4 Hotels That Will Make Your Life Easier
For the business traveler who is all about efficiency: Check out these hotels that will get you in and out with a minimum of trouble.
When you are pressed for time on a business trip, nothing can infuriate you more than a slow hotel check-in process. On your next trip, try these hotels that offer a speedier check-in process.
⒈Yotel New York
The self-service kiosks（售货亭）at this high-tech New York hotel work just like the ones you'd see at an airport. There are just five-steps to register and obtain your card key. There is even a robotic luggage bellboy. You tap in the number of bags you are carrying and sizes, then wait for a robot arm to swing down and store your luggage in a locker (say, for a day trip). This also speeds up the check-in process if the first thing you need to do, like me, is heading to a series of meetings
⒉Marriott Detroit Airport
Another option for business travelers in a hurry: Marriott is rolling out its mobile check-in app to 325 hotels this year, including the Marriott Detroit Airport hotel (I've tested the app itself but not for a real visit quite yet). Here is the basic idea: you download the iPhone or Android app. The night before, you can "check-in" virtually. When you arrive, you get an alert that the room is ready and your key, which is already tied to your reservation, is waiting for you at the desk.
⒊Hyatt Regency Minneapolis
I happened to stay at this hotel recently and liked how fast the kiosk check-in works. Like the Yotel, the kiosk asks you to insert your credit card, similar to an airport terminal. The whole process took about three minutes, when I left, I was equally impressed-with the fast check-out. An agent meets you in the lobby with an ipad and asks for an email to use for a receipt. The big advantage: you never have to wait in line.
⒋Radisson: LaCrosse
The Radisson is trying to make the kiosk process even faster. At a few selected hotels like the Radisson Lacrosse in Wisconsin, you use a mobile app to register and then receive a barcode by email or text. When you get the kiosk, you scan the barcode to get your key without any other steps required. It's super fast. You can find this new check-in system at the Radisson hotels in Salt Lake City, Seattle, and Phoenix as well.
The boss of a big company needed to call one of his employees about a serious problem with one of the main computers.
He dialed-the employee's home phone number and was greeted with a child's whisper, "Hello?" The boss asked, "Is your daddy at home?" "Yes," whispered the small voice. "May I talk with him?" the man asked.
To the surprise of the boss, the small voice whispered, "No." Wanting to talk with an adult, the boss asked, "Is your mommy there?" "Yes," came the answer. "May I talk with her?" Again the small voice whispered, "No."
Knowing that it was impossible that a young child would be left home alone, the boss decided he would just leave a message to the person who should be there watching over the child. "Is there anyone besides you?" the boss asked the child. "Yes," whispered the child, "A policeman."
Wondering what a policeman would be doing at his employee's home, the boss asked, "May I speak with the policeman?"
"No, he's busy," whispered the child. "Busy doing what?" asked the boss. "Talking to daddy and mommy and the fireman," came the whispered answer.
Growing concerned and even worried as he heard what sounded like a helicopter through the earpiece on the phone, the boss asked, "What is the noise?" "A helicopter." answered the whispered voice. "What is going on there?" asked the boss, now alarmed.
In a serious whispering voice the child answered, "The search team just landed the helicopter." Alarmed and concerned and more than just a little disappointed, the boss asked, "Why are they there?" Still whispering, the young voice replied along with an unclear giggly（窃笑）, "They are looking for me."
What will you do if you can't eat everything bought in the canteen? According to a survey, what students waste every year could feed over 10 million people.
According to Xinhua News Agency, the food wasted by Chinese people is about 50 million tons of grain every year, which could feed 200 million people.
Food waste, which has become a global issue, serves as a mirror that reflects various cultural and social issues in different countries. In the West, for instance, consumerism, the belief that it's good to use a lot of goods and services, is often to blame for food waste. Chinese people are well known for being hospitable and generous. Many even feel that they lose face their guests have eaten all the food. On campus, a generation of single children is less aware of the food waste issue. Students nowadays are well protected by their families and hardly have any concept of how much toil others go through in order to provide them with the food they eat.
There are 925 million hungry people in the world. They don't have enough food to eat. And farmers work very hard to grow the crops. It's also important that everyone thinks about how they can do their bit to reduce food waste. Recently a campaign against food waste launched on line in China might make you think twice about being so wasteful.
A. So we shouldn't waste our food.
B. Students waste is extremely serous
C. China, in turn, features its own eating culture.
D. But canteen waste is merely the tip of the iceberg.
E. To reduce food waste is a big task, and it needs time.
F. Most of us would simply throw away any leftover food
G. Students can never realize the serious food waste situation.
Where do you go when you want to learn something? School? A friend? A tutor? These are all 1 places of learning. But it may well be that the learning you really want 2 somewhere else instead. I had the chance of seeing this first hand on a 3 .
My daughter plays on a recreational（业余）soccer team. They did well this season and so 4 a tourament, which normally was only for more skilled club teams. This led to some 5 experiences on Saturday as they played against teams 6 trained. Through the first two games, her team did not get one serious shot on goal. As a parent, I 7 seeing my daughter playing her best, 8 still defeated.
It seemed that something clicked with the girls between Saturday and Sunday. When they 9 for their Sunday game, they were 10 different. They had begun to apply all kinds of play and teamwork they had seen the day before to their 11 . They played much better and 12 scored a goal.
It 13 me that playing against the other team was a great 14 moment for all the girls on the team. I think it is a general principle. 15 is the best teacher. The lessons they learned may not be different from what they would have gotten in school, but are certainly more personal and meaningful, because they had to work them out on their own.
Cold Food Festival is a traditional Chinese holiday (celebrate) before Qingming Festival, which usually falls on April 4 or 5.
Legend has that Chong'er, a prince of Jin, experienced many hardships while he moved around the warring states! Once, when the prince suffered from (starve), Jie Zitui, offered him food. Later, when Chong'er became the duke of Jin, he ordered a search for Jie who had gone into hiding in the remote mountains with his mother. The duke wanted Jie to serve one of his ministers. Contrary to many people might assume, Jie, who preferred living a simple life in the Mianshan Mountain to (become) a politician, refused the duke's invitation. Chong'er ordered the mountain to be burned down to force Jie out of hiding. (fortune), Jie did not give in and the fire ended up killing him and his mother. Feeling extremely sorry, Chong'er required that the setting of fire (build) on the anniversary of Jie's death. This meant all food was eaten cold. Therefore the festival is this named.
Mianshan Mountain, the tragedy happened, is now a famous tourist destination in Shanxi province. In many areas of Shanxi, locals still remember this tradition. , cold food is not the only choice for people during the celebration, the practices of making typical cold dishes for the event have been preserved.
