Project A:Introductory(入门的）Hip Hop for ages 7-12
Hey kids...go back to school with some cool dance moves!
This 4-week hip hop workshop introduces the popular hip hop style of dance in a fun and kid-friendly way. Learn basic hip hop dance moves featured in today's popular music videos, including footwork, freezes, and more.
Open to ages 7-12 with no or little hip hop experience.
Instructor: Jared Hale
Time:Wednesdays, Nov 27-Dec 18 5:00pm-5:45pm(4 weeks)
Cost:$75-4 weeks
Project B:Beginning Musical Theatre Dance for Ages 13 and up
Are you a Musical Theatre student in middle school or high school? Or maybe you just want to give musical theatre a try? This workshop at the beginning level is for YOU!
This 4-week workshop will be taught by the best at the beginning level to help the musical theatre lover learn some of the common dance moves of musical theatre!
Instructor: Adam Roberts
Time:Sundays, Dec 1-Dec 22 1:15pm-2:15pm(4 weeks)
Cost:$80 per 4-week workshop
Project C:Intermediate(中级的) Musical Theatre Dance for Ages 13 and up
Anyone with dance experience at the intermediate level that wants to improve their Musical Theatre Dance skills will not want to miss this workshop!
You will spend 4 weeks with an instructor who has served as an artistic director, choreographer(编舞者), and musical director.
Instructor: Taylor Williams
Time: Sundays, Nov 10-Dec 1 2:15pm-3:15pm(4 weeks)
Cost:$70 per 4-week workshop
Project D: Beginning Ballet Drop-in Class for Ages 11-18
This beginning level ballet class is offered on our drop-in schedule(插班课程）every Tuesday between Nov 26 and Dec 31 this winter. This class gives students the opportunity to try ballet and get some ballet basics needed for other dance styles.
You can start any time and come when you can, enjoying the flexibility you need during the winter!
Instructor: Adam Roberts
Time: Tuesdays, between Nov 26 and Dec 31
Cost: $25 per class.
Have you ever thought about running lemonade stand (货摊) to make money? Sixth-grader Jamaria Crump has. She has been very successful at it, too. It took the 11-year-old one year to build her lemonade stand to earn money for those in need.
Her business, Lemon Topia, is a hit, which her teacher said was surprising. She makes pies, cakes and cookies besides lemonade.
Jamaria built LemonTopia herself with the help of Mom. "I'm a teacher and had no time to help her at first. So she had begged for a lemonade stand for a year or two before I let her do it." said Jasmine Hall Jamaria's mother.
Jamaria's school announced a baking sale in 2016 that was a perfect chance to try out Jamaria's plan for a lemonade stand. Jamaria made cookies and cakes. After the baking sale, she kept selling at school and community events Now she has her own business at a street market.
Of course, Jamaria pays for her own costs. She has to buy the materials and also pays her mother for rides and working for the stand. Hall says Jamaria does not like the cleaning up. "I make her wash all of her own dishes. That's a constant battle." Hall said.
The lemonade business can have its ups and downs. "I'm very proud of her for sticking with it." said Hall. She wondered if Jamaria would get bored and stop. But that hasn't happened.
Doran Brown, Hall's friend, says Jamaria is a success in Baltimore. "She is adorable (讨人喜爱的). She is running her own business to help others." he said.
In fact, Jamaria dreams of studying in Paris to be a dessert cook. For now, she bakes and sells her goods. She is turning LemonTopla into strong starting point for a sweet future to help others.
I don't post recognizable pictures of my children on social media. I don't use their names. I don't put anything out there that will be really embarrassing for them in later life.
The reason for not posting pictures is that I feel a person's pictures should be his or her own. It's not good for me to push my kids out into the wilds of the Web before they're ready, and understand what it all means.
When the time comes, they're more than welcome to use social media. But for now, I'm happy to give them a degree of separation until they can make a choice for themselves.
This has meant extra efforts on our part when it comes to making sure that kids don't get accidentally caught up in the Internet, because the schools where they learn, like so many others up and down the country, post their pictures to social media.
However, my husband thought I was overanxious and asked me a question about its advantages. And having thought about it for while, I'm not 100 percent sure if there are any.
But I could list the disadvantages: the time it takes to manage an account, often by a teacher, meaning extra work; the unavoidable difficulties in safeguarding.
It's great to see the kids doing their things in schools but my worry is about the use of social media that doesn't give anything back to the kids, and in many ways, just turns them into another way to gain clicks. I want more than that for them.
The earliest simple computer, the Chinese abacus dates back to thousands of years ago, consisting of rows of beads on a wooden frame used for counting. The modern computer dates back to 1946, when the Electronic Numerical Integrator and Calculator (ENIAC) was invented. The U.S. Department of Defense developed the Internet so all of its own computers could be connected; in 1990 the World Wide Web was born. The rapid development of technology has resulted in the computers we use today, and those are changing as we speak too.
You can do many things on a computer. You can create and print letters or reports for school, and save those documents in case you need them later; you can watch movies, listen to music and play video games. The Internet allows people to visit different websites, send e-mails, shop online and pay bills electronically. Some people even work or receive schooling through their home computers.
The most common types of computers used are the desktop, the laptop and the handheld computer. Desktop computers stay in one place, and their parts are contained in a case that is placed beneath the monitor. Laptop computers are lightweight and small enough to be carried by users who need computers and the Internet access to them in different places. Handheld computers include personal digital assistants, small video gaming devices and mobile phones.
While computers make life convenient and are considered positive to society, there are negative aspects of computer use that kids and their family should consider. Computer viruses are harmful programs that damage information and can stop your computer from working properly. The Internet presents risks for young people, too. The information you share is not private. Some kids use their computers so much that they don't want to do anything else.
How to Sleep Well
Get some exercise at least three hours before bed.
Go for a run, hit the gym, take long walk, or do some stretches to help you get your heart rate going before you ease into bed. Doing this at least three hours before bed will work. If you work out shortly before bed, then you will feel more awake than ever.
If you want to make it easier for you to fall asleep, then you have to get used to falling asleep at around the same time every night and waking up around the same time every morning. That way, your body will get used to feeling more tired at the same time every night.
Stick to the fifteen-minute rule.
If you've been lying in bed for more than fifteen minutes and are unable to fall asleep because you're not tired, then try something else. If you continue to lie there, your mind will continue churning, and you may even work yourself up and feel even more awake. Once fifteen minutes have passed and you're no closer to falling asleep, do something else. Read a magazine. Pace around your room. Sit up and stare at your hands.
Think about everything you did that day.
Another way to calm your mind is to go through everything you did that day, up to the most boring little detail. Try to break it down hour by hour and see how specific you can get and how many things you can end up remembering.
A. Don't sleep late in the morning to stick to your regular habit.
B. This will work out your body and will make you more tired.
C. Do something new and you will start to fall asleep gradually.
D. Chances are that this alone will be boring enough to put you to sleep.
E. Make your bed more comfortable.
F. This rule is simple.
G. Go to bed around the same time every night.
It was the last day of school. The teacher walked around the class and 1 a report card to each student except me. There was everybody's 2 in the final exam. Then I was 3 that I was failing because I couldn't 4 or write. My mom and I had a few 5 about it but I thought would do my best to get a(n) 6 result. But I didn't' think I really 7 the whole thing. I knew I was 8 of my dad and being 9 to read in front of the class; I knew I was the only one in our 10 that couldn't read and the only one in the class that didn't 11 the exam.
I just somehow got it in my head that I thought I didn't need to 12 knowledge. I thought there was no use learning it. 13, the lunch bell rang. My seat was next to the door, so I just 14 out of the class room across the playground and field until my hands 15 the fence that surrounded our school. I burst into 16 as I silently yelled a thousand things at myself.
I sat on the grass with my head in my knees. A couple of minutes later, I heard a rustle (沙沙声) of a lunch bag and looked up out of 17, only to see a girl in my class standing over me, holding out my lunch. She 18 it next to me and then she sat down and didn't make a(n) 19 but just sat with me till the bell rang.
Because of her 20, was determined to work hard. Finally was admitted into a famous university.
We Chinese people should remember such a hero (name) Zhong Nanshan forever. He is 84-year-old doctor and an expert as well.
In the early this year, Wuhan, the capital of Hubei Province, was hit by the Novel Coronavirus (新冠病毒). It spread so quickly thousands of people (inflect). Zhong led his medical team Wuhan to fight against the virus. He and his team made every effort to treat the patients. They took many measures and cured many of the patients. He advised people to wear masks (口罩), wash hands often, stay at home and not to go to crowded (place) or get together.
As early as in 2003, sars (非典病毒) suddenly (break) out in Guangdong. It spread across China and other parts of the world. Some doctors and nurses worked in the hospital caught the SARS. Hundreds of people even died from . But Zhong was not afraid and worked day and night. Many patients got better and better and were saved. He became famous for his skills and was respected (wide). People spoke highly of him.
He always thinks he is just a common doctor But we regard him as a fighter and a hero.
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。
Last Sunday, my friend and I was taking a walk on the playground when a girl came ride a bike at a very high speed. Then we heard a loud scream, that attracted our attention. We turned around and saw the girl struggling her feet, crying out for help. My friend and I rushed towards her as quick as we could and I had helped her to stand up. Therefore, the girl rode away immediately without saying "Thank you". I felt disappointing at her behavior. To my surprise, the girl came back with hot drinks several minute later. Seeing this, I knew I had misunderstood her and felt ashamed of me.
1）节日的时间和由来。
2）节日的传统活动。
3）节日的意义。
注意：
1）词数100左右。
2）可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
参考词汇：the Dragon Boat Festival，dragon boat racing (龙舟赛)
Dear Peter,
I'm glad to hear that you are interested in Chinese traditional festivals.
……
Yours,
Li Hua
