Class 4A will soon be leaving for this year's trip to Salzburg, Austria. We will depart the campus at 6 a.m. on January 18th to catch the 9 a.m. flight. Our return flight leaves at 8 a.m. on January 21st, and we will expect to arrive back at the campus by bus around 4 p. m.. For the entirety of the trip's duration, we will be staying all three nights at Hotel Salzburg. In addition to your personal belongings, you will be required to pack your passport and travel insurance certificate. Furthermore, remember to pack the appropriate winter necessities, especially if you plan to ski during your free time in the afternoons. Our scheduled morning events are detailed as follows. As Austria is a country of great importance in European history, learning more about its unique culture will be the foundation of your trip. Thus, your pre-trip assignment has been to investigate the last 60 years of Austrian history. To bring this unit to its conclusion, we've arranged a meeting in the hotel's conference room with several local retirement associations. Also taking place on hotel grounds are various workshops that we've arranged, hosting three local speakers. Please be sure to attend at least one of these. Upon return, use the information you obtained from the interviews and workshop(s) to write a 500-word reflection on a subject of your choice, worth 60% of your final grade. Of special focus should be the social and cultural impacts of World War II, with a secondary focus on how the modern Austrian government treats its senior citizens. Your report is due by 5 p.m. on January 25th.
Mia, 12, is now on a year-long trip with her parents and three younger brothers. Far from their home in Quebec, Canada, the family rode horses in Mongolia, kayaked in Cambodia, camped in Namibia and flew in a hot air balloon in Turkey, looking to collect as many once-in-a-lifetime memories as they could.
The memories really matter because unless science makes a breakthrough soon, three of the children will become blind, likely in adulthood. They have been diagnosed with a disease that has no effective treatment and no specific timeline as it gradually robs them of their sight.
The diagnoses came in 2015. Despite the grief, the parents were surprised to find Mia, then 7, was calm about it. She announced that she would need to start keeping her bedroom especially neat, with everything in its place. "In the future, I'll need to know where things are," Mia said.
"She's finding solutions on her own," the parents told each other. "We need to follow her lead." And so the idea of a yearlong trip was born, one that would show the kids the world, in person and at close range – while the kids could still see it. For the next two years, the parents saved money and researched places to visit. "How we adults see the world and how kids see the world are so different." says the mother, Edith. "It would have to be less about temples and museums and more about whatever caught their eyes."
By the time the trip began to wind down in early 2023, the family had traveled 52,000 miles and visited 18 countries. Mia grew taller and when entering adolescence, needed more independence. Her brothers became more confident and outgoing. The kids were very aware that they had learned a lot. "There's a lot of suffering, a lot of poverty, but lots of good and interesting things too. We should be positive." said Mia.
You know the feeling. You finish a full meal and are like "I'm never eating again." But then, out comes a beautiful piece of cake. And, you said you were full, but not for dessert! It turns out you really can "make room" for dessert.
And there's a scientific reason why. The thing that gives you room for dessert is called "Sensory—Specific Satiety". That's what Dr. Rolls, a nutritional scientist, has been studying since the 1980s. Here is how her experiment went. She gave six people a giant plate of spaghetti and told them to eat until they were full. And then, for the second course, she gave them more. Then, she gave them ice cream. On average, after they said they were full on spaghetti, each person could eat just one more ounce of it in their second serving. But when she gave them ice cream, somehow they could eat three times as much. They "made room" for dessert.
The experiment shows that when you feel full, it's not necessarily that your stomach is physically full. It's more about how interested you are in—eating more. Sensory—specific satiety is the change in how much you like a food, how much you want to eat, as you're eating it. "I've just had enough of the food; I want something else" is really what sensory—specific satiety is.
And that natural ability has a purpose: it's meant to keep us healthy. It's going to help to guarantee that we're going to get the variety of nutrients that we need. However, it can backfire of course, because if we are presented with a variety of foods, it makes us extra likely to overeat.
They say you catch more flies with honey than vinegar. But when it comes to tackling a tricky task, researchers have found that getting angry can also be a powerful motivator.
The experiments suggest people who are angry perform better on a set of challenging tasks than those who are emotionally neutral.
The study, published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, details how researchers at Texas A&M University conducted experiments involving more than 1,000 people, and analysed survey data from more than 1,400 people to explore the possible impact of anger on people in various circumstances.
In one experiment, students were shown images previously found to cause anger, desire, amusement, sadness or no particular emotion at all .Participants were subsequently asked to solve a series of anagrams (变形词.)
The results reveal that for a challenging set of anagrams, those who were angry did better - although no difference was seen for easy anagrams.
The researchers say one explanation could be down to a link between anger and greater persistence ( 坚持 ),with the team finding those who were angry spent more time on the difficult set of anagrams
In another experiment, participants who were angry did better at avoiding flags in a skiing video game than those who were neutral or sad, and were on a par with (同水平) those who felt amusement or desire
"This pattern could indicate that general physical arousal (激 起) had a benefit for game scores, as this would be greater in anger, amused, and desire conditions compared to the sad and neutral conditions," the researchers write. However, no such differences in performance was found when it came to an easier video game.
"People often prefer to use positive emotions as tools more than negative and tend to see negative emotions as undesirable," said Lench, the first author of the study. "Our research adds to the growing evidence that a mix of positive and negative emotions promotes wellbeing, and that using negative emotions as tools can be particularly effective in some situations."
Food plays an important role in our lives. We can learn a lot about a particular culture by exploring food. In fact, it may be difficult to fully define a culture without a nod to their cuisine. Here's why food is the best way to understand a culture.
It doesn't matter where you're from — you have to eat. And your societal culture most likely evolves from the universal need to eat. Food preservation (保存) techniques are unique to climates and lifestyle. Ever wonder why the process to preserve meat is so different around the world? In Morocco, Khlea is a dish composed of dried beef and then packed in animal fat. When preserved correctly, it's still good for two years when stored at room temperature. That makes a lot of sense in Morocco, where the country historically has desert landscape, and extremely warm, dry temperatures.
Some people have cuisines that are entirely based on meat, and others are almost entirely plant based. These cuisines took shape in the long course of history. For example, India's cuisine is extremely varied from region to region, with meat and wheat dishes in the north, vegetarian diets in the south.
Sometimes, a certain ingredient of one dish can reveal cultural secrets. And perhaps one of the most interesting results from the mix of two cuisines is Chicken Tikka Masala. It seems to be an Indian Mughali dish, but was actually invented by the British!
Food tourism — it's a whole new way to travel. Food tourists won't just focus on having a glass of beer at Oktoberfest (德国十月啤酒节). They may even learn how to make their own fresh beer. And they have the chance to learn local skills that can send insight(洞悉) into a whole other aspect of a particular region's culture.
A. Meat is more difficult to preserve than plants.
B. Local cuisines show historical eating patterns.
C. It has something to do with local resources needs and climates.
D. Food is the most important necessity of the people.
E Some cuisines change accordingly during different times of the year.
F Black pepper originates in Asia but becomes a key part of European cuisine.
G. Moreover, they will be interested in learning the German beer making process.
"Keep staring! I might do a1 !"That's the message on a T shirt of mine.
People stare at me all the time so I thought this shirt would be funny. See, I'm a dwarf(侏儒).Most of the time people aren't trying to be2 they just haven't seen many dwarfs like me before. I can 3 that, but I also want to let them know that I see them staring.
I was born with achondroplasia (软骨发育不全症),the most 4 form of dwarfism. Right now, I am almost four feet tall and that's 5 as tall as I'm going to get.
I'm not going to pretend my height isn't a 6 .It is Light switches and 7 are usually too high for me. It takes me almost three steps to 8 one step of an average size adult and my mom has to shorten almost all of my 9 .
But everyone faces challenges. You have to face them with a good attitude. So I have a long barbecue fork to 10 things from shelves and drive a car with the help of pedal 11 . If all else fails, I ask for things. The way I see it, I can do just about 12 that an average size person can do. I'll never play professional sports, but I have no problem 13 my limits. It may take me longer and it may be harder, but I can still do it.
My shirt shows people the 14 me a kid with a sense of humor. And maybe that's the trick showing others that I'm just like them. I'm just shorter, but I'm 15 of who I am.
China's traditional tea-making has entered the cultural heritage list of the UNESCO. It will drive more people(admire) this cultural heritage and will promote people's respect for traditional culture and human(create). "We'll apply for and promote more of the cultural heritage projectsshow Chinese spirit and wisdom, so as to make Chinese culture more able(see) globally," one expert said.
China's traditional tea processing methods and (relate) social practices focus on the knowledge, skills and practices around tea growing, tea-leaf picking, processing, drinking and sharing. Since thousands of years ago, based natural conditions and local customs, tea producers(develop) six types of tea: green, yellow, dark, white, oolong and black teas. Together with reprocessed teas, such as flower-scented (有花香的) teas, there are over 2,000 tea products in China with variety of colors, smells, tastes and shapes.
Tea is common in Chinese(people) daily life and is served in homes, tea houses, etc. It's an important part of communication and events such as festivals. The practice of welcoming guestsbuilding relationships within families and among neighbors through activities connected with tea is common, providing shared identity.
Once upon a time, in a small town located near the edge of a vast forest, two adventurous souls named John and David had long been keen to go deep into the heart of nature. One day, armed with their backpacks, they determined to explore the forest. The villagers had warned them to stick to the main path, cautioning that there could be hunters' traps elsewhere, but the appeal of the charming forest was too great to resist.
As they confidently ventured deeper into the forest, its beauty unfolded before their eyes. An hour later, driven by the hunger for the unknown, they made a decision to take the less-traveled path, making marks along the way carefully as they went. For another two hours, they observed various flowers, took pictures of strange-shaped rocks and marveled at the breathtaking scenery. The forest seemed to be a world of its own, untouched by human presence. Everything appeared so beautiful.
However, little did they know that danger was hidden under their feet. As they went further, they realized that their phones had lost signal, and they were completely cut off from the outside world. Suddenly, John stepped forward and felt the ground gave way beneath him. Before he knew it, he had fallen into a hidden pit(深坑), his leg trapped by the wooden spikes(尖刺) lining the bottom. Pain shot through his body as he cried out for help.
Upon hearing John's crying out in pain, David quickly ran to the edge of the pit, desperately trying to find a way to pull his friend out. However, his efforts were in vain. "John, are you okay? Can you move your leg?" asked David worriedly. John winced in pain as he tried to move his injured leg, "I think I've hurt my leg, David. It aches a lot." "It's going to be okay, John," David comforted him, "I'll find a way to get you out of here!" With no phone signal and nightfall approaching, David knew he had to act fast.
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He couldn't pull John out of the pit, so he decided to get out and seek help.
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Together, they journeyed back to where John awaited rescue.
