Choosing a place to go when you have the opportunity to travel can sometimes be challenging. However, you can easily narrow your choices down with a thoughtful way.
Consider your interest first.
Determine your budget. Figure out exactly how much you can afford, so that you aren't breaking the bank for this trip.
Compare and make the final decision. If you've narrowed your list to a couple of choices, compare the two. Apply the same criteria and find out if one seems more enjoyable. If your final choices still seem equally attracting after comparison, forget the checklist. Clear your mind, and give yourself some time. Wait to see which destination you find yourself dreaming about more.
| A．Research travel destinations. |
| B．Here are some suggestions for you. |
| C．Listen to your heart and go with that. |
| D．Write a list of activities that you enjoy most. |
| E．At the same time, do research into the cost of traveling. |
| F．Choosing your favorite activities for yourself is very necessary. |
| G．Use this number to better decide which activities you want to focus on. |
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【推荐1】With our lives becoming increasingly busy and stressful, it’s easy to forget to check in on our mental well-being and to neglect our emotional health needs. So cultivating “self-compassion” is very important.
We’re humans, not machines, and can’t be completely together all the time.
We can then take action to improve our mental balance, which in turn can help us better cope with the challenges life throws at us.
Doing just one small positive thing each day can make a big difference and be enough to restore a sense of balance.
Changing the way we tackle negative thinking also helps a lot. One technique is to stick to the facts about a particular situation rather than listening to negative thoughts and anxieties. So we can ask questions like: Is this true?
| A．How you set up your day? |
| B．Why am I seeing it like that? |
| C．Being a big advocate for helping others. |
| D．Having good-quality sleep can improve mental health. |
| E．Here are small but important steps that can ease the burden. |
| F．It might be simply like dancing around the house to expel nervous energy. |
| G．But we can monitor our mood and emotions to know what our “normal” is and if it’s in need of a boost. |
【推荐2】We all want to be successful.
Break large goals down into small goals. When faced with a large goal, our minds can slip into the habit of delay. Small goals can help avoid this.
Reward (犒劳) yourself.
Don’t pressure yourself. Putting strict deadlines (截止日期) on your goals can lead to possible feelings of failure, even when there are small victories along the way.
Track your progress. Sometimes, we can give up because we are unaware of how close we are to success and forget how much we’ve done. Then why not keep a record? It will remind you how far you’ve come in achieving your goal.
In short, small wins make huge successes. Celebrating small wins will make long-term goals easier to achieve in the long run.
| A．Be flexible with your time limits. |
| B．Small wins can actually be easy to ignore. |
| C．So don’t expect to realize your big dream instantly. |
| D．The negative feelings may slow down your success. |
| E．Do what you enjoy the most each time you complete a step. |
| F．But along the journey to success, we can feel discouraged sometimes. |
| G．Besides, seeing all the small wins written down can be a reward in itself. |
【推荐3】Can just one person make a difference to the community? You bet! In a community every person counts, and getting involved is not difficult. Find out your own talents and interests. Then find a need or an issue you really care about.
Clean up the community.
Neighborhood cleanups are often sponsored by local business or schools. But if your community doesn’t have a cleanup program, get together with friends to organize one. You could pick up trash in a larger area twice a year, or you could clean a smaller area every few months.
Do you know anyone who is trapped in the house? Almost all neighborhoods have a few people who are limited to their homes. These people are often elderly and unable to leave their homes to perform simple tasks. But they belong to the community, too! By letting them “borrow” your legs and eyes, you can make them feel included.
You can do the daily routine for them like shopping or paying bills. They might like you to read to them if their eyesight is failing.
Round up some readers
Reading clubs are popular all over Europe and North America. Members might read at home to prepare for discussion, or they might read aloud to each other and talk about what they just read.
| A．Include the helpless. |
| B．Do the daily routine. |
| C．The civil authorities try to help but their money is tight. |
| D．Living in a neighborhood tidied up will be its own reward. |
| E．Once you see what you can accomplish, you’ll want to keep going. |
| F．Either way, a book or article can spark lively discussion and this often challenges people to take action. |
| G．Governments provide some of the services these people need, but programs can’t give them friendship. |
【推荐1】I have a pretty good idea of how big Lake Superior is because I walked all the way around it. I walked about ten miles a day, and it took me five and a half months.
 Lake Superior was created by a glacier a mile thick, which pushed south from Canada. It dug a huge basin that filled with water when the glacier melted about ten thousand years ago. All the soil was blown off, leaving behind only hard rocks. |  The Cascade River falls over rocky pools before running into the lake. (Cascade River State Park, Minnesota) |
 This is one of my favorite places on the trip. Here the trail runs over some of the oldest and hardest rocks on Earth. (Pukaskwa National Park, Ontario, Canada) |  This rock painting was made by Ojibway Indians. It records a crossing of the lake by about fifty men in four or five canoes. (Lake Superior Provincial Park, Ontario, Canada) |
I was surprised to be treated in such a special way by the people I met on my trip. I got gifts of food and invitations to share meals and stay in people’s homes. Somehow the trip was important to these people, too. People asked me questions like “What kind of food do you eat?” and “Don’t your feet get tired?” I’m glad nobody asked me why I did the walk. I’m not exactly sure myself. All I know is that it was the best thing I’ve done in my life.
1. Which picture and caption shows the origin of Lake Superior?| A．The first. | B．The second. | C．The third. | D．The fourth. |
| A．Hilly. | B．Sandy. | C．Rocky. | D．Muddy. |
| A．Tiring. | B．Surprising. | C．Adventurous. | D．Wonderful. |
【推荐2】Did you watch the popular TV series Meet Yourself (《去有风的地方》) during your winter vacation? In the TV series, the heroine Xu Hongdou travels to a village in Yunnan province and volunteers at a local cafe. She gets free meals in return. As the show finds a growing audience, volunteer travel — an old-yet-modern form of travel similar to Xu’s type of work — has attracted more attention.
Volunteer travel refers to taking a trip where all or part of the purpose of the trip is to participate in an arranged service opportunity to help others, according to Wise Tour, an online provider of tourist information.
It seems as if these long journeys could only be made possible in recent years by modern transportation. Nevertheless, volunteer travel dates back to the 1960s, when Alec Dickson and his wife Mora from the UK founded Voluntary Service Overseas (VSO), an international volunteer organization.
Traditionally, the volunteer activities take place in a foreign country. However, just as what Meet Yourself depicts, more volunteer trips have taken place within the same countries or regions the volunteers originate from in recent years. Sanlian Lifeweek magazine commented that volunteer projects in rural areas are now attracting more urban visitors as a break from the fast and stressful pace of urban living. Yang Yan, a founder of a volunteer platform, told the magazine that it has indeed been a growing trend for urban residents to volunteer in rural areas.
People try volunteer travel for several reasons. By working voluntarily while traveling, travelers may make a real, positive impact on the world. The services volunteers provide can be through charities with lower costs for the communities they serve. Another benefit of volunteer travel is that it helps urban dwellers (居民) to get a taste of rural life. For those who are sick of urban pressure but can’t make up their minds whether to move permanently to the countryside, volunteer travel can be a solution.
1. Why does the author mention Meet Yourself in the beginning of the article?| A．To introduce a new way of travel. | B．To raise readers’ interest in the TV series. |
| C．To lead up to the topic — volunteer travel. | D．To show the popularity of this TV series. |
| A．It dates back to the 19th century in the UK. |
| B．Travelers can earn money on their trips. |
| C．It requires travelers to be highly educated. |
| D．It combines travel with meaningful work to help others. |
| A．describes | B．advocates | C．generalizes | D．comments |
| A．A new trend of volunteer trips. | B．Different reasons for volunteer trips. |
| C．The significance of volunteer trips. | D．The current development of volunteer trips. |
【推荐3】Six years ago, something unforgettable happened. My wife, Liz and I celebrated our 50th wedding anniversary that year. It was a lovely event hosted by our sons for us. Many wonderful friends from the past surprised us with presents and congratulations. Our gift to each other was a driving trip out west. We drove from Ontario into Alberta, then southward into Glacier National Park in Montana and continued to Yellowstone National Park.
It was a cold spring day and the Beartooth Highway had opened for the season just days before. Alongside the road there was still a great amount of remaining snow. The scenery was so impressive that we made numerous stops to record memories with my camera. At almost the highest point of the highway, I stopped at a lookout to catch the amazing views with my wife in the center of my camera lens (镜头) .
There were not many vehicles on the road. Occasionally, cars with energetic young tourists passed by. And then we heard a motorcycle in the distance. The driver of the motorcycle in rags (衣衫褴褛) parked behind our car. A she approached us, his only words were, “Give me your camera and get over there with your wife.” I must admit I felt nervous that we might be robbed where we just created some beautiful memories. Surprisingly, he just took a picture of us, handed back my camera and rode off before we could express our gratitude. The photo he took is one of the most cherished and prized of our trip.
I learned my lesson in the journey. We should never judge a man by his appearance. If the motorcycle driver reads this story and remembers the situation, we would like to say “thank you” to him.
1. Where did the author start their driving trip?| A．Alberta. | B．Glacier National Park. |
| C．Ontario. | D．Yellowstone National Park. |
| A．To take photos of the views. |
| B．To take are stand refresh himself. |
| C．Something was wrong with their car. |
| D．The road was slippery due to the snow. |
| A．Confused. | B．Worried. | C．Thrilled. | D．Embarrassed. |
| A．Rich and skeptical. | B．Creative and tolerant. |
| C．Cautious and stubborn. | D．Kind and straightforward. |
