Best Places to Visit in Winter
Rovaniemi, Finland
If you love ice and snow, then you'll love exploring Rovaniemi. Why? Simply because it's one of the top winter destinations in Europe. Sitting in northern Finland, Rovaniemi is the gateway to Finland's famous Lapland — the home of Santa Claus, Rovaniemi is the perfect place to watch the impressive Northern lights, go on a husky ride, or even visit an ice hotel.
St. Kitts & Nevis, Caribbean
If you're looking to escape the rain, snow, and grey skies, then St. Kitts and Nevis is one of the top places to go in the winter. This dual-island nation sits between the Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea. It has perfect weather all year round, with temperatures of 25℃ in winter. Apart from lying on the beaches, you can also enjoy the Carnival around Christmas, sailing and snorkelling tours, and historical tours of the islands.
Cape Town, South Africa
Cape Town is one of South Africa's most picturesque destinations, with loads of exciting things to do. From visiting the 7th Wonder of Nature, Table Mountain, to surfing the waves of the city's S amazing beaches, there's something for everyone. Cape Town is only a short drive away from the iconic (標(biāo)志性的) Cape Winelands, where you can enjoy vineyard and winery tours with wine tasting and food pairings.
Lanzarote, Spain
With interesting rock formations, volcanoes, and amazing blue waters, Lanzarote is a top choice for many travellers running away from cold European winters. Lanzarote is the most eastern of the Canary Islands. Expect to find black and red earth, white and golden sand beaches and rolling mountains. The average weather stays around the 20℃ mark, so you can work on your tan without worrying too much about sunburn.
71-year-old, Helen Lloyd Jones from Cardiff recently completed her first marathon and is encouraging others of her age to take up the challenge. "Do it. We only live once," she said after the event.
Helen took up running in her 50's while working as a teacher. After jogging alongside one of her students during a sports day race, Helen said, "I felt terrible, absolutely terrible. It was a wakeup call and I started to practise jogging."
Helen started attending her local parkrun, but decided she needed a bigger challenge to keep her motivated. Once the idea of running 26.2 came into her head, she was decided, and set her sights on running a larger race, using the support of the crowds to get her round.
Helen didn't tell her husband for the first five months of her training as she knew he'd be worried about the toll the distance might have on her, saying g afterwards, "The difference between the man who waved me goodbye and the smiling man who greeted me when I returned was a reflection of how much he had been worrying. But he is very proud of me."
At 71, Helen explains how she didn't do her training "by the book". After trying to do a long run, a speed run and a hill run each week, she soon found her body was not able to recover fast enough between sessions. Instead, she chose one long run a week with her local running club Pegasus and friend Sally, so she could feel confident with the distance.
A proud grandmother, Helen is I now taking her grandchildren to parkruns and junior parkruns. She hopes that they will remember running with their grandmother when they grow up. Are there more marathons in her future? "I said I would only do the one, but have a feeling that if I got a place in London or New York... I might change my mind."
For Adam Johnson, a potter from Brighton, the interest stirs (萌動(dòng)) each spring. "It grabs a hold of me," he said. "I just get the desire to dig." Together with his shovel (鏟), he is part of a larger movement. Around the world people are discovering the joys of an ancient practice: the digging of holes. TikTok videos of people digging purely for fun have been viewed millions of times. Instagram accounts devoted to the pastime have many followings.
Charlie Mone, a student at St Andrews University, was changed while digging on the beach in Gran Canaria last year. When he returned home, he founded the university's first hole-digging society. "I didn't think it would go anywhere," he said. Dozens of diggers regularly attend its events on East Sands Beach on the east coast of Scotland and the society's Facebook page has more than 300 followers.
Mone believes that that much of the appeal lies in the friendship working on a shared project in the sea air. "It's struck a chord (共鳴) with people," he said. "There's something therapeutic to just switching your brain off and digging a hole." At the end of each 1 session, the holes are filled in to prevent accidents.
Back in Brighton, Johnson, 38, is more of a lonely digger. "I have often started digging without an actual plan," he said. "Once I took out an unruly bramble (荊棘) and found some rock so I dug that out, then carried on a bit until I was in a good general digging rhythm. A few hours later my partner asked if I was coming in for dinner-the bramble had come out at breakfast and I found myself in a six-foot hole. The hole would become a sunken hot tub, but the digging would have been worthwhile anyway, he suggests. "There's something basic about it. And you find all kinds of buried treasure from people who had the garden before you. There's something magical about digging."
If there was one good thing to come out of lockdowns, it was improve book sales and rates of reading, especially among children. A survey of 70,000 children and young people by the National Literacy Trust, however, has found this gain is now gone: figures are now equal to just before the pandemic (疫情), when the trust recorded the lowest levels of reading enjoyment (just under 50%) since it first asked the question 17 years ago. Another study of 8,000 five-to eight-year-olds at the same time found that nearly one in five did not have a book at home.
These questions are not about basic literacy (讀寫能力) but about the habit of reading: the children surveyed spoke of books giving them subjects to talk about; of entertainment and information; of reading helping them to understand people unlike themselves; of finding in books a place of escape; of aid in dealing with difficulty. "It helps me in learning about what I'm feeling. That .That is because I have a hard time expressing my emotions and would rather not bother anyone," as one child put it.
Children who read at home are six times more likely to be able to read above expected levels, while one study of 160,000 adults from 31 countries found children whose homes held least 80 books, books, but whose schooling ended at 13 or 14, were as literate, numerate and technologically intelligent in adulthood as university graduates who grew up with only a few books. Another found these children also went on to earn more.
It is not that most parents and carers don't understand this. A reason often cited for the lack of books at home is the cost of living. Almost a fifth of Britain's public libraries have closed in 10 years, while one in eight primary schools in England, rising to one in four in disadvantaged communities, do not have a s, do not have a library or designated (指定的) reading space. Compared with other problems this country faces, providing varied reading materials relatively straightforward to fix. We owe it to children to do so.
Five Types of Friends to Make in High School
●The overachiever
One of the greatest types of friends you can make in high school is an overachiever. Overachiever friends can motivate you to be better every day!He makes the school sports team, gets elected class president, and does very well in all of the exams! With a friend like that influencing you, you'll never stop working hard!
●The wild one
A wild friend sees life as one big party! He's the socialite (社交名流) who makes sure you don't forget to tend to your social life in high school..
●The good listener
The good listener is the one you call after an impossible midterm! He'll listen to everything you have to say, and only offer advice when it's absolutely necessary.The conversation with such friends will actually help you get to know yourself better!
●The bookworm
With your friend the bookworm, you'll never have a boring con conversation.A bookworm is most definitely going places (有望成功), because he's always exercising his brain! Read every book they lend you. This will bring you to a deeper level and d give you great conversation topics!
●The wise one
Somehow, this friend has great understanding, and he can deal with nearly all of life's questions! If he wants to, he can help you out of almost any difficult situation you find yourself in.
A. In choosing a friend, one should be very careful.
B. He is the one who never settles for the second place.
C. He'll always have something to say about his latest reading.
D. This kind of friend is the one you can turn to in any life crisis.
E. Talking to this friend will remind you that everything you say is valuable.
F. He'll teach you how to really have fun and make the most of your youth!
G. Friends are warm, warm enough to encourage you to walk out of your little dark shell.
It began on a cold rainy day in an alley (小巷) outside Lagos. But 11-year-old Anthony Mmesoma Madu from Nigeria seemed 1 , dancing barefoot across puddles (坑), jumping, and turning around. His2 took a quick video, 3 it on social media, and went back to teaching.
Then the 4 of "likes" and "shares" filled these few simple seconds with the potential (潛力) of 5 a new life. Actress Viola Davis saw the video and 6 , "It reminds me of the 7 of my people. We create, soar, imagine, have great passion, and love...despite the difficulties that have been put in front of us. Our people can 8 !!!"
In the past few weeks, some 15 million people from around the globe watched, fascinated, as Anthony danced across the puddles. Thanks to this support, he received a 9 to study virtually with some of the world's best ballet dancers a at New York's American Dance Theatre.
Famous male ballet dancer Calvin Royal Ⅲ was also 10 by Anthony's dancing. He offered help and 11 Anthony and his classmates. He told the young dancers, "You are not only 12 your world there in Africa but you re changing the minds of many people.
Many people in Anthony's community have never seen a 13 dancing ballet before. He told BBC, "When my friends see me dancing, they are 14 ," ‘What is this boy doing? Is he doing a foreign dance?' Where I Where I live there are no male ballet dancers like me.
But now, his love of dancing is 15 for Anthony, his incredible teacher, his classmates, future Nigerian dancers as well as boys who love ballet.
Born in 1958, in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Huang Danian had an interest in geophysics from early age. He devoted his life to science, making many sacrifices(犧牲) along the way and(final) went to the United Kingdom for further study in 1993.
In 2008,(drive) by the idea that he needed to contributehis country, he gave up a good job and a life there and returned home. Huang(invite) to be the chief scientist of China's (big)deep-Earth exploration programme at Jilin University in Changchun, in northeast China. The programme aimed to install (安裝) high-tech (camera) on aircraft, ships and satellites, would enable scientists to see through the Earth's crust(地殼). His efforts soon(pay) off. China narrowed the gap with the developed countries in obtaining accurate data on deep-Earth exploration. Thanks to a number of devoted scientists, such as Huang. (China is now becoming a leading power in this technology.)
Huang died at the age of 58. A bright star in the world of science had fallen, (leave) the scientific community in grief.
1.介紹月亮代表的寓意;
2.歡迎他來中國體驗(yàn)中國文化。
注意:
1.寫作詞數(shù)應(yīng)為80左右;
2.請(qǐng)按如下格式在答題卡的相應(yīng)位置作答。
Dear Jack,
Yours,
Li Hua
Honey is my dog. She always follows me like a shadow. She often accompanies me to visit neighbours.
That October morning last year, I year, I decided to take Honey with me while I'll ran some errands (辦事). I opened the door of my car. "Come on, Honey. Let's go." She jumpe into the SUV and settled down on the passenger seat. I got behind the wheel and started the SUV.
It's always difficult turning around. We live in a remote area up in the hills outside San Rafael, California, surrounded by towering redwoods. You have to drive up the mountain to get to our driveway.
I moved around and backed up slowly. Suddenly, I felt a shake as the left back section of the SUV dropped. Oh, no! The edge! The car slipped in the soft soil, and rolled. I hadn't put on my seat belt yet; I was waiting to finish turning around. Now I fell inside the SUV as it somersaulted (翻滾) down the valley. Branches broke. The car rolled faster. Four, five, six rolls until I heard a horrible noise. A large branch plunged (插入) through the roof, and then hit my leg and chest. We landed upside down. I felt a sharp pain in my chest. I was pinned (釘住). I looked over to find Honey. She was still in the passenger seat and, thank goodness, she was okay.
"Sorry, girl," I said. I tried to see if I could unpin myself from behind the wheel. It was no use. Something was wrong with my leg. I grabbed my cell phone and called 911. But I couldn't get a signal at the bottom of that valley.
I figured we were at least t 50 feet down. Robin, my closest neighbour, lived a quarter mile uphill from me, and had her own driveway. There was no reason she or anyone else would drive up to my house.
At least I could get Honey out of there.1There was a hole in the driver's side window. Painfully, I reached over and picked her up. I gently put her head through the hole.
"Go home, baby."
注意:
1.續(xù)寫詞數(shù)應(yīng)為150左右;
2.請(qǐng)按如下格式在答題卡的相應(yīng)位置作答。
I sat there for hours until I heard a noise.
After I got all sorts of tests, Robin told me what had happened.