Our summer school offers you the chance to live and learn on our beautiful and historical campus in the heart of south-west London. You will earn credits by taking classes relating to your major or general education and have the opportunity to visit London's world-class museums, libraries, parks and nightlife over a three- or six-week period during June and July.
Course Description
Each 3-week session carries 20 UK credits. Students are welcome to attend one or two sessions. Students should choose several courses within the session that they would like to attend, as courses will run according to the needs of students.
Dates and Costs 2020
|
Session 1 |
Session 2 |
|
|
Arrival day |
Thursday 11 June |
Thursday 2 July |
|
Classes begin |
Monday 15 June |
Monday 6 July |
|
Classes end |
Thursday 2 July |
Thursday 23 July |
One session: £ 2,100
Two sessions: £ 3,840
How to Apply
Apply online at this link
Apply before 1 May
We welcome applicants (申请人) from students who meet the following requirements:
Have a minimum 2.8 GPA (grade point average)
Have finished high school
Be 18 years old or older
Along with a completed applicant form, you will be expected to submit (提交) your most recent grades and write a personal statement. You will also be asked to submit three module choices per session.
If you have any questions, please email us at roehamptonabroad@roehampton.ac.uk.
One afternoon, after finishing shopping in a supermarket, my family and I went to the checkout. I suddenly thought we didn't need any of the junk, and we abandoned all of those, saving $300.
That got me thinking about all our pointless expenses in life. With a promise that we'd stop if it was killing us, I convinced the family to take the leap into frugality (节俭). The rules were that we would buy nothing for 30 days except absolutely essentials.
Our adventure began with a great start. By 9 a.m., my wife, Ruth, had already made cakes from old strawberries and picked flowers I didn't even know we had in the garden. I cleared the car by hand for the first time for years. I read and returned the neighbor's newspaper before he woke up. Total spending on the first day: $0.
As days turned into weeks, we became so proficient at living frugally. We started riding our bikes to save gas. My child's finger painting was recycled as gift wrap for the homemade presents. We started to use an Internet application like Skype for free phone calls and ask neighbors with gardens for extra vegetables and herbs.
In the end, we saved more than $2000 by not spending for a month. When we began, I imagined we would rush out the moment we were done and buy a lot of things in the supermarket, then maybe hit the mall or go to the movies.
Chinese cuisine is widely known and enjoyed all around the world. Who doesn't long for a favorite Chinese dish? But there is one interesting concept concerning Chinese food which is almost unheard of in the West, and which is becoming increasingly ignored by the youth of the East—the ancient custom of "tonic food".
Tonic food is food which is consumed to improve one's well-being or avoid sickness. For instance, it was once the custom for new mothers to eat a sesame oil (麻油) hot pot every day for the first month after giving birth. It was believed that this dish would benefit the muscles, reduce pain, improve circulation, stimulate sweating, and warm the body. Some foods, such as goat meat and spinach, are seen as "hot", while others, such as Chinese cabbage and radish, are seen as "cold". One should be careful not to eat too much of either "hot" or "cold" food. However, how much "hot" or "cold" food one should eat depends on the time of the year, how the food is prepared and what it is prepared with, and the individual's health.
The custom of employing tonic foods for a healthier life also influences the catering industry. Chinese herbal medicines, such as wolfberry (枸杞), can be found on many a restaurant menu, either added to fruit tea or as a beneficial addition to a dish. These herbs attract customers, such as over-worked office staff, in need of a modest pick-me-up.
So, whether you need to boost your strength with a large helping of chicken soup, or increase your mental powers with a serving of pig's brain soup, you may find that this ancient Chinese custom could be just the tonic you were looking for.
Tracking wildlife is a tough job. Take the case of a one-eared leopard named Pavarotti.
Kasim Rafiq, a wildlife biologist at Liverpool John Moores University. "So I used to get up at the crack of dawn, follow his tracks and try and find him. So one day, I went out, and I was looking for him. And his tracks took me off road through this woodland area...and..."
Before he knew it, the wheel of his Land Rover was stuck in a deep hole. He wasted several hours getting it out. And then, on the way back to camp, he came across some local tour guides and their safari (观赏野兽的旅行) guests, who'd had way better luck spotting Pavarotti. "Basically, they laughed and they talked to me that they'd seen him that morning."
Rafiq then realized that tourist wildlife sightings might be an untapped source of information about wild animals.
So he and his team worked with a safari lodge in Botswana to analyze 25,000 tourist photographs of wildlife. They compared those data to the estimates they made with traditional wildlife biology methods.
It turned out that the estimates from tourists' photos were just as good as those gleaned (四处搜集) from traditional methods. And the tourists were actually the only ones to see elusive (难以捉摸的) leopards — the researchers would have missed the cats without the citizen science data. The results are in the journal Current Biology.
The idea is not to put wildlife researchers out of a job. "The reality is there are so many interesting things we still have to find out about these large carnivores (食肉动物) and so many conservation (保护) projects that need to be carried out that we don't have the time or resources to do them all."And tourist photos might help make sure that all the local carnivores are spotted.
Thanks for listening for Scientific American-60-Second Science. I'm Christopher Intagliata.
Endangered species
An endangered species is a group of animals that could soon become extinct. Many species are nearly extinct and could disappear off the face of the earth very soon if we don't do anything to save them. There are many reasons why species become endangered.
Habitat destruction is the main reason why animals become endangered and this happens in two ways. When humans move into a new area, the animals' habitat is destroyed and there is nowhere for them to live and nothing to eat because humans chop down trees and build houses and farms. Chemicals in rivers and poisons on farms cause the destruction of animals' homes and food supplies.
Endangered species are also the result of hunting and fishing. Animals have been brought to the edge of extinction because they are killed for their highly-valued meat, fur, bones or skin, or just for sport.
We should take care not to pollute natural areas, and farmers or companies who destroy animal habitats should face severe financial penalties. The public can help out by refusing to buy any products made from these animals' body parts. Governments can help, too, by making it against the law to hunt, fish or trade in endangered species. They can also provide funding for animal sanctuaries (禁猎区), to protect animals from extinction by breeding more endangered animals, which they later release into the wild.
|
A. Animal habitats are also destroyed because of pollution. B. Eventually, all the creatures on Earth will enjoy being together. C. Recent changes, however, have helped to improve the situation. D. So what can individuals and governments do to protect endangered species? E. Extinction happens when the last of the species has died out and there will be no more. F. If we all cooperate and take these steps, we will protect these animals for future generations. G. Overfishing has resulted in many large sea creatures becoming endangered species, like sharks. |
Emergency on the Mountain
The books in David's schoolbag felt like bricks as he ran down the street. What he wanted to do was play basketball with Eric,1his mother told him he would have to return his sister's books to the library first.
He had2set foot in a library and he wasn't about to do so today. He would just3the books in the outside return box. But there was a4: it was locked.
He went into the building, only a few minutes5closing time. He put the books into the return box. And after a brief6in the toilet, he would be on his way to the playground to7Eric.
David stepped out of the toilet and stopped in8— the library lights were off. The place was9. The doors had been shut. They10be opened from the inside; he was trapped — in a library!
He tried to11a telephone call, but was unable to12. What's more, the pay phones were on the outside of the building.13the sun began to set, he searched for a light and found it.
14he could see. David wrote on a piece of paper: "15! I'm TRAPPED inside!" and stuck it to the glass door.16, someone passing by would see it.
He was surprised to discover that this place was not so unpleasant,17. Rows and rows of shelves held books, videos and music. He saw a book about Michael Jordan and took it off the shelf. He settled into a chair and started to18.
He knew he had to19, but now, that didn't seem to be such a20thing.
A reporter from Jiangsu Province went to Australia and some other countries with his father for a 3-month-trip, which turned out to be miracle (奇迹).
The reporter's father spent most of his life (work) on the farm. The son started these (amaze) trips with his father because the father got cancer-a serious (ill). The reporter wanted (take) his father to travel in the hope that his father can find his younger self in his last days. They (travel) more than 13,000 kilometers and took over 110,000 (picture) on their trips to different countries Well, a miracle happened during the "rebirth" trips. their surprise, his father got (good) and became more open-hearted.
He even taught himself to play violin, and then he played it very well after practice. After that miracle trip, now he is expecting another trip to Africa. He is the most stylish dad ever.
Time carves (雕刻) the old father's face youth (青春) flows in his blood. This is the real style.
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。
I was catching an early flight back home. I hadn't gotten many sleep but figured I'd get some sleep on the airplane. When I got on the plane, I could only find back-row window seat. Right before the plane was leaving a young mother and her 6-month-old daughter get on the plane. The only two seats free were the one next to me. I immediate thought my restful flight would now be filled by the cries of a baby. I let her have the middle seats. As we started talking about, she told me that she was terrifying of flying. I spent the next hour enjoy the company of this lady and her baby girl.
1）学好英语，多交一些朋友。从而增加和别人交流的机会；
2）学会独立学习，有困难向老师求助；
3）积极参加各种活动，使自己的生活更加丰富有趣；
4）其他建议。
注意：1）词数100左右；
2）信的开头和结尾已给出，不计人总词数；
3）可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Dear Tony,
I'm sorry to hear that you feel it difficult to accustom yourself to your new school life in America.
Yours,
Li Hua
