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Whether you want to spend your new year in a nearby attraction or a distant one, there are plenty of wonderful places for you to lead in 2020.

Nashville, Tennessee

Music City knows how to throw a festive party at any time of year, but over New Year's Eve you can enjoy the annual Jack Daniel's Music City Midnight concert, offering a free show to the public to count down to the new year as a music note drops. In Nashville, the average flight price for January has been under $300 and the average price for a hotel has been under $250.

Laguna Beach, California

If your ideal destination involves sand, surfing, diving or sailing, slip away to Laguna Beach. During New Year's week you can stay at high-end hotels with reasonable prices. At Casa Laguna Hotel Spa you can take advantage of charge-free beach chairs and breakfast as well as a heated swimming pool. For a more cost-effective stay, consider checking into Laguna Beach Lodge.

Honolulu

New Year's Eve in Honolulu offers a winning combination of festive beachfront fireworks displays and family-friendly amusements. "There are various fun activities specially designed for families with kids of all ages — that's what makes it well-known," says Carrie Peters, travel editor at Hotwire.com. Hotel deal site GoSeek.com shows rooms for under $200 per night for stays from Dec 30 to Jan 3, 2020.

Portland, Oregon

For an undisturbed New Year, consider Portland, for the simple reason that you can walk anywhere without being bothered. Plus, you can stay in five-star accommodations without getting your wallet flat. GoSeek.com currently shows nightly rates at the Heathman Hotel, a four-and-a-half-star hotel, at $162 for stays between Dec 30 and Jan. 3, 2020.

Gertrude was just an average kid with an average life. She lived in an average sized house in an average neighborhood. At home, she helped out just enough to get by. At school, she did just enough homework to stay out of trouble. She had straight Cs in all of her classes.

One day Gertrude's teacher, Mr. Mister, stopped her after class. "Gertrude" he said, "I know that you can do better. I've seen the work you do in class, and some of it is amazing…Way better than C work." Gertrude knew that there were moments when she tried a little harder than what everyone expected. But she just didn't have confidence in herself. She didn't really believe that she could change; in fact, she was scared by the thought of having the power to become whatever she wanted. She stopped listening to Mr. Mister about half way through his speech and just nodded her head until he stopped.

That night, Gertrude had a dream. It was ten years into the future and she was still living with her mom in her average neighborhood. A voice spoke in the dream: "The present is nothing more than the outcome of the choices made in the past. The future will be the results of the choices we make today." Gertrude started crying average sized tears, because she knew that she helped shape the world in which she lived, and the choices she made produced the options she had. She woke up with her pillow wet.

Gertrude was relieved to be back in middle school. She took a little more care in getting herself ready that morning, and she felt better than normal. She tried harder in school, and she felt smarter than usual. She helped more around the house and it looked better. Sure, there were still lots of things that Gertrude struggled with, but just trying her best made her feel better when she didn't succeed. Gertrude even became great at failing by learning from her mistakes.

Next month, I'm traveling to a remote area of Central Africa and my aim is to know enough Lingala—one of the local languages—to have a conversation. I wasn't sure how I was going to manage this until I discovered a way to learn all the vocabulary I'm going to need. Thanks to Memrise, the app I'm using. It feels just like a game.

"People often stop learning things because they feel they're not making progress or because it all feels like too much hard work," says Ed Cooke one of the people who created Memrise. "Were trying to create a form of learning experience that is fun and is something you'd want to do instead of watching TV."

Memrise gives you a few new words to learn and these are "seeds" which you plant in your "greenhouse". When you practice the words, you "water your plants". When the app believes that you have really remembered a word, it moves the word to your "garden". And if you forget to log on, the app sends you emails that remind you to "water your plants".

The app uses two principles about learning. The first is that people remember things better when they link them to a picture in their mind. Memrise translates words into your own language, but it also encourages you to use "mems". For example, I memorized motele, the Lingala word for "engine", using a mem I created﹣I imagined an old engine in a motel room.

The second principle is that we need to stop after studying words and then repeat them again later, leaving time between study periods. Memrise helps you with this, because it's the kind of app you only use for five or ten minutes a day.

I've learnt hundreds of Lingala words with Memrise. I know this won't make me a fluent speaker, but I hope I'll be able to do more than just smile when I meet people in Congo. Now, I need to go and water my Vocabulary!

"All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy." But now scientists have given us another warning: too much play with smart phones or computers makes you dull too.

"Many focus on the benefits of digital devices in education but ignore the costs," said Patricia Greenfield from the University of California, "losing the ability to understand the emotions(情感) of other people is one of the costs."

Greenfield and her research team did an experiment. They worked with 105 children who spend about 4.5 hours in front of screens on a school day. The students were asked to describe the emotions towards the pictures and videos of people who were happy, sad, angry or scared. Then, half of them attended a five﹣day nature and science camp. There they had no smart phones, TV or computers. The other half stayed in school and spent the five days as usual. Five days later, all the children took the test again.

Students who had been to the camp got about 5 percent more answers correct than they had done before the camp. But the other group of students didn't show much improvement.

The study is not perfect in some sense, said the researchers. But scientists say that the study is still a warning for us. "Emotional skills develop in practice and the brain develops through real communication." said Professor Taylor, a professor at the university of San Francisco.

Researchers talked to 2,000 parents of children aged 2—16 in the UK about what activities their children could do confidently. The results were surprising. Their children could use a tablet (平板电脑)(59%)and work a mobile phone (57%) more confidently than they could tie their shoe laces (鞋带)(53%)!

So, spend more time away from mobile phones and computers if you want to be an understanding friend, and not a member of what the Daily Mail called "Generation Helpless".

Do you ever draw? Most of us don't. The reason we usually leave drawing to the artists is that we're not very good at it. Who wants to do anything they're bad at? . Studies have found drawing has many benefits, artist or not. Here are just a few reasons for picking up a pen or pencil of any kind.

It pushes you to be patient. We're used to things happening fast these days. Drawing is not fast.  That's OK. and as something comes together over time, you'll be reminded of the value of patience. Drawing is an object lesson that not everything good comes quickly, which is an easy thing to forget.

 A few of my drawings are really kind of great. Í can look at them with pride. But plenty of my little drawings ate nonsense Or unfinished. It doesn't matter. I still have the experience of drawing and the benefits that brings. Even if you're not naturally "good" at drawing, you'll get better over time if you practice.  Your drawing doesn't have to mean anything or do anything useful, Sometimes you will even fail. No big deal.

It makes memories stick, I draw in order to capture (捕获) moments from my life. I'm not great at drawing, but that's not the point. Sometimes I draw the view from the window of my hotel room-whether it's a great view or not. Remember, the idea is to capture the moment, not create a masterpiece. Other times I draw from my dinner table.

A. Take the pressure off.

B. It's a good reminder that failure is OK.

C. It is something that can show your talents.

D. It takes time to create something interesting

E. If you draw fast, you might ruin your drawing.

F. But maybe we should rethink this assumption.

G. These drawings can always bring me back to that moment.

When I was a child, I loved to go fishing with Dad.  But the only thing that wasn't very1 about it was that I couldn't catch anything. I usually got pretty2and kept asking him why. He 3 answered, "Son, if you want to catch a fish, you have to think like a fish." I remember being even more upset then because I didn't 4 how to think like a fish. Besides, I 5, how could what I think 6 what a fish does?

As I got a little older I began to7 what Dad really meant. So, I read some books on fish.  And I even joined the local 8 club. I learned that a fish is a cold-blooded animal and therefore is very9water temperature. That is why fish prefer10 water to deep water because the former is11. Besides, water is usually warmer in direct sunlight than in the 12. Yet, fish don't have any eyelids and the sun13 their eyes…The more I understood fish, the more I became effective at finding and14them.

When I grew up and 15 the business world, I remember hearing my first16 say, "We all need to think like sales people." But it didn't completely make 17. My dad never once said, "If you want to catch a fish you need to think like a 18. "What he said was, "You need to think like a fish." Years later, with great efforts to19 long-term services for people much older and richer than me, I gradually20 what we all need is to think more like customers. It is not an easy job.

Baidu Is Not A Doctor

When people  (face) with health or nutrition (营养) questions, it is (increasing) common to go online and diagnose themselves. But the Internet is full of various health warnings with no regulation to get rid of the wrong advice, some of can be extremely dangerous! Also, search engines list results by popularity rather than accuracy (准确度), so solid facts can be difficult (find). It is worth (check) if the writer of an online piece is properly qualified as an expert. Anyone can call  (he) a "diet expert", "nutritionist" and even a "doctor". But remember, only officially(recognize) doctors have degrees in giving medical (suggest). So if you are unsure and still wondering  the chocolate diet really works or not, then it pays to make appointment with your doctor. The truth is out there, and you just need to look in the right place!

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There may be two mainly reasons for the popularity of English in China in recent year: the economic reform and the open policy. With the development of international trade and co-operation, English as the international language play a more and more important role. The demand for people known English is increasing. The labor market needs you to do business with foreign companies, to open foreign markets, and to learn to use up advanced technology from abroad. They are also needed to participate international affairs. University students who English level is high are easily employed and well pay. This encourages people to learn English.

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Dear David,

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Yours faithfully,

Li Hua