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Homestay provides English language students with the opportunity to speak English outside the classroom and the experience of being part of a British home.
What to Expect
The host will provide accommodation and meals. Rooms will be cleaned and bedcovers changed at least once a week. You will be given the house key and the host is there to offer help and advice as well as to take an interest in your physical and mental health.
Meal Plans Available
*Continental Breakfast
*Breakfast and Dinner
*Breakfast, Packed Lunch and Dinner
It's important to note that few English families still provide a traditional cooked breakfast. Your accommodation includes Continental Breakfast which normally consists of fruit juice, cereal, bread and tea or coffee. Cheese, fruit and cold meat are not normally part of a Continental Breakfast in England. Dinner usually consists of meat or fish with vegetables followed by dessert, fruit and coffee.
Friends
If you wish to invite a friend over to visit, you must first ask your host's permission. You have no right to entertain friends in a family home as some families feel it is an invasion of their privacy.
Self-catering Accommodation in Private Homes
Accommodation on a room-only basis includes a shared kitchen and bathroom facilities and often a main living room. This kind of accommodation offers an independent lifestyle and is more suitable for the long-stay student. However, it does not provide the same family atmosphere as an ordinary homestay and may not benefit those who need to practise English at home quite as much.
Larry Ritsema was out for an early morning jog around his neighborhood on one weekend. On a quiet street, he began to feel weak. Suddenly, everything went black. Larry fell to the ground.
Less than a minute later, Tom Alguire passed by on his bicycle. He caught sight of a man lying on the roadside, so he jumped off his bike and ran over. He recognized Larry immediately, because he had been Larry's doctor for nearly 20 years.
Dr Tom felt for a pulse at first. Finding none, he began to give Larry first aid. It wouldn^ restart Larry's heart, but it would keep the blood flowing until someone else arrived. Tom could only hope someone would come by soon, around six o'clock in the morning on a holiday weekend. Tom couldn9t stop pressing Larry's chest to run for help—Larry's brain cells would die without the blood. And Tom didn't have a mobile phone with him.
Soon, a car did drive by. But the driver ignored Tom's appeal for help. What was he going to do? Tom was very worried. Finally, another car came down the road, driven by Michael Salidt, a US Coast Guard Officer. Michael wasn't one to pass up a chance to help a person in need. He quickly dialed 911.
Doctors then found that Larry had suffered a heart attack and there were severe blockages in two of Larry^ major arteries (动脉）. only the timely arrival of Dr Tom saved his life.
How did Dr Tom happen to be bicycling that morning down that quiet street? It turned out that as Tom rode, his bike chain fell off. He spent about eight minutes fitting it back ; otherwise, he would have seen nothing of Larry's problem.
Have you ever lost your car on a parking lot? It happens. You park and go shopping. When you get back, you don't have a clue where your car is. Then you start roaming around clicking on the panic button on your car keys so the alarm goes off. It can be frustrating, especially on a hot, sunny day.
Now, you don't need to turn to a GPS system or tracking service. Nobody wants to pay expensive monthly subscription fees. A California-based startup company has created a tiny device, TrackR, which works with your smartphone. It could track your vehicle without costing you a fortune.
Ifs easy! Install the free TrackR app on your smartphone, connect the app to your device and you're ready to go! Simply attach TrackR to whatever you want to keep tabs on. The entire process of setting it up only takes 5 minutes or less. Then use the TrackR app to locate your missing item in seconds.
You'e probably thinking that this device is very expensive. False! TrackR only costs $ 29! You can buy it directly from the company's website. They ship worldwide and you'll receive your TrackR within a week.
As we said
before, TrackR has unlimited possibilities. The device is small and unobtrusive
（ 不引人 注目 
）enough that you can attach it to your pet,your keys,your briefcase and anything else you don't want to lose. TrackR even comes with a double-sided adhesive （胶）so you can stick it to your laptop or under your bike seat. Track down and punish the thieves who steal your expensive things !
The gentle giant of our oceans are whale, sharks. It's ,the biggest shark and can reach as .long as 41.5 feet. Whale sharks have a lifespan of 70 years , on average-, and they spend their days gently swimming in the warm. and tropical oceans.
Their teeth are the size of match heads, and while their jaws could be powerfiil , they have never tended to attack humans. Their teeth play no role in eating, as plankton (浮游生物)）does not need to be chewed. They are to be found in numbers in the warmer oceans and they prefer the deep waters of the open oceans. They tend to travel alone.
Several times a year they gather together in. certain spots where plankton is plentiful . Those areas are all within a 300 north or south latitude from the- equator. And sadly whale sharks are targeted by commercial-fisheries . at those spots. How easy it must be for those fishermen to catch those beautiful creatures who can only swim at 3. 5 miles per hour! So great a loss in numbers have they suffered, that whale sharks are now listed as one of the endangered species. Some countries and areas have started to take measures to protect the whale sharks from extinction.
The Philippines, India - and Taiwan have all banned the fishing, selling, importing and exporting of whale sharks for commercial purpose. However, the law does not seem to be effective because the hunting and killing still goes on today, especially in Taiwan and the Philippines. Each whale shark can fetch around $ 21,000. In parts of Asia they are known as the "money shark".
The mighty dollar , wins again, at great cost to our habitat, and we will not know what we have lost until we have lost it forever. Therefore, it is high time for us to do something for the whale sharks.
Are you afraid of making mistakes? Learn to accept mistakes as opportunities, and then you! feel less stressed and fearful and you'll be more confident. So what should you do?
Be open to making mistakes and consider them as opportunities to learn valuable life lessons. If you are open to learning from your mistakes, you will be able to move on rather than wallowing in （沉湎于）regret.
Be aware
Be aware of what you are doing, why you are doing it, how you feel, and how you make others feel. Sometimes, your words are not understood exactly or you say something but it is not what you meant to say. By being fully aware of how you impact others, you maintain an open state of learning which allows you to constantly practice being a better person.
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Whenever you make a mistake or you are involved in a misunderstanding, take responsibility. There is always something to be learned or improved even if the other person is wrong,too.
A Behave yourself
B. In short,you will benefit from the mistake.
C. Accept full responsibility
D. In other words,look for areas of improvement.
E. People have difficulty expressing what they really mean.
F. Accept that you're human and that each of us will make mistakes.
G. Repeat your words so that others can learn from your mistakes.
Ann's neighbor Tracy found a lost dog walking around the local elementary school. She asked Ann if she could keep an eye on it. Ann said that she could 1 it only for the day.
Tracy took photos of the 2 and printed off 400 FOUND fliers and put them in mailboxes. 3, Ann bought some pet foods in the dollar store nearby, and 4 her two sons not to fall in love with it. At the time, Ann's son Thomas was 10 years old, and Jack, who was 5 from a heart operation, was 21 years old.
Four days later Ann was still 6 the dog, whom they had started to 7 Riley. When she arrived home from work, the dog 8 itself against the screen door and barked 9 at her. As soon as she opened the door, Riley 10 into the boys' room where Ann 11 that Jack was suffering a heart attack caused by the operation. Riley ran over to Jack, and as soon as Ann bent over to help him, the dog went 12.
"If it hadn't come to get me, the 13 said Jack would have died," Ann reported to a local newspaper. 14, no one had called to claim the dog, so Ann decided to 15 it.
The next morning Tracy got a 16. A man named Peter 17 his dog and called the number on the flier. Tracy started 18, and told him, "That dog 19 my friend's son."
Peter drove to Ann's house to pick up his dog and saw Thomas and Jack crying in the window. After a few moments Peter said, "Maybe Odie was supposed to 20 you; maybe you should keep it."
If you go to Zhuguanlong village in Fujian Province, you won't miss a two-floor library. It is the first library there , has been open for free for 44 years! The creator is one of its (village) —Liu Shijiang.
Why did Liu open this library? Back in 1974, Liu ( finish) his study in high school. At that time, villagers would ask him to tell stories. But it wasn't long before Liu's stories run out. Besides, many villagers played mahjong and cards to kill the time. "How can I give myself and others a healthier pastime?" Liu asked (he). That's when he decided to buy some books.
He sold the only pig of his family for 200 yuan and borrowed another 400 yuan (buy) books,bookshelves and chairs. And one of his rooms (make)into a library. As result, more and more villagers gathered there to read books, such as storybooks or works about how to grow better crops. Over the years, Liu met with many kinds of difficulties , he has been able to overcome them and kept his library open. Among readers there are the book- loving students and teachers. " It is the busiest time for the library when the children are on winter or summer holidays,"said Liu. "
Now, his two-floor library has more than 7 ,000 books and a computer, a DVD recorder; and Karaoke, ( offer) more entertainment and learning choices to the villagers. " I have devoted my past years to the library,and I will keep her company in the following years,said the man,now in his (sixty).
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Last weekend, my British friend, Jim, spotted paper-cutting stand when we were wandering on the street. Had never seen pape—cuts, he immediately bought one. Therefore, the seller shook her head at the moment she saw the 100-yuan . note Jim handed over to her. She had no. changes! How disappointed Jim was! He was about to quit while I took out my cellphone, scan the QR code on the stand and paid five yuan. Jim was very surprising. I explained to her that nowadays we could pay with a cellphone for almost everything. "Wow! "Jim said, "The paper-cut looks great, and the payment method seems even great!"
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