Viator, a trip advisor company, offers a variety of tourism programs near London. The following are some of its programs.
Thames River sightseeing cruise（乘船游览）with Afternoon Tea（Aug. 18）
While in London, you can add the moment of enjoying British tradition to an afternoon tea cruise. You can have a unique dining experience with family and friends on the Thames River. As you cruise from Tower pier to Westminster, you can enjoy tea, freshly prepared cakes and sandwiches, and view London's great landmarks, including the Tower of London, St Paul's Cathedral and the London Eye.
Lowest price： $57. 7
Duration：1.5 hours
Kid-Friendly private Tour（Aug. 20）
This tour is a private tour of the Tower of London with pre-booked admission tickets. It is specially designed for families with children, including interesting stories from over the centuries. You can enjoy a visit to the crown Jewels, red-uniformed Beef eaters, and a stop at the Beasts of the Royal Menagerie.
Lowest price: $309. 35
Duration: 6 hours
Walking Tour（Aug. 22）
This action-packed walking tour covers London's two most historic areas: the city of London and Westminster see more than 30 sights, including the Tower of London, Big Ben, Buckingham palace and so on.
Lowest price: $19. 35
Duration: 5 hours
Night Open-Top Bus Tour with Christmas Lights（Nov. 18）
You will see a different side of London on an open-top bus tour that discovers the best of the city's Christmas lights. Sitting on the top deck gives you overall views of England's capital, including top attractions such as Buckingham palace, the Tower of London and St. Paul's Cathedral.
Lowest price: $30. 97
Duration: 2 hours
It was early winter several years ago. I had pulled out my old winter coat for another year's use. It was still in pretty good shape although it was looking dirty from so many winters' wear. I didn't really need a new one but I wanted one and casually mentioned it to my daughter one day. She was such a sweet, loving girl that I should have guessed what would happen next. A few weeks later she gave me a new winter coat as a gift.
I put the old one in my closet and started to wear the new coat everyday. Each day, though, when I opened my closet, something troubled me. It seemed a shame that my old but still good coat should just sit there keeping no one warm during the cold winter days. After a few weeks, I took it out and drove to a local charity shop. I knew that there was someone who couldn't afford a coat but could get my old one.
My new coat is my old coat now. It is getting a little dirty and worn, too. It has black marks on the sleeves. It is in too bad shape to even donate to charity. I wonder if I should buy a new one soon, but I think I will wait for a while. I don't really need a new one and maybe I can find something else to give to the charity shop instead. Ralph waldo Emerson once said," Want is a growing giant whom the coat of Have was never large enough to cover. " Perhaps the best way to deal with our wants then is to give instead. Love, after all, brings us the most joy. And the more of it you give away, the more of it you have.
Soccer, basketball, baseball, and the like are popular all around the world. However, do you look for something a bit different? There maybe some new sports that you want to try out!
One of the new sports is regball. It is a Russian sport, adding basketball, wrestling（摔跤）and rugby. As in basketball, the players have a ball that they try to shoot through a hoop（篮筐). But nobody will be calling " that's a travel" while watching this sport, because there is no need to dribble(运球). Players also wrestle with each other during the game.
Another kind of sport you don't see everyday is soapbox racing. Handmade vehicles are pushed down a hill, and competitors have to drive their vehicles through a course with different kinds of things in their way. Not all competitors are engineers, so the vehicles are easy to break apart. Competitors are judged for their soapbox's creativity. Therefore, speed is not everything, and creativity plays the most important role. Competitors often design their vehicles based on themes from pop culture or history. Of course, the competitors dress up to play the role, too.
Cheese rolling race is not seen very often, but it is exciting. This is a game that is extremely funny for audience, but painful for competitors. During the game, competitors race down a very steep（陡峭的）hill, chasing after around of Double Gloucester cheese that can weigh up to nine pounds and can travel some 70 miles per hour. Whoever gets to the bottom first wins the cheese.
There are two kinds of people: those who like to pack up leftovers as soon as dinner is over, and those who let leftovers sit out for a few hours so they can cool down.
However, both leaving leftovers out for a long period of time and adding hot items to the fridge can cause problems.
Whether you should immediately put food in the fridge or let it sit out to cool depends on its temperature. Dangerous bacterial（细菌的）growth happens between 41 and 135 degrees F potentially harmful bacteria grows most rapidly at these temperatures.
Placing lots of hot food in the fridge can raise the temperature of the fridge into this danger zone. Fridge temperatures should always be set below 40 degrees F. This may help the food get out of the danger zone as soon as possible.
However, there's no harm in putting hot food directly into the fridge if you need to. If you are a forgetful person, or if you won' t be around to store the food after it has cooled enough, go ahead and put it in the fridge. Your fridge can handle the heat and get the food cooled quickly.
Food should never stay out at room temperature for more than two hours. Leftovers can become breeding dangerous bacteria if they're left out too long and can make people sick.
"It is OK to leave the food cooling outside before you hit the two-hour mark," says Serena Poon, nutritionist of Le Cordon Bleus' Grand Diploma training program. " In fact, the sooner you can get your leftovers in the fridge, the better. "
Christmas can easily become an expensive time of a year. From gifts to decorating, the money spent on the celebration adds up quickly. But there's no reason to completely break the bank.
Make a budget(预算). Set the amount you're willing to spend for the holiday, including gift giving, decorating and travel. And if you can keep to your budget, you'll lead an easy life in the following weeks and months.
Start shopping for Christmas decorations early. Stores have sales for decorations between Halloween and Thanksgiving. Better yet, go shopping for next year's decorations the day after Christmas. You can buy many things at very low prices right after Christmas.
Shop for gifts all year round. Whenever you are out shopping, keep an eye out for great Christmas presents. Shopping early can prevent you from spending more money than you can afford. And if you spend little here and there throughout the year, Christmas will have a much smaller influence on your wallet in December.
Scale down(减) your gift giving. Sometimes you just can't afford to get something for everyone. Remove the people from your list whom you rarely speak with. The people you do choose to buy for don't need something expensive. Keep in mind that it's the thought that is more important.
A. Once you have a budget set, keep to it.
B. This budget is perfect for many people.
C. Christmas is known as the season of giving, sharing and receiving.
D. And it's after Thanksgiving that the prices begin to go up.
E. Send them simple cards instead.
F. There are ways to celebrate well and spend wisely at the same time.
G. It doesn't matter when you get the gift, whether it's January or June.
My mother was a nurse and often took me along to visit the families she was caring for. Among them was a woman who had a 1 disease and was always lying on the bed.
One afternoon, my mom told me that we needed to visit the woman at her home, and that we needed to be there to 2 treatment, and we would stop at a store on the way. I thought we would stop at a 3 store, where we can buy some pills, but we pulled up to a4 . My mom headed to the make-up area and bought the most expensive bottle of perfume they 5 . To my surprise, she also bought a 6 nightdress. When I asked my mom who these things were for, she said they were for her patient. My mom further explained that although this woman was older and unable to 7 her bed, she was still a lady, and she still 8 dignity(尊严)and beauty. She 9 to me that when we care for someone, we should look past the 10 or the illness and we look into the soul of the human so we can connect with them with sympathy.
I 11 realized that my mother's great strengths and abilities were12 the very young and the very old, those who can not 13 out their needs and hope for themselves, and need trustworthy and loving care providers. Under the influence of my mother, I knew in the 9th grade I would become a 14 . Today, my dream has come true. I work as a clinical psychologist, working hard and remembering what my mom taught me, and I'm not 15 that I find my work filled with patients who are very and very old.
" Hello", always makes a point about the importance of how we greet（问候）others, is a very common word in our daily life. The word we choose sets the （begin）for the whole communication, and in turn, shapes the future of （we）relationship with others. At times we may use something like a formal "good day" in certain situations, and a more informal"hey"or"hi"in others. Knowing how （say）hello in different languages is always the first step when it （come）to becoming more communicative with the rest of the world. " Hello" is （important）than any other word for you to remember when you're learning a new language. Now let's learn some different （form ) of "hello"in different languages around the world: in English— Hello; in Chinese—Ninhdo; in French—Bonjour；in Spanish— Hola. Isn ' t it （interest）to get you ready for some situations？There are even more ways to say hello in every language. The way of greeting someone can change depending the time of the day, or your relationship with the person you ' re saying hello to. Beyond the words, people also use a mixture of body language and physical（身体的）touch to greet each other, from handshakes to hugs or cheek kisses. Learning to greet someone is all about making a connection, so have try and do your best.
One morning in spring four students were walking to school.
There had been a rain, and the ground was very soft. Water was dropping from the trees, and the grass was wet.
The four students walked along, one behind another, because the pathway was narrow and the mud（泥）on either side of it was deep. They walked, talked and laughed.
As they were passing through some small trees, they heard a great fluttering（拍翅膀）over their heads and a weak chirping（鸣叫）in the grass by the roadside.
" Tweet! Tweet! Tweet!"came from the leafy branches above them.
" Cheep! Cheep! Cheep!"came from the wet grass.
" What is the matter here？"asked the first student, whose name was Speed. " Oh, there are two young birds. Maybe the storm has blown two of the little ones out of the nest. They are too young to fly, "said the second student, whose name was Hardin.
"What a pity! They'll die down there in the grass, "said the third student Martin.
"Oh, well! We still need to hurry to school. We're going to be late, "said Speed. " Why should we bother？"
After Speed's words, the first three students walked on, talking and laughing as before.
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But the fourth student, whose name was David, stopped.
……
All were surprised to find that David was not with them when the roll call（点名）was made.
