Opera at Music Hall: 1243 Elm Street. The season runs June through August, with additional performances in March and September. The Opera honors Enjoy the Arts membership discounts. Phone: 241-2742. //www. cityopera. com.
Chamber Orchestra: The Orchestra plays at Memorial Hall at 1406 Elm Street, which offers several concerts from March through June. Call 723-1182 for more information. //www. chamberorch. com.
Symphony Orchestra: At Music Hall and Riverbend. For ticket sales, call 381-3300. Regular season runs September through May at Music Hall in summer at Riverbend. //www. symphony.org/home.asp.
College Conservatory of Music (CCM): Performances are on the main campus(校园)of the university, usually at Patricia Cobbett Theater. CCM organizes a variety of events, including performances by the well-known LaSalle Quartet, CCM's Philharmonic Orchestra, and various groups of musicians presenting Baroque through modern music. Students with ID cards can attend the events for free. A free schedule of events for each term is available by calling the box office at 556-4183. //www. ccm. uc. edu/ events/ calendar.
Riverbend Music Theater: 6295 Kellogg Ave. Large outdoor theater with the closest seats under cover (price difference). Big name shows all summer long! Phone: 232-6220. //www. riverbendmusic. com.
If Confucius were still alive today and could celebrate his September 28 birthday with a big cake, there would be a lot of candles. He'd need a fan or a strong wind to help him put them out.
While many people in China will remember Confucius on his special day, few people in the United States will give him a passing thought. It's nothing personal. Most Americans don't even remember the birthdays of their own national heroes.
But this doesn't mean that Americans don't care about Confucius. In many ways he has become a bridge that foreigners must cross if they want to reach a deeper understanding of China.
In the past two decades, the Chinese studies programs have gained huge popularity in Western universities. More recently, the Chinese government has set up Confucius Institutes in more than 80 countries. These schools teach both Chinese language and culture. The main courses of Chinese culture usually included Chinese art, history and philosophy. Some social scientists suggest that Westerners should take advantages of the ancient Chinese wisdom to make up for the drawbacks of Westerners philosophy. Students in the United States, at the same time, are racing to learn Chinese. So they will be ready for life in a world where China is an equal power with the United States.
Businessmen who hope to make money in China are reading books about Confucius to understand their Chinese customers.
So the old thinker's ideas are still alive and well.
Today China attracts the West more than ever, and it will need more teachers to introduce Confucius and Chinese culture to the West.
As for the old thinker, he will not soon be forgotten by people in the West, even if his birthday is.
Hundreds of years ago, a Roman army came north from England to make war on Scotland. The Scots, a brave people, love their country. They fought hard to drive the enemy out of Scotland. But there were too many of the Romans. It looked as if the Romans would win.
One night, the leader of the Scots marched his soldiers to the top of a hill." We will rest here tonight, my men." he said, "Tomorrow we will fight one more battle. We must win, or we will die."
They were all very tired. So they ate their supper quickly and fell asleep. There were four guards on duty, but they were very tired, too, and one by one, they fell asleep.
The Romans were not asleep. Quickly they gathered at the foot of the hill. Slowly they went up the hill. Closer they came to the sleeping Scots. They were almost at the top. A few minutes more the war would be over. Suddenly, one of them put his foot on a thistle (蓟). He cried out and his sudden cry woke the Scots. In a minute they were on their feet and ready for a battle. The fighting was hard, but it did not last long. The Scots wiped out the Romans and saved Scotland.
The thistle is not a beautiful plant. It has sharp needles all over it. Few people liked it. But the people of Scotland liked it so much that they made it their national flower.
In all the world's cultures, people sing, play instruments, and celebrate with music. It plays such an important role in our lives that all fields focus on its study, including one looking at the biology of music. Experts find that because of the way our brains process music, learning to play an instrument or just listening to music can have a wide range of benefits.
Music education has received a lot of attention. Learning to play an instrument can help children improve math, science, and language skills. One study in Canada tracked children's IQ scores for nine months, discovering that children who studied music had the biggest test score improvements. The secret may lie in the way reading music and playing notes use several areas of the brain, increasing our ability to learn school subjects. For example, reading notes improves spatial (空间的) reasoning skills, which are helpful in solving math problems like fractions (分数).
Music is also used for medical purposes, such as the treatment of diseases which affect memories. The secret lies in the way the brain processes music. One area near the forehead, the medial prefrontal cortex(脑前额叶外皮), connects music with memories stored in two other areas: the amygdale(杏仁核) and hippocampus(海马体). That's why an old song can remind you of something that happened years ago. For patients suffering from diseases like Alzheimer's, listening to music can help unlock buried memories by strengthening musical pathways to memories.
With the evidence of music's benefits, it's no wonder some countries make music study a part of their education systems. People are recognizing that more than just a form of entertainment, music is also great for the brain.
Have you ever had times questioning yourself and feeling discouraged? If you answer yes, what you've experienced is negative selftalk. . You say to yourself untrue things like, “I'm not good enough. I'm a disappointment.” These false beliefs stop us in our tracks. So, how do you stop the negative selftalk?
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Know you're special. You are "One of a Kind"! There is no other person that thinks exactly like you. When you begin to sincerely believe how special you are, it's easier to fight the negative selftalk.
●Change your associations
Your negative selftalk comes from your environment. You didn't just accidentally wake up one day thinking of bad things about yourself. It may be because someone, somewhere in your life has told you negative things about you and whether you accept it or not, you believe them. However, if you surround yourself with the right people, they will build you up, inspire you and make you feel better. .
●Change your dialogue
Read and say all the wonderful things about yourself at least 5 times per day. Look at yourself in the mirror and say, "I am amazing!" , and you'll believe you are awesome pretty soon.
Of course, there are other things to stop negative selftalk. , but if you are determined to think positively in every situation, that will bring a positive change in your life.
A. Think the same way
B. Change is not easy
C. Change your position
D. It begins in your brain
E. Change your state of mind
F. You'll seek out the right people to help change your thoughts
G. You'll start to believe the great things they tell you little by little
Shirley Allen loved to sing and play the piano. She studied music in college and her1was to become a concert pianist or blues singer. Everything 2 when she was 20 years old. She became sick with what doctors 3 was typhoid fever(伤寒) and she almost died. Doctors gave her medicine to help her get well, but the medicine 4 her to become5 deaf. She could no longer hear the music which she had always 6.
Shirley would never give up playing the piano, 7she did decide to change8. She went to Gallaudet University and studied English. In 1964 Shirley graduated from Gallaudet and looked for 9. She wanted to be 10 and work full time.
For three years, Shirley worked as a clerk in Washington, D. C. 11, in 1967 she was asked to work at Gallaudet University as a dorm supervisor(宿舍监管员). Shirley supervised young women who12 in the university during the school year, She also taught English. Somehow she found time to13graduate school at Howard University in Washington, D.C. In 1972, Shirley received her M. A. degree.
Always 14 a new challenge, in 1973 Shirley became a professor at National Technical Institute for the Deaf(NTID), which15 deaf and hard-of-hearing students technical and professional training.
This amazing woman became the first black deaf female in the world to receive her Ph.D. She made history in 1992 when she received the highest degree in education from the University of Rochester in New York.
Known as China's national opera, Beijing Opera, also (call) Peking Opera, which originated in the late 18th century, is a (combine) of music, dance, art and acrobatics (杂技). It is the most influential and representative of all operas in China. It is called Beijing Opera it is formed in Beijing. Beijing Opera has history of 200 years and its origin can date back to old local operas, especially Anhui Opera, was very popular in northern China in the 18th century. In 1790, the first Anhui Opera performance (hold) in Beijing to celebrate the Emperor's birthday.
Later, some other Anhui Opera troupes (班子) (continue) performing in Beijing. Anhui Opera was easy (move) and good at absorbing the acting styles of other types of operas. Beijing accumulated many local operas, making Anhui Opera improve quickly.
the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century, after the marriage for 10 years, Beijing Opera finally formed, and became the (big) of all operas in China.
, the missing child returned home ten days later, tired but healthy.
Tom, his parents, plans to go to Hong Kong to spend the summer holiday this year.
They the National Union and set up their own local organization.
My headteacher is very glad that everyone in her class knowledge.
, music plays an important part in our life and study.
1）地理位置：欧洲西北部，面向大西洋；气候：冬暖夏凉，整年雨量充足。
2）人口约6.648万；面积约24.41万平方千米。
3）历史悠久，景点众多，如：大本钟(Big Ben)、格林威治(Greenwich)等；世界工业化最早的国家之一，对人类工业化做出了贡献。
4）祝游客们玩得开心。
参考词汇：1）工业化 industrialize 2）人类工业化 human industrialization 3）大西洋the Atlantic Ocean
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1）词数80左右；
