The UK's best cycling holidays
Cycling (骑车) holidays in the UK are one of the best things you can do with friends or as a family. We have researched the best routes (路线) for the perfect cycling holiday on TripAdvisor.
Camel Trail
This 27.8km route is not only flat, but is home to some breathtaking views of the coast and camping sites. With the highest number of excellent reviews on TripAdvisor and 96% traffic free, we're certain you'll have a great time. It follows alongside sandy beaches and villages meaning there's lots to discover, just check out the 33,000 Instagram posts!
Tissington Trail
One hundred per-cent traffic free, the Tissington Trail is 21.3 km long making it a safe and simple trip. It follows a railway line with old station platforms. Only a 25-minute drive to Alton Towers for a bit of added fun, this holiday is packed with plenty to do. There're also over 300 excellent TripAdvisor reviews, proving its popularity with UK tourists.
Marriott's Way
The Marriott's Way is another long-distance cycle. Perfect for cycling through Norfolk's woodlands, it also passes through beautiful small towns and villages. The Marriott's Way has the steepest (陡峭的) cycling trail out of the four cycling holidays, so may be best for those riding fans.
Lagan Towpath
To explore Northern Ireland's beauty, this path takes you along the river and canal system. It is the second trail on this list that is 100% traffic free, so you'll only meet other cyclists and walkers, making it one of the safest routes. Spend a day or two in capital Belfast before starting the 21.5km bike ride.
This morning it was harder for me to get out of bed than usual. Usually, I have nightmares (噩梦)
because of the terrible movies I watched the night before, and sometimes spicy (辛辣的) food makes me feel uncomfortable in sleeping. However, last night I turned all night because my anxiety was at an all-time high. I kept thinking about what my first day of high school would be like. What should I wear? What should I put in my schoolbag? I finally fell asleep around 5:45 and my alarm started going off at 6.
I couldn't let those thoughts cloud my mind. I had to prepare myself for one of the most important
days of my life. I packed my things and headed out of the door. My first class wasn't too bad. I listened to my English teacher discuss the importance of themes, but otherwise, it was a pretty easy-going class.
During lunchtime, I had a pizza and an orange soda. I'm grateful for the food not tasting terrible so I wouldn't keep thinking about that all day. I still didn't manage to find any new friends to sit with, but I'm just happy I found a quiet place to stay. It would have been uncomfortable if I had to sit in a noisy classroom to eat lunch, or an empty hallway with some kids walking past and laughing.
Once the last bell rang, I was eager to get home and tell Charlie, my childhood friend how my day
went at a new school. I was just excited to speak to a familiar voice and share my feelings of the whole day. I wondered how his day went at his new school as well. I got on the same train line that I took to school and headed back home.
Speaking to Charlie on the phone, I found out he made many new friends today. Once I got off the
phone, I threw myself on the bed with a long sigh (叹气). Although I'd experience this again tomorrow, I'm glad I got through my first day at school.
We are often in the cases: in a lift, in line at the bank or on an airplane, surrounded by people who are, like us, deeply focused on their smart phones or, worse, struggling with the uncomfortable silence.
What's the problem? It's possible that we all have been used to conversational intelligence. It's more likely that none of us start a conversation because it's awkward and challenging, or we think it's annoying and unnecessary. But the next time you find yourself among strangers, consider that small talk is worth the trouble. Experts say it's an invaluable social practice that results in big benefits.
Avoiding small talk as unimportant is easy, but we can't forget that deep relationships wouldn't even exist if it weren't for casual conversation. Small talk is the grease(润滑剂) for social communication, says Bernardo Carducci, director of the Shyness Research Institute at Indiana University Southeast. "Almost every great love story and each big business deal begins with small talk," he explains. "The key to successful small talk is learning how to connect with others, not just communicate with them."
In a 2014 study, Elizabeth Dunn, associate professor of psychology at UBC, invited people on their way into a coffee shop. One group was asked to find out an interaction（互动）with its waiter, the other, to speak only when necessary. The results showed that those who chatted with their server reported much higher positive feelings and a better coffee shop experience. "It's not that talking to the waiter is better than talking to your husband. " Says Dunn. "But interactions with peripheral (边缘的) members of our social network matter for our well-being also."
Dunn believes that people who reach out to strangers feel a even greater sense of belonging, a connection with others. Carducci believes developing such a sense of belonging starts with small talk.
"Small talk is the basis of good manners," he says.
Feel tired and frustrated after staying up for a night that even coffee doesn't give you the energy that you need? You may have an energy drink, but the benefits of drinking one are heavily outweighed by the risks.
In the past years, more and more studies have found the deadly effects of energy drinks on our bodies. The sugar, caffeine and energy supplements（添加物）in energy drinks make up a deadly mixture that can affect your heart function and send you to the hospital!
A study by the University of Bonn, Germany, found that having energy drinks so often can greatly
change the way our heart functions. The study went on to say that consuming energy drinks often causes largely increased heart contractions（收缩）in adults, which may lead to irregular heartbeats.
It is possible that many people know nothing of the harmful effects of energy drinks because of the way they are advertised. Most energy drinks contain between 80 milligrams to over 350 milligrams of caffeine, sugar and energy supplements. When an energy drink is marketed as a diet supplement it may be sold without a "nutrition facts" label（标签）, which would show the harmful supplements that are in the drink. However, even if energy drinks are Food and Drug Administration (FDA) agreed, they don't have to show the number of supplements.
Energy drinks may be widely available but they aren't the healthiest or safest choice for your body. To stay naturally energized, get organized and stay on top of your work, you aren't having to stay up all night to complete assigned tasks. If you'd like a natural energy boost you could make time for a short exercise, which will give you all of the energy you need!
These days our society develops rapidly and forces people to rush. It seems that people have got used to being in a hurry.
The main reason that we should not work in a hurry is the possibility of doing wrongs in a rush.
When people do their jobs or take action in a hurry, they can't make a right decision. We should think carefully before making a decision and do our work less quickly.
Slowing down the pace of life helps people enjoy their life better. However, taking a train makes people have enough time to get to know a lot of new friends and fully enjoy the beautiful scenery along the way. On the contrary, being in a hurry will make us lose chances of enjoying our lives.
.As is known to all, taking action in a hurry bothers people and raises their stress. Being in a hurry can hurt people both physically and mentally. According to some studies, people who have a slower pace suffer fewer diseases, tend to be happier and live much longer than those whose life is tense (焦虑的）.
In short, working quickly will bring about more benefits to make our society more advanced. Yet, much stress can't bring enjoyment, friends and health, which are much more important than money and other material advantages.
A.However, it's better for people to live their life at a slower pace than to hurry.
B. Finally, slower life pace provides better health conditions for us.
C. Slower life pace makes us happier.
D. Therefore, take your time and live your life at a slower pace.
E. As the saying goes," Haste（仓促）makes waste."
F. For example, taking a train to some place certainly will take more time than taking a plane.
G. Being in hurry can benefit us a lot.
Mark is leaving, and I'm feeling kind of sad.
You probably don't know Mark, but you might be1 enough to know someone just like him.
He's been the heart and soul of the office, combining professional skills with a sweet nature. He's never been all that interested in getting praise for the2 work he does.
And now he's moving on to an exciting new opportunity which sounds like the chance of a lifetime, and we're3 pleased for him. But that doesn't make it any easier to say goodbye to a dear friend and4 colleague.
Life has a way of throwing these curve balls(曲线球) at us. Just when we start to get comfortable with a person, a place or a situation, something comes along to5 it.
But how do we deal with change? There's Chris, who once told me that the answer can be expressed in four words, "Go6 the flow."
"It is like surfing," Chris explained. "You can't organize the ocean.7 just happen. You ride them8 they take you, and then you go back out there and catch the next one. Sure, you're always hoping for the perfect wave. But9 you just take them the way they come."
That doesn't10 that you don't keep trying to make all your dreams come true. It just means that
when things11 that aren't exactly in your plan, you work around them—and then you move on. Of course, some barriers(阻碍) along the12 of life are easier to take than others. A rained-out picnic, for example, is13 to deal with than the sudden death of a loved one. But the principle is the same.
We're going to14 Mark. But rather than on the sadness of our15 , we'll focus on our hopes for a brighter future.
A young girl who was diagnosed(诊断) with cerebral palsy(大脑性瘫痪) and once considered unable to ever stand was admitted to Yucui Experimental School in Chongqing this autumn. (make) life easier for the girl, named Dou Dou, the school changed a ground-floor boys' restroom into a girls' restroom and added (help) equipment like handrails(扶手).
Diagnosed with cerebral palsy at age 2, Dou Dou faced challenges due to lack of oxygen, damaged her brain. Doctors once said she would spend her life in a wheelchair. (start) on October 2018, her parents enrolled her in rehabilitation training( 康复训练 ). By age 5, she learned to walk on her own started attending preschool. When Dou Dou found out she could go to primary school this June, her family was joyful.
Both Dou Dou and her mom were concerned about difficulties due to (she)condition. On September 12, Dou Dou's mom shared a video showing how the school redesigned a ground-floor boys' restroom, adding handrails at the entrance to help her. In video, Dou Dou exclaimed, "Mom, why is there an extra handrail here? Soon you won't have to accompany me anymore!""Dou Dou says she wants to be a teacher someday, like the good teachers at her school," her mom said. "For children like ours, the greatest joy (come) from being recognized, seen, and cared for. We (sincere) thank the school and all the teachers their love and support for Dou Dou."
