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When on vacation, what do you look for in a hotel? Maybe you want a comfortable bed, luxurious facilities or a convenient location. However, if you want something out of the ordinary and wish to go beyond the ordinary, these spectacular hotels offer a stay you won't soon forget!

Hippo Point

For those who prefer an overnight stay with some four-footed or two-winged-guests, Hippo Point in Kenya offers unique housings on the East African plains. The nine-storey tower on a private estate and wildlife sanctuary rate as one of the top 10 resorts in the world. Guests enjoy incredible views of Olodian Bay while observing the densest population of hippos in Africa. More than 520 species of birds flock around the lake, their calls echoing in the air. After a restful night's sleep, you'll find a delicious breakfast waiting on an outside patio.

The Poseidon Undersea Resort

Nestled in a Fijian lagoon, the Poseidon Undersea Resort boasts the world's first seafloor suite 12 meters below the surface of the ocean. By day, people enjoy golf, tennis and water sports or learn to pilot a three-passenger Triton submarine to explore the pristine(原始的)ocean depths.

I've been a volunteer in the Macmillan@Glasgow Libraries programme for just over a year. I got involved because I was looking for something to volunteer for after I retired from work. I thought being a Macmillan Cancer Information and Support Volunteer might be a good way to do that by using some of the skills I learned at work.

At one time，I felt I made a real difference when a lady came into use the service. She was very upset，but she was not the person with cancer. It was her partner. She had lots of things on her mind. We，together with a counselor，had a chat about her to help deal with all the emotions(情感)she felt. We knew we could arrange something，so we discussed with her what could be done for her family. She was relieved that we could get something arranged for her and liked the fact that we managed to get the ball rolling during her visit.

The good thing about having the services in the library is that the environment is non-clinical and therefore more relaxing than the hospital or doctor's surgery. The team in the library are not medically trained. That means we do not use big words or medical terms very often.

It's great that the people who volunteer all work well together，helping each other to get a resolution(解决) for people who come in. It's good to have to team at the other end of the phone whenever we get something unusual. It is a pleasure to be able to help as a volunteer.

Chinese tourists prefer hotels and restaurants that offer free Wi-Fi when traveling abroad. Most Chinese tourists instantly update their social networks using their mobile phones. They send photos and short videos to friends and family when traveling abroad.

About 10 percent of outbound (出境的) Chinese tourists get expensive marring charges (漫游费) by using 4G-powered smart phones. About 90 percent of Chinese travelers consider free Wi-Fi indispensable when traveling abroad. They often use phone apps to create travel routes and book hotels, which requires large data flows that can be expensive without Wi-Fi.

But free Wi-Fi is not always available, even in regions with advanced telecommunications, such as the United States and Europe. Portable Wi-Fi costs 15~50 yuan a day, depending on the country. It's cheaper in South Korea, Japan and Thailand. The Wi-Fi services increase rapidly thanks to reasonable pricing and smooth surfing.

More than 100 million Chinese went abroad last year, and the10 percent who used Wi-Fi services spent an average of 150 yuan, and it's expected to grow largely. But the travel agencies business may become out of date in five to eight years, because more locations are offering free Wi-Fi. In the meantime, it is reported that more for-profit models should be introduced and offer more services for outbound travelers in the future.

What is the first thing you notice when you walk into a shop? The products displayed at the entrance? Or the soft background music?

But have you ever noticed the smell? Unless it is bad, the answer is likely to be no. But while a shop's scent(香味) may not be outstanding compared with sights and sounds, it is certainly there. And it is proving to be an increasing powerful tool in encouraging people to purchase.

A brand store has become famous for its distinctive (独特的)scent which floats through the fairly dark hall and out to the entrance, by scent machines. A smell may be attractive but it may not just be used for freshening air. One sports goods company once reported that when it first introduced scent into its stores, customers' intention to purchase increased by 80 percent.

But while e-shops can only use sights and sounds, bricks-and-mortar stores (实体店) can offer a full experience from the minute customers step through the door to the moment they leave. Another brand store seeks to be much more than a shop, but rather a destination. And scent is just one way to achieve this.

Now a famous store uses complex man-made smell to make sure that the soft scent of baby powder floats through the kid department, and coconut(椰子) scent in the swimsuit section. A department store has even opened a new lab, inviting customers on a journey into the store's windows to smell books, pots and drawers, in search of their perfect scent.

Things You Should Stop Doing to Be Successful

Are you a happy person? How often do you think of reasons why everyone around you is successful though they are not better than you in general? What do you do wrong? Here are some things you should stop doing to be successful.

1.

Different people may explain "success" in different ways: some of them measure it in money, other ones in positive changes to people around them and the world in general.  Don't worry about what other people think but come after what makes you happy.

2. Do not believe anything without questioning it.

 They are critical thinkers, and they understand that we all are ruled by our prejudices, so they will always question new information.

3. Do not worry about all unpredictable things that may happen to you.

If you want to be successful, stop thinking about everything that MAY happen to you. Be ready to improve and change your deeds and decisions when things suddenly don't go according to your plan.

4. Do not care about what other people think of you.

 Your attempts to become "good" for everyone will turn into nothing but new worries, stresses, and problems. Successful people do not concentrate on the quantity of people to please, but worry about their quality and focus on developing friendships with people they really care about.

A. Do not wait for the "right time" to do anything

B. As far as we all know, it's impossible to please all the people who surround us.

C. Successful people do not just accept any new information to be true.

D. Do not let others decide what "success" is for you

E. Successful people never ignore or avoid problems, no matter how big and awful they seem.

F. Try to feel comfortable with the reality and accept the fact that your future can't be predicted.

G. If you want to be successful, do not let others force their explanation of success on you.

It's common for homeless people to pick up recyclables to sell and make a living. However, it's not so common to see them 1 in a restaurant where the average meal costs＄150. But that's 2what happened when a man walked into Benvindo, a3restaurant in Belo Horizonte.

According to the staff, a homeless man 4 the waiters at the front door and wanted a 5. He also insisted on paying for it with the money he made by6the cans: single ＄50 note.

"I thought this was somewhat 7 " said Fontes, a 21-year-old waiter. But he continued providing8 for the man as he serves other guest. The man 9 an costly lunch, including a main dish and dessert, which 10＄121. 80. However, when the man asked for the 11, the restaurant's owner told Fontes to ignore the charge. Instead of accepting the 12meal, the man politely turned it down and insisted on paying.

When it became 13 that the man wasn't ready to change his 14, the waiter agreed to charge him ＄10. Fontes said,"I then had to 15, saying customers could get a discount on the lunch for there was an ongoing16, because the man had ＄50 and refused to get the ＄40 17. " 

A customer there took a picture of them and shared it online, saying, "I just 18a great example of consideration." The photo gained hundreds of 19praising Fontes and the man. Fontes said he simply wanted to 20 an act of kindness for an honest hardworking man.

One night,  winter, a bear came into the city in Vancouver Canada. It walked through the city streets past houses, shops and offices. Then it  (find) some food in bins outside a restaurant and started eating. In the morning, someone saw the bear and called the police. The police came with a vet from the city zoo. They put the bear in a lorry and took it to the mountains outside the city.  (fortune), the bear was safe. But  happens in other countries when big animals come into cities? In Vancouver it is unusual   (see) a bear, but in some cities you can see big animals on the city streets every day.

Big animals usually come into cities to find food. In Cape Town in South Africa baboons(狒狒) come into the city when they are driven by  (starve). Human food is very bad for the baboons  (tooth) because it has a lot of sugar. Now, there are Baboon Monitors working in Cape Town.  (they) job is to find baboons in the city and return them to the countryside.

In Berlin in Germany, pigs sometimes come into the city for food. They eat flowers and plants in parks and gardens. Sometimes they eat vegetables from gardens they walk in the street, causing accidents. Some people like the pigs and they give them food and water to drink. Other people do not like the pigs and they want the government and the police to stop them   (enter) the city.

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Last week, I attended a lecture by a teacher in his thirty. He was energetic and confidence. He spoke very fast and I could understand that he said. He mainly focused at how to learn the English well. In addition, he showed us how to write neatly, letter by letter. He kept telling us, "Slow down!" "Trusting yourself!" "Write carefully!". To be honest, I never thought much of writing until today, when my heart touched. At the end of the lecture, all the people present break into cheers. The lecture was so interesting that I benefited a lot from them.

1）产生此现象的原因；

2）解决问题的具体建议。

注意：1）词数100词左右；     

2）信的开头已给出，不计入总词数。

Dear School President,

I am Li Hua, a senior student in your school. Recently, I found a lot of students pouring lunch in the school canteen and going to buy snacks instead.

Your student,

Li Hua