Take a step back in time and enjoy these once-in-a-lifetime train journeys.
The Rocky Mountaineer
Most notable are the wonderful views from your seat thanks to the big glass windows that bring the outside in along with good meals.
There are four roads to take. A favorite is the Coastal Package, which provides special Pacific Ocean views from Seattle to Vancouver before traveling through the Canadian borders.
One-to-fourteen-night packages are available.
Minimum price: $600.
Seven Stars in Kyushu
Considered one of Japan' s best trains, this service features (以……为特征) only seven carriages and 14 rooms. The train name, Seven Stars, stands for the seven most important aspects of the journey to Kyushu: the quality of the service, food, nature, hot springs, power spot, the friendliness of its people and history. Choose from a one-night trip or a four-day journey that takes you around the island in southern Japan.
Minimum price: $1,600.
The Maharajas' Express
There' s no better way to take in the Taj Mahal than on Maharajas' Express. Each of the 14 guest carriages is named after the famous jewels of the various Maharajas. The Presidential Suite includes an entire carriage, while all the other suites feature large windows. There are seven journeys throughout India to choose from, including one of their newest, The Southern Jewels.
Minimum price: $1,100.
The Belmond Andean Explorer
Named as South America' s best sleeper train and one of the most adventurous rail lines in the world, Peru' s Belmond Andean Explorer will take you on a one-or-two-night journey to experience the highlights from Cusco to Arequipa. Each of the 24 rooms on the train has its own bathroom, shower, and oxygen tanks & masks should the altitude start to get to you. There' s even an onboard SPA!
Minimum price : $680.
I got this strange idea in my eight grade: to run for the president of the student Union. It is not a surprising decision for most outgoing, popular people. But I was neither. In fact I tended to daydream, read books that were not on the required list, and sit at the far corner of the cafeteria with the only two friends I had, Denise and Janice.
However, Claire, my enemy, motivated me to sign up to run against her. Denise decided we should form a group of advisors to get me elected. We met every day, right after school,reviewing every student. We tried to figure out why our schoolmates might want to vote, in their own interests for me or(more likely) against Claire.
We created cascades, a term we learned from Denise' s sister. In other words, we looked for students who were most likely to influence a group of other students. Those are the people that one of us approached first. My narrow victory was a surprise to many including, frankly, the three of us.
That' s how I got my first taste of the power of the so-called Collective Intelligence and it turned out to be the best method of succeeding in various work.
When a group commits to supporting each other by meeting regularly and obeying the negotiated rules, remarkable things happen. We tend to bring to bring the the the best out other, as thousands have learned around the world. When individuals become tight-knit teams, we become happier and higher-performing with and for each other. It is never too late for us to start our own advising group of no more than seven members around a strong sweet spot of common interest—which will help us achieve something different and more meaningful over the years.
The exhibit, Digital Dunhuang, which is being held at the Hong Kong Museum this month, has brought to Hong Kong more than 100 exhibits including the visual murals (虚拟壁画) of Dunhuang Cave 285 and Dunhuang Cave 61, and other related programs that allow visitors to learn about the art and history of the Dunhuang Caves in a fun way.
" Dunhuang was an international city on the Silk Road where East met West. So the Dunhuang Caves, which were completed in a period of over 1,000 years, record the ways of life and religious beliefs of the different peoples that crossed paths there. " explained Fion Lin of Hong Kong Museum.
Unlike some other cultural treasures the Dunhuang Caves cannot travel. But visitors can now experience these faraway treasures in a way that is impossible even if they are in the caves, thanks to the digitization project of the Dunhuang Academy, a pioneer that has made great progress in the digitization and 3D scanning of the Dunhuang treasures.
" Studies have shown that in a Dunhuang Cave, both temperature and CO2 concentration level can be raised with 15 tourists inside for ten minutes and the wall paintings are going to eventually fade. Digital technology has helped to strike a balance between sharing the treasures and protecting them," said Lin.
However, digitization of the caves faces many challenges such as poor lighting and rough wall surfaces. On average, 40, 000 pictures have to be taken to cover 300 m2, in addition to great amount of effort to piece the pictures together. What the exhibition presents here is the result of years of hard work.
During the exhibition period, talks on Dunhuang music culture and Dunhuang history are also being held at the Museum for public participation.
Driving is one of those necessary skills that you should possess if you wish to survive as one of " the fittest" in the modern life. You can start learning to drive when you are eighteen, the legal age. Experience tells that the older you become, the harder it is to learn driving.
However, learning to drive will be the very last thing on your mind when you graduate out of a university, and will be desperate looking for a job and stressing out on how to clear your student debt. So, the best way is to start out early on your path to take driving lessons. Many of the teens in recent times decide not to drive. By this, you are really missing out on a huge part of growing up and losing out on a whole lot of benefits. The top reason for not learning driving is the relatively high costs of driving lessons. But, we are here to tell you why you should overlook the costs and rather concentrate on the advantages.
No need for public transport. Using public transport to get to any destination quickly is anything but convenient. If you know how to drive, you will never have to rely on public modes of transportation ever again. Relying on a bus or train to arrive smoothly on time rarely ever happens.
At times you aren't or can't be relying on public transportation. Those are the times you are probably relying on a friend, or your parents for a ride. Knowing how to drive yourself will make you independent and you wouldn't have to fit your plans according to other peoples' schedules.
In the recent job world, there may be plenty of jobs out there which won't mark you as a qualified candidate because you don't know how to drive.
These are the main benefits that knowing how to drive could bring into your life. So start going to a driving school as early as possible.
A conversation is a meeting of two unique minds, and every person has something of value to share. Then what are the secrets of adding value to our daily casual conversations?
It' s easy to see when someone is only excited about hearing his own voice and it makes you doubt whether he' s listening to anyone else' s thoughts. If you have something valuable say, five minutes of listening won' t change that. What the other person says may not only change your original thoughts. .
Ask a few questions
Another way to add value to a conversation is to ask questions. . Questions don' t have to be smart. If someone told you about his new dog, something as simple as " How have the kids reacted?" can allow him to spend an extra minute explaining what the change has meant to him.
Offer proper suggestions
This is a step a lot of people miss. . For example, if the other person mentions an ability or connection you have but isn' t sure how he could make use of it, feel free to offer suggestions about how you could see it playing out. As you start focusing on how you can add value to others, you' ll begin to build deep, lasting relationships.
Ask what you can do to help
There are two sides to this coin. You'll immediately stand out in a crowd if you offer to help someone. But make sure you' re truly able to deliver on your promise. You' ll build a valuable relationship if you offer to help and follow through.
. But it takes time to create good conversational habits. Pick one tip from the list and focus on practicing it in your daily conversations. You' ll never regret the time you take to create habits that bring value and meaning to your conversations with others.
A. It also can make your talk more valuable.
B. Don't get too absorbed in " your moment" .
C. As you ask questions keep the key points in mind.
D. Valuable conversations lead to meaningful relationships.
E. Ask at least one question before moving on to a new topic.
F. They will remember that you made the effort to help them.
G. But it' s very important in adding value to the conversation.
Morgan Anderson, who was terrified of flying, had forgotten entirely that she was on a plane. She and her mother, Rose Anderson, were busy doing something more important— 1 a man.
On December 13, Morgan and her mother were in the air on their way to Salt Lake City when an 2 over the plane's public address system said the flight attendant was 3 any medical professionals aboard to help with an emergency. Rose heard the call and woke up Morgan, who had fallen asleep. Both of them were 4 , so they had a job to do.
They 5 went to the front of the airplane, where they found a man who appeared to be in his 60s. He was senseless and looked very 6 . He was in a worse condition than either Rose or Morgan had 7 .
Rose has more than 30 years of 8 in nursing while Morgan just 9 from a medical school, so Rose took the 10 . Following her mother's instructions, Morgan began to write down the 11 supplies necessary in saving the man's life.
Thanks to Rose and Morgan's efforts, the man 12 his senses. He told Rose and Morgan, who continued to look after him 13 the plane landed, that he was on his way to visit his mother. The man was in a stable condition when paramedics(护理人员） 14 the case after they landed.
The captain of the airplane expressed his 15 to the Andersons and gave them a discount off their next flight. " It's always good to have a happy ending," Rose said.
The emergency also provided Morgan with a chance to 16 what she had learnt in school to practice. Morgan said she appreciated the chance of being 17 to others.
Rose was always 18 nd willing to help the other people. Having been greatly influenced by her mother, Morgan, who once dreamed of being an architect, 19 her mind. According to Morgan, it was her mother who 20 Morgan to step into the nursing field.
Dear fellow students,
There is serious phenomenon in our school. We find many students will crowd in the school store (buy) snacks (零食) after each class. Some students even eat snacks in class. (eat) snacks is a bad habit and is also a waste of money. In addition, most snacks are (health) food, for they contain too much fat and sugar. Eating snacks improperly may lead fatness and illness. What is (bad), some students throw the wrappers (包装纸) everywhere, pollutes our campus.
Dear fellow students, we shouldn' t act like kids any more. We high school students should (develop) good habits. Remember that three regular (meal) a day as well as a balanced diet are essential for us.
Let' s form good eating habits say no to snacks!
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This summer holiday I went to Gansu with my friends. We were very excited because our one stop was the Mogao Caves. Attracting by the wonderful desert around the Caves, we took a lot of pictures on our arrive. Once in the Caves, the guide introduced the wall paintings to me in vivid details. We listened attentively and asked much questions and took a lot of notes.
Ride camels along the Silk Road was another exciting things during our trip. On the Camel' s back I couldn' t help wondering the ancient businessmen felt lonely along the wild Silk Road. In the end, we took a group photo and to memorize the visit.
The summer holiday is over now, but I still wanted to see more sites along the Silk Road.
