Jacksonville is the largest city in Florida and has a large number of shopping malls to suit different tastes for tourists and guests to shop. Here are some great places where you can shop in Jacksonville.
Gateway Town Center
The venerable Gateway Town Center is one of Jacksonville's oldest shopping malls, providing an eclectic mix of exciting stores and fun amusements! Gateway Town Center is located at 5184 Norwood Avenue and owns a mixture of retail boutiques (时装店), like Footlocker and Ashley Stewart. You can visit Gateway Town Center Mondays through Saturdays from 10:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., and Sundays from noon to 6:00.
St. Johns Town Center
The newest and trendiest shopping destination in the city is St. Johns Town Center. This center has all your national favorites like Dillard's, Barnes & Noble and Target as well as a great restaurant selection. St. Johns Town Center is open from 10:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. Mondays through Saturdays and 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. on Sundays.
Regency Square Shopping Center
On 9501 Arlington Expressway stands the Regency Square Mall. Children like riding on the mall's mini train while adults like to shop and socialize. Movie fans will like knowing that the Regency Square Mall has a 24 screen AMC theater. You can visit this mall from 10:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. Mondays through Saturdays, and Sundays from noon to 6:00 p.m.
River City Marketplace
River City Marketplace located in Jacksonville is the largest shopping mall in the city with 70 shops including such stores as Lowes, Wal-Mart Super Center, Pet Smart and Old Navy. All these shops can be found at the open-air plaza. The mall's 14 screen Hollywood theaters are a great attraction for movie buffs. River City Marketplace's hours of operation are 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. Mondays through Saturdays and 11:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. on Sundays.
Danielle Steel, America's sweetheart, is one of the hardest working women in the book business. Unlike other productive authors who write one book at a time, she can work on up to five. Her research alone before writing takes at least three years. Once she has fully studied her subjects, ready to dive into a book, she can spend twenty hours nonstop at her desk.
Danielle Steel comes from New York and was sent to France for her education. After graduation, she worked in the public relations and advertising industries. Later she started a job as a writer which she was best fit for. Her achievements are unbelievable: 390 million copies of books in print, nearly fifty New York Times best-selling novels, and a series of "Max and Martha" picture books for children to help them deal with the real-life problems of death, new babies and new schools. Her 1998 book about the death of her son shot to the top of the New York Times best-selling list as soon as it came out. Twenty-eight of her books have been made into films. She is listed in the Guinness Book of World Records for one of her books being the Times best-seller for 381 weeks straight.
Not content with a big house, a loving family, and a view of the Golden Gate Bridge, Danielle Steel considers her readers to be the most important resource and has kept in touch with them by e-mail. While she is often compared to the heroines of her own invention, her life is undoubtedly much quieter. But, if she does have anything in common with them, it is her strength of will and her unique style. There is only one Danielle Steel.
I've visited several controversial (有争议的) dam sites around the world. For all of them, the tension has been between the national economic advantage offered by the dam and the local environment and social damage caused by its construction. The countries often sell the power to international neighbors, rather than directly improve electricity access to the local people.
Some countries, such as Chile, which is planning to build a dam across Patagonian Rivers, and Laos, which plans to dam the Mekong, rely on energy imports and so hydro (电能) is a very attractive domestic option. Other countries, such as Brazil which is planning the world's third largest dam at Belo Monte, China which recently completed the largest dam at Three Gorges, and Ethiopia which is planning dams along the Omo, insist that these dams are essential for national economic development.
The economic benefits can be huge. The Aswan Dam on Egypt's Nile, for example, was highly controversial when it was built in the 1960's. Yet for all the environmental damage to its downstream river system, it's very difficult for you to find an Egyptian that is in favor of its removal. The dam has been an outstanding economic success, bringing improved harvests from better irrigation despite drought conditions, hydropower and flood protection worth billions of dollars.
So if we accept that many controversial dams are going to be built, how can we limit their damage? Jamie Skinner, who was senior advisor to the World Commission on Dams, and now heads the Water division at the International Institute for Environment and Development, suggests the answer might be to issue dam builders with limited-length licenses. "In America, the licenses are only for 30 or 50 years, after which there is a review. The reason why many dams are being removed there now is that their licenses have expired (到期) and the dams would no longer pass the stricter environmental planning regulations." he says.
When you don't have a car and need to get around, are you more likely to call for an Uber or Lyft, or a cab? Last Friday, Lyft—the ride-sharing company, went public as its stocks (股票) started trading on the market. Lyft has become the first big initial public offering of the "gig economy" age. While the company is not making profits yet, it is changing the meaning of work. What is gig economy and what makes it so appealing?
Gig works are independent contracts or part-time jobs such as Uber. In the gig economy, companies hire independent contractors instead of full-time employees. This is different from traditional companies where full-time workers hold a lifetime career. In the past, only small companies hired contractors, while today, employers like Amazon and Google rely on temporary workforce. These companies save costs as they are not legally required to provide healthcare benefits, retirement savings or paid time off to gig workers.
Gig work appeals to different people for different reasons. For some, it affords flexible timings and for others who are looking for full-time jobs, it provides a source of income to support themselves. Some people work a full-time job and supplement (补充) their salary with gig jobs such as driving for Uber or Lyft.
Joining the gig economy may be simple, but maintaining a steady career is easier said than done. Gig work comes with unsteady pay and workloads. You're your own boss. It sounds fun, but when you have no self-control and an unsteady job, you might splurge all your money the first week and live on bread pieces for the rest of the month! Besides a strong sense of responsibility, gig workers have to stay up to date to get companies to hire them.
Despite the challenges gig workers face, nearly 60 million Americans are part of this workforce. As this number grows, we have to see how society and companies adapt to this new world of work!
Did you know that about 90% of people in the world are right-handed? Although this subject is rarely discussed, life is often difficult for lefties in a right-handed world.
Many cultures have not been friendly to lefties over the years. In Latin, it was connected with something "unlucky" and "evil". In Old English, "left" meant "weak". In Islamic culture, people commonly use their left hand to clean themselves after they use the toilet, so many Muslims feel the left hand is unclean.
Because of these ideas, parents often force their left-handed children to write with their right hands. Studies show that forcing left-handed children to use the right hand can cause learning disorders and speech issues. Besides these challenges, lefties must use tools which aren't made for them. Most scissors, knives, and musical instruments are designed for righties. Using these items can be difficult or even dangerous for lefties.
Some believe that it occurs due to gene movements in the spinal cord before birth. Another study has said that there are social reasons why few people are lefties. People may choose to become right-handed to fit in with others.
Though there are challenges, being left-handed can be good in many ways. This is because right-handers who play against them are not used to their moves. Some studies have also found that on average, left-handers are better at remembering things and dealing with difficult math problems.
Today, society's ideas about being left-handed have started to change. More and more people believe that being left-handed is a gift to a person instead of a curse. It's on August 13 and called International Lefthanders Day. Left-handed people gather together to celebrate. This special day lets people know that it's OK if things aren't all right all the time.
A. Left-handers have some disadvantages.
B. There's even a special day for left-handers.
C. Being a left-hander sometimes does better jobs.
D. For starters, left-handers might do better in sports.
E. Scientists still aren't sure why people become left-handed.
F. The word was linked to negative ideas in several languages.
G. Unfortunately, this can cause problems with their development.
I was a happy kid with a supportive family and a lot of friends. But frankly speaking, growing up was really 1 and even painful. During my childhood, I spent much time trying to achieve perfection in every aspect of my life, which made me extremely tired and anxious. I wanted everyone's compliments and hugely feared criticism. But I didn't realize that I was the one who 2 myself in the toughest way.
After I graduated from high school, my 3 to be "thin" began to trouble me. I went on a diet. In the beginning I dieted by controlling food and gradually I started 4 meals. I lost weight day by day and felt super good. What I didn't see was that I was slowly 5 myself.
People around me began to 6 my weight loss. They said with concern, "You're losing too much weight." "Elisa, you're so skinny." All their words only suggested that I was getting closer to "7".
Sadly, I took my physical 8 the first important in my life, 9 that it was the way to become attractive and accepted. Then I cut down my 10 more and more, until a 11 day including half a teaspoon of nonfat yoghurt and black coffee in the morning, and a cup of grapes at night.
But my poor 12 began to cause me to lose 13. Then one night, like many nights before, I couldn't sleep, and my heart felt as though it might beat out of my chest. I tried to 14, but I couldn't. The beating became so rapid and so strong that I could no longer 15. What I had done to diet nearly caused me to have a heart attack. I stood up, and immediately fell down. I was really 16, and I knew I needed help. My roommate rushed me to the 17, beginning the long road to my 18. It took a lot—doctors, nurses, nutritionists, and food supplements.
And more importantly, a sense of what was true about myself got back on track with reality. I realized that, with my 19 of trying to be "perfect" on the 20, I had sacrificed who I was inside my body. Now what I know is, we are—every one of us—already perfect enough.
Car registration plates are just a series of numbers and letters, right? Well, yes, but not for everyone.
France was the first country (introduce) plates in 1893. Early number plates differed shape and size, and were made of lots of different materials, including iron and cardboard. In fact, it was not until 1957 car producers and the governments agreed on standardized plates. was first registered in the UK was A1. The letter "A" showed the number was from London, while the number "1" showed it was the first number issued. At the moment, number plates (consist) of a sequence of letters and numbers are applied in the UK.
Different EU countries also use different arrangements of (number) combined with letters, and (they) systems have changed many times because these letter-number combinations keep running out. In the past decades, some number plates (become) extremely valuable, particularly those that spell out words. (basic), numbers on the plates can be used to represent words or parts of words. For example, "NVERLA8" means "Never Late". And the most (expense) number ever was "M1" which a buyer has acquired for ￡331, 000.
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线( \)划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1．每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2．只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。
As far as I'm concerned, hard work is much important than intelligence. Firstly, as known to all, a knife will not be sharp if not sharpen regularly. The same is true of studying. In other words, unless you don't study hard and only depend on your intelligence, perhaps you can get some achievements and stand out in the beginning. But it is no doubt that you will fall behind those whom work hard in the end. Secondly, most great people, like Edison, were not smart at the school, but they get lots of achievements through hard work. However, it proves that hard work can help you to make progresses in study and become a great person.
