North American Train Routes for a Family Vacation
The Adirondack
Considered one of the top ten scenic train rides in the world, the Adirondack train route travels from New York City's Penn Station to Montreal, Canada. The trip is great for a weekend away in either Montreal or Manhattan. The route will take you past West Point Academy, the Hudson River Valley and fifty miles of Lake Champlain.
The Vermonter
The trip from Washington, D. C. to St. Albans, Vermont, takes you from the U.S. capital, through the beautiful New England states of Connecticut and Massachusetts on the way to Vermont. As you travel through New England towns, you'll be able to see some of the most beautiful scenery in this area, including rivers, falls and covered bridges.
The Downeaster
The Downeaster was established in 2001 and was expanded several years ago northward to Freeport and Brunswick, Maine. The short ride (between three and four hours) includes a trip along the beautiful Maine coastline. With five round-trips offered each day, this route is a great way for Massachusetts families to visit Maine for a day or longer. Many of these routes carry volunteers to aid passengers with questions about local attractions and destinations.
The Pennsylvanian
Both New York City and Pittsburgh are great family vacation destinations and the Pennsylvanian route takes you through the beautiful Pennsylvanian landscape between the two major cities. The 9.5-half hour trip travels through a variety of different terrains(地形), and stops along the way including Newark, Philadelphia, Harrisburg and Altoona. The connecting train service is available for those looking to travel to Cleveland, Chicago, and Toledo from Pittsburgh.
1. Where is St. Albans?| A．In Vermont. | B．In Washington, D. C. |
| C．Near Lake Champlain | D．In Main |
| A．The Adirondack. | B．The Vermonter. |
| C．The Downeaster. | D．The Pennsylvanian. |
| A．By taking a train at Penn Station to Montreal. |
| B．By taking a connecting train at Pittsburgh. |
| C．By traveling to Cleveland and then to Chicago. |
| D．By traveling through New England states to Chicago. |
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【推荐1】FitQuest 2000 Price: $199 Available: Most large department stores.
The following is a consumer report published in Fitness Journal
The FitQuest 2000 turned out to be a great little home gym. It was not the most expensive, nor did it offer the most options, but it was fast, easy to use, and left me feeling like I’d had a real workout. The first pleasant surprise was opening the box to find it fully assembled. The FitQuest easily unpacked and unfolded, and within 10 minutes, I was working out! The machine is fast. The only adjustments between exercises are to the incline and the cables, and are simple and easy to accomplish. Bottom line: If you can’t join a gym, this is a good alternative. | |
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1. According to the Consumer Report, the FitQuest 2000 is an ideal model for potential users because ________.
| A．it boasts far more workout options than similar models |
| B．it takes less than 10 minutes to assemble and unpack |
| C．it proves really convenient to operate and adjust |
| D．it outperforms any gym models though a lot cheaper |
| A．machines which have a manufacturing defect |
| B．machines that fail structurally during normal usage |
| C．shipping or packaging charges for returned items |
| D．fees paid to workers for their repair work |
| A．return the machine within 30 days after purchase |
| B．pack the machine in the original box |
| C．enclose a clear copy of the original sales receipt |
| D．justify his dissatisfaction with the machine |
| A．persuade the readers of the machine’s good value for money |
| B．courage the readers to find out more about fitness |
| C．convince the readers to subscribe to the Fitness Journal magazine |
| D．discourage the readers from working out in the gyms |
【推荐2】8 SUNDAY 1 P.M. Molly Sinclair McCartney, a former Washington Post reporter, will discuss “America's War Machine: Vested Interests, Endless Conflicts” at Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-364-1919.
7 P.M. Richard Russo, a Pultizer Prize-winning novelist, will read from his book “Everybody's Fool,” about friends in New York, at Politics and Prose. $36-$50.
10 TUESDAY 7 P.M. Angela Duckworth, a University of Pennsylvania professor, will discuss her book “Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance” at the Sixth and I Historic Synagogue, 600 I St. NW. 202-408-3100. $16-$40.
11 WEDNESDAY 6:30 P.M. Ben Lindbergh, a writer for FiveThirtyEight.com, will discuss his book “The Only Rule Is It Has to Work: Our Wild Experiment Building a New Kind of Baseball Team” at Busboys and Poets — 5th and K, 1025 5th St. NW. 202-364-1919.
6:30 P.M. Patricia Engel, whose novel “Vida” was a finalist for the PEN/Hemingway Award, will read from her novel “The Veins of the Ocean,” about a woman feeling guilty about her brother's criminal act, at Kramerbooks & Afterwords, 1517 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-387-1400.
7 P.M. Nathaniel Philbrick, a winner of the National Book Award, will discuss his book “Valiant Ambition: George Washington, Benedict Arnold, and the Fate of the American Revolution” at Politics and Prose. $5-$10.
12 THURSDAY 7 P.M. Irene Pollin, a doctor, will discuss her book “Irene and Abe: An Unexpected Life,” about her marriage to former Capitals and Wizards owner Abe Pollin, with George Solomon, a former sports editor at The Post, at the Sixth and I Historic Synagogue. $12-$20.
For more literary (文学的) events, go to wapo.st/litcal
1. Where should you go if you want to talk about Ben Lindbergh's book?| A．Politics and Prose. |
| B．Busboys and Poets. |
| C．Kramerbooks & Afterwords. |
| D．Sixth and I Historic Synagogue. |
| A．discuss their books in the same place |
| B．make speeches on the same day |
| C．share their own experiences |
| D．talk about the same topic |
【推荐3】San Fernando Carriage Tour
Mark （4. 5）：based on 41 reviews
204Alamo Plaza San Antonio
Explore the San Fernando Cathedral area by a 40-minute Victorian carriage ride. You can choose a narrated （带讲解的）tour to learn about the colorful history of the church，or a non-narrated tour for a more quiet and romantic ride. At the center of San Antonio and the focus of the tour，the Cathedral was originally a settlement location for people sent by King Philip of Spain in 1731.
San Antonio & Alamo Helicopter Tours
Mark （5. 0）：based on 71 reviews
8535 Mission Road San Antonio
★Gift shop on-site
★Accessible to the disabled
The tours provide a chance for passengers to combine the excitement of a helicopter flight with the surprising views of San Antonio countryside. Each flight has room for 3 people max. Both cameras and video cameras are permitted. The Ultimate Helicopter tour lasts about 45-48 minutes and the Short Ride tour lasts about 6-8 minutes.
Downtown Delicacy San Antonio Food Tour
Marks (5.1): based on 97 reviews
1015 Navarro St San Antonio
If you are looking to visit some of San Antonio's best restaurants, be sure to join in the tour. After meeting up with your expert tour guide, you'll start your 3-hour journey through downtown San Antonio and stop along the way at 5 different restaurants and even a few of the city's parks.
City Sightseeing San Antonio Tour
Marks (4. 8): based on 17 reviews
216 E Crockett St San Antonio
★ Double-decker bus tour takes about 60 minutes if you do not take of at any of the 18 sops.
★ Appropriate for all ages
The City Sightseeing Tour is the perfect way to enjoy everything that San Antonio has to offer.
1. During the San Fernando Carriage Tour, you can________.| A．visit a historic site |
| B．drive cars on your own |
| C．travel with a free guide |
| D．learn about the history of Spain |
| A．have lunch in some parks |
| B．do some volunteer service |
| C．fly with a large group of people |
| D．take pictures during the journey |
| A．It takes the least time. |
| B．It is the most popular tour. |
| C．It is held in the countryside. |
| D．It invites some food experts. |
【推荐1】I used to be really frustrated when I got “trapped” in the train station in New York. When this happened, I spent time “observing” people and found that New York City trains formed “an underground NYC”.
I met with all kinds of people there. Sitting in trains coming from suburban boroughs (区) like Queens and Brooklyn, I saw babysitters and housekeepers, in white or pink uniforms, carrying a shopping bag with lunch and another prettier bag for their makeup. Some gentlemen in suits got squeezed (挤) in between ladies, reading the New York Times, holding Starbucks coffees and a piece of napkin.
The passengers’ skin color would get lighter as the train went from suburban areas to uptown NYC. Clothes brands changed from “Nike” and “Babyphat” to “Armani” and “Prada”.
Getting lost is not embarrassing at all. Even New Yorkers who have lived in the city for 20 years need to check out the map before going to a new place by train. People from other states are just as confused as foreigners when they are “thrown” underground.
It was funny when people carrying big backpacks and holding maps, asked me where they could transfer while I was trying to find an exit. I often said, “I’m sorry. I am trying to find my way out, too.” I felt really bad about not being able to help them. To my surprise, the two guys with blue eyes didn’t look disappointed at all. They laughed and told me, “Oh, we are wondering if there’s really an exit because we have been walking around here for 10 minutes and we still don’t know where to transfer to the uptown train!”
NYC trains are just like doors rotating (旋转) on and on. If I hadn’t got lost several times, I might not have had the chance to stop and see what was happening outside my block.
1. How did the author describe the gentlemen he saw in the trains?| A．They were dressed in white uniforms. |
| B．They took a shopping bag with lunch. |
| C．They made way for women passengers. |
| D．They carried coffees and read a newspaper. |
| A．The train went from uptown NYC to a suburb. |
| B．The train went from a suburb to uptown NYC. |
| C．The train went from uptown NYC to downtown NYC. |
| D．The train went from downtown NYC to uptown NYC. |
| A．It is normal for people not to find their way in the train stations. |
| B．New Yorkers are quite familiar with the way in the train stations. |
| C．People from other states are often ignored by New Yorkers in the train stations. |
| D．People from other states are more confused than foreigners in the train stations. |
| A．They wanted to know how to get out of the station. |
| B．They lost something very important in the train station. |
| C．They didn’t know where to buy train tickets in the station. |
| D．They had no idea how to change trains to their destination. |
【推荐2】In Ghana, hundreds of schoolchildren are excited to go back to school, on their bamboo bikes. But these hikes aren’t just a green way of getting to classes; they are making a world of difference to students who may have not reached their schools.
Ghana Bamboo Bikes, based in Kumasi in southern Ghana, makes and sells bikes with frames (框架)made from local bamboo. The result is an eco-friendly mix that helps both children and adults avoid a long walk.
Ghana Bamboo Bikes was founded in 2009 by Dapaah and classmate Winnifred Selby after completion of her degree. “When I was in college, I decided to see how best I can do something to give back, especially using our local raw materials,” Dapaah said. Each year, the company donates hundreds of bikes free of charge to kids who face difficulty when going to school.
The project was inspired by Dapaah’s childhood experiences. Raised by her grandfather in a rural village with limited transportation choices, she grew up traveling long distances on foot to get to her school.The company has also created an important source of employment in Kumasi.
Ghana Bamboo Bikes trains and employs men and women as professional craftsmen(手艺人)who harvest the bamboo,shave and sand down the raw materials,assemble(组装)the bikes,and paint them.
This incredible action has grown well over the last decade, with bamboo bikes being purchased by buyers in Europe and the US.And since ten trees are planted with every purchase, the bamboo forests in Ghana are thriving(旺盛的)as well!
1. What is the characteristic of the products of Ghana Bamboo Bikes?| A．They’re free of charge. | B．They’re very fashionable. |
| C．They’re environment-friendly. | D．They’re intended for adults. |
| A．A professor. | B．A high school student. |
| C．Dapaah’s manager. | D．A founder of a company. |
| A．She led a tough life. | B．She was lacking in love. |
| C．She was almost starved. | D．She formed the habit of running. |
| A．Teens in the US love bamboo bikes. |
| B．Volunteers are badly in need of in Ghana. |
| C．Sales of bamboo bikes are as important as bamboo forests. |
| D．The coverage of hamboo bikes is widening beyond Ghana. |
【推荐3】Twenty-four trains, nine countries, 13,500 miles. They are the numbers behind the heroic round trip one man took from Southampton in the UK to eastern China.
Roger Tyers, 37, used over $2,500, which was almost twice more than the cost of a return flight, to travel to the Chinese port city Ningbo for academic research in May, 2019. The man spent a month on board 15 trains during the first leg of his round trip. It was the climate crisis, not a love of trains, that drove the sociologist to choose this complicated route over a return flight. He stopped flying when UN climate experts warned that the world had less than 11 years to avoid terrible levels of global warming. Tyers calculated that his train journey to China produced almost 90% less emissions than a return flight.
Tyers is not the only person to avoid air travel in response to climate change. Thousands of people worldwide have publicly promised to stop flying. Activist Maja Rosen launched the “Flight Free” campaign in Sweden with the goal of encouraging 100,000 people not to fly for one year. Although only around 14,000 people signed the online “# flightfree2019” pledge (保证), Rosen, who stopped flying 12 years ago, says that the campaign has made more people worry about the climate crisis and aware of harm of travel by air and motivated them to try new ways of travelling.
According to a survey released in May 2019 by Swedish Railways, 37% of respondents chose to travel by train instead of by plane where possible, compared to 20% at the start of 2018. A spokesperson said: “Rail travel has been boosted due to the worries.” Domestic passenger numbers in July fell by 12% compared to the previous year, according to Swedavia, a company which operates Sweden’s 10 busiest airports.
“The collective pledge helps fight the sense of hopelessness many people feel when it comes to tackling climate change,” Rosen said. “One of the problems is that people feel there’s no point in what you do as an individual. The campaign is about making people aware that if we do this together, we can actually bring changes.”
1. Why did Roger Tyers travel to China by train?| A．He was terrified of traveling by plane. | B．He had a preference for railway tours. |
| C．He tried to be environmentally friendly. | D．He was advised to protect the environment. |
| A．To prove the advantage of rail travel. | B．To show the impact of the campaign. |
| C．To introduce new ways of travelling. | D．To state current problems with tourism. |
| A．It fueled the development of tourism. |
| B．It aimed to warn of the danger of flying. |
| C．It achieved great success all over the world. |
| D．It inspired people’s confidence to make a difference. |
| A．Travel. | B．Environment. | C．Education. | D．Lifestyle. |
【推荐1】Share Your Culture Emoji (表情符号) Designers and Win Prizes
Which symbol best represents Chinese culture in your eyes? Is it the panda, kung fu, or the Great Wall? Here’s your chance to decide what emojis best represent Chinese culture! The China Daily Design Contest of Chinese Cultural Symbols is calling for entries from all over the world! No matter the style, share your creative ideas with us! All winning designs will be shared and promoted on the China Daily app, and winning designers will receive prizes! So let your creative juices flow!
● Theme
The emojis should be centered around the subject of Chinese culture, presenting classic or popular cultural images in the form of emojis.
● Who can participate?
Professional designers
Design enthusiasts
Anybody who loves emojis
All nationalities are welcomed
● Awards
First prize: 6,000 yuan, with certificate of honor
Second prize: 3,000 yuan, with certificate of honor
Third prize: 1,000 yuan, with certificate of honor
Most popular award: prize-winner voted by online user
● When to submit?
From now till Nov. 25
Online voting: Nov. 26 to Dec. 7
● Result announcement
End of December
● Requirements
1. Work should be submitted online with required personal information. Maximum of three works can be submitted by each applicant. Only one prize will be awarded to participant even if more than one work by the same designer is selected.
2. Submitted works must be a group, with 8 to 16 emojis in each group. Formats: jpg/png/gif/jpge. Size: 240 x240px. Each picture should not exceed (超过) 100K, and the size of each group should not exceed 1.6M.
3. Work title, designing ideas and cultural meaning should be submitted as required.
● Organizer
China Daily Website
1. Which prize is decided by Internet voting?| A．First prize | B．Second prize |
| C．Third prize | D．Most popular award |
| A．On Nov. 25 | B．On Nov. 26 |
| C．On Dec. 7 | D．at the end of December |
| A．only one work | B．two works at least |
| C．three works at most | D．as many works as he or she likes |
【推荐2】Fun Summer Books for Grades 9—12
Yes, even some high-schools appreciate recommendations for vacation books. Encourage your high-school child to read with this list of approachable teen titles. Or surprise your teen with one of these books when you reach the beach and boredom sets in!
►Brown Girl Dreaming,by Jacqueline Woodson
This collection of simple poems reveals what it was like to grow up as a young African American girl in the 1960s and 1970s. Woodson’s autobiographical poetry overflows with love for her family. Brown Girl Dreaming won multiple awards, so il may be assigned class reading in coming years.
►Tunnel Vision, by Susan Adrian
Jake has a secret skill. When he holds something that belongs to another person, he can locate them, wherever they are. Once the government learns of Jake’s powers, it insists that he use his skill to find criminals. In this spy novel,Jake has to decide just how far he’s willing to risk his own safety in order to protect and help others. It is a series of modern graphic novels that have the look of classic cartoons.
►The Shadow Hero,by Gene Lu en Yang
Can your mom force you to become a superhero? That’s what Hank Chu finds out. A Chinese American teen in 1940， Hank is reluctant to stand up to the gangs(匪徒)in his neighborhood who threaten his family’s grocery store. But as the masked Green Turtle, he may just have the confidence to protect his family and fight back.
►Half My Facebook Friends Are Ferrets,by J. A. Buckle
Things aren’t exactly panning out for 17-year-old Josh. He wants lo be a heavy metal guitarist. And he and his pals wish they had girlfriends. But regular teenage obstacles like bossy parents and poor self-confidence have been holding him back.
1. Who is the text intended for?| A．Teachers. | B．Parents. | C．Teenagers. | D．Vacationers. |
| A．Tunnel Vision. | B．The Shadow Hero. |
| C．Brown Girl Dreaming. | D．Half My Facebook Friends Are Ferrets. |
| A．Both are set in the 1940s. | B．Both won several awards. |
| C．Both will be taught at schools. | D．Both reflect care for the family. |
How’s your vacation? I’m visiting my uncle in Spain. He lives in the sunny and beautiful city of Valencia, in Spain.
Yesterday, I had great fun. My uncle took me to the tomato festival in Bunol, which is just 30 miles away from where my uncle lives. You have probably never heard of this festival before. Neither have I. The tomato festival is called “La Tomatina” in Spanish. It was the biggest and messiest tomato fight in the world. When we first got to the square where the festival took place, it was very crowded with people from all around the world, and many trucks were carrying tomatoes. My uncle told me the crowded people here were around 38,000 and this was more than four times the population of Bunol. The tomato fight started as soon as the first banger was beaten. Then everyone including me started throwing tomatoes at each other. I took red tomatoes and threw them at anyone that ran, moved, bent down, or turned around. Tomatoes must be squashed (捏扁) before people threw them in order not to hurt anybody.
After a little while, the streets, people and nearby buildings were splashed (溅起) with red. There was no winner in this fight, but we all had fun. As soon as a second banger was beaten, people stopped throwing.
I really had a great time. I wish you were here, too. I hope I hear from you soon. Take care.
From Spain
Linda
1. From the letter we can know _______.| A．Linda is visiting her uncle in Spain | B．Linda doesn’t want to go to Spain |
| C．Linda lives in Valencia | D．Linda is studying in Spain |
| A．The fight started. | B．The fight got bigger and bigger. |
| C．The fight stopped. | D．The fight continued again. |
| A．“La Tomatina” is a day for eating tomatoes. |
| B．“La Tomatina” is a fun and popular festival in Spain. |
| C．Michael has a great vacation. |
| D．Linda enjoyed the beautiful city of Valencia. |
