Yours,

Hu Xiaobei

2 . Before this COVID-19 pandemic, family vacations were simple. They consisted of a trip to Disneyworld, a week at a resort, or perhaps a booking on a cruise line that every family member was excited about, The only thing many had to worry about was forgetting the passports or a child forgetting the toothbrush or losing the favorite toy somewhere between the airport and the hotel. Now, the days of vacations look completely different and for those who have taken one during the pandemic, many things have changed.

Many families have routine (例行的) vacations that they take every year and this year. But due to the pandemic, many vacations didn’t happen as planned, So, vacations were put on the back burner and weren’t taken until much later in the year and for many people, change in their work lives allowed this. With more parents working from home and more kids taking part in homeschooling at home, families found going on vacation became much easier without the physical need to be somewhere else. This was also the year that many people remembered that they’re surrounded by nature. Rather than booking the typical vacation to the most-visited destinations or popular theme parks， many people-families especially-chose the lesser-crowded destinations. This meant that more families chose vacation activities such as camping, preferring to connect with nature rather than walk the busy streets. This also meant that vacation rentals (租用的房屋或汽车、设备等) were up in popularity and even in popular destinations, such as beach towns, The possibility of small crowds didn’t stop some families due to the fact that they rented the whole place.

It now looks like these changes might be here to stay, at least for some time longer, before the world returns to a state of normality.

4 . In the 1950s, a plastic surgeon (整形外科医生) by the name of Maxwell Maltz began to notice that many of his patients took about 21 days before they got used to seeing their new face after an operation-like a nose job, for example.

These experiences finally led Maltz to publish a book in the 1960s, in which he stated that “ it requires a minimum of about 21 days for an old mental image to disappear and anew one to become clearer”. The book sold more than 30 million copies and is still in print today.

This “2l days” figure has been repeated countless times ever since. It has been republished in thousands of self-help books and TV shows.

There’s a problem though. The “21 days” time window for strengthening changes inhabit is less a statistical fact and more like a myth.

In 2009, researchers at the University of College London led by Phillippa Lally examined changes in the habits of 96 people over a 12-week period, Each person had to choose a new habit they wanted to internalize (使内在化) and reported each day on whether or not they had performed an activity related to the behavior and how routine it felt. After 12 weeks, the study came to a close and the researchers used statistical methods to interpret the data they had gathered, Their assessment blew Psycho-Cybernetics out of the water, showing that the time it took to form a new habit ranged from 18 to 254 days.

5 . Charles George Courtney was a British tourist. He stayed at the Korumar Hotel DLuxe in Aydin, Turkey, every year for _______.

Taskin Dasdan, who has worked as a bellboy(宾馆的行李员)in the hotel for 31years, struck up a _______ with Charles.

We, _______ everyone the same. _______, Charles George Courtney _______ us very much. When he came to the hotel after a meeting, he would even gave his _______ to me and ask me to buy what I needed, ”Taskin told Turiz Majansi.

When Charles _______ earlier this year, his family was _______ to find that he left a _______ part of his fortune to some of the hotel staff, ________ Taskin.

“He treated us as if we were part of his own ________, ”said Taskin. "He even ________ the education of my children . . . Of course we were thankful.”

But never in his wildest dreams did Taskin think he would get a ________ from the UK to say he had been left a small fortune by the ________.

Although the exact amount of money left to Taskin is ________, it is enough so that he will never have to work a day in his life again”.

Wuhan is a city with both an ancient history     1     a thriving(繁华的) present. Historic relics tell the city’s long history dating     2     3,500 years. In the period of PreQin (770 B.C.--221 B.C),it     3     the land of the State of Chu and the cradle(发源地)

Starting here,    4     followed the great Yangtze River of the brilliant Chu Civilization. and lake network to expand businesses throughout the entire country. In the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911)， Hankou became one of the four best-known towns in the country. For centuries, Wuhan has been the center of trade and transportation in     5     China. Today it is     6     important center in central China and a feature of Yangtze River cruises(航行) for sightseers and businessmen     7     from Sichuan to Shanghai or Hong Kong.

The uprising voice of the Revolution of 1911 was     8     here firstly. The revolution aimed to overthrow the Qing Dynasty (1636-1912) and establish the Republican     9     government, is one of the     10     events in modern China.

8 . Harekala Hajabba started out as an orange vendor (摊贩) in India and quickly became an educational hero, using his earnings to build a school in his home village in order provide education for the children living there.

Hajabba, now in his 60s, grew up in a village named New pada pu in India. Growing he was poor and didn’t receive school education. While working as an orange vendorup, an English-speaking customer asked him for the price of his oranges. Hajabba was unable to understand what the customer was saying because he didn’t know any English. Wishing that he had enjoyed the opportunity to receive an education, he decided at that moment to devote his earnings to building a school for the children growing up in his home village.

Hajabba contributed some 5,000 rupees raised from selling his oranges, with the rest of the funding coming from the government and other donors that he had reached out to for help. Financial limits didn’t prevent orange vendor Harekala Hajabba from building a school for poor children. His contribution towards education has earned him the PadmaShri award. After the first school was built in 2001 and in response to the abundance (大量) of students, a second school was built close by in 2012.

In the future, Hajabba hopes to expand his effort seven further. His next endeavor will be trying to build a pre-university college.

When the corona virus crisis took hold in early 2020, a group of roboticists (机器人专家) saw an opportunity: Robots are     1     perfect co-workers in a pandemic. “Engineers must use the crisis” they argued in a newspaper, “to speed up the     2     of medical robots,     3     never get sick and can do the dull, dirty, and     4     work that puts human medical workers in harm’s way.” Robot helpers could take     5     temperatures and deliver drugs, for instance. This would free up human doctors and nurses to do     6     they do best: problem-solving and being empathetic (感同身受的) with patients, and skills that robots may never be able to copy.

The     7     developing relationship between humans and robots is so complex that it has developed its own field,     8     as human-robot interaction (相互作用). The primary challenge is this: It’s easy enough     9     robots to get along with humans-make them soft and give them a sense of touch-but it’s another issue entirely to train humans to get along with the machines. With Tug the hospital robot, for example, doctors and nurses learn to treat it     10     a grandparent--sweep all the obstacles of its way and help it get unstuck if you have to.

10 . Want to spend more time out of the house? You’re not alone. Many Americans are looking to beat the boredom and discover new family-friendly activities this spring. The latest Google search trends reveal that fresh-air activities are in demand.

Boating

Boating ranked as one of the top search terms related to outdoor activities this month. In the Northeast, there is pent-up (积压的) demand for getting back out on the water after a cold winter. 3A Marine in Hingham, Massachusetts, says its fleet of new and used boats has already sold out for the upcoming season.

Gardening

Searches for gardening and lawn supplies started to rise this month. A new report by TruGreen and OnePoll backs up the trend; 73% of Americans polled said spending time outdoors has helped people to feel better during the pandemic, “These numbers, coupled with 69% indicating the intention to spend more time outdoors as the weather gets warm. leaves us to believe that gardening will be on the rise,” said Brian Feldman, director of technical operations at TruGreen.

Roller skating

Back in the 1970s, gliding around wearing boots with small wheels was all the rage (十分流行) (insert disco music). Now, thanks to a social media surge (激增), skates are and manufacturers are playing catch-up on orders. “Interest in making a comeback, outdoor activities, even a neighborhood roller skating trip, has increased dramatically since the pandemic began because they are considered safer for reducing the chances of exposure to COVID-19,” says Mark Jackson,travel editor for Brad’s Deals.