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Welcome to Pismo Beach

This classic beach town is located on California's famous Central Coast, half way between San Francisco and Los Angeles along the Pacific Coast and Highway 101. We offer long white beaches for taking a pleasant walk or for just enjoying the wonderful views of Pismo Beach sunset. Enjoy Pismo Beach's great weather and great area wineries (酿酒厂). Prefer a more active vacation? Central Coast Golfing, riding the dunes in a four-wheeled ATV, horseback riding, bodyboarding, or fishing from our 1200-foot pier (码头) can all be part of a Pismo Beach vacation. Want us to keep you informed of the latest news, upcoming events, and special offers? Sign up for our monthly e-newsletter.

Wine & Waves

Pismo Beach offers the perfect pairing of Wine & Waves in a warm and attractive atmosphere. Beautiful beaches and a taste of California wine are at your fingertips with oceanfront hotels and distinct restaurants.

Seasonal Specials

Pismo Beach buildings offer a great selection of travel specials. Romance Packages, Wine Packages, and Mid-Week Travel are just a sample of what our lodging (住宿) partners offer.

Upcoming Events

Glance through our Event Calendar to see our events. During the year, we host world-class events such as the Classic Car Show in June and the Annual Clam Festival in October.

Things to Do

From surfing and hiking to kayaking (皮艇) and golfing, Pismo Beach offers a variety of outdoor activities aimed to satisfy any sports fan

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Travel Blog

Visit Pismo Beach Travel Blog for the latest news on upcoming events, travel tips, area news and a whole lot more. Whatever is going on in the area, you will find the details in our Travel Blog.

If Natalie Morales had to describe her mom in just one word, she would pick: survivor. That's because her mom, Penelope Morales had a tough childhood. "Her mother wasn't ready to be a mom and gave her up to her grandmother," says Natalie. "I think she often felt in life like she wasn't wanted and wasn't loved."

Penelope Morales put herself through college and it was there that she met Natalie's dad, who was serving in the army. They fell in love and married, and her life as a military mom of three children became a great adventure. "She basically raised us moving from place to place. I was born in India, but we lived in Panama, Brazil and Spain. And my mom was the constant," said Natalie. "She would always make sure that when we got home from school, we felt like we had our number-one fan, our champion right there, waiting for us." Along the way, Natalie learned many things from her mother, which she carries on in her role as a mother of two sons.

As a Mother's Day gift, Natalie treated her mom to a day of pampering(宠爱). "I want my mom to feel like a queen," she says. And as part of the surprise, Natalie brought along an old photo of her mother, which she wanted to recreate. "I think it was taken in the mid-60s. So she was in her early to mid-twenties. She's just absolutely a beautiful woman. But she's looking in the mirror. It's like not knowing really her future, but knowing where she came from," describes Natalie. "That picture just speaks so much to me. I want her to see what she created in that mirror, and that she gave us all something so great."

"It's just an amazing experience to take this picture and have Natalie do it. I could never imagine in my entire life," says Penelope Morales, who adds that she's very proud of her daughter. "All I want her is to be happy and to raise her children the same way." She says.

The artificial-intelligence chatbot ChatGPT has shaken educators since its November release. New York City public schools have banned it from their networks, and professors are improving syllabus(教学大纲) to prevent students from using it to complete homework. The chatbot's creator, OpenAI, unveiled a tool to detect text generated by artificial intelligence to prevent abuse.

However, there is one subject area that doesn't seem threatened. It turns out ChatGPT is quite bad at math.

While the bot gets many basic arithmetic questions correct, it makes errors when those questions are written in natural language. For example, ask ChatGPT "if a banana weighs 0.5 lbs and I have 7 lbs of bananas and nine oranges, how many pieces of fruit do I have?" The bot's quick reply: "You have 16 pieces of fruit, seven bananas and nine oranges."

Debarghya Das, a search-engine engineer, tried to explain why this happens in his Twitter. "Just imagine if you ask a room of people who have no idea what math is but have read many hieroglyphics(象形文字), 'what comes after 2+2,' they might say, 'Usually, we see a 4.' That's exactly what ChatGPT is doing." But, he adds, "math isn't just a series of hieroplyphics, it's computation."

Another reason that math teachers are less worried by this revolution is that they have been here before. The field experienced dramatic changes for the first time decades ago with general availability of computers and calculators.

"Math has had the biggest revolution based on the system of any mainstream subject," said Conrad Wolfram, the strategic director of Wolfram Research, which developed Mathematica, a technical computing software program.

The broader lesson is that AI, computers and calculators aren't simply a shortcut. Math tools require math knowledge. A calculator can't do calculus unless you know what you're trying to solve.

In general, AI will likely ultimately be most useful for those who already know field well: They know the questions to ask, how to identify the shortcomings and what to do with the answer.

Libraries have existed for nearly as long as humans have had written languages. They have been esteemed places of learning and comprehensive repositories(储藏室) of human knowledge, history, and ideas. Written materials from all over the civilized world have been collected and preserved in libraries, and without them much of what was known to ancient peoples would have been lost in the modern world.

Democracies and open societies, especially like the free exchange of ideas and information—all ideas, not just those that are socially acceptable at a particular point in time and all opinions, no just mainstream ones.

Our public libraries need to be places that broaden our perspectives and stretch our minds and imaginations. There's no reason to ban any books from the general public. That's not to say all books are appropriate for all age groups. But it's easy enough to limit access of the very young to "adult" literature without preventing mature readers from a full range of materials.

Private libraries may sometimes regard certain topics as too offensive or objectionable to include in their collection. And elementary school libraries should probably not include books that would be inappropriate for young children on their bookshelves. All libraries have to be selective, due to limited budgets, and space and age are always considered in acquisition decisions. But this is very different from actually banning specific titles.

And who is to decide what is acceptable and what is not? Should we get rid of all materials that are unconventional, that challenge the present situation, or that make anyone uncomfortable? Should we restrict all materials in public libraries to what is inoffensive to the most sensitive members of society or to what overprotective parents believe will not disturb young children?

Democracies, as they say, are messy. The Harry Potter novels may be the greatest children's books ever written. Howard Zinn's A People's History of the United States may be a publication of nation's rich history, but sometimes brutal history to some else, especially those ever hurt by the country. Anyway, libraries exist to preserve all human thoughts and recorded experience.

How to Keep a Dog off the Furniture

Despite your best efforts to train your dog, it might be common for you to return home from work to discover damaged furniture. So it's essential to train your pets to stay off the furniture.

Training and Reward

You will need to invite your dog onto the furniture to teach it to stay off the furniture. Encourage your dog to climb onto the furniture. Reward it with a positive command such as "good boy/girl". Use a command such as "off". Don't raise your voice or force it. When it does as you've asked, reward it with a treat. This will reinforce (强化) the good behavior of staying off the furniture. It'll associate getting down with a positive result, such as a tasty treat. Keep reinforcing the "off" command with a pocket full of treats on standby.

Its Own Space

Many homeowners are turning to ceramic tiles (瓷砖) or hardwood. You wouldn't want to lie on cold wood or tiles in the winter months and neither would your dog. Plush(长绒毛) pillows or comfortable pet beds give your dog a warm alternative to snuggling (蜷伏) beside you on the sofa. If it still seeks the security of your presence nearby, place its bed close to where you're sitting.

In Your Absence

Despite your best efforts, your dog may decide sleeping on the sofa is OK as long as you're not around to punish it. Consider turning over the dining room chairs and placing them on the sofa or your armchairs. For those disappointed by your efforts to protect your furniture, consider a doggy gate to keep the living room off limits in your absence.

A. Ask it to get down.

B. But how to train it?

C. Ask it to stand up on the furniture.

D. Let it be if your dog fails to learn to stand by.

E. This will make the furniture far less appealing.

F. Don't give up if your dog is a slow learner, as a lot of dogs are.

G. Place a treat on your pet's bed to reinforce how great it is for it to be there.

Priscilla Sitienei has become something of a celebrity as the oldest primary school student in Kenya. At 98, she sits in class alongside some of the pupils she helped bring into the1.

Sitienei, who comes from the remote village of Ndalat in Nandi County, had always wanted to become a(n)2. Though that3 never came her way, she instead used her traditionally learned skills to help mothers deliver their babies safely at home. Still, she never 4 her dream to get an education. Giving her a dose of inspiration was a(n)5by the Kenyan government in 2003 to make primary education free. However, it wasn't until almost a decade later that she could6enter a classroom.

Her journey on the road to7has served as an inspiration for many in Kenya, where it was 8among members of the older generations to 9 on schooling to make ends meet.

David Kinyanjui, the head teacher at Leaders Vision Preparatory School, said that while it was challenging to10Sitienei into the class in 2011, her determination to get an education 11 the school authorities to enroll her. Sitienei, 12known as Gogo-- or grandmother in her native language—hasn't looked back.

"Gogo could only 13 in her mother tongue of Kalenjin and Kiswahili, but she was willing to start learning at the 14 level so that she could learn some English. 15_at Grade Six, she has learned the language and even though she is not 16 in it, she can understand what the teachers are saying in class," Kinyanjui17_.

Sitienei said: "I wanted to inspire children, especially 18 that education is important in shaping their future and getting out of poverty. Being a grandmother, I have19 some girls drop out of school due to early pregnancies or 20 of interest and the best way to show them the importance of education was by going back to school myself."

A 2-year-old girl has been rescued from a collapsed building nearly 91 hours after a devastating earthquake hit the(coast) Turkish city of Izmir on Friday. Rescuers found Ayda Gezgin next to a dishwasher, apparently shielded her from the impact of the damage. Because of (lie) in the space called "life triangle", she survived the terrible earthquake and was lucky to be found by rescuers. Ayda called out for her mother when (carry) to an ambulance. "Mom. I want my mom," she said.  (unfortunate), rescuers discovered Ayda's mother's dead body just hours after the girl's rescue.

"We heard her voice. We asked her what her name is. She said, 'I'm fine.' We asked her to wave her hand and she did," rescue worker Nusret Aksoy said. The video of the search efforts showed rescue workers crying, praying and clapping as the 2-year-old was pulled from the rubble and (wrap) in a blanket.

Ayda, who will turn 3 years old next month, appeared (wake) and responsive. Rescue workers said the girl asked for water and Ayran, Turkish yogurt drink popular with children. Ayda's father was not in the building during the quake. He (guide) rescue workers through his family's destroyed home when the rescue happened. Rescue efforts are still going at five of the 17 collapsed building sites in Izmir.

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修改。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），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。

Dear fellow students,

With the College Entrance Examination approached, many students of senior three feel quite stressful and are not willing to spare time for sports. I can well understand them and appreciate their devotion to their studies a lot. However, they just lose sight of the important role sports play in.

In fact, doing sports regularly benefit us in different ways. First, sports give us valuable practice in helping every parts of our bodies work together. Therefore, sports can help build up our strength but prevent us from falling ill easily. Besides, participating in outdoor sports, we can get closely to nature, which beauty is able to keep us clear-headed and gets us refreshed, thus in turn improving our study efficiency. Therefore, I sincerely advocate that all of us should take active part in sports and get well prepared for their future in a healthy way both physically and mentally.

That's all. Thank you!

1）你的梦想；

2）为何有此梦想；

3）如何实现梦想

注意：

1）词数100左右；

2）可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。