doesn't mean they don't cause pain and suffering to the patient. By knowing how to act — even just by employing simple techniques such as applying an ice pack correctly, you'll help ease his discomfort.
It gives you tools to prevent the situation from becoming worse.
By being able to provide basic care you can stabilize a patient until emergency medical services arrive. You'll learn how to use basic. household items as tools to cope with many situations. You'll also be trained in how to collect information and data about what happened and the patients' condition. This information will be passed on to the emergency services, which saves them time. .
A. They are too busy.
B. However, that's not all.
C. It helps improve your skills.
D. It creates confidence to give first aid.
E. You will be a valuable link in the chain of survival.
F. You must look after yourself and ensure your own safety.
G. A child who is crying because of a sprained ankle is suffering.
Alvin, 66, was deep in the woods in Grand Cane last December when something like litter on the ground caught his eye. It was a broken 1 with a note attached.
"Dear Santa," the note 2 . "My name is Luna. Four years old. This year I have been 3 . I would like candy, Spider-Man ball, My Little Pony. With love, Luna."
Alvin's heart hammered in his chest. It reminded him of his childhood wish. He smiled and set out to 4 Luna's wish. He posted a photo of the balloon and the Christmas wish list on his Facebook page, asking for help to 5 the sender.
Meanwhile, Gonzalez, the mother of four-year old Luna, had no idea that such a(n) 6 was underway. It had been a hard year for her family as COVID-19 spread. On a 7 tough day last December, she 8 the idea of having Luna send a letter to Santa by releasing a balloon. They had a(n) 9 Christmas together, and then the calendar turned to a new year.
One day, Gonzalez received a call saying that someone had found Luna's balloon. Her jaw 10 . She logged on to Facebook and saw Alvin's 11 . She called Alvin and finally agreed to let Alvin fulfill her daughter's wish list.
"Santa left out your balloon12 ,"Gonzalez told Luna, "but one of his elves (精灵) found it." Not long after that, Luna received three boxes of 13 with a note signed "Alvin the Elf."
Now, having received so much 14 , Gonzalez and Luna intend to pay it forward this year. After all, when Alvin could have just 15 that balloon into the dustbin, he went the extra mile.
"China is expected put a hyperloop (超级高铁) into (operate) by 2035," South China
Moring Post (report) on a Sunday morning several months ago. The 150-kilometre-long tunnel is aimed to allow maglev (磁悬浮) trains to travel a speed of up to,000 km/h. Several major cities have been considered for the huge project, and the first hyperloop train line is likely (build) between Shanghai and Hangzhou.
As we know, China has already been a leader in high-speed rail technology. An assessment team, (lead) by a senior engineer in Beijing, thinksinvesting in the hyperloop technology can help maintain China's position as a (globe) leader in transport innovation. So investment will have a unique historical significance.
China's high-speed rail service, had reached 42,000 kilometers, ranked first in the world by the end of 2022. With (it) characteristics including the high security level, low energy consumption, noise and pollution levels, the hyperloop will travel ten times (fast) than traditional high-speed trains and as five times as commercial passenger planes. The hyperloop's prospects surely deserve the expectation of all Chinese people.
1.集合地点及交通方式；
2.出发和返回的时间；
3.携带物品及注意事项等。
注意：
1.词数100左右；
2.可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
参考词汇：净月潭Jingyuetan National Scenic Area
Dear John:
Yours sincerely,
Li Hua
Magen double-checked the words on her spelling test. If she got 100 percent today, she'd win her class' First-Quarter Spelling Challenge and a brand-new dictionary that came with videos and other cool stuff. Plus, Ms. McCormack had promised to do a handstand (手倒立) if anyone got a perfect score.
Three more words to go. N-i-c-e-l-y. Q-u-i-c-k-l-y. H-o-n-e-s-t-y. Wait! She'd spelled honesty, not honestly! She erased ‘-ty' and wrote ‘-ly' before handing in her paper. Ms. McCormack graded the papers while the students were at rest.
After a break, Magen hurried into the classroom, sitting in her seat nervously—Ms. McCormack walked to the front of the room and cleared her throat. "Congratulations, Magen! You did it!" Then, as if she were an Olympic gymnast, Ms. McCormack's feet flipped into the air. The whole class erupted!
Ms. McCormack presented Magen with her prize. A big smile spread across Magen's face as she read the label on the box: To Magen Carter, for her perfect first-quarter score in spelling.
"Everything OK?" Mom asked as Magen burst through the front door after school.
"Everything's perfect!" Magen shouted, showing Mom her spelling test and prize.
Mom hugged her. "Well done, Magen"
Magen scooped up (抱起) her cat. "Can you spell nicely, Casper? And quickly and honestly, and…" It suddenly occurred to her that she had misspelled the word. Rooted to the spot, Magen reflected on how she could tell the whole class she shouldn't have earned the prize at all. She dashed into her room and pulled out the test paper. "If I put the missing ‘t' back in, no one would ever know," she thought. Recalling the joyful moment, a mixture of guilt and unwillingness overwhelmed her.
注意：
1. 续写词数应为150左右；
2. 请按如下格式作答。
Aware that there was something wrong with Magen, Mom knocked on the door and entered her room.
The next day, arriving early at school, Magen pushed open the door of Ms. McCormack's office.
