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Things to do in Cabo Corrientes, Jalisco, Mexico

    Majahuitas Island Tour

    Duration: 6h 30m

    Let yourself be spoiled by the nature in the Majahuitas Island (Natural Reserve) while you do different beach and sea activities, such as Snorkeling (潜游), Kayak (划独木舟)Tour and more. Eight delicious options from our menu will please your taste during lunch time, also your favorite drink will be prepared in our bar.

    Las Marietas Eco Discovery

    Duration: 6h

    Snorkel, swim, and kayak through the beautiful rock formations around the Marietas Islands. Beloved by Jacques Cousteau for their rich marine life and clear waters, this underwater playground is an ideal place to spend the afternoon.

    Follow up your snorkeling adventure with a guided kayak trip. Learn about the islands' geologic past and keep your eyes peeled for migrating whales and playful groups of dolphins. Back on the boat, have a tasty deli-style lunch featuring delicious sandwiches and salads, or kick back with a drink from the open bar while your crew set a course for your return to port.

    Yelapa & Majahuitas Catamaran Tour

    Duration: 7h+

    Set sail from Puerta Vallarta aboard a luxurious catamaran with the vast Pacific Ocean ahead and a refreshing sea breeze surrounding you. Spend your morning snorkeling and exploring the peaceful cove of Majahuitas. This coral reef and tropical fish-filled coastline is only accessible by boat, making it one of Puerto Vallarta's best-kept hidden treasures.

    Sayulita Escape

    Duration: 3h

    Hop on a powerful UTV (utility task vehicle) to explore Sayulita, a hip and relaxed beach town not far from Vallarta. Ride over muddy back roads and a riverbed to reach the small community famous for its laid-back atmosphere. Soon after hitting the main road, your guide turns onto one of the dusty forest paths. Pass by farms, fields, and a riverbed before reaching an isolated beach. When you are ready, a picnic lunch, open bar, and knowledgeable crew await your return to the catamaran.

    Kakano means "seed" in Māori. For Jade Temepara, a Māori woman who was crowned New Zealand's Gardener of the Year in 2012, though, it means a lot more. Temepara owns Kākano, a Māori restaurant and cooking school in Christchurch, on New Zealand's South Island.

    Even a first-time tourist to New Zealand will notice the presence of the Māori culture and language everywhere. Now, so many non-Māori young people learn the language — a trend that picked up after the passage of the Māori Language Act in 1987 — that it's not unusual to hear teens and twenty somethings of European descent in Auckland asking their friends if they want to hang out and get some kai (food) later. That's a striking contrast from several generations ago, when New Zealand law banned Māori in schools, either in written or spoken form.

    While Temepara was happy to see the Māori language make a comeback, there were still parts of her native culture that were less present in New Zealand's daily life. She felt that too few Māoris of her generation were trained in their culture's traditional cooking methods and native ingredients (原料). That's when Temepara came up with the idea of launching a cooking education program that would go into Māori schools and other community gathering places to teach classes in traditional Māori cooking and food preparation.

    The idea was so successful that it eventually led to a brick-and-mortar cafe and shop in central Christchurch. There, Temepara trades in traditional kai — look for cold smoked mussels, karengo (a native seaweed), Manuka honey and a native variety of sweet potato called kumara.

    Although many of the ingredients grow wild in New Zealand, that doesn't mean just anybody can harvest them.

    "The Māori subtribe Katti Menguai are the only ones that are allowed to have some, if they come from a lineage of chiefs. It is by bloodline only. You can't even be invited. If you're not blood, that's it, you can't go. My family is of that lineage. And so, traditionally we would harvest the birds." This is both a tribal (部落的) practice and an accepted national law.

    For many of us, summertime means road trips to the beach or mountains, or at the very least some additional dust and bird poop on the exterior of our vehicles. The extra dirt leads us to do one of two things: wash our car in the driveway or head to the car wash. But which choice is better for the environment?

    The main concerns with either choice are the amount of fresh water being used and the types of chemicals used to remove the dirt. Both of these concerns can be closely monitored when washing the car at home, says Katy Gresh, spokeswoman for the Southwest Region of the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection. She advises car owners to put aside a set amount of water for the entire wash. "It's just like brushing your teeth," she says, "You don't want to leave the water running of more than you need for the job." But even following this advice comes with an environmental risk: Washing your car in the driveway or street flushes the dirty water into storm drains.

    John Schombert, executive director of 3 Rivers Wet Weather, his organization works to educate the public about storm sewers (下水道) and water runoff, keeping this untreated water from entering the Allegheny region's waterways. "We ask people to, consider washing their cars on lawns or other permeable (透水的) surfaces where the water gets absorbed," Schombert says. "Soil can break down and help filter (过滤) those things," Schombert says. "Storm sewers are not made for waste disposal." Even when car owners use natural soaps to wash their cars, which Schombert says are probably ineffective at breaking down grease anyway.

    The commercial car wash down the street knows full well the rules regarding wastewater in storm sewers. According to the International Carwash Association (ICA), professional car washes must use water reclamation systems. These mandated processes not only keep the dirty water out of storm sewers and regular water treatment systems, but they also work to reduce water usage at commercial facilities.

    Scientists Diego Kersting and Cristina Linares have found that some coral species are able to recover from harmful warming events through a unique survival strategy (策略)—known as "rejuvenescence" (新生)—among corals in the Mediterranean Sea. The findings represent some rare good news for corals around the world, which are facing numerous severe threats—most notably, climate change.

    "The main threats are climate change, overfishing, pollution and coastal urbanization," Kersting said. "But currently, climate change is probably the one causing the most coral cover declines. Warming stresses corals up to a point that may cause death. Some corals bleach (白化) before dying. Other corals do not bleach but die directly." He went on, "Our findings are significant because this survival strategy was only known from fossil corals that existed hundreds of millions of years ago. It is the first time that it has been found in a living coral. Thanks to our findings, we know now that some corals are able to recover, but unfortunately this is not enough in the current climate change context."

    For their research, Kersting and Linares monitored 243 colonies of the endangered reef-building coral Cladocoracaespitosa in Spain's Columbretes Islands Marine Reserve over 16 years, starting in 2002. The monitoring revealed that Cladocoracaespitosa in the Mediterranean uses rejuvenescence to cope with warming events. This process involves the polyps — or the individual coral animals in a colony—shrinking inward and abandoning their skeletons (骨骼) during warm periods, before rejuvenating at a later point. "What happens is that some polyps in a coral colony—sometimes just one— reduces completely its dimensions and partially retreats from its skeleton," Kersting said. "Once the stressful event is over, the shrunken or rejuvenated polyp recovers its size and builds up a new skeleton. Eventually, it begins to reproduce itself through budding and begins to cover the dead colony surfaces."

    He continued, "The results were very surprising because I started to observe colonies that were dead years ago, that were showing living parts many years after their death."

    Friendships can bring joy or sorrow., we talked to researchers, authors, and therapists to learn how to manage the common relationship difficulties we all face.

    Broken promises

    Friends are vital for our physical and mental well-being but these relationships aren't always smooth sailing. . And a major way this happens is through broken promises. Perhaps he canceled plans at the last minute or she declined to take part in an important party. , the first thing to do is remember that no one is perfect, says Jan Yager, PhD, friendship coach.

    "Sometimes jealousy reveals our deepest desires," says Dr. Yager. "Healthy envy can motivate you to become better and be inspired by your friend's success," she says. She points out that it could be the other way around as well: Your friends might be jealous of you.

    Feeling left out

    There's no worse feeling than when you check Facebook Monday morning to find out that your friends went on a weekend getaway without you. Scott Christnelly, a therapist, says, "I encourage clients to express their feelings about it but also not to jump to conclusions." Then find someone else to talk to — maybe a family member, or a close friend (not one who went on the trip)—to explain how you feel. .

A. Experiencing envy

B. But while it may be painful

C. Stopping to feel jealous of them

D. Friend breakups can be just as painful as a romantic split

E. In fact, it's common to experience some serious hurt from your friends

F. Since there's no rule book on what to do when things get tense or go south

G. Maybe through that conversation, you can brainstorm how you will respond

    Whitson, 44, set out on June 13 with his ninth-grade son and his wife, Ramirez, eager to show them the wild beauty of the Arroyo Seco (a river) in central California. The first night, they built a 1 and pan-fried a steak, 2 it with chocolate bars for dessert. The last thing any of them 3 was that they would become 4. A 5 that was supposed to be secured at the top of the slide—the only safe way down—was 6. There was no way to climb out of the gorge (峡谷).The rope had been 7 to the slippery rock wall when Whitson had made the same journey seven years before. At the time, he'd 8 lowered himself down the side of the waterfall and continued his9.

Thoughts raced through Whitson's mind: 10 spring rains had likely washed the rope away. There was no other way to safely get down. Friends knew they were in Arroyo Seco, but it might be several days 11a search party was 12 There was no cell service. He desperately 13 a plan. Whitson looked at his water bottle and he suddenly had an idea: He 14"HELP!" on each side of the bottle and wrote an SOS note on a piece of paper with the 15, June 15, and their whereabouts —then put it inside. The bottle 16 into the pool, then 17 through the narrow passageway. It was a very long 18. Remarkably, they didn't wait long. About a quarter-mile downstream, two hikers had19the bright green bottle right away; read the 20and hiked to the Arroyo Seco Campground to alert (向……报警) the manager to call a search and rescue team.

    Digital receipts offer a few improvements over (tradition) paper receipts. One is health-related. Lots of receipt paper contains bisphenol—A, or BPA. This chemical can completely influence or outright change some bodily processes, like hair growth, hormone function and cell repair. (reduce) receipt paper reduces the risk for BPA exposure for not only consumers but also for employees who handle the paper a more routine basis.

    Another reason why digital receipts are better just boils down to (convenient). You can access those receipts through your email and file (they) away in a separate folder or with a specific label for easy sorting. Or, if you need more help on the organization front, try a receipt tracking app. Physical receipts require you physically (keep) track of them, and that means a shoe box or an accordion folder or a big thumb tack on a cork board in the kitchen. There have been times when I've let something go unreturned I didn't have the receipt. I'm betting I'm not alone on that.

    Some businesses, particularly local ones, use newer point of sale systems like Square that will (automatic) send you a digital receipt if you've already received one from another business that uses Square. When you pay with the same credit you did at the first seller, and you've already provided email address to the Square system, you (get) a receipt in your email minutes later.

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词；

删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉；

修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

注意：1）每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；

2）只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

    When first learning to ride a bicycle, I decided to go to my friend's houses for a game of badminton.

    On my way there, however, I chased by a fierce dog. I cycled as fast as I could so it jumped at me and caught my leg. I shouted and unlucky fell off my bicycle, that injured my knees. Nervously, I managed to get on the bike. Much to my relief, the dog eventually gave in chasing me. But by then I was too tired to play the badminton. After a short rest at my friend's house, I leave for home, taking other route this time. Finally, I reached home, feel exhausted after the evening's adventure.

1）欢迎他的加入；

2）介绍社团一些活动。

注意：1）词数：100左右；

2）可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；

3）开头和结束语已为你写好。

Dear Peter,

    I'm looking forward to hearing from you.

Sincerely,

Li Hua