A Toronto man is offering a free round-the-world air to the right woman. But 1 apply. You must be named Elizabeth Gallahgher and have a Candian 2 .
Jordan Axani, 28, said he and his then girlfriend, Elizabeth Gallagher, booked heavily discounted round-the-world air tickets in May, but their 3 ended and he did not want her ticket to 4 . The ticket had a strict no-transfer（不可转让） 5 , but since passport information was not required when 6 , any Canadian Elizabeth Gallagher can 7 it.
“I just want to see the ticket go to good use and for someone to 8 a lot of joy,” said Axani. He posted his 9 on a social networking website, and received thousands of e-mails, including thirty from actual Elizabeth Gallagbers with the 10 passports, “More 11 , there are hundreds of Canadians who are interested in 12 their name to Elizabeth Gallagher,” Axani said. “It was absolutely out of 13 , thousands of e-mails, people around the world 14 their stories of travel.”
Axani wrote in his post that he is not 15 anything in return and that the woman who uses the 16 ticket can choose to either travel with him or 17 the ticket and travel on her own.
The 18 is scheduled to start on December 21 in New York City and continue on to Milan, Prague, Paris, Bangkok and New Delhi before 19 in Toronto on January 8. He said the 20 woman will be announced on the website and the trip will be shared online.
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About three hours after Hurricane Harvey made landfall in Texas as a Category ( 级 别 ) 4 storm, it was downgraded to a Category 3 storm after winds decreased to 125 mph from maximum winds of 130 mph.
Harvey also made a second landfall on the northeastern shore of Copano Bay around the time it was downgraded.
The storm is the strongest to hit the state in decades, with serious flooding expected. The last Category 4 storm to hit the U.S. was Charley in 2004 in Florida, while the last Category 4 storm to hit Texas was Carla in 1961.
Residents staying in the area madly stocked up on(备足) food, water and gas, while others heading out of the storm's path boarded up windows and doors of their homes and businesses.
Airlines canceled flights, schools were closed while concerts and other planned events in Houston and coastal cities were postponed.
The hurricane's effects are expected to last for days, with heavy rainfall through next week estimated to be as high as 40 inches in some areas.
The National Weather Service warned Harvey could bring a potentially destroying storm surges( 风 暴 潮 ), heavy rainfall and wind hazards( 危 害 ) to the Lone Star State's coast. A tornado watch is in effect for areas of southeastern Texas and southwest Louisiana.
Life-threatening storm surge waters could reach 9 to 13 feet above ground level. Destroying flooding is expected across parts of the area. And rainfall will be heavy, with an estimated 15 to 30 inches of rain falling in many areas and as high as 40 inches in some from today through Wednesday, the National Weather Service said.
A boy trembled in the cold Oslo winter, constantly rubbing his arms around himself on a bus stop bench. He wasn't wearing a coat 1 temperatures in the Norwegian capital regularly dropped to -10℃ during winter.
What a(an) 2 scene, but the actions of the ordinary people who witnessed the difficult situation of 11- year -old Johannes were both joyous and 3.
A young woman who sat 4 the boy noticed him rubbing his arms. She 5 asked him: “Don't you have a jacket?” “No, someone stole it.” he replied. She questioned him and 6 he was on a school trip and was told to meet his 7 at the bus stop. She asked him the name of his school and where he's from as she 8 put her own coat aroundhis shoulders.
Later, another fat woman at first gave him her scarf, then wrapped him in her 9 thick jacket. Throughout the day, more and more people offered Johannes their gloves and even the coats10 their backs as they waited for their bus.
All this was 11 by a hidden camera from Norwegian charity SOS Children's Village as part of their winter 12 to gather donations to send much-needed coats and blankets to help Syrian children 13 the winter. Many of the 14 of the civil war have left their homes without winter clothing.
“People should 15 as much about children in Syria as they do about this boy,” Smith, the 16 head of SOS Children's Villages Norway, told the local newspaper. She also 17 that the child was a(n) 18 who was never in any danger during the experiment.
This story shows human nature in a 19 manner. Human beings' future 20 to be a hopeful one when you see something like this.
Mrs. Doyle was a hero. She will be awarded the Legion of Honor, France's highest decoration, in honor of her in 1 helping to liberate the country from the Nazis.
Mrs. Doyle was one of the female agents 2 for the Special Operations Executive (SOE). She engaged in gathering 3 ahead of the DDay landings. "It wasn't until after my first round of 4 that I was told to become a member of it," she said in a rare interview.
"We 5 how to get in a high window, and how to climb over roofs without being 6," she recalled.
After the training, she was 7 behind enemy lines under a code name, Paulette. 8 aged 23, she dressed up like a poor 14yearold French girl to make the Germans less suspicious. She used bicycles to 9 the area, passing information through coded messages.
The 10 would take half an hour to send and the Germans need an hour and a half to pick up the 11. She would have just enough time to send her message and move on before being 12.
She would sleep rough in forests and was 13 to hunt for food, or stay with our supporters. "One family I stayed with told me we were 14 a squirrel," she told the Army News, "I found out later it was a rat. I was half 15 so I didn't care."
It wasn't until the last 15 years or so that Mrs. Doyle made known her career as a 16 "My eldest son found out by 17 something on the Internet, and my children 18 I send off for my medals," she said.
"I was asked if I wanted them to be 19 presented to me, and I said no, I didn't, it was my family who wanted them."
Laurent Contini, the French ambassador to New Zealand, said, "I have deep 20 for her bravery and it will be with great honor that I will present her with the award."
On Thursday morning, two teenage boys were rescued by a drone (无人机) in Australia while lifeguards were still training to use the machine.
The1, aged 15-17, got into difficulties about 700 feet off the coast of Lennox Head, New South Wales (NSW). A passerby saw them2in dangerous waves. Lifesavers3 sent the drone to drop a lifeboat, and the pair made their way safely to the4.
The drone, known as "Little Pipper", was actually not5to be saving anyone just yet—lifeguards were being trained to6the machine. When a call came about the swimmers7, the drone happened to be nearby.
Jai Sheridan was the lifeguard who8the drone. He described the experience as9. "The Little Ripper10proved itself today. It is a highly efficient (高效的) piece of lifesaving equipment. I was11the drone when the alarm was raised. I directed it towards the swimmers, and dropped the12. With its support they made their way to safety. They were13, but not hurt. The teens were rescued in just 70 seconds with the drone—while a lifeguard would have taken up to six minutes to14the rescue."
John Barilaro, an official of the state,15the rescue as historic. "It was the world's16rescue by the unmanned aircraft", he said. "Never before has a drone been used to17swimmers like this."
Last December, the NSW state government18some "Little Ripper" drones for 247,000 pounds.19some are designed to spot sharks, others are20with lifeboats, alarms and loudspeakers. "It was money well spent," said John Barilaro.
If you look Chinese and speak Mandarin, you can call for a ride in Vancouver via WeChat, a Chinese app. The drivers normally call back to1the order, says Daniel Merkin, who lives in the Canadian city. "Sometimes they'll 2 on me when they realize I don't speak Mandarin," he says. But he keeps 3, because popular ride-hailing (网约车) services, like Uber (优步), are not available. The Chinese service is not legal, but it is 4. Mr. Merkin hopes that his 5 will soon expand.
In July the province of British Columbia, which licenses drivers, said it would allow the big ride-hailing services 6. But British Columbia has made their entry 7 by requiring drivers to hold commercial licenses. The government has reason to be 8. In many cities where ride-hailing has 9, traffic jam has worsened and use of public transport has 10.
However, Andrew Curran, head of policy at Trans Link, the city's public-transport system, believes ride-hailing could 11 use of public transport by ferrying people from their houses to a bus or train stop. It could also improve transport for people with 12. Currently, Trans-Link hires taxis to give door-to-door rides to some disabled people. He says the commercial-license rule will slow down the services' growth and 13 taxi-drivers, ride-hailing's fiercest 14.
But the commercial-license requirement could have the 15 effect. Analysts think it will 16 most drivers and reduce the number of drivers 17 to pick up passengers in distant suburbs. 18, they will gather in the center. Some of Uber's future competitors say they are not 19. A driver, who offers rides in his Mercedes SUV to people who hire him via Wechat, thinks his customers will stay 20. He predicts ride-hailing will just slow their journeys down.
From Teen Activist to TIME's Person of the Year
With her selection, Greta Thunberg, the famous 16-year-old Swedish climate activist, has become the 1individual ever to be named Time's Person of the Year.
While the magazine has a long record of 2the power of young people, the 3have never before selected a 4. The 5individual to hold the record for youngest person of the Year was 25-year-old Charles Lindbergh in 1927.
Thunberg gained international attention for 6world leaders for their inaction in the 7crisis in a viral speech she made at the U.N. Climate Action Summit in September. She criticized world leaders again at the COP25 (联合国气候变化大会)conference last week.
“Thunberg has become the 8 voice on the biggest issue facing the planet,” Time editor-in-chief Edward Felsenthal wrote.
At the age of eight, when Thunberg first learned about climate change, she was 9that adults did not appear to take the issue 10. It was 11 for her to take12 in her own life; she stops herself 13flying, eats no meat or dairy and she has a shop stop, meaning that she doesn't buy new things.
On August 20, 2018, Thunberg decided that it was time for her to take her 14 to the next level and15. She 16others to launch climate-change strikes around the world last year. She 17school and sat down 18Sweden's parliament (议会) with a self-made banner “school strike for climate.” She also invited more than two million students across 135 countries to join her 19 “Fridays for Future” 20by staging walkouts at their own schools. This past March, Thunberg was nominated(提名) for the Nobel Peace Prize.
Even though in Moscow dusk falls early in winter. Instead of snuggling up（舒适地蜷缩）in her comfortable home after school, Arina Buntova is making her 1 to the Russian State University for the Humanities（RSUH）for her Chinese 2 class.
The 14-year-old has been 3 Chinese at the Confucius Institute at the RSUH for a year and a half. "I 4 the Chinese language because I want to 5 to China," she told Beijing Review.
On November 25, three classes for children were 6 in session at the institute, while crowds of adults were just arriving for their 7 classes. "The number of Chinese language students in 8 is increasing year by year, and their 9 is also growing, ” Aleksandr Bezborodov, the university's president, said, "Meanwhile, many Chinese 10 have come to study at the RSUH and several Chinese officials have visited the university.” "The two peoples' interest in each other's cultures 11 an important opportunity for the development of the institute,” he 12.
Taras Ivchenko, dean（院长）of the Confucius Institute at the RSUH, said over 10 years ago, the university 13 that there was a need to provide courses for those who 14 wanted to study Chinese. In 2007, the institute 15 two classes with about 40 students, while in 2019, it provided classes to more than 500 students through 18 classes during the spring semester and 21 in the 16, Ivchenko said.
The institute has over 20 instructors, most of whom are Russians who speak 17 Chinese. There are also two guest teachers 18 some teaching assistants from China. Chinese language learners in Russia have much 19 access to teaching resources compared to decades ago, Ivchenko said, citing（引用）his 20 experience as both a learner and an educator.
During the outbreak of COVID-19, reducing human contact doesn't lessen drivers' sense of humanity. Meituan says 1 given to drivers by customers have tripled and drivers' status have 2 a lot since the outbreak.
Gao Zhixiao, a delivery driver, has3working as the virus spread across China. To4
spreading germs(病毒) during his route, he has to take a5test each morning and spend twenty minutes disinfecting his motorcycle and clothes. “Because I am also from a single- parent family, I understand what it6to be old and lonely.” He sympathized with how hopeless the elderly would be without children's7, he says when asked about why he stayed to cook for an old lady instead of8his job.
As a Meituan rider in Wuhan, Li Fengjie took things a few steps9. He knew that his services would be10after the city of eleven million was11on January 23. Li walked thirty miles to get to work after all public12was stopped. “I felt a sense of responsibility because I 13 a team of other riders.” he says. “All the doctors and nurses are coming to Wuhan to help, so we, the riders, should also 14 with them on the frontline.”
“Stuck in my house, I feel really 15 and desperate, but seeing delivery riders outside my window gives me some16.” says a citizen in Wuhan. Without these drivers putting themselves at risk, families would go17and the sick wouldn't get vital18. Now, they are officially19 as one of the sixteen new professions- delivery personnel for online20.
Rwanda is a small country in East Africa with about more than 13 million people. The landlocked country is one of the fastest growing economies in Africa. 1, almost half of the population still live in poverty.
Many people live in 2 where there is no doctor. Medical supplies such as 3, vaccines (疫苗) or even blood are 4 to reach these areas.
Zipline, an American start-up company, now helps people in remote areas to get better 5. A multinational team of engineers has been 6 to build a drone (无人机) that can deliver medicine to where it is most needed.
Rwanda is where their plans have been met with 7 from the government and the country's civil aviation (民用航空) authority.
"Rwanda is the first country to 8 us through the design process of the drone to figure out how to do this," said Keenan Wyrobek, a 9 of Zipline.
If a hospital or a 10 is in an area that is difficult to 11, the Zipline drone can deliver the medical supplies easily and much quicker than via road transport.
Doctors or healthcare workers just need to send a 12 to the base station and the delivery will be dispatched (派遣) via drone quickly and 13. So the vital supplies are dropped off by the drone where the items are 14. Now it only takes 30 minutes from the time the 15 is placed to the delivery.
"I used to see the drones fly and think they must be 16 until the same drone came to me and saved my 17. They are amazing," said Alice Mutimutuje, a mother who fell seriously ill once.
The drones have already successfully completed more than 12,000 18in the last years. In January 2019, the company19 their project in Africa and the 29 million people in the West Africa Ghana will soon benefit from this new20, too.
Economy rebounding after drop
China's economy experienced a sharp decline in the first quarter due to disruptions caused by the novel coronavirus outbreak, but major economic indicators improved substantially in March, indicating the country's recovery has gained a firmer footing, officials and economists said on Friday.
Supportive government policies are expected to intensify in the coming quarters to expand 1 demand by stimulating investment and consumption as the global spread of the virus may bring more headwinds to the world's second-largest economy.
China's GDP in the first quarter 2 by 6.8 percent from a year earlier, according to the National Bureau of Statistics.
3 it remains unclear whether the government will still set a GDP growth target for the year, economists said China's policy priority for the next step needs to focus on stimulating demand and stabilizing employment to 4 a sustainable economic recovery.
More proactive fiscal policies and more accommodative monetary policies are needed to prevent the economy from experiencing a second wave of 5 caused by the global economic downturn amid the COVID-19 outbreak, they added.
The country's industrial production shrank by 8.4 percent year-on-year(与上年同期相比) in the first quarter, but the decline narrowed from a 13.5 percent drop in the first two months, according to the NBS.
Fixed-asset investment, which includes infrastructure and real estate investment, declined by 16.1 percent year-on-year during the first quarter, compared with a 24.5 percent plunge in the first two months.
The outbreak created a severe 6 to the country's economy in the first quarter, but major economic 7 rebounded in March and the country's economic performance will improve further in the second quarter, NBS spokesman Mao Shengyong said at a news 8 in Beijing on Friday.
The government will 9 policy support to expand domestic demand by increasing effective investment and releasing consumption 10. More tax relief and financial aid will be offered to businesses to help them 11 production and make it through the difficult times, Mao said.
The Chinese stock market rose on Friday with the benchmark(基准) Shanghai Composite Index(综合指标) up by 0.66 percent to close at 2,838.49 points as the first-quarter economic shrink was 12 in line with investors' expectations.
Lian Ping, chief economist at Zhixin Investment, said the government needs to intensify policy support to prevent the economy from suffering one more time from the global economic downturn and possible collapse of 13 demand.
Chinese companies, including exporters, have seen an increase in 14 of orders. While most large enterprises have started production again, according to NBS calculations, many smaller companies are still struggling to go back to work under rising financial difficulties and 15 shortages.
"As overseas demand is shrinking dramatically, China's policy focus in the future should be on expanding domestic demand, and consumption is the most important area. More favorable policies are needed to stimulate consumption in durable goods including houses and automobiles," Lian said.
How do you kill your time when you go to work? Most of us stare at our cell phones, 1 to make eye contact with others. We just chat or play games online. Or maybe we're using the time between 2 to do our makeup, catch up on emails, or read a few chapters of a book. However, Dina Alfasi takes a very different 3.
Each day she has to travel hours on buses or trains to get to her engineering job at a hospital in Israel. Rather than look at her cell phone in silence, she uses one very special way to have 4 with strangers. It is portraits of the people she meets on public 5 every day that she is taking. The photographs 6 the tiny moments in the everyday lives of strangers. Some people lean their head against the window and go to sleep, some stare into space and have a 7, and others sit quietly to read their documents or books.
Fascinated by people she 8 every day, Dina Alfasi has been photographing unaware 9 for the past few years. It started 10 as a way to pass time during her daily commute (上下班), but it eventually became a 11 part of her artwork and life. Her award-winning photography has been 12 worldwide.
Dina told My Modern Met, "What 13 me very much are the little moments that happen every day. My work is to tell stories through a single portrait, and it 14 that all you need is just to look around and find those magic 15. "
On Friday, New Year's Day, Wang Renqiu, a 33-year-old man from Hunan Province, 1 a 2021 New Year's greeting video on TikTok (抖音).
While Wang looks 2 in the video, standing in front of his recreational vehicle in a heavy snow in Cuneo, Italy, it was 3 never part of his plan to be there during the New Year holiday. "I never 4 that a sudden severe pandemic (疫情) would disturb my travel plans and trap me and my friends in Europe." said Wang.
On October 22, 2019, Wang and some friends 5 from Changsha, planning to spend nearly five 6 driving across Eurasia. They spent half a month 7 Pakistan, entering Iran, Turkey, and other European countries 8 finally reaching Iceland in January.
9 most of his friends who flew back home due to the pandemic locally, Wang and his friend Ye Zi chose to continue their 10 by driving the RV. Wang said most people on the trip he met were very nice and 11. Nino, a French man, for example, who learned about their 12 from a local newspaper, sought them out and invited them to his house.
"After experiencing so much over the year, what I want to share the most is that we humans need more sincere 13, mutual trust and friendship."
14, Wang and Ye Zi are staying at Cuneo. They plan to return home by following their original 15 and have more interactions with people from different countries.
Corporate scandals (丑闻), like political scandals, start with shocking revelation and then move inevitably into who-knew-what stage. This is where executives can start reestablishing their 1 --or deepen the damage.
Since they were forced to 2 one of the biggest frauds (欺诈行为) in auto industry history last month, the executives at Volkswagen have offered 3 and promised to fix the cheating devices wired into eleven millions of their diesel cars (柴油车). But they haven't explained who ordered, 4 and designed the software that enabled the cars to cheat on emissions tests while emitting 5 on the road. Nor has Volkswagen said how and when it plans to fix the cars, which many customers bought in the belief that they were fuel 6 and clean.
On October 8, German prosecutors (检察官) broke into the corporate offices as part of their investigation. Meanwhile, Matthias Muller, the 7 appointed chief executive, continued to insist that the former executive, Martin Winterkorn, who resigned shortly after the scandal, knew 8. "Do you really think that a chief executive had time for the inner functioning of engine software?" he said in a recent interview, as if the problem was some
9 shortcoming and not an elaborate effort to 10 regulators and customers around the world.
If Mr. Winterkorn was not responsible, who was? Nobody believes that the handful of senior managers could have 11 this scheme without any support. Hans-Dieter Potsch, a supervisory board chairman, issued a statement earlier this month, saying it would take time before Volkswagen could make 12 the findings of its internal investigations. "We must overcome the crisis," he explained, "but we must also ensure that Volkswagen continues to grow." That seems to miss the point that Volkswagen will neither overcome the crisis nor grow unless it can instantly produce some 13 answers and explanations.
Even if they manage to fix millions of cars, Volkswagen executives will still face an enormous 14 from lawsuits, lost sales and the 15 to Volkswagen's reputation. There is no device to block the angry and urgent questions that they face. Apologizing is just the easy part.
At around 6：30pm local time on April 15th in France, Notre Dame in Paris was getting angry. According to the French newspaper Le Monde, the fire started in the attic(阁楼) of the monument and then1to the roof. In the screams of people, the Gothic tower2collapsed(倒塌) ."Paris was beheaded!"3the fall of the tower, the 32-year-old Frenchman，Pierre，sent such a4to the New York Times.
Notre Dame de Paris, which5on the bank of the Seine, has been there for 769 years. Not only does Notre Dame have a large collection of wonderful works, but the building itself is6. As one of the most famous tourist 7in the world, this church has 13 million visitors a year. When the fire was still burning, the spokesperson of Notre Dame de Paris pessimistically told the media that the8building of France 9"great destruction" because the inside part of the church belonged to medieval wood structure, so this fire was almost a10. At 9:30 that evening, the priceless colored glass"Rose"window in the cathedral was too hot and then broken. As the fire continued, a large number of people from Paris 11 around Notre Dame. Watching the fire destroy the monument, some people couldn't help12cry, and some sang prayer songs for Notre Dame."At this moment I feel very13, and a small part of each of us has been burned by the fire."After the fire， French President Mark Long14 canceled a speech on the "Yellow Vest Movement", and started the disaster report.
After the French firefighters15for five hours, the fire was16. The main structure of the church was 17, but the inside decoration was completely destroyed.18 the broken Notre Dame de Paris the French made a(n)19to rebuild. President Mark Long later said that they would recruit(组建) the best talents from around the world to repair the art treasures，because this is what the French expect and is what history20.
Nine 1700-year-old brick tombs have been discovered in northwest China's Xinjiang. Experts say that they can1valuable clues for the research of exchanges (交换；交流) between the central Chinese government at that time and2Western Regions.
It is the3time ancient tombs with typical characteristics of China's main Han nationality have been found in the Uygur ethnic region.
4from Beijing, Shanxi and Xinjiang concluded that the tombs were5between the middle and late third century and fourth century.
The tombs were unearthed during the6of a road earlier this year in Kuqa county, 740 km from Xinjiang's capital Urumqi and part of the7Qiuci State. Qiuci State, which8between the second century BC and 860 AD, was one of the 36 states in the Western Regions.
The tombs would help archaeologists with research into the political, economic and cultural9between the Central Plains government and states in the west, and on the cultural10of the Central Plains on the Western Regions.
Archaeologists from the Xinjiang institute have dug nine tombs since August 22, 11bodies of more than 30 people, some ancient12and more than 60 pottery (陶器) jars. It is thought there are another three tombs to be13.
The people buried in the tombs were14either people from the western regions deeply influenced by the Han culture or the Han residents (居民) in the 15.
Most Chinese know the story of Chang'e, the Chinese goddess of the moon. People can't hear the word "Chang'e" without thinking of romantic images of a moon goddess.
For this reason, China's mission to the moon was calling out for a strong female figure. Therefore, a young female space commander (指挥员) is under heated discussion on Chinese social media for her work on the Chang'e-5 Moon exploration program with comments about how she is a "frontline soldier in the field of aerospace" that young Chinese can look up to. Soon her pictures spread quickly on social media.
Ms Zhou, a 24-year-old lady of Tujia ethnic group, is China's youngest ever space commander. She was involved in the successful launch of the Chang'e-5 lunar probe on 24 November, in charge of the rocket connector system, described as a key role.
In Wenchang space launch site, though she is only 1.58 meters and looks "mini", she is called "big sister" for her attitude and energy. Since senior high, she has dreamed of being a member of a space research team. With her great efforts, she was admitted to an aircraft system and engineering major of a domestic university in 2014, making her aerospace dream come true. To grow into a commander, in two and a half years, she changed five positions to be familiar with different posts and types of work, each of which takes great courage and is full of challenges.
Her story has received attention from Chinese state-run media as well as overseas media outlets. However, it has not appeared to have had much of an effect on her. According to the media, she declined repeated requests for interviews because she does not wish to let fame get in the way of her work.
Derlin Newey, an 89 - year - old pizza delivery driver was in disbelief when the Valdez family visited him. The local TV station was there to 1 the moment. "I don't know what to say," said Newey as he 2 tears of joy. Newey delivers 3 for Papa John, about 30 hours a week. He said he couldn't live lonely on social security.
4 being a delivery driver, Newey is also a rising TikTok star thanks to some loyal 5 inspired by his kindness.
The Valdez family always ask for him when 6 pizza and started recording his deliveries as TikTok videos on their channel @ vendingheads. "It's unbelievable. Everybody 7 him," said Carlos Valdez. The family claims his signature phrase with each 8 is, "Hello, are you looking for some pizza?"
With more than 53,000 followers, they often got comments asking why Newey was delivering pizzas at his 9. The family decided to use their platform for some good. They asked their followers to make a 10 to help Newey, and they were quickly able to raise $12,000. They presented a signed check to him as from his "TikTok Family. "
Newey didn't even know what TikTok was, but was 11 for the unexpected blessing. The Valdez family said that the 12 couldn't have gone any better. "We just need to treat people with 13 and respect the way he does. He 14 our heart," said Valdez.
And if the cash wasn't 15, the family sweetened the surprise with a T - shirt that read, "Hello, are you looking for some pizza?"
Angela never liked seeing plastic waste washing up on the shore near her home. She had been 1 to call on her community to clean it up, to change the 2, so she tried to set up an organization called Washed Ashore：Art to Save the Sea. Her 3 proved quite a success.
Here's how it 4. Volunteers help clean up 300 miles of shoreline. Then, 5 only plastic from the beach cleanup, Angela and many other volunteers create sculptures of sea 6. She explains, "I mean to create sculptures that make people take a look and 7, 'How can there be this much waste on the beach？' 8, these sculptures will make people consider what they have 9 in their daily life and realize how so much plastic ends up in the oceans." So far, about 10,000 10 volunteers have collected 21 tons of waste and helped create more than 70 works of art. Four traveling 11 have demonstrated the art works in 18 places of the country. One of the sculptures, Turtle Ocean, received a 12 honor. It was admitted into the National Museum.
The Washed Ashore team is now working on sculptures of a dolphin, with 13 for more sculptures. "Until we 14 plastic on the beach, the work will continue. These sculptures are a(n) 15 for clean oceans, " Angela says seriously.
The Lipstick Effect Absent During This Pandemic
With customers stuck inside their homes, they don't seem to be1to wear or purchase lipstick and instead are stocking up on sheet masks and hand sanitizer (消毒液). This is a change from typical customer behavior, with lipstick sales2 experiencing a boom during economic crises
In the four years from1929 to1933, industrial production in the United States halved whereas sales of cosmetics rose. A (n)3pattern emerged around the turn of this century. An executive at cosmetics giant Estee Lauder4a "lipstick index" after sales of expensive lipstick jumped following the 9/11 terror attacks. More5, sales of lipstick at John Lewis department stores in the United Kingdom rose 31 percent in the three months leading up to the end of June last year in the wake of Brexit.
6not everyone is counting on the lipstick effect to work this time around. With beauty retailer Mecca forced to close its 100 stores across Australia and New Zealand, owner Jo Horgan7that it's still too early to tell whether this effect will lead to sales growth.
In the past few months, Ms. Horgan's focus has been on Mecca's online offerings in an attempt to8a portion of last year's $444 million turnover (营业额). She has launched a(n)9host experience of free and personalized beauty consultations via FaceTime for Mecca customers.
"My gut feeling is that while people are self-isolating at home, they will start trying to look for ways to10 themselves and really enrich their soul by focusing on their skin, body and hair treatments, "she says.
A similar trend has been11in sales at online beauty retailer Adore Beauty, which has seen a considerable increase in new customers. This increase, however, has failed to12into lipstick sales. Founder Kate Morris said Adore Beauty had seen three times as many new customers as normal but that lipstick and lip gloss sales were down 24 percent.
"While everybody is talking about the lipstick effect, it is not what we are currently seeing.13we are seeing big jumps in anything hygiene related. People have got the14about washing their hands. We are selling triple the amount of hand wash and hand sanitizer than we were a month ago," she said.
Adore Beauty turned over more than $100 million last year and employs a staff of 170. Ms. Morris is looking to hire an additional ten staff members to cope with the increased demand while also trying to fund the further15of her brand.
She said the online retailer has also recorded big jumps in "essential" categories, with moisturizer up 73 percent last month and hair treatments up 43 percent.
