2 . The London Eye remains temporarily closed but we plan to reopen from 17^th May. You can pre-book now. Further information can be found here.

What to Expect

The London Eye soars 443 feet into the sky and views stretching 25 miles every direction. Since opening in 2000, it has been used as a setting in countless films and is loved by Britons and visitors alike. This is the UK’s most popular visitor attraction, visited by over 3.5 million people a year.

Each London Eye capsule (坐舱) holds up to 25 passengers comfortably. All capsules are fully air-conditioned and rotate (旋转) on a special device designed to keep everyone upright with a slow but progressive rotation. The full rotation lasts 30 minutes of an ever changing view of this lively city.

Opening Times

■ September to May 10:00 a.m. — 8:00 p.m. daily

■ June 10:00 a.m. — 9:00 p.m. daily

■ July 10:00 a.m. — 9:30 p.m. daily

■ August 10:00 a.m. — 8:30 p.m. daily

■ Not open on Christmas Day or during maintenance period.

Ticket Prices

Booking line

■ 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday to Sunday

■ Telephone: 0870 5000 600

Going on a vacation might seem like a rather unconventional way to try to improve your sleep habits,     1    sleep tourism has been growing in popularity in recent years. An increasing number of sleep-focused    2     (stay) are popping up in hotels and resorts (度假胜地) across the world.

In fact, interest    3     (increase) since the pandemic, with a number of hotels focusing their attention on those    4     (suffer) from sleep disorders. Over the past 12 months, Park Hyatt New York has opened the Bryte Restorative Sleep House, an 800-square-foot suite (套房) filled with sleep-enhancing facilities,     5    are designed to “promote rest”.

The global pandemic appears     6     (play) a huge part in this. A study published in the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine found that 40% of the over 2,500 adults who took part    7     (report) a reduction in their sleep quality since the start of the pandemic.

But can short term sleep-focused travel experiences actually have a long term impact on a person’s overall sleep? According to Dr. Robbins,     8     sleep researcher and co-author of the book Sleep for Success, travel experiences centered around “healthy sleep strategies” that aim to help guests to improve their sleep    9     (be) hugely beneficial.

“The concept of travel actually allowing you to return home     10     (refresh) is a really exciting proposition,” she adds.

A skywell, or “tian jing” in Mandarin, is a typical feature of a traditional home in southern and eastern China. Less     1    (expose) to the outdoor environment makes a skywell different from a northern Chinese courtyard. Skywells are    2     common residents in large areas of southern and eastern China had in the past.

In today’s rapidly urbanising China, fewer and fewer people live in skywell dwellings,     3     a revival(重新流行) of interest in traditional Chinese architecture is leading some of historic buildings with skywells     4     (restore) for modern times. Meanwhile, some architects are drawing inspiration from skywells to help keep new buildings cooler, which is a method     5     (combine) design and technology to cool a building without the use of power.

However, there are some challenges for bringing skywells into modern designs. The effect that the mechanisms(结构) of courtyards have     6     natural lighting, ventilation(通风) and rain collection is well known , but applying these principles     7     (need) to be site-specific. Because traditional skywells had different shapes, sizes and features,     8     were highly dependent on their natural surroundings. Adding skywells into modern buildings requires designers to be     9    (sense) to their project’s context and situation, making it difficult to apply them as     10    universal solution.

For those looking to escape the concrete jungle, maybe it’s time to dive into the bamboo forests of southern Sichuan.

A natural forest that people in Sichuan province tend     1    (visit) is the Southern Sichuan Bamboo Sea in Yibin. The 120-square-kilometer Bamboo Sea is the     2     (large) bamboo park in China and its average temperature seldom drops below zero degrees Celsius in winter     3     many parts of the country are covered with snow and ice.

Known as one of the country’s 10 most beautiful forests, it     4    (be) a popular tourist attraction since the Oscar-winning Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon     5    (shoot) there in 2001.

Two years later, the bamboo forest received world-wide     6    (recognize) as a bamboo reserve in December 2003,     7    (become) the fourth tourism destination in China to be granted Green Globe 21 certification.

The Bamboo Sea covers Changning and Jiang’an, two counties     8     (manage) by Yibin. Amazed at its vast expanse, Huang Tingjian,     9     poet from the Song Dynasty, described it as “bamboo waves”. As Huang was an     10    (influence) man of letters, his description gave rise to the forest’s popular nickname — the Bamboo Sea.