Experience around food is about the place. The time and the people, and “the best meal” can be found in a fine dining restaurant or in a crowded street market. How can you recreate that special moment influenced by place and time? Travel is becoming the most popular reason to visit many places around the world. Here are the places that consistently excite the senses.
South of France
Markets with fresh fruits and vegetables and butcher shops are abundant. Regional(地区的)wines are excellent. And freshly baked French bread with French butter is what memories are made of. Take a chair in an ancient walled city for a meal with a view that you will never forget.
Barcelona
This bustling city filled with unique buildings is a city for lovers of history, architecture, and food. Kiosko Universal, a counter restaurant at one comer of the market, prepares some of the simplest and best food we’ve ever had. Give yourself a week to explore and see everything the city offers. The city is not to be missed.
Italy
It’s hard to choose one place or city to visit. Some of our favorite places include the coastal regions on the Adriatic and Tuscany. Friuli stole our hearts last year with its many unique wines, small artisan food producers, and influences fro neighboring countries like Austria and Germany.
Mexico City
From unbelievable food markets and casual street stands, Mexico City has become the place to travel for the food lovers. If you want to eat locally, order a Hurache, a street food specialty. All you will need is a local microbrew or Mezcal(龙舌兰酒)to wash it down.
1.Where can you taste delicious food while enjoying beautiful scenery?
A. South of France B. Barcelona
C. Italy D. Mexico City
2.What is Kiosko Universal?
A. A market B. A butcher shop
C. A restaurant D. A street stand
3.What do you need to help swallow Hurache when eating it?
A. Bread B. Beer
C. Juice D. Fruit
4.What do the four places have in common?
A. They are tourist attractions B. They have ancient buildings
C. They lie in Europe D. They are noted for tasty food
A new, first-of-its-kind study examines the connection between teacher burnout and students’ stress levels. Researchers from the University of British Columbia collected saliva (唾液) samples from over 400 elementary school children, grades four to seven, at 17 public schools. Cortisol (皮质醇) levels were then assessed from the samples as the hormone is commonly used as a biological indicator of stress. Correspondingly, teacher burnout was determined through survey results.
Investigators found that in classrooms in which teachers experienced more burnout, or feelings of emotional exhaustion, students’ cortisol levels were elevated (提升). Higher cortisol levels in elementary school children have been linked to learning difficulties as well as mental health problems. The study appears in the journal Social Science & Medicine. “This suggests that stress contagion (蔓延) might be taking place in the classroom among students and their teachers,” said Eva Oberle, Ph.D., the study’s lead author.
Indeed, the relationship between student stress and teacher burnout is a chicken and egg question. “It is unknown what came first, elevated cortisol or teacher burnout. We consider the connection between student and teacher stress a cyclical problem in the classroom.” Oberle said a stressful classroom climate could be a result of inadequate support for teachers, which may impact teachers’ ability to effectively manage their students. A poorly managed classroom can contribute to students’ needs not being met and increasing stress. This could be reflected in elevated cortisol levels in students.
Alternatively, stress could originate from students, who may be more challenging to teach because of increases in anxiety, behavioral problems, or special needs. In this case, teachers could feel overwhelmed and report higher levels of burnout.
“Our study is a reminder of the systemic issues facing teachers and educators as classroom sizes increase and supports for teachers are cut,” said Oberle. “It is clear from a number of recent research studies that teaching is one of the most stressful professions, and that teachers need adequate resources and support in their jobs in order to battle burnout and relieve stress in the classroom,” said University of British Columbia education professor Kimberly Schonert Reichl, Ph.D., the study’s co-author. “If we do not support teachers, we risk the damage of students.”
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假定你是李华，最近你发现有学生将共享单车停到了校园内并且上了私锁。请你就此现象，写一份倡议书发表在校英文报上，倡议同学们文明使用共享单车。
内容提示： 1. 共享单车带给人们的便利；
2. 如何正确使用共享单车。
注意: 1. 词数80左右；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
参考词汇：共享单车：shared bikes
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Li Hua
In order to understand the role and function of belief in our society, one way is to compare the 1. (different) between a society with belief and a society without it. And through this process of comparison, it might be easier for us to understand 2. important belief really is.
Without belief, we do not know what we are fighting 3.. This is the fundamental difference between someone who has 4. belief system and someone who does not. A parent who is working so hard for the benefits and financial security of the children tend to give more and complain 5.. A man or a woman in love, who is trying to maintain or change their situation in the belief that they could one day be with their beloved ones, would not even feel the burden of work. A student, who 6. (strong) believes that a brighter future is available, would not mind a few extra hours to be better academically. And a public servant, who makes the interest of the general public as priority, would not mind 7. (burn) some late night oil so that the required work could 8.(finish) in high quality. For all the examples mentioned above, we can easily imagine how the situation would change dramatically when they do not have the belief system of their own.
It’s a given fact 9. life is hard but whatever difficulties occur, those 10. belief is stronger are more likely to overcome them successfully.
For me personally, I could write for days about many different situations where adversity (逆境) _______my life. Now let me tell you one experience where I almost let adversity _______.
We had a glass studio, which was located 50 feet from our home. A couple of years ago we experienced an _______ winter; we had a lot of snow and ice. The _______ of the ice and snow _______ the roof on our studio, taking with it one of our sources of income. _______ it did fall down, we got on the roof and tried to_______ the snow and ice, but when you have 5 feet of ice and temperatures of minus 20 Celsius, it was pretty _______ to do.
We had a partner come in to help us try to _______ the roof by supporting. In the end, there was ________ that could be done. The roof came down. We had moved a lot of our goods and tools from the studio ________ we lost a lot also: glass, kilns, workbenches, to name only a few of the items. It was a ________experience.
Here we were in the middle of winter with our studio collapsed. We couldn't work as we had almost ________ all the material in a building we were not using. We could have done one of two things: we could simply say that we can no longer ________ our glass business. Let me tell you that this was certainly a thought that ________ our mind. Or we could find a way to get our studio back up and running.
We picked the ________ option. We had a large barn that we were not using. So we renovated (翻新) the barn, ________ our working area and today we have a nicer studio than we ________ had. If the adversity we were ________ had not happened, we probably would ________ be working in the old studio — a studio that was less efficient.
1.A. promoted B. influenced C. destroyed D. prevented
2.A. suffer B. escape C. win D. work
3.A. awkward B. awesome C. agreeable D. awful
4.A. size B. height C. weight D. temperature
5.A. collapsed B. limited C. pressed D. struck
6.A. Before B. Unless C. Although D. When
7.A. replace B. reduce C. recycle D. remove
8.A. worthwhile B. tough C. rewarding D. annoying
9.A. examine B. test C. secure D. restore
10.A. something B. enough C. all D. nothing
11.A. for B. but C. or D. so
12.A. vain B. valid C. disastrous D. treasured
13.A. displayed B. arranged C. piled D. presented
14.A. predict B. conduct C. instruct D. quit
15.A. approached B. crossed C. cleared D. comforted
16.A. latter B. former C. easier D. further
17.A. evaluated B. redesigned C. organized D. reserved
18.A. desperately B. hopefully C. eventually D. previously
19.A. faced with B. concerned about C. cautious about D. aware of
20.A. ever B. already C. even D. still
If you don’t have a travel-friendly DVD player, or you want your vacation to be spent away from the screen — bring along these games and ideas for young kids.
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Give the kids a map and a highlighter, and have them follow the route you take. If you want to get a little fancier than a sketch book and colouring pencils, then a laptop coloring desk is a great way for kids to keep occupied and make postcards to send to friends and family.
Try a game
20 questions: You think of a person or object, and your opponent(s) asks you 20 yes-or-no questions to try to figure out who or what you’re thinking of.
The memory game: “I’m going to the World’s Fair and in my suitcase I packed…” 2.Beginning with A, the first letter of each new item must start with the next letter of the alphabet.
Back seat bingo: Before you leave, draw up a grid (格子) for each passenger filling each of the squares with a different sight to cross off. 3..
Pack plenty of snacks
Try to vary the snacks between healthy, filling choices and less healthy treats. 4.. Sweet snacks provide all important bargaining tools to prevent back seat fights and constant "Are we there yet?".
You could even try to involve the children in making the snacks beforehand, especially if you're baking. Being involved in the creation will make them even more interested in the snacks during the car journey.
Choose a family friendly audiobook
Pack a selection of audiobooks to entertain the whole family through the journey. If you're on a long trip, opt for Harry Potter so you'll never run out of story.
5.
Kids imitate the noises they hear in places such as home, street, farm, or zoo. After 20 minutes of that, you may want to try the quiet contest — whoever can be the quietest and the longest wins a prize.
If you're very lucky after this game, you could just have some sleeping children on your hands.
A. Avoid loud noise
B. Hold a sound contest
C. But some healthy treats are enough
D. Bring along plenty of writing materials
E. Players take turns adding a new item to the list
F. You could even add the motivation for a prize for the winner
G. Try to pack enough that you can disperse (分散) them throughout the journey
