4-Day Classic Beijing Tour
The 4-day classic Beijing tour is designed for tourists who come to visit China for the first time. It covers the most popular and typical places in Beijing, fully displaying the scenery, culture, history, local lifestyles and features, food and drinks, business, etc. to you.
Day 1: Arrival in Beijing
Your guide meets you at Beijing Capital International Airport, and helps you check in at your hotel.
Enjoy Peking duck as welcome dinner.
Accommodation: Downtown Beijing
Day 2: The Great Wall & the Summer Palace
Start your day at the most famous part of the Great Wall, the Badaling Great Wall. Leave the downtown for the Great Wall at 8 am. Since it is a long drive to the Great Wall (about 2 hours' riding), have a break at the Beijing Bona Jade Museum on the way. Lunch will be enjoyed in a local restaurant. In the early afternoon come back to the city and have a sightseeing (观光) tour of the Summer Palace.
Suggested activity: Beijing opera shows (Liyuan Theatre, 19:30-20:30 every evening)
Accommodation: Downtown Beijing
Day 3: Beijing city sightseeing & the local experience
Your guide meets you at the hotel at 8 am and set out for the day's touring: Tian'anmen Square and the Forbidden City.
After visiting the two sites, have a break and get ready for lunch.
Hutong visit: see some traditional arts of the old Beijing, such as paper cutting and kite making, and visit a local family.
Accommodation: Downtown Beijing
Day 4: Beijing Olympic sites
Visit the Olympic sites: the Bird's Nest, the Water Cube and the Olympic Green, showing the fast developing modern China. Enjoy some free time after visiting the sites.
After lunch, it is shopping time and then the tour is over.
At 12, my father decided to take me on a trip to France. I had never been out of the country before, so I was very excited. My aunt, my father and I went around with my father showing us all the unbelievable sites in Paris. None of us spoke much French but we loved the city.
We had taken the subway all over the city and were congratulating ourselves on our mastering what is honestly an excellent subway design that is pretty easy to follow. We decided to visit Versailles by train. We chatted happily along the way until my father realized we were far into the French countryside and no one around spoke English.
We reached the end of the line and felt afraid when everyone finally left the train. An old man and his grandchild noticed us and came to help. He spoke no English, so in broken French we tried to explain. When he finally understood, this great man settled his grandson and showed us to the correct train and then boarded with us.
Later we knew the truth that there was a train transfer (转乘) and he didn't want us to miss it. This kind man rode a train for an hour and a half out of his way to make sure that three Americans got where they wanted to be. He refused to let us pay for his ticket. He did it all with a gentle smile and patted our hands gently at the stop. Then in his quiet way, he boarded the train to return the way he had come.
What impressed me most was the man and his kindness during the amazing trip. Some Americans think the French are rude for some reason, but I always try to persuade them to change their minds with this very story.
More than a third of Americans don't get enough sleep. That may not seem like a big deal, but being short of sleep—even by just an hour—can have serious effects on your health, and the economy.
Every year, not getting enough sleep costs the U.S. economy up to $ 411 billion, according to a new report from the not-for-profit research group RAND Europe.
The researchers wanted to look at how shortened sleep—which means getting a sleep of less than 7 hours a night—affects the economy of five different countries: the U.S., the UK, Germany, Japan and Canada. With survey results from the National Sleep Foundation, they found three effects: death, since lack (缺乏) of sleep has been connected to about half of the leading causes of death in the U.S.; low productivity (生产力), since sleepy workers are less productive and more likely not to show up; and poor development skills, which affect lifetime earnings.
"How would those countries look if the number of people who sleep less than a certain amount of time actually improved?" wondered Marco Hafner, a research leader at RAND Europe and the report's main author.
The U.S. loses the most from its sleepy people. The researchers said that workers with shortened sleep cost the country's economy about $ 411 billion a year, about 2% of the GDP. Japan was the second most affected, losing about the same of its GDP followed by Germany and the UK. Canada had the best sleepers, but still lost 1.4% of its GDP to lack of sleep. The study authors also found marked health effects from lack of sleep. Sleeping about six hours a night is connected to a 7% higher risk of death, and sleeping less than six hours is connected to a 13% higher risk. "It's not a small problem," Hafner says. "It seems to be not only a public health problem, but also an economic problem."
If you've ever travelled with other people, the chances are you've had to make compromises. When you want to get up early to watch the sunrise, for example, your friends may argue that getting enough sleep is more important. And when you want to try the different food, your friends might say it looks strange and push you to a Chinese restaurant instead.
This is probably why more people these days are choosing to travel alone. According to reports on holiday habits from the Association of British Travel Agents, the percentage of people in the UK who take trips alone has been increasing, from 6 percent in 2011, to 12 percent in 2017, and to 15 percent in 2018. Most of these people said they choose to travel alone because this allows them to "do what they want".
In fact, travelling alone is only a part of a recent trend (趋势) of people wanting to take more time alone—or what's called "me time". "Imagine yourself as a full pot of water and everything else that asks for your attention is an empty glass. When you provide what is needed for them you are using up your own water supply," Editor Nicole Lyons wrote for the mental health social network Psych Central. “But how are you refilling your pot? This is where your ‘me time' comes in."
However, it's still quite a common belief that those who do things alone are losers and that they're alone simply because they don't have anybody to be with. But why can't people just be enough for themselves?
The now Duchess of Sussex Rachel Meghan Markle once wrote on her blog in 2016 about how she enjoyed taking herself out to dinner and travelling alone. "It's not easy. But it's important," she wrote. You should face everything and encourage yourself to move forward when the feeling of loneliness and boredom sweeps through your body and mind, according to Markle.
You dream. You make goals. You work hard. You expect results. But, a lot of times those expectations are not met. You don't achieve your goals. You may lose hope. Here are some things to do when you aren't hopeful about anything in your life:
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Improve your skill sets or learn new ones. Spend your time in forming productive habits, which make you stick to a schedule and teach you persistence (执着) . And this sort of determination helps you to move ahead in your life although you might face many difficulties in your way.
Don't try to control everything.
One of the reasons why we become hopeless is that we see things not going our way. A lot of things influence your life and you can't control everything. . Worrying about things you can't control isn't going to help. Focus on what you can control or improve and forget about the rest.
Avoid coming to a conclusion too soon.
We are sometimes too quick to judge a situation before it even unfolds (展现) completely. Wait before forming an opinion about a certain situation. Because we always overthink things and worry unnecessarily. And the thing isn't as bad as our mind makes it be. .
Completely think through your situation.
When you're upset about a certain situation not going your way, take out a pen and paper. . Writing your thoughts down will give you a clear idea. Besides, it will give you the time to rethink and make a correct decision.
Allow yourself to open up to endless possibilities.
. When you believe that a good thing is coming your way, you prepare yourself for it and work accordingly. It pushes you in the direction of more hard work.
A. Let it go
B. Raise your own abilities
C. If you have made up your mind, stick to it
D. Then list the things you can and can't control
E. Hope is an amazing feeling that lifts your life
F. The desire to control every situation only makes you tired
G. You just need to take a step back and reflect on your thoughts
When you measure the distance between towns on foot, walk to places that you thought could only be reached by car, or talk to neighbors with whom you never felt necessary to communicate, it will change your mind! When I 1 the 21-day Mindful Walking Challenge, I began to walk with a 2 mind.
I talked to the new 3 next door who just had a baby, and two different 4 on different days. I listened to their 5 in gardening after working all day in front of a computer screen. I 6 everyone passing by me. A friend walked with me one day and held my 7 as I closed my eyes to experience being 8. We stopped frequently so I could 9 mental pictures (脑海里的图像) about all the beauty I often 10 on my busy days, a purple flower, a tree branch with shining green leaves, a bird's nest… We 11 by an apple tree and met the owner and her two kids. Her 12 moved here from Germany three months ago. We asked if we could 13 some apples. "Yes, please. I don't know what to do with them," she said. I walked to the streets that I 14 would not pass through if I had a tight (紧的) schedule in mind, and 15 a tiny free library on the sidewalk. I began to 16 if I had really lived in this 17 all these years. It's a (n) 18 new town that I know so little about! I hold deep 19 for the 21-day Mindful Walking Challenge. One day, my feet might 20 far lands again, yet I know wonder is right here and right now.
At age 7, Bi Ye won the great prize at the International Franz Liszt Piano Competition for Children and Youth, becoming youngest winner of the prize. Praised "a little piano genius (天才)" by Lang Lang, Bi Ye is a key student in the Lang Lang International Music Foundation family. Bi Ye (win) eight gold medals since the age of 5.
Like other parents, Bi's parents wanted to do was provide their child with an extra-curricular activity to enrich (使丰富) her early years' (educate). But when Bi's mother learned that playing the piano can make kids (smart) and more determined, she let Bi learn the piano at age 4. Three months later, Bi Ye could play and sing the song "Five Little Ducks".
Five hours of practice might (consider) difficult for a 4-year-old kid, but Bi's mother (happy) found she was having fun with it. "Once she sits in front of the piano, she becomes excited with her fingers (touch) the keyboard," said Bi's mom.
In 2016, Bi stood out from other players and finally got the chance (play) the piano with Lang Lang.
The eight-year-old Carol lived with her father David, mother May and elder brother Rob. The little family happily lived in a beautiful village surrounded with beautiful nature. The village was at the foot of a mountain, with beautiful views of the snowy mountain. The family survived on growing seasonal plants and trees.
While they lived a very happy life, Carol did not love the beautiful atmosphere (氛围) of the village. She really wanted to move into the city and enjoy the city life. She wanted to shop, move around the city, watch movies, and eat in fantastic restaurants and cafes, etc. However, there was hardly any chance that Carol's family moved to the city as they had everything in the village.
One day, Carol fell asleep during the early noon and she had a sound sleep. Of course, she had a strange dream. She saw her grandmother who had passed away in her dream as a fairy and wanted to grant (给予) her a wish. Carol requested her grandmother to give her a chance to enjoy the city life as she always desired.
Grandmother understood the desire of Carol, but still wanted to warn her that the peaceful village life was better than the city life. She told Carol, “Baby, you cannot have access (接触的机会) to fresh fruits and vegetables from plants as you have at your home. You cannot breathe fresh air. You cannot play with animals. You can hardly find any trees. You will not find peace as you see here! Do you still want to go to the city?”
Without hearing the concerns, Carol asked her grandmother to grant the wish. Grandmother granted her wish, but with a condition. Carol was told that she would only have 6 hours to spend in the city. Later, she would return to the village. Carol agreed.
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Carol then found herself in the city with her friends.
