Tour snapshot

    Travel is all about the street foodthese days, and why not? It's fresh, fast, cheap and a great way to crack intothe local scene. Join this Hanoi tour to source the best street eats frommarkets, food carts, street cafes and otherhard-to-find-but-totally-worth-the-effort secret spots.

    Highlights

    Sample delicious Vietnamese cuisine justlike the locals do — on the street

    Stroll through hidden alleyways andbustling markets of Hanoi's charming old quarter

    Learn more about Hanoi's unique foodculture

    Try local specialties with influencesfrom French and Chinese cuisine

    Take in a spectacular night view of HoanKiem lake from a secret cafe

    Scheduledetails

Duration: 2.5 hours

Meeting point: Sacombank ATM Machine –No. 1 Dong Xuan street (front entrance of Dong Xuan Market, Corner of Dong XuanSt with Cau Dong St)

Starting time: 5. 00 PM

Ending point: Café Pho Co – 11 Hang GaiSt, Hoan Kiem

    I grew up poor. We had little money, butplenty of love and attention. I understood that no matter how poor a person was, they could still afford a dream. My dream was athletics.

    By the time I was sixteen, I was good at baseball and football. My high-school coach was Ollie Jarvis. He not only believed in me, but taught me the difference between having a dream and showing conviction（信念）.

    One summer a friend recommended me for asummer job. This meant a chance for money in my pocket — cash for dates withgirls, certainly, money for a new bike and new clothes, and the start of savings for a house for my mother.

Then I realized I would have to give up summer baseball to handle the work schedule, and that meant I would have to tell Coach Jarvis I wouldn't be playing. I was dreading（害怕）this, but my mother said: "If you make your bed, you have to lie in it."

When I told Coach Jarvis, he was as madas I expected him to be. "Your playing days are limited. You can't afford to waste them," he said.

   I stood before him with my head hanging, trying to think of the words that would explain to him why my dream of buying my mom a house.

"How much are you going to make at this job, son?" he demanded.

"Three twenty-five an hour," I replied.

"Well," he asked, "is $3.25 an hour the price of a dream?"

    That question laidbare for me the difference between wanting something right now and having agoal. I devoted myself to sports that summer, and within the year I was drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates to play rookie-league ball, and offered a $20,000 contract. I signed with the Denver Broncos in 1984 for $1.7 million, and boughtmy mother the house of my dream.

    Forgive the accidental. A sudden fall is humorous not because we like to see people fall, but because it surprises. Froma spilled（溢出）water glass in a meeting to Aunt Rae's teeth coming off in the Thanksgiving turkey, the embarrassment of accidents can be relieved by humor and a helping hand. After making sure that nobody's hurt, forgive accidents with a chuckle（咯咯地笑）rather than a scolding.

    Look for the unexpected. The kid whoused to look at you with his eyes closed during a test had the idea. Parents who serve green eggs and ham to their children on graduation day get the idea. Unexpected actions lighten an atmosphere and relax people.

    Learn to laugh with your kids. Most of what children say and do is funny. Help them learn that accidents are sometimes funny and sometimes occasions for joining in and helping another human being. By sharing laughs and attempting to explain humor, you develop your sense of humor, as well as help kids develop their own sense of humor.

    As global temperatures continue to rise, more “extreme rain” events—intense, cats-and-dogs down pours—can be expected, said the study, published Monday in the journal Nature Climate Change. And that, scientists said, means an increased flood risk, particularly for the world's driest areas. The study challenges the idea that global warming is causing dry areas to become drier and wet areas wetter.

    “In both wet and dry regions, we see these great increases in heavy precipitation（冰雹）,” lead author Markus Donat, a climate scientist at the University of New South Wales, told Nature.

    Donat and his team collected data from 1951 to 2010 on extreme precipitation events from 11, 000 weather stations around the world, Nature reported.

     In that time, the number of days with“extreme precipitation” increased 1 percent to 2 percent per decade.

  “We found a strong relationship between global warming and an increase in rainfall, particularly in areas outside of the tropics,” Donat said in a statement.

  “Importantly, this research suggests we will see these extreme rainfall events increases at regional levels in dry areas, not just as an average across the globe,” Donat added.

    Peter Stott, a senior climate scientistat Met Office, told Climate Central that the study's findings are important, because more violent rainfall and flooding will “challenge our capability toadapt to a rapidly changing climate.”

    As Nature reported, the researchaligns（结盟）with a 2015 study that found global warming has led to a sharp increase in record-breaking precipitation events. Donat told Nature that his study should come as a warning to world governments.

    It was 1952 and my father was away at war, leaving my mother and me behind to face hardship alone. I was ten. My mother was a 1 and worked at the local clinic a few blocks from where we lived.

    The bell rang and 2of Christmas were the only thing on my mind. I raced home. The apartment was empty and a note was  3to the refrigerator. My mother was working a double shift and  4 me instructions for the day. We had planned on making Christmas biscuits 5 , but my mother6 it.

    I carefully 7through mother's closet, finding most of the  8   for Christmas wrapped in linen cloth, all but one toy, a model airplane. I was still 9 at my mother and I threw the airplane onto the floor, breaking one of its wings. I stood10 . How was I going to explain this? Then I heard my mother coming through the door. I 11  to my room.

    After telling my mother the horrible12, I did not hear my mother 13  me. She just told me to follow her. Climbing the steps without catching our  14, we entered the clinic. There in a bed was a boy who looked very sick.

    “He is going to die, Danny,” my mother told me, “15  today, maybe tomorrow. He loves planes. I knew his mother could not 16   to buy him one. So I did. I count my blessings every night and think of this boy and how 17 I am that you are not in that bed.”

    The  18 cut hard and sharp in my heart. The tears 19 down my face and I was so guilty. I ran home as fast as I could and into my room where I 20  myself to sleep.

        A strong memory depends on the health and vitality （活力） of your brain. They say that you can't teach an old dog new tricks, but when it comes to the brain, scientists have discovered that this old saying simply isn't true.       

      Give your brain a workout. Memory, like muscular strength, requires you to “use it or lose it”. The more you work out your brain, the better you'll be able to process and remember information.      

        Don't skip the physical exercise. While mental exercise is important forbrain health, that doesn't mean you never need to break a sweat. Physical exercise helps your brainstay sharp. It increases oxygen to your brain and reduces the risk for disorders that lead to memory loss.

        Get enough sleep. There is a big difference between the amount of sleep you can get by on and the amount you need to function at your best.      Keep stress in check. Stress is one of the brain's worst enemies. Over time, stress destroys braincells. Studies have also linked stress to memory loss.

        Have a laugh.       That holds true for the brain and the memory, as well as the body. Unlike emotional responses, which are limited to specificareas of the brain, laughter engages multiple regions across the whole brain.

      Just as the body needs fuel, so does the brain. You probably already know that a diet based on fruits, vegetables, whole grains, “healthy”fats and lean protein will provide lots of health benefits, but such a diet can also improve memory. For brain health, though, it's not just what you eat—it's also what you don't eat.

A. Eat a brain-boosting diet.

B. Play games with memory.

C. Laughter is the best medicine.

D. But oversleeping is not good for yourbrain.

E. Even skipping a few hours makes adifference!

F. You have to shake things up from timeto time!

G. The human brain has an astonishingability to adapt and change.

      Imagine life as a game in which you are playing some five balls in the air. You name       (they)—work, family, health, friends and spirit, and you're keeping all these balls in the air.

       You understand that work is a rubber ball. If you drop it, it will bounce back. But the other four balls are made of glass. If you drop one of them, it will be scuffed（磨损）, damaged or even broken into        (piece). They will never be the same. You must understand the balance in your life. How?

        Don't compare yourself with others. It is because we are different and each of us      (be) special. Don't set your goals by what other people consider important. Only you know       is best for you. Don't give        when you still have something to give. Nothing is really over until the moment you stop        (try). Knowledge is weightless,       treasure you can always carry      (easy). Don't run through life so fast that you forget not only where you've been, where you are, but also where you      (go).

        Life is not a race, but a journey to        (enjoy) slowly each step of the way. Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, and today is a gift. That's why we call it—the present.

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（Λ），并在其下面写出该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线（＼）划掉。

修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

注意：1  每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；

2只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

    This is my fifth day at the summer camp. Life isn't exact what I expected. We have to get up early to make our beds before our teacher Miss Li come to inspect. After breakfast, we have some offree time. Yesterday morning I went fishing, but the only thing I catch was a tree branch. In the afternoon, there are different activity like horse backriding and hiking. They're fun, so nothing new for me. In the evening, everyone is as signed a different task to get dinner ready. Yesterday, I was in charge of prepare the hot dogs, but I accidentally dropped it in the fire. The best part of camp is at night, where we sit around a campfire and tell stories.

假定你是李华，暑假参加了澳大利亚游学活动，回国后给hostfamily写一封信表示感谢，要点如下：

1. 感谢他们一家的照顾;

2. 分享游学体会;

3. 询问你寄的礼物（汉语词典）是否收到;

4. 邀请他们一家来中国游览。

注意：1. 词数100左右。

2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

3. 开头和结尾已为你写好，不计入总词数。

Dear Helen，