Non-Credit Courses
The Pre-College Program offers non-credit courses. Students will experience college-level courses given by some of our college's leading experts and will receive written feedback (反馈) on their work at the end of the course. Pre-College students will also receive a grade of Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory and a certificate of completion at the conclusion of the program.
All non-credit courses meet from 9:00 a. m.-11:30 a. m. daily and may have additional requirements in the afternoons or evenings.
COURSE: Case Studies in Neuroscience
·June 11— July 2
·Leah Roesch
Using student-centered, active-learning methods and real-world examples, this course is designed to provide a fuller understanding of how the human brain works.
COURSE: Psychology of Creativity
·June 15—June 28
·Marshall Duke
Why are certain people so creative? Is it genetic (遗传的), or a result of childhood experience? Are they different from everyone else? This popular psychology course highlights the different theories of creativity.
COURSE: Creative Storytelling
·June 21 — July 3
·Edith Freni
This college-level course in creative storytelling functions as an introduction to a variety of storytelling techniques that appear in different forms of creative writing, such as short fiction and playwriting.
COURSE: Sports Economics
·July 19 — August 1
·Christina DePasquale
In this course we will analyze many interesting aspects of the sports industry: sports leagues, ticket pricing, salary negotiations, discrimination, and NCAA policies to name a few.
Jenifer Mauer has needed more willpower than the typical college student to pursue her goal of earning a nursing degree. That willpower bore fruit when Jennifer graduated from University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire and became the first in her large family to earn a bachelor's degree.
Mauer, of Edgar, Wisconsin, grew up on a farm in a family of 10 children. Her dad worked at a job away from the farm, and her mother ran the farm with the kids. After high school, Jennifer attended a local technical college, working to pay her tuition(学费), because there was no extra money set aside for a college education. After graduation, she worked to help her sisters and brothers pay for their schooling.
Jennifer now is married and has three children of her own. She decided to go back to college to advance her career and to be able to better support her family while doing something she loves: nursing. She chose the UW-Eau Claire program at Ministry Saint Joseph's Hospital in Marshfield because she was able to pursue her four-year degree close to home. She could drive to class and be home in the evening to help with her kids. Jenifer received great support from her family as she worked to earn her degree: Her husband worked two jobs to cover the bills, and her 68-year-old mother helped take care of the children at times.
Through it all, she remained in good academic standing and graduated with honors. Jennifer sacrificed(牺牲)to achieve her goal, giving up many nights with her kids and missing important events to study. "Some nights my heart was breaking to have to pick between my kids and studying for exams or papers," she says. However, her children have learned an important lesson witnessing their mother earn her degree. Jennifer is a first-generation graduate and an inspiration to her family-and that's pretty powerful.
Scientists have known for a long time about a link between chronic (慢性的) stress and obesity. But they couldn't find the key factor in the past. Recently researchers at Georgetown University in Washington D. C. made what they call a "perfect advance".
Dr. Zofia Zukowska says, "Thanks to our hard work of the past years, we have actually discovered the exact reason why people get fat when they are stressed and eat a high fat, high sugar diet. And by knowing the reason, we can now deal with obesity." Dr. Zukowska and her colleagues put laboratory mice under the same type of stress they would experience in the wild such as meeting up with a more aggressive and dangerous mouse. They then fed these mice a fast food diet. The mice became fat.
What's more, they found an increased amount of a chemical called neuropeptide Y, or NPY for short, in these mice, which is activated by stress and helps stimulate (刺激) the growth of fat cells. And the fat in mice grew around their middle, just as it does in humans. Middle fat is the most dangerous kind, as it affects the heart and liver, causing heart disease, adding to cholesterol (胆固醇) levels, high blood pressure, and so on. But the researchers found they could block the fat-causing NPY with another chemical, and thus could manipulate obesity effectively.
To their pleasant surprise, NPY seems to work in the human body much like it does in mice. If so, Dr. Zofia Zukowska says it would be a major advance in the battle against obesity, which will be used to cure the patient of the disease caused by stress and obesity. However, the researchers say many more studies need to be done before human trials can begin.
Men have long been puzzled by the amount women pack, when they go on holiday. They despair as they watch their beloved spend much money on extra baggage charge. Nearly half of these women admitted to lying about the weight of their case to their partner before leaving for the airport, in fear of being made to unload some unnecessary items.
But it's a fact that women pack more than they need. On average, a woman needs around 57 items in suitcase for a two-week holiday, yet most women pack nearer to 150 items, ranging from skirts, tops, underwear and high heels. In addition, women pack more sun cream, make-up and hair appliances than they are likely to need. They all take up space in the suitcase, only a third of them will see the light of day once at the holiday place.
79 percent of women admitted to taking extra items with them, with the reason for this being "just in case". Women plan their holiday wardrobe months in advance. Packing enough clothes and other items to last a month is not enough for some women. They'd take a chance to shop for new items while holidaying abroad. So they'll return with even more luggage in their cases.
Professor Karen Pine said, "Women are tempted to take familiar items with them on holiday, often everything except the kitchen sink. Some people find traveling stressful, particularly when they're unsure about the home comforts available at their holiday place. They over-pack to help cope with those feelings of stress and reduce the uncertainty."
This will come as no surprise to some men, who are used to trying to squeeze their partner's luggage into the boot of the car with their own, smaller case. On the other hand, men pack very lightly, with only an average of 40 items for a two-week holiday.
It is common for children to feel like your parents are too reserved in letting you live your own lives. , knowing how to deal with controlling parents will help you see your situation differently.
Identify controlling behaviors This does not always mean that they are controlling Parents who are controlling use certain strategies to control others. One obvious sign your parents may be controlling includes: Criticizing you constantly about little things, such as your appearance. your manners, or your choice.
Accept responsibility for your actions. Though your parents may be controlling. you are responsible for how you respond to them. You are also in control of whether you react respectfully or allow yourself to get overly angry.
. Cutting down on the time you spend with your parent may cause him or her to get upset. If your parent complains that you are not spending enough time with him or her. you need to tell them why you become distant.
Take a break if problems continue. If things begin to go "right back to normal," you may need to cut down on your time with your parents again. This does not have to mean cutting off all ties to your parents. It often just means that things have got too close for them (or you) to follow through.
A. Try not to get defensive
B. Face your parents respectfully
C. Some parents are demanding of their children
D. Spend a little more time apart and try again later
E. When your parents want you to be a perfectionist
F. Though there are many reasons for your parents to control you
G. You decide whether to let them control your decisions or stand up to them
Everybody seems to pay more attention to my little sister Lisa. I've 1 enough of this big-sister thing!
So I decide to 2, with my favorite toys and other 3 like clothes. Mother 4 my running away. However, she's not as upset as she 5 be, "Are you going to Grandma's?" I can't believe she can even 6 this out. She's like a witch!
I don't 7 her and go out. So 8 on my leaving, I'm unaware Mother is 9 me. Finally, I get to Grandma's. 10 I even knock, the door opens. I realize Mother has 11 ahead.
Mother comes in and sits down, patting her thigh (大腿), "Come here." I don't want to, but I'm hot and tired, so I 12 her thigh. She pushes my hair behind my ear and asks 13, "Dear, why have you left?" And it all comes out: "It's 14 and all the time with Lisa, I get into trouble…"
Taking my face in her hands, Mum says, "I don't want you to be so 15. If it's hard for you, I'll call the orphanage and send her away tomorrow." I start to 16 and I beg her, "No. Don't send her away!" Seeming 17, Mother agrees.
18, whenever we have a(n) 19 if I say, "Mum, Lisa's being mean to me!" Mum smiles, "You had your 20."
Kitchen technology has reached new heights. So far, astronauts on the International Space Station (make) the universe's first space-baked cookies. They are very first kind of food to be baked in space from raw ingredients. The astronauts said (eat) freshly baked food will make them happy while on the space station. It will be a comforting (remind) of home. This will be important for astronauts going to the moon or on the long journey to Mars.
Baking the space cookies once (think) extremely difficult. On Earth, cookies take about 20 minutes to bake in an oven (heat) to 150 degrees Celsius (302 degrees Fahrenheit). That was not long enough in space. The first cookie came out (total) undercooked.
The space bakers turned up the oven's temperature and baked the dough for (long) until they were successful. The (five) cookie they made took 130 minutes to bake. The space-baked cookies are now in a laboratory in Houston, Texas. Scientists will test them to see they are safe to eat.
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧)，并在此符号下面写出该加的词。
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。
Nowadays, the great number of people, especially young people, like ordering meals online. It's not surprised. First, as the pace of modern life is becoming faster and faster, people had less time to cook even one meal for themselves. Second, the development of technology bring us smart phones and new apps, what may lead to the increase in online service. However, we should pay more attention to food. As we all know it, our health is closely related to what we eat. Although the service provides us convenience, we must take the food safety to consideration. Home-made food is cleaner and healthier, but I prefer to cook food at home rather than ordering meals online.
1）文化节的意义；
2）活动安排；
3）邀请Helen表演节目。
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：auditorium 礼堂
Dear Helen,
……
Yours,
Li Hua
