【推荐1】A fun way to learn about the people in the destinations you travel to around the globe is to drop into a friendly local bar off the beaten tourist track and enjoy a sip of something the region is famous for. To help you have fun, we’ve rounded up how to say “Cheers!” around the world.

Who doesn’t dream of living the good life in France? The food alone is well worth the trip since the French basically invented fine cuisine. They also invented a little golden liquid called the Champagne! Just before your first sip, look at your friends in the eyes and simply say their “cheers”: avotresante!

Is it just us, or is the Italian treat called prosecco sweeping the nation by storm? It’s lovely anytime: brunch, to celebrate something, or just to slowly sip while catching up with a dear friend. It originated in Italy’s Veneto region but is now available all over the world. When in Italy, the most common toast is “salute” or “cincin” (pronounced ChinChin), which has its origins in China. However, do not use this as a toast in Japan. It is what could get you kicked out of a bar or possibly the entire country. If you find yourself in the land of the rising sun, stick with “Kampai!” which means, “Cheers!”

If you haven’t been to Ireland — what are you waiting for? It’s the friendliest place, and one of the funniest on the planet, and the pubs are full of stories, where locals and visitors gather to lift a glass of Guinnessor. The Irish language can be a bit tricky for visitors to grasp but, again, practice makes perfect. Simply say, “SlainteItsw,” pronounced Slawn (to rhyme with pawn) cha (as in cha cha cha). Bottoms up!

【推荐2】Kimchi, which tastes similar to the Chinese Pao Cai, is not only a main dish eaten at nearly every meal by Koreans, but also an important ingredient(配料)in many other Korean foods.

While the most popular variety is the spicy kimchi made of cabbage, there are more than 100 different types of kimchi made of various vegetables, like radish(小萝卜), onion or carrot. Thanks to its unique fermentation(发酵)process, kimchi is selected by the American magazine Health as one of the top five healthiest foods in the world and helps prevent the growth of cancer.

Cabbage Kimchi

Enjoyed by most Koreans, Cabbage Kimchi is made with a whole, uncut salted cabbage mixed with Korean chili powder, garlic, fish sauce(酱)and other spices.

Radish Kimchi

The basic ingredients used for creating this kimchi are the same to those used to make Cabbage Kimchi, except that the cabbage is replaced with radish. The distinct characteristics of this kimchi are that it is pleasantly hard and that it makes a noise when you chew it.

Water Kimchi

This is a less spicy kind of kimchi that uses both cabbage and radish. Using a great deal of kimchi water, it tastes sweeter than other types of kimchi due to the addition of sliced fruits such as apple and pear.

Young Radish Kimchi

Young Radish Kimchi is prepared and eaten in summer when cabbages are not yet ready for harvest. This kimchi is made using young summer radishes, mixed with Korean chili powder and green onions, giving it a unique smell and taste.

【推荐3】Throwing a party is a great way to get all your favorite people in one place for music, conversation, and, of course, food.     1     when you're the one planning the party. Not to worry; your planning will be a breeze （微风）if you plan ahead of time and take the process course by course, from appetizers （开 胃 菜）on down to desserts.

Ask your guests about food restrictions before you start preparing food. For guests with food allergies or gluten-free diets, ask them to make their own restrictions clear. And ask if any guests are vegetarians or vegans and provide dishes accordingly.     2    

Choose an appetizer-only meal for a relaxed, inexpensive party. You'll save money and preparation time, and be able to socialize more with your guests.     3     so guests aren't thrown off when no main course is served. You⁵11 want to offer your guests some diversity of taste in your appetizers for a more satisfying meal.

    4     If your appetizers are just the start of a more fbnnal meal with a main course, you can keep it a bit simpler. Plan just a few handfuls of chips and dip or a couple veggies each for your guests, if you're serving a main course afterwards.

Prepare fruits and vegetables. Many guests will want a fresh, healthy option to start off a meal. A fruit tray or veggie platter with carrots, cucumbers, and broccoli is an easy and colorful addition to your appetizer spread.     5     Besides, you'd better offer quick snacks like nuts, chips, or pretzels.

【推荐1】Around 40 million tonnes of electronic waste, known as e-waste, is produced every year. This includes electrical or electronic equipment that has been discarded. But where does it all go? In the US alone, 100 million mobile phones, 41 million computers and over 20 million televisions are thrown into landfills in a year. Even for standard waste this is a big headache, because any materials that are buried in the ground can’t be easily recovered and recycled. Recycling electronics can save energy and means that less of Earth’s natural resources need to be mined.

Failing to recycle e-waste is extremely damaging the environment due to the nature of the materials used in modern devices. While heavy metals and chemicals improve a device’s safety and user experience, these components become poisonous if they’re not dealt with properly. Your old phones, Gameboys, kettles, microwaves and more can end up in landfills, leaking their harmful contents into the soil, water and air. Not only does this kill wildlife and destroy ecosystems, but the accumulation of poison can impact human health too. As heavy metals and chemicals flow into lakes and rivers, drinking water becomes polluted. These poisons spread through the soil, impacting the health of crops and animals that people also rely on.

In some western countries, e-waste isn’t hidden out of sight in landfills but is burnt in giant, open junkyards. They even ship waste electronics to other countries to deal with, and this often ends up in dumps across Africa and Asia. Workers in these places are exposed to polluted lands and chemical gas.

It is urgent that we should reduce the damaging and unsustainable side of e-waste production. Rare earth metals, some plastics and chemicals can be fed into the next generation of electronics. The steps to proper recycling of e-waste are extensive and need large investment, but more and more countries around the world are turning to e-waste recycling.

【推荐2】Bags and rolls of circulation (发行) quality 2022 American Women, Anna May Wong quarter dollars will be offered to the public on Oct 25 by the United States Mint (美国铸币厂).

The American Women Quarters Program is a four-year program that celebrates the achievements and breakthroughs made by women to the development and history of the US. Beginning in 2022, and continuing through 2025, the US Mint will bring out up to five new designs each year.

Anna May Wong was born in 1905 in Los Angeles to second-generation Chinese-American parents. Wong always took a strong interest in movies and often spent her time and money as a child seeing films in theaters. As early as the age of nine Wong began asking filmmakers for roles, and by age 11 she had come up with her stage name: Anna May Wong.

Anna May Wong is considered by many to be the first Chinese-American Hollywood movie star. She starred in dozens of productions, with some of the more famous ones being Shanghai Express (1932), Bits of Life (1921), and The Toll of the Sea (1922), which was one of the very first films made in color.

She was a figure of foreign fashion around the world, loved by high society in London, Berlin and elsewhere. In 1934, the Mayfair Mannequin Society of New York voted her the “world’s best dressed woman”; in 1938 Look magazine named her the “world’s most beautiful Chinese girl” .

However, Hollywood’s unfair treatment against Asian people continued to influence Wong’s entire career, looking her as “foreign atmosphere” rather than recognizing her talent and skill.

Wong was straightforward about her disappointment with Hollywood, and she worked against the unfair treatment. “I was so tired of the parts I had to play,”she said in an interview with Film Weekly. “Why is it that the screen Chinese is nearly always the bad guy and so cruel? We are not like that.”

【推荐3】Music will not earn an income unless it is well marketed. No matter how good you are at songwriting, composing music, playing instruments and everything on the creative side of music, you will never earn money without marketing it to your customers.

Let’s look at the steps in marketing and apply (应用) it to the online business world to make an effective marketing plan for your music.

Find out customer’s need

Before you can discover, you need to make it clear who your customers are, by answering the following questions:

First, what industry do your customers belong to? For example, if you are a music producer, your customers will most likely be recording companies.

Second, what field are you in? Music is broad; you need to specialize. Are you a rock songwriter, a pop producer or a jazz musician?

You then need to judge your customer’s need by examining those things already commonly accepted in the marketplace: the lyrics and melodies that are popular.

In this stage, you should examine your competitors by visiting their websites to learn from them. What is done by your competitors in the marketplace (where your business belongs) is most likely to meet your customer’s need.

Predict customer’s need

What you have to predict are the things that even your competitors may not have realized. These can be discovered by doing a survey or interviewing your customers. For example, you need to ask them directly, “What things are you looking for in a music publisher? When you are searching for music online, what would be the best presentation of music material to make you interested?”

Now that you have known what your customers expect from your music, you need to write your music with the goal of meeting their expectations. This time your marketing efforts will most likely pay off.