DON'T MISS! This October IBS invites you on board and join our exclusive English Adventure Camp. The program highlights English 4 Skills, Thai language, Mathematics, and Science subjects. Moreover, campers will be exposed to a variety of FUN learning experiences and challenging activities that focus on improving students' learning capabilities and creativity through IBS integrated learning approach. Our challenging indoors and outdoors activities are carefully designed not only to develop personal skills and talents, but also improve TEAMWORK. What is more interesting is the adventure trip to the Dusit Zoo that will provide an authentic (真实的) leaning experience on different animal species, habitats and fantastic sightseeing just only for IBS kindergarten campers.
● Academic Improvement
Maximize the skills and comprehension in English 4 Skills (Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing), Thai language, Mathematics and Science. The integrated leaning approach will prepare campers for higher education.
● IBS Young Genius Scientists
Train students thinking and working skills through various hands-on science experiments. This will encourage learners to observe, predict outcome, collect data and effectively conclude the new knowledge.
● Global Awareness Activities
Develop a sense of natural care and global awareness in students through the "IBS LOVE EARTH PROJECT" which allows kindergarten campers to creatively design their own toys out of recycled materials.
● IBS Educational Games
FUN educational games that create leadership and TEAMWORK.
● IBS Adventure Trip
Authentic leaning experiences on different animal species and habitats at the Dusit Zoo. Schedule: Monday-Friday (9:00 a.m-2:00 p.m.)
IBS: Tel 0-2377-5023-4
INTERKIDS BLINGUAL SCHOOL
One rainy afternoon, I was on a crosstown bus when a young woman jumped on. She had a child with her who must have been about 3 or 4 years old.
The bus was full, bumpy, and it soon got noisy as her kid began crying because he couldn't sit next to his mother. There were a couple of open scats, but they weren't together. She was flustered and looked embarrassed.
Then another woman. a little older, stood up and moved so that the mother and child could it together. The mom smiled as a thank-you. And then three words came out of the older woman's mouth that elevated the entire energy of that bus ride: "I've been there."
Simple, undramatic and honest. In that moment, it seemed to unite people. Why? Because almost all experiences arc shared human experiences. We forget that. as we forge(前进) through life, we focused on our own troubles and needs- which are actually less unique than we think. How can these three words create more connection in your life? Ask yourself; "Where am I holding back?
One thing I know for sure is this: Healing( 治愈) others helps heal yourself. I noticed this recently with my friend, Tracy. who took a new friend who had suffered a miscarriage(流产) under her wing. Tracy had three of them before having her daughter two years ago. Our minds need a doctor to explain the medical side of things. But our souls need human connection to help us along. No one can do that better than someone who has been exactly where you are.
Can the essence(精髓) of these three words help you make a small difference right now? It can be as simple as volunteering your seat, sharing some helpful advice or even lightening the mood with a joke when you notice that someone's uncomfortable—-because we're all in this together.
My age has always been an issue. Not for me, but for everyone else. I was nine at the time. On my first day of high school, my grandparents, and the press insisted on going along. I made them walk four paces behind me, since I didn't want to stand out.
The next morning I was ashamed to learn that the Associated Press picked up a photo of me on tippy toes trying to reach the top of my locker. The words on the photo read: "High school may not be a big stretch for nine-year-old Millicent, but her locker sure is."
In time things calmed down. I had a difficult start, though. It's embarrassing enough being a foot shorter and five years younger than your classmates, but then to have your grandmother cemented to you makes it even worse.
My grandmother, Maddie, and I made an odd couple, but at least it meant I had somebody to talk to while the other kids make it a point to ignore me. There, she was expected to hand me over directly to Gaspar, my late French instructor. We were well into the first week and waiting outside Gaspar's class when someone, I never did figure out who, made a remark of offence using the words "boring", "brainiac" and "Millicent" in the same run-on sentence (连写句).
Believing I was being laughed at, my grandmother warned my classmates that she knew kungfu and was not afraid to use it. To show how serious she was, Maddie did a series of complicated martial arts (武术) moves.
When she was done and the
applause gradually stopped 
Maddie was still in her leg-split position.
"Get up," I whispered, "Everyone's staring."
"No," she replied, "I appear to be stuck."
By then Gaspar had arrived. He asked several bigger boys to carry my grandmother to the school clinic as she waved goodbye to first-period French.
Over the past decade, drug-resistant (抗药性) diseases have appeared as a major health threat. But where do they develop the drug resistance? One surprising theory: they may have developed the resistance on farms, and not in hospitals.
The crop protection products farmers use to control many plant diseases are almost the same as the drugs doctors use to treat infections, including fungi (真菌). Fungi are continually mutating (变异), and with a life cycle measured in days or weeks, they mutate quickly. When a mutation produces resistance to a chemical–killing fungi, fungi will jump to any host that provides a welcoming environment, such as a human body. And if the treatment for the fungal infection involves a drug similar to the fungicide (杀菌剂) met on the farm, fungi may develop quickly in the human body—just as they did in the field.
An obvious solution is to use less fungicide in the field. Reducing fungicide use would not only slow the development of the drug resistance, but it would also help restore diversity to the fungal world. Fungicides are a must in the farming community. Plant diseases cause a major problem for farmers globally—in some crops, disease can reduce harvests by more than 70 percent—and failure to deal with the problem can mean financial ruin.
Just like fungi—or, indeed, any living thing—plants continually evolve(进化). This is how natural gene editing (基因编辑) works, and without it, we'd all still be single cells in a salty soup. Through natural selection, almost any plant will eventually produce resistance to fungi. But this can take centuries, so we don't have the time to wait.
On the other hand, advances in genetics have given us an understanding of nature's gene editing process in plants, helping us develop resistance to a disease. Gene editing techniques can then enable us to produce disease resistance－just as nature would do, if given enough time.
"You totally missed out!" This sentence strikes fear in the hearts of teenagers more than almost anything else. In fact, missing out on something bothers most teenagers so much that there is even a special word for that sick feeling: FOMO. FOMO, which was added to the Oxford English Dictionary in 2013, refers to that anxious feeling people get when they realize they are not attending a social event.
In fact, one survey found that two-thirds of people in this age group admitted to experiencing FOMO regularly. If you ask teenagers whether they experience social media anxiety, most would answer no. But what they do not realize is that if they are stressed or worried about what they see online, then they are possibly experiencing FOMO, especially if they are online a lot.
Then how to handle the problem of FOMO? Of course, turning off the technology seems like a natural cure for FOMO. Teenagers may still worry that they are missing out, even if they are not on social media at all.
The key is to turn off the technology and do something else like reading a book, giving a friend a makeup, baking cookies—anything that allows them to focus on something other than social media.
It is also important to encourage teenagers to recognize that they cannot possibly be everywhere and do everything. So, naturally, there will be parties or events that they cannot attend. Photos can be deceiving (骗人的). And even though it looks as if their friends are having a good time, this may not be the case. They should never let the fact that they couldn't be somewhere affect their view of themselves.
A. FOMO has become an even bigger problem.
B. FOMO is especially common to people aged 18 to 33.
C. In simple terms, FOMO stands for "fear of missing out".
D. It can be extremely helpful in changing their attitudes towards life.
E. But this does not necessarily mean they are missing out on something.
F. By doing this, teenagers are not glued to their screens and are more active.
G. But just switching the phone to "off" doesn't erase the feelings caused by FOMO.
It was a cold and rainy day. I had no 1 to drive up the winding mountain road to my daughter Carolyn's house. But she 2 I come to see something at the top of the mountain.
3as I was, I made the two-hour journey 4 the fog that hung like veils (面纱). By the time I saw how 5it was near the summit, I had gone too far away. Nothing could be worth this, I 6 as I drove slowly along the dangerous highway.
"I'll stay for lunch, but I'm heading back as soon as the fog 7." I announced. "But I want you to drive me to the garage to pick 8 my car." Carolyn said. "How far is it?" I asked. She replied:" About three minutes and I'll drive you there."
After ten minutes on the mountain road, I looked at her 9. " I thought you said three minutes." She smiled. " This is a detour (绕行路线)." Turning down a narrow track, we parked the car and got out. We walked a long path that was thick with pine trees. Gradually the peace and silence of the place began to fill my mind. Then we turned a corner and stopped. I was 10.
From the top of the mountain to the folds and valleys 11 several acres of daffodils (水仙花) rich in a variety of colors. It looked as if God had painted something gorgeous in front of us. Many questions 12 my mind. Who created such beauty? Why? How? As we approached the home that stood in the centre of the property, we saw a 13 that read: " Answers to the Questions I know you are asking." The first answer was: "One Woman-Two Hands, Two Feet, and Very Little Brain." The second was: " One at a Time." The third: "Started in 1958."
As we drove home, I was so 14 by what we had seen. I could 15speak. "She changed the world." I finally said, "one bulb (水仙球茎) at a time. She started almost 40 years ago, probably just the beginning of an idea, and she 16at it.
The 17 of it would not let me go. I said:" Imagine if I'd had a 18 and worked on it, just a little bit every day, what might I have 19? Carolyn looked at me sideways, smiling. "20 tomorrow," she said. "Better yet, start today."
A teahouse is a special house which primarily serves tea and other light refreshments (茶点). Its function varies widely (depend) on the culture. In China, a teahouse is a place people gather to enjoy tea, chat and socialize. It (consider) as a symbol of Chinese tea culture and people's leisure lives.
Chinese teahouses enjoy a long-standing history. They developed from tea (stand) in the Western Jin dynasty, took shape in the Tang dynasty, developed (gradual) in the Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties an became booming in modern times.
In the Song dynasty, teahouses existed all over cities and villages, a rate comparable with that of restaurants. The owners preferred to decorate their teahouses with paintings celebrities and rare and precious plants (attract) customers. In the Ming and Qing dynasties, the number of teahouses went beyond that of restaurants, gaining more (popular) and becoming more famous. Later, the acculturation (文化移入) of western culture forced traditional Chinese teahouses to take on new look. After reform and opening-up, with the rapid development of the economy and (evidence) improvement of people's living standards, teahouses flowered in China.
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。
One day, Sally went to work by the taxi. Unfortunately, when she arrived her office, she realized that she has left her bag in the taxi.
She became worried because in the bag was the material needing for the meeting to be held in an hour.
Half an hour late, she received a call from a man, told her that he was sending the bag to her in person. Wondering where the man knew her address and telephone number, Sally went downstairs. It was actually the driver which taxi she had taken. The driver told Sally that he had found his business card in the bag so that he could find Sally. Sally expressed her thank to the driver and hurried upstairs, heading for the meeting room.
1）表达愿望；
2）描述你的优势；
3）希望得到批准。
注意：1）词数100左右
2）可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。 招募：recruit
Dear Chairman,
……
Yours,
Li Hua
