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

In fact, interest【小题3】 (increase) since the pandemic, with a number of hotels focusing their attention on those【小题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, 【小题5】are designed to “promote rest”.

The global pandemic appears 【小题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【小题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, 【小题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【小题9】 (be) hugely beneficial.

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

I’m sitting in the warm night air 【小题1】 a cold drink in my hand and 【小题2】 (reflect) on the day－a day of 【小题3】 magic! I went snorkelling on the reef offshore this morning and it was the most fantastic thing I have ever done. Seeing such 【小题4】 beauty, I think every cell in my body 【小题5】 (wake) up. It was like discovering a whole new 【小题6】   of life.

The first thing I became 【小题7】 of was all the vivid colours 【小题8】 (surround) me－purples, reds, oranges, yellows, blues and greens. The corals were fantastic－they 【小题9】 (shape) like fans, plates, brains, lace, mushrooms, the branches of trees and the horns of deer. And all kinds of small, neat and elegant fish were swimming in and 【小题10】 the corals.

If you are 【小题1】(interest) in both China’s ancient finance and architecture, Pingyao is a place you can’t miss.

The Ancient City of Ping Yao, 【小题2】(locate) in the central Shanxi Province, China, is 【小题3】 well-preserved example of a traditional Han Chinese city. Its walls are about 12 meters high, and three to five meters wide at the top. The western and eastern sides of walls have two gates 【小题4】 the southern and northern walls each have one gate only.

From the 19th century 【小题5】 the early 20th century, Pingyao, 【小题6】(control) almost half of the economy of the country at its booming period, was a financial center for the whole of China. There 【小题7】(be) once over twenty draft banks’ head offices, whose 【小题8】(branch) were distributed widely around the whole country, even in some western and southeastern countries.

Today when other Chinese cities have been more than happy to bury their history under skyscrapers, this 【小题9】(origin) Chinese Wall Street chooses not to. Ordinary people still live in the Chinese traditional courtyards as they did in the past. This city is helping Chinese rediscover the value of 【小题10】(preserve) what little is left of the country’s ancient buildings.