【推荐1】To reduce the spread of the pandemic, Corona Virus, our honorable PM（首相）has announced nationwide lockdown and in his speech, he mentioned businesses to start working from home. For those who are working from home, dealing with this situation can be challenging.    1    

1. Create a work area

Your first challenge is to pick a corner in the home and create a work-space that is ideal for work from home. Find a place that is away from the fridge and bed, so that there is nothing to tempt you.    2    Sit on a proper desk and the right work chair to avoid any lingering back problems. You can make a large coffee table as a work desk. Keep the desk neat and tidy. Ensure that you have a background that looks professional in case there is a video call from colleagues.

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Get your laptop, cell phone diary in the right place. If you are in a noisy home, search for your noise cancellation headphone. Use mouse for increased productivity. Find out who will take care of children as the schools are closed. If your spouse is also on work from home, decide the time slots. Organize the home.

3. Learn technologies

    4    You can make use of Google Hangouts, Slack or other video tools for messaging. These tools can help you to communicate with your peers effectively. Certain apps can help you to organize the day. Speak to the IT department if you need any help in setting up the office.

4. Ensure that is special and private space

The key to success in work from home is to create a private area.    5    For these reasons, it is important to set an office in the private area. If a private area is not possible for you, create a room divider using curtains to avoid the distractions from the home. Ensure that your family members respect your privacy especially when you are on audio and video calls.

【推荐3】Travel allows us to experience the world. But as we travel, we are also leaving our footprint on every place we visit. This is why culturally immersive (沉浸) travel is so important. Because the wrong kind of travel badly influences the world. One of the reasons we started this blog was to help others travel better and feel comfortable getting off the beaten path (常规路), communicating with locals, and take you “Beyond the traditional Bucket”, if you will.

People who only get 2-weeks off per year are often just looking for an easy destination with a beach to relax on. This isn’t travel. This is a vacation. But “immersive Travel” or "Cultural Travel" is an entirely new type of trip. It is about experiencing and protecting the various traditions around the world. It’s about being open to new experiences and willing to step into another’s shoes. Cultural travel is jumping in with both feet and leaving your idea about what your trip should be behind you. It’s eating local dishes and sleeping in guesthouses. It’s building genuine connections with locals. It’s learning about the history of a country and leaving your trip with a greater understanding of the place you came to see and the people who live there.

Often times in today’s age, “travelers” will visit a country just to snap some photos of the famous sights to post on Instagram or to drink the night away, or even just to relax on a tropical beach. But that kind of vacation can be harmful to the very communities you’re traveling to.

Beyond supporting the local communities and the protection of local customs and traditions, you’ll also experience some personal benefits through cultural travels. There’s simply no way to travel this way with a closed mind. You’ll get to know different cultures intimately and understand them a lot better. You’ll also become less judgmental (评头论足的) of others the more you travel.

【推荐1】Beaches are not only great for lying on and doing water sports, and in fact one of the best ways of enjoying them is a classic beach walk. Here at iWantSun.Co.Uk, we’ve been searching the globe to find you the world’s best and most glorious beach walks, and here’s our pick of the top ones.

The Footpath of the Gods, Amalfi Coast, Italy

The name says it all really and it is fantastic to walk along this wonderful mountain coastal path, which offers some of the most striking views on the planet. The path begins at the town of Bomerano to charming Positano along the UNESCO World Heritage area of the Amalfi Coast. The whole walk will take you approximately four and a half hours to complete and pass over narrow rocky paths, past sheer cliffs and shining blue bays.

Sydney’s Great Coastal Walk, Australia

Sydney’s coastline is one of the most beautiful and diverse in the world. Here you have national parks,historic sites, steep cliffs,sparkling beaches and quiet bays all in one place. Sydney’s Great Walk runs all the way from Barrenjoey in the north to Royal National Park in the south and takes an incredible seven days to complete.However,if you’re not up to doing the full walk, then there are many different parts of the walk that you can do right in the city. Walking from the city’s famous Bondi Beach to the sweeping curve of Bronte Beach takes just an hour, which takes in some top scenery.

【推荐2】72 Hours in Beijing

Traveling to China is no longer a luxury for many foreign passport holders. The Chinese government has permitted a 72-hour visa-free policy that offers access to visitors from 53 countries including the US, France and Austria. Let’s start with the capital of China, Beijing. Here’s a pick of the best in Beijing!

Mutianyu Great Wall

Your trip to Beijing isn’t really complete without seeing one of the “New Seven Wonders of the World”, the Great Wall of China. The Mutianyu section of the Great Wall is by far the most well-preserved of all. Taking a one-hour bus ride, Mutianyu would be your ideal location for a half day of hiking away from the large crowds in the city. Also, the authorities have allowed tourists to paint graffiti on a specific section of the Great Wall since 2014. The Great Wall was designated (把......定名为) a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1987.

Summer Palace

Located in northwestern Beijing, the Summer Palace is by far the city’s most well-preserved royal park. With its huge lake and hilltop views, the palace offers you a pastoral escape into the landscape of traditional Chinese paintings. The Summer Palace was added to the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1998.

798 Art Zone

This would be on the top of my list! Named after the 798 factory that was built in the 1950s. The art zone is home to various galleries, design studios, art exhibition spaces, fashionable shops and bars. You could easily spend half your day wandering around the complex, feeling the contrast of the present and the past.

Sichuan Provincial Restaurant

While in Beijing, apart from trying the city’s best-known Peking duck the Sichuan provincial restaurant is one of the places where you can enjoy regional delicious food. It offers one of China’s eight great cuisines, Sichuan, which ranges from Mapo tofu to spicy chicken.

【推荐1】Kids Nature and Survival Camp

Set free your kids’ imagination and spirit of adventure at this camp, as they learn about the natural environment and the important skills of survival.

Activity overview

* 4-day Camp in the Santa Cruz Mountains

*Survival Skills: Shelter (住所), Water, Fire, Food

* Expert Instructors: with a minimum of 10 years of experience

* Set your own camp date

Details

*The camp will run from 9 am to 2 pm.

* This class is 100% hands-on and very active — no indoor classrooms or long lectures.

* Each day will center around one of the 4 main necessities of survival: Shelter (day 1), Water (day 2), Fire (day 3), and Food (day 4).

Dates offered

* We offer one public camp date each summer for ages 8-12: August 5-8 (9 am-2 pm each day).

*We also arrange private camp dates for both kids and teens all year round.

Extra information

*4-Day Camp: $395

*Add shuttle (班车) ride to/from downtown Santa Cruz for $160 ($40 per day)

* At this time we do not have shuttle service from the Silicon Valley side of the hill, but we do work to help organize carpools (拼车) from the Los Gatos/Saratoga/Campbell area each year for interested parents.

【推荐1】Britain has long been known for its love of tea, but people in London also drink a lot of coffee. In fact, the average Londoner reportedly drinks 2.3 cups of coffee every day. And now, waste coffee grounds will be used to help fuel part of the city’s transportation system.

A technology company announced on Monday that some buses will be using a biofuel that contains coffee oil. The company, Bio-bean, and its partner, Argent Energy, say they have made enough coffee oil to power one of London’s famous double-decker buses for a year. The announcement made Bio-bean a trending story on social media.

The government agency Transport for London has been turning to biofuels to cut production of carbon emissions. A carbon emission is a gas produced by the burning of carbon. The gas is released into the atmosphere. London’s mayor, Sadiq Khan, said last month that his city has a “health crisis….caused directly by poor-quality air.” The government has taken steps to discourage people from driving cars that do not meet European Union emissions requirements.

Bio-bean said Londoners produce over 200,000 tons of coffee ground waste a year. The company said it collects waste grounds from chain coffee shops and factories. The grounds are dried and processed to remove the coffee oil.

“It’s a great example of what can be done when we start to re-imagine waste as an untapped resource,” said Bio-bean founder’s Arthur Kay. The coffee fuel technology has been received support from the oil company Royal Dutch Shell.

【推荐2】Each month, we post a photo online. All you need to do is work out where it is and you could win three superb illustrated （有插画的）DK Travel Guide books.

To give you a helping hand, we'll be revealing clues here. So make sure to check back, and follow @MirrorTrapel and @TravelEdNigel on Twitter for updates !

This month's picture shows a shining royal palace. It's in the capital of an exotic country and a popular tourist destination—but it's not the most famous one in this nation.

The question for April—name the COUNTRY.

CLUE 1 ：The city is on the banks of a famous 2,703-miIe-long river.

CLUE 2: Sounds like you could find a pen pal here.

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The first correct answer chosen at random will win three beautifully illustrated DK Travel country or city guides of their choice, each up to a value of £19. 99. For a full list of titles visit dk. co. uk.

HOW TO ENTER：

When you think you've guessed our mystery location, simply fill out the form below with your answer and details.

Terms & Conditions：

Competition closes on April 30, 2020.

Entry is open to aged 18 or over only. Employees of Reach pic, DK Travel Ltd, their families, agents, suppliers of the prizes and anyone professionally connected with this competition are not included.

Only one free entry per person via the competition entry form above.

Entries made using methods produced by a movie, macro （微距镜头）or the use of automated devices will be useless. No responsibility is accepted for entries which are invalid, incomplete, unclear, lost or delayed in transit, or which fail to be properly submitted. All of these will be considered useless.

Entry is considered acceptance of these Terms and Conditions.

The winner will be the first correct answer drawn at random after lines close.

【推荐3】Social media is often a collection of highlights of people’s lives rather than a true reflection of reality. Although it can be a great tool to keep up with the lives of our friends, families and celebrities, it can also be pretty damaging as we judge our lives in comparison to those we see online.

One woman shared her experience which showed exactly why we shouldn’t believe everything we see on social media. After heading to the pool, Jen watched as a young mum and her daughter entered, dressed in swimming suits. The mum took a few selfies (自拍) with her child. Jen said the young girl then asked if they could get into the pool but was told to wait while her parent took a photo of her in front of the pool.

“Mama glanced over at her but never got off the phone,” Jen wrote. “After 10 minutes mama ended her call, and then they left the pool. I sat there thinking about what I’d witnessed for a while afterwards. I imagined the photos she took being perfectly edited and posted so social media with a caption like ‘Pool time with my girl!’ ”

Jen then thought about another mum at home, in a messy house, tired because she’s spent her day cooking, caring, cleaning and playing with her children. “She’s going to look at that photo and she is going to compare herself to the ‘perfect mama’ at the pool. She’s going to feel like a failure. She’ll never know that how she spent her time that day was so much better in her children’s eyes than that ‘perfect mama’ at the pool.” Jen wrote.

What we see on social media isn’t always real. Sometimes, and often, it’s a complete set-up. Jen later added that she in no way intended to judge the mum for her actions or her reasons for doing it, but simply wanted to say that the edited photos we see on social media “are not a full depiction of real life”.