City Varieties Theatre
The Headrow, Leeds. Tel. 430808
Oct. 10-11 only A Night at the Varieties. All the fun of an old music hall with Barry Cryer, Duggle Brown, 6 dancers, Mystina, Jon Barker, Anne Duval and the Tony Harrison Trio. Laugh again at the old jokes and listen to your favourite songs.
Performances: 8 p.m. nightly.
Admission: ￡5; under 16 or over 60:￡4.
York Theatre Royal
St Leonard's Place, York. Tel. 223568
Sept. 23-Oct. 17 Groping for Words—a comedy by Sue Townsend, best known for her Adrian Mole Diaries. Townsend now writes about an evening class which two men and a woman attend. A gentle comedy.
Admission: First night, Mon.:￡2; Tues.-Fri.:￡3.25-5.50; Sat.:￡3.50-5.75.
Halifax Playhouse
King's Cross Street, Halifax. Tel. 365998
Oct. 10-17 On Golden Pond by Ernest Thompson. This is a magical comedy about real people. A beautifully produced, well-acted play for everyone. Don't miss it.
Performances: 7:30 pm.
Admission: ￡2. Mon.; 2 seats for the price of one.
Grand Theatre
Oxford Street, Leeds. Tel. 502116
Restaurant and Cafe.
Oct. 1-17 The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13. Sue Townsend's musical play, based on her best-selling book.
Performances: Evenings 7:45. Oct. 10-17, at 2:30 pm. No Monday performances.
Admission: Tues.-Thurs.:￡2-5; Fri. & Sat.:￡2-6.
Growing up in Havana, Cuba, Mario Garcia was a well-known child actor. He was about 10 years old the first time he ever stepped on the set. It began with a chance encounter. Mario had been sitting on a bench outside a studio in Havana, waiting while his father and his band were performing.
Suddenly, someone approached him and said, " We are trying to test for this commercial. " So he got up and had an audition (试境). Even with no acting experience, it quickly felt like a natural career path. From the commercial, he went on to be on TV series and a movie and all that.
But a revolution came and in its wake, his career was broken off. Mario was 15 when he had to fly to America as a refugee (难民). He landed in Miami, where he went to live with his aunt and uncle while his parents stayed in Cuba. They joined him in Miami about a year later.
Mario clearly recalled the day he left: Feb. 28, 1962. He was in high school that first year in Florida. It was a challenge living in a foreign country with no language, no parents and going to school. He had to go from being an actor to being a waiter. He always went to an alley behind the restaurant and sat on a wooden box and dried the tears with his apron. But Mario's optimism never failed him. He went on to earn his Ph. D. in Spanish language and literature from the University of Miami.
He currently teaches journalism at Columbia University. Still, he said, " I' m not giving up on getting a good part in a movie. " Mario's latest acting job was as an extra in the new musical drama film In the Heights. He continues to audition for new roles.
A satellite is about to demonstrate a new way of capturing space junk with magnets for the first time. With the frequency of space launches dramatically increasing in recent years, the potential for a disastrous collision above Earth is continually growing. Now, Japanese orbital clean-up company Astroscale is testing a potential solution.
The firm's End-of-Life Services by Astroscale demonstration mission is scheduled to lift off on 20 March aboard a Russian Soyuz rocket. It consists of two spacecraft: a smaller "client" satellite and a larger "servicer" satellite, or "chaser". The smaller satellite is equipped with a magnetic (磁力的) plate which allows the chaser to dock with it.
The two stacked spacecraft will perform three tests once in orbit, each of which will involve the servicer satellite releasing and then recapturing the client satellite. The first test will be the simplest, with the client satellite drifting a short distance away and then being recaptured. In the second test, the servicer satellite will set the client satellite tumbling before catching up with it and matching its motion to grab it.
Finally, if those two tests go well, the chaser will live up to its name by letting the client satellite float a few hundred metres away before finding it and attaching to it. All of these tests will be performed autonomously, with little to no human input once they are set in motion.
"These kinds of demonstrations have never been done before in space - they are very different to, say, an astronaut controlling a robotic arm on the International Space Station," says Jason Forshaw at Astroscale UK. "This is more of an autonomous mission." At the end of the tests, both spacecraft will burn up in Earth's atmosphere.
If companies wanted to use this capability, they would have to attach a magnetic plate to their satellites so they could be captured later. Because of the growing space garbage problem, many countries now require firms to have a way to bring back their satellites once they run out of fuel or fail, so this could be a fairly simple likely plan, Forshaw says. Right now, each chaser can only nab one satellite, but Astroscale is working on a version that could drag three or four out of orbit at once.
Human bodies were actually designed for walking, a wonderful form of exercise at no cost. It's kind to our bodies and great for our waistlines.
Probably you already love to walk, but you're getting bored of tracing the same old route day after day, or maybe you're new to walking and aren't sure how to get started. Ask yourself, what do you want to get out of walking aside from the health benefits? Do you want to meet other people? See new places? Get out into the countryside or explore a new city? Knowing your goals will help you decide on the type of walk you want to do.
Call up your friends and schedule walks with them if socializing is your aim. Many malls have groups that come every day, or every weekend, to "walk the mall". These groups are always happy to include one more walker!
Many large cities have incredible gardens and parks that include quiet walking trails getting you off the beaten path. Thanks to the Rails to Trails program, railways across the country are being transformed into scenic walking paths that are a perfect way to seek calmness.
From the benefits to your heart to your overall happiness, walking is just plain good for you.It's a fantastic way to get to know a place by the power of your own two feet.
A. This month, pick up a map and start walking.
B. Ask your friends where they like to walk and just go there.
C. You may as well consider heading to a new city for a change.
D. Either way, it's time to accept the idea of walking with a purpose.
E. Recently, science has proved that walking is good for your body shape.
F. And best of all, it's a great way to see new things and meet new people!
G. If you're after walking alone, ask about local hikes that get you away from the crowd.
Last summer, I was suffering from too much stress, I'd just graduated from a challenging doctoral program and was 1 from the years of research, study and writing. I took a vacation to celebrate, but the academic intensity had become a 2 . Sitting on the beautiful lawn of the hotel on Mackinac Island, I just felt like I should be studying or working as usual.
3 seeing natural beauty would have relaxed me, but I couldn't 4 . I couldn't help looking at my cell phone repeatedly in case I missed something important. " Enough," I murmured. I needed to 5 , but why couldn't I?
A dragonfly buzzed around me. With each 6 , this creature's wings changed color — blue one moment, green the next. Dragonflies usually fascinated me with their quick movements that 7 me of acrobats (杂技演员) in the wind, but I wasn't in the 8 that day. What I needed then was 9 , not movement. As if on cue, the dragonfly came to rest on a blade of grass in front of me.
I watched that dragonfly carefully for many minutes. So did the dragonfly. "It's not a matter of relaxing," it seemed to say. "It's a matter of 10 the now, the here. Life is so short. Be here in the moment and let the 11 take care of itself." Suddenly, I 12 this beautiful creature, who only had months to live, was "instructing" me about the 13 of life and felt much relaxed. The dragonfly seemed 14 that its message had been delivered. It sprang from the grass and flew away. I didn't see it again. But I would never forget what it taught me: Be here and 15 yourself.
Ever since joining China's fitness craze, singer and composer Liu Genghong (do) well for himself in terms of his social media following. In recent news, Liu's workout livestream on Douyin has taken the internet storm. Data shows that his Douyin account has gained more than 10 million followers in the past month.
Best known as the father of Puff (his daughter's nickname), participated in the variety show Where Are We Going, Dad?, the buff celebrity makes his enthusiasm for fitness known by (public) showing his muscles. He even trains his celebrity friends Jay Chou.
In his livestreams, Liu and his wife appear (energy), friendly, happy and super fit. They exercise and dance to up-beat songs while explaining and showing their moves, often (encourage) those to participate from their own living rooms.
Although Liu's dance moves look simple, they are often too intense for his audience (follow). The main reason for this is Liu's carefully (choose) playlist: Jay Chou songs often serve as his background music. One of his most-watched fitness routines is set to ‘Herbalist Manual'(《本草纲目》)from Jay Chou's album. One netizen joked. "I want to slap (拍)my leg whenever I hear song now. "
Some netizens admitted to switching their fitness idol Pamela Reif to Liu, with some even calling (them) ‘Liu Genghong boys or girls. '
1）写信目的；
2）活动内容；
3）你的感受。
注意：1）词数80左右；
2）请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
Dear Jasen,
Yours,
Li Hua
Having struggled with financial difficulties for six months and failing to find a way out, I had to close my technology writing business. Fortunately, I found a new job as a salesperson and soon got a client. At the time, I wondered if it was too good to be true.
By the second month, something didn't seem right, and I developed a bad feeling about the client and the work. When the third month's check didn't arrive on time, I sent the client an e-mail to find out what was going on. But there was no reply. Then I sent another e-mail, and another. The check never arrived, and I never heard from the client again. With no hope in sight, I hit rock bottom. Panic replaced cautious optimism along with my last self-confidence.
I hid myself from friends and locked myself in my room. One night, the phone rang. The call was from Eric, a friend of mine from high school. When he was in high school, he told me many times about his parents' divorce and his loss of confidence in the college entrance examination. During the difficult time, I gave him much comfort and encouragement. Later, he went to college and was always grateful for what I had done.
After the greetings, I told my problems and challenges, hoping my friend would say something comforting. What I didn't expect was a string of sharp words. "What is wrong with you? You can do anything you want to do," he said. "You are a writer, so start writing. Write for magazine." "Write for magazine? Are you out of your mind? I don't know the first thing about writing for magazine, let alone write things that anyone would want to read. And I have to know where I can send an application form-to what magazine and to what editor," I shouted at him.
注意：1）续写词数应为150左右；
2）请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
Paragraph 1 : Surprisingly, I felt a little better after the shouting.
Paragraph 2 : On finishing the application form I sent it to the editor.
