The Macao special administrative region    1    (become) a popular destination for Chongqing residents over the New Year holidays since direct flights between the two    2    (city) resumed on Dec 23.

Visitors do not need to quarantine or test upon arrival according to the    3    (recent) optimized COVID- 19 measures, however passengers from Chongqing still need to have     4     green Macao health code and present a negative nucleic acid test result    5    (obtain) within 72 hours of boarding; even though passengers from Macao do not need a nucleic acid test.

    6    (encourage) more tourists, Air Macau has launched a series of special offers     7    (include) “buy one get one free” and “buy one get two free” round trip tickets for booking of two and three people, respectively.

“Macao is a great place for a quick getaway with warm winter weather, delicious food and a     8    (wonder) shopping experience,” said Zhou Yue,    9     has visited Macao as a tourist.

The Exit-Entry Administration Division of Chongqing Public Security Bureau now has resumed issuing Hong Kong and Macao travel permits, and the self-service machines for visas for Hong Kong and Macao are also     10     use.

2 . The sun near the equator is never-ceasing, bearing down as I lead Elaine, a dark brown horse, through thick bushes. It’s been a long day on horseback. My legs ache and our camp signals across a ridge of ancient folding hills in the Lolldaiga Range of northern Kenya, a mosaic (马赛克) of twisted landscapes and communities.

Suddenly Elaine’s ears flick into alert, and the muscles of her body tense beneath me. Our guide Nicholus stretches out a lean arm toward a bush just meters away. My eyes focus, trying my best to see what the others already have: two amber balls glowing from a shadowed form. It’s a young lion, quick and strong, in the middle of the high grass.

A wild silence hangs between us.

Without the defensive hunting vehicle, I feel completely exposed. Peering into the bush, I’m suspended between wonder and terror, the distance between myself and the Savannah’s most notorious hunter unbelievably small. Usually, I’m the one tracking the lion, camera in hand. Now, the lion shifts in my consciousness from object to subject. I shift, too, strongly aware of the soft flesh of my own body.

Nicholus nods his head in the other direction, a safer distance away. He points to shallow holes in the dust. “Look, this is a big lion, and these are young ones, some cubs,” he says. “Probably a mother.” Pawprints marked the earth, each telling the story of more lions, moving in different directions.

It was time to go.

Horseback safaris are still the most immersive way to view wildlife in Kenya. To journey on horseback is to break down the walls — meant to protect, but also to separate us from the natural world. And as we’re absorbed in the thrill of the experience, we’re vividly reminded of the importance of protecting these wild spaces.

Out here your horse is your translator, responding to the low hiss of a leopard, the soft scent of an elephant herd, the cool morning breeze descending from Mount Kenya’s glacial peaks. Your job is to learn how to listen.

In recent months, the China Grand Canal Museum in Yangzhou, which exhibits the history and culture of the Grand Canal,     1     (attract) a great number of visitors. Each day, the museum provides 15, 000 tickets     2     visitors to book in advance. They usually sell out on weekends, making the museum     3     popular landmark in East China.

It takes only 20 minutes     4     (get) to the museum by taxi from the Yangzhoudong Railway Station. “My passion     5     (arouse) by those passengers, so I took my children to the museum too. I never knew why it had such great charm     6     I got there.”

The museum,     7     appearance resembles a giant ship, covers 80,000 square meters and houses 14 exhibition halls. While telling its story, the museum puts an     8     (emphasize) on improving visitors’ experience. Young people can take part in a live-action role-play game designed by the museum, transporting them back to the Ming Dynasty, and     9     (immerse) them in an amazing world. “It is     10     (true) a very meaningful experience,” said a visitor surnamed Chen.

4 . Lord Norman Foster, renowned as one of the world’s foremost architects, has devoted decades to redefining the concept of tall buildings. “What we’ve done is create a sense of identify drawn from real needs,” Foster said. “It’s not a fashionable idea, but generated from the realities we were in.” His masterpiece includes iconic structures such as the HSBC building in Hong Kong.   Now, he’s set his sights on Qatar.

Currently nearing completion and set to reach a height of 301 meters, Foster’s Lusail Towers are ready to claim the title of Qatar’s tallest buildings. Lusail Towers are intended to serve as a center for Qatar’s financial institutions, with four distinctive blocks, two standing at 70 stories and two at 50 stories.

But the construction itself wasn’t all plain sailing. To address the unique challenges presented by Qatar’s hot climate, Foster’s team had to depart from the materials commonly used in skyscrapers in cooler countries — part of what Foster called a decades-long quest to “reinvent the tall building.” The design combines advanced shading with ventilation (通风), while the towers’ surfaces are coated with “marine-grade”aluminum (铝) that wraps around the buildings, protecting the glass from strong sunlight while maintaining the views and still letting in natural light. Central to the project are special shading fins (鳍), which not only optimize views and natural lighting for occupants but reduce solar radiation by 70% compared to traditional all-glass towers.

While the towers are ready to become a recognizable landmark for Lusail, Foster believes that a city’s skyline reflects what lies beneath the surface. It was crucial to integrate the towers into a “low-scale master plan.” They are strategically positioned on top of a subway line and at the end of a commercial avenue linking the waterfront (滨水区) to the nearby football stadium. According to Foster, the ground features of the plaza will play a significant role in the objective of transforming the area into a lively public space for the future.

The Getty Center sits on a hilltop in the Santa Monica Mountains,     1    (tower) above the city of Los Angeles. The museum was     2    (origin) constructed to house the vast art collection belonging to oil tycoon J. Paul Getty. Today, the modernist complex     3    (stock) with so many art works that the exhibit arenas can show just a part of them at a time, making the artistic special exhibitions a highlight of any visit to the Getty.

The Center’s award-winning architect, Richard Meier, did     4     outstanding job of creating a public space that has surprised many visitors. Visitors go to the Getty thinking they are visiting a museum with works of art on the inside.     5     they discover instead is a work of art with a museum inside. Meier took some basic     6    (material): metal, stone and glass. Working with a billion-dollar budget, he combined them to create a work of architecture that can excite visitors as much as the art collection inside     7    (do). Around every corner and at every turn, there is a new view     8     store for guests. And then, just     9     they think they have seen it all, a new fountain or landscape pops up.

In addition to museum tours, the Getty also provides various free on-site tours, including tours of the gardens. These explorations are a must for anyone     10    (interest) in learning more about Meier’s techniques and ideas.

A skywell is a typical feature of a traditional home in southern and eastern China. Different     1     a northern Chinese courtyard, or “yuan zi”, a skywell is smaller and     2    (exposed) to the outdoor environment.

Skywells were designed to cool buildings in an era well before air-conditioning existed. When wind blows above a skywell house, it can enter the indoor space through the     3    (open). Although sky well buildings have existed in China for hundreds of years, in recent times they have often been forgotten by people who prefer modern     4    (facility). Over the past two decades, however, due to a revival of traditional Chinese architecture, skywell buildings     5     (make) a comeback.

Ancient “green wisdom” such as skywells inspire today’s climate adaptive designs and innovations in passive cooling, according to Wang Zhengfeng,     6     postdoctoral researcher in environmental humanities at the Institute for Area Studies at Leiden University in the Netherlands. Passive cooling is a method     7     incorporates designs and technology to cool a building without the use of power.

Today, architects are looking towards the principles behind skywells while designing new buildings     8    (save) energy. For example, the National Heavy Vehicle Engineering Technology Research Centre in Jinan, the18-storey glass walled tower block,     9    (complete) last year, has a giant skywell, which     10    (help)improve lighting and ventilation(通风) and reduces energy consumption.