We work with Cambridge County Council's Participation Team to create opportunities for young people to visit the University and learn more about it. The following events are scheduled for the 2019/2020 academic year.
Super Star workshops
Twelve engaging workshops are planned for young people aged 7 to 11. These half-day visits will be held throughout the year, at times when young people are not at school. If participants complete 8 of the 12 workshops, they will be awarded the nationally recognized Super Star Crest Award.
Please note, workshops will only run if we have a sufficient number of attendees (usually around 3+ participants).
Explore University Days
Explore University Days are for young people aged 12-15. Participants visit the University for two days and engage with a range of university-related workshops, and other fun activities.
Previous participants have engaged with the following:
Visited the Sports Centre
Took part in a Neuroscience workshop Enjoyed a two-course meal at a University College.
Dates will be confirmed in early December 2019, and a schedule for event will follow in the New Year.
Events for post-16 students
If you are studying for your post-16 qualifications and are considering applying for Cambridge or would like to find out more about a specific subject, the following events might be for you:
University and College Open Days
Subject Masterclasses
Cambridge Science Festival
My school appeared on the news last week because we had made an important change in our local area. Our class had planted a large garden in what was once only a vacant lot (空地). It was a lot of work but it was all worth it. I got blisters (水泡)from digging, and we all got insect bites, too.
I learned a lot about gardening and collaboration(合作), and then I learned about the media. Our teacher telephoned the TV station and informed them of what we had accomplished. She spoke with the producer. The producer checked with the directors, but they said there were plenty of stories similar to ours. They wanted to know what was special about our particular garden, since many schools plant them.
The teacher explained that, after going on the Internet to learn about the prairie (大草原), we had made a prairie garden. We had gone to a prairie and gotten seeds from the plants, and then we planted them. We did not water the garden, but we did weed it. We decided to let nature water it with rain, since that was how prairies grew in the past. We sent a picture of the garden to the news station. In the picture, the grass was so high that it stood taller than the fourth grade students.
As a result, the producer sent a reporter to our school. He interviewed the headmaster and asked him many questions about the garden. After that, they interviewed us, and we explained to them what we had learned through this project.
That night, we watched the news, and there we were. The news reporter told our story. It was only two minutes long, but it was us. We were famous. All that work, all those blisters, it was worth it. We knew that when we saw the garden every day, but now we knew that the whole city thought so, too.
Feel tired and want to have a break? People have many different ways to relax during break time at work or school. Smartphones are probably the number one choice for a quick mental vacation.
Although it might seem like a good time, looking at your cellphone may damage your mental power, according to a recent psychological study from Rutgers University in the United States.
For the study, more than 400 students were asked to finish a set of 20 word puzzles. Halfway through the task, the students were divided into three groups. One group was allowed to take a break and use cellphones to buy things online. The second group was asked to have a rest and buy things using a computer. The last group didn't take any break at all.
Interestingly, the group that used their cellphones during the break went back to work feeling the most tired and least motivated to continue. They also had the hardest time solving the remaining word puzzles.
The cellphone group took 19 percent longer to finish the rest of the task, and solved 22 percent fewer problems than those in the other break conditions combined.
Terri Kurtzberg, co-author of the study, explained that they assumed looking at cellphones during a break would be no different from any other break – but instead, the phone may cause increasing levels of distraction that make it difficult to return focused attention to work tasks.
"Cellphones may have this effect because even just seeing your phone activates thoughts of checking messages, connecting with people, access to ever-refilling information and more, in ways that are different than how we use other screens like computers, and laptops," Kurtzberg told Science Daily.
This is echoed (呼应) by a 2017 study from the US University of Chicago. It found that even if cellphones are turned off or turned face down, their mere presence reduces a person's cognitive capacity (认知能力).
So, during your next break, try putting your smartphone away. Go out for a walk, get to know your classmates or even take a nap (小憩). You may be surprised by the result.
It happens countless times a day. A flower's bright color and the smell of sweet nectar (花蜜) attract a bee. The bee stops by for a quick taste and small grains of pollen (the powder produced by a flower) stick to its body. The bee then travels to another flower of the same type and leaves the pollen as it has another meal. This is an example of animal pollination (授粉) — a process extremely important to plant reproduction.
It's not only plants that depend on animal pollination — humans do, too. Worldwide, nearly a thousand plants that we grow for food, spices, clothing fibers, and medicine depend on it. If pollination suddenly stopped, we would have no apples, tomatoes, coffee, and many other goods.
This important process is carried out by more than 200,000 different animal species known as pollinators. Flies and beetles - the original pollinators - date back 130 million years to the first flowering plants. Birds, butterflies, and ants also do their part. Even nonflying mammals help out: monkeys tear open flowers with their hands, accidentally spreading pollen into the air and onto their fur.
Pollinators are therefore important, but they are also at risk. Climate change, habitat loss, and invasive predators (入侵捕食者) all threaten them. The United States, for example, has lost over 50 percent of its honeybees over the past ten years. A serious threat facing bees is colony collapse disorder, when worker bees mysteriously disappear from their colony. Scientists are still trying to identify its cause.
There is a quote attributed to Einstein that if bees ever disappeared, man would only have four years left to live. Whether that's true or not does not really matter, says wildlife photographer Louie Schwartzberg: the key point is that there is a real danger. "The healthiest food we need to eat," he says, "would disappear without pollinating plants. It's pretty serious. "
After you go to college, you'll find you have to buy a lot of textbooks. . If you want to make ends meet (收支平衡) and successfully make it through college, you have to find ways to save on college textbooks. Here are some of the tips that would help you cut back and manage your book expense.
. The first thing you want to do when you need a specific book is to go to the bookstore. But the most effective way to save money on college books is to stay away from the bookstore. While it is more convenient to purchase textbooks in the bookstore, it could cost you a lot of money.
. You can save a lot of money when you purchase your books online. You can buy college textbooks from Amazon, Half. com, CENGAGE Learning, Barnes & Noble and other websites. If you want to save money on college books, it is best to check BigWords. com. This website will help you find promotions, discounts and other deals.
Rent your college textbooks. If you feel you are not going to use the book after the end of the semester, it is best to rent it instead. . You can check campusbookrentals. com, bookbyete. com, bookrenter. com, chegg. com and ecampus. com. This can save you a lot of money on textbooks.
Check your university library. If you do not need the book all the time, it is best to do your research in the university library instead. . In this way, you can ensure the book is available (可用的) when you need it. You can also use the interlibrary loan system.
A. Buy your books online.
B. Do not go to the bookstore.
C. You can rent books from other students.
D. Buy books from second-hand bookstores.
E. College textbooks can be very expensive.
F. Many websites and booksellers rent books.
G. You'd better order the book you need ahead of time.
Once there was a farmer with a wife and two sons. He became quite1through hardworking. He wanted his children to have a(n)2life, so he and his wife did all the work and3made them do anything.
After some time, his wife died and4he didn't want his children to5, so he did the field labor and all the housework. But as time went on, he became old and6, and started to worry about his7when he died.
So he thought about this for a long time and he8his sons and said, "Look, my inheritance (遗产) to you is a lot of gold. I've9all my gold in the fields, so it's up to you to plough (耕作) them and10the gold. "
And he called his neighbors and said, "I'm going to11and my children don't know how to12themselves. So please cook for them until they can take care of themselves. "
So the neighbors provided them with13for some time.
Certainly the brothers didn't want to be robbed of the14so they did the digging themselves. They15one field after another and after they had dug all the fields, they found no gold.
So the brothers sat down and one16the other, "Do you think our father17us?"
But the other brother said, "No, I think our father was saying that the18is a golden profession. And if we dig up all the19we can become rich. "
So like all the other20, they sowed wheat in the fields they had dug and became very rich in the end.
On our way to the house, it was raining hard that we couldn't help (wonder) how long it would take (get) there. It was in the middle of Pearl City.
We were first greeted with the barking by a pack of dogs, seven to be exact. They were well trained by their masters had great experience with caring for these animals. Our hosts shared many of their experiences and (recommend) wonderful places to eat, shop, and visit. For breakfast, we were able to eat papaya(木瓜) and other fruits from their trees in the backyard.
When they were free from work, they invited us to local events and let us know of an interesting (compete) to watch, together with the story behind it. They also shared with us many (tradition) stories about Hawaii that were (great) popular with tourists. On the last day of our week-long stay, we (invite) to attend a private concert on a beautiful farm on the North Shore under the stars, (listen) to musicians and meeting interesting locals.
—I'm tired, I (paint) the living room all day.
注意：1．每处错误及修改均仅限一词；
2．只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分.
I've had many dreams since I was a child. Now my dream is to opens a cafe. Though it may appear simple, it required a lot of ideas and efforts. What I want is not just an ordinarily cafe but a very special one. I want my cafe have a special theme such as like "Tang Dynasty". In the cafe, customers will enjoy yourselves in the historical environment what is created for them. If I succeed in manage one, I will open more. I wish to have a chain of cafes in many different city. Each of my cafes will have a different theme and an unique style.
主题：Culture，Art and Our Campus
时间：11月18日上午8：30—11：30
地点：体育馆
内容：每班一个节目，歌曲，舞蹈，课本剧，故事，演讲等，形式不限
联系人：李华
参考词汇：评论comment；体育馆gym；课本剧textbook drama
注意：1. 80--100词左右 2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯
Dear Mrs Ann，
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Best wishes,
Li Hua
