Teen Art Show
Do you want to see your artwork displayed alongside other teens' artwork? Don't miss your opportunity! Showcase your paintings, sculptures, photographs and other artworks at the Environmental Educational Center. The show will provide an opportunity for artists to network, provide feedback and become a resource for others.
Location: Environmental Educational Center
Activity fee: $25
Night Fishing
Escape the night and join us as we fish at Desert Breeze Park. No experience needed. We will provide the fishing poles, transportation, the bait, help you catch a fish and best of all, teens 14 years and under do not require a license to fish.
Location: Desert Breeze Park
Activity fee: $22
Overnight Snow Trip
Join the City of Chandler in an exciting new trip! We will travel up to Camp Tontozona and enjoy great food and a campfire in the early evening. Snow play will be the highlight as we explore the snow-filled meadows(草地) of Woods Canyon Lake and sled down small hills in the area. You will be responsible for your own ski/snowboard equipment.
Location: Camp Tontozona
Activity fee: $30
Paintballing
Come out and play paintball with all your friends! Join the City of Chandler as we go to Tempe Indoor Paintball. This is a great way to join in the fun of playing paintball for a low, low cost. All equipment is included. Please wear old clothes because clothes can get dirty easily!
Location: Tempe Paintball
Activity fee: $28
It was Mother's Day morning last year and I was doing my shopping at our local supermarket with my five-year-old son, Tenyson. As we were leaving, we found that only minutes earlier an elderly woman had fallen over at the entrance and had hit her head on the concrete. Her husband was with her, but there was blood everywhere and the woman was embarrassed and clearly in shock.
Walking towards the scene, Tenyson became very upset about what had happened to the couple. He said to me, "Mum, it's not much fun falling over in front of everyone."
At the front of the supermarket a charity(慈善) group had set up a stand selling cooked sausages and flowers to raise funds. Tenyson suggested that we should buy the lady a flower. "It will make her feel better," he said. I was amazed that he'd come up with such a sweet idea. So we went over to the flower seller and asked her if we could buy a flower for the lady to cheer her up. "Just take it," she replied. "I can't take your money for such a wonderful gesture."
By now paramedics（救援人员）had arrived, and were attending the injured woman. As we walked up to her, my son became intimidated by all the blood and medical equipment. He said he was just too scared to go up to her.
Instead I gave the flower to the woman's husband and told him, "My son was very upset for your wife and wanted to give her this flower to make her feel better."
At that, the old man started crying and said, "Thank you so much, you have a wonderful son. Happy Mother's Day to you."
The man then bent down and gave his wife the flower, telling her who it was from. Though badly hurt and shaken, the old lady looked up at Tenyson with love in her eyes and gave him a little smile.
Parents should stop blaming themselves because there's not a lot they can do about it. I mean the teenager problem. Whatever you do or however you choose to deal with it, at certain times a wonderful, reasonable and helpful child will turn into a terrible animal.
I've seen friends deal with it in all kinds of different ways. One strict mother insisted that her son, right from a child, should stand up whenever anyone entered the room, open doors and shake hands like a gentleman. I saw him last week when I called round. Sprawling himself (懒散地躺) on the sofa in full length, he made no attempt to turn off the loud TV he was watching as I walked in, and his greeting was no more than a quick glance at me. His mother was ashamed. "I don't know what to do with him these days," she said. "He's forgotten all the manners we taught him.”
He hasn't forgotten them. He's just decided that he's not going to use them. She confessed (坦白) that she would like to come up behind him and throw him down from the sofa onto the floor.
Another good friend of mine let her two daughters climb all over the furniture, reach across the table, stare at me and say, "I don't like your dress; it's ugly." One of the daughters has recently been driven out of school. The other has left home.
"Where did we go wrong?" her parents are now very sad. Probably nowhere much. At least, no more than the rest of that unfortunate race, parents.
It has always been thought that alcohol causes people to put on weight because it contains a lot of sugar, but new research suggests a glass a day cold form part of a diet. Looking at past studies they found that, while heavy drinkers do put on weight; those who drink in moderation can actually lose weight.
A spokesman for the research team at Navarro University in Spain says, "Light to moderate alcohol intake, especially of wine, may be more likely to protect against, rather than promote, weight gain." The International Scientific Forum on Alcohol Research reviewed the findings and agreed with most of the conclusions, particularly that data do not clearly indicate if moderate drinking increases weight.
Boston University's Dr. Harvey Finkel found that the biologic mechanisms(生物学机制) relating alcohol to changes in body weight are not properly understood. His team pointed out the strong protective effects of moderate drinking on the risk of getting conditions like diabetes(糖尿病), which relate to increasing obesity. Some studies suggest that even very obese people may be at lower risk of diabetes if they are moderate drinkers.
The group says alcohol provides calories that are quickly absorbed into the body and are not stored in fat, and that this process could explain the differences in its effects from those of other foods. They agree that future research should be directed towards assessing the roles of different types of alcoholic drinks, taking into consideration drinking patterns and including the past tendency of participants to gain weight.
For now there is little evidence that consuming small to moderate amounts of alcohol on a regular basis increases one's risk of becoming obese. What's more, a study three years ago suggested that resveratrol(白藜芦醇), a compound present in grapes and red wine destroys fat cells.
Tips on Young Adult Life
As you grow rapidly through your teenage years, you will experience a lot of changes. The changes may seem difficult. Don't panic! You will deal successfully with them! You are a young adult now!
With more responsibility, you will find more freedom to make your own choices. This is a time to be well informed about making choices. In this way you can make healthy balanced decisions. You may already know your career path or you may have no idea at all what you want to do. Both situations are fine! Work hard and the right opportunity will show itself to you.
Young adulthood means greater freedom and more choices. But try not to shut your family out of your life. You should learn to think of others even though you are old enough to look after yourself.
It is also perfectly natural at this time for you to spend more time with your friends than your family. A true friend will stand by you no matter what happens.
This period is a part of the life cycle. There are some people who will be with you throughout life's journey. There will be some people with whom you part and go separate ways. Leaving school can be hard. The reality is that you may not even see all of your classmates again.
You are a young adult. It is your life. No one can live it for you. So making the right choices will be important to you. Life is for living. Enjoy your life wisely!
A. Choose your friends wisely.
B. They may seem to happen quickly.
C They will help shape the future.
D. You may appreciate what you have in your own life.
E. You will probably want to be independent.
F. The choices that you make from now on will be your choices.
G. Your family has been with you since you came into this world.
I used to be a very self-centered person, but in the past two years I have really changed. I have started to think about other people1I think about myself. I am happy that I am becoming a2person:
I think my 3started when I was at Palomar College. At first, I just wanted to get my4, and be left alone. I thought I was smarter than everyone else, so I hardly ever5to anyone in my classes. By the end of my first semester, I was really6. It seemed as if everyone but me had made friends and was having fun. So I tried a(n)7. I started asking people around me how they were doing, and if they were having trouble I8to help. That was really a big9for me. By the end of the year, I had several new friends, and two of10are still my best friends today.
A bigger cause of my new11, however, came when I took a part-time job at a Vista Nursing Home. One old lady there who had Alzheimer s disease became my12. Every time I came into her room, she was so13because she thought I was her daughter. Her real daughter never14her, so I took her place. She let me15. That making others feel good make me feel good, too. When she died, I was16, but I was very grateful to her.
I think I am a much17, person today than I used to be, and I hope I will not18these experiences. They have19e to care about other people more than about myself.20who I am today, and I could not say that a few years ago.
In my free time, I really like (surf) the Internet. When I get home from work, I turn on my computer, wait it boots up completely, and then I go online. I usually check my email first and then write a few (message) to my family and friends. I sometimes scan the local news headlines at my favorite news Website and read up on the latest local and international news. This Website often provides video news clips you can view online. I sometimes order products or service online to save money and time instead of going to store and buying what I'm looking for. For example, I (order)a digital camera online the other day and saved about ＄50. Whatever I do, I realize that there are problems using the Internet including scams, identify theft, and viruses, so I'm very careful not to give out my (person) information. Furthermore, I don't download or open files I don't recognize.
(use) the Internet can be fun and a convenient way of shopping and finding out new information, you just need to be careful.
文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
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。
I have recently been told that listen to loud music is gradually making people hard of hearing. I'm sure it has already been happened to my neighbor. For years she had turned a deaf ear to my requests to turn her radio down. When she gives a party she doesn't have to invite a rest of the street. Everyone can dance in her music in his own room. Now a scientist has discovered certain electronic sounds have strangely effects on rats. He declares break down, almost paralyze(瘫) with their legs trembled. Then it is simply a matter of throwing them out by their tail. I wonder that the same thing will happen to my neighbor someday.
注意：1）词数100左右（开头和结尾已给出，但不计入总词数）；
2）可以适当增加细节以使行文连贯。
Dear Ann
I am sorry to hear that
Yours,
Li Hua
