4 Impressive Bookstores Worth Visiting Around the World
Housing Works Bookstore Cafe & Bar (New York, America)
As part of a non-profit organization, the bookstore donates its income to help with AIDS and homelessness. The spiral stair leading to the second floor of books gives the feeling of an old-style library in the heart of New York’s chic Soho area.
EI Ateneo Grand Splendid (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
This book store changed from a 1919 theater become a special connection between the performing arts and books. It keeps the fresco (壁画)ceiling and velvet curtains of the former theater. Books line the walls, including where the audience once sat in the box seats.
Word on the Water (London, England)
This floating bookstore on the Regent’s Canal is known as “The London Bookbarge (书)”. Moving around before, it has now found a home where visitors can come over all year round, getting warm by a wood burning fire in winter and enjoying music and art performances on the rooftop stage in summer.
Zhongshuge Bookstore (Hangzhou, China)
Each location of this Chinese chain is architecturally unique, but the location in Hangzhou stands apart. Stairs and seats built into round bookshelves combined with mirrored ceilings give the optical illusion of never-ending books.
1. What’s the special feature about the Housing Works Bookstore?
| A．Its stairs are too old to go up. | B．It gives money to help the people in need. |
| C．It is located in the center of New York. | D．It is famous for its coffee and drink. |
| A．Go boating on the Canal. | B．Read the books in a mobile bookbarge. |
| C．Watch some shows in summer. | D．Listen to music all year round. |
| A．Housing Works Bookstore Cafe & Bar | B．EI Ateneo Grand Splendid |
| C．Word on the Water | D．Zhongshuge Bookstore |
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【推荐2】With exams just around the corner, now is a good time to explore some of UCL’s lesser-known study spaces and get down to some revision. Here are some good choices for you.
UCL Senate House Hub
UCL Senate House Hub opened in 2015 and provides 144 study spaces. What’s more, you can check how many spaces are available online before you head to the place. Located on the 3rd floor of the South Block of Senate House, the center has room for individual and group study in traditional library spaces, as well as armchairs and wi-fi coverage.
UCL Eastman Dental Library
The newly redecorated UCL Eastman Dental Library is located halfway along Gray's Inn Road and is open from Monday to Friday, 9:00am 800pm. The library has 72 study spaces, and many IT facilities（equipment with access to the Internet）. The library also has a study room for meetings and a computer cluster room with a whiteboard.
UCL Language & Speech Science Library
UCL Language & Speech Science Library（LASS）has disabled access and has recently been decorated to add extra study spaces. With only 49 spaces, LASS is smaller than most other UCL libraries and tends to fill up quickly, so get there early to avoid disappointment.
Senate House Library
This one may be cheating as the Senate House Library is not technically a UCL library. However, all UCL students and staff can register for free membership online. With millions of books and journals, Senate House Library offers some places a little less used by UCL students but perfect for students who want to focus on some hard work.
1. The four places are mainly introduced to someone who________.| A．likes learning online | B．prefers to study in widely-known libraries |
| C．loves reading | D．is preparing for exams |
| A．Check whether there are available seats. |
| B．Take the Membership Card. |
| C．Make an appointment in advance. |
| D．Check the library’s opening hours. |
| A．Four. | B．One. | C．Two. | D．Three. |
Hotel 340
St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
This twelve-storey（层）English-renaissance（文艺复兴）building once served as a downtown clubhouse for St. Paul’s outstanding people; today, the repaired structure houses the hotel on the top three floors. Its 35 rooms stand out for hardwood floors, marble showers and nice views of the Mississippi River, and room comforts include iPod docks（基座）, free local and national telephone calls and coffee makers. The University Club of St. Paul, a grand hall bar, and an all-new-60,000-square-foot fitness center（free for guests）also share space in the building.
Marina Inn
San Francisco, California, USA
Located in the Marina district, where the streets are lined with luxury stores and great restaurants, the Marina Inn is the ideal place for business or pleasure. Few destinations offer the quality and variety of environment, scenery, entertainment, accommodation, and dining that waits for you here at the Marina Inn. It’s a ten-minute walk to Fisherman’s Wharf and there are abundant bus connections to take you anywhere in the city.
Hotel Havana
San Antonio, Texas, USA
When one thinks of his historic Texas town, usually the southwest comes to mind. So does Mexico. Since 1914, the hotel has served passers-by. The 27 rooms come in all shapes and sizes, many of which include Turkish carpets and elegant Cuban art on the walls. Bathrooms are distinguished with Red Flower body care products.
1. When you couldn’t afford a luxury hotel in the past, ______.
| A．you could pay $400 for a basic room |
| B．you had to stay in a low-grade hotel |
| C．you could take a suite into account |
| D．you would have no comfortable place to live in |
| A．you have no choice but to choose luxury hotels |
| B．you can live comfortably with less money |
| C．you have to seek for the cheapest hotel |
| D．you may spend a lot of money for conveniences |
| A．you can have a view of the Mississippi River |
| B．you can be free to visit thirty-five rooms there |
| C．you can be offered an iPod for free |
| D．you can live in its fitness center for free |
| A．It is located in San Antonio, Texas, USA. |
| B．It is short of wonderful entertainment. |
| C．It is convenient for people to do shopping. |
| D．It belongs to Fisherman’s Wharf. |
| A．The rooms in the hotel look the same. |
| B．The hotel moved here from Mexico. |
| C．The bathrooms are filled with flowers. |
| D．The hotel has existed for about a century. |
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People on weight loss plans often experience lapses, which can prevent successful weight loss or even lead to weight regain, according to Forman. The study evaluated the effectiveness of the app among weight loss program participants and individuals attempting to follow an online weight management plan from Weight Watchers for eight weeks.
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According to Forman, over the course of the study, participants averaged a 3.13 percent weight loss and reduction in unplanned lapses. The next step is clinical trial to confirm the app’s ability as a weight loss tool.
1. What is OnTrack used to do ?| A．To keep track of phones. | B．To plan route for its users. |
| C．To remind people to keep dieting. | D．To predict possible mental disease. |
| A．The basic principles of OnTrack. | B．The main patterns of healthy eating. |
| C．The importance of weight loss plans. | D．The development of machine learning. |
| A．OnTrack does very well in predicting lapses. |
| B．OnTrack is a clinically proven weight loss tool. |
| C．OnTrack is popular among young people. |
| D．OnTrack may be double-edged. |
| A．To analyze what leads to lapses. | B．To introduce a smartphone app. |
| C．To give tips on losing weight. | D．To encourage people to keep fit. |
【推荐3】We will take a look at 3 presidents and their favorite poets.
Theodore Roosevelt and Edwin Arlington Robinson
Roosevelt so liked Edwin Robinson’s work that he invited him to dine at the White House in 1905, and later helped to provide the poet with a job at the New York Customs House. In a letter to his son, Roosevelt wrote: “I am much struck by Robinson’s two poems which you sent Mother. What a queer (怪物), mystical creature he is! He certainly has got the real spirit of poetry in him.”
Abraham Lincoin and Robert Burns
Like other presidents, Abraham Lincoln enjoyed poetry. Lincoln was especially fond of Scottish poet Robert Burns, and put many of his poems to memory. In 1865 Lincoln was invited to give a toast at a ceremony honoring the poet, but he declined, writing: “I cannot frame a toast to Burns. I can say nothing worthy of his generous heart and genius. Thinking of what he has said, I can not say anything that seems worth saying.”
George Washington and Phillis Wheatley
An educated African slave, Phillis Wheatley became the first African American woman to publish a collection of poetry, with the book appearing in 1773. Three years later, she sent a poem she wrote to George Washington that celebrated the general’s leadership, Washington wrote back to praise her “great poetical Talents” and told Wheatley that if she ever visited Cambridge, Massachusetts, he would “be happy to see a person so favored by the Muse”.
1. What’s Roosevelt’s impression of Robinson?| A．Robinson was a terrifying queer. |
| B．Robinson was a great talented poet. |
| C．He only liked Robinson’s two poems. |
| D．He was spiritually affected by Robinson. |
| A．Burns was not worthy of his speech. |
| B．Burns didn’t do anything generous. |
| C．He couldn’t find words to match Burns. |
| D．What Burns said discouraged him. |
| A．He hoped to meet the great poet Wheatley. |
| B．The Muse also liked Wheatley. |
| C．He appreciated the poems by Wheatley |
| D．Wheatley should visit Cambridge. |
