Paris boasts a wealth of world-class museums and architectural masterpieces. From the world's largest art museum to France's most famous landmark, there is plenty to experience in the French capital.
The Louvre Museum
As the most visited art museum in the world and also the largest, the Louvre should be top of your list. It would take you no fewer than 100 days to visit the 35, 000 works of art on display across 300 rooms – and that's if you spend just 30 seconds looking at each one.
The Moulin Rouge （红磨坊）
The Moulin Rouge in Montmartre, with its iconic red windmill, was built in 1885. The venue pioneered the famous French cancan dance, and has now become one of the most famous cabarets in the world. Expect flamboyant handmade costumes of feathers and elegance at every turn.
The Eiffel Tower
Originally built to commemorate the centennial of the French Revolution in 1889, the impressive Eiffel Tower has become the most iconic landmark(地标) of France. The first floor is home to the 58 Tour Eiffel restaurant while the second-floor observation deck provides spectacular bird's eye views – the best in the city.
The top of the Arc de Triomphe
The Arc de Triomphe, a Neoclassical take on the ancient Roman arch, is one of Paris's most iconic attractions. It's worth hiking the 284 stairs to reach the platform on top of the arch as the views span right across the city, towering above the capital at 50m tall.
The surprising experiment I am about to describe proves that air is all around you and that it presses down upon you. Air pressure is a wonderful force. When you swim underwater, you can feel water push down your body. The air all around you does the same. However, your body is so used to it that you do not notice this. The pressure is caused by a layer of air called the atmosphere. This layer surrounds the Earth, extending to about five kilometers above the Earth's surface.
The following experiment is an easy one that you can do at home. But make sure that you are supervised, because you will need to use matches. Now for the experiment!
What you need is a hard-boiled egg without the shell, a bottle with a neck slightly smaller than the egg, a piece of paper and a match.
Metheod: check that the paper will sit firmly on the neck of the bottle, tear the paper into strips and put the strips into the bottle, light the paper by dropping a burning match into the bottle and quickly sit the egg on the neck of the bottle.
Astonishingly, the egg will be sucked into the bottle. Your friends will be amazed when you show them the experiment. But be careful when you handle matches.
Do you think it's a simple and interesting physical experiment? Why did it happen this way? As the paper burns, it needs oxygen and uses up the oxygen (air) in the bottle. The egg acts as a seal in the neck of the bottle, so no more air can get inside. This reduces the air pressure inside the bottle. The air pressure must equalize, so more air from outside must enter the bottle. The outside air presses against the egg and then the egg is pushed into the bottle! This proves that air is all around and that it is pressing down on us.
In the past few decades, great changes have taken place in the literary world. With the time changing, Chinese university students show a typical characteristic in their after-school reading and this reflects the changes of thoughts and the quality of young people.
The 1960s was the time for admiring heroes. Chinese university students had a thirst for reading heroic stories. Novels like The Song of Youth and How the Steel Was Tempered became extremely popular among university students. Lei Feng's Diary and Selected Works of Mao Tse-tung were almost a must to read. Everyone had a copy of China Youth, an encouraging and helpful magazine for the young. Harvest and People's Literature were fashionable among them as well.
University students in the 1970s were quite industrious in study. They spent much time in study than in spare-time reading. They wished to enrich their reading so as to improve self-cultivation and expand their knowledge. Masterpieces such as works of Shakespeare were popular, Lu Xun Selected Works and Ba Jin's trilogy were among the favorites of the students.
The 1980s shot up many young lovers for literature. At that time, foreign and Chinese masterpieces, especially works of Hugo and Shelley were the books young people often read. A survey named "The book that impressed you most during 1985 to 1989" indicated that Jin Yong's works ranked the second and works of Qiong Yao and San Mao the sixth.
In addition to romantic fiction and martial arts fiction, a new type of books — science fiction became popular among the male students in the 1990s. Apart from that, contemporary masterpieces including Chinese novels such as White Deer Plain, and foreign masterworks like War and Peace and The Thorn Birds were also popular.
Every day we experiencc one of the wonders of the world around us without even realizing it . It is not the amazing complexity of television, nor the impressive tcchnology of transport. The universal wonder we share and experience is our ability to make noises with our mouths, and so transmit ideas and thoughts to each other's minds. This ability comes so naturally that we tend to forget what a miracle (奇迹）it is.
Obviously, the ability to talk is something that marks humans off from animals. Of course, some animals have powers just as amazing. Birds can fly thousands of miles by observing positions of the stars in the sky in relation to the time of day and year. In Nature's talent show, humans are a species of animal that have developed their own special act. If we reduce it to basic terms, it's an ability for communicating information to others by varying sounds we make as we breathe out.
Not that we don't have other powers of communication. Our facial expressions convey our emotions, such as anger, or joy, or disappointment. The way we hold our heads can indicate to others whether we are happy or sad. This is so-called "body language". Bristling (直立的) fur is an unmistakable warning of attack among many animals. Similarly, the bowed head or drooping tail shows a readiness to take second place in any animal gathering.
Such a means of communication is a basic mechanism that animals, including human beings, instinctively acquire and display. Is the ability to speak just another sort of instinct? If so, how did human beings acquire this amazing skill? Biologists can readily indicate that particular area of our brain where speech mechanisms function, but this doesn't tell us how that part of our bodies originated in our biological history.
Fear of public speaking is one of the most commonly-held fears, and when the speaking event takes the form of a debate it adds a "winner and a "loser" to the discourse. They are applicable whether you're debating in a courtroom or a living room.
Know the rules.
You should not only have a well-reasoned argument ready for your debate, but you should know the format the debate will take. If it's a business meeting，will you be speaking in front of the whole company or just your office? Know as much as you can about the structure the debate will take, as well as what is expected of you as a participant.
You know the point you want to make. Don't be off the point. Have a clear agenda in mind going into your debate, and stick to it. If you stray too far from your original point, you will weaken your argument.
Keep within time limits.
Some debates are more rigidly structured than others. Even if you're not participating in a formal debating event that requires you to stay within a set time limit, don't talk aimlessly.
Respect your opponent.
Even in an informal conversation it's important to let your "adversary(对手)" have his say, and let him know he's been heard "Focus on debating content, not character".
A. Stick to the topic.
B. What are the time limits?
C. Be concise and avoid too much repetition.
D. You are free to express yourself in the debate.
E. A debate is a contest, or, perhaps, like a game, where speakers present their arguments.
F. There are some applicable tips that can make the debate more productive than painful.
G. You may be challenging a person's point of view, but you're not challenging the individual.
My car sweeping past the green pastures(草地), I felt the cool breeze on my face, eyes closed. The breeze felt refreshingly1and gave me a2of newly defined freedom and happiness. The breeze suddenly came to a halt3the car stopping due to a bit of traffic4by the grazing of some cute lambs.
Climbing out of the car in excitement, I 5I was in a new world, 6my only companion was the sparkling beauty of nature all around me. Standing there, I7understood the meaning of freedom! In this fast paced world, where smartphones are a(n) 8and life without internet might just be the next step to insanity(疯狂), we've 9the simple pleasures in life.
Just10for a moment to ask yourself11it's been since you've just sat down for a while, doing absolutely12yet feeling perfectly happy and contented!
People tend to find happiness in commodities or13around them, but the perfect place to start searching for happiness is14within you!
Happiness is like a15. It can be spread to others, if only we are willing to splash (撒) a few 16 on ourselves! True happiness is said to be17when we are the18behind a person's beautiful smile and immense happiness!
So the next time you see someone upset or feeling low, 19them a bit of your time and support. It doesn't cost much, but doubles the happiness in your20!
Bees are major pollinators (传粉者) of fruits, vegetables and nuts. Without these helpful buzzing insects, our food supply would be trouble. But bees can help humans in another way. (research) say the act of beekeeping may help people with mental health problems such as stress, anxiety and depression. Many call "beekeeping therapy." One group of people is especially getting help from such therapy: military veterans (老兵).
Many soldiers returning from military service have trouble (deal) with the experiences of war. They may also find it difficult to create a (produce) life after the military service. Homelessness, depression and drug abuse can affect some military veterans. Vince Ylitalo is one such veteran. He served in the military for nearly 40 years, two tours in Iraq (include). He suffers from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, or PTSD.
To treat his PTSD, Ylitalo is part of a beekeeping program at the Manchester Veteran Affairs (VA) Medical Center in the state of New Hampshire. The VA (set) up several such programs in the United States.
In a recent report, Ylitalo explained beekeeping calms his mind." I'm in this program (help) me get out of the thought process of all those problems that I have. It helps me think about something (complete) different. I'm just thinking about the bees."
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Dear students,
I'm writing to call everyone to concentrate on the problems of the environment.
Over the years, we have come to realise that we would have made good use of energy. Our environment is getting worse and worse. We must take effective measure to protect the environment. We should get into the habit of being environmental friendly.
Firstly, we should go to school on our foot or by bike as possible. Secondly, we should turn off the lights when we leave a room. Lastly, developing the habit of save water is also important. As we all know, nowadays a lot of people are healthy because of the seriously polluting environment. So let's take steps in our daily life. Remember, actions speak loud than words.
Yours sincerely,
Tom
