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Teresa,
Lawrence, Tina,
Maggie ~
Taiwan
is famous for its hotsprings. As we know, hotspring does good to
human health, therefore, the Tour Bereu
named this year as "HotSpring Year."
Our team are very interested in it so
we introduce
the effects of hotspring and some famous
hotsprings in Taiwan. Enjoy the trip, babe~ ^__*
Vocabulary
Submarine hotspring
Terrestrial heat
Mineral
A mineral is a substance such as tin, salts, uranium, or sulfur that
is formed naturally in rocks and in the earth.
Bathrobe A bathrobe
is a loose piece of clothing made of toweling which you wear before or
after a bath.
Ladle A ladle is a large, round, deep spoon with
long handle, used for serving soup or stew.
Fahrenheit
It is a scale for measuring temperature, in which water freezes at 32 degrees
and boils at 212 degrees.
Celsius
It is a scale for measuring temperature, in which water freezes at 0 degree
and boils at 100 degrees.
Steam Steam is the
hot mist that forms when water boils.
Sulphur Spelled sulfur
in American English. Sulfur is a yellow chemical which has a strong smell.
Scorch To scorch
something means to burn it slightly.
Cardiopathy Heart
disease
Gout Gout is
a disease which causes people's joints to swell painfully, especially in
their toes.
Ground temperature
Geothermal
Soak To soak means
that you spend a long time in a hot bath and enjoy it.
Calorific The
calorific value of something, or its calorific content, is the number of
calories it contains; a technical term used in science
Metabolism
Your metabolism is the way that chemical processes in your body cause food
to be used in an efficient way, for example to make new cells and to give
you energy. Metabolic means relating to a person's or animal's metabolism;
a technical term in biology.
Terrain It
is used to refer to an area of land or a type of land when you are considering
its physical features.
Porous Something
that is porous ahs many small holes in it, which water and air can pass
through.
Stratum Any
of a series of horizontal layers, especially of rock in the earth's crust.
The strata in the earth's crust are the different layers of rock; a technical
term.
Seismic seismic
means caused by or relating to an earthquake.
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Some
things you MUST know about Hot Spring
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Relevant
Links
Hot Spring club
It contains a detailed
outlook of every hot spring
in Taiwan. Furthermore, it provides some related
issues for you to discuss as well.
Sina Net
Northern
Hot Spring
Hotel
Royal Chipen Hotel
Taconet
Wonderland
HotSpring Introduction
to famous hot springs in TW.
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Questions
How do you know about hotspring?
Sharing experiences....
Should we be naked in Hot Spring?
What temperature of hotspring is apppropriate
for human body?
How many times can we soak hotspring in a day?
How long can we soak hotspring in a time?
Which diseases can be cured by soaking hotspring?
Where is the submarine hotspring?
List at least 2 cautions about hotspring we've mentioned in the play
Should we soak hotspring before of after meal?
Can we have a bubble bath in hotspring?
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The
Trip we design.....