The Gloria Barron Prize honors American young people from 8 to l8 who have shown leadership and courage in public service. Each year ten winners each receive$2, 000 to support their higher education or their service work.
Ellie Wen, 18, was volunteering at a community center in Los Angeles. The center was set up to help immigrant families. She happened to meet adults in an EFL (English as a foreign language)class. "When I saw them struggling hard, I wondered how people in poor countries could learn English, "Ellie said.
So she started a Website, "Repeat After Us", where people can listen to English and practice their accents. Volunteers have helped Ellie record more than 6, 600 texts, including Abraham Lincoln's" Gettysburg Address".
Hard work pays off. There were so many times that Ellie was discouraged, but she stuck to it. The Website crashed early on, and all the recordings were lost. But volunteers worked together vigorously to start over, and the visitors returned to the site.
"Just follow your idea and know that the world is so kind. Even if you do have trouble, people will help you," Ellie said.
"I was really excited the first month, when we had 49 visitors, "she said. Now, more than 480, 000 people from all over the world have visited the site. "I get e-mails from China, Egypt, India, and Brazil. "They say, "Thank you so much for this resource, we've been waiting for it for so long!" Ellie loves knowing she is helping so many people.
Gloria Barron Prize winners like Ellie are enthusiastic about the work they do. And they encourage others to join in if they see a need. Anybody can be negative, but it needs somebody brave to be positive. Are you the brave one？
a. Ellie started a Website, Repeat After Us b. Ellie happened to meet adults in an EFL class.
c. All the recordings were lost. d. Ellie became a Gloria Barron Prize winner.
e. More than 480, 000 people from all over the world visited the site.
In the coming months, we are bringing together artists from all over the globe, to enjoy speaking Shakespeare's plays in their own language, in our Globe, within the architecture Shakespeare wrote for. Please come and join us.
National Theatre of China Beijing | Chinese
This great occasion(盛会)will be the National Theatre of China's first visit to the UK. The company's productions show the new face of 21st century Chinese theatre. This production of Shakespeare's Richard Ⅲ will be directed by the National's Associate Director, Wang Xiaoying.
Date & Time: Saturday 28 April, 2.30pm & Sunday 29 April, 1.30pm & 6.30pm
Marjanishvili Theatre Tbilisi | Georgian
One of the most famous theatres in Georgia, the Marjanishvili, founded in 1928, appears regularly at theatre festivals all over the world. This new production of As You Like It is helmed(指导) by the company's Artistic Director Levan Tsuladze.
Date & Time: Friday 18 May, 2.30pm & Saturday 19 May, 7.30pm
Deafinitely Theatre London | British Sign Language(BSL)
By translating the rich and humourous text of Love's Labour's Lost into the physical language of BSL, Deafinitely Theatre creates a new interpretation of Shakespeare's comedy and aims to build a bridge between deaf and hearing worlds by performing to both groups as one audience.
Date & Time: Tuesday 22 May, 2.30pm & Wednesday 23 May, 7.30pm
Habima National Theatre Tel Aviv | Hebrew
The Habima is the centre of Hebrew-language theatre worldwide. Founded in Moscow after the 1905 revolution, the company eventually settled in Tel Aviv in the late 1920s. Since 1958, they have been recognised as the national theatre of Israel. This production of Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice marks their first visit to the UK.
Date & Time: Monday 28 May, 7.30pm & Tuesday 29 May, 7.30pm
Now scientists believe that global warming affects hibernating animals, causing them to wake up earlier. While this may seem a little concern, it is in fact a significant重要的 environmental problem. The shortened hibernation (冬眠) period could actually lead to significant declines (下降) in the populations of several species.
Some of the first concrete (具体的) evidence of the phenomenon came from Colorado, where researchers at the Rocky Mountain Biological lab have been observing marmot (旱獭)hibernation behavior since the 1970s. In the early days of their studies, marmots generally hibernated several weeks into the month of May. Nowadays, however, temperatures in the area have risen by 2.5 degrees Fahrenheit, and the marmots are waking up about a month earlier.
At least the marmots are still hibernating. Several other animals have not been hibernating at all recently. Brown bears in the Spanish Cantabrian Mountains did not hibernate last year. In parts of the United States, chipmunks(花鼠)also skipped the hibernation period. The bears seem to have survived without losing many individuals. The chipmunks, however, were not so lucky. Many of the animals died of starvation during the winter.
The problem with animals waking up early, or skipping hibernation altogether, lies with the creatures' metabolism(新陈代谢). When an animal hibernates, their metabolism drops significantly. The animals' heart rate slows, and they require very little energy to live. When the animals awake from their winter slumber, their metabolism returns to normal.
But while their metabolism may be as active as it was before hibernation, food sources aren't as available as they were before. A marmot may wake up when temperatures get warmer, thinking it's spring, but plants will not have gotten the amount of sun they need to signal their spring period of growth. So until the plants grow, the marmots have no reliable food source.
Many scientists believe the problem will continue to get worse. In addition to changes in hibernation patterns, some believe that other animals will also begin to change their migration patterns or begin to give birth earlier. For many biologists, that's a scary prospect. Terry Root, an animal expert at Stanford University, said: "I do think what we will be facing is the extinction of many species."
Tom is an automotive mechanic (机械师), but he lost his job a few months ago. He has good heart, but always feared applying for a new job.
One day, he gathered up all his strength and decided to attend a job interview. His appointment was at 10 am and it was already 8:30. While waiting for a bus to the office where he was supposed ot be interviewed, he saw an elderly man wildly kicking the tyre of his car. Obviously there was something wrong with the car. Tom immediately went up to lend him a hand. When Tom finished working on the car, the old man asked him how much he should pay for the service. Tom said there was no need to pay him; he just helped someone in need, and he had to rush for an interview. Then the old man said, "Well, I could take you to the office for your interview. It's the least I could do. Please. I insist." Tom agreed.
Upon arrival, Tom found a long line of applications waiting to be interviewed. Tom still had some grease on him after the car repair, but he did not have much time to wash it off or have a change of shirt. One by one, the applicants left the interviewer's office with disappointed look on their faces. Finally his name was called. The interviewer was sitting on a large chair facing the office window. Rocking the chair back and forth, he asked, "Do you really need to be interviewed?" Tom's heart sank. "With the way I look now, how could I possibly pass this interview?" he thought to himself.
Then the interviewer turned the chair and to Tom's surprise, it was the old man he helped earlier in the morning. It turned out he was the General Manager of the company.
"Sorry I had to keep you waiting, but I was pretty sure I made the right decision to have you as part of our workforce before you even stepped into the office. I just know you'd be a trustworthy worker. Congratulations!" Tom sat down and they shared a cup of well-deserved coffee as he landed himself a new job.
Friendship is a very important human relationship and everyone needs good friends. Good friendship has many benefits. It offers companionship, improves self-worth and promotes good health. There are times in our lives such as when we have recently moved into a new town, or changed our jobs or schools. Such changes often leave us without a friend. . But for many of us the process is difficult and requires courage. Below are some helpful suggestions on how to make and keep friends.
⒈ Associate with others.
The first step to making friends is associating with other people. You can go to public places to meet new people. Besides, you will need to make yourself known by becoming an active member of such places.
⒉ Start a conversation
Starting a conversation is the second most important step in making new friends. . You can always start the conversation. Being able to make small talk is a very useful skill in relating with other people.
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Choosing friends with common interests is important in building friendship as these interests would always bring you and your friend together, Hanging out will always be a pleasant experience.
⒋ Let it grow.
It is a good thing to stay in touch. However, try not to press your new friend with calls, messages or visits as this would likely wear him or her out and finally you may lose your friend. . The best friendships are the ones that grow naturally.
⒌ Enjoy your friendship
The best way to enjoy your friendship is to allow your friends to be themselves. . Try not to change them from who they are to what you want them to be. Become the kind of friend you will want your friend to be to you.
A. Be cheerful.
B. Do things together.
C. Do not wait to be spoken to.
D. Try not to find fault with your friends.
E. Making new friends comes easy for some people.
F. For a friendship to develop you need to stay in touch.
G. So you will need to give your friend time to react to you.
Even though it was only October, my students were already whispering about Christmas plans. With each passing day everyone became more 1waiting for the final school bell. Upon its 2everyone would run for their coats and go home, everyone except David
David was a small boy in ragged破旧的 clothes. I had often 3what kind of home life David had, and what kind of mother could send her son to school dressed so4for the cold winter months, without a coat, boots, or gloves. But something made David 5I can still remember he was always 6a smile and willing to help. He always 7after school to straighten chairs and mop the floor. We never talked much He8just smile and ask what else he could do , then thank me for letting him stay and slowly9home
Weeks passed and the 10over the coming Christmas grew into restlessness until the last day of11before the holiday break. I smiled in 12as the last of them hurried out the door. Turning around I saw David 13standing by my desk.
"I have something for you" he said 14from behind his back a small box. 15it to me, he said anxiously. "Open it "I took the box from him, thanked him and slowly unwrapped（打开） it. I lift the lid 盖子and to my 16 I saw nothing I looked at David's smiling face and back into the box and said. "The box is nice, David, but it's17"
"Oh no it isn't" said David "It's full of love, my mum told me before she died that love was something you couldn't see or touch unless you know it's there"
Tears filled my eyes 18I Iooked at the proud dirty face that I had rarely given19to. After that Christmas, David and I became good friends and I never forgot the meaning20the little empty box set on my desk.
Doctors have been warning for years that secondhand smoke leads to many types of illness. , many children around the world live in areas where adults (regular)smoke.
A journal（杂志） (call)Annals of Family Medicine recently published an article, called for (要求) doctors to start treating children's contact to secondhand smoke as abuse. In that case, contact to secondhand smoke would be viewed much like physical abuse or neglect. The author of the article, Dr. Adam Goldstein, is professor at University of North Carolina School of Medicine. He says secondhand smoke(cause) many diseases in children.
The U. S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention agree that secondhand smoke can cause serious health problems in children. They say that compared to children who grow up in homes smokers, children with parents who smoke have smaller lungs and (many) illnesses.
However, several organizations for smokers' rights in the U. S. say people have the right (权力) (smoke) in their own homes. Dr. Adam Goldstein has warned tobacco companies are trying to avoid and even weaken anti—tobacco laws, and the fight is going to be difficult. But he added, "We should not give up we make sure tobacco industry goes out of business."
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My uncle is the owner of a restaurant close to that I live .Though not very big, but the restaurant is popular in our area. It is always crowded with customers at meal moments. Some people even had to wait outside. My uncle tells me that the key to his success is honest. Every day he makes sure that fresh vegetables or high quality oil are using for cooking. My uncle says that he never dreams becoming rich in the short period of time. Instead, he hopes that our business will grow steady.
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