Are you searching the Internet to find the best place to book a room for your family vacation? Here are some of our tips for you. Getting Started Years ago searching for a hotel required a lot of phone calls to hotel chains. Today, there's no shortage of quality online hotel booking websites. Just locate your favorite online hotel booking site, enter your travel destination, the date of your trip, and the number of guests. Narrowing the Hotel Search So now what? You've found a list of hotel rooms online ordered by hotel star rating (等级), guest scores, or price. What's most important to you? If it's price, sort the list by lowest price first. If it's the star rating of the hotel, then click to sort by rating. Read Guest Scores and Reviews Always read the guest scores. Keep in mind that hotels with a high number of highly rated guest scores and written guest reviews will increase your confidence that you'll have a good experience at that hotel. Always consider the guest scores when you book a room online in a hotel. Your experience is likely to be similar.
Life expectancy is rising in much of the world. But doctors are seeing another trend that is disturbing. Some people are choosing lifestyles that result in early death. A new US study looks at four lifestyle choices that prevent people from staying healthy and living longer. It used to be rare for people to live to 100. But babies born in the US today can hope to live that long. In the 20th century, life expectancy in wealthy nations increased by as much as 30 years. Average life expectancy for Americans is 78. But doctors are seeing people adopt bad habits that can cut their life short, such as eating too much or eating too much junk food, exercising too little and smoking cigarettes. These habits increase the risk for cancer, heart disease and stroke. Researchers at Harvard University and the University of Washington wanted to find out how many years are lost with these lifestyle choices. "What we found was that high blood pressure, smoking, overweight account for five years of loss of life expectancy in men and about four years in women at the national level," Goodarz Danaei, one of the principal researchers said. The researchers broke down the data into race, income and location, and they found even greater differences. Middle-income whites have the best blood pressure. But Asian-Americans have fewer bad habits and the best health. "They are not getting heart disease because of low blood pressure. They are not getting cancer because they have low risk factors for cancer, including smoking," Danaei said.
He might have been taken into prison now if he(join) 1the kidnappers.
The Smiths______in the neighborhood, but they live in another city now.
The way we see things is more complicated (复杂的) than we imagine. Our eyes give us information all the time. But our brains decide what is【B1】______ to us. For example, if you【B2】______ a crowded street, you will see many faces. But you will probably not really notice them. But if you see someone you know, you will【B3】______ him immediately. From this example we can see that your brain chooses the visual information which is【B4】______ to you, and rejects the information which it does not need. The way your brain explains that information depends on the knowledge you have about the world. And all this happens in【B5】______ a second.
Flying is easily the fastest way to travel long【T1】______ . A ship can sail across the Atlantic in three and a half weeks. The Concorde, flying faster than ship, can cross it in three and a half hours; one problem with flying is that【T2】______ are often a long way from city centers. To go downtown by car or bus can make the【T3】______ time much longer. Some cities are building airports much closer in. These are【T4】______ for new quiet planes which can take off from and land on short. Flying is an expensive way of【T5】______ goods.
(catch) 1cheating by the teacher in the exam, David scored zero in math exam.
Marketing furniture to the public can be challenging for a small business owner. Consumers buy furniture pieces only occasionally. However, there are several furniture promotion ideas that can be used to help you reach your target market. One thing you can do is to talk with real estate(房地产)agents to allow you to display your furniture in a new home or open house setting. This is a good way to reach a key target market—new home buyers—who may need new furniture for their future homes. Increasing foot traffic(顾客流量)is also important for a furniture store. To get more people to the store, you can advertise a raffle event(抽奖活动). This event can be promoted in your local media and through direct mail campaigns or front door advertisements to generate more interest. In tough economic times, small business owners often suffer most as a result of slow consumer spending. To fight back against this, you have to make it easier for your customers to buy furniture. If you can, offer in-store financing, or drop the interest rate on your company's credit terms. Consider lowering your prices and holding two-for-one events to arouse more consumer interest.
______the storm, the ship would have reached its destination on time.
She wanted to go swimming, ______.
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_____(如果她今天出发去上海), she will get there by Saturday.
In the summer heat, it's easy to develop the embarrassing problem of body odor if you' re not careful. Bacteria live all over our skin, and their waste is what causes body odor.Follow these simple tips to keep the bacteria away: 1. Use antibacterial body soap. Antibacterial soaps kill the odor-causing bacteria on the body. If you haven' t been using one, chances of the bacteria levels on your body are quite high, so get their numbers under control by bathing with your new soap twice a day for two weeks. After levels are back to normal, once a day is enough to keep them in check. 2. Change clothes and bath towels frequently. Any worn clothing or used bath towel will produce bacteria. Change your clothes daily, especially socks and underwear, unless you want yesterday's bacteria joining forces with today' s. Also, keep in mind that cotton clothes are better at hiding body odor, as they absorb smelly sweat rather than letting it evaporate into the air. 3. Eat light. Greasy, spicy and salty food add toxins to the body. Therefore, change to a healthier, lighter diet. Also, regular steam baths or saunas can help to sweat the toxins out. Just be sure to shower afterward. The【R1】______ of Bacteria causes body odor. You can get the bacteria under control by bathing with your soaps【R2】______ for two weeks. Any worn or used clothing or【R3】______ will produce bacteria.【R4】______ absorb smelly sweat easily and therefore are better at hiding body odor. Try to eat light and avoid greasy,【R5】______ and salty foods because they add toxins to the body.
One year ago today, young Jim's parents had a very serious talk with him. They complained that he had spent a lot of time before the TV【T1】______on his lessons. They knew that he always wanted to have a computer of his own, so they promised him a reward if he【T2】______TV for one year. After breakfast this morning, his father handed him $500.【T3】______that it was not enough, his mother added two hundred more, "Take it son, you have earned it." Yes, Jim has earned it, the【T4】______way—he has not been near the TV for one whole year and his grades have gone from satisfactory to very good. "Now you can turn the TV on if you wish." "Oh, no. Mum, I can't wait I have something important to do【T5】______Then he rushed out of the house.
With increasing awareness of the environment, people have realized that the way coal is used is critical and new approaches have to be sought.
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"Avoid the rush-hour" must be the slogan of large cities all over the world. Wherever you look, it's people, people, people. The streets are so crowded that there is hardly room to move: when a bus arrives, it's so full that it can't take any more passengers. The extraordinary thing is not that people put up with these conditions, but that they actually choose them in preference to anything else. Large modern cities are too big to control. They impose their own living conditions on the people who inhabit them. It is possible to live such an air-conditioned existence in a large city that you are barely conscious of the seasons. What is going on in nature seems totally irrelevant. Even the distinction between day and night is lost. The funny thing about it all is that you pay dearly for the "privilege" of living in a city. The demand for accommodation is so great that high rents must be paid for tiny flats which even country hens would scorn(不屑于接受) to live in. Accommodation apart, the cost of living is very high. Just about everything you buy is likely to be more expensive than it would be in the country. In addition to all these, city inhabitants live under constant threats. The crime rate in most cities is very high. If you think about it, they're not really fit to live in at all. Can anyone really doubt that the country is what man was born for and where he truly belongs?
Though telephone is indispensable in one’s everyday life．It brings a lot of troubles as well．
You______yesterday if you are really serious about the job.